Who is Nick?

Asking all my life.

Author: Nick Kempinski

  • And we’re back

    Still in progress. History will come back.

    Update [2020-10-25]: ? History.

  • The WordPress Yo-Yo

    It’s that time again. Github and gitpages you’ve been great. But I’m lazy. Lazier than lazy lately.

    So it’s time to head on back to wordpress. I’ll be doing this slowly. So chances are, this site will flicker and flub, maybe even a blorp to a final kapow!

    Thanks for all the fish.

  • Mac Meet Ubuntu. Ubuntu Meet my old Mac.

    Take an old Mac (< 2013) wipe it clea and run ubuntu. Check.

    Giving new life to what could have been an old paper weight, awesome!

  • Don’t give what you “need”. Give what’s needed.

    Don’t give what you “need”. Give what’s needed.

    Hello, new-ish/old-ish medium look

    Would you look at that. Medium has rolled out it’s new-ish/old-ish layout. Very reminiscent of classic blog layout. Perfect for the simple, the irreverent, and the unimportant posts like this one.

    But sometimes that’s exactly what’s needed. Perhaps we didn’t “need” more. We didn’t “need” fancier. We didn’t “need” crazy layouts. Just scroll and read.

    Consider that when thinking about what you want to say. There’s what you think you “need” to say. What people think they “need” to read. And somewhere in the middle, is the magical, what’s needed.

  • My Personality (2020 Edition)

    The past year has been a tough one. Let’s distract myself for a moment to see how my personality test holds up to last years.

    Your type is: INFP

    “Questor”. High capacity for caring. Emotional face to the world. High sense of honor derived from internal values. 4.4% of total population.

    Introverted (I) 67.74% / Extroverted (E) 32.26%
    Intuitive (N) 82.14% / Sensing (S) 17.86%
    Feeling (F) 73.33% / Thinking (T) 26.67%
    Perceiving (P) 80% / Judging (J) 20%

    Type 1 Orderliness |||||| 30%
    Type 2 Helpfulness |||||||||||||||||| 73%
    Type 3 Image Awareness |||||||||||||| 53%
    Type 4 Individuality |||||||||||||||||| 80%
    Type 5 Rationality |||||||||| 33%
    Type 6 Cautiousness |||| 16%
    Type 7 Adventurousness ||||||||||||||| 66%
    Type 8 Aggressiveness |||||||||||| 46%
    Type 9 Calmness |||||||||||||||||| 73%

    Your main type is Type 4

    Your variant stacking is spsxso

    type score type behavior motivation
    4 24 I must be unique/different to survive.
    2 22 I must be helpful and caring to survive.
    9 22 I must maintain peace/calm to survive.
    7 20 I must be fun and entertained to survive.
    3 16 I must be impressive and attractive to survive.

    High level – still INFP Type 4 with the same variant. Lower level – I seemed to have taken some of my rationality and replaced with aggressiveness.
    I think we all are feeling it. That – and my kid is 2. You try and survive that without a little more aggressiveness.

    If you’re curious about yours, this was made using the Jung+Enneagram test.

  • Testing Netlify CMS

    Testing a netlify cms post. There’s a few things I’m still wrapping my head around. But interesting so far.

    Update: Well that was interesting. Did some strange post not found. But after refresh worked. Does it always do that?

    Update 2020-09-08: Never used Netlify for this, so not as interesting as I thought.

  • I knew I liked to do nothing for a reason

  • Belief without a reason

    I have a belief, but my media background can’t explain why you should care.

    I want you to care. If you did it would help explain that feeling of insanity

    Yet,

    I can’t find the words. The reasoning. The nut.

    So instead I write vague posts.

  • Hat’s off to all producers

    Hat’s off to all of those who create.

    I commend all of you who produce something with any form of regularity.

    It’s my weakness.

    You do it through all the excuses.
    Through exhaustion.
    Through nervousness.
    Through repetition.
    Through drinks with friends.
    Through desires to binge watch.
    Through child vomit.
    Through partners to-do’s.
    Through bill payments.
    Through little voices inside your head.
    Through sickness.
    Through happiness.
    Through fear.
    Through success.
    Through confusion.
    Through it all.

    You hit publish.

  • Years and Years – The Storyteller

    I am hooked on Years and Years. If you’re a
    Black Mirror fan, and haven’t already started watching, this should be your next show.

    Spoilers.

    Small spoilers.

    Teeny tiny spoilers.

    The show follows a family over 15 years into the future. Nuff said about that.

    A man meets a woman. They ask what each other does for a living. She is a Storyteller.

    A Storyteller.

    A storyteller as in sitting in a crowd using words. Ever one of those syllables taken
    in by those around.

    A storyteller as in myths, and fables. Lessons woven in metaphors.

    Even the writers of a TV show, are feeling it. Orality.