I'm going to buy this.

This is a very good deal.

This Casey video is an absolute banger.

The lady with the shopping trolley getting run into mid race is wild. How are people able to cross like that even when the race is on?

The boys are looking very fit.

This week I've started playing Castlevania: Symphony of the Nght. Here are some initial thoughts:

• I'm really enjoying the game so far but it is challenging, I was finding it so tricky I resorted to searching for a guide, I found this official game guide which is absolutely beautiful, it's sad these kinds of guides don't exist anymore, the guide reminds me of what Tunic has in game
• I found the controls confusing at first, just the basic like equipping weapons, handling sub weapons and casting spells is all pretty confusing, to cast a spell is literally like a Grand Theft Auto cheat code
• I can see how it greatly influenced games like Hollow Knight in terms of music and art style, and of course the Metroidvania game mechanics
• It's a classic old game in that you must save, if you forget to save you'll find yourself in scenarios where all of your progress is lost, this limitation almost makes the game more fun though

One of the best use cases for killing time with my synth is playing game music. The music of Ocarina of Time and Stardew Valley are some of my favourites but anything from the new Nintendo Music app is solid.

Just playing the melodies and trying to replicate the different synth tones is a lot of fun.

I think this is a good rebrand. I need to see them run out in the jumper on match day to get a better idea.

The new logo features three key elements:

1. The scorching Sun of the Gold Coast rising over the ocean and horizon,
2. The bold “S” that represents the SUNS and the community who have built the Gold Coast,
3. A football at the logo’s heart, signifying our purpose and commitment to excellence.

I finished Echoes of Wisdom yesterday. Here's a few thoughts and screenshots of the game:

• It was a bit of a let down, the story and game mechanics were in my opinion not that great
• The game felt too easy, I didn't play in hero mode but the base game should have felt more challenging IMO, the standard of "good level of challenge" for this kind of game is Tunic now for me
• The performance was sometimes bad, it wasn't too noticeable but it was enough to be annoying, for this kind of game performance should not be an issue, Nintendo please release the Switch 2
• If you found a really strong echo early then you were basically invincible
• The puzzles in the dungeons could have been more interesting, some were super simple and just classic Zelda tropes like "light this thing on fire to open a door", classic puzzles are fine for nostalgia but they shouldn't be too common, I need some new puzzles
• The map was nice, it was fun to explore and find new places and echoes
• There were too many fast travel points, you could skip over a lot of the map and not explore if you were being lazy
• The still world was okay but it felt a bit like filler before the real dungeons
• The final boss battle with Null didn't have a satisfying ending, I beat the boss first time
• You could make smoothies too easily to replenish energy
• The art style was good, I'm totally okay with it, but I also see why people love the art style in A Link to the Past and The Minish Cap, would be cool for a new game to be in this kind of style
• Money is this game didn't really count for anything, you didn't really need to buy anything

Most of these I already knew but I couple I didn't.

This one to get UTC time quickly

date -u

is handy for server logs.

This one for uuid's

 uuidgen | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | pbcopy

is good for writing tests.

ConcernedApe is a genius.

I listened to some of the Stardew Valley music today (via Spotify) and it's still so good. I'm really really excited for Haunted Chocolatier.

thisiscory has a really solid history / comedy / political Tiktok account that's well worth watching:

you fight on the accomplishments and successes

This is in my opinion a correct take.

This is one of the best YouTube golf videos I've watched in a while.

The Bryan Bros and Grant are such an amazing trio. Plus throw in the UK contingent and you have something very fun with money on the line.

Two Gruber posts in a row but this one is fantastically written. I was meant to pickup my wedding ring today but it wasn't quite the right size. Maybe I'll place the same sentimental value in the ring that I eventually wear.

Given the circumstances when I went to bed Tuesday night, it was no surprise I was welling up with tears come the morning. But I’d never have expected they’d be tears of joy, with a sense of hope — however diminished — and abiding love in my heart.

The whole piece is very hopeful.

Gruber went hard here. I agree with him though.

I wonder how much Cook dithered over that cheerful-looking exclamation mark. I hope he regrets it.

I've had this annoying bug in the macOS Slack app this week.

Link opening is broken.

Basically when I click on a link in Slack; say a GitHub pull request link; I expect the window in Safari to then be in focus.

This is how link opening works in all other native Mac apps.

For some reason this no longer works in desktop Slack. I click on a link and the focus stays on Slack. A new tab is opened in Safari which is the correct behaviour but I'm still focused on the Slack window. So I need to manually switch apps to Safari to access the thing I need.

This is driving me crazy. Surely other's have experienced this bug?

I love watching music creation like this. Very inspiring to watch.

Kayo is very important to have from next year.

The deal means that supporters of teams playing anywhere in Australia on Saturday in the first eight rounds will need a Foxtel or Kayo subscription to watch them live, with free-to-air coverage on Seven to be delayed. Only the Anzac eve, Anzac Day and Dreamtime games will be shown live on free-to-air if they fall on a Saturday.

But for Victorian audiences, that arrangement lasts longer, and extends to the first 15 rounds before Seven can broadcast Saturday night games live. Seven has the rights to broadcast Thursday and Friday night matches, and Sunday afternoon games, and the overall number of free-to-air games broadcast will remain the same as they were under the previous agreement. Fox Footy will use dedicated commentary teams for each match.

Various activities from recent weeks.

My strawberries are doing really well this year.

Hopefully I can get one of these machines for work.

I am not an artist or a user of any Adobe products but damn this seems cool. I can imagine this being such a fun and useful tool in art class at school.