On Creating This Blog

August 9th, 2024

Currently Reading: A Room With A View by E.M. Forster

Currently Watching: Three-Body

Currently Listening: The rain fall outside my window.

If there's one thing I know about humans it's that we believe ourselves to be so interesting and so important that we will shout into the void without care or fear of who we might encounter. Just look at how we eagerly await a response from the Arecibo message without any regard to the perils of the unknown.

As I do now.

This is the first blog entry of Beacon Alcove. A website with an oxymoronic title and a curious interest in the intergalactic. Though, I must confess, I haven't thought much about those little green men since the 00s. The name is a play on the school I attended from 2000-2003, and so the decor must be suitable for that era.

I love the idea of a beacon being sent out from a hidden alcove. A cautious creature stuck between the dangers of the dark forest and the thrill of being known. In this way, the logo I have created involves a lighthouse keeper being abducted by aliens. As long as the beacon is lit and active, nobody will know he's missing. Nobody will know they are in danger.

That's how I feel about social media these days. A constant stream of content churned up, not by those you love, but by machines. I rarely see anything created by my friends or family anymore. I wouldn't even know if they died if I only interacted with them in the confines of Meta. We need a being from another world to lift us out of that technocratic cave and blind us with firelight until our eyes readjust to personalization and advertiser-unfriendly content.

I am so happy to have been reintroduced to the personal web. I am sure I will find many people I wish to follow in the coming weeks. Till then, if you are interested with the journey of this blog and the future of Beacon Alcove (I have a few pages hidden, but may be ready to go in the coming months), you can follow me on Neocities or bookmark this page.

Thank you for your support.

--Beacon