Another week goes by, another month goes by. These are the notes from May 27 to June 2, 2025
I always feel kind of weird writing my weekly notes right after a monthly summary, that’s why I wrote a mini post yesterday about a collage making program of all things. It had been a while since I’ve written about a piece of software so, yeah. Anyway, back to the notes!
✍️ I wrote a lot of blog posts this week this week, so I almost don’t have a lot to say about some things that happened. Still, feel free to check out the posts from the past week if you want to know more about what I’ve been up to writing-wise.
🎨 I recently cleaned up my bedroom after changing some furniture, I relocated a bunch of stuff, and there was an old portfolio where I found some old papers and homework I did for middle school. Among them, there were poem drawings (calligrams), chalk art, and old graphics I used for homework reports. They were quite the trip down memory lane, and I might write about them in a separte post.
💻 Besides the desk and keyboard, I recently bought a laptop stand too. I didn’t have enough space to rest my arms otherwise, because the desk was not deep enough. Even if it was, the laptop screen would end up too far behind. Now I can properly rest my arms and see the screen at my eye level, its a pretty fun time!
🎮 My birthday is coming up, I will not order the Nintendo Switch 2 at launch, not yet. However, I bought some physical Switch games from Play Asia once again. I have played plenty of games these past few months and I don’t feel any guilt whatsoever about it. By the time they arrive, I will have completed like 3 games anyway, because it’s Play Asia. Deal with it Amin.
🧑💻 While cleaning up my room, I also found my old laptop. I decided to turn it on just for giggles. As I opened it, the lid mechanism broke—it was already broken to begin with—and the screen got even more flimsy. However, I noticed it was running an old Fedora version. So, of course I did a full upgrade from Fedora 37 to Fedora 42, using their updater tool from the terminal. I might write a more complete post about it, but it was a pretty fun journey!
🌧️ There has been a lot of rain lately, and I pretty much have to walk on mud to get the bus stop. Thankfully, my father has been kind enough to give me a ride sometimes, so that has helped keep my shoes clean.
Watching
The Last of Us Season 2 - Watched the last episode, and it definitely left a sour taste in my mouth. A cliffhanger, seriously. In the game, you can keep playing. Here, I gotta wait three years or something. Ugh.
Weak Hero - Finished season 1 and ended up quite happy with it, I finally realized the story it was trying to tell, and I enjoyed it. The next season starts where the manhwa does, and we’ll see how it goes. The first episode wasn’t too bad.
Death Note - Started the second episode on a whim, the same kinda whim that made me watch the first one out of nowhere a few weeks ago. So far pretty good!
Reading
The Big Time - Up to Chapter 9. Kinda got the story a little more so now I like it. We’ll see how it keeps evolving. Wrote more thoughts on my monthly summary.
Hunter x Hunter - Up to Chapter 380. The new chapters finally started to grip me, it’s almost like every arc of this manga is a whole different genre, and I absolutely love it.
Gaming
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow - I got a bunch of new power-ups and I feel practically invincible, I have to find the final boss or something at this point. I can turn into a bat and I am exploring every corner of the map looking for where to go, I love it.
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Played it for like an hour, I will traverse the open sea soon, and explore more places. It should be super fun! However, this week I completed a few sidequests that were kinda wholesome, people exchanging letters and the like.
Week Links
We got quite a bit of gaming related blog posts this time around, but I still kept some more personal and general ones to mix it up a little. I hope you enjoy!
Blog posts
Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana - I can’t believe Wouter beat me to a game I have been playing for like 5 months in a single week. But his review is pretty good! I am liking this game a lot.
The web != the web - I somehow wasn’t following Manual via RSS, but I corrected the mistake, and this post was quite a nice and short read. Just check the rest of his site if you haven’t.
An Identity Crisis? - The neverending sense of guilt of an Apple user who doesn’t wanna be trapped by the consequences of his own decisions!—I am joking here, Gabz is a cool guy :P
The PC Does What Nintendon’t: Modding Games - Another post from a different blog by Wouter, this time about his experience wiht videogame mods for PC, like custom levels, quality of life improvements and such.
An Ode to 2003 - Jedda is going through some old posts of hers and sharing some insight from a modern lens. This post in particular inspires me to write about some more memories from my school days for some upcoming blog post. I already wrote one if you want to check it out, btw.
When you can’t decide - Annie with yet another great post inspired by her parenting experience. Just go ahead and give it a read.
Videogame Bosses - Sotolf is back at it, I think he finally got into blogging after all these years, and I enjoy his posts about gaming stuff!
I make the same mistakes over and over - Solving problems in the moment can lead to bigger problems in the future, leading to more frustration for your future self. A nice post to think about how to deal with all that.
Videos
Was the original Halo trilogy as good as I remember? - a two hours long video essay about one of the videogame franchises I haven’t covered much in my posts, but it significantly marked my childhood and teenage gears.
Windows Was the Problem All Along - Another video about how a handheld PC with Steam OS that I’ll never even buy is better than the Windows version.
Why did I jailbreak my kindle and install koreader - A genuinely funny video about switching to koreader. It was pretty complete and links to other resources to do this. Sadly a kindle update ruined the fun recently.
The Simple RetroArch guide - one of the best pieces of software for emulation, and how to use it, by Tech Dweeb.
How much and what to write is a struggle for some people, but I personally think that it's no big deal, and writing what you want regardless of what other says is usually fine
I just wrote all these thoughts about work, AI, dystopian and utopian ideals from science fiction in books and videogames, a bit of a messy ramble this time
