A week with some sad news and reflection, busy work and recalibration.

♥ First thing I have to mention is the tragic loss of Michael Borland. We would talk on social.lol about Tech/Mac stuff, Productivity, LEGO, having a blog as well as life in general. I never met him. Never even heard his voice, but it was a pleasure every time I had a conversation over Mastodon with him.  I use his icons for Bullet Journaling in my own work journal and he’d just encouraged me to start looking into if Johnny.Decimal after posting about it. I enjoyed and looked forwards to our interactions and thought he was an admirable, wonderful person.

As per his families wishes, I’ve made a donation to St Jude’s in his honour. I’ll finish this little tribute advising you to read one of my favourites. His life rules post. Safe travels Michael.

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☀️Sunshine! Shhh don’t startle it! You might scare it away! We had a beautifully sunny day on Saturday. Myself and my wife had some errands to run around Weymouth and afterwards just parked up near the beach and had a walk down the front. It felt so good to walk in the sunshine annd recharge a bit.  

Actually got to take some photos as well! 📷

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“Backrooms” horror or “liminal spaces” horror is my kinda horror. Essentially it taps into that fear of being lost in an in between space. A hotel corridor. An office. A service corridor in a mall. A space that exists purely to serve as a conduit between spaces. You’re not supposed to spend that much time there. And why the  Hell would you want to?

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🤖 I bought a Gundam Gunpla model kit ¹. I had a “Oh… these instructions are difficult…and in Japanese…and also difficult…and also completely in Japanese… However. I am the GOAT at Ikea furniture building and after composing myself with a cup of coffee it actually wasn’t that difficult and was pretty fun! Not sure if I’d get any others as I don’t have the room, but I’m glad another bit of Japanese nerd culture is ticked off for me now and I have a li’ll robot buddy 😊🇯🇵

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👆I’m still very much enjoying playing with the Halide Mk III Public Previews B&W mode. I’m very excited to see how it evolves and it’s great whilst one of their team members have left that they seem to just be moving forwards with an energy and purpose. Very good stuff to see.

🙇 I missed writing an entry last week as I just didn’t have the time! Sumimasen!

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A busy week at work and at home, a the UK continues to be battered with stormy weather. We have a yellow ice warning tonight that goes right into a yellow rain warning tomorrow. Oh joy!

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This has been my view all week as the weather across the UK has been utterly grim. Rain, rain and yet more rain. Seems like next week is going to be just as bad! Local areas have had flooding and high winds last night brought some trees down causing a bit more chaos and disruption. I have never longed for summer as much in all my life.

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🇹🇭🎒 Eldest has been on his backpack through Asia for a week already. He’s been in touch every day sending lots of updates and photos which has been really nice to see. Looks like they’re having a wonderful time. We FaceTimed for the first time today. I used FaceTime with the Apple TV for the first time and it worked really well! Made it feel much more natural.

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Well, a big one this week as my eldest and his girlfriend set off backpacking Asia as part of their gap year for six months. I’ll miss them very much whilst they’re away, but I’m very proud of them and delighted they're off on such an amazing adventure. 

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A wonderful week off work with the family, spending some lovely time together doing some interesting stuff in some varied weather ☀️☔️🌬️

🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 From cooking interesting dishes 🍝 to visiting interesting places we’ve had a fun filled week.

🏋️ Still managed to go to the gym 4 times this week. Not quite the every day I set out to do, but I’m proud enough of it. I finally got around to trying the rowing machines out and I love them.  Absolutely something I can see myself getting more into. 🚣

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Another week and I’m off work next week! Not going anywhere special but just off with the family as it’s half term. We plan some day trips and fun stuff so it should be a nice relaxing week!

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What I’d call a peaceful and controlled week overall. We have some heavy rain forecast today that’s just kicked in and the beauty of autumn is in full gear now.

I love walking around at this time of year. A little bit cold, a little bit wild but with the beautiful tones of the changing leaves giving us a last burst of beauty before the more dreary winter months and early sunsets kick in.

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I used to like Star Wars. As I get older however it has lost a lot of appeal. The new trilogy didn’t hit for me, and the TV shows, cartoons and games have been pretty saturated. ¹ So why’d you buy this game then Davey?!?! 🤔

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A Bank Holiday weekend this week meaning I had this Monday off. Another week that was a bit of a blur to be honest as work just will. Not. Stop.

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Ah, I love the Mafia games. I have a long history with the mafia franchise and it’s truly one of my favourite things. What a great concept for games!

You don’t actually get that many gritty, historic gangster games vs your typical gruff soldier dudes and fantasy tropes. I think that was a big part of what interested me as a young 20-something when the first Mafia game was released on PC. I loved how grounded it felt.

These games are known for their detailed historical settings. Grand cutscenes and plots, with realistic gunplay and driving elements on top.

Of course, comparisons to the Grand Theft Auto series were bound to happen. But with its focus on realism, and the fact that whilst the games are staged in an explorable city, it wasn’t really an open world in the way GTA is, they’re really very different things. These are focused. Considered experiences.

25 years later, the series continues, having changed both publishers and developers over the years.

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