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Welcome to my homepage! I program and tinker with computers. This site is a collection of notes, ramblings, things I like, and more. My hobbies include video games, TTRPGs, and collecting Transformers figures.
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Some Books I've Read This Year
One of my goals for this year was to read 10 books start to finish. I haven’t really read for recreation since I was a child, so I felt 10 was a high enough number to have to work towards but still low enough to be attainable. So far, I have finished 7 books, so I thought I’d write out some brief thoughts on them.
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet and A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
The first two entries to the Wayfarers series. Dubbed “cozy” science fiction, these books were a lot of fun to read. Exploring the world that Chambers has built is so interesting and fun, I look forward to finishing out the series.
A Month of the Gundam Card Game
Recently, I’ve been completely absorbed by the newly released Gundam Card Game. After doing a few booster set and starter deck release events, I went to my first local constructed tournament for the game last week and had a blast. My expectation was that many players would be playing late game control decks based on results from other tournaments, so I tried to take advantage of this with a Green/Blue Zeon aggro deck. My first two rounds, against Green/White Wing Gundam Zero decks, proved me correct as I was able to finish the game quickly, before their decks could fully ramp up. My last round was against my friend who I had been testing decks with since the cards first got revealed, which was cool since we both knew our matchup well. He was running a Red/White Triple Ship Alliance deck, which seems to have a favorable matchup into aggro, which wasn’t helped by some unlucky draws. My friend ended up taking the game and my final record was 2-1. For next week’s tournament, I have a few adjustments to make to see if I can get the 3-0. I’m expecting others to also be making adjustments to better handle aggro matchups. The process of refining a deck over time and adjusting to your local metagame is just such a fun experience and it makes me really glad to be playing a TCG again!
Pink Floyd at Pompeii
Pink Floyd at Pompeii is a live concert film, originally released in 1972, where the band plays in the amphitheater in the ruins of Pompeii. Last weekend I had the excellent of experience of seeing a showing of the 2025 IMAX Remaster. The remastered footage looked great, and the remastered audio was mind-blowing. The original recording was not of particularly great quality, but the mastering work done by Steven Wilson was truly impressive, making the recording sound as if it were originally meant to be an album release, which sounded especially good on the movie theater’s sound system.