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The Bingo can be found here. Trans or Non-Binary Protagonist Judge a Book by it’s Title Translated Small Press or Self-Published Unusual Transportation The Afterlife Game Changer Vacation Spot Five Short Stories Older Protagonist Ted Chiang - Stories of Your Life and Others Duology Part 1 Book Club or Readalong Book Published in 2026 Explorers and Rangers Duology Part 2 Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah - Chain-Gang All-Stars One Word Title Non-Human Protagonist Middle Grade First Contact Murder Mystery Cat Squasher Feast your Eyes on This Published in the 70s Politics and Court Intrigue Author of Colour Brandon Sanderson - The Hero of Ages Five Short Stories - Ted Chiang - Stories of Your Life and Others First time reading Ted Chiang and I’m thoroughly impressed. Considering how short some of these novella’s are, it’s amazing how much of an impact they can leave on you. Someone else aptly put that he’s the master of taking a simple concept and stretching it to it’s extremes. What if we could build a tower which pierces the heavens? What if we could remove people’s ability to perceive physical beauty? What if 1 == 0? I really enjoyed this collection and think it is worth reading solely for the story that inspired the movie Arrival. Favourite’s include: Story of Your Life, Tower of Babylon and Hell is the Absence of God. ...

Updates I finally made the swap to linux, Bazzite in particular. Been wanting to ditch windows for a while now, and since my plan of buying a steam machine is up in flames due to the rampocalypse, I bit the bullet and swapped my main gaming pc over. Pokemon Champions is interesting… I was quite looking forward to see what Nintendo would cook up, and while I think the general idea was well-founded, I can’t help but feel the execution is poor. It’s so much faster than S/V so tournaments will be nicer to watch and the free to play rewards are generous. But there’s no teamsheet support and ranked is of course Bo1. Most egregiously there’s no way to save replays? Definitely a little bit disappointing, but I’ll keep an open mind for now. For my initial run to master ball tier I ran Ryoma9901’s Dual Mega team: Created Rewrite of my website! My old website was rather challenging to update, so having one based on markdown posts makes much more sense and I’m looking forward to seeing how the site grows. It’s made using Hugo and the PaperMod theme, for more information, check out [[Publishing Obsidian Notes to a Website]]. Discovered The CEO of Obsidian Steph Ango’s website. Super neat website which has inspired my own website rewrite Film Producer Rastko Novakovic’s website. Very cool bio and summary of projects Andrey Listopadov’s website Mitchell Hashimoto’s website, co-founder of Hashicorp and creator of Ghostty Vasilios Syrakis - I was laid off at atlassian Media Albums Kaatayra - Caminhos de Água ThaiBoy Digital - Paradise Tiffany Day - Halo tsubi club - trinket Bladee - Silver Surfer drug bug - Hell for a Basement Gretel - Squish Jessie Ware - Superbloom American Football - LP4 Books Ted Chiang - Stories of Your Life and Others Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah - Chain-Gang All-Stars Brandon Sanderson - The Hero of Ages Games Pokémon Champions Movies John Ford - The Searchers TV

The list can be found here. Seven Samurai - Akira Kurosawa Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola Persona - Ingmar Bergman Close-up - Abbas Kiarostami Meshes of the Afternoon - Maya Deren The Searchers - John Ford ⭐⭐⭐⭐½ 2026/05/05 - 70mm at the GFT A western epic set during the Texas-Indian wars, with a fantastic take on the Cowboy vs Indian Hollywood myth. We follow Ethan (John Wayne), accompanied by his adopted nephew, as he attempts to find his abducted niece. A tale of family, vengeance, interracial relations and miscegenation which is always subtly asking the question, what is Ethan really searching for? ...

Here’s the software I use day to day. I try to avoid using the same provider for too many services (the proton suite is tempting but its putting all your eggs in one basket as they say). Applications Firefox Qobuz Signal Zed Fork Obsidian Rwing Ghostty Djay Pro Filen Tuta Fedora Media Writer xattr -c /Applications/FedoraMediaWriter.app CLI container eddie ffmpeg golang git hugo tldr Providers Airvpn for VPN Bitwarden for password management Filen for cloud storage Tutamail for email and calendar

Updates I’ve started taking my SSBM practise a little bit more seriously. After some disappointment of not being on the Scottish PR and poor tournaments results in 2025, I want to take a push this year to see how far I can go. For now I’m focused on playing more high level opponents, analysing my gameplay more often and watching higher level falcos. I’d quite like to give another fighting game a shot. I don’t think anything will replace SSBM for me but it would be cool to have another game and community to be involved with. The two I’m considering are GGACR and MBAACC. I’ll maybe enter a tournament for each of them and see how I feel! Created The start of this year has been slow, I’ve mostly been working on this website and a small Golang project to help with slippi replay exporting. Other slp2mp4 style tools exist but I just want some experience with Golang and to have a tool I can tailor to my own needs. Discovered Eryk “Ambisinister” Banatt’s website, a treasure trove of ML/SSBM/Cognitive Science resources (and the almost sole inspiration for this page) Falco Discord Resource Compilation Ludwig and Michael’s Tip to Tip Japan series, best youtube series I’ve watched so far Liam - How I Ruined Ludwig’s Minecraft Tournament, best youtube video I’ve watched so far Albums underscores - U Hemlocke Springs - the apple tree under the sea Mandy, Indiana - URGH Cardinals - Masquerade Mitski - Nothing’s About to Happen to Me By Storm - My Ghosts Go Ghost Danny L Harle - Cerulean Apparat - A Hum Of Maybe Books Agatha Christie - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Brandon Sanderson - The Well of Ascension Richard Matheson - I am Legend Larry Niven - Ringworld Games Clair Obscure: Expedition 33 Movies Pulp Fiction Project Hail Mary 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple TV Bridgerton Season 4

I spent more time than I’d like to admit managing my blog posts in two places. I’d write them in markdown in Obsidian and then copy and paste them into my websites HTML. It was not pretty… So in an effort to make my life easier I setup this blog! Every single post is automatically imported from my personal Obsidian Vault. This doc will go over how everything works and possible improvements. ...

Prep Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Servings: 2 Ingredients: tin of chopped tomatoes 4 cloves of garlic 1 ball of mozzarella diced chorizo spaghetti parmesan 1tbsp oregano 1tbsp chili flakes Directions: Fry the chorizo in olive oil until the fat is rendered and it’s crispy then set to the side Cook the tomatoes and garlic in the chorizo oil Blend the sauce with the mozzarella then stick it back in the pan Add salt, pepper and chili flakes and loosen with some pasta water Add cooked pasta and chorizo, mix and serve Notes Banger dish, serves 2 portions.

Prep Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Servings: 3 Ingredients: Udon noodles Beef/Pork strips Half an onion A few spring onions 40ml cup dark soy sauce 30ml oyster sauce 25g brown sugar 1 tablespoon mirin 1 teaspoon sesame oil ½ teaspoon rice wine vinegar Directions: Slice the onion and spring onions Combine all liquids and sugar for sauce Start boiling the udon, remove and strain after 3 mins Start frying meat and onion for a few minutes, and then add the sauce Add noodles and mix Notes This was nice but the sauce was a bit too rich/strong. Maybe recommend reducing the amount or using light soy sauce instead of dark. ...