Liked “This Is Not The Computer For You” · Sam Henri Gold
I feel almost nostalgic about how I used to interact with my devices. I think this article makes a great point where when the focus is just exploring and creating something, the limitations are almost as important as the tools you use to create it.
Played Marathon - ★★★★★
The aesthetic, gameplay and missions on this game are amazing! I love that somehow it makes everyone on the squad want to communicate the best that we can. Ive played it for about a week and a half and I’m already level 35!
Listened to Act One, Scene One by The Fall of Troy - ★★★★½
Truly one of the founding bands of math rock.
We visited my cousins in Lund, and one of them had the flu so we had to meet through his balcony! haha
Listened to Monica Lewinskibidi by Hot Mulligan - ★★★★★
I listened to this song on repeat while taking both of my flights to Denmark and it reaaaaally helped me calm down and chill out.
Reading The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford, Gene Kim
Played Unbeatable - ★★★★
The ending of this game has such a twist that it really caught me off guard in a beautiful way. The rythm mechanics are not as polished as I wish they would be, but everything else about the game is an absolute 11/10.
Played Golf Club Nostalgia - ★★★★★
I don’t really like golf games, but man, this game is just so good. The way it narrates what happened through the radio show was just amazing. Played through it in one sitting.
Listened to Miss Me by Shields - ★★★★★
This song found me when I needed it.
Finished Reading Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson - ★★★★★
Reading Come as you are by Emily Nagoski, Blanca González Villegas
It was our first Christmas in the UK, AND hosting for family and friends. We had such a good time that I am going to be very sad when they all go back to their respective homes. T0T
Turned 31 this month! Sofi got me a red velvet cake, which I really like!
Visited Mexico after almost 3 years! Things are so different, but I had the chance to visit my hometown Morelia during Day of the Dead decoration. It was a dream come true.
It’s our anniversary month, and we visited Bath on the 250th Anniversary of Jane Austen’s birthday!
We went to the movie theater that is in the Marina, and stopped to appreciate the sunset.
Visited my cousins in Malmo. My grandma and aunt visited my family in Sweeden and it was such a great time. It had been years since the last time that we were together.
We visited the Lewes Castle, and caught a photo of Sofi taking a picture of some pretty flowers!
Liked 15 Years of Indie Dev In 4 Bits of Advice - a post on Tom Francis' blog
I loved the approach of keeping the team small, specially for indie dev teams.
I loved this photo that Sofia took of me.
Bookmarked Cool music maker
Listened to Can't Wait by Chon - ★★★★★
I miss CHON so much. They were such a great band.
Played Risk of Rain 2 - ★★★★★
One of my favorite games ever. I love how you learn about the game’s lore by finding logs throughout the stages. 11/10
Finished Reading Roaming by Jillian Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki - ★★★
Rewatched Frozen II, 2019 - ★★★★½
Great music, Anna can be really annoying sometimes.
End Of The Year 2025
Bookmarked Michael Abrash’s Graphics Programming Black Book, Special Edition
The original link I had for this book was taken down, leaving this here to archive the website.
Bookmarked No Man's Sky storage tips
Bookmarking this to come back to it later when I have more resources to build a good storage system in NMS.
Listened to Sleeptalk (Deluxe) by Dayseeker - ★★★★★
Such a great EP. My favorite song is between Sleeptalk and Burial Plot.
Played Balatro - ★★★★★
This game really is super addicting. I never thout I would be playing card relatged game, yet here we are.
Bookmarked KevKev - Personal Portfolio
I love Kev’s work so much. These are my goals of what I would love to achieve some day in terms of my technical abilities.
What I love the most about his prototypes is that they feel very him. Like, I can see a lot of his personality in all of them, and I find that super cool.
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Squier AFF TELE DLX LRL BPG BH MH MBK Affinity Series Telecaster Deluxe Electric Guitar in Metallic Black!
The Squier Affinity Series Telecaster Deluxe is an excellent entry into the venerable Fender family, offering today’s aspiring guitar hero a legendary design and the classic tone.
This Tele features several player-friendly upgrades such as a thin, lightweight body, a slim and comfortable “C”-shaped neck, a hardtail bridge that strings through the body for optimal body resonance, and sealed die-cast tuning machines with slotted shafts for smooth, precise tuning and easy string changes.
Equipped with two Squier humbucker pickups with individual volume and tone controls for versatile tone across genres, this model is ready to accompany any player on any stage.
Features
General
- Model: 0378251965
- Series: Affinity
- Number of Strings: 6
- Orientation: Right-handed
Body
- Body Shape: Telecaster
- Body: Poplar
Neck
- Neck: Maple
- Neck Construction: Bolt-on
- Neck Profile: “C” Shape
- Neck Finish: Satin Urethane
- Fretboard: Laurel
- Fretboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
- Fretboard Inlays: Pearloid Dots with Side Dots
- Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
- Frets: 21 Medium Jumbo
- Nut: Synthetic Bone
- Nut Width: 42 mm
Electronics
- Bridge Pickup: Ceramic Humbucker
- Neck Pickup: Ceramic Humbucker
- Pickup Switch: 3-Way Switch
- Controls: 2x Volume, 2x Tone
Hardware
- Finish: Black
- Bridge: String-Through-Body Bridge with 6 Saddles
- Tuners: Die-cast, sealed, with slotted shafts
- Pickguard: Black, three-ply
- Control Knobs: Black Plastic
- Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042)
Color & Finish
- Color: Metallic Black
- Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
Played Inscryption - ★★★★★
I had heard really good things about this game, but even with all of that I was not prepared about how good it is. Just when I thought the game was about to end, a whole new act started. As a game developer this is the kind of stories I would love to create.
Finished Reading Tales from the Cafe by 川口俊和, Sunmark Publishing, Inc., Inc. - ★★★★
The film lab where Sofi started takin her film to get developed had a scavenger hunt, and I found one of the rolls they hid!
Watched 이 별에 필요한, 2025 - ★★★★★
I was reminded of Sofia and I so much by the main characters of this movie. The world inside the movie feels so alive, and it paints a much better future than what we have today. I felt such a nostalgia for a time that never happened. I loved this movie so much.
Played Dredge - ★★★★★
I just could not stop playing it. It’s so terrifying, but so much fun!
Bookmarked On prototypes and creative process
These blog posts have really good info on prototyping and how stuffed combat works on their games. Really interesting to see the internal works of how an experienced indie dev makes games.
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Bookmarked The Curse of Knowing How, or; Fixing Everything | BlogGitHubTwitterRSS FeedGit Branch
“If you replace every part of the system over time, is it still the same tool? Does it still serve the same purpose? Do you?”
Bookmarked Metrics Fetishism - Chris Hecker's Website
“we worship that data because it is at least some concrete port in the storm of game design and player behavior”
Listened to Fair Youth by Maybeshewill - ★★★★★
This is one of the albums that changed my life back in 2014.
Listened to Homesick by A Day to Remember - ★★★★★
I can wholeheartedly say that this album saved my life.
I went to see my favorite bands
Listened to Don't Think About Death by Chalk Hands
https://music.apple.com/us/album/dont-think-about-death/1613146419?uo=4
Reply!
I just read “Before the coffee gets cold” by the same author! I hadn’t realized that they made a series of books! Will give them a look later on.
Listened to If You Don't First - EP by Ten After Two - ★★★★½
I just found this band after going through my facebook likes on my old facebook profile. It’s crazy that I completely forgot about them. I think they released a new single recently that is more EZCore-ish, but this EP truly hits the Metalcore nostalgia from the 2010’s.
Played Nidhogg II - ★★★★
A really good friend showed this to me over the weekend. The matches were so chaotic and intense! We had lots of laughs and fun.
Great party game!
Finished Reading The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichirō Kishimi, Fumitake Koga, Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga Ichiro Kishimi, Montserrat Asensio Fernández - ★★★★
Spring, Dates and Vinyls
Listened to In the Name of the Father by PRESIDENT - ★★★★★
I DONT KNOW WHAT THIS IS BUT I LOVE IT AHHHHH
Listened to Occasus by Vae Victis - ★★★★★
https://music.apple.com/us/album/occasus/1105496593?i=1105496782&uo=4
Bookmarked nuel news #19: BBQ SZN - Chicken Soup Recipe
I loved the way this person added their recipe segment. Maybe inspiration for future recipes on mine?
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Played Firewatch - ★★★★★
I loved how in my head I had a much different idea of where the game was going to take me. The main character’s story continues to gets worse, yet in the end, what caused all of the issue wasn’t a conspiracy or anything of the kind, but a father not knowing how to grieve their own child. I wasn’t expecting to like the game so much. I started playing it for a couple of hours and left it without much progress, but once I really sat and played it, I was glued to the it.
Listened to The Line (from the series Arcane League of Legends) by twenty one pilots, Arcane & League of Legends Music - ★★★★★
The orchestra version of this song is amazing.
Listened to Claw Machine (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) by Sloppy Jane - ★★★★★
“You know it’s a mistake when it’s me who is making it. It’s always the wrong thing when it’s me who’s saying it” is one of the more devastating lyrics I’ve heard in a while. Such an emotional song.
Not settled on this picture being the monthly picture, but I took this picture of a really cool mural/graffitti that I found on my walk to pick up a lamp I bought from the Argo’s website.
I went almost all the way from downtown Brighton, to the outskirts of Falmer. Distances are a really weird concept.
We met a fox that kept coming to meet us at the Airbnb we stayed at when we arrived to Brighton! I want to see it as a good omen that we are going to be good here.
The last remnants of our life in Pereira. I took this picture on the day we left Pereira. Looking back on it still makes me a bit sad because we really made our home there.
Picture of Saki deeply sleeping on her self-procclaimed chair. One of our last pictures at our Pereira apartment!
Our New Year’s dinner!
This is technically an October picture, but I am putting it as the November pic because it’s a painting of me as if I was the cover of Porter Robinson’s Nurture album. This was my birthday gift from Sofi, and I absolutely loved it.
Selfie at the top of La Linea, the pass through the central mountain range between Pereira and Bogota. The weather was great! Lots of wind and a great view.
Sofi taking a picture of me taking a picture of her during our Mexican Party celebration!
One of my favorite coffee places in Pereira <3
I organized a team building activity for my team in which we visited the Cocora’s Valley. I had been here once before, but never to the lookout point where I took this picture.
She is the love of my life. I am so lucky to be able to share my life with her <3
It was our first time visiting Europe! I loved this picture I took of Sofi while at an art exhibition that we really liked.
We have been practicing the Stay command with Saki. She is so good at waiting for her treat!
I visited SFO for GDC this year. I found a Bonsai store with a really cute sign.
A fighting games night with some friends at the office.
Naga and Saki at the start of the year.
We went to a glamping in Colombian, got stomach sick, and the day started with me in the bathroom haha. This is the view from the toilet.
My birthday cake!
Cat with a moustache and eyebrows.
My Naga sleeping while having a sun bath.
My Saki being really sleepy before going to bed.
A really cool mural in São Paulo.
Sunset view from the top of the Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro.
Picture of me on my first motorcycle.
Sunset view from our first apartment!
We went to Bogota’s gold museum and I really liked these masks.
Saki’s least favorite time of the month.
We no longer live here, but I loved how in the security camera we installed I could see a very attentive Saki.
On our Mexico trip we visited my grandparents home and while walking around downtown I found this bougainvillea tree. I love its flowers.
I finally got to see MCR live, who are one of my favorite bands. Gerard Way is amazing.
One thing I love about Colombia is the amount of colorful birds it has. We have found birds with the color of the Colombian flag and I find that very cool.
Some friends of ours opened a mexican restaurant near our home and they prepared vegan pozole for us. It was super tasty!
This is the closest we have to a family picture where Naga and Saki are looking at the camera! We took it during our 9th anniversay (:
Bookmarked CSS { In Real Life } | What to Blog About When You Don’t Know What to Blog About
Good source of inspsiration for blog posts
Bookmarked Hugo debug prints cheatsheet · kaushalmodi/hugo-debugprint
While working on my website I found this repository with helpful hugo print functions.
I found this very interesting
Social Anxiety
Finished Reading Steal like an artist by Austin Kleon - ★★★½
Bookmarked For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper
Found this quote on elle’s website and loved it.
saki
Wants to Read The Boy Who Could Change the World by Aaron Swartz
Micropub test of creating an h-entry with a JSON request containing multiple categories. This post should have two categories, test1 and test2.
Micropub test of creating an h-entry with a JSON request
Micropub test of creating a basic h-entry
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Code block with backticks and language specified
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6 years, and counting.
Listened to Color Decay by The Devil Wears Prada - ★★★★★
TDWP went back to their roots with the modern sound they have been developing over the last few years. Color Decay is an album that takes a lot of inspiration from the previous material and remixes them with the modern metalcore that has become very characteristic of them.
Long, long weekend
Reading A Playful Production Process by Richard Lemarchand, Amy Hennig
Finished Reading Before the Coffee Gets Cold by 川口俊和 - ★★★★★
Psithurism
Hello, old friend
Finished Reading Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin - ★★★★½
Finished Reading The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner - ★★★★
Finished Reading This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone - ★★★★★
Finished Reading Blood, sweat, and pixels by Jason Schreier - ★★★★★
Parent's Love
Today I read a quote that I really liked about a parent’s love and I really related to it because of my current process on understanding my relationship with my parents.
уперше на моїй памʼяті я був здатний дозволити собі прийняти любов та турботу батьків — не так, як я колись очікував, а так, як вони могли її дати. В мені щось відкрилося. Неважливо було, як вони могли чи не могли любити мене. Важливо було, як я міг прийняти те, що вони були готові давати
For the first time in my memory, I was able to allow myself to accept my parents' love and care—not in the way I had once expected, but in the way they were able to give it. Something opened up inside me. It didn't matter how they could or couldn't love me. What mattered was how I could accept what they were willing to give.
Finished Reading How to Talk to Anyone by Leil Lowndes, LEILA - ★½
Finished Reading Negotiating the Nonnegotiable by Daniel Shapiro - ★★★
Finished Reading Dollars and Sense by Dan Ariely, Jeff Kreisler - ★★★★
Finished Reading Tao te Ching by 老子, James Legge, Gia-Fu Feng, Stacie Mallinson, Jeff Mallinson, Peter Kang, John Minford, Stephen Mitchell - ★★★★
Finished Reading Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil - ★★★
End Of The Year 2024
Finished Reading Goodbye Phone, Hello World by Paul Greenberg, Emiliano Ponzi - ★★★
Finished Reading Radical Candor by Kim Malone Scott - ★★★★★
Finished Reading Staff Engineer by Will Larson, Tanya Reilly - ★★★★
Finished Reading Gato Que Cuidaba Las Bibliotecas / the Cat Who Saved the Library by Sosuke Natsukawa - ★★★★★
Where have I been?
Finished Reading The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller - ★★★★★
Ryoku, my unfinished life project
Call of the Kraken, a Playdate game
I made my first Playdate game for the Ludum Dare Jam 55 and lived to tell about it.
The Playdate is a small fantasy console in which one can develop games using their SDK. The cool thing about the console is that it has a crank that you can use in your games. For development, you can choose to either work with Lua or the C language.
I’ve had my eyes on this device for a few months now, so when I saw them for sale at GDC, I bought one without hesitation. I also convinced a couple of Colombian game developer friends to buy one with the excuse that we would make games and at least get 1 USD in sales back.
A few weeks passed after my GDC trip, and the Ludum Dare was just around the corner. We decided it was a great opportunity for us to start developing on the platform, so we put up a team of three to make a small Playdate game.
You can test the game (and rate it if you feel like it) by going to the game's Ludum Dare Jam site .
Finished Reading At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie - ★★★★★
Finished Reading Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie - ★★★★★
Finished Reading Find Your Fuck Yeah by Alexis Rockley - ★★★★★
Finished Reading Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen, Roger Drummer Fisher - ★★★★
Finished Reading The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson - ★★★
Finished Reading Humble Inquiry, Second Edition by Schein, Edgar H., Peter A. Schein - ★★★★
Finished Reading The New One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard, Spencer Johnson M.D. - ★★★★
Finished Reading Busy Doing Nothing by Rekka Bellum, Devine Lu Linvega - ★★★★★
Finished Reading Fear Is the Mind Killer by Kaja Sadowski - ★★★★
rise and dice
I recently found out about the Micro Fiction Games Jam which, to quote its website, “it is intended to be a yearly game jam where people write and submit very short format games, on a theme, just for fun.” This year’s rules are Rule, Topple and Renew.
I made this small game to play when I wake up.
The Rules:
- Wake up
- Roll the dice (D6)
- If roll falls in the number of day of the week, sleep 5 more minutes
- Wait 24h and start again
- If Sunday (7), free pass, sleep 5 more minutes
A Mark on my Soul
Music Gear
On Death and Moving On
Don't forget, I'm glad you're here
Vegan Pan de Muerto Recipe
Current Studio Setup
Halloween Movie Marathon 2023
Game Jam Projects
Finished Reading The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa - ★★★★
Hello World!
Finished Reading Your Head Is a Houseboat by Campbell Walker - ★★★★
The view from the apartment that we rented while we lived in Colombia
This was my first time going to Pereira’s botanical garden. It was so, so beautiful.
Goetia 2
The view from the Pereira Unity office was always amazing.
Finished Reading The Vampire's Assistant by Darren Shan - ★★★★★
Finished Reading A Living Nightmare... by Darren Shan - ★★★★
Finished Reading Ask Iwata by Satoru Iwata, Blanca Mira - ★★★★★
It’s cool to see the progress of how much I’ve improved at drawing my little bunnies. The ones on the sticky notes are the very first Good Ugly Bunnies I drew, before I even started the project. They mean so much to me.
Finished Reading The Pragmatic Programmer by Andy Hunt, David Thomas, Dave Thomas, David . Thomas - ★★★★
Finished Reading How to Make a Video Game All by Yourself by Matt Hackett - ★★★★
I took this picture on my way back from visiting Bogota. I met with my old colleagues from the Consoles Support team because one of them was leaving the company. It was quite a nice trip.
I really liked this photo I took of my Naga. It’s a nice reminder of what she used to look like before her face got more snowy.
One of things I loved the most about our old apartment was that there were a lot of places where Naga could sun bathe. She’s always loved a good nap under the sun.
Finished Reading Scary stories to tell in the dark by Alvin Schwartz - ★★★★★
HP in Mental Health
Finished Reading 97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know by Kevlin Henney - ★★★½
Good Ugly Bunnies
Finished Reading Theory of Fun for Game Design by Raph Koster - ★★★★★
Finished Reading Meat Is for Pussies by John Joseph - ★★★★★
Finished Reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon - ★★★★★
2018 World Cup Soccer Simulations
