I love the idea of sharing some of what we’re into, doing, enjoying, reading or just want to bring more attention to so I’m going to collect things like that right here. I’m not entirely sure whether this will be entirely transient, or whether I may occasionally save these for archiving.
September 30, 2025
Eve Online
Eve Online is one of the few space MMORPGs and it’s been around for over twenty-ish years now. I played it way back in the day, and I’ve been on a science fiction trip lately (some of which will also show up on this page soon), so I thought I would see if my account still existed and if I could get into it. Not only were my characters all waiting for me with already developed skills, but all their ships, modules, etc. were all ready to go. One thing I like (although I imagine some don’t) is that your skills are time-based, so they progress whether or not you are able to play for hours and hours.
If you want to check it out, use my link and get a 1 million skill point boost.
August 5, 2025
Raycast
I’ve been using Raycast for a while now and I can’t recommend it enough. The Alfred app is the OG of this kind of functionality, but Raycast really goes to the next level. I realize in the upcoming version of MacOS, Spotlight may get a little bit of this functionality, but Raycast really shines with the customizations and downloadable extensions (and it’s free, other than some of the AI features).
July 22, 2025
Meditations for the anxious mind
A brilliant YouTube channel by Frankie.
A good video to start with related to Aphex Twin
June 14, 2025
Malazan: Book of the Fallen
I’m about 60% done with the final book (The Crippled God) in the core 10-book Malazan series by Steven Erikson. I read the other famous fantasy epic Wheel of Time (Robert Jordan) series in 2020, the year of big projects (aka the pandemic). While WoT is longer at 14 books, Malazan is dense, infamously difficult, and wonderful, simultaneously one of the most beautiful, thought-provoking and deeply unsettling things I have ever read.
The Future Sound of London
In watching Netflix’s latest season of Black Mirror I was delighted to hear The Future Sound of London’s “We Have Explosive” — almost 30 years old now — in the end credits of the Peter Capaldi episode. I had to revisit their back catalog and it still sounds as good today as it did then, possibly better.
Steven Slate VSX Version 5
Speaking of music, the latest version of VSX came out this week. This is an audio production app designed for accompanying headphones, which now goes even farther. It uses a series of audio frequency tests to calibrate to your personal ear canal, which is different for everyone. Once this is done, it can impressively simulate the sound of various high-end studios in the custom headphones as if you were listening to, recording, or producing music out of their expensive and carefully tuned speaker systems.
The Last Epoch
This is an indie game that takes inspiration from Diablo and Path of Exile, but there’s just something I love about the loot and crafting system in this one. It’s quite polished and there’s something that feels more modern than PoE but less cookie-cutter than Diablo. (I admittedly love both of those too.)