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Usually post my streaming schedule on Mondays, but again was a bit of a busy Sunday and Monday, so I posted it late and why not share it here also, get some plans and recaps posted from time to time. Easier for people to navigate all the content on different platforms and in different formats this way plus easier to catch some of that live when it comes to streaming. Can always find my streaming schedule on Twitch (feature that barely anyone uses I feel).
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This is a Blaugust 2026 blog post.
I have a moderately sized home automation network, running Home Assistant. I support devices on WiFi, Z-Wave, Zigbee, and Matter/Thread. I am using the Nabu Casa ZBT-2 Thread radio for these devices.
Matter has not been a delightful experience. Yet, recently, when I’ve added new devices, I’ve opted for Matter.
Initially, I was in pairing hell. New devices almost never added. But I got over that.
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The man versus machine-theme continues with the Planeswalker Decks from Aether Revolt. Planeswalker Deck “Chandra, Pyrogenius” went into the world of vehicles, while “Nissa, Nature’s Artisan” focused on the idea of energy counters. Well, Aether Revolt brings another pair of … Continue reading →
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Subtitle: For the Moments That Feel Like Too Much
Weight, like for many others, is a struggle for me.
I love a sweet treat. I married into a family that loves sweet treats. Unsurprisingly, my toddler loves them too.
I can fight it sometimes. Can I go healthy for a few meals? Sure. Eat healthy when I’m in a good mood and stress-free? Absolutely.
But when it really matters is in the hard moments. When I’m irritated. Bored. Anxious. Then the cravings come. It can be tempting to just say, “Whatever,…
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My balance is still fried since abdominal surgery. I know I need the challenge, but I need that challenge in a quiet solo setting, not in the middle of a youtube class. I need to work towards doing the downward dog again. I do that by doing yoga respecting my body.
This is where I went wrong in the past. I felt I had to do it all, or do nothing. This made me never try again after a while, thinking myself not fit enough for yoga.
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📀 watched “The Dark Knight” on Blu-ray, still holds up. https://enwp.org/The_Dark_KnightI saw it in the Metreon IMAX theater when it came out in 2008. About 28 minutes of it was filmed in 70mm film using IMAX cameras. The movie switched aspect ratios when it switched from IMAX to normal film. The 2-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray also switched aspect ratios roughly at similar times. Nice to see that that was preserved.The movie has incredible pacing. No extra moments. I had forgotten how many quote…
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On the last day of GenCon, my friend asked me how I’d rate my first-ever gaming con experience from one to ten, and I mentally scored each event I attended before giving an average score overall. I ended up somewhere between three and four overall, which kind of felt like a huge waste of money. There are a lot of missteps I took like taking risks on events based on their descriptions which ended up not being accurate (ex: a “LARP-lite” experience ended up just being a series of childish carnival…
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I had a migraine this morning that really threw me for a loop. Then I spent the afternoon and evening dealing with a different kind of headache: getting my phone number transferred to a new(ish) phone.
We picked up a Fairphone 4 a few years ago as sort of a hedge in case the electronics industry and/or tariffs and/or international trade went bonkers and one of our phones died. (We weren’t expecting all three.) The teenager used it for a bit before we bought him a phone that was closer to what he…
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I use the ISO weeks from Monday to Monday, so ISO Week 2026-W31 is the week of 2026-07-27/2026-08-02.
Backyard Bounty of the Week
Over the Fourth of July weekend we picked up a few herbs and other plants for our backyard container garden.
It’s now a (notably smoky) month later and the pepper plant (named Pablo, naturally as it’s a poblano) has already doubled in size. It’s now at least a foot above the tomato cage it’s been climbing like a ladder. We’re letting the two delicious-l…
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Poise
This word brings a fun topic to today's post. Poise deals with balance and equilibrium. As a game developer, this is one of the biggest focal points for my TTRPG — and honestly, for just about everything I do in general.
Technically I could roll straight out of yesterday's post about stature, since I was already dabbling into playtester classes there. But I won't. Instead I want to talk about how I'm approaching the whole balancing-abilities-without-breaking-things problem. Especially sinc…
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I recently visited my local public library and got a library card.
I walked in and sheepishly explained to the nice librarian that yes, I used to have a card (issued in 1994, when I was but a wee lad) but alas: it's gone missing. No, I don't remember my card number either. And no, I really haven't used the library system in a while. She seemed slightly amused, which I appreciated, because I thought the whole thing was a bit funny too.
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Just a little story about how I came to own a Divorce Ring, prompted by seeing mention of divorce rings on another blog that I read.
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As you can probably guess by the date on this very first Blaugust 2026 post, I am not intending to shoot for the post-every-day-of-the-month goal this year. As in previous years, my goal is to blog more often than “oh … Continue reading →
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When the events I share on my weeknotes are few and far between, it’s often because I wrote a lot of posts already talking about stuff that was interesting to me during the week, so, yeah it happens sometimes! In any case, this is some of the other stuff that happened between July 28 and August 3, 2026!
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If you can't tell, I've been trying to scratch an itch. What is this itch exactly? To be honest with you, I don't know the specific answer to that. I just know what I've been orbiting and circling:
I love trying to solve the existential problem that is our (read: humanity's) relationship with technology. I love contributing to the digital commons and using my web development skills to give back and try to create things that are useful to others. I love asking the question "what do we owe each ot…
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I’m usually not focused solely on MLB but with the trade deadline passing today and my Angels suffering one of their worst seasons ever, it was a big thing on my mind. For the first time in at least a decade, the Angels actually made some rational and reasonable moves at the deadline and got rid of players that could help other teams while brining in some young talent for their farm system.
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So, I’m taking part in Blaugust again. I’m not even going to try to do 30 this month. I’ll be happy with 5 or 10. But this is #1, so it’s a start.
The last time I wrote something, I talked about how I was considering going back to music subscription services simply because I missed their music discovery options. Self hosting was just not doing it for me in that regard. I really didn’t want to go back to paying for music, though. I have spent well over a year getting my own library up and running…
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Woah. I only just experienced Path of Fire within the past year or 2, despite it being out for almost 9 years now. But it’s new to me and I played it, so that’s something.
Yesterday’s post was a stark reminder to me that, yes, I’ve been blogging on this site now for 14 years. 14 years! Over that time I’ve had a ton of changes in my life from jobs to cars to kids to my hair turning grey and yet here I still am. Tapping away into the void. It’s pretty obvious I’ve become more jaded over the years,…
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It’s almost been a week since Everquest Legends officially released. I have a bad habit of waiting to long to start writing about a game and it feels like I’m about on that cusp for this one. I’ve been playing almost everyday, making slow but steady progress.
I come to EQL without the rose tinted glasses of nostalgia. In 1999, I was in second grade and I’m pretty sure I wasn’t even aloud on the internet. The most I used the family computer for at the time was playing with MS paint and pretending…
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Bookmarked: Pandoc - twenty-years-of-pandoc Round of applause for the software keepers. Pandoc simplified so much and continues to be a robust and reliable tool for document wrangling.
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I joined Blaugust this year again. This site was mainly a blog before, so I'm giving it a new go this year with a fresh look.
This year will be a bit slower, as I am more than often pretty beat and tired; Europe is undergoing one of the worst heatwaves I've ever witnessed: Hot temperatures above 35°C all day, reaching highs like 40°C and not really cooling down during the night... a rather unpleasant unexperience.
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Today, I appreciated the small things by taking a walk in nature during the work day, but I actually stopped to touch grass this time. Well, moss. I touched moss.
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For Blaugust2026 I have anchored to this page published by Krikket on her blog Nerd Girl Thoughts for reminders and ideas on ways to participate. Very helpful when I am feeling inclined to dismiss every idea I have because (insert any reason that comes to mind).
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The first blog I created was in 2000 and on a site called Cosgrove Capers. The name was taken from the block of flats in Hackney that we lived in at the time - Cosgrove House.
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I like public transit and I like music, but I especially like music about public transit. In no particular order, here are some of my favorite transit tunes.
The Bus Is Late
If you're an avid audio drama listener, you may recognize this first one as the Weather from an early episode of Welcome to Night Vale. "The Bus Is Late" by Satellite High is actually just one of an entire EP of songs about the bus. Another favorite track of mine from the album is "A Girl Who Loves Buses Too." I, too, am loo…
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I try not spend too much time dunking on people I disagree with. I don't think it's a particularly productive pastime, and there are better things I could do with my evening. But I am particularly mad about the AI-ified state of the world today for personal reasons, so I'm going to blow off some steam with a little bit of commentary.
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I'm not very good at taking time off. Even when I'm not working, I end up working. Part of that is being self-employed - the pressure always seems to be there - but another part is just poor discipline on my part.
This week, my son and I are home with the dog while my wife and our younger offspring are in Manchester for a music camp. Here's what we did:
Walked the dog
Took the van to get photographed to estimate for some repairs on body work damage
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Python A-Z is a blog series about Python. Each day, I share insights, ideas and examples for different parts of Python development that match with the letter of the day. Blaugust is an annual blogging festival in August where the goal is to write a blog post every day of the month.
Python is a great language for writing scripts that are executed from the command line. I’m a big fan of command line interfaces and love building them for all sorts of needs both personally and when I’m part of a tea…
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My Third Blaugust entry, In Which my Gardening Adventures Lead me to find a very pleasant suprise.
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Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail
If this doesn’t scratch your nerd-itch then I don’t know what to do with you.
Tokenomics are Coming
I, like so many of you, am tired of the constant barrage of AI news and discourse but this is still worth a read.
AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making
Same as above, but anything Ludicity writes is so fun to read I don’t care what the topic is.
I Hate The Way We Talk Online
I resonate with every single word of this post.
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Culture is a container word. It describes something without actually describing anything in particular. We use it to gesture at something vast and real, but the word itself gives us no purchase on what's actually going on. It names the surface without capturing what's underneath.
The metaphor I find most useful is a pond. When you sit beside one, you just see the surface – it reflects the sky, changes colour with the light, looks calm or choppy depending on the weather. But the pond isn't the su…
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Recently a person I'm following on Mastodon posted a picture of two cats. It was cute and kind of funny. I saw it, chuckled and forgot about it.
But then someone replied that they ran the picture through an AI checker and according to this the picture was very likely AI generated.
So the original poster apologised for not checking whether or not the picture was AI generated slop and to make up for their blunder, posted a different cat picture that wasn't AI generated (hopefully).
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Today's political action is not being counted, because it wasn't a protest.
Valerie and I went to a candidate's meet and greet. Our county is having an election for the district attorney, and there have been a couple of high-profile scandal-ridden cases recently which have caused the current DA to choose not to run for reelection. There are 7 candidates, which is kind of a lot.
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Today’s post is part of the Blaugust 2026 Group project, which features a series of writing prompts set for specific dates throughout the month. The idea being that everyone who wishes to participate can write about the same subject, riff off each other’s posts and enjoy a shared experience. In many respect having a common writing prompt levels the playing field and provides a sense of common purpose among those who take part. Today’s group project prompt asks the question “tell us all about you…
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I have been seeing lots of fun collages of book covers showing what people read during the month and decided I needed to make one for July. Not surprisingly, I headed to Canva where I found a plethora of reading tracker templates. They all made it easy to copy, paste and resize the book covers … Continue reading July Reading →
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This was originally a recipe that I grabbed off the internet, so long ago that I don’t even remember where. It’s had a few modifications over time however and is now perfectly delicious. I present it to you here.
Ingredients
1kg of chicken breast (or thigh if you prefer the flavour)
500g of plain yogurt
Curry powder (I like to use Keens)
One large brown onion or two medium onions, roughly diced
One large capsicum or two medium, cut into small pieces
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I sit in my apartment. Thankfully healthy, back on a high fruit diet. Vegetarian for years, strict and proactive with it now. Back to bald hippy-dom (tho not totally bald).
Oldschool punk playlists being procured. Blogging. A stronger SDF presence.
Fitter. Happier.
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Today was a migraine day so I spent it trying to sleep as much as possible while waiting for the meds to work. Not a whole lot experienced today. It the cracking open of my head. It's weeping it's weeping. Plasma and pain; lightning in the folds.
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AH-- AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I've written a couple thousand words today and yesterday which, don't get me wrong, were really fun write-ups but if I'm going to commit to the trials and tribulations I have lined up for me (more writing, in the spirit of BlAugust) then I need to tone it back.
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Kyle Orland at Ars Technica writes about the expanding trend of physical console game discs and cartridges that require internet connectivity to play, as tracked by the DoesItPlay organization:
Thus far, a full 27 percent of the physical releases they’ve tested require some sort of download to fix game-breaking bugs or obtain core game content that is not stored on the physical release itself. That ratio balloons to 34 percent for tested PS5 games and 50 percent for those on the Xbox Series X.
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A Library Without Walls
My grandfather's library
I grew up among books. Both of my parents are avid readers. My sister is a book lover too. When she has time, she posts amazing articles about books and book series on plenty of different topics. It's easy for her: she reads at an incredible speed. Her blog, Katherine's Bookstore is in Hungarian, but even with a browser's translation, it's a treasure trove.
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Me and my SFF PC that travelled a lot in past 3 years
A bit late, but a very important post – introducing myself. I actually lost the “About me” page in the Backupocalypse that I mentioned before, so there’s no official introduction of me outside of a little paragraph in my Twitch channel description I guess. Will return that page with “official” introduction at some point, but today is a bit free format one, because I feel like it’s not going to be the first time introducing myself during annua…
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As I was working on something today and had music going in the background I went to switch gears and I swore Apple Music had experienced a stroke and when I clicked to this song:
I clicked play and it fit the EDM style of music I appreciate and it sounded like an artist / DJ I liked, but couldn’t place it. But, I was deeply thrown by the type as it was well outside a Latin character set. Not only was the song and album in this outside the usual character set, but the artist name and label were t…
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In my last post, I mentioned that I prefer playing Wholesome Games nowadays. I am aware that there is no one definition for what a Wholesome Game is.
I mostly use this term for games that give me a cozy comfortable feeling with no stress, which means usually no time limits. What I also love is games that do not focus on violence. Or one of my personal pet peeves: Solving any and all issues with violence.
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I follow a lot of people on Mastodon and I see lots of toots fly by. Every now and then I want to find one I have seen at some point, but that is currently hard to do.
This sounds like a problem more people might have yes? Yep, and to fix that Jan Lehnardt built Searchtodon.
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This past week, we found ourselves back at Heidrun Meadery.
The last time we were there was almost a year ago, in August celebrating my birthday, with Cocoa. It's one of our favorite places to spend a quiet afternoon, tucked beneath the trees with a glass of mead and our very own DIY charcuterie board.
I wasn't sure how it would feel to go back without her.
We brought her leash and tags with us and took a photo beneath the same tree where we had taken one with her last year. There was a quiet sa…