Peppers
I finally tried my hand at gardening this year. As a huge fan of spicy food, I was excited to try growing chili peppers.
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Let's Play
The original Dark Souls is without a doubt my game of the decade. Everything from its interconnected world, skillful mechanics, and ever-deepening story shows the brilliance in its design. What really keeps me coming back though is the creativity of its modding community.
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Hacktoberfest 2019
This year I learned about an annual event named Hacktoberfest. Hosted by Digital Ocean, it encourages programmers to contribute to various open source projects.
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Contributing Code to Tildes
A few months ago I released a userscript called Tildes Focus. I’ve since refined the project and submitted it upstream, and I’m pleased to say it’s now been merged into the site.
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Monster Hunter: World
Monster Hunter: World checks a lot of boxes. It has great map design, an exceptional original soundtrack, is visually impressive and hits upon a fun gameplay loop. That alone is enough to be noteworthy for a new release. Unfortunately it has both design flaws and a lack of polish that hurt the game that is, and make me wish instead for the game that could be.
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Dark Mode
This weekend I added dark mode support to this website. It uses prefers-color-scheme, which is a very new standard for browsers to request light or dark themes.
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Before the Storm
One of the best games I’ve played this year is Life is Strange. I found the experience completely captivating. While I’ve played similar choice-based titles before, there was a sense of genuine openness and honesty to the game that feels completely new.
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Dark Souls II
Dark Souls 2 is an important game in the Souls series. It departs from the standard formula which the other titles hold steadfast to, and flirts with new mechanics and designs.
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Dual Booting
I recently installed Solus as a dual OS to Windows 10. While I often use Linux for servers, I hadn’t used it as a desktop OS in years. I hoped to gain experience by using it as my daily driver, with a fallback to Windows for games or specialized software.
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Web of Trust
I’ve been using the excellent KeePass password manager for many years. It helps me keep track of hundreds of passwords with various sites and services. It syncs securely through Dropbox so I can manage my accounts from all connected devices. It’s a great tool that I would (and do) recommend to everybody.
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Raspberry Pi
Last month I picked up a Raspberry Pi with a starter kit. I didn’t have an exact use-case in mind, but figured I’d find a project for it pretty quickly. It didn’t take long for one such project to come up.
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Time for a new site
I loved my old site. It was simple with only a bio and some contact links, and that suited me perfectly. But with how quickly the web moves, I started getting the itch to try something new.