I realized after the last Tech update I haven’t “had time” between work and play to do as much home lab work as I used to, this is partially due to striving for a more remote capable* work life and partially due to not really having a project currently to hyperfixate on.
Also the Gym, going three to four times a week in the evenings takes even more time.
*I’m already WFH, I’m tired of actually working from my home, my office is in my basement, over the winter I built essentially a work outdoors go bag with everything I need to hop in the truck and work from anywhere.
There’s another post I’m seeing I forgot to finish talking about my ereader(s)/tablet etc.., so I will finish that one for the more tech side of:
READING
I have gotten back into reading since the Holiday season, started with Manga, of which I have read 25,689 pages to date. Then my s/o got me into the Empyrean series (Fourth Wing, Iron Flame and Onyx Storm) by Rebecca Yarros.
After going through that series I went back to my Manga that it interrupted and my brain said, “nope you dont remember whats going on” and not wanting to start them over I moved on to re-reading Cassandra Clare’s Shadow Hunters as its been years and I know I’m behind.
GAMING
Not sure if I ever updated on the games I play in posts of the past, I enjoy RPG’s like Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and so on, to the point of recent memory I have beaten:
Final Fantasy 4 Pixel Remaster
Final Fantasy 5 Pixel Remaster
Final Fantasy 6 Pixel Remaster
Final Fantasy 8 Remaster(?)
Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Rebirth
FINAL FANTASY TACTICS – The Ivalice Chronicles
*(have beaten 9-13 previously, played but never finished 15 and 16)
Dragon Quest 11
Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D
Dragon Quest 1&2 HD-2D
Visions of Mana (with s/o)
Working on: Dragon Quest VII Reimagined
Ontop of all the Atelier games from Gust from Iris up with my s/o.
I also enjoyed Armored Core 6 but have lost alot of my reflexes since started with AC2 on the PS2 and it was a struggle.
More recently I found out how to use https://retroachievements.org/ with my older game Library, this makes for quick ADD breaks from longer games/books I am engaged with for example:
I have owned Final Fantasy Legends since I was in grade school, couldn’t ever remember beating it this made it the perfect test game.
As you can tell I’m not going for 100%, this would require for example beating FFL with a single character (Human I think) or Pokemon Yellow with just Pikachu, doable but not enjoyable, I am trying to get the easier/enjoyable optional trophies though.
I beat each of these over the past two weekends, one each starting Friday afternoon/night.
Other than that, I may start posting more posts like these, may post random quotes I find interesting/funny/inspiring.
Pretty much going from what I once envisioned as a tech blog, to a random place I can loose the fire of my mind.
Take it easy and Thanks for reading.