{"id":135,"date":"2026-05-05T10:25:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firezen.com\/?p=135"},"modified":"2026-05-05T10:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:25:04","slug":"breaking-from-the-tech-only-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firezen.com\/?p=135","title":{"rendered":"Breaking from the Tech only Posts."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

READING<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GAMING<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\/<\/a> with my older game Library, this makes for quick ADD breaks from longer games\/books I am engaged with for example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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, … Continue reading “Breaking from the Tech only Posts.”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firezen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firezen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firezen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firezen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firezen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/firezen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138,"href":"https:\/\/firezen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions\/138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firezen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firezen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firezen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}