About Stable Products
I wanted to write a comment to Pete about his Stable Products post, but it turned into a whole rant, then a post with footnotes. Stable products can and do exist, but the US economy is not meant to support those (I told you it’s a rant).
Kagki just included a screenshot of my blog in their Kagi Small Web news! 🤯
This is a better video than I expected. The main idea is nothing new, but the video games he mentions are perfect examples: I’m also looking for my next game after Hades 2, and I think thanks for this video, I found it. It’s about cats, how can you go wrong?
Staycation. And I’m still connected to my work computer, organizing my tasks and projects, because they are out of control and having a vacation means I can finally organize them…
We were sitting at their bar, but we also had a mocha and a cappuccino toward the end. Something about the flag and the security camera above it makes things feel relevant and eerie. 📷
Diablo IV (2023) - ★
Nope. Nah ah. I tried this game twice, and it failed twice. The first time I didn’t enjoy it. It was too much clicking with little to show for it. No strategy, no method to the madness. I looked for light entertainment, and I thought I found it in this game, just to put it aside after an hour or so of playing.
The second time, about a week ago, I decided ot dust it off and try again. It was the same disappointing lack of wits, only topped with annoying additional in-game purchase requests for all kinds of nonsense, and a complete lack of any challenge. At all. None.
As I was watching the second boss in the game getting destroyed by an army of skeletons that I’m not even sure why I was able to resurrect so easily, looking at messages on my phone, I got pissed. A game should be interactive. What I saw in front of me was a flashy animation that didn’t need me to move a finger. No challenge. No brains. No fun.
At least I can thank Diablo for getting me back into reviewing games just to express my frustration.
A couple of days ago I wrote about my morning checklist, which is a list of reminders and guide of what to do in order. There are a couple of advantages I’m learning to really appreciate about it:
- It keeps me in line by showing me what else I need to do
- When I finish it, I feel my job is slightly less of a chaos than it really is. This is mostly a mental perk, but it helps.
- It nudges me toward writing a journal entry, which in turn allows some creative thoughts out, and those are precious.
Point three above is what got me thinking I should also have a midday list.
I try to break my day into two parts and take a break around 15:00. This break usually includes a nap and some exercise before I tackle my other bigger, more time-consuming projects. Of course, meetings drag on, urgent matters need to be attended to, and the river of emails never stops.
A checklist to help me shift gears would be helpful. In a way, it would be like saving a game before moving on to the next level; it would serve as a soft reset, letting me relax enough to take that nap and exercise, which I need to stay productive and healthy.
I wonder if anyone else uses these sorts of checklists, even if they are only in their heads.
This weather is driving me nuts. I want to go out all the time. To walk, to jog, to just go to the bakery and grab something… but work, but projects, but but but… it wasn’t that hard when it was in the single digits shakes his fist at the wonderful weather
It was annoying to write this post, and that's the point. I think.
I want to engage with more people where they are, but the problem is engaging with more people where they are. Wait, what? Exactly.
I can already tell the espresso puck screens I got are going to become a regular part of my espresso-making routine. Glad someone brought it to my attention.
