Family visits and procrastinating a blogpost

Well well well, despite all the delays, I managed to push quite a bit of blogposts last week! And now a new it is time for weeknotes again, can you believe it?

It’s fine though, even though I was a little late last time, and I didn’t even use emojis for each note liks usual, quite a lot of things ended up happening anyway.

📕 Everyone at the book club finally caught up, which means I’ll be starting the next book of The Expanse this week! I have been a little slow, but I’ll do my best either way.
📻 After my review of the Innioasis Y1, someone told me there’s a built-in LastFM plugin to actually generate a .scrobble.log file that I can import to ListenBrainz (there are some scrobbling tools out there for this) This is honestly fantastic, and I’ll be definitely using it going forward.
🎮 One of the gaming sessions this week was at my friend’s camper! They had a TV that is hidden most of the time but lifts up from under a table when needed, however, it didn’t work for some reasond… But they also had a projector! Which worked, although sound was a mess. The point was gaming though, which we accomplished.
✍️ My idea for the blogposts I keep talking about still isn’t quite done yet, a couple things were still not ready for production, but this will be the week for sure!
📚 My sister came to visit at last! She brought me four books from a book fair that was going on where she studies, the Foundation trilogy and one from the Robot series: Robot Dreams by Isaac Asimov! I am looking forward to checking them out some day.
🌮 Due to the times and visits we’ve had, I’ve gone with my family and friends to dinner a few times! It has been pretty fun.
🎉 Got together for lunch during the weekend with some more family friends as well! It was a bit of a more organized thing, and I must admit I got a little overwhelmed, but I had fun in the end!

Gaming

Mario vs Donkey Kong - I only advanced a couple of levels this time around. Because of my goal to star every level and get all the gifts, I’ve been a little stuck with some levels of World 4. However, I am having a lot of fun trying to optimize each of them!
Astro Boy Omega Factor - Returned to this for a bit, I am currently defeating the last boss fights of the game, which are against the world’s strongest robots! Struggling, but not that much.
Final Fantasy IV - The Complete Collection - After the post I made about ongoing games this yeah, I decided to revisit this one and grinded for a little bit. The enemies in the Moon are way too strong even though I’m at level 49, it’s kind of ridiculous to be honest.
Final Fantasy VI - Also revisited this one for the same reasons as explained above, I went all the way to the town of Nikeah on a Chocobo and I am expecting some fun stuff to happen there!
Super Mario 3D World - There was this level in World 6 where most of the floor was just poison and we kept falling to it. Thankfully we managed to complete it and get all the stars and the sticker! We did a few more levels too, super fun!
Nintendo Switch Sports - Another fantastic match of Golf, Bowling and Tennis, it’s just awesome to play with friends, but seriously, Golf is just so good. I am considering to get the Mario Golf game, but I must resist…
TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge - Started another playthrough just on easy mode, but it was so late at night we were done by the second level. A bit of a shame to be honest, but well, we had fun!
Silksong - I wanted to play more, but I couldn’t do more than just another try at the boss, and then I am considering to just explore that place where the floor is poisoned, but I don’t know…
KarmaZoo - A quick try of this little game again, I really wish the main game could be local multiplayer, the party mode gets a bit stale rather quickly. good for a short burst though.
Ultimate Chicken Horse - Just more matches with friends!

Reading

Komi Can’t Communicate - I have finished reading this! I am honestly kind of emotional about this. Komi-san was probably the first Manga I ever read a few years ago! It was a fantastic read for so long and I just kept on reading it for a few weeks and months. However, at some point, the story started to get convoluted with more and more characters and side stories, and the main point about Komi dealing with her communication disorder and trying to make friends with Tadano’s encouragement took a backseat. Eventually though the relationship developed further and despite a few more hiccups, I think everything tied up quite nicely!
Spy x Family - Read up to chapter 126. Oh, the current arc is a fun one, after some really effective backstory moments, the manga returns to some fun shenanigans with Anya that actually have higher stakes than what one may think. It’s fun stuff!
Blue Lock - Read up to chapter 327. The aftermath of Japan vs Nigeria was not what I expected at all, but it’s cool so I don’t mind to keep reading!

Around the web

I actually can’t recall watching any YouTube this week, so there are only blogposts this week, it’s kind of crazy to think about.

Moving from Plex to Navidrome for music - Cassie decided to put all her music on Navidrome. Some people aren’t into mp3 players I guess.
Reignite your creative joy - Ain’t it nice to sort through some of your old stuff and discover good ideas you had ages ago?
A Simple, Low-Maintenance Life - Brandon is back again with a post reflecting on his life choices that had led him to be way too involved in things that ultimately don’t matter that much, focus on real life guys, and make the best of it.
Retro Achievements and GOTY 2025 - Any blogpost that acknowledges Parasite Eve is a fantastic game (making me feel bad I am yet to actually complete it), deserves a mention. Tons of more great stuff here though!
Can’t quit music streaming :( - This guy forgets you can just rip whatever music you want from YouTube with yt-dlp, but it’s okay.
Spotify Wrapped 2025 Edition - You know what, I will do this too, I don’t even care. ñalsfkjañsd.