skyjake's Off-Hours
Assorted thoughts and vibes. Coherence and adequate context not guaranteed.
author: @jk
avatar: đ
2026-05-03 07:33:23 EEST
Upgraded to GmCapsule v0.9.10. Still working?
EDIT: Yes, looks like.
2026-05-01 15:26:02 EEST
âī¸ A sunny and warm Vappu! Cleaned up the grill, ate a few sausages and doughnuts. (Grilled the former, not the latter.)
2026-03-23 21:10:36 EET
Ooh, The Last Ninja Reformation 5 album by Matt Gray just dropped...!
2026-03-18 21:25:52 EET
Things I've learned today:
- I keep typing 1.12.0 when meaning to write 1.20.0
- F-Droid tooling continues to be a headache
2026-03-18 19:06:12 EET
Lagrange v1.20.0 is being published!
2026-01-03 12:16:04 EET
Played a bit of Gauntlet on a C64 emulator. Now I'm sketching out how to implement this kind of a simple game myself. What's wrong with me? đ
2026-01-01 00:59:29 EET
2026? There are too many of these year thingys already. Can I give some back maybe?
2025-12-27 14:24:37 EET
Losing a dog is difficult. In addition to the emotional attachment, one has to break a years-long habit of going for multiple walks per day. I keep thinking there's something I'm supposed to be doing, when in fact there isn't.
2025-11-27 16:00:16 EET
Hey, I totally forgot about this tinylog! Maybe a few updates wouldn't hurt.
2025-08-03 19:17:10 EEST
Oh dear, had way too much coffee while hosting a children's birthday party. âī¸âī¸âī¸ Nice to see the relatives but they arrived at different times so there were multiple rounds of cake & coffee servings.
2025-07-18 13:39:41 EEST
Today's earworm:
2025-07-17 09:15:47 EEST
Finally updated my eyeglass prescription after too many years. For the first time, I have a separate pair specifically for computer use, a.k.a. reading glasses. It's great being able to bump the monitor resolution up a bit as everything is a bit clearer/magnified. đ¤
2025-05-05 13:10:28 EEST
I invested (wasted?) a bunch of my time upgrading the old Windows 10 PC to Windows 11. Tried my damnest to do an actual upgrade, but even after fixing all the BIOS/TPM/etc. hurdles (even disabling Developer Mode since that was causing some type of installer error), it just didn't want to do the upgrade. Ended up nuking the disk and doing a clean install.
Perhaps that was for the best. At least everything is squeaky clean, now.
Now I get to reinstall and configure all the mandatory apps, which feels like a form of meditation to me. Always enjoyable, despite, you know, WINDOWS.
2025-04-05 14:45:46 EEST
It would be great if I had time to write some gemlog posts. Alas, I don't have such large blocks of focus time currently...
2025-03-18 11:06:21 EET
I've been reading a number of books (fiction) recently. It's been a while since I've been able to do much reading. I suppose the subject matter also makes a difference; I've been focusing on fluffy, feel-good, funny novels that don't require much in the way of focus or hard thinking.
I'm again reminded that reading is a great way to improve the quality of one's writing, both in terms of vocabulary and technique.
2025-02-12 07:25:47 EET
Flu season sucks.
I should be grateful that it is the first time this fall/winter that anybody here has really been sick, though.
2025-02-04 18:12:22 EET
Finished The Veilguard. The whole game was an intense experience. The final chapters were particularly rewarding but also heart-wrenchingly bittersweet. I feel like I need some time for emotional processing.
2025-02-01 12:00:23 EET
Whoa, The Veilguard has really sucked me in completely. It dominates my off hours currently, but I'm nearing the end of the story. I kinda don't want the game to end, though, it's too good!
2025-01-15 16:52:01 EET
Playing _Dragon Age: The Veilguard_, I'm kinda missing the wide open spaces of Inquisition. Everything so far seems quite mazelike and cramped, although quite sprawling.
2025-01-14 12:29:29 EET
The first day back at work is always such a drag. I cannot recall a single thing I was working on. It'll likely take the rest of the week to get back up to speed.
2025-01-13 17:36:25 EET
Final day of vacation... Enjoying some pizza and relaxing with Balatro and Dragon Age. đšī¸
2025-01-10 16:57:47 EET
I lasted two days. The laptop is back at the kitchen table, where it is extremely easy to get to, thus facilitating all kinds of accidental vacation productivity.
2025-01-09 18:57:29 EET
Today's movie was _Oppenheimer_. I was certainly engrossed for the full three hours, however I'm not sure if I actually managed to follow the events completely. Par for the course with Nolan, I suppose.
2025-01-08 19:23:27 EET
To prevent accidentally becoming productive during my vacation, I've moved the laptop to a more inconvenient location and will be keeping an iPad and an external keyboard on the kitchen table.
Of course, with jked I can just keep working via ssh but iPadOS keyboard support kinda sucks so maybe that's enough of a deterrent.
2025-01-08 18:11:01 EET
Last week of vacation in progress. Finally watched _Deadpool & Wolverine_ and quite enjoyed it! There are a couple of other movies I've been intending to watch. It's been a while since I've been able to really take it easy; greatly appreciating these couple of days.