I have finally committed. I’ve started Sir Terry Pratchett’s Disc World, starting with the Color of Magic, and I intend to proceed by publication order. We’ll see how long this one takes to finish. 😛

Absolutely hilarious. A friend of mine has been resisting the urge to get into LEGO for quite a while now. We were talking about it this morning and he mentioned that one of the things that would cause him to give in is the existence of UCS Start Trek sets. 😛

From my understanding, hall effect sticks won’t work in switch 2 joycons, due to magnetic interference from the attachment mechanism. Instead, they would need something else - I hear TMR would be resistant to the magnetic interference.

I could just make the list all Pokemon games, but that seems like cheating…

• Pokemon
• Golden Sun
• Warlocked
• Mega Man: Battle Network
• Dragon Warrior 3 (on GBC)

Nook Glowlight 3, which I’ve had since release in 2017

I had such high hopes for Barnes and Noble’s e-readers - they were super well positioned to dominate the market, but instead decided to make half-assed tablets. It was soul crushing

I just finished Rick Riordan’s Daughter of the Deep - it was really enjoyable. While I doubt the twist is super hard to predict if you try, it really caught me off guard.

I’m about to start the second book in Cinda Williams Chima’s Runestone Saga, Bane of Asgard. I really loved the first one, and am quite excited to dig into the next.

Ooo, I forgot about these - I’ll gladly second this one.

I really like the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage (as well as the follow on trilogy, the Todd-Hunter Moon series). They aren’t too much alike in content (other than both being about wizards), but the fun, whimsical, magical feel is very similar, imo.

Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan. I’ve read most of Riordan’s other books (really need to catch up on the last few Percy Jackson related books), and I’m always head over heels for the way he takes existing myth and recasts it into a fun story that still plumbs the depths of the source material. This one is essentially “unknown to the wider world, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was based on actual events; what is the fall out of that today?” I’ve never read 20,000 Leagues, but I might have to do so after I finish this.

Yeah, me too. To make things worse, I had it spilled for me by accident. I went 5 years without spoilers, but as I was starting the book I decided to look at what was happening with next books, and someone in the comments of the thread I found was grumbling and just dropped that fact. I was quite distraught.

And thus, you’ve reached the point. Human beings can - theoretically - only generate ideas based on their life experiences. To put it another way, we can only generate output based on data on which we were trained.

I just finished Battle Ground by Jim Butcher - the latest of the Dresden Files. It was my first read of it, and wow was it a doozy. I really enjoyed it, but it’s probably going to take me a few days to really digest it all.

I’m thinking my next book will be Children of Ragnarok, by Cinda Williams Chima. It’s the first in a new series from an author I’ve been reading for quite a while. I really enjoyed her previous YA fantasy series - the Heir Chronicles, the Seven Realms and the Shattered Realms - and I’m pretty excited to get into yet another one.

Wow. On behalf of programmers everywhere, may I just say - fuck you, good sir. You are truly what is wrong in the world.

If anybody hasn’t watched this guy’s attempts to recreate the Antikythera mechanism, I can’t suggest it enough. He’s got two related playlists about it - one on the work for the mechanism itself, and the second on creating the period appropriate tools he used to then create the mechanism. It’s absolutely astounding - both incredibly informational and entertaining. He’s clearly an expert, and beautifully wields that expertise to fantastic effect.

I’m still pushing through Legends: Arceus. I’ve just dealt with the frenzied Kleavor, and have been exploring some of the edges of the Obsidian Fieldlands. The level jump in some of those areas really caught me off guard. I’m really enjoying the exploration, though.

Cottonee & Whimsicott. I ended up using one in a Nuzlocke, and it was clutch. Prankster is an incredibly useful ability.

Thanks for reminding me of this one. It was a really good read.

Not being able to evolve the Eevee sucked, but they made up for it by giving it a stellar move pool and amping up it’s stats. Also, it’s just so dapper in that suit and bowler hat…

I’ve finally started Pokemon Legends: Arceus, and I’m really enjoying it. It’s a fun take on the standard Pokemon game, and I’m excited to see where it goes. I’ve almost completed the Scarlet DLC (just need 2 more group BBQs and the related legendaries), and I’ve been enjoying a bit of shiny hunting there, which isn’t something I’ve ever enjoyed in the past. I hear it’s even more fun in Legends: Arceus, which is very exciting.

Working in putting together my Pokemon Scarlet living dex, sans Violet exclusive singletons. I’m pretty close - need to nab another color of Minor and a couple pokemon that are genderless, and thus not breedable. I also have to complete some more group BBQs, for those legendaries. I’m deviating a bit to put together a couple of raiders to take on Mightiest Tyranitar, first, though.