No Blaugust for me this year
As you might have noticed from the lack of posts this week, I'm skipping Blaugust this year.
The Sun and The Air
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Speedrunning - A Matter of Time
In speedrunning, there's a common routine where the runner is focused less on improving skill and consistency and more on beating the Law of Large Numbers
Bloodlines 2 - Intensely Playable First Impression
In August last year I called Bloodlines 2 the most unbuyable game I've ever seen. While I stand by that take I've had time to relax, forget the furore, and observe a 50% discount.
Air Con in a Warming Climate
I saw a comment on a post somewhere a few days ago, a post around the topic of Americans having rooftop solar...
New Home Server
Had a bit of a home networking collapse a couple of months ago when I finally accepted the inadequacy of the now-12-year-old computer I was using...
My Perfect Footnotes - Solved!
So I posted a few weeks ago that I was frustrated with the format of footnotes available to me, specifically how being taken to the bottom of a (potentially) very long page felt like a huge break in focus, and that I'd like to have something that sits more inline with the page. Something that still serves as an interruption, but more of an Aside than a Reference. I received a few really nice…
The Perfect Format for Asides (an aside)
For a long time now, but especially since I started using this blog, I've been very concerned with the correct way to include tangents and asides in my text...
You Should Watch - Pursuit of Jade (逐玉)
Bit of a weird one from me. Romantic C-Dramas aren't my usual media, but...
March Sumo Midway
One good thing that's come of this year so far is the sumo - it's been really interesting stuff.
Low of Mood
It's been a pretty mediocre first three months of 2026 if I'm honest.