I am not playing a ton of games really so maybe that is also something I could consider.

I too don’t play games that often, not for want of trying.

However, it allows me to be deliberate with my gaming sessions as well as when I am writing about it.

What software are you using for this and could you share something you’ve written? Only if not too personal of course, I understand you might not want to share, that is OK.

I use Org-Mode in Emacs, but I previously used Obsidian. You may definitely find the latter more palatable, as it did to me initially.

As for what I write, my write-ups starts out with links to the game’s Steam/PlayStation store and Wikipedia entry (resolved on a best effort basis), and to my journal entry to Steam Deck or PS5 (nothing more than to facilitate reverse lookup). Followed by my own brief description of the game, story, and any special gameplay mechanics worth highlighting. The rest are my thoughts on what worked and what did not for me.

There are some older, obscure games like Camy series, Monster Hunter (not the famous series), Heart of Darkness, and many more. which do not have any links but my write-ups are longer. Perhaps I play them more and have more to write about because not much is available online.

mainline

I use my digital journal to document my thoughts on games that I have played or are next in the pipeline. The notes grow organically as my thoughts form with each gameplay.

I have been journaling since 2019. It was born out of the need to manage my tasks and thoughts at work. But then it was helpful enough to start doing it for all the aspects of my life.

Started out with a simple notepad lying around at my office. Moved to Obsidian and now Emacs’ Org-Mode.

But I still use a nice notebook for journaling when I am not around my machine or when I want to jot something urgently. I digitise it later, if necessary.

In fact, I prefer using pen and paper over my machine (which has a very, very comfortable and enjoyable keyboard), as I find it more personal, private and deliberate.

I had to read more than once to realise it is not a game about WinRAR.

Having said that, all the best with the development, and may the game find love and success. :-)

I don’t know how you arrived at this based on what @[email protected] was saying.

Connection strength is a network/infrastructure problem while what was being said in the original comment is an application/usage one.

The other part of your statement can be solved using a search engine which restricts itself to just searches and not distract itself with ads and AI. But evidently such a product is hard to build in today’s world.

I wasn’t aware you are the editor/owner of the website too. Thank you for creating it. I have added it to my reading list.

Hope it isn’t taken down soon? If so, I will archive it locally.

As for your new blog, all the best. :-)

Interesting website, even though it has stopped.

The previous post on the website was quite a precursor in hindsight.

https://sfss.space/taking-a-break

Vim was my primary tool of development for over a decade, and I used Obsidian for about 3 years. However, in early 2024, I tried out Emacs and never looked back.

I find it functionally equivalent to Vim albeit perceivably slower, and Org-mode (+Denote) is far superior than Markdown and Obsidian with its slew of plugins.

Migrating my 3 years worth of notes was a pain since I was using Obsidian’s variant of Markdown syntax to link other notes. In the end I gave up trying to convert those notes, and used them alongside my new Org-mode notes, thanks to Denote’s interoperability.

In fact, Denote’s naming philosophy is so powerful yet simple that I started using it for all documents and downloads.

I had not thought of this serving as an entry or a trial for new customers. It makes a lot of sense. Thank you.

I can rationalise holding off on buying a new phone or furniture until a sale. But for groceries?

One either needs groceries or they do not.

Perhaps, there are some categories of groceries that one may not buy unless there is a good occasion but might buy them if there is a good deal on it?

Or maybe, one may buy the pricier variety like “organic” groceries during such sales?

The article indicates this was for their Prime Day event.

Are people really waiting for an annual event to buy their groceries? Or are the Fresh delivery personnel reassigned to other verticals for the event’s duration?

Former is shocking and borderline dystopian. Latter is just poor planning and resourcing.

Safe: Use text expansion for trivial yet long texts like your emails, addresses, etc. to almost eliminate errors in those texts. Espanso is something I use on Linux Mint, while macOS supports text expansion natively. I am yet to find something that fills the gap on NetBSD, but I almost exclusively use emacs on those machines, which has native support for snippets.

Unsafe: Remove USB drive without ejecting it. :P

Contrived yet neat: With special software (BetterTouchTool on macOS) or keyboard firmware (QMK and ZMK, which is what I use), one can use Spacebar as a layer key (SpaceFn, as it makes Spacebar behave as a Fn key) to unlock neat shortcuts like navigating using HJKL, add macros, remap hard to reach keys on to the home row, etc. There are other things that can be done such as one-shot modifiers which make typing less straining.

P.S. The snark in the comments here is surprising. Everyone starts somewhere. Let us be welcoming.

Which country, if you don’t mind telling?

Alternatively, is that a decision made by your country’s people/government? Or did Amazon just not want to operate there?

Very inspiring, if it is the former.

Oh. I only feel enlightened about anus.

I am clueless as to what it is doing in a medieval combat manual.

The most I can rationalise is that the author had a bout of frustration, and the manual was the only outlet for their thoughts.

Thank you for enlightening me.

Yep, it was one of the ways to have an animated avatar on BB forums.

Most recently, I have seen them being used in animated chat stickers (like on Signal).

I zoomed in on the picture, and the first thing I see is the word “anus”.

I could be misreading it, but what other letter could it possibly be.

Your question’s answer is encapsulated to a high degree here:

https://fmhy.net/

Indeed it is. :-)

Also, your comment made me realise that I mistyped asses in my original comment!

Going to leave it there for the sweet sweet irony. :D