kelp's ramblings and whatnot
2026-01-10 Source: My elders!! Effort: High Pretext: CW: This pretext is a bit rambly, feel free to skim if you're just here for a recipe. The title of this translates to Cranberry Kissel . Were you to look that up on the net, you would find an apt description of the recipe below on sites as generic as wikipedia. Abstracted, this drink is just a sweet and sour cranberry-flavoured slurry. It is…
2026-01-03 I don't know if i should be posting this one. This game hit way too close to home for me. This will get personal. In Stars and Time is an RPG Maker game. If you're not familiar with RPG Maker games, then know that every RPG Maker game is: Isometric, 2D, top-down perspective, turn-based combat. On a technical level, there is nothing to write home about. Plays as one would expect. Runs as…
2025-12-29 Previous: [decadv_2025_23] Index: [decadv_2025_init] :/ The 24th was spent on the eve and also preparations. 25th and 26th were both spent celebrating.. and I was ill by the 26th. Caught a flu some days ago. 27th and 28th were spent recovering. Here I was thinking I finally found a nicer chunk of time to do some more computer stuff. Well.. at least for today, I managed to get a bit of…
2025-12-23 Previous: [decadv_2025_22] Index: [decadv_2025_init] Got a bit of good work done today. Earlier this month I peered at niri's accepted pull requests and they finally got around to fleshing out the API that allowed programmers to access the width and position of a window within a scrolling window layout. Essentially, that means that in niri, it is now possible to build a pager. So, I set…
2025-12-22 Previous: [decadv_2025_13] Index: [decadv_2025_init] Next: [decadv_2025_23] It has been a while. Last sunday I ended up accidentally deleting my /home/ , and that came with it's own huge set of problems. On top of that, I had an evening shift at work, which.. rendered me without enough time to dedicate to this. That being said, I am very much free until the end of the month, so I will…
2025-12-13 index: [decadv_2025_init] Previous: [decadv_2025_12] Next: [decadv_2025_22] Spent today trying to fix my steam deck's controller related issues. In reality i actually spent a boatload of time just trying to get the damn thing to update properly.. which i failed to do so. I'll note that i didn't spend too much time on it in the first place, met up with my friends today.
2025-12-12 Index: [decadv_2025_init] Previous: [decadv_2025_11] Next: [decadv_2025_13] Infra work for today. Migrated my synapse homeserver from using sqlite3 to using postgres instead. Took way longer than I thought it would, but the migration went off without a hitch. Also going to start a matrix/discord bridge just to see how they are, i'll probably won't be able to today but my end goal is to…
2025-12-11 index: [decadv_2025_init] Prev: [decadv_2025_10] Next: [decadv_2025_12] Taking a break for today, partly due to coffee detox
2025-12-10 Index: [decadv_2025_init] Previous: [decadv_2025_09] Next: [decadv_2025_11] it is 6:20 AM as i tap this out on my phone -- seems that the linux foundation has decided to embrace AI. https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-the-formation-of-the-agentic-ai-foundation In the bucket list within the [index] , there's an item for installing openBSD on my laptop. I…
2025-12-09 Index: [decadv_2025_init] Previous: [decadv_2025_08] Next: [decadv_2025_10] And that's that for the uxn flake update! Drifblim and drifloon are now available on NixOS. There's an idea.. I should make an attempt at making a more standard approach for building uxn roms within the context of a nix derivation.. like buildTalRom.. which would take in an input rom, run it through an…
2025-12-08 Index: [decadv_2025_init] Previous: [decadv_2025_05] Next: [decadv_2025_09] Argh. I missed the weekend. Had to go out on friday for work, saturday was spent recouperating and with friends as well and on sunday i simply haven't had the spoons to do anything. I wanna get the ball rolling again with something that is both easy and motivating for the moment. And that would be .. upgrading…
2025-12-05 Index: [decadv_2025_init] Previous: [decadv_2025_04] Next: [decadv_2025_08] Today was a bit of a less code-focused day. I had a work-related event this evening, on top of the usual dayjob related activities. So I only really could focus on making a relatively small change for the ArmA3 mod I maintain for a community I participate in. That being said, I have a clear objective for…
2025-12-04 Index: [decadv_2025_init] Previous: [decadv_2025_03] Next: [decadv_2025_05] And there it is! This site now officially does RSS! Frankly, I feel like this should've been a single day effort, but alas, i suppose I am not as sharp at this as I used to be. So be it. The technical solution isn't very.. complicated here, i'm just regenerating all posts tagged with an rss marker through the…
2025-12-03 Index: [decadv_2025_init] Previous: [decadv_2025_02] Next: [decadv_2025_04] Again, spent some time programming rust, though this time around I was running more into runtime errors rather than structural issues. I've inched yet closer to having working RSS, i'm pretty sure that all I have left to do here is just serialization. I hate that word.. 'inched', but that is the reality of only…
2025-12-02 Index: [decadv_2025_init] Previous: [decadv_2025_01] Next: [decadv_2025_03] More rust programming today. I've only partially achieved my goal for today though, I've decided to call it early because .. I am once again feeling sleepy and my dishes are in need of doing. Though I did manage to do the following: Refactor a bunch of my old code to be more concise Make an extra file set for a…
2025-12-01 https://eli.li/december-adventure It is that time of year again. Time for a december adventure! I have coded far less this year, so I hope I'll be more motivated to do it during my downtime. The gist is simple: Spend every day from now to the 28th doing at least a little bit of coding. Last year i've only managed to do 15 or so days before giving up, and I partly feel like I just sorta…
2025-12-01 Index: [decadv_2025_init] Next: [decadv_2025_02] Continued to work on this very static site generator! I'm going to be honest, I have pretty much not written any code since the last december adventure. And I decided to fall right back into the hole that is Rust. I am... very much out of practice, but with some gentle reminders I am slowly, surely bringing myself back up to speed.. I've…
2024-12-28 Source: Me Effort: low Pretext: If you're familiar with russian cuisine, košė is just the lithuanian translation of kasha , I wanted to add to my list of quick and easy meals, and I wanted something that had a good ratio between protein and carbs and I think I managed to hit that fairly well while also providing a reasonably tasty low-effort meal. Honestly this one doesn't look too…
2024-11-05 Source: Used to be babish, but I've adjusted the recipes heavily since. Effort: high (takes a lot of time to chop everything) Guacamole Ingredients: 4-6 Avocados 3 Red onions 2 Jalapenos 5 Cloves of garlic 1 Lime Cumin Salt + Pepper Salsa Ingredients: 4-6 Tomatoes OR 2-3 tomatoes, followed by a bunch of canned tomatoes. Cilantro 2 Jalapenos 5 Cloves of garlic 3 Red onions 1 Lime Sugar…
2024-11-04 Source: https://youtu.be/MvnYBCDaEKU Effort: medium Ingredients: Potatoes, around 3-4 for a single person Olive oil White vinegar Salt Preparation: Peel your potatoes Chop into fry-shaped pieces, width depends on what you're feeling, just keep it consistent. Prepare a pot of boiling water. Ensure to add salt. This will season the potatoes. Ensure to add some white vinegar. About a…
2024-11-04 Source: believe it or not, me! Effort: low-medium Ingredients: One slab of tofu (preferably smoked/marinated), bout 200-300g. worth. Four Eggs Spices: Garlic powder Smoked paprika Oregano Black pepper Any green alium for garnish Siracha NOTE: this one scales easily with low time impact up to 3-4 people provided you use a bigger pan. Prep: Prepare about a palm's worth of your spices of…
2024-11-02 Source: https://youtu.be/_fA6HA4o4iI Effort: medium Ingredients: Base: Pies Flour (g) Salt (g) Water (g) Oil (g) 1 150 6 67.5 7.5 2 300 12 135 15 3 450 18 200 22.5 4 600 22.5 270 30 Sauce: Sour cream / Smetana / Schmacht / Greek yogurt Grated garlic Some siracha Salt & Pepper If you think that a spice will work well here, it will work well here. Soy sauce Toppings: Veggie option:…
2024-09-xx (dated as of 2024-10-31) Source: a whole bunch of different youtube videos i can't recall Effort: medium Ingredients: Red onions White vinegar water Peppercorns Garlic Bay leaves Salt sugar Prep: Orbital-chop the red onions, throw in pot Throw in the peppercorns and bay leaves Throw in a couple of peeled cloves of garlic, to taste Cover with water Add in about 200ml of vinegar Bring to…
2024-09-12 (dated: 2024-11-04) Source: me Effort: high (many sub-recipes) Ingredients: [Guac] [Salsa] [Pickled Onions] Potatoes Tofu, preferably firm and marinated Hummus Chopped peppers, any kind, pick according to desired spiceiness, of meatier kind Soft tortillas, I used wheat-based because we dont have corn-based tortillas in my town, but corn tortillas will work as well. Pay attention to…
2024-08-21 Source: https://youtu.be/2hm2i21knoA Effort: low-medium Ingredients: Nuts (pine, walnut, most nuts work here actually) Hard cheese (prefer parmegiano reggiano, but most hard cheeses will work here) Basil (fresher = better, can't use any processed form, defeats the point of DIY pesto) Garlic (fresher = better) Olive Oil (quality matters, i think you can get away with other oils here)…
2024-08-13 Source: bunch of different recipes online I can't recall Effort: medium Ingredients: 5-12 plain tomatoes 1 can of conserved tomatoes 1x onion 5x cloves of garlic Bell peppers or most kinds of non-spice pepper. 5 or so eggs Additional meats or vegetables can be added as desired. Sugar, salt and pepper. NOTE: for a vegan variant, you can replace the eggs with diced, firm tofu. Smoked tofu…
2024-05-15 (dated: 2024-11-04) Source: https://youtu.be/_cXVULu9RvE Effort: high Ingredients: Dough: 430g of flour 82g of corn meal 12g of salt 14g of sugar 8g of instant yeast in 300ml of water (at around 35C!) 56g of melted butter (use in mixing) Additional 50g of butter (use in external butter-ification process) Sauce: 4 slices of bacon 56g of olive oil 1 onion 5 cloves of garlic 7g of red…