Re-watching James Bond
I’ve been watching through the James Bond films with my wife. I’d seen the films many years ago, whereas this is my wife’s first watch through. Overall I’m getting a similar sense to what I got when I watched through Columbo with my wife: The lingering taste and cultural impact of these shows is the formula of these at their [...]
The Barbie Movie is Silly Fun
I went to go see the Barbie movie when I was visiting Malaysia with my wife. We wouldn’t have been able to see the movie in cinemas in Vietnam. Nine Dash Line It’s banned in Vietnam because, in one scene where a childlike depicition of a world map is shown, China’s nine dash line is represented. maritime-executive has an article [...]
So I Played Some Battlebit Remastered
“Battlebit Remastered” is trending on YouTube at the moment. At a glance, it has low-poly graphics, and is touted to have a lot of the charm that older Battlefield games had. (Maybe a lot of that is just nostalgia?). I don’t tend to play multiplayer games. I did watch a video that pointed out the game had voice-chat enabled, a [...]
Opinion on Small Keyboards and Big Spacebars
The mechanical keyboard hobby pretty much exploded in popularity during the pandemic. “Mechanical keyboards” generally brings to mind the loud, clicky switches; or perhaps people who have spent a lot of time (and often money) in order to get a keyboard that feels nice. But, there’s a niche part of the hobby which is passionate about playing around with more [...]
Nix Remains Useful for Side Projects
Nix is a sophisticated package manager. Nix has a steep learning curve; but those who do take the time to learn it are often enthusiastic about its benefits. The trade off with Nix is this: you put in effort up front to declaratively describe your software, and then you reap the benefits, such as being able to reproduce the same [...]
XCOM2 WOTC Added Some Good Parts
XCOM2 WotC I bought XCOM2 WotC (“War of the Chosen”) in a bundle for the Nintendo Switch. I’d completed a playthrough of the base game first. Overall, I found the game enthralling, but didn’t enjoy the RNG parts and so save-scummed my way through. I just completed a playthrough of XCOM2 WotC. And while I still don’t like the RNG [...]
XCOM2 has its Moments of Fun
XCOM and Civilization: They’re Okay I recently picked up the XCOM 2 Collection for the Nintendo Switch. I was lucky to catch it on sale at a discount of 85%. I just completed a playthrough of the base game. The collection also includes the expansion “War of the Chosen”, but I didn’t want to dive into too much content at [...]
Netflix's 1899 is Fascinating
Netflix’s “1899” comes from the same creators as “Dark”. I’d watched “Dark” a few years ago; watching the first two seasons in 2019, and then its final third season some time later. It’s very much a case of “if you like one, you’ll like the other”.
With “1899”, I definitely enjoyed it enough to binge my way through it. [...]
I Played Star Wars Republic Commando on the Nintendo Switch
I had played “Star Wars: Republic Commando” years ago on the PC. It’s a first person shooter game, and its setting is very cool: Star Wars, but from a grittier perspective of the soldiers fighting in the Clone Wars, rather than the more operatic stories of Jedi space-wizarding their way around the galaxy. Although it did release on the PC, [...]
Capsword is a Neat Keyboard Feature
QMK is a framework for customising how your keyboard functions. One of its relatively new features is “Caps Word”. Roughly, it’s “like caps lock, but only for one word”. This is quite useful for programmers, since writing program code often involves writing stuff like const THE_CONST = "some value";. – So, it’s as if shift is pressed for any letter [...]