Now
This is my now page, documenting what I'm focused on at this time of my life.
Last updated on .Playing the Metal Slug series
My recent obsession with Neo Geo has me playing Metal Slug again. I've downloaded a bundle on Steam some years ago, that includes Metal Slug, Metal Slug X and Metal Slug 3.
Thinking about Retro Gaming
When I'll return to everyday life (after a 5-month trip) in April, I'm considering options on what video games to play. I've wanted to play some modern games again and thought of getting a PC or a Steam Machine but here I am, yet again thinking about retro gaming. I have grown up with the likes of the SNES and N64 and since I'm a nostalgic, I keep returning to retro gaming. As I was obsessed with the arcade in the 90s and early 2000s, I'm looking for ways to play some Neo Geo. There are different options: the Neo Geo Mini, the Neo Geo Arcade Stick Pro (which seems to be the ultimate way of playing Neo Geo today) and of course the Nintendo Switch, whose eShop holds a huge collection of Neo Geo Games.
Then there's the SEGA Mega Drive (aka Genesis in the US), a console absolutely unknown to me (I might have played some Sonic in the 90s). I wanted to get to play some SEGA and the Nintendo Switch seems to be the proper way to do so: there's quite a big collection of games available on Nintendo Switch Online and Nintendo even offers to but the original Mega Drive controller off of their store.
Reading "This Is for Everyone" by Tim Berners-Lee
The code for the URL was small, but it was the most important thing I ever wrote. Before the URL existed, you had to type in a command and hit 'Enter' to jump from one computer to the next. After the URL took over, all you had to do was click–or later touch, or tap, or speak, or merely gesture. The URL reduced the friction in internet navigation to zero. As telecommunications throughput improved, it also made jumping from one server to the next an invisible, near-instantaneous process. Many young readers, I suspect, will be baffled that there was ever a time the internet didn't use hyperlinks. When an invention becomes truly ubiquitous, it can seem invisible.
Reading Rolf Potts's fantastic travel blog
I've only recently discovered American travel writer Rolf Potts's blog and it's exactly what I've been looking for in such a long time: an actual travel blog, focused on travel writing instead of the typical "10 things you need to do in X" blog that's stuffed with ads and seizure-inducing banners.
It's full of wonderful travel stories and the best thing: it offers an RSS feed that holds items that go as far back as 1996.
Travelling
The proper thing to do between jobs.
Check my where page, if you want to see my current location.