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December 2025

18 December

16 December

I haven't been doing a good job of keeping up my daily writing. With Rob's help, I've got my laptop connected as well, so I'll have more opportunities to write.

I treated myself to a gift this year! We received $100 Visa gift cards from our company this week, so I ordered a TrimUI Smart Pro handheld game console emulator. I bought the Anbernic CubeXX earlier this year specifically for it's 1:1 display, as I bought it to play and playtest Pico-8 games. I've been able to play most arcade ROMS on it, but it's been difficult to play 16:9 console games and PC ports. There seems to be a black hole between the $50-100 Linux emulators and the $350+ high-end Linux emulator market, with only Android-based units filling that space. It would nice to see a more powerful processor in a $150-$200 Linux handheld that can tackle PSP, Gamecube and PS2 a little more predictably. It arrives tomorrow and tomorrow also happens to be a work-from-home day. If it arrives during work hours, it's going to be a struggle getting anything productive done.

1 December

The first day back to the office after a week off was good, despite getting an early start and arriving late anyway. Lunch was catered by the department, which was nice.