bensguide — your guide

Control center

System status

live checks · tap to collapse

Top bar

Slim bar = jump to a section + a rotating “now” line (news, appointment, people nudge). Feelings get logged on the Feelings page with confirm.

bensguide.online setup

Site is parked on Hostinger — attach domain, then deploy this UI + GuideDB.

Open your sites

bensguide.online

This UI when deployed — replaces parked page.

crabilouse.com

Private demo vault — embedded as a tab here.

crabilouse.net

Public music site — explain your sound, not demos.

benjaminwinkelman.net

Portfolio — separate from bensguide life data.

Coming up

Add appointments in Calendar — they show here.

Phase map

What works today, what's in progress, and what's not built yet.

Event log

Everything logged in bensguide — feelings, calendar, habits, system sync, and more. Tap ✕ to delete; you will be asked twice to confirm.

What bensguide can track

One plain example per thing — so you can see how notifications and data feel together before 1.0.

Your home grid

6-column widget grid · drag to reorder · ⤢ cycles size (1×1 … 3×3) · each module has its own theme.

Top bar = your priority widgets · tune appearance in .

Layout: bensguide_module_grid_v2 · Edit grid toggle = builder mode

Grateful & reflect

Simple things you’re thankful for, or a short reflection — dated when you enter them.

Optional — goals, wins, parked (advanced)

Goals

Today's wins

Parked projects

Learning & subjects

Exam domain cards, key terms, and study log. Vault above holds your .md notes — export JSON or an Obsidian-style folder anytime.

Log activity

Manual activity log — anything you did today.

App auto-tracker

bensguide watches these apps in the background. Run BensGuide Tracker separately (or the full tray app) — confirm tracked apps below.

Add app to track

Room presence (webcam)

C920 · local only

Vision Lab

experiment · local ML

Journal

Write as much as you want — each save is its own entry. Groups by day in the list.

All entries

IT & job notes

You're learning IT to get a first job — freeform notes for certs, study, applications, interview prep. Personal creative work stays in .

Learning path · example notes

Study

CompTIA A+ · networking basics · Linux commands

Practice

Homelab ideas · portfolio projects · resume bullets

Recipes

Full cooking cards — order of steps, amounts, tools, safety.

Design & layout

Modular design first: each module has theme + density. Top bar = priority widgets. Mobile rebalances — not too dense, not too empty.

Priority widgets (top bar)

Today on the left → scroll right for older days · filter tabs above · ✕ deletes (double confirm)

Not your feed — shows why things matter together. Connect any two entities (gear, recipes, people, plugins, links) and they wire up here. Tap a node to highlight its connections.

Connect

from → relationship → to

Overall feeling

quick log — separate from color spectrum

Tap how you're doing right now. This goes straight to your timeline — no slider needed.

Color spectrum

mood · energy · anxiety — tap word → drag 1–10 → confirm

DBT skills library

mindfulness · distress tolerance · emotion regulation · interpersonal · middle path · crisis card

988 · Crisis Text Line · trusted person · ? shortcuts

Verified health info

NIH · Mayo · NHS — reading logged

Med info

Pages read

Daily medications

Pick from catalog (SSRIs, SNRIs, etc.) or custom — dose & morning/evening dropdowns.

As-needed meds

Rescue / PRN — hydroxyzine, PRN melatonin, etc. Log each dose.

Today's med log

Psoriasis & shower care

Topical steroids, calcipotriene, medicated shampoos — dose amount & after-shower timing.

Biologic injections

Skyrizi, Stelara, Humira, etc. — log injection days to timeline.

Supplements

Vitamins & minerals — typical doses, morning vs bedtime.

Body log

Physical symptoms, mental symptoms, side effects — just your log, not a diagnosis.

Side effects

Log any side effects you notice so you can discuss with your doctor.

People you care about

Track name, relationship, contact history — no news here, just people.

Brand & values

Who you respect and which companies you won't work with — keep your personal brand consistent.

Substances

pattern over time — not a moral score

Cannabis + alcohol logs. Rough estimates only — not medical advice.

Easy log

Uses current product + dispensary. Set those up once, then tap.

Cap g

Today: 0 bowls · 0 caps · 0 cart · 0 disp

7-day avg sessions —

Current product Dispensary

Product / flavor

Flower, cart, or disposable — brand + dispensary. Free-type anything that isn’t a dropdown.

Name / flavor Brand Form Dispensary Or custom dispensary Grind % THC Type Pack size (units) Or pack qty Notes

Dispensaries

Fine Fettle presets + your own. Pick one as current for flavor logs.

Edibles

Gummies: count × mg each. Baked / other: total mg + pieces.

Week mood · product

How this product felt overall this week.

Money quick link

Full spend detail lives in

Expenses

Track renewals and subscriptions: pay method, service, pre-tax cost, tax rate, after-tax total, next renewal, and interval.

Intervals: weekly · monthly · yearly · bi-yearly · one-time. CT and PA tax defaults are saved locally.

One calendar — all life stuff

Appointments, renewals, faith, people nudges. Scroll wheel zooms the grid (scroll if clipped). Click a day or its icons for categorized detail.

Inventory

Item name and where you keep it.

Music · crabilouse.com

Crabilouse = your main brand · Winkelstein = 2nd account (both DSP-worthy) · Candidate, Idea, Scrap, Dead end, Vault. Drag tracks in the local library or leave them Unsorted.

Lyrics & song ideas

saved forever

Jot a song title the moment you think of it, or write full lyrics — standalone or tied to a specific song. Everything is stored in GuideDB and syncs to web + tray.

FL plugins & workflow

Serum, Kontakt, Battery, mix/master chain — catalog quick-add, preset & library notes, workflow checklists, learn links.

Verse notes, prayer log, and Bible reading plan. Everything logs to your timeline and find.

Phone Photo Studio

Index phone & family albums — EXIF date taken first, else file date, else folder name. Quarantine before delete. Lightroom 13k stays separate.

Saved links — read later

Paste a link + why you saved it. Stored as a node, logged to timeline.

Session prep

Jot what you want to talk about — saved to your timeline so you don't lose it.

Share with therapist

Weekly summary + encrypted export. Site sync will add a read-only therapist login later — you revoke anytime.

Today: JSON export copies to clipboard — paste into backup or future upload
Phase 2: bensguide.online encrypted vault + limited therapist role
Includes feelings, habits, vision presence (no video), meds log — you choose what ships

System settings

One place for whole-program options. Type to filter. Changes save instantly.

Per-tab survey — Round K

many multi-choice · shapes next pass

UI chrome, every major tab, info/help sections, goals, and dev priorities — all multi-choice. Saved locally; Copy dev prompt → paste into Cursor.

Local connections

SQLite · backup · Drive

Hostinger sites

pre-login DB checklist

bensguide.online · crabilouse.com · crabilouse.net · benjaminwinkelman.net — encrypted creds · test MySQL · deploy bensguide-site/

Sync everything — pull bensguide.online → write PC mirrors + tray cache → push web → refresh crabilouse catalog. Fast cache: tray data/backups/bensguide-latest.json

Full data export / import / wipe lives in .

Tap an outlet — political lean badge · saved snapshot count · click to read your archive.

Synced archive library

Reading history

desktop log

Change log

Surveys, applied prompts, and decisions — stored locally (bensguide_evolution_v1) until GuideDB sync.

Version logs

Latest survey

Site connections

Hostinger pre-login checklist — bensguide.online deploys from desktop/Cursor, not here.

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