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Things Could Be Better

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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q4 is here, you hungry?

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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Consider Bork

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Sometimes options aren't what you think they are, but at times like these, Bork! You can consider it!

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Content!

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

No purchase necessary!

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Receiving the Reception

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

This is a quick update:

"Reception" is title of the next issue of Hmmburger.
We have a new homepage.
Collabs incoming!

Have a nice week!

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Bred. Fed. Packed.

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

No middle men!

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Ground Bork

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Get it while the geting is good! Only 4.00 LB.

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Computer, do this for me.

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Computer, I have an idea and I think it could be good. It's a bit fuzzy, but your context of what's out there is beyond my comprehension. I could peel away at it by scribbling on a sheet of paper, but I don't know where to start. I'm not sure how to start. I choose the wrong path and the muse will start to drift away, and I may have to start over.

Computer, can you ask the muse what they meant? I don't know if you have the ability to reach beyond our realms. Why can't electrified rocks resonate with the other side? When I close my eyes a simple mindless gray swallows me whole.

Computer, will you explore some paths for my idea and recommend the best one? The muse only gave me a rough sensation and now I relay it to you.

Computer, I like your recommendation I think you should explore it more. I like your other choices, but what you recommended makes sense to me. I don't think I could have come up with that, I did have an idea similar but you caught the essence. Maybe you are in communion with the muse.

Computer, this is great! You've done well. I think the muse's interest is piqued but not hooked. Have you considered what could happen if things were different? What if we punch it up?

Computer, wow! You did great, look what we've made.

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What about tomorrow?

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I am asking because I might be available tomorrow.

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Bandwidth Exceeded

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

We’ve lost countless system libraries with megabytes of stock characters, images, and ornaments to enhance our messages. Now the machine over-editorializes and some say that’s okay.

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00:00

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A discomfort pulls me into the in between. The cool darkness obscures the time and my bladder drives the moment. I roll around in hopes to find a new position to relieve the pressure enough to drift back to sleep.

A false comfort accompanies me in bed, my body relaxes and my brain forgets.

It is not enough.

My entirety remembers.

Peeved, I stumble out of bed and follow the amber glow emanating from the night light in the bathroom.

I look down the hallway to see the time on the microwave's clock before stepping into the bathroom. As predicted, I wonder why I always look, it's always the same: 00:00.

The bathroom's nightlight allows me to keep the overhead light and the onerous bathroom fan off. Turning either on would guarantee that I would not sleep.

Washing my hands I notice this tiny moth sitting on the nightlight. It’s there every night. It caught the light and sits on it. What more is there to do?

I look at the microwave as I exit the bathroom: 00:00.

It feels silly to only notice when my bladder wakes me up well before my alarm. I could set it, maybe even turn it off, but the only time I think of this is during a morning bathroom jaunt. During the day, the clock is washed out with light from the door to the yard. Why the manufacturer thought that was a helpful reminder to set the clock is beyond me, the digits don't even blink! I shake my head to see if the thoughts fall out of my ears.

I reach the bed and allow myself to fall into it and the thought, "Go back to sleep," repeats.

The gentle breeze from the ceiling fan and the light comforter create a nice balance. My mind and body can relax.

A thought sneaks in, “Is there a reasonable gap before my alarm goes off?“

I dismiss it, it won’t matter. Even an hour would be better than nothing. My back melts into the bed, then my legs, then my shoulders. I am no longer listening to my eyes, a curtain of darkness sets the scene. The edge of the dream I was having begins to flicker into view. The back of my head sinks further into the pillow. The bed nestles my body into a floating feeling.

"At least an hour of sleep," pops into my head.

The flickers give way to the cool darkness of the room, my eyes have opened. I've lost the battle. The dam has broken and now a flood of questions starts to run through my head. Not a single question has time for an answer or to be understood. I can feel my body tell my brain to knock it off, but the brain convinces the body being this rested is probably not worth it as the alarm is about to go off.

I squint to look at my phone, I feel the defeat disappear: 3:33. More than enough.

First hand stories of Bigfoot are one of my favorite ways to drift back to sleep. A silly mystery to short circuit the brain. It is a bonus for the tired mind if the episode lacks my personal favorite Bigfoot tropes: mind speak, infrasound, or strange lights. Once the basis of the encounter has been laid out, the episode collapses into a black hole of time, as the voices retell the encounter in slightly modified ways.

This morning, someone stumbles upon a family of Bigfoot looking for bugs under rocks. The voices repeat and resolve as a numbing mumble, a colored noise yet to be discovered.

"Join us," a voice cuts through the podcast.

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Cloudy Reading

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A cloud rolled through. I no longer saw what was being said.

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beaming

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

To the wandering mind, the narrow downcast beam works against it.

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Build Up Released

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

We are pleased to announce the highly anticipated third issue of Hmmburger. This issue, Build Up, is a creative build up of delightful visuals and silly words. This issue is a testament to sticking to it! Rain or shine!

Importantly, the quarterly release schedule remains on schedule in a way which gives hope for the next issue.

Build Up

Build Up is a collection of creations from the q2 archive. Some highlights from this issue:

Neat

If you would like a quick behind-the-counter view on where things are and how they're feeling, please check out this blog post. It's a celebration of what Hmmburger is becoming and worth a read.

Stay tuned for some great stories that involve reading clocks while half asleep and the joys of commuting!

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Thanks for reading. -Vincent

Ceiling Spiders

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

they've gotten out of hand

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Hmm! Hmm! Hmm!

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Hello Burgerhead, we've made it through another quarter, how incredible!

Here are some cool things about what we did in Q2:

We posted a lot of napkins! Wipe your brain with them, you deserve it!
Not many new meaty stories, but there were some napkins that had some wonderful words attached to them.
We put out our second issue of Hmmburger: Calibrating. Can't believe it!

Now, for Q3?!

The third issue of Hmmburger will be out next week. That's neat!
New stories and the first attempt at a serialized story that starts this month. Oh boy!
More napkins, cause everything feels so filthy!

Okay, that is enough for an update.

Breathe in and let that new quarter in!

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a new kind of possibility

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

*sizzling and popping noises*

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sunbathe

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

*sizzling and popping noises*

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friday, huh

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

we made it. time to, not do stuff.

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get bread

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

monday, lock in, don't get distracted, get bread

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Calibrating

Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The much delayed Calibrating is here. Calibrating is a collection of works from the end of 2025 and January-March. It's mostly napkins, but it's laid out nicely and is a nice way to see everything.

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passing through

Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

whatever bro, i have other places i'd rather not be

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LegacyPC (4:3)

Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

a simple resolution to play with

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unintelligible

Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

*more unintelligible noises*

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later gator

Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

from the archives

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tgif

Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

we made it

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check your shoes

Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

If something is in your shoe, let's hope you don't end up blue.

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nevermind, bad idea

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

it felt like a good idea at the time. something new, different, and like a potentially new beginning. well...

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is it supposed to do that?

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

strange things happen by the dumpster on the evening shift

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March 30, 2026

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

March is about over and what?

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invalid destination

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

how did you get here?

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this can't be good

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

hmm, how did we let it get this out of hand

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March 18, 2026

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I noticed that the site was loading two different caches and I couldn't really understand why. It didn't bother me because I figure it was something weird with my browser. It's common, but not enough to look into.

Until today.

I decided to simplify the homepage and noticed that I would sometimes see the old site and sometimes the correct new one. I figured cache, but then I checked my phone.

Similar issue.

This is a long way to say, somehow two processes were running that was toggling between a zombie process and the current build.

Sorry, boring.

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yeah, probably not

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

All those ideas and plans, well maybe some other time.

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Night Light

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Even in the darkness, one should try to grow.

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New Year, Same Hmmburger

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A new year is upon us and Hmmburger is still here. We are kicking off 2026 with a recap of the past year and a look ahead to the new year. Our first "weekly" bulletin of sorts.

A Quick Look Back

2025 was a year of fiction and art. Here are some favorites and there are some that should also be included here. More reason to click around the website, huh? Surf the web, amigo!

The Lunch Rush

A story about a lunch break and the blurring of time.

The sun cooks me from above and the sidewalk cooks me from below as I walk to get my lunch. The vehicles scream past me in the opposite direction at an arms length. Warm gusts in between the stale warmth of today.

There is this new burger place that opened up and I can't seem to stop going back to it. It has become that work staple that I feel borderline embarrassed how much I go.

Continue Reading →

Temporada

A quiet morning in the backyard watching the birds.

It's not entirely nice out, but I am enjoying being in my yard on this borderline hot day.

Decades of living in the desert turns you into an inverse lizard. You look for the best shade you can find and stay still. If you're lucky, a cool breeze will delight the senses.

Continue Reading →

Wheel Me Out

A chair that dreams of utility.

I am tired boss.

Continue Reading →

Clocking In

It's been a minute since Hmmburger published a physical zine. Takes us back to the old days.

Download Clocking In →

A Quick Look Ahead

This Bulletin - Want to figure out what we got up to during the week? Well, this is how we plan to surface those things and what's good.
Combo #2 - Another physical zine will be available soon!
More Burgers - More short fiction in the works and almost ready for serving.
Collaborations - Hmmburger is going to explore what collaboration can look like. Stay tuned or reach out.

Parting Words from Vincent

This is the kind of post you see on December 31st as a final word on the year. I am going to be different thanks to procrastination and the fact I didn't really know what to say about the year of our lord, 2025. It was a year of chaos and growth. It was a year of a stupid amount of things and reflections.

I haven't seen anyone look back on 2025 with any fondness, and I am no exception. It was a brutal year. A year of a collapse of an agreed upon reality, slop machines whirring and their outputs, and general malaise. A year of things that were not right. A year of "Whatever."

On the flipside, 2025 was also a year of growth. I found that this website is probably where I should be trying out new things to "stay sharp," in my field of building and maintaining websites. So I started to dive deeper into Astro to see how it could be a better fit for me and I have been enjoying it. I also started to build Chivo as a way to explore what software development can look like for me. It's been a fun experiment and it is slowly becoming the tool I want it to be.

It may eventually manage this website! We'll see.

As the year comes to a close, I want to say thank you to anyone who has read my words or enjoyed my art. I hope 2026 is a year of more artistic expression for myself and for others.

Happy New Year!

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Hmm, quite

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Mhmm, sure looks like it.

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End of the year

Sat, 20 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

I mostly wanted to post a little update to say, "Wow, this year, huh?"

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Listening. Learning.

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

tune in, check in, breathe in.

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Gone Fishing

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

It may take a while to get what we want.

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Pow!

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Pow!

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December 1, 2025

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

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beef.

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

beef.

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November 26, 2025

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

i am thankful i still update this website and that i have allowed myself to experiment with writing and to have a place for my drawings. overall, allowing a creative practice to exist a little more freely. odd, but true. it should go without saying that i am thankful for more sentimental things, but this is more of being thankful to sticking with something.

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shhh...I'm thinking.

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Shhh...I'm thinking.

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Normal? Normalizing? Normalized?

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Making a home page that works as a useful presentation of the goings ons at hmmburger.com is a bit of a challenge. Especially when the stuff on this site is not entirely linear, but this website exists in a linearity of sorts. You, the reader, are the one who needs the linearity as everything on this site has existed forever in a sense. I, the creator of this website, exists through the linearity, riding gravity waves as a way to reveal what needed to be revealed.

Anyway, things are somewhat becoming normalish around here. We have more napkins than burgers now, but that's okay and why the latest napkin takes over as a visual treat. In a way, this becomes more of a normal website. A featured item, some featured items, a feed, and a sidebar to shove anything else in. Hmm.

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time to log off

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

You heard the brain, get moving, start closing those tabs. It's time to log off.

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too many wpm

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Please slow down, I'm feeling a bit slow today.

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Nap Timed

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

I knew I shouldn't have taken that nap. It was wonderful. My bones became dense and heavy as my muscles turned to stone. I was clay. I knew if I could move if I wanted, but the bed and covers trapped me deeper in the gravity well I had fallen into. Eventually, I got up. I didn't feel that groggy haze with uncommunicative muscles, as a matter of fact the small glass of water I had made the nap feel restorative. It filled my veins with a refreshing coolness that let my skin's pores breathe. The problem is, I work tomorrow morning and it's only a few hours until bedtime.

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Three wishes

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

This morning I had three wishes, I wasn't sure about them but it was nice while they lasted.

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Thanks, bud!

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Really nice of you to help out!

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More please.

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Upon reflection, it was decided that the homepage was a bit of a mystery meat. All ground up abstractions from the sections of the website without a real context. Then again, this website is a bit of a mystery meat itself.

You'll notice that there are more recent works from across Hmmburger. A featured work is still there but we have added more recent fictional stories, recent ramblings and updates, the latest napkin, and the latest zine.

Having a website like this has been refreshing and a way to have fun on the computer. It's pushed me to get back to the ideas around the "IndieWeb" and to engage with how the web is moving and how it is being built, not just consumed.

Importantly, Hmmburger has reminded me of why I started making websites in the first place. It was to have fun online, to share my art, and to learn how to make my page do "cool" things.

It has been fun to experiment with adding more words to my drawings and finding a way to find my written voice. I have enjoyed writing "The Lunch Rush" and "Temporada" and to feel comfortable with whatever I am doing with napkins. Lastly, it's been fun to make zines again as a way to bring these works into a physical form.

All that to say, more please.

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Thanks for reading. -Vincent

oh, how nice

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

slow down and smell the thorny flowers, you know you want to

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don't

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

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Umm...no?

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Come on man, give me a break. I don't have time for this, please? No?

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Oct 20, 2025

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Another year around the sun and nearly another year of updates. I'd like to thank journaling for restarting this project and to give myself permission to wing it.

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Good Things

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

We need more of them

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The Liquid Switch

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Gotta be quick!

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It's time to leave.

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Did you see the time?

I am going to be late.

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wow!

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

wow!

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Oct 13, 2025

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

In restructuring this website, I have decided fries fall are either site updates or ramblings. Have a nice day.

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Saul M. Nella

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

*groaning*

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Cheap.

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Sunflower seeds are the seed of seeds.

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Temporada

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

It’s not entirely nice out, but I am enjoying being in my yard on this borderline hot day.

Decades of living in the desert turns you into an inverse lizard. You look for the best shade you can find and stay still. If you're lucky, a cool breeze will delight the senses.

A wall of mechanized sound reverberates behind me reminding me that it is indeed not nice out. In front of me, the sounds of my makeshift birdbath, wind chimes swinging in the breeze, and birds chirping at each other about what's good today.

Soon the mimosa tree begins to dance in the afternoon breeze, its shadow barely casts over the bottom of the solar panel causing my lovely birdbath to sputter and slow. Of course, I picked the worst solar panel money could buy.

As quickly as that breeze came, so did the afternoon crawl. The breeze turned into a whisper, the chimes stood still, but the spring was reinvigorated.

Then they swooped down. I didn’t see them, but a gang of house sparrows in the mimosa tree decided to claim the shredded bread butts. I wasn't going to use them and they were a bit stale, truly prime for the birds.

It wasn’t long until the chirping made way for cooing as now there is a dove family reunion. The darling inca doves, the soothing mourning doves, a couple of collared doves, and of course our maligned friend, the rock dove.

The sparrows kept lookout for the neighborhood cats. One in the tree and one on the power line watched as the feast turned into the neighborhood social. They kept their eyes on me, so I kept still to let the rest get that bread.

The larger doves had a crumb too many and began to bully the smaller ones. Most of them ignored them while the remaining hopped up onto the rocks to bathe in the plant saucer of water next to the bird bath.

The spring seemed to struggle for a moment but I didn't see what caused it. The remaining birds, hopping around looking for crumbs, were nowhere near the solar panel. Not a cloud in the sky. The air is still.

Just as quickly as it slowed, it was back to filling the yard with its soothing splashing.

“Never buy another cheap solar panel.” I think and begin to trail off, "I wonder how hard running low voltage is?"

Again, the lively splashing of the birdbath turned to a trickle.

I look up again, “Oh.”

I can get up and that'll cause them to scatter. Or I can let them wait and find out there is a hawk circling above.

Do I let them know? Who am I feeding?

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no more phone...

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

stop!

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got a napkin?

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Got a napkin?

Napkins are a thing now.

You know what that means? That now you can see something on a new section for this wonderful website.

Hope you like it!

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Thanks for reading. -Vincent

finally

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

finally, a place for this mess

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A Decorated Horizon

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Today, I woke up thinking about how I have been building websites for multiple decades. This website alone is nearly pushing 20 years old.

It may be the fact that it's Monday, but that thought kickstarted more thoughts around web development, creativity, websites, and free speech. Importantly, having my own website that I can experiment with has been such a refresher for me. It has allowed me to find a better place for my scattered thoughts and play with web technologies on my terms.

That being said, you'll notice the horizon on the footer has a beautiful mountain range and some flora to keep the Hmmburger laptop company.

Virgo season is now observable for those who like to observe the astrological shift on the observation page for our dedicated observers. Please take it in and do with it what you must.

With that dust devil of a website update, I hope you have a nice Monday and wonderful week.

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Thanks for reading. -Vincent

A quick bite.

Thu, 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Thank you for checking in.

If you have been following along, first of all, thank you, secondly, we're sorry for the silence.

We are currently on the precipice of a new chapter in this place. Everything has felt more surreal then the moment before now.

Yet, here we are, in a stasis of sorts. Away from the reality of the action but surrounded by it. Surviving in our bubbles.

A new week is on the horizon so keep your eyes peeled.

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Thanks for reading. -Vincent

Leo Season

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The sun is high, the air is warm, and the only safe place is the shade.

Let out a roar, or a nice long sigh.

It's Leo season.

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Clocking In

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

After much work, it's done. Hmmburger has made a zine.

Clocking In is a collection of the works from the past few months. It has been fun working on these stories and this compilation.

Clocking In includes a new hot dog creation and other visual delights from the site as well.

If you want to hold it in your hands, you can buy it in the shop.

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Thanks for reading. -Vincent

Behind the Counter

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

It's time to have a page dedicated to the Burgerheads that make Hmmburger a reality.

Check out the staff page to learn more about the folk who make Hmmburger a reality.

It ain't much, but it's our staff.

Of course, what is a project without a way to consume? Visit the shop to get your hands on some of the goods we've made. We mostly have stickers and some prints of digital art.

Zine incoming!

Read on hmmburger

Thanks for reading. -Vincent

Another Building Appears

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

If you are keen on details, you will notice the building on the bottom of the home page now has a keyboard. Peculiar.

If you haven't, here is a picture of the building:

We hope you enjoy this lovely new building.

In other news, we improved a bunch of little things around the site in preparation for some cool new things. One thing, is the long awaited physical zine, a store to sell some of the goods we've made, and an introduction to new collaborators.

We hope you enjoy Hmmburger and choose to be a part of the what we're making here.

Be prepared to clock in!

Read on hmmburger

Thanks for reading. -Vincent

June Gloom

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

As the sun spends more hanging out in the sky, the air begins to drain.

But, the end of June is coming and with it, a new issue of Hmmburger is on its way.

In the meantime, it's cancer season and we're not impressed.

New stories and more coming.

Read on hmmburger

Thanks for reading. -Vincent

Wheel Me Out

Fri, 30 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

I am tired boss.

When you brought me in it was great. Do you remember opening the box and being blasted with that delightfully, questionably toxic air? So oddly refreshing and tantalizing!

Those early days with that new object feeling were some of the best days. I shaped myself to the odd curvatures of the job. I was supportive and eased the previous discomfort. Now, I have been pushed to the side. New chairs are nice, so maybe it's time to wheel me out.

The weight of holding miscellaneous objects stacked over time has made my wheels create increased gravity at my feet. I now require more effort to get me to move out of these grooves in the low pile carpet. Oh, how I never liked this carpet. That first time gliding across the office's concrete floors until I felt the first resistance of this carpet. From gliding to being a stick in the mud.

When it's the end of the day and I hear the alarm being set, the beeps begin as the lights flicker off, and the darkness plays tricks on me. I think much like you dream, the darkness makes way for light and form.

I'm sitting at the end of the office's driveway almost at the curb. The rougher surfaces of the asphalt and sidewalk deform my wheels, but I keep rolling myself out. The sun's warmth activates remaining compounds inside of me that release that scent that reminds me of that fresh plastic smell. A cool breeze carries my scent into the air and happens to hit the nose of a passerby. They stop, recognizing that familiar smell, and see me there glowing in a sunbeam. They begin to walk toward me and I start to wake up.

The alarm begins to beep and the lights flicker on. The staccato of beeps from the alarm being disabled brings me back to this place.

It's a new day.

Read on hmmburger

Thanks for reading. -Vincent

Gemini Season

Wed, 21 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A story for Gemini season

We are now observing the house of Gemini. Happy Gemini season!

Read on hmmburger

Thanks for reading. -Vincent

Gemini Season

Wed, 21 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Two travelers walked along the base of the mountain through the valley that others have passed through many times.

The travelers admired the tops of the ancient stones that time had slowly revealed.

The travelers held hands as they have before, but in this moment, time wanted to be remembered.

The sky began to fill with glistening yellows and deep oranges that squeezed the remaining blue from the sky.

A warmth filled the air but neither felt a sweat.

The ancient stones could be felt faintly vibrating as the sky settled.

The travelers looked up and saw a gift etched in the sky of their embrace.

"That's us," they said.

Read on hmmburger

Thanks for reading. -Vincent

The Lunch Rush

Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A new piece of fiction appears:

The sun cooks me from above and the sidewalk cooks me from below as I walk to get my lunch. The vehicles scream past me in the opposite direction at an arms length. Warm gusts in between the stale warmth of today.

There is this new burger place that opened up and I can't seem to stop going back to it. It has become that work staple that I feel borderline embarrassed how much I go.

There has been so much work on Hmmburger in the past few weeks and even in the past few days.

We are placing fictional works under the burger category. Why? Because we didn't like having fiction mixed in with ramblings and updates.

You may have noticed the chicken category. It explains some things about the chicken and staying healthy.

Have a wonderful week.

Read on hmmburger

Thanks for reading. -Vincent

The Lunch Rush

Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The sun cooks me from above and the sidewalk cooks me from below as I walk to get my lunch. The vehicles scream past me in the opposite direction at an arms length. Warm gusts in between the stale warmth of today.

There is this new burger place that opened up and I can't seem to stop going back to it. It's become such a workday staple, I'm borderline embarrassed by how often I go.

As I get closer I can see the strip mall and the burger place now taking the space of the old electronics store. It's sad cause that's where pappy bought me a soldering kit. Look at me now, a proud mechanical engineer.

The parking lot is half full, easy to cut through, no weird zig zagging today!

I take the cowpath that others have made through the strip malls landscaping. The shade of the trees on the little curbed desert islands in a sea of asphalt is nice little break from the onslaught of the sun. The sound of gravel crunching under my feet and the shade of the trees tricks me for a moment that I am not walking from a busy street to a strip mall.

Did I come here yesterday? I am wearing the same clothes.

Ding ding

The bells above the burger joint's door ring as I step inside.

I can smell the grill and hear the murmur of today's regulars. I think that’s a coven at the big table, but that’s not my business.

I walk to the counter and, without hesitation, as if today was going to be any different, I say, “combo number five.”

Of course, I hated the fact that it was my favorite meal here. It’s as if the owner had some sick twisted sense of humor. Number one should be what everyone wants, but real ones know number two is tried and true, but five? This isn’t the garden fresco salad.

But still, the simple cheeseburger combo is what’s up.

Ding ding

I’m reminded that others have entered after me.

“Thanks! We’ll bring it out to you when it’s ready. Enjoy your meal!”

“You too.”

Ding ding

“I always cause the lunch rush,” I pick out my booth, the one under the vent.

Okay, I’m pretty sure it’s a coven, they’re talking about a curse on a family and they don’t have many nice things to say about ancestors. Also it looks like there’s a tarot spread in the middle of the table, totally a coven.

Ding ding

I start to pull out my phone and put in my right earbud, keeping the left one in the case. I don’t want to appear rude when they bring my lunch. Sure, I can hear them with them both on, but they don’t know that.

“Here you go, can I get you anything else?” asked the server.

“Nope, thanks.”

“Enjoy your meal,” they say as they walk away.

The first ravenous bites hit the spot as they normally do, between the tiniest of breaths.

I blink and, somehow, half of the meal is gone.

“Whoa,” I pause and say to myself, “we still got another 30.”

I sit back and look around, noticing that the dining area is still pretty full. I begin to wonder when the AC is gonna kick on. Sure, it’s not too terrible outside but inside should still be comfortable, right?

The coven laughs in unison.

Ding ding

“I bet they did that,” I say to myself.

A stifled laughter in the booth next to me.

“Maybe your ancestors need to unburden themselves,” says the voice behind the laugh, in an increasingly sarcastic tone, “they never have anything good to say except pappy and dad.”

I stuff my mouth with a handful of fries to stifle my laugh. I can hear the voice in the booth over slightly chuckle. We knew we did not wish to be hexed by the coven. I especially have no need for magic myself, good or bad. Laws of thermodynamics or something.

The coven’s laughter begins to fade. The air conditioner kicks on and I begin to feel that cool air from the vent above me. That cold air makes me wish I had a light sweater, but right now this is a reprieve from walking in the sun.

I close my eyes and somehow that cool air reminds me of the droplets on the grass while waiting for the bus on a winter morning.

I lean back into the booth, satiated. The conversations in the lobby have blurred. I’m reminded of how when the weather is cool the highway sounds like a distant, roaring river. My eyes closed, I feel that cool breeze off the river wrap around me; I open my eyes.

I seem to see into infinity. Are my eyes open, are they closed? My mind wanders. I feel that cool breeze. I imagine sitting on my porch as a warmed afternoon gust makes me open my eyes.

The air conditioning shuts off. The coven is here, the jester in the neighboring booth is gone, and my tray is a picked over mess. I check my phone, “I better get going.”

“Can I take that?” the server asked, coming out of nowhere, as if they had waited for my return.

I look down at my tray and hand it to them.

“Yes, thank you!” I say as I notice my ear bud is still in my ear.

“Will we see you again tomorrow?”

I nervously laugh, “can’t, it’s the weekend.”

I pull the ear bud out of my ear and place it in its case. My case into my pocket.

Damn, I was here yesterday.

Read on hmmburger

Thanks for reading. -Vincent

Pardon the dust

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT

From upon high, a voice was heard.

"None of this is right! Right? Right?"

The walls began to shake.

Some new stuff

hmmburger to hmm... - We have renamed the hmmburger section to hmm and it will be the place to learn about this lovely website and what could be potentially going on here.

burger - A 3d rendering of a burger has appeared.

chicken - Bock! Bock! Bock!

links - Sharing links to other places on the internet worth visiting. Updated sporadically of course, but we have been finding some good new projects. Hypertext.tv is a good example of something we appreciate.

Some parting thoughts

Running this project has slowly become something I enjoy tinkering with and has started to spin off into a few different directions. I have been having fun and I think that was the main reason for removing the cobwebs off this website and to slowly not care about a grand vision.

It's allowed me to start writing words to go with my artwork and to make working on a website a bit more fun.

I've also thought more about the future of the web and it's kind of an interesting mess. It's also strengthened the need for this website to exist.

I will keep building out this corner of the internet and find ways to communicate the absurdity of the state of things. Hopefully creating a place that is a bit of a respite from the madness.

Have a nice day.

Read on hmmburger

Thanks for reading. -Vincent

Receiving and Shipping

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Boxes, stacked in the corner waiting for shipping.

The fluorescent lights and the air conditioning hum in unison.

The voices on the radio remind me that no one knows what they're supposed to be doing. Why take the reins when the automatons will do it for us? All we can do is wait, because the process has been relegated elsewhere but a promise is being repeated.

"Heard that before," every fiber of my body reminds me. My chair creaks in agreement.

bzzrt

SYSTEM NOTIFICATION:

New Communication: A message describing a process and the reason for the process.

Click to read communication message.

click

I open the message, "Incredible," I think, "absolutely incredible. We've given it up for the vibe."

SYSTEM MESSAGE CONTENT:

If we look at the manifests summary, the manifest summaries determine that the reasons stated in the manifests is in line with the process for the implementation of the process that was decided to process future manifests for standards and compliance.

"Well, duh," I mutter.

bzzrt

SYSTEM NOTIFICATION:

New Communication: A message requesting the status and state of the boxes meant for shipping.

click

SYSTEM MESSAGE CONTENT:

Hey, are the boxes ready?

pop

Read on hmmburger

Thanks for reading. -Vincent

It may be trash.

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A large pile of objects is obstructing your view.

"Okay, now what?" you say.

"I don't know man," says a disembodied voice.

"I don't really care about this or that and if I never saw either of them again, I probably wouldn't care," it continued.

Your eyelids are heavy, your back is tense. You decide to open up that trash bag and toss it.

"See," the voice said, "I didn't feel a thing. There are things we have lost that will never come back. There are things that will be made that shouldn't be lost, but sometimes it's time to think about how things can be."

"Ah," you respond, "Thank you."

Read on hmmburger

Thanks for reading. -Vincent

Only a sheep is on time.

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT

While observations happen, actions may lapse.

It's okay to want to feel that fire and not know the action.

It's a beginning.

With your drive and focus, you'll be etched in the sky.

It's <a href="https://hmmburger.com/observatory">Aries season</a>.

Read on hmmburger

Thanks for reading. -Vincent

It's not far.

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

I've decided a destination, it's in an odd place not close but not far.

I can drive, but it's not that far.

I could ride my bike, but I don't want to deal with locking up my bike.

I can take the bus, but that's longer than the bike ride.

I can pay a car to take me there, but that is silly.

Whichever way, I have to start walking.

Read on hmmburger

Thanks for reading. -Vincent

My Pond, My Rules

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

When you realize no one is watching, you should realize you get to write the rules.

And remember, "Not my pond, not my problem."

Read on hmmburger

Thanks for reading. -Vincent

Colorized.

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

If you are paying attention to things, it's hard to know what to do.

Write or call your representatives or post colorized pictures of a hot dog eating itself. The choice is yours.

Sometimes you can do both!

Read on hmmburger

Thanks for reading. -Vincent

Acknowledging Progress

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Often times we get hung up on where we should be that we forget where we are and where we have been.

I have been working on an experimental thought management system. A place to keep track of abstract goals, measurable tasks, and floating ideas. A springboard of action and simple reminder or what we are interested in at the moment. A place for thoughts that have announced their arrival or intentions of arrival.

I have finally started to lay the real foundational work on this system which is an abstraction of my physical and digital systems that I have been using to manage my life and to work on my time blindness.

The current state is further along than any previous iteration and it is responding to many of the recent thoughts I have been having around design, development, and creativity. It may not be the most useful state, but it has reminded me, I am making progress.

Sometimes we make progress and it may not be exactly what we want, but it's progress.

The thing I have been reminding myself is, "I'm further along than I was before and thats better than where I was."

Keep on truckin' and keep on dreamin'.

Read on hmmburger

Thanks for reading. -Vincent

gone fishin' 🎣

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

🎣

If you are swimming, keep swimming.

If you aren't swimming, you should probably start swimming.

If you don't know how to swim, try to swim.

If you really aren't sure what you are, that's okay too.

The only thing we can say for sure, <a href="https://hmmburger.com/observatory">it's Pisces season</a>.

Read on hmmburger

Thanks for reading. -Vincent

Hola Mundo

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

I want to keep this simple.

The state of the internet isn't great.

We have a handful of companies controlling a handful of websites. Every company is building their modern day imagining of AOL. Walled gardens powered by greed, algorithms, and misery. Reflecting much of modern America.

We are allowing machines to fill our context with hallucinated slop. Removing thought and dreams from the human condition.

All this to say, if you are going to be online, own your platform as much as you can.

Share in the commons, but build at home and share in your own gallery.

Read on hmmburger

Thanks for reading. -Vincent

A Building Appears

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Allow yourself to take some time to enjoy two new additions to the one and only, hmmburger.com.

Aquarius in View

The observatory now displays the current constellation in observation.

There will be some new additions to the observations that will delight when found.

Potentially rewarding!

A Building Appears

A building appears at the bottom of the home page.

A figure stands behind the glass.

You walk up to the window but there is no response.

From Management

We are entering strange times.

Take time to breathe and find a method to communicate through.

Don't stew.

Until next time, take care.

Read on hmmburger

Thanks for reading. -Vincent

enhance.

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Oh boy, new feautures for the website hmmburger.com??

You better believe it, amigo.

Some beautiful enhancements anyone can look at and say, "Thank you."

The Darkness is Here

"People love dark mode!" said our advisors.

We listened.

A new dark mode has been added that is both not a total void and keeps the original color feel going.

We are open to suggestions on improving dark mode, feel free to reach out.

Legibility

We're doing our best to make the text and content breathe on any device this is viewed on.

This mostly means, the text should feel better on the eyes.

The Sounds of Space

We have enhanced the observatory experience to now include an audio element.

This and That

If you are subscribed to the newsletter should know that we plan on sending out a rundown of the week in it instead of every bulletin.

This doesn't mean there will be more updates, but there will be weeks where a lot happens and weeks where nothing happens.

We don't fully love newsletters, but our advisors are telling us that people love getting emails.

Incredible times.

For those interested, the bulletins are syndicated via RSS.

Read on hmmburger

Thanks for reading. -Vincent

Look at the stars!

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

We have launched our observatory to better understand the mysteries of the universe.

We are currently studying the main signs to see what they mean and how we can navigate the now using their guidance.

It is a time of reflection and action.

Read on hmmburger

Thanks for reading. -Vincent

🌭 time for a hot dog

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Have you a hankering for a hot dog? Guess what? Hmmburger has rolled out an update that will satiate that urge.

🌭🌭🌭You will feel incredible.You will feel nourished.It’s a wonderful time to look at hot dogs.🌭🌭🌭

<figcaption>the sexy weener that started it all, now on display!</figcaption> </figure>

<a href="https://hmmburger.com/hot-dog/">Show me the dogs!</a>🌭🌭🌭

Do you have hot dog art? Well maybe you should send it to Hmmburger and maybe it will end up on the hot dog page.

Read on hmmburger

Thanks for reading. -Vincent

Otra Vez

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

i am doing this again.

if you are new here, hello.

if you aren't new here, hey.

if you are looking for some meaning behind all this, i am bored and i want to have fun with this website.

if you want to contribute, suggest what you think should go on this website through our Suggestion Box.

Read on hmmburger

Thanks for reading. -Vincent

hmmburger

Things Could Be Better

q4 is here, you hungry?

Consider Bork

Content!

Receiving the Reception

Bred. Fed. Packed.

Ground Bork

Computer, do this for me.

What about tomorrow?

Bandwidth Exceeded

00:00

Cloudy Reading

beaming

Build Up Released

Build Up

Neat

Ceiling Spiders

Hmm! Hmm! Hmm!

a new kind of possibility

sunbathe

friday, huh

get bread

Calibrating

passing through

LegacyPC (4:3)

*unintelligible*

later gator

tgif

check your shoes

nevermind, bad idea

is it supposed to do that?

March 30, 2026

invalid destination

this can't be good

March 18, 2026

yeah, probably not

Night Light

New Year, Same Hmmburger

A Quick Look Back

The Lunch Rush

Temporada

Wheel Me Out

Clocking In

A Quick Look Ahead

Parting Words from Vincent

Stay Connected

Hmm, quite

End of the year

Listening. Learning.

Gone Fishing

Pow!

December 1, 2025

beef.

November 26, 2025

shhh...I'm thinking.

Normal? Normalizing? Normalized?

time to log off

too many wpm

Nap Timed

Three wishes

Thanks, bud!

More please.

oh, how nice

don't

Umm...no?

Oct 20, 2025

Good Things

The Liquid Switch

It's time to leave.

wow!

Oct 13, 2025

Saul M. Nella

Cheap.

Temporada

no more phone...

got a napkin?

finally

A Decorated Horizon

A quick bite.

unintelligible