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<title type="text">August 2021</title>
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<updated>2021-09-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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<content type="html"><p><a href="/blog/2021/09/12/august-2021/image.jpg"><img src="/blog/2021/09/12/august-2021/image-360.jpg" alt="My birthday cake!"></a></p>
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<div class="text-center">Imagine waking up to this every day... sadly it only happens on vacation.</div><!-- readmore -->
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<p>Really quick update since I've been either on vacation, visiting or being visited by family. Slowly going back to normal now.</p>
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<h2 id="books">Books</h2><ul>
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<li><p><a href="https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/dice/list?title_no=64"><strong>DICE</strong></a></p>
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</li>
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<li><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/57193-one-piece"><strong>One Piece</strong></a>: Volume 41 and beyond!</p>
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</li>
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<li><p>Struggling to finish <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14061957-ruin-and-rising"><strong>Ruin and Rising</strong></a></p>
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</li>
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<li><p>Finished <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6612476-death-note---another-note"><strong>Death Note: Another Note</strong></a></p>
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<p>All I can say is do not bother with it. I just want to read the original saga to compensate...</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="tvshows-and-movies">TVShows and Movies</h2><ul>
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<li><p>For lunch and dinner time <a href="https://www.crunchyroll.com/es-es/one-piece"><strong>One Piece</strong></a></p>
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</li>
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<li><p>Finished <a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/series/the-bad-batch/4gMliqFxxqXC"><strong>Star Wars: The Bad Batch</strong></a></p>
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<p>What a finale! It was really sad to see <span class="spoiler">all that destruction on Kamino</span> directly on a show, but we all knew that happened... It didn't have me hooking (or even paying attetion sometimes) but I want to know what's in store for the next season.</p>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="games">Games</h2><ul>
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<li><p>On hold with <a href="https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Nintendo-Switch/The-Legend-of-Zelda-Skyward-Sword-HD-1923575.html"><strong>The legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD</strong></a></p>
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<p>The controls are just awful... It's a shame because it has some interesting things in there but I just can't get on with it :(</p>
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</li>
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<li><p>Started <a href="https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Game-Boy-Advance/The-Legend-of-Zelda-The-Minish-Cap-267486.html"><strong>The legend of Zelda: The Minish Cup</strong></a></p>
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<p>Got my geared up GameBoy Advance SP loaded for the travel, and despite the RNG regarding the luck stones this game has aged really well in my oppinion.</p>
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</li>
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<li><p>Still around with <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/736260/Baba_Is_You/"><strong>Baba is you</strong></a></p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="articles-https//t-me/fmartingr-articles"><a href="https://t.me/fmartingr_articles">Articles</a></h2><ul>
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<li><p><strong>Art</strong>:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://medium.com/@gameboynerd/the-art-of-game-boy-games-67cb8bb31d98">The Art of GameBoy games</a></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li><p><strong>Videogames</strong></p>
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<ul>
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<li>[twitter thread] <a href="https://twitter.com/JoelBurgess/status/1428008041887281157?s=20">Skyrim oral history - treasure fox</a></li>
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<li>[twitter thread] <a href="https://twitter.com/The_Opponent/status/1430204227067027458?s=20">StarFighters76 map contributions on GameFaqs</a></li>
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</ul>
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<li><p><strong>Engineering</strong>:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://palant.info/2021/08/02/data-exfiltration-in-keepa-price-tracker/">Data exfiltration in Keepa Price Tracker</a></li>
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<li>[twitter thread] <a href="https://twitter.com/KevEdwardsRetro/status/1424457994553765891">NES Development in 1988</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://www.pixelstech.net/article/1628407126-Will-nil-==-nil-be-true-in-GoLang">Why nil == nil be true in GoLang</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLWY7fCXUwE">It's just emulation! The challenge of selling old games</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/homenet-domain-name.html">What domain name to use for your home network</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://jacobkiers.net/hod/">HTML over DNS</a></li>
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</ul>
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<li><p><strong>Other</strong></p>
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<li><a href="https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/">Wealth, shown to scale</a></li>
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<li>[video] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftr9yY-YuYU">Can dogs tell the time?</a></li>
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<li>[twitter thread] <a href="https://twitter.com/dguido/status/1424921645483966466">Scooter stolen with an Airtag inside it</a></li>
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<li>[video] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVvF_Qyq5F0">Are video games a global pandemic?</a></li>
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</ul>
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<title type="text">July 2021</title>
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<updated>2021-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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<link href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2021/08/01/july-2021/" />
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<content type="html"><p><a href="/blog/2021/08/01/july-2021/image.jpg"><img src="/blog/2021/08/01/july-2021/image-360.jpg" alt="My birthday cake!"></a></p>
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<div class="text-center">On the good days that actually seems like summer we get some beaufiful landscapes like this.</div><!-- readmore -->
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<h2 id="projects">Projects</h2><p>Ever since I ended up on my current job I spend less and less time with the computer in the after-work hours, real life ™ stuff and my numerous other hobbies tend to maintain me busy, so I've spent very little time with these things:</p>
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<li><p><a href="https://github.com/fmartingr/switch-games-json">switch-games-json</a> I've started work on how people could contribute new entries to it. I have a working proof of concept and I have to import all currently data present on the internets before releasing it publicly.</p>
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<li><p><a href="https://github.com/fmartingr/games-screenshot-manager">games-screenshot-manager</a> Planning a big refactor since I use this very regularly and it <a href="http://gallery.fmartingr.com">works very well</a> but it can be way faster that it is now.</p>
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</li>
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<li><p><strong>notion-to-ical</strong>: I'm working on a little service to convert a Notion calendar database into an iCal feed.</p>
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</li>
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<li><p>3D Printing. More like 3D calibrating since I didn't manage to find the proper attributes to print some pieces corretly, and since it a bit of trial and error it's taking its time.</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="books">Books</h2><ul>
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<li><p><a href="https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/dice/list?title_no=64"><strong>DICE</strong></a></p>
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</li>
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<li><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/57193-one-piece"><strong>One Piece</strong></a>: Volume 27 and beyond!</p>
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</li>
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<li><p>Finished <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14061955-siege-and-storm"><strong>Siege and Storm</strong></a></p>
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</li>
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<li><p>Started reading <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14061957-ruin-and-rising"><strong>Ruin and Rising</strong></a></p>
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<p>The last book of the Ghrisaverse trilogy, series seems a bit average until this point but it manages to keep me wanting to know what will happen next. I just hope this one doesn't end in a cliffhanger or with anything pending so I can start reading other series after that, since I've seen that there are other books based on this world.</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="tvshows-and-movies">TVShows and Movies</h2><ul>
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<li><p>For lunch and dinner time <a href="https://www.crunchyroll.com/es-es/one-piece"><strong>One Piece</strong></a></p>
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</li>
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<li><p>Ongoing with <a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/series/the-bad-batch/4gMliqFxxqXC"><strong>Star Wars: The Bad Batch</strong></a></p>
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<p>This became an off-series, I just let it run in background while I do other things and I manage to keep track easily.</p>
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</li>
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<li><p>Finished <a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/series/loki/6pARMvILBGzF"><strong>Loki</strong></a></p>
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<p>What a show, what a show! I loved the ending (though I expected a different character to appear) and their performance was just amazing, can't wait to see how this threads into the films and the next season. The MCU is doing an amazing work in this department.</p>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="games">Games</h2><ul>
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<li><p>Finished! <a href="https://rhythmheaven.fandom.com/wiki/Rhythm_Tengoku"><strong>Rhythm Tengoku (<em>リズム天国 / Rhythm Heaven</em>)</strong></a></p>
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<p>I got all gold medals and beat the final drum minigame, and that's a wrap! I'm not going to put myself through unnecessary pain by doing all the perfect scores. It was ver difficult and a lot of fun, specially since I could play it in short sessions through the months.</p>
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<li><p>Stopped <a href="https://store.playstation.com/es-es/product/EP0700-CUSA14054_00-OPWSK00APPLI0000"><strong>One Piece: WORLD SEEKER</strong></a> (<a href="http://gallery.fmartingr.com/PlayStation-4-ONE-PIECE-WORLD-SEEKER.html">screenshot gallery</a>)</p>
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<p>I stopped playing this one mostly because I wasn't enjoying it much, but also because I don't know where this is set in the One Piece storyline and I didn't want to spoil myself. I will continue with it once I reach the last One Piece volume.</p>
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</li>
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<li><p>Still around with <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/736260/Baba_Is_You/"><strong>Baba is you</strong></a></p>
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<p>We still have this on our pipeline, Player 2 seems to enjoy it since loves puzzles.</p>
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</li>
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<li><p>Started <a href="https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Nintendo-Switch/The-Legend-of-Zelda-Skyward-Sword-HD-1923575.html"><strong>The legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD</strong></a></p>
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<p>Of course. I didn't progress much and I totaly hate the sword mechanic until the point that I almost drop it at the beginning... but I want to see it through the end since it's the first in the series, time will tell if I complete it or just finish the story.</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="articles-https//t-me/fmartingr-articles"><a href="https://t.me/fmartingr_articles">Articles</a></h2><ul>
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<li><p><strong>Engineering</strong>:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commit/7d7c6a97f8">First go language commit</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://drewdevault.com/2021/07/04/Is-GitHub-a-derivative-work.html">Is GitHub a derivative work of GPL'd software?</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://leveluppp.ghost.io/benchmarks-in-go-can-be-surprising/">Bencharmks in Go can be surprising</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2021-07-10-linux-25gbit-internet-router-pc-build/">25 Gigabit Linux internet router PC build</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://drewdevault.com/2021/07/28/The-next-YAML.html">My wish-list for the next YAML</a></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li><p><strong>Videogames</strong>:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commit/7d7c6a97f8">A 23-Year Perfectionist Journey to Localize the Obscure 'Bahamut Lagoon'</a></li>
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<li>[video] <a href="https://youtu.be/9Ki-kH751_8">How the Game Boy almost ruined Nintendo</a></li>
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<li>[video] <a href="https://youtu.be/HyzD8pNlpwI">The ultimate Game Boy Talk (33c3)</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/07/museum-obtains-rare-demo-of-id-softwares-super-mario-bros-3-pc-port/">Museum obtains rare demo of id Software's Super Mario Bros 3 PC port</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/features/2021/07/collectors-are-as-confused-as-you-are-about-that-1-56m-super-mario-64-sale/">Collectors are as confused as you are about that $1.56M Super Mario 64 sale</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/07/playdate-preview-you-wont-believe-how-fun-this-dorky-179-game-system-is/">Playdate preview: You won’t believe how fun this dorky, $179 game system is</a></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li><p><strong>Traveling</strong>:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>[video] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EQ34L05pOw">Visiting All The Main Tourist Attractions In Kyoto - Completely Empty</a></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li><p><strong>News</strong>:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/TrungTPhan/status/1414966594179006466">Disney+ success tweet</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://nuclearmonster.com/2021/07/ethan-flibitijibibo-lee-may-retire-from-programming-due-to-valves-proton/">Ethan “flibitijibibo” Lee May Retire from Programming Due to Valve’s Proton</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://eand.co/this-isnt-a-heatwave-it-s-a-dying-planet-ac1c9eb529d1">This Isn’t a Heatwave — It’s a Dying Planet</a></li>
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<li>[video] <a href="https://youtu.be/9zDrp4pncDs">I Get MAD | Blizz's DISGUSTING Anti Customer Behavior EXPOSED</a></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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</ul>
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</content>
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</entry>
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<title type="text">June 2021</title>
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<updated>2021-07-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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<link href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2021/07/01/june-2021/" />
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<content type="html"><p><a href="/blog/2021/07/01/june-2021/image.jpg"><img src="/blog/2021/07/01/june-2021/image-360.jpg" alt="My birthday cake!"></a></p>
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<div class="text-center">This was technically last month, but celebrated on June 1st. Happy cake day to me!</div><!-- readmore -->
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<h2 id="books">Books</h2><ul>
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<li><p>Up to date with <a href="https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/dice/list?title_no=64"><strong>DICE</strong></a></p>
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<p>The end is getting closer and closer, or so it seems!</p>
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</li>
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<li><p>Read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10194157-shadow-and-bone"><strong>Shadow and Bone</strong></a></p>
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<p>Finished the first book of the Ghrisaverse recently, it reminded me of the <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/44134-the-black-magician-trilogy">Black Magician Trilogy</a> though a lot of things happen on this book actually.</p>
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<p>The magic system is a bit... weird. It isn't explained much and though they say it can be infinite the different level in power of characters is not very well expressed with very clear differences in the characters that show up.</p>
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<p>Despite that it's fun to read because the storytelling is good and you start getting yourself inmersed in the life of the characters from the very beginning even if it's a very clear <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero&#39;s_journey">hero's journey</a>.</p>
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</li>
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<li><p>Started reading <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14061955-siege-and-storm"><strong>Siege and Storm</strong></a></p>
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<p>Continuing from the previous one, I haven't gotten very far on this one but even in five chapters they already untangled the first book cliffhanger, expecting more to happen and adding a bit of backstory to previously non-explained things.</p>
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</li>
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<li><p>Started reading <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/57193-one-piece"><strong>One Piece</strong></a></p>
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<p><strong>Yes!</strong> I finally got a good pack of volumes from a second-hand online store and have tons to read. I haven't actually read the comics from the very beginning before and I'm getting surprised of some changes between the manga and the anime. I'm very happy I managed to get the collection on my shelf already after all this time, this is going to keep me busy for a few months :)</p>
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</li>
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<li><p>Read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55978796-horizon-zero-dawn-vol-1"><strong>Horizon Zero Dawn Volume #1</strong></a></p>
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<p>Got this one looking around art books online, and it was quite a surprise that they deciced to tell the history of Horizon's world in this format as well. The history follows a side-quest character shown in the game after the game's ending and while it's not very deep it presents new things to the world that would be present on the new game releasing this year.</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="tvshows-and-movies">TVShows and Movies</h2><ul>
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<li><p>Lunch time:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><p><a href="https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0HBVL22LMA40B0XBY30RUOC9EH/"><strong>Bones</strong></a></p>
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<p>Why do we keep choosing shows this long!</p>
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</li>
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<li><p><a href="https://www.crunchyroll.com/es-es/one-piece"><strong>One Piece</strong></a></p>
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<p>Player's 2 idea (never expected this, not complaining though!). Since episodes are very short (~20m) she get enough time to eat. The bad part is that I need to read the comics fast enough so anime doesn't catch up.</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li><p>Ongoing with <a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/series/the-bad-batch/4gMliqFxxqXC"><strong>Star Wars: The Bad Batch</strong></a></p>
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<p>Very little has happened until this point, they need to start adding real conflict to the show because is getting a bit boring for my taste :(</p>
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</li>
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<li><p>Started <a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/series/loki/6pARMvILBGzF"><strong>Loki</strong></a></p>
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<p>A-mazing. The first chapter is a bit of a introduction to everything so not much is it there, but since this is going to be a 6 episode only show I'm expecting the climax will come in episode 4-5 (4 aired yesterday but I don't have the time to watch it until tomorrow, so shush!). It's actually very good, the mix of <em>seriousness</em> and <em>humor</em> is very well done (and performed!) in the show.</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="games">Games</h2><ul>
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<li><p>Finished <a href="https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/horizon-zero-dawn/"><strong>Horizon: Zero Dawn</strong></a> (<a href="http://gallery.fmartingr.com/PlayStation-4-Horizon-Zero-Dawntm_-Complete-Edition.html">screenshot gallery</a>)</p>
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<p>Finished both the main story and the Frozen Wilds DLC, I enjoyed the story quite a lot to be honest. I like dystopian worlds and getting to know <em>how did we get there</em>.</p>
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<p>The game was overall fun though repetitive (all missions are either kill or track, in essence). Side missions doesn't seem to expand the story in a very meaningful way so I just kept to the main storyline and did some sides that were either on my way or gave good rewards. I also had a lot of problems with my inventory, I got the resource expansion satchel the earliest I could because I'm a loot hoarder but after a few hours into the game I was always full and had to sell, scrap or throw stuff around to make room for items (specially blue ones because I didn't knew if I would need them for new gear or quests) and that persisted until the very end of the game.</p>
|
||
<p>The side collectibles around the world were just too many. When I finished the game I only had 4 text datapoints from the world, out of a bazillion. I want to know more about the Lore of the game but that's just ridiculous.</p>
|
||
<p>Apart from that, the art, storytelling, voice-acting, music department, etc was awesome and really immersive. The only thing I missed while playing is a good sound system to help with the immersion, but well, that's just a first world problem.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Still in pain: <a href="https://rhythmheaven.fandom.com/wiki/Rhythm_Tengoku"><strong>Rhythm Tengoku (<em>リズム天国 / Rhythm Heaven</em>)</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>I have get gold medals up until the fourth tier, and I'm stuck on the rap game... I may be half way through it, more or less.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Started <a href="https://store.playstation.com/es-es/product/EP0700-CUSA14054_00-OPWSK00APPLI0000"><strong>One Piece: WORLD SEEKER</strong></a> (<a href="http://gallery.fmartingr.com/PlayStation-4-ONE-PIECE-WORLD-SEEKER.html">screenshot gallery</a>)</p>
|
||
<p>Got this as a birthday present and I'm painfully going though it. I'm just playing because the story is supposed to be an Oda's original, but it just seems a bunch of different mechanics thrown together to make a game with One Piece's assets.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Started <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/736260/Baba_Is_You/"><strong>Baba is you</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Player #2 and I started couch-playing this cause we both like puzzle games, one takes the controller and we dig through the levels. I love the premise of the game and how simple interactions in the map change everything, and how player 2 and I look at the puzzles from different perspectives finding more than one solution to each level.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="articles-https//t-me/fmartingr-articles"><a href="https://t.me/fmartingr_articles">Articles</a></h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Videogames</strong>:</p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li>[video] <a href="https://youtu.be/n0NJz0iA37k">The complete story of Square (part 1)</a></li>
|
||
<li>[video] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8iLmKBlvUE">The Unexpected Success of Horizon Zero Dawn | 3 Years Later (Retrospective)</a></li>
|
||
<li>[video] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9tLcD1r-6w">The Making of Horizon Zero Dawn</a></li>
|
||
<li>[video] <a href="https://youtu.be/tKH0x21rj1Y">Japan's Game Preservation Crisis</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://medium.com/@obskyr/the-secret-origin-of-the-action-rpg-254a180079dd">The Secret Origin of the Action RPG</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj83yp/final-fantasy-remasters-reignite-controversies-over-pixel-art">Final Fantasy Remasters Reignite Controversies Over Pixel Art</a></li>
|
||
<li>[video] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MspqDuq5OZY">How Nintendo Failed Into Super Mario Kart | The Story Behind The Super Nintendo Classic</a></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Hacking</strong>:</p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li>[video] <a href="https://youtu.be/4ckjr9x214c">Mining Bitcoin on the Game Boy</a></li>
|
||
<li>[video] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ybybf4tJWw">Doom on an IKEA TRÅDFRI lamp!</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://gir.st/blog/greenpass.html">What's Inside the EU Green Pass QR Code?</a></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>TV Shows</strong>:</p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li>[video] <a href="https://youtu.be/Umu19quwinI">The Strangely Melancholy Ending to The Good Place — Brandon Sanderson</a></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Programming</strong>:</p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><a href="https://medium.com/@felipedutratine/how-to-organize-the-go-struct-in-order-to-save-memory-c78afcf59ec2">How to organize the go struct, in order to save memory</a></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Other</strong>:</p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li>[video] <a href="https://youtu.be/iKBs9l8jS6Q">Top 100 3D Renders from the Internet's Largest CG Challenge | Alternate Realities</a></li>
|
||
<li>[video] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxWK0zb-9k8">Manga Kissa: Life in Japan’s Smallest Rooms | ASIAN BOSS</a></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</content>
|
||
</entry>
|
||
<entry xml:base="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2021/06/01/may-2021/">
|
||
<title type="text">May 2021</title>
|
||
<id>urn:uuid:59306a7f-2f1c-3316-a0be-0e7865446f8a</id>
|
||
<updated>2021-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
|
||
<link href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2021/06/01/may-2021/" />
|
||
<author>
|
||
<name></name>
|
||
</author>
|
||
<content type="html"><p><a href="/blog/2021/06/01/may-2021/image.jpg"><img src="/blog/2021/06/01/may-2021/image-360.jpg" alt="image alt"></a></p>
|
||
<div class="text-center">The beauty of the north</div><!-- readmore -->
|
||
|
||
<h2 id="projects">Projects</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://github.com/fmartingr/games-screenshot-manager"><strong>games-screenshot-manager</strong></a> I've refactored the project a bit and I'm working towards concurrency, documentation and adding playstation 5 support thanks to a friend which provided me some sample files.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://github.com/fmartingr/switch-games-json"><strong>switch-games-json</strong></a> Updated the jobs tasks so it only runs weekly, since it's sources doesn't update that much. One of the upstream repositories seems unmaintained so I need to figure out how to handle community submissions real quick.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Finished the Godot course I started a while ago. As with everything else I have more free time now and I was only a few lessons away. I learned a lot along the way though the course seemed a bit rushed towars the end. Even with it's downsides I have learned things way faster this way that I would've on my own. I'm planning the next steps now which will be some clones of other games to learn from more genres and familiar mechanics. Should make some interesting posts for the blog, but no promises.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>I've been updating my Home Assistant server automations a bit, using some sensors I had laying around to gain some quality of life at home. Some silly things like notifications when someone on Twitch is live are simple but useful, another to let us know if the light for our bathroom have been on for more than an hour, the same if the main door is left open and automating the air purifier in our bedroom (allergies season...) The automations UI needs a bit more love but doing stuff YAML only is easy as well so that's not a problem. I also created a bot on Telegram for all notifications, so we can have a proper history and I could also make some interactive ones directly there with buttons to answer.</p>
|
||
<p><img src="/blog/2021/06/01/may-2021/air-purifier-automation-640.png" alt="Air purifier automation dashboard"></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="books">Books</h2><p>My first Marvel Unlimited month came to an end and I have no plans to keep subscribed to it. Maybe I will buy some of the physical editions in the future for the interesting sagas I want to read, the application is just sooo painful.</p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><p>Dropped? <a href="https://www.webtoons.com/en/action/the-gamer/list?title_no=88"><strong>The Gamer</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>I was interesting up until the point it started with a lot of Korean legends/folklore I have no context about, the story started getting boring so I just found myself not wanting to read it anymore.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Reading <a href="https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/dice/list?title_no=64"><strong>DICE</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Up to date! It seems that series is coming to an end soon.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Continuing with <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222146.Masters_of_Doom"><strong>Masters of Doom</strong></a></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>I'm still looking for some second-hand One Piece bundle around my country, so I can read the series from the beginning up until the last published volume here. Either that or they make every chapter available on the Jump app for a fee or something... (please!).</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="tvshows-and-movies">TVShows and Movies</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p>Finished with <a href="https://www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=70195800"><strong>Suits</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Finally.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Replaced the above with <a href="https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0HBVL22LMA40B0XBY30RUOC9EH/"><strong>Bones</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>This one is way better at Lunch time and shorter episodes make it a really good fit.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Started <a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/series/the-bad-batch/4gMliqFxxqXC"><strong>Star Wars: The Bad Batch</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Another point of view for the Order 66 events. It seems <em>okey-ish</em> so far, but not as good as the latest Clone Wars season.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Watched <a href="https://es.hboespana.com/movies/friends-the-reunion/3b1f95c-013d98b33ff"><strong>Friends: The Reunion</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Watching this only makes me realize we're getting old <strong>fast</strong>.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="games">Games</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p>Finished <a href="https://store.playstation.com/es-es/product/EP0006-CUSA12529_00-RESPAWNSWBIRDDOG"><strong>Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order</strong></a> (<a href="http://gallery.fmartingr.com/PlayStation-4-STAR-WARS-Jedi_-Fallen-Ordertm.html">screenshot gallery</a>)</p>
|
||
<p>I started it <a href="/blog/2021/02/01/january-2021/#games">back in January</a> but when I started taking classes for my driving exam I stopped playing with my PlayStation due to lack of time, but now that I have more free time it was about time to finish it.</p>
|
||
<p>It was a good enough story (as with Bad Batch, another point of view for Order 66), not long enough to get boring and not short enough to consider it a scam. I'm not going to complete it (maps are very big and I tend to get lost easily...) so I'm leaving it as it is.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Started <a href="https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/horizon-zero-dawn/"><strong>Horizon: Zero Dawn</strong></a> (<a href="http://gallery.fmartingr.com/PlayStation-4-Horizon-Zero-Dawntm_-Complete-Edition.html">screenshot gallery</a>)</p>
|
||
<p>Starting to clean my backlog a bit, this is the next one. I'm pretty sure I'm not going to try and 100% it since there are <strong>tons</strong> of stuff to find around on the map, and I already invest too much time killing/looting everything in sight... but the story seems very good so far and the graphics and environment is amazing.</p>
|
||
<p><img src="http://gallery.fmartingr.com/media/large/PlayStation%204/Horizon%20Zero%20Dawn%E2%84%A2_%20Complete%20Edition/2021-05-21_19-36-29.jpg" alt=""></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Still there: <a href="https://rhythmheaven.fandom.com/wiki/Rhythm_Tengoku"><strong>Rhythm Tengoku (<em>リズム天国 / Rhythm Heaven</em>)</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Slowly enjoying it. Because it's hard. (And I'm not good at it.)</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="articles-https//t-me/fmartingr-articles"><a href="https://t.me/fmartingr_articles">Articles</a></h2><ul>
|
||
<li><a href="https://insidefmcg.com.au/2021/05/04/colgate-unveils-recyclable-toothpaste-tubes-and-offers-tech-to-rivals/">Colgate unveils recyclable toothpaste tubes – and offers tech to rivals - Inside FMCG</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.polygon.com/2019/4/2/18286977/eve-online-explorer-10-year-journey-katia-sae">One player spent 10 years exploring every corner of Eve Online</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://blog.expensify.com/2018/01/08/scaling-sqlite-to-4m-qps-on-a-single-server/">Scaling SQLite to 4MQPS on a Single Server (EC2 vs Bare Metal)</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://drewdevault.com/2021/05/19/How-to-write-release-notes.html">How to write release notes</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://kemenaran.winosx.com/posts/category-disassembling-links-awakening">Disassembling Link’s Awakening</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://thewalrus.ca/why-recycling-doesnt-work/">Why recycling doesn't work</a></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</content>
|
||
</entry>
|
||
<entry xml:base="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2021/05/01/april-2021/">
|
||
<title type="text">April 2021</title>
|
||
<id>urn:uuid:a44ec923-1cdc-3d3f-ac90-aa8de18c348c</id>
|
||
<updated>2021-05-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
|
||
<link href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2021/05/01/april-2021/" />
|
||
<author>
|
||
<name></name>
|
||
</author>
|
||
<content type="html"><p><a href="/blog/2021/05/01/april-2021/image.jpg"><img src="/blog/2021/05/01/april-2021/image-360.jpg" alt="image alt"></a></p>
|
||
<div class="text-center">Finally went to a good enough place to try out my drone filming skills!</div><!-- readmore -->
|
||
|
||
<h2 id="personal">Personal</h2><p>Finally flied a bit with my Drone! I bought it cause a good offer came up, but here is usually very windy plus I need to go a bit far away to a flight allowed zone. And well even if it wasn't the perfect weather to film around it was very good to lose the fear to lose the drone around even when I couldn't see it because it was too far away.</p>
|
||
<p>Can't wait for better weather though! Videos have a very good quality and the shots are just amazing from up there.</p>
|
||
<div class="text-center">
|
||
<video width="960" height="540" controls preload="none" playsinline poster="./beach-360.jpg">
|
||
<source src="./beach.mov" type="video/mov">
|
||
<source src="./beach.mp4" type="video/mp4">
|
||
<source src="./beach.ogv" type="video/ogg">
|
||
There's a video here, but your browser doesn't support `video` elements.
|
||
</video>
|
||
</div><h2 id="projects">Projects</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p>Preparing a community given approach to <a href="https://github.com/fmartingr/switch-games-json"><strong>switch-games-json</strong></a> since the other repository I'm basing it off is not active since last year and PR suggestions are not being merged.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://github.com/fmartingr/games-screenshot-manager"><strong>games-screenshot-manager</strong></a> is going under a huge refactor since the proof of concept is working very well on my end (being using it for a few months now) so it's time to make the codebase more decent.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Trying out <a href="https://gohugo.io">hugo</a> as a replacement for lektor for this blog. I still need to figure out if the benefits are worth it the time investment.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>After doing Go for a while figured out what a pain in the ass is to deploy/containerize python applications.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="books">Books</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p>Started reading <a href="https://www.marvel.com/comics/series/29161/star_wars_doctor_aphra_2020_-_present"><strong>Doctor Aphra (2020 - present)</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>I like it, but my subscription ended after trying it for a month, and since I haven't seen any improvement to the app and the pages loading I'm not paying it anymore... it's $10/mo of suffering anytime I want to just read for 10 minutes. It's a shame since people made a lot of recommendations to read Marvel related things, but I'm assuming I would just end up buying the tomes physically. Wait... maybe this was Marvel's plan all along?</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Reading <a href="https://www.webtoons.com/en/action/the-gamer/list?title_no=88"><strong>The Gamer</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>I started this a while ago and I've came back to it. Since I didn't remember where chapter I was in I just started it again. And boy I am glad... I didn't remember a thing!</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Reaading <a href="https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/dice/list?title_no=64"><strong>DICE</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Keeping the pace up a bit, I'm still far away from reaching the current episode, but it keeps getting interesting.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="tvshows-and-movies">TVShows and Movies</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p>Still watching <a href="https://www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=70195800"><strong>Suits</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>We watch it at lunch/dinner time. Not that I'm enjoying it much anymore, but it's still way better than regular TV.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Finished <a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/series/the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier/4gglDBMx8icA"><strong>Falcon &amp; The Winter Soldier</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Oh man, only six episodes! The show was <strong>amazing</strong>, but I feel like a couple of extra episodes wouldn't have hurt character development. And now the wait until Loki premieres on June... :(</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Watched <a href="https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0K677J96WQ96K6UY6BL15O70CO/"><strong>Invincible</strong></a> season 1</p>
|
||
<p>A pleasant surprise on Amazon Prime. I'm up to date and I'm liking it, it's start a bit childish but oh boy you're up to a surprise on the first episode. It seems is based on comics as well, so how knows if I would grow impatient and just read the comics instead of waiting for the next seasons.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="games">Games</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Nintendo-Switch/Super-Mario-3D-World-Bowser-s-Fury-1832228.html"><strong>Super Mario Bros. 3D World</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>So. What is this madness Nintendo? Are you serious? Not only there's another world with both a crazy hard level to beat and an almost infinite star box, but now I'm supposed to beat every level with every character?</p>
|
||
<p><img src="/blog/2021/05/01/april-2021/super-mario-3d-world-madness-360.jpg" alt="Super Mario 3D World trying to make me crazy"></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://rhythmheaven.fandom.com/wiki/Rhythm_Tengoku"><strong>Rhythm Tengoku (<em>リズム天国 / Rhythm Heaven</em>)</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>So I discovered this game on a <a href="https://twitch.tv/vitiman">friend's stream</a> and I instantly fell in love. Got it second hand complete (with its box, manual and everything!). I have played various rhythm games over the years and let me tell you this one is <strong>hard</strong>. It measures your rhythm at the beginning and oh boy I'm up for a challenge here...</p>
|
||
<div class="grid">
|
||
<div class="col-1-2"><img src="./rhythm-tengoku-01-360.jpg"></div>
|
||
<div class="col-1-2"><img src="./rhythm-tengoku-02-360.jpg"></div>
|
||
</div></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="articles-https//t-me/fmartingr-articles"><a href="https://t.me/fmartingr_articles">Articles</a></h2><ul>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.paulosyibelo.com/2021/04/this-man-thought-opening-txt-file-is.html">This man thought opening a TXT file is fine, he thought wrong. </a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://secret.club/2021/04/03/runescape-heuristics.html">How Runescape catches botters, and why they didn’t catch me</a></li>
|
||
<li><strong>(tweet)</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/NuSan_fx/status/1378759959815585795">I made a 4 kilobytes procedural image for @revision_party!</a></li>
|
||
<li><strong>(tweet)</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/tarah/status/1380484339541151746?s=20">A plane took off 1200kg heavier than the pilot realized due to coded bias [...]</a></li>
|
||
<li><strong>(video)</strong> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkzgcJGdUnA&amp;feature=youtu.be">Guidance By Railway Tracks</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://fly.io/blog/docker-without-docker/">Docker without docker</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://blog.djmnet.org/2019/08/02/why-do-long-options-start-with/">Why Do Long Options Start with Two Dashes?</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://blog.djmnet.org/2019/08/02/why-do-long-options-start-with/">The Developer Certificate of Origin is a great alternative to a CLA</a></li>
|
||
<li><strong>(tweet)</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/engineers_feed/status/1382351903334486018"><em>Germany has opened its first electrified highway for trucks near Frankfurt...</em></a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="http://blog.beforemario.com/2018/11/nintendos-office-and-factories-in-1970.html">Tour inside Nintendo headquarters in 1970</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://secret.club/2021/04/20/source-engine-rce-invite.html">CVE-2021-30481: Source engine remote code execution via game invites</a></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</content>
|
||
</entry>
|
||
<entry xml:base="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2021/04/03/march-2021/">
|
||
<title type="text">March 2021</title>
|
||
<id>urn:uuid:239e0619-969a-3bbf-be60-5a5e7c7b5a17</id>
|
||
<updated>2021-04-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
|
||
<link href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2021/04/03/march-2021/" />
|
||
<author>
|
||
<name></name>
|
||
</author>
|
||
<content type="html"><p>Things are changuing!</p>
|
||
<p><a href="/blog/2021/04/03/march-2021/image.jpg"><img src="/blog/2021/04/03/march-2021/image-360.jpg" alt="image alt"></a></p>
|
||
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|
||
|
||
<h2 id="personal">Personal</h2><p>I'm switching ships! Next month I will be starting a new position at another company as a Golang Software Engineer. Yay!</p>
|
||
<p>Deciding to leave Red Hat has been hard, but it needed to be done. Most people assume I am crazy (and I can't blame them) but you need to be honest with yourself and find out what really makes you happy. Aim for that.</p>
|
||
<h2 id="projects">Projects</h2><p>Didn't have much time this month to work on personal projects since I spent most of my free time doing some code challenges for several interviews I had. Funny thing that the position I'm going to work starting next month is not one of those.</p>
|
||
<p>That doesn't mean that I've not done things, just nothing tangible! I have some ideas here and there that I need to work on, specially for the <a href="https://github.com/fmartingr/games-screenshot-manager">games-screenshot-manager</a> and <a href="https://github.com/fmartingr/switch-games-json">switch-games-json</a> but it require a bit of preparation in advance.</p>
|
||
<h2 id="books">Books</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p>Read <a href="https://mangadex.org/title/19613/alice-on-border-road"><strong>Alice in Border Road</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>I liked this one more that Retry, it presents the reader with the same premise but with a different objective/path for the protagonists. Definitely recommended if you liked the first instance.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Read <a href="https://www.marvel.com/comics/series/22719/star_wars_doctor_aphra_2016_-_2019"><strong>Doctor Aphra (2016 - 2019)</strong></a></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Started reding <a href="https://www.marvel.com/comics/series/29161/star_wars_doctor_aphra_2020_-_present"><strong>Doctor Aphra (2020 - present)</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>I'm moving into comics now? I'm moving into comics now! I have been interested in reading some comics for a while, the main issue for me is that it's difficult to decide the start point. I wanted to read something from the Marvel universe but it is so vast that I ended up switching gears to this Star Wars issues that someone recommended me a while ago. And I loved it! My main issue is that the marvel unlimited app is <em>shirt</em> and I need to go and close/reopen the app every issue/several issues because some pages refuse to load... I'm not sure I will re-subscribe for a full year after this first month.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="tvshows-and-movies">TVShows and Movies</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p>Up to date with <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/70281312"><strong>The Blacklist</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>We got to the end of Season 7 (the latest available on Netflix). Honestly, I don't want to watch it anymore.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Started watching <a href="https://www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=70195800"><strong>Suits</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Thinking about a series that the Player 2 would like this one came to mind. I put the first episode to check and... we are at season 5 now.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Finished <a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/series/bruja-escarlata-y-vision/4arN6lqB6P3K"><strong>Wanda Vision</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>It's over. I'm glad to say that the show got better and better the closest it got to the climax. I loved the ending and how this is going to fit into MCU's next phase.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Started <a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/series/the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier/4gglDBMx8icA"><strong>Falcon &amp; The Winter Soldier</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Like and old school action movie, at least the beginning. It's good to see that they are focusing different problems in this one compared to Wanda's.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="games">Games</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Nintendo-Switch/Super-Mario-3D-World-Bowser-s-Fury-1832228.html"><strong>Super Mario Bros. 3D World</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Almost <strong>almost</strong> finished. I made through all the courses and just two or three are incomplete (missing some star or the golden flag pole). I'm assuming once I do that more things would open up...</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Nintendo-Switch/Pokemon-Espada-1522111.html"><strong>Pokemon Sword</strong></a> &amp; <a href="https://pokemongolive.com/en/"><em>Pokemon GO</em></a></p>
|
||
<p>Player 2 has gotten me into Pokemon again. We're aiming to complete the pokedex this time, and another friend will play along as well. This series seems really easy compared to the last one I played (Pokemon Y), I'm always like 10 levels ahead or so. Maybe the fact that I'm catching all pokemon available in the routes as I go has something to do with it though.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Nintendo-Switch/Animal-Crossing-New-Horizons-1438623.html"><strong>Animal Crossing: New Horizons</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Barely connected a bit to get the Super Mario exclusive items and to confirm that my town and house is as dirty as it could be.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="articles-https//t-me/fmartingr-articles"><a href="https://t.me/fmartingr_articles">Articles</a></h2><ul>
|
||
<li><a href="https://nee.lv/2021/02/28/How-I-cut-GTA-Online-loading-times-by-70/">How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70%</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://jvns.ca/blog/things-your-manager-might-not-know/">Things your manager might now know</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://blog.earthly.dev/using-apple-silicon-m1-as-a-cloud-engineer-two-months-in/">Using Apple Silicon (M1) as a cloud engineer, two months in</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://drewdevault.com/2021/03/06/Corporate-surveillance-murder.html">The corporate surveillance machine is killing people</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLKTZr00xBg">Kid Asks Neil Tyson "Can A Black Hole Suck In Another Black Hole?" &amp; Gets His Mind Blown Away!</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://watchnebula.com/videos/kento-bento-how-hong-kong-became-a-giant-refrigerator">Kento Bento — How Hong Kong Became a Giant Refrigerator</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWVTjMsv7AE">Solid - A Better Web (Simply Explained)</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://tinyhack.com/2018/11/21/reverse-engineering-pokemon-go-plus/">Reverse Engineering Pokemon Go Plus</a></li>
|
||
<li>Old but gold: <a href="https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat">wat</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1372766463556083715?s=20">Twitter thread about Duke Nukem 3D Level Engine</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://drewdevault.com/2021/03/19/A-new-systems-language.html">We are building a new systems programming language</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://blog.brixit.nl/do-you-really-want-linux-phones/">Do you really want linux phones</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=S-MaTH8WpOM">Goroutines: Under the Hood | Vicki Niu</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://jvns.ca/blog/learn-how-things-work/">Get better at programming by learning how things work</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.indiehackers.com/post/how-i-earn-a-living-selling-my-open-source-software-476f6bb07e">How I earn a living selling my open source software</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://drewdevault.com/2021/03/29/The-worlds-dumbest-IRC-bot.html">The world's stupidest IRC bot</a></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</content>
|
||
</entry>
|
||
<entry xml:base="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2021/03/01/february-2021/">
|
||
<title type="text">February 2021</title>
|
||
<id>urn:uuid:369d2604-dbf5-383d-bf4e-be81b7ed7406</id>
|
||
<updated>2021-03-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
|
||
<link href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2021/03/01/february-2021/" />
|
||
<author>
|
||
<name></name>
|
||
</author>
|
||
<content type="html"><p>A month for changes! A lot of daily grind and planning new stuff for the future.</p>
|
||
<p>We still can't move freely around but restrictions are leaving us step by step, let's see how long it lasts here, at least I'm pretty happy that I can go to my favourite coffee shop even if it's for takeaway. After a few reluctant weeks our avocado started to rise! I'm trying to track it's growth with daily pics, but oh man it grows SO fast.</p>
|
||
<p><a href="/blog/2021/03/01/february-2021/image.jpg"><img src="/blog/2021/03/01/february-2021/image-360.jpg" alt="image alt"></a></p>
|
||
<div class="text-center">Our avocado is blooming nicely :)</div><!-- readmore -->
|
||
|
||
<h2 id="projects">Projects</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://github.com/fmartingr/go-mangadex"><strong>go-mangadex</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>A small golang library to perform requests to the MangaDex API, mainly as a side project for the one following this.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://code.fmartingr.dev/fmartingr/mangadex2cbz"><strong>mangadex2cbz</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>A work in progress converter of Mangadex collections to a comic book format readable on mobile devices. Right now it's a bit of a mess in a single function made as a proof of concept, but you can run it and it works. A lot of testing and corner cases need to be cut though, as for example the workflow don't take into account failed downloads and it will just follow and create the volume anyway.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://github.com/fmartingr/games-screenshot-manager.git"><strong>Games Screenshot Manager</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>I have been using this for a while (as you can check into <a href="http://gallery.fmartingr.com">my online gallery</a>) and didn't put more thought into it, just minor refactors. I want to make a proper site and announcement though, and keep expanding on the providers. As a side note, I may start a community driven list of Switch games, since Switchbrew's list is not updated very actively and the other community project don't have much maintenance lately.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://fmartingr.com"><strong>fmartingr.com</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>I simplified the site design, removing the sidebar and using a simple header and footer. I may move from Lektor to Hugo as well, I've been doing some experiments with it for a possible wiki and it may fit. Also, is pretty fast.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://godotengine.org/"><strong>Godot Engine</strong></a> learning is still ongoing, doing some lesson games.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>I still have my local infra refactor pending, and I'm constantly switching between starting a k3s cluster or just continue as I am with simple docker containers running and manually setup</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="books">Books</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p>Read <a href="https://mangadex.org/title/2890/alice-in-borderland"><strong>Alice in Borderland</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>I wanted to know what happened after the Netflix's show left us with the cliffhanger, and I ended up discovering that there's more to it than just one storyline.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Read <a href="https://mangadex.org/title/56129/alice-in-borderland-retry"><strong>Alice in Borderland Retry</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>A very short sequel to the original with the same protagonist, is not as good as the main history but I liked the twist at the end.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Reading <a href="https://mangadex.org/title/19613/alice-on-border-road"><strong>Alice in Border Road</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Another twist to the same story, a bit boring at the beginning but it starts to grow on you once characters start developing.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="tvshows-and-movies">TVShows and Movies</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p>Re-started watching <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/70281312"><strong>The Blacklist</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>The Player 2 wanted to gave it another show, so we're now at season 7...</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80234304"><strong>The Queen's Gambit</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>After a lot of people recommended it to us we managed to went through it over a weekend. I loved it, the character development and interaction, and the fact that it is a self-contained history in a few chapters (I'm growing fond of reading/watching only completed stories). I recommend it as well of course, even if you don't know anything about chess.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/series/bruja-escarlata-y-vision/4arN6lqB6P3K"><strong>Wanda Vision</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Almost through the end! As predicted the following chapters were more Marvel than the ones last month, and it has evolved quite nicely. Finale this week.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/series/futurama/4B9X20Pjihaf"><strong>Futurama</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>With the addition of Star into Disney+ a bunch of TVShows and Movies where added, and Futurama has been on my backlog for quite too long.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="games">Games</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Nintendo-Switch/Super-Mario-3D-World-Bowser-s-Fury-1832228.html"><strong>Super Mario Bros. 3D World</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p><a href="/blog/2021/03/01/february-2021/switch-mario3dworld.jpg"><img src="/blog/2021/03/01/february-2021/switch-mario3dworld-360.jpg" alt="Super Mario 3D World Screenshot"></a></p>
|
||
<p>Almost finished it already! I'm on the last world (I think!) and have mastered all previous worlds by getting all collectibles and so on. The only letdown I have with this is that a friend told me that I need to complete the game with all available characters to unlock everything, which of course I'm not going to do. Repeating the same thing 4 more times... Nintendo, are you crazy?</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://store.playstation.com/es-es/product/EP0006-CUSA12529_00-RESPAWNSWBIRDDOG"><strong>Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>I didn't play much this month, mostly because Mario arrived and playing on the switch is way more conveniant than on the Playstation, but I want to try out is using remote play with my phone makes me more eager to sit a play through it.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/"><strong>Overwatch</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>I removed the dust from my windows PC some days I just wanted to have some brainless <em>pewpew</em> for 15 minutes or so. I forgot how good this game it is for short play sessions.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="articles-https//t-me/fmartingr-articles"><a href="https://t.me/fmartingr_articles">Articles</a></h2><ul>
|
||
<li><a href="https://carltheperson.com/posts/10-things-linux">Getting better at Linux with 10 mini-projects</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://hynek.me/articles/lie-vs-lay/">Lie vs Lay</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://matklad.github.io//2021/02/06/ARCHITECTURE.md.html">ARCHITECTURE.md</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://pgdash.io/blog/postgres-features.html?h=">PostgreSQL Features You May Not Have Tried But Should</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future">Timeline ofthe far future</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://robotmoon.com/ssh-tunnels/">Visual guide to SSH tunnels</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://hackernoon.com/adding-a-pipe-operator-to-python-19a3aa295642">Adding a pipe operator to Python</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://sagi.io/2018/09/dns-over-tls---thoughts-and-implementation/">DNS over TLS</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://supercookie.me">Supercookie</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T273741">Investigate unusual media traffic pattern for AsterNovi-belgii-flower-1mb.jpg on Commons</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://drewdevault.com/2021/02/09/Rust-move-fast-and-break-things.html">Rust: "Move fast and break things" as a moral imperative</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/our-past-mistakes-slingshot-taiga6-release-pablo-ruiz-m%C3%BAzquiz/">Our past mistakes: Taiga 6</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://blog.golang.org/experiment">Experiment, Simplify, Ship - Go</a></li>
|
||
<li><strong>video</strong> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utf-A4rODH8">Building a container from scratch in Go</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://popey.com/blog/2021/02/the-allure-of-the-terminal/">The allure of the terminal</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1360336044869099522">Researching an old laptop</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://ervinbarta.com/2019/08/06/upcase-in-go-the-long-way-around/">Checking a character's case in Go, the long way around</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://paleotronic.com/2018/06/15/confessions-of-a-disk-cracker-the-secrets-of-4am/">Confessions of a Disk Cracker: the secrets of 4am</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://overreacted.io/goodbye-clean-code/">Goodbye, clean code</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://support.apple.com/en-ng/guide/security/secbbd20b00b/1/web/1">Hardware microphone disconnect in Apple devices</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://daisygames.wordpress.com/2021/02/20/how-i-made-hack-grid/">How I made hack grid</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://blog.haschek.at/2021/how-i-heat-my-home-by-mining.html">How I heat my home by mining crypto currencies</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/encrypted-sni/">Encrypted SNI</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/24/business/japan-anime.html">Anime is booming. So why are animators living in poverty?</a></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</content>
|
||
</entry>
|
||
<entry xml:base="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2021/02/01/january-2021/">
|
||
<title type="text">January 2021</title>
|
||
<id>urn:uuid:80654cfb-2563-3dea-af41-58ca3d86846c</id>
|
||
<updated>2021-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
|
||
<link href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2021/02/01/january-2021/" />
|
||
<author>
|
||
<name></name>
|
||
</author>
|
||
<content type="html"><p><a href="https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/madrid-covered-snow"><img src="/blog/2021/02/01/january-2021/image-360.jpg" alt="Madrid snowed from the Coppernicus"></a></p>
|
||
<blockquote><p>Image credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery</p>
|
||
</blockquote>
|
||
<!-- readmore -->
|
||
|
||
<h2 id="projects">Projects</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://github.com/fmartingr/games-screenshot-manager.git"><strong>Games Screenshot Manager</strong></a>: I've added a few
|
||
new providers to get screenshots from, some file naming fixes for Windows and the option to download covers
|
||
for games to create a nice gallery with them.</p>
|
||
<p>I still need to do some improvements on how options traverse through the CLI to providers to have a more
|
||
robust system in place, and also to allow some unused options on current providers, for example allow overriding
|
||
a provider's default <code>input-path</code> or anything else, along with custom arguments that providers may need.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>I've uploaded my <a href="http://gallery.fmartingr.com">gallery of screenshots online</a>. I've made that using the above
|
||
and <a href="https://github.com/thumbsup/thumbsup">thumbsup</a> along with some scripts to set it all together. I love the
|
||
result.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://github.com/fmartingr/butterrobot.git"><strong>Butterrobot</strong></a> has gone thorugh some small fixes as well. I'm
|
||
already using the new version at work and everything seems to be working fine. I need to add some proper testing
|
||
and review all the <em>TODO</em> coments I have laying around.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>We got a brand new NAS at home and I've been digging through hard drives and computers to start organizing all
|
||
my digital life in there. It's a work in progress that will take a lot of time.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Home Assistant have a few improvements in terms of automations, lovelace dashboards and so on. Zigbee configuration
|
||
has been a bit of a hassle since every motion and door sensor stopped being paired with my zigbee stick so I'm
|
||
using a different integration to and so far everything seems to be working.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>I've started learning <a href="https://godotengine.org/">Godot</a>. I've always wanted to make and publish a game, and in the
|
||
past (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAVVy_x3Erg">when I was very young</a>) I made some small things using
|
||
<a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIV_Games_Studio">DIV Games Studio</a>,
|
||
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_Creators#DarkBASIC">Dark Basic</a> and
|
||
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitz_BASIC">BlitzBasic</a>
|
||
but my career on game development ended abruptly, and there was that. Until today.</p>
|
||
<p>Even though I did some little game using Unity a few years back, Godot seems like a very powerful game development
|
||
enviroment, it exports to several platforms, it's easy to understand (though hard to master!) and it's open source.</p>
|
||
<p>Not looking a career on game development but at least to cross out something I've wanted to learn for quite some
|
||
time now.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>I'm thinking the best way of handling "guides" for the blog (as I started with the one for Home Assistant). Sometimes
|
||
I think a post is the better way because I can use as a note while I'm working on something, but lately I've been
|
||
thinking on setting up a simple wiki that could store the same content but be constantly updated and I can use it as
|
||
reference as well. I would have to find an easy way of storing the information and building it that is not overly
|
||
complicated and allows me freedom to have it as a bunch of markdown files on a folder.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="books">Books</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28251.The_High_Lord"><strong>The high lord</strong></a> (<em>Trudi Canavan</em>)</p>
|
||
<p>Finished the trilogy. I'm sad to say that this was average (at best) for me... the real story starts happening in
|
||
the last book; pretty condensed for a trilogy while the first two only set ups the characters with nothing
|
||
interesting happening and to make things worse the ending feels pretty rushed and boring.</p>
|
||
<p>I read it through the end though, so it had the necessary components to me to be engaged.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Started reading <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222146.Masters_of_Doom"><strong>Masters of Doom</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>I couldn't decide for any fantasy series to read now, so I'm going to read something different and see how it goes.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="tvshows-and-movies">TVShows and Movies</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/star-wars-the-last-jedi-episode-viii/1nCWFK1pmAI0"><strong>Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Star Wars Marathon finishes!</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/70281312"><strong>The Blacklist</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Reached Season 5.</p>
|
||
<p>We're debating if continuing with this or not. While I enjoy James Spader a lot on the show the main reason to watch
|
||
it is the hook they have on us with the parent - daughter - spy mystery situation. It was nice at first but after
|
||
<strong>five seasons</strong> we still don't have clear answers for anything and when they give us a glimpse of one, on the next
|
||
episode everyone seems to forget about it. It's frustrating. And the relationship between the to main characters is
|
||
annoying with their "Love, now hate, now maybe love?" behavior each episode...</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/series/bruja-escarlata-y-vision/4arN6lqB6P3K"><strong>Wanda Vision</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Slow start for the Marvel's Cinematic Universe on TV Shows. The first chapters are too much sitcom and very little "real
|
||
world" related. I hope this unfolds better in later episodes and that the other series that are yet to come are
|
||
better than this... I know that the last episode have more "Marvel" stuff, but it was one episode out of four released
|
||
to date... let's see how it goes on the fifth.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="games">Games</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Nintendo-Switch/Hyrule-Warriors-La-era-del-cataclismo-1838129.html"><strong>The legend of Zelda: Age of Calamity</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Finally rushed through the final parts of the main story. I liked the game but it got very repetitive and I grew
|
||
bored of farming items or stuff to unlock improvements for the characters, so I just finsihed the 3 or 4 last
|
||
story missions with my underlevel characters and called it a day.</p>
|
||
<p>Even at the end you got a lot of new stuff to unlock in the missions map, and that's gonna stay there for
|
||
the foreseable future.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/377840/"><strong> Final Fantasy IX</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>I played a bit through it, the problem is that last time I played was on spring 2019... I forgot almost everything about
|
||
the story so far (which I didn't like very much at the time, and I wasn't enjoying it now...) so I got almost through the
|
||
end when I decided I should move into other things.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://store.playstation.com/es-es/product/EP0006-CUSA12529_00-RESPAWNSWBIRDDOG"><strong>Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Got this as a Christmas present and I'm slowly going through it. There are some bugs here and there, but I wanted to play
|
||
something Star Wars related and this seems the best thing at the moment. I love BD-1.</p>
|
||
<p><a href="/blog/2021/02/01/january-2021/fallen-order.jpg"><img src="/blog/2021/02/01/january-2021/fallen-order-360.jpg" alt="Jedi Fallen Order Screenshot"></a></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>I discovered <a href="https://retroachievements.org">RetroAchievements</a> thanks to RetroArch, and I'm amazed and how the community
|
||
put this together for all of us. It works incredibly well (for the few I've tried so far) and you can even set up
|
||
retroarch to make a screenshot automatically once you unlock an achievement, how amazing is that?</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="articles-https//t-me/fmartingr-articles"><a href="https://t.me/fmartingr_articles">Articles</a></h2><ul>
|
||
<li>[video] <a href="https://youtu.be/Hu4H5ykBP0I">ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS The Final Fantasy VII Remake</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-1.html">Rosenzweig – Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, part I</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://owlspace.xyz/cybersec/steam-login/">Steam's login method is kinda interesting</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/wireguard/2020-December/006226.html">"Wireguard [sic]: great protocol, but skip the Mac app" blog post</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.murilopereira.com/the-values-of-emacs-the-neovim-revolution-and-the-vscode-gorilla/">The values of Emacs, the Neovim revolution and the VSCode gorilla</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://bugs.xdavidhu.me/google/2021/01/18/the-embedded-youtube-player-told-me-what-you-were-watching-and-more/">The Embedded YouTube Player Told Me What You Were Watching (and more)</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/01/thats-not-how-2fa-works/">That’s not how 2FA works</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://gemini.circumlunar.space/docs/specification.html">Project Gemini</a></li>
|
||
<li>[gemini] <a href="gemini://drewdevault.com/2021/01/02/2021-01-02-Every-commit-should-be-perfect.gmi">Every commit should be perfect</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://blog.nelhage.com/post/reflections-on-performance/">Reflections on software performance</a> </li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/l1vz6w/jumping_on_the_bandwagon_here_newbies_listen_to/">Jumping on the bandwagon here: Newbies, listen to the established wisdom. I spent 7 years trying to make ambitious games to "break in" to the industry. I wish I spent 7 years making achievable games. The only time I tried to make something achievable, it paid off and I got a AAA gig.</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://scarpino.dev/posts/sway-and-the-dock-station.html">Andrea Scarpino - Sway and the Dock station</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/02/nes_creator_reveals_the_shocking_story_behind_that_infamous_flap">NES Creator Reveals The "Shocking" Story Behind That Infamous Flap</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://jvns.ca/blog/2021/01/23/firecracker--start-a-vm-in-less-than-a-second/">Firecracker: start a VM in less than a second</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://mohit.athwani.net/blog/understanding-the-fork-system-call-in-unix">Understanding the fork() system call in UNIX</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://tuckersiemens.com/posts/node-example-com-is-an-ip-address/">node.example.com Is An IP Address</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://drewdevault.com/2021/01/28/Use-open-platforms-or-else.html">Use open platforms — or else</a></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</content>
|
||
</entry>
|
||
<entry xml:base="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/01/01/december-2020/">
|
||
<title type="text">December 2020</title>
|
||
<id>urn:uuid:ac985fb8-8844-304d-afd8-b5010d576994</id>
|
||
<updated>2021-01-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
|
||
<link href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/01/01/december-2020/" />
|
||
<author>
|
||
<name></name>
|
||
</author>
|
||
<content type="html"><p>Oh boy, here we go again. Christmas season is with us one more time.</p>
|
||
<p>For anyone that doesn't know me even a little: I don't like Christmas. It is the most consumerist period of the year, everything is packed with people (even in 2020, how's that even possible!). The only good thing is you can meet with some people even if it is a few meters away in a park freezing yourself.</p>
|
||
<p><a href="/blog/2020/01/01/december-2020/image.jpg"><img src="/blog/2020/01/01/december-2020/image-360.jpg" alt="image alt"></a></p>
|
||
<!-- readmore -->
|
||
|
||
<h2 id="projects">Projects</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://github.com/fmartingr/butterrobot"><strong>Butterrobot</strong></a> has gone some improvements and it can be shipped now. The admin interface is now useable and the basic features are bundled in. I had to work a bit on how I abstracted <em>queries</em> and <em>objects</em> internally since it was a bit of a mess but I think it's way easier to understand now. I love <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/dataclasses.html"><code>dataclasses</code></a>.</p>
|
||
<p>There's still a lot of work to do with testing and documentation.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Slow progress on the <a href="https://github.com/fmartingr/games-screenshot-manager"><strong>Games Screenshot Manager</strong></a>. Don't get me wrong, it's functional and I already use it to manage my screenshots gallery but I need to automate some processes, add tests and get path cleaning to work properly. Also I'm missing some games that I'll need to fill out along with improvements on the Nintendo Switch department.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>I've started setting up Home Assistant way more seriously <a href="/blog/2020/12/20/self-hosting-my-home-with-home-assistant-part-1/">as you can see in my previous post</a>. The project has grown a lot since I started playing with it and my journey to self-host is way far from being finished, but I already manage to unplug some chinese <em>always-on-always-on-internet</em> devices that I wasn't feeling super comfortable having on my network. Baby steps.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>We are getting better at 3D printing at home as well. After <strong>a lot</strong> of trial and error we managed to print some decent quality pieces on our Rotrics DexArm. We've had it since August and didn't start doing anything with it until now. Shame on us.</p>
|
||
<p>Hopefully I can get some Pi's cases done this month so I can put one or two cameras to keep an eye on it in case the print get stuck or any other problem we may have. And if this <a href="https://octoprint.org/">OctoPrint</a> thingy works with our unit it would be awesome to have a Home Assistant panel dedicated to it. My backlog keeps growing and I keep getting older.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>I've set up my laptop from scratch, and since Antergos is gone now I've installed a base Arch Linux without any wrapper. I was very pleased to see that everything was working out of the box pretty easily.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="books">Books</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p>Finished reading <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28249.The_Magicians_Guild"><strong>The Magicians' Guild</strong></a> (<em>Trudi Canavan</em>)</p>
|
||
<p>I liked it, it's nothing super impressive but enjoyable for fantasy lovers, and I'm glad my reading habit came back,
|
||
I already have enough backlog as it is. I'm continuing with the trilogy with the next ones now:</p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li>Read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28250.The_Novice"><strong>The Novice</strong></a> (second part of the trilogy)</li>
|
||
<li>And started reading: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28251.The_High_Lord"><strong>The high lord</strong></a> (last installment)</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="tvshows-and-movies">TVShows and Movies</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/star-wars-return-of-the-jedi-episode-vi/6QGKo5mjDBS8"><strong>Star Wars: Return of the Jedi</strong></a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/star-wars-the-force-awakens-episode-vii/1LEKJPDPeMr7"><strong>Star Wars: The force awakens</strong></a></li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/star-wars-the-last-jedi-episode-viii/1nCWFK1pmAI0"><strong>Star Wars: The last jedi</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Star Wars Marathon continues!</p>
|
||
<p>Tried to watch <strong>Star Wars: Resistance</strong> but it just wasn't my kind of show, only watched three episodes. I hope I don't miss anything interesting in there. Should I at least watch the last season?</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/series/the-mandalorian/3jLIGMDYINqD"><strong>Mandalorian</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>It's over now :(</p>
|
||
<p>A <strong>very good</strong> season, looking forward to all the new TV Shows and movies announced for Disney+ in the future (both from Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe).</p>
|
||
<p class="spoiler">While I love the series the Luke Skywalker reveal of the end killed it a bit for me (since I was expecting Ezra Bridger to show up). I don't understand the reasoning behind using CGI faces for these actors... if you're going to play with the character again just get a new actor with some resemblance the way you did it with Solo.</p><p class="spoiler">I still don't understand on which position this leaves the last trilogy, the future seasons for Mandalorian and every other spin-off that Disney will launch, but well. They are doing a really good job with this, can't wait for the Ashoka show to air and whatever that final mention of Boba Fett was, it was about time this character was portrayed as he deserved.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/70281312"><strong>The Blacklist</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>We're hooked.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="/blog/2020/01/01/december-2020/"><strong>Alice in Borderland</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>It's seems like a good adaptation of the original manga, though it keep getting worse through the end. I think I will try to read the original, it's been a while I've immersed in a story like this since Kamisama if I recall correctly.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="games">Games</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://minecraft.net"><strong>Minecraft</strong></a></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Nintendo-Switch/Hyrule-Warriors-La-era-del-cataclismo-1838129.html"><strong>The legend of Zelda: Age of Calamity</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>I'm almost finished (I think!) but the game keep unlocking stuff on the map that I have to complete.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://swtor.com"><strong>Star Wars: The old republic</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>I was hoping to get on Fallen Order this month but <a href="https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/12/15/update-on-ea-play-xbox-game-pass-for-pc-2021/">Microsoft delayed the release of EA Play for Xbox Game Pass for PC</a> until sometime next year, so to get rid of my latest Star Wars hype I started a new character on the MMORPG.</p>
|
||
<p><img src="/blog/2020/01/01/december-2020/swtor-360.jpg" alt="Star Wars The Old Republic launch to lightspeed"></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/377840/"><strong> Final Fantasy IX</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>I started this a good while ago and I have but forgotten the history until the point I'm in. I'm trying to remember and find my way now, since I have a bit extra time to play a "time consuming" game.</p>
|
||
<p>I can't recommend the <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/moguri-mod/home">Moguri Mod</a> enough to anyone who wants to play this on PC. It's an abbysal difference from the base experience, special mention to the backgrounds and the font.</p>
|
||
<p><a href="/blog/2020/01/01/december-2020/ff9.jpg"><img src="/blog/2020/01/01/december-2020/ff9-360.jpg" alt="Final Fantasy IX Screenshot"></a></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="articles-https//t-me/fmartingr-articles"><a href="https://t.me/fmartingr_articles">Articles</a></h2><ul>
|
||
<li><a href="https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2020/12/an-ios-zero-click-radio-proximity.html">An iOS zero-click radio proximity exploit odyssey</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/designing-the-raspberry-pi-case-fan/">Designing the Raspberry Pi Case Fan</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://debugger.medium.com/why-is-apples-m1-chip-so-fast-3262b158cba2">Why Is Apple’s M1 Chip So Fast?</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://fabiensanglard.net/silicone/">These are called opportunities</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://mondaynote.com/apple-silicon-m1-disruption-af11f639103a">Apple Silicon M1 Disruption</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://roarmag.org/essays/win-back-the-internet/">Winning back the internet by building our own</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://webdatarender.com/">Web data render</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/-qPDLh1Xr-M">Do Kyoto's Japanese local want foreigners to return?</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://chromeisbad.com">Chrome is Bad</a>?</li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://n-o-d-e.net/node_mini_server3.html">N-O-D-E Mini server v3</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://betterdev.blog/minimal-safe-bash-script-template/">Minimal safe Bash script template</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://netflixtechblog.com/life-of-a-netflix-partner-engineer-the-case-of-extra-40-ms-b4c2dd278513">Life of a Netflix Partner Engineer — The case of the extra 40 ms</a></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</content>
|
||
</entry>
|
||
<entry xml:base="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/12/20/self-hosting-my-home-with-home-assistant-part-1/">
|
||
<title type="text">Self-hosting my home with Home Assistant (part 1)</title>
|
||
<id>urn:uuid:2f330d72-58f5-3fec-8fe1-06dfbc4ca4b6</id>
|
||
<updated>2020-12-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
|
||
<link href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/12/20/self-hosting-my-home-with-home-assistant-part-1/" />
|
||
<author>
|
||
<name></name>
|
||
</author>
|
||
<content type="html"><p>Even if I've been a Home Assistant's user for quite some time I have never dedicated myself to have a truly stable and dedicated service at home. I always treated it more like a pet project than anything else, but this is changing now.</p>
|
||
<p>I have a fair amount of <em>Smart Devices</em> around the house and just as you come to expect they come from different companies, protocols and sizes. Each day it passes I'm more and more concerned about my privacy and the value of the hardware I do not truly own.</p>
|
||
<p>With this in mind I have started <strong>the journey of self-hosting!</strong> Which to put it simply is... every device that is in my home (with a few exceptions that you'll see later) will be controlled by this Home Assistance instance.</p>
|
||
<!-- readmore -->
|
||
|
||
<blockquote><p>Note: I wanted to install this on a USB Drive, but apparently that's still not supported for <em>Home Assistant OS</em>, so I'm stuck with an SD Card for now. Some time after starting working on this I heard about <a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2020/12/13/home-assistant-os-release-5/#external-data-disk"><code>datactl</code></a> but I will setup that sometime later.</p>
|
||
</blockquote>
|
||
<h2 id="base-home-assistant-os-using-an-sd-card">Base Home Assistant OS using an SD Card</h2><p>For this just stick to the <a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/hassio/installation/">official documentation</a>. Only download the latest release <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/operating-system/releases">from github</a> and copy the <em>img</em> card to your SD Card with <code>dd</code>, Balena or the tool of choice.</p>
|
||
<p>Put the SD Card on your Pi, turn it on and let's get started.</p>
|
||
<h2 id="base-installation">Base installation</h2><p>After booting, you will be welcome with a wizard installation. Just follow the basic instructions to generate the main user/account, and the name and location for your home assistant.</p>
|
||
<p>Bonus: Use some website <a href="https://www.freemaptools.com/elevation-finder.htm">like this</a> to get your elevation if you're feeling picky.</p>
|
||
<p>After that, you will be greeted by something similar to this:</p>
|
||
<p><a href="/blog/2020/12/20/self-hosting-my-home-with-home-assistant-part-1/base.png"><img src="/blog/2020/12/20/self-hosting-my-home-with-home-assistant-part-1/base-360.png" alt="Base install after the wizard"></a></p>
|
||
<h2 id="update-the-system">Update the system</h2><p>Go to your Supervisor tab and check if you have any pending updates.</p>
|
||
<h2 id="moving-to-mariadb">Moving to MariaDB</h2><p>The default database backend is SQLite, and that has it's limitations, so let's move everything to MariaDB before any other configuration.</p>
|
||
<ol>
|
||
<li>Install the File editor addon from <strong>Supervisor &gt; Add-ons &gt; File editor</strong> and start it.</li>
|
||
<li>Install the MySQL addon from <strong>Supervisor &gt; Add-ons &gt; MariaDB</strong></li>
|
||
<li>Once installed, go to the configuration tab and set a password</li>
|
||
<li>Under the Info tab start the MariaDB Service and enable the Watchdog service</li>
|
||
<li>Go to the file editor interface and edit the <code>configuration.yaml</code> file.</li>
|
||
<li><p>Add the configuration for the <a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/recorder/"><code>recorder</code></a> integration:</p>
|
||
<div class="hll"><pre><span></span><span class="nt">recorder</span><span class="p">:</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">db_url</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">mysql://homeassistant:&lt;password&gt;@core-mariadb/homeassistant?charset=utf8</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">commit_interval</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">5</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">purge_keep_days</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">90</span>
|
||
|
||
<span class="nt">history</span><span class="p">:</span>
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
<p>In this case I also set data to be stored for 90 days and a 5s delay between disk writes (since I'm using an SD Card and their lifespan is not very long with abundant I/O).</p>
|
||
<p>More information on the documentation: <a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/recorder/"><code>recorder</code></a>, <a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/history/"><code>history</code></a></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li>Restart Home Assistant for the changes to take effect under <strong>Configuration &gt; Server Constrols &gt; Restart</strong>.</li>
|
||
</ol>
|
||
<h2 id="backups">Backups</h2><p>Now another if not the most important of them all, automatic snapshots in case something goes wrong.</p>
|
||
<p>Go to <strong>Configuration &gt; Automations &gt; Add automation</strong>, and in top-right hamburger menu press <strong>Edit as YAML</strong>.</p>
|
||
<p>This configuration will perform a Weekly Snapshot every Monday at 3.00 AM. It is a sensible default once Home Assistant is running, but if you're going to play with it you may need to consider more frequent backups.</p>
|
||
<div class="hll"><pre><span></span><span class="nt">alias</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">Weekly Snapshot</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">description</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&#39;Performs</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">a</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">weekly</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">snapshot&#39;</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">mode</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">single</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">trigger</span><span class="p">:</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">platform</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">time</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">at</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&#39;03:00&#39;</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">condition</span><span class="p">:</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">condition</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">time</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">weekday</span><span class="p">:</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">mon</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">action</span><span class="p">:</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">service</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">hassio.snapshot_full</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">data</span><span class="p">:</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">name</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&#39;weekly_{{</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">now().strftime(</span><span class="se">&#39;&#39;</span><span class="s">%Y-%m-%d</span><span class="se">&#39;&#39;</span><span class="s">)</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">}}&#39;</span>
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
<p>Keep in mind that this snapshots are stored on the <code>/backup</code> folder on the Home Assistant instance, you need to create a way of moving that <strong>out</strong> of the system. You can use other automation, SCP from another machine or any compatible tool of your choice.</p>
|
||
<h2 id="setting-up-accounts-and-users-that-will-use-the-system">Setting up accounts and users that will use the system</h2><p>This used to be more complex a while ago, now you only need to go to <strong>Configuration &gt; People</strong> and add the users you need.</p>
|
||
<p>Now you can even add the avatar directly from the interface! Back in the day you required to upload the file and fiddling with YAMLs.</p>
|
||
<p>Also, for some options and add-ons to display, you need to enable "Advanced mode" on your user profile page.</p>
|
||
<p><img src="/blog/2020/12/20/self-hosting-my-home-with-home-assistant-part-1/advanced_mode-360.png" alt="Advanced mode enabled on my user"></p>
|
||
<h2 id="ssh-access">SSH Access</h2><p>Easily handled by an integration, as almost everything with Home Assistant.</p>
|
||
<blockquote><p>For this add-on to show up you need to enable Advanced mode as shown in the previous step.</p>
|
||
</blockquote>
|
||
<p>Just install the <strong>Terminal and SSH</strong> addon, add your ssh key under the configuration tab under the <code>authorized_keys</code> property, and expose a port for the SSH server on the host. After that Start the service and enable the Watchdog to monitor it in case it fails.</p>
|
||
<h2 id="enable-ssl">Enable SSL</h2><p>Even if my home assistant installation is going to be LAN only (using a VPN to have external access) I always setup SSL in all my services and while there are some options when setting this up with Home Assistant, I went the nginx way since that's what I'm more comfortable with.</p>
|
||
<p>Go to <strong>Supervisor &gt; Add-on Store</strong> and install the <strong>NGINX Home Assistant SSL proxy</strong>.</p>
|
||
<p>Put your files under <code>/ssl</code> connecting to the instance via SSH or using any file editor addon on the store.</p>
|
||
<p>Under its <strong>Configuration</strong> tab, set up the domain and path to the certificate and key files.</p>
|
||
<div class="hll"><pre><span></span><span class="nt">domain</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">homeassistant.local</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">certfile</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">nginx/homeassistant.local/homeassistant.crt</span> <span class="c1"># Relative to /ssl</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">keyfile</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">nginx/homeassistant.local/homeassistant.key</span> <span class="c1"># Relative to /ssl</span>
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
<p>There are a number of guides out there to generate self-signed certificates. I have my own Certificate Authority that use to sign certificates for my local services, that way I can just trust my own CA and every dependant certificate will work out of the box.</p>
|
||
<p>As a note, for this to work with the companion apps on iOS you need to generate the certificates with <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210176">pretty specific requisites</a>. Android worked as a charm.</p>
|
||
<h2 id="getting-the-home-assistant-companion">Getting the Home Assistant Companion</h2><p>Download the application from your phone's store and after logging in you can setup the sensors to be sent to Home Assistant, this will be linked to your account so you could perform automation with them on the server.</p>
|
||
<p>Apart from using the app to control your home devices, the sensors will be useful to generate automation in the future.</p>
|
||
<p>Another useful thing to setup here is the local (LAN) address to use when the phone is connected to Wifi at home, using an external hostname when connecting via VPN/RemoteControl.</p>
|
||
<h2 id="the-first-automation-tell-me-about-updates">The first automation: tell me about updates</h2><p>I use an script to send notifications to all devices (persons) on the house, with the <code>title</code> and <code>message</code> parameter:</p>
|
||
<div class="hll"><pre><span></span><span class="nt">alias</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">Send Notifications</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">sequence</span><span class="p">:</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">service</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">notify.mobile_app_oneplus6</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">data</span><span class="p">:</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">title</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&#39;{{</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">title</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">}}&#39;</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">message</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&#39;{{</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">message</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">}}&#39;</span>
|
||
<span class="c1"># Insert more notifcations into sequence</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">mode</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">single</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">variables</span><span class="p">:</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">title</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">null</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">message</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">null</span>
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
<p>And this automation will check when there are any updates and send a notification using the previous script with the version number that just came in:</p>
|
||
<div class="hll"><pre><span></span><span class="nt">alias</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">Update notification</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">description</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&quot;Notify</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">everyone</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">when</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">there&#39;s</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">an</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">update</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">available&quot;</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">trigger</span><span class="p">:</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">platform</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">state</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">entity_id</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">binary_sensor.updater</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">from</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&#39;off&#39;</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">to</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&#39;on&#39;</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">condition</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="p p-Indicator">[]</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">action</span><span class="p">:</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">service</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">script.send_notifications</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">data</span><span class="p">:</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">title</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">New Home Assistant Release</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">message</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="p p-Indicator">&gt;-</span>
|
||
<span class="no">Home Assistant {{ state_attr(&#39;binary_sensor.updater&#39;, &#39;newest_version&#39;)</span>
|
||
<span class="no">}} is now available.</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">mode</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">single</span>
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
<p><img src="/blog/2020/12/20/self-hosting-my-home-with-home-assistant-part-1/update_notification-360.jpg" alt="Update notification on my phone"></p>
|
||
<h2 id="add-system-sensors">Add system sensors</h2><p>I want to control how the Raspberry is doing, so I'm going to enable some system sensors using the <a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/systemmonitor"><code>systemmonitor</code></a> sensor.</p>
|
||
<p>Edit the <code>configuration.yaml</code> file and add the following:</p>
|
||
<div class="hll"><pre><span></span><span class="nt">sensor</span><span class="p">:</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">platform</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">systemmonitor</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">resources</span><span class="p">:</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">type</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">disk_use_percent</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">type</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">memory_use_percent</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">type</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">swap_use_percent</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">type</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">load_1m</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">type</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">load_5m</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">type</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">load_15m</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">type</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">processor_use</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">type</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">processor_temperature</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">type</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">last_boot</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">type</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">throughput_network_in</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">arg</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">eth0</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">type</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">throughput_network_out</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">arg</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">eth0</span>
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
<p>This requires a Home Assistant restart for the changes to take effect.</p>
|
||
<p>I also added a custom lovelace dashboard to monitor everything easily, here is the YAML configuration:</p>
|
||
<div class="hll"><pre><span></span><span class="nt">views</span><span class="p">:</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">title</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">Overview</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">path</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">overview</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">icon</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&#39;mdi:eye&#39;</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">visible</span><span class="p">:</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">user</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">be3b6f5bc71c49ff9be6830d545cb4e0</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">badges</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="p p-Indicator">[]</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">cards</span><span class="p">:</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">type</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">grid</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">cards</span><span class="p">:</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">type</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">gauge</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">entity</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">sensor.processor_use_percent</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">min</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">0</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">max</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">100</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">name</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">Processor</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">severity</span><span class="p">:</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">green</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">50</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">yellow</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">75</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">red</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">80</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">type</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">gauge</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">entity</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">sensor.memory_use_percent</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">min</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">0</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">max</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">100</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">severity</span><span class="p">:</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">green</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">50</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">yellow</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">65</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">red</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">75</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">name</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">Memory</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">type</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">gauge</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">entity</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">sensor.disk_use_percent</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">min</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">0</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">max</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">100</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">name</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">Disk usage</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">severity</span><span class="p">:</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">green</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">50</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">yellow</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">60</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">red</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">75</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">type</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">gauge</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">entity</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">sensor.processor_temperature</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">min</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">0</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">severity</span><span class="p">:</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">green</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">45</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">yellow</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">50</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">red</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">55</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">max</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">70</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">name</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">Temperature</span>
|
||
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">type</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">gauge</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">entity</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">sensor.load_5m</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">min</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">0</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">max</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">4</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">severity</span><span class="p">:</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">green</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">1</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">yellow</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">2</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">red</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">3</span>
|
||
<span class="nt">title</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">System</span>
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
<p>And here's a preview:</p>
|
||
<p><img src="/blog/2020/12/20/self-hosting-my-home-with-home-assistant-part-1/system_monitor-360.png" alt="Home Assistant simple system monitor lovelace dashboard"></p>
|
||
<h2 id="adding-integrations">Adding integrations</h2><p>At this point if you already have devices on your network your Home Assistant will send you a notification like this:</p>
|
||
<p><a href="/blog/2020/12/20/self-hosting-my-home-with-home-assistant-part-1/notification.png"><img src="/blog/2020/12/20/self-hosting-my-home-with-home-assistant-part-1/notification-360.png" alt="Notification telling that devices where found on network"></a></p>
|
||
<p>So I'm going to setup the base integrations with the server to start controlling some devices.</p>
|
||
<h3 id="chromecast">Chromecast</h3><blockquote><p>But you said self-hosted! Yeah, yeah... And I want to, but there's no real alternative to the Cast protocol to self host, the speakers with Chromecast devices are just so convenient...</p>
|
||
</blockquote>
|
||
<p>One of the simplest things to set up, just go to your integrations and add it. It will prompt you to select in which rooms each Chromecast device is and that's it.</p>
|
||
<p><a href="/blog/2020/12/20/self-hosting-my-home-with-home-assistant-part-1/chromecast.png"><img src="/blog/2020/12/20/self-hosting-my-home-with-home-assistant-part-1/chromecast-360.png" alt="Chromecast configuration"></a></p>
|
||
<h3 id="weather-openweathermap">Weather (OpenWeatherMap)</h3><p>I'm going to use the <a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/openweathermap/"><code>OpenWeatherMap</code></a> integration because it provides more sensors than the one setup by default.</p>
|
||
<p>You just need to <a href="https://openweathermap.org/">register to the service</a> and enable the integration under <strong>Configuration &gt; Integrations &gt; OpenWeatherMap</strong>, supply your API key and set the mode to <strong>onecall_hourly</strong> which will download 3h forecasts each hour, enough for the free tier.</p>
|
||
<blockquote><p>I had to wait for an hour or so until the API Key was valid for the integration to use, it keep saying <strong>Invalid API Key</strong> until I received a confirmation email for my account.</p>
|
||
</blockquote>
|
||
<h3 id="phillips-hue">Phillips Hue</h3><p>Linking the Phillips Hue is super easy, you only need to add the Hue integration, select the bridge IP from the dropdown (or input one manually) and press the button on the bridge to confirm.</p>
|
||
<p>After selecting in which area the bridge and bulbs are in, you're good to go.</p>
|
||
<blockquote><p><strong>BONUS:</strong> Since the comunication is done via LAN with the bridge, the bridge itself doesn't need internet access to work (as I have mine blocked in my firewall). Also in my case this is only temporal since I will move every Zigbee device to a cluster controlled by Home Assistant.</p>
|
||
</blockquote>
|
||
<h3 id="tuya-smart-things">Tuya (Smart Things)</h3><p>This is one of the dependencies I have that I'm most eager to get rid off, but for now there are some smart plugs at home that I need to control.</p>
|
||
<p>Going to <strong>Configuration &gt; Integrations &gt; Add</strong> the <strong>Tuya</strong> is on the list; you need to enter your username, password and country code for the integration to communicate with the Tuya API, so your devices will require internet connection.</p>
|
||
<p>The plan is to try and flash the plugs with Tasmota to free them from the <em>cloud</em> and any new ones I'm getting will be Zigbee compatbile with the hopes on having only Zigbee smart plugs at home.</p>
|
||
<h2 id="closing">Closing</h2><p>That was easy!</p>
|
||
<p>The folks at Home Assistant have been working on this so good that almost everything can be done from the interface now. I see any <em>normal</em> user working with this mostly plug and play from the UI which is amazing in my opinion.</p>
|
||
<p>In future post I will dive into my Zigbee configuration, InfluxDB, ESPHome, Alarms ... there's so much to do!</p>
|
||
</content>
|
||
</entry>
|
||
<entry xml:base="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/12/01/november/">
|
||
<title type="text">November 2020</title>
|
||
<id>urn:uuid:5db01445-d9f0-346a-8c7d-aa1bcf6472ac</id>
|
||
<updated>2020-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
|
||
<link href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/12/01/november/" />
|
||
<author>
|
||
<name></name>
|
||
</author>
|
||
<content type="html"><p>Checking my images it seems this month I didn't have anything remarkable from the outside so... I just
|
||
wanted to share that this month I have given myself some very nice meals and I improved the
|
||
Katsu Curry recipe quite a bit. I'm not good at cooking by any means, but the relax you get
|
||
from listening to music while cooking some healthy food is pretty good.</p>
|
||
<p><a href="/blog/2020/12/01/november/image.jpg"><img src="/blog/2020/12/01/november/image-360.jpg" alt="This month I&#39;ve made myself a lot of nice meals"></a></p>
|
||
<!-- readmore -->
|
||
|
||
<h2 id="projects">Projects</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://github.com/fmartingr/switch-games-json"><strong>Switch games json</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>I made a simple script to parse and expose the Nintendo Switch game list in JSON including the encrypted title ID
|
||
field that is used on the screenshots on the system. The JSON list is generated every day from the Switchbrew wiki
|
||
and exposed via Github pages.</p>
|
||
<p>The main problem here is that not every game is present on Switchbrew, so I'm unsure how to automate this without
|
||
asking people to pull request missing games or doing that myself (for the ones missing). I need to check if the same
|
||
title ID filed that is required to get the proper encrypted field is present on the eShop's API. If that's the case
|
||
it would be possible to get the list for all games <em>easily</em>.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://github.com/fmartingr/games-screenshot-manager"><strong>Games Screenshot Manager</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Related to the one above, an application to fetch and sort all screenshots found from several providers and games.
|
||
Currently working for Steam, Nintendo Switch and some games on several operating systems. I'm starting to like this
|
||
<em>golang</em> thing. :D</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://github.com/fmartingr/butterrobot"><strong>Butterrobot</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>I've been making slow progress with the admin interface. I'm trying to keep it as simple as possible: a way to
|
||
check which channels and plugins there are available and an option to enable plugins with channels allowing a
|
||
JSON configuration to be used with them, since the same plugin on a different channel would require a different
|
||
output. I hope to have something useful on December if my time allows.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>I've also spent some time playing with:</p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><strong>My Raspberries</strong>: Playing with different OSs, booting from USB, setting up Home Assistant properly, ...</li>
|
||
<li><strong>Firewalla</strong>: Setting up my network devices, assigning IPs and understanding it's inner workflows a bit. I've
|
||
also setup Pi-Hole inside it as main DNS server replacing the one they use.</li>
|
||
<li><strong>Alpine Linux</strong>: On the Pis and containers to understand the difference with other OSs.</li>
|
||
<li><strong>Arch Linux</strong>: I'm currently starting from scratch my Dell XPS 13 using Arch Linux base, and while it's more work
|
||
than a <em>Next, next, next, finish</em> install I'm enjoying it quite a lot since the result you get is a minimal install.</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><p>I'm working on blog posts for the Arch Linux installation, Alpine on Raspberry and self-hosting my smart devices
|
||
using Home Assistant so the blog have more content than the monthly updates. Another mini-posts for the tools I
|
||
self-host myself will</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Infra side it seems that my docker services via an VPS as door from the internet through an SDN to my home server
|
||
keep achieving 100% uptime from some months now, only going down if I test something on a dev service.</p>
|
||
<p>Problem is that even if it <em>works</em>, the containerized setup with two load balancers, SDN and so on seems both
|
||
complex from my use case and useful if something goes wrong.</p>
|
||
<p>I'm considering either moving to a simpler approach (non-containerized) or go all-in containerd and use something
|
||
like <a href="https://k3s.io">k3s</a> to orchestrate the server at home. I would have an excuse to add some Pis and clusterize
|
||
everything properly.</p>
|
||
<p>I still don't know the path I'm going to take with this.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="books">Books</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28249.The_Magicians_Guild"><strong>The Magicians' Guild</strong></a> (<em>Trudi Canavan</em>)</p>
|
||
<p>Ongoing. I try to read a chapter a day if time or focus allows. I'm actually enjoying the story so far, even if
|
||
reading anything magic related after Mistborn seems dull.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="tvshows-and-movies">TVShows and Movies</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/series/star-wars-rebels/64MCZgAzY0Zw"><strong>Star wars: Rebels</strong></a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story/14CV6eSbygOA"><strong>Rogue One: A star-wars Story</strong></a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/star-wars-a-new-hope-episode-iv/12fVeZxD2fWJ"><strong>Star Wars: A new hope</strong></a></li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/star-wars-the-empire-strikes-back-episode-v/iqtDTZAewwYl"><strong>Star Wars: The empire strikes back</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Star Wars Marathon continues!</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0HBVL22LMA40B0XBY30RUOC9EH/"><strong>Bones</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Slowly and steady our <em>joker</em> when we don't know what to put on TV over meals.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/series/the-mandalorian/3jLIGMDYINqD"><strong>Mandalorian</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>It's back! This is why I look forward to Fridays now.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/70281312"><strong>The Blacklist</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>I discovered this randomly because the trailer poped up on my Netflix feed. The premise seemed interesting
|
||
and James Spader is such a great actor... Not sure how I managed to convince the Player 2 to watch this but
|
||
it seems she's enjoying it too. Kinda different from what we usually watch together, but welcome nevertheless.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="games">Games</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/751780/Forager/"><strong>Forager</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>I completed all the achievements a while ago, but the author decided to add more... so I just fire this up
|
||
from time to time to try and maintain Forager on my Steam Perfect Games list.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://minecraft.net"><strong>Minecraft</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Oh my, this again? It seems so. Some friends wanted to get on the <em>blocky</em> train again. I have been out of
|
||
Minecraft for a good while (years!) and it seems interesting to come back after all this time. There are
|
||
some new things to explore and since I didn't really "finish" the game back in the day... let's see how
|
||
this goes.</p>
|
||
<p>Spoiler alert: We spent more time constructing stuff rather than <em>progressing</em> through the game.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1390010/pyramida/"><strong>Pyramida</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>From Sokpop, the creators of Simmiland. A simple village builder game that seems minimalistic and fun in
|
||
the same way their other games are. I don't play this often since a play session can last a while (as it happened
|
||
with Simmiland) but let's see if I manage to get every achievement.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Nintendo-Switch/Hyrule-Warriors-La-era-del-cataclismo-1838129.html"><strong>The legend of Zelda: Age of Calamity</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>The Nintendo game for this month, already going strong on my Switch. I wasn't really sure if I would enjoy a
|
||
<em>musou</em> game even if it was Nintendo related, but so far is looking really good. I didn't though that cutting
|
||
through hordes of bokoblins would be so satisfactory and fun! I'm still not sure if the lore is "<em>canon</em>" or if
|
||
it truly precedes Breath of the Wild as <span class="spoiler">it seems to happen on a parallel timeline created
|
||
by a time traveler</span>, but I'm eager to know how it ends, even if the finale is the same as the sequel.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://magic.wizards.com/en"><strong>Magic: The gathering (physical)</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>This refers to the physical version of the game. We bought a starter kit and play against each other from
|
||
time to time. It's new for both of us so this is an interesting learning curve to share.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="articles-https//t-me/fmartingr-articles"><a href="https://t.me/fmartingr_articles">Articles</a></h2><ul>
|
||
<li><a href="https://drewdevault.com/2020/11/01/What-is-Gemini-anyway.html">What is this Gemini thing anyway, and why am I excited about it?</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2020/raspberry-pi-400-teardown-and-review">Raspberry Pi 400: Teardown and Review</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9zZWxmaG9zdGVkLnNob3cvcnNz">(podcast) Self-Hosted Show</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWyAtbOhW2w">Why Arcades Are Still Thriving In Japan</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://sneak.berlin/20201112/your-computer-isnt-yours/">Your computer isn't yours</a><ul>
|
||
<li><a href="https://blog.jacopo.io/en/post/apple-ocsp/">Does Apple really log every app you run? A technical look – Jacopo Jannone - blog</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/105219402213708346">Response from Apple</a></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://drewdevault.com/2020/11/17/Better-than-DuckDuckGo.html">We can do better than DuckDuckGo</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://raccoon.onyxbits.de/blog/bugreport-free-support/">No, "Open Source" does not mean "Includes Free Support"</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/random.7.html">random(7)</a><ul>
|
||
<li><a href="https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/162507/getrandom-syscalls-relation-to-kernel-entropy-pool-state/175771#175771">GETRANDOM syscall</a></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://work.lisk.in/2020/11/20/even-faster-bash-startup.html">Even faster bash startup</a></li>
|
||
<li>(Spanish) <a href="https://youtu.be/FOxUAMuBtMM">La Revolución Mandaloriana que va a cambiar el cine</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="http://boginjr.com/it/sw/dev/vinyl-boot/">Booting from a vinyl record</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://medium.com/@_orcaman/when-too-much-concurrency-slows-you-down-golang-9c144ca305a">When too much concurrency slows you down (golang)</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://filipnikolovski.com/posts/ebpf/">TIL: eBPF is awesome</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://dgl.cx/2020/06/sqlite-json-support">SQLite as a document database</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://rakhim.org/honestly-undefined/19/">Blogging vs. blog setups</a></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</content>
|
||
</entry>
|
||
<entry xml:base="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/11/08/setting-up-tp-link-archer-c5400-in-ap-mode/">
|
||
<title type="text">Setting up TP-Link's Archer C5400 in AP mode</title>
|
||
<id>urn:uuid:65d6a056-e8e2-3bec-baf5-f4a017725e53</id>
|
||
<updated>2020-11-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
|
||
<link href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/11/08/setting-up-tp-link-archer-c5400-in-ap-mode/" />
|
||
<author>
|
||
<name></name>
|
||
</author>
|
||
<content type="html"><p>I recently bought a firewall router for home to improve our general stability (ISP provided routers kinda suck) and
|
||
improve security at home. The more smart devices connected to the network the more concerned I become of this kind
|
||
of stuff.</p>
|
||
<p>In this case my problem was very simple: I have the firewall router and the access point router. My access point
|
||
router (TP-Link's Archer C5400) exposes it's own DHCP server over it's own LAN segment. For my firewall router to
|
||
work properly it has to recognise all devices on the network and with the access point creating it's own LAN,
|
||
everything connected via Wifi was showing up in the firewall as one device (the access point router).</p>
|
||
<p><img src="/blog/2020/11/08/setting-up-tp-link-archer-c5400-in-ap-mode/c5400.jpg" alt="Archer C5400"></p>
|
||
<!-- readmore -->
|
||
|
||
<p>The router's interface didn't allow me to set up AP mode, thus only letting me use it as a router. I contacted support
|
||
and they told me that the version the router I had (V1) didn't support AP mode only the newest version (V2, from 2017)
|
||
supported it, or some other latest devices.</p>
|
||
<p>I didn't want to gave up on my router because it improved my wireless performance at home significantly from the ISP
|
||
router and even some Unifi's I tried in the past but in the end I got an AX6000 to try it out (which was the newer
|
||
version of the one I have so I expected it to perform similarly).
|
||
We tested it for some days and wireless performance wasn't as good as with the C5400 and some of our devices lost
|
||
connectivity from time to time so I ended up returning it and keeping the one I had.</p>
|
||
<p>After thinking for a while and even considering looking for a C5400-V2 I tested to manually set it up on my access
|
||
point before wasting more money on devices, after all, I was very happy with this one. And to my surprise I could
|
||
enable AP mode on the router very easily.</p>
|
||
<h2 id="instructions">Instructions</h2><ol>
|
||
<li><p>Connect to your C5400 via Wifi (Ethernet should work as well)</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Disconnect the WAN cable from the router (you will lose internet connection but you can access the C5400's web
|
||
interface)</p>
|
||
<p><img src="/blog/2020/11/08/setting-up-tp-link-archer-c5400-in-ap-mode/internet.png" alt="Internet"></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Disable DHCP. You will retain your lease until you reconnect again.</p>
|
||
<p><img src="/blog/2020/11/08/setting-up-tp-link-archer-c5400-in-ap-mode/dhcp.png" alt="DHCP"></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Give the router a free IP address from the range your router is exposing on it's LAN segment.</p>
|
||
<p><img src="/blog/2020/11/08/setting-up-tp-link-archer-c5400-in-ap-mode/lan.png" alt="LAN"></p>
|
||
<p>In this case the LAN segment is <code>192.168.1.0/24</code> and the DCHP esposes from the <code>192.168.1.150</code>-<code>200</code>,
|
||
in order to have the IP easily accesible I gave it the <code>192.168.1.2</code> while the router is the <code>192.168.1.1</code>.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Connect an ethernet cable coming from the router to a LAN port (<strong>not WAN</strong>).</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Reboot your router.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ol>
|
||
<p>After your access point has finished rebooting it should have the IP address you set on the LAN settings and
|
||
all devices connected to the access point should have their IP Addresses allocated by the router, successfuly
|
||
making the C5400 a proper access point.</p>
|
||
<p>I'm unsure if this works in other models as well, but I belive it should and if you came here looking for a
|
||
change give it a try and let me know if it worked for your model as well so I can update the post accordingly.</p>
|
||
</content>
|
||
</entry>
|
||
<entry xml:base="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/11/01/october/">
|
||
<title type="text">October 2020</title>
|
||
<id>urn:uuid:e72b2df1-203c-3cff-9480-c63374f9abab</id>
|
||
<updated>2020-11-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
|
||
<link href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/11/01/october/" />
|
||
<author>
|
||
<name></name>
|
||
</author>
|
||
<content type="html"><p>And another month went by.</p>
|
||
<p><a href="/blog/2020/11/01/october/image.jpg"><img src="/blog/2020/11/01/october/image-360.jpg" alt="The view from the beach here is awesome"></a></p>
|
||
<!-- readmore -->
|
||
|
||
<h2 id="projects">Projects</h2><p>I have started my slow journey into Golang and spend an skill boost day at work doing some stuff with it. Ended up
|
||
with a lot of tabs open but it was the most fun I have had for a while! If you're curious the result is on my
|
||
<a href="https://github.com/fmartingr/gurl">gurl repository</a>, it's not complete (or useful) by any means, but I want to
|
||
expand it with new <em>features</em> while I learn some more.</p>
|
||
<p>In my spare time I've been working on a simple program to manage my game's screenshots, I have a lot over several
|
||
computers/operating systems and I want to organize them better to publish them on an online gallery. I'm starting
|
||
to enjoy Go quite a bit the more I do with it, even if it's only minor stuff.</p>
|
||
<h2 id="books">Books</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28249.The_Magicians_Guild"><strong>The Magicians' Guild</strong></a> (<em>Trudi Canavan</em>)</p>
|
||
<p>Started again from the beginning, I just need to fit the reading habit into my schedule.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="tvshows-and-movies">TVShows and Movies</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81254224"><strong>The social dilemma</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>An interesting movie/documental about how social networks are not our friends. They didn't provide me with
|
||
anything I didn't knew, but should be interesting for less <em>techy</em> people to watch and understand they are
|
||
the product.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/star-wars-the-phantom-menace-episode-i/2ezYynkgW1AH"><strong>Star Wars: The Phantom Menace</strong></a></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/star-wars-attack-of-the-clones-episode-ii/mgpYHGnzZW6N"><strong>Star Wars: Attack of the clones</strong></a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/series/star-wars-the-clone-wars/1wYXzjabXGVZ"><strong>Star Wars: The Clone Wars (animated movie)</strong></a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/series/star-wars-the-clone-wars/1wYXzjabXGVZ"><strong>Star Wars: The Clone Wars (animated series)</strong></a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/star-wars-revenge-of-the-sith-episode-iii/4WvbqLFumNvi"><strong>Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith</strong></a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/solo-a-star-wars-story/7ks3IYr1eU2P"><strong>Solo: A Star Wars story</strong></a></li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/series/star-wars-rebels/64MCZgAzY0Zw"><strong>Star wars: Rebels</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Star Wars Marathon!</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0HBVL22LMA40B0XBY30RUOC9EH/"><strong>Bones</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Our new show for lunch/dinner/off time. Player 2 totally loves this and was very happy to know we could watch
|
||
it in order, since on the TV Channels they emit it here episodes seem to be randomized for some reason, so you
|
||
could watch an episode of the second season followed by another from the last one.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="games">Games</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://store.playstation.com/es-es/product/EP0082-CUSA07187_00-FFVIIREMAKE00000"><strong>Final Fantasy VII: Remake</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>I finally put an end to it. <a href="/blog/2020/10/15/final-fantasy-vii-remake-my-review/">My review in a separate post</a></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Programas-descargables-Nintendo-Switch/A-Short-Hike-1821799.html"><strong>A Short Hike</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>A short (as the name implies) adventure of the path to hike a mountain and all the people you met in between. Love the art style and the simplicity of the game.
|
||
Liked the idea of having the achievements directly on the switch too, in-game. (I miss that from Steam on the Switch)
|
||
I'm a fan of this kind of games you can enjoy and put an end to them in a few hours.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/105600/Terraria/"><strong>Terraria</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p><img src="/blog/2020/11/01/october/terraria.jpg" alt="My terraria state"></p>
|
||
<p>We managed to <strong>complete it</strong>. Which in our case meant getting al achievements. It was a really fun
|
||
ride! This game is easily one of my favourites and for the price you can get it is completely a must, you get
|
||
an incredible amount of content and entertainment, better played with friends!</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/211820/Starbound/"><strong>Starbound</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Terraria, but in <strong>space</strong>! And I have a MECH!</p>
|
||
<p><img src="/blog/2020/11/01/october/starbound.jpg" alt="My mech in Starbound"></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Programas-descargables-Nintendo-Switch/Graveyard-Keeper-1579157.html"><strong>Graveyard Keeper</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Got this for the Switch because it was supposed to be more linear and light than Stardew Valley, but upon
|
||
starting I got tons of things to do and it got a bit overwhelming for me right now, wanted something more
|
||
lightweight to play at the moment. On hold for now.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1425380"><strong>10 mg :)</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>This is a really small game (10mg stands for 10 minute games) as a tribute to the arcade classics with some kind of twist.
|
||
I got near 20 minutes of gameplay from this and it was fun to go through it :)</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="articles-https//t-me/fmartingr-articles"><a href="https://t.me/fmartingr_articles">Articles</a></h2><ul>
|
||
<li><a href="https://pulkitsharma07.github.io/2020/10/02/hacktoberfest-india/">Why most Hacktoberfest PRs are from India</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://blog.brixit.nl/pinephone-camera-pt4/">PinePhone Camera pt4</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMs07SPo5rk">The Reason Some Say New York City Is Dead Forever</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.pixelstech.net/article/1457585550-How-does-Base64-work">How does Base64 works</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://adlrocha.substack.com/p/adlrocha-how-i-built-an-ipfs-crawler">How I built an IPFS crawler with libp2p</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://datprotocol.github.io/how-dat-works/">How DAT works</a></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</content>
|
||
</entry>
|
||
<entry xml:base="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/10/15/final-fantasy-vii-remake-my-review/">
|
||
<title type="text">Final Fantasy VII: Remake - My review</title>
|
||
<id>urn:uuid:68be49be-24d7-3239-845f-f6f8b7414eb6</id>
|
||
<updated>2020-10-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
|
||
<link href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/10/15/final-fantasy-vii-remake-my-review/" />
|
||
<author>
|
||
<name></name>
|
||
</author>
|
||
<content type="html"><p>I started the out of pure hype and even bought -again- a PlayStation 4 in the process, but haven't finished it until recently due to time constraints, lack of interest and having lost the initial momentum.</p>
|
||
<p>I will try to to a quick review of what I feel playing it and if there's something spoilery it will be obscured to avoid accidents; same with the pictures.</p>
|
||
<p><a href="/blog/2020/10/15/final-fantasy-vii-remake-my-review/splash.jpg"><img src="/blog/2020/10/15/final-fantasy-vii-remake-my-review/splash-360.jpg" alt="Final Fantasy VII: Remake Slash Screen"></a></p>
|
||
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|
||
|
||
<blockquote><p>Disclaimer: I've only finished the game, not completed it. I played quite a lot at the beginning but I lost momentum due to various reasons, the main one being lack of time to play (anything, not just this). I haven't completed all thropies for the game nor I have collected everything (and I don't intend to).</p>
|
||
</blockquote>
|
||
<h2 id="music">Music</h2><p>This is just something one can't write about, let just say that playing with headphones was a really good idea from the beginning and that for me this is easily the best part of the game. They remastered the original soundtrack and made something amazing with it. Not better (I like the "original" a lot too), just different.</p>
|
||
<p>When you already played the vanilla game and appear on a zone that you only recognize because of it's music... it's awesome! That combat music remastered, traveling through Midgar, doing missions, the fanfare! <span class="spoiler">While you don't have the classic fanfare tune once you win a battle, Barret will sometimes hum it if he's in your party, it's hilarious and very nice attention to detail.</span></p>
|
||
<p>The edition I bought came with a "mini soundtrack" CD with some music, but in my oppinion it should've been the entire OST, <span class="spoiler">at least the game also allows you to collect some of the tracks in-game and let you play it from the menus.</span></p>
|
||
<h2 id="character-development">Character development</h2><p><a href="./sector-7.jpg"><img class="spoiler" src="./sector-7-360.jpg" /></a></p>
|
||
<p>They added more backstory and personality to our well known characters to make the first sections of the game way more enjoyable. Notable mention for how Jessie is handled, my favourite! Wedge is also very funny, more or less what my imagination created for him back in the day.</p>
|
||
<p>To add contrast to the previous point, there's a new character that appears out of nowhere: <span class="spoiler">Roche, he is a SOLDIER and a boss battle in an expanded part of the story</span>; he didn't have any backstory nor anything to him and then you just never meet him again. That was really weird, I expected to find it sometime later in the game (and there was the perfect moment to do so right at the end...).</p>
|
||
<p>Avalanche gets more human as it is not just the characters you meet, there are more people that know you and help the cause... and others that don't. It gives more life to the resistance group.</p>
|
||
<p>Sephiroth <span class="spoiler">is shown several times, but they didn't add any meaningful explanation nor backstory to him, only some glimpses from flashbacks; then it becomes the final boss of the Remake with no explanation whatsoever. While I can understand the impact I think new players will be lost here.</span></p>
|
||
<h2 id="the-ending">The ending</h2><p><a href="./cloud-sephiroth.jpg"><img class="spoiler" src="./cloud-sephiroth-360.jpg" /></a></p>
|
||
<p><span class="spoiler">Oh boy... I'm not sure I've understood the ending properly but I'm reluctant to read or watch anything related to it to avoid subconciously alter what it made me feel. If it meant what I think, it gave a lot of room for the next chapters to continue through. Whatever that's a good think or not... we'll see in a few years.</span></p>
|
||
<p><span class="spoiler">I liked what they did, though it was a bit of a mind<i>fork</i>. And if it was for me, who have played the original, I can't possibly understard what someone that didn't think about it.</span></p>
|
||
<p><span class="spoiler">Basically the succession of events happening in the remake is the same as the ones in the vanilla game (sort of) but at some point you encounter a new kind of creatures that you know nothing about preventing you from going _where you're not supposed to be_. These creatures are revealed to be called _Whispers_ -servants of destiny itself- that doesn't allow events to diverge from they path _its supposed to take_. Do you understand where this is going?</span></p>
|
||
<p><span class="spoiler">So, events continue and you end up in the Shinra building at the end, and you met Sephiroth. Maybe. After the touching reunion, **Sephiroth kills Barret** (OH MY GOD), but this whispers came to the rescue, because that's not supposed to happen, that was not _his destiny_.</span></p>
|
||
<p><span class="spoiler">Sephiroth ends up summoning the mother of all _Whispers_ and you need to fight it **in order to fight destiny itself**. Which you of course beat, and then the game ends, not after presenting you with a touching scene from Zack and Biggs still alive when they are not supposed to.</span></p>
|
||
<p><span class="spoiler">So my take for all of this is... you beat destiny so the characters in the remake doesn't need to follow the predestined path they required to follow, esentially breaking free from all the events happening in Final Fantasy VII. Aerith could live, Sephiroth could just not appear again, Zack could appear in future chapers, ... they managed to get free from the original in a very elegant way.</span></p>
|
||
<p><span class="spoiler">I liked this ending -and the possibilities it represent- a lot as a player that know the original... if I got it right.</span></p>
|
||
<h2 id="replayability">Replayability</h2><p><a href="./sector-gone.jpg"><img class="spoiler" src="./sector-gone-360.jpg" /></a></p>
|
||
<p>While thropies are a good initiative, some of them require to re-play some of the chapters of the game, one of them in particular requiring to play the entire game again in another difficulty mode. At least the game makes really easy to jump to any chapter of the game once you have completed it, in case you missed or left something for later.</p>
|
||
<p>I'm not a fan of this kind of tactics to make games longer as my main motivation to play a game is the story and gameplay, making the same things I've experienced already more difficult is not going to make me want to play the entire thing again. That said, some collectibles (<span class="spoiler">the music discs in this case</span>) are easy to obtain and I got them all without the need of any guides though I'm not sure if I would have come back for them.</p>
|
||
<p>This is how it finished for me:</p>
|
||
<p><img src="/blog/2020/10/15/final-fantasy-vii-remake-my-review/trophies.png" alt="The game current thropy completion on my account"></p>
|
||
<h2 id="no-screenshots-on-the-ending">No screenshots on the ending</h2><p><a href="./church.jpg"><img class="spoiler" src="./church-360.jpg" /></a></p>
|
||
<p>This is a really stupid thing on my part, but I <strong>love</strong> taking screenshots, I have gigabytes of screenshots from PC, PS4 and Switch combined.</p>
|
||
<p>The last chapter for the Remake disables this possibility for users for some reason. I'm assuming it was to prevent a lot of screenshots/videos posted of the ending which were already out there anyway. Instead of that they prevented legitimate users of the feature from using it and make my screenshot collection bigger. Sad.</p>
|
||
<h2 id="conclusion">Conclusion</h2><p>Maybe this is not a tech marvel as other games in this platform are, but they surely know how to play with a good story and nostalgia from us. At the beginning I was reluctant to know about any other chapter in this series, but the ending left me wondering... what they have in store for us?</p>
|
||
</content>
|
||
</entry>
|
||
<entry xml:base="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/10/01/september/">
|
||
<title type="text">September 2020</title>
|
||
<id>urn:uuid:89a921fa-f777-3140-9d62-2584017197b5</id>
|
||
<updated>2020-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
|
||
<link href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/10/01/september/" />
|
||
<author>
|
||
<name></name>
|
||
</author>
|
||
<content type="html"><p><strong>Very</strong> cool month, finally managed to have some hard earned holidays! I had the privilege of
|
||
going with some friends (even some I hadn't seen in a long time!) to an apartment near the beach,
|
||
and oh boy did I need that. I came back fully charged! Apart from that, not much movement in any
|
||
area.</p>
|
||
<p><a href="/blog/2020/10/01/september/image.jpg"><img src="/blog/2020/10/01/september/image-360.jpg" alt="Another picture of me at the beach, this time in Malaga"></a></p>
|
||
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|
||
|
||
<h2 id="projects">Projects</h2><p>I have <em>refactored</em> my local network a bit, bought a proper router with integrated firewall and monitoring,
|
||
and a new AP to get along with that. Next step will be re-creating my entire home-assistant instance from
|
||
scratch on a new raspberry pi. With that I will start a blog post series on every step I'm going to take,
|
||
sort of a tutorial sort of informative. You can do very cool things with it.</p>
|
||
<p>Not much time for anything else.</p>
|
||
<h2 id="books">Books</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51901147-the-ballad-of-songbirds-and-snakes"><strong>The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes</strong></a>.</p>
|
||
<p>I read only a little more, either the good is not as impacting as the first one (it isn't) or
|
||
I'm completely gone with my reading habits again. I though I would enjoy this on my vacation time, but
|
||
I didn't end up hooked. I will probably drop this one, sadly.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="games">Games</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Nintendo-Switch/Super-Mario-3D-All-Stars-1832369.html"><strong>Super Mario 3D All-Stars</strong></a>:
|
||
Tried starting with Mario 64 first, but the camera and controls were so frustrating I ended up skipping it
|
||
and going directly to Sunshine. I've collected a few stars but I haven't sit down properly to get with it,
|
||
only playing on spare time between other things.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/945360/Among_Us/"><strong>Among Us</strong></a>: The new cool kid on the block, very
|
||
funny to play with friend over discord; guaranteed fun.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="articles">Articles</h2><p>I ended up doing a <a href="https://t.me/fmartingr_articles">Telegram channel</a> to paste interesting articles/videos as I see fit, this way I don't forget
|
||
taking notes that much. Now I only need to remember this channel exists...</p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_KVEjhT4wQ">The design behind Super Mario Odyssey</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmIgjAM0uh0">Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - An open world adventure</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHbQ6ti5BQ0">The magic of the first Legend of Zelda</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbzGO_Qonu0">How to keep players engaged (without being evil)</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huPF3Gid7DE">How One Gameplay Decision Changed Diablo Forever</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VscdPA6sUkc">Diablo: A classic game postmortem</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://mango.pdf.zone/finding-former-australian-prime-minister-tony-abbotts-passport-number-on-instagram">When you browse Instagram and find former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's passport number</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_97zYunu2w0">Edmund McMillen Breaks Down His Game Design History (Meat Boy, Isaac &amp; More) | Noclip</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR1uEwjx7VI">Did Nintendo download a Mario ROM and sell it back to us? - Here's A Thing</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y47t9qLc9I4">Why Masks Work BETTER Than You'd Think</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCwQtZcLrVs">Mining Your Own Design: Crafting the Crafting System in Astroneer</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR_JBgNEeVM">Skill-Building Series: Pixel Art and Animation in the Hi-Bit Age</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://blog.robenkleene.com/2020/09/21/the-era-of-visual-studio-code/">The Era of Visual Studio Code</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/katewillaert/status/1308881238145617920">The origins of the Super Mario fashion decision</a></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</content>
|
||
</entry>
|
||
<entry xml:base="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/09/02/august/">
|
||
<title type="text">August 2020</title>
|
||
<id>urn:uuid:555ac569-3472-3c3a-a9c9-b56f37466500</id>
|
||
<updated>2020-09-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
|
||
<link href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/09/02/august/" />
|
||
<author>
|
||
<name></name>
|
||
</author>
|
||
<content type="html"><p>Slowly going back to routine, this month has been well spent going out when possible and spending
|
||
time with friends and family, a thing that we couldn't do properly for some time now. Not much
|
||
"progress" on anything else for that matter.</p>
|
||
<p><a href="/blog/2020/09/02/august/image.jpg"><img src="/blog/2020/09/02/august/image-360.jpg" alt="A picture of the beach"></a></p>
|
||
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|
||
|
||
<h2 id="projects">Projects</h2><p>Didn't have much time to play around with projects this time, but in simple terms I've managed to
|
||
release the code for <a href="https://github.com/fmartingr/butterrobot">butterrobot</a> for anyone to see
|
||
and shame my code and prepared the slack application for my team to use. I'll admit that is a bit
|
||
of a pain to play with several repositories at the same time, and github doesn't make this easy on
|
||
itself requiring authentication for the container registry... but well, so far it's working and
|
||
it's good to have room for improvement.</p>
|
||
<p>I've also received my <a href="https://firewalla.com/">Firewalla Gold</a> and finally finished tidying up
|
||
my network infrastructure a bit, though it will require a bit more tuning but at least I can now
|
||
focus on what I've been eager to do: setup my home assistant for all the devices and automations
|
||
on my home, yay!</p>
|
||
<h2 id="books">Books</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p>Started reading <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51901147-the-ballad-of-songbirds-and-snakes"><strong>The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes</strong></a>.</p>
|
||
<p>Prequel to the Hunger Games, seems like a short enough book to get back with my reading habits again.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="games">Games</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.assemblegame.com"><strong>Assemble with care</strong></a>: Played this on my phone and it was a short but
|
||
wonderful playthrough. It's a story-driven puzzle game, though puzzles are very easy since they are
|
||
secondary. Full voice acting makes this a calm and relaxing experience to do while on the move (or at
|
||
the beach!)</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Some more <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/900270/Reventure/"><strong>Reventure</strong></a></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="articles">Articles</h2><p>Mostly videos this time around, since I'm used to put something off-screen while I'm working. Some interesing stuff in
|
||
there, mostly videogame related.</p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><a href="https://panic.com/blog/the-lightning-digital-av-adapter-surprise/">The lightning digital AV adapter surprise</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://tinyprojects.dev/projects/snormal">Snormal: a wonderfully normal social network</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-k6j9g5Hzk">How Stardew Valley Was Made by Only One Person</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://1940s.nyc/">New York's 1040 Street View</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/lEplzHraw3c">Cuba's Underground Gaming Network</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nyc-dead-forever-heres-why-james-altucher/">NYC IS DEAD FOREVER. HERE'S WHY</a></li>
|
||
<li>I think I watched <strong>all</strong> videos from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/mcfrosticles">The Gaming Historian Youtube channel</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLfLEYs7N3Y">The NODE nano server V2</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HOBQ7HifLE">How the Sony PS1 Security was defeated</a></li>
|
||
<li>Deciphering Japan series<ul>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dsD6FWfZHE">Why is Japan's gender gap so wide?</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ajH2Id5FY4">What's the cost of being the hardest workers in the world?</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQU-NeP_spU">Coping With A Super-Ageing Nation</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdDjmc8QbVg">What does it means to be Japanese?</a></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</content>
|
||
</entry>
|
||
<entry xml:base="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/08/02/july/">
|
||
<title type="text">July 2020</title>
|
||
<id>urn:uuid:c3b10953-225c-32f3-a5f7-64bc93daa5ed</id>
|
||
<updated>2020-08-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
|
||
<link href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/08/02/july/" />
|
||
<author>
|
||
<name></name>
|
||
</author>
|
||
<content type="html"><p>Summer is here!</p>
|
||
<p>Even without restrictions or quarantine is has been a weird month. Cases here are going up and down,
|
||
I don't want to go back to the gym (and I think I won't until next year), some restaurants and cafe
|
||
have closed permanently and the ones that are still standing are usually full (which is good). We're
|
||
just trying to go back to normal, step by step, and having some friends stay at home a few days
|
||
helped a lot.</p>
|
||
<p><a href="/blog/2020/08/02/july/image.jpg"><img src="/blog/2020/08/02/july/image-360.jpg" alt="A picture of myself from behind walking through a port"></a></p>
|
||
<!-- readmore -->
|
||
|
||
<p>This month I have focused on getting more organized. As I said <a href="/blog/2020/06/02/june/">last month</a>
|
||
I badly needed it.</p>
|
||
<p>I have managed to move almost everything into my <a href="https://notion.so/">notion.so</a> workspace.
|
||
I had some boards and notes here and there but Notion is so powerful and comfortable to use that I
|
||
just went all in. There's some cleanup to do, but my main points of interes are already there. I have
|
||
a board with my personal tasks and some metadata about them, and secondary boards for my hobbies
|
||
(Games, Books, TVShows, etc), Blog related posts, ... I may go into more detail in the future.</p>
|
||
<div class="grid">
|
||
<div class="col-1-2">
|
||
<a href="./notion-tasks.png">
|
||
<img src="./notion-tasks-320.png" />
|
||
</a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="col-1-2">
|
||
<a href="./notion-games.png">
|
||
<img src="./notion-games-320.png" />
|
||
</a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</div><p>Related to this I'm also starting to cleanup every last drawer at home. I got a bit tired of not
|
||
knowing how much stuff I have so I'm making a full inventory of <em>everything</em>. It all started
|
||
reviewing how many of my clothers would still fit me after quarantine, and it snapped on me. I
|
||
don't know how much I own, and I think it happens to all of us at different levels.</p>
|
||
<p>With tech this is gonna be very difficult, I have managed to stash a lot (<strong>a lot</strong>) of cables
|
||
during the years. Just imagine how many HDMI and USB cables the average tech guy can get a hold
|
||
of... Arduinos, Raspberries... etc.</p>
|
||
<p>This will take time, but I'm very happy with the progress I already had and all the things I've
|
||
already donated or sold.</p>
|
||
<h2 id="projects">Projects</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p>My <strong>local infra</strong> is mostly done at this point. I just need to secure everything a bit more
|
||
but has been working fine (with some hiccups) for the past months. I may need to check some
|
||
networking alternatives and move all SSL negotiation to the main node (avoiding re-encrypting
|
||
traffic on a non-controlled node).</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Butterrobot</strong> got some love this month. I'm <em>slowly</em> setting up an automated CI/CD system to
|
||
deploy the application in my local infra, but I need to setup some other details as well. Source
|
||
code is already on Github though repository is private while I made last minute changes. I'm
|
||
hoping to release it this month.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>I'm also cleaning up my <strong>Home Assistant</strong> node. What that really means that I'm re-deploying a
|
||
new instance on a more powerful Raspberry Pi. I have been playing with this software for years
|
||
and my current pi is a bit underpowered and messy, so the plan is start from scratch trying to
|
||
make the connected devices local trying to avoid third-party clouds as much as possible and
|
||
document everything in some blog posts. Let see how that goes.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="tv-shows">TV Shows</h2><p>I watched something!</p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><p><strong>M.A.R.V.E.L.s Agents of Shield</strong></p>
|
||
<p>Some chapters of the last season. This may be the worst season so far...? (At least the few I saw)</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>The 100</strong></p>
|
||
<p>Up to date with this one, without much focus because some interdimensional time thingy is not very
|
||
appealing to me, just want to know how it all ends. If it doesn't end this season, I'm done with it.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Sword Art Online (Aincrad saga only)</strong></p>
|
||
<p>Rewatched this one (a friend's fault) as series to have while cooking and doing chores. A bit complex
|
||
to read subtitles the same time you do other things, but since this is a re-watch... Now looking for
|
||
some other series with the same "protagonist sent to fantasy world" genre.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="games">Games</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://store.playstation.com/es-es/product/EP0082-CUSA07187_00-FFVIIREMAKE00000"><strong>Final Fantasy VII: Remake</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>I have gone through a bit more of the story, trying to enjoy the story till the end. And wait
|
||
another five years for the next chapter...?</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/900270/Reventure/"><strong>Reventure</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Quick play sessions are quick. Oh my god this game has soooo many endings...</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/carrion"><strong>Carrion</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>This has been on my radar for quite some time. It's a shame is so short! Finished in a few hours, but that didn't mean
|
||
is not great, because it is. Being the monster trapped wanted to go out instead of the <em>"Hero"</em> killing monsters is
|
||
a really appreciated change of perspective. The mechanics were amazing and the graphics gorgeous, it was very fun while it
|
||
lasted.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/469610/Rick_and_Morty_Virtual_Rickality/"><strong>Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>I got time to play some VR, and I had this in the backlog for quite some time. I love Rick and Morty and this was
|
||
a short and fun puzzle adventure, just what I expected. I could get on with the optional stuff but I just have too much
|
||
on backlog!</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="articles">Articles</h2><p>I forgot to take note of the interesting ones this month. 😅</p>
|
||
</content>
|
||
</entry>
|
||
<entry xml:base="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/06/02/june/">
|
||
<title type="text">June 2020</title>
|
||
<id>urn:uuid:080d5bf9-d3a9-3d73-a2d6-e733d3387a73</id>
|
||
<updated>2020-06-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
|
||
<link href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/06/02/june/" />
|
||
<author>
|
||
<name></name>
|
||
</author>
|
||
<content type="html"><p>We can travel now! Quarantine restrictions have been raised here, and we can go visit family. It's weird
|
||
seeing people with masks, cleaning its hands and so on (though not everyone eveytone). It gives me some Japan
|
||
nostalgia.</p>
|
||
<p>It hasn't been a productive month, and I don'tknow where time went. And that made me realize that I can't
|
||
do everything I want to do... I have to start dropping tasks from all kinds of hobbies and organize myself
|
||
<strong>way</strong> better. That is my homework for this summer.</p>
|
||
<p><a href="/blog/2020/06/02/june/image.jpg"><img src="/blog/2020/06/02/june/image-360.jpg" alt="On the road, finally"></a></p>
|
||
<!-- readmore -->
|
||
|
||
<h2 id="projects">Projects</h2><p>Sad times here. The shock when you finally discover that time is not infinite.</p>
|
||
<p>Both the <em>photo manager</em> and the <em>pseudo-CI/CD tool</em> were fun, but I'm going to stop working of them for
|
||
the foreseable future. Both were monoliths that I can't schedule on my life right now.</p>
|
||
<p><strong>Butterrobot</strong> I'm happy to continue with since we're going to <em>dog-food</em> it at work. Happy to say
|
||
that the app is now fully modular and you can install that and your own package with plugins and make
|
||
it work easily. Hopefully releasing it this month.</p>
|
||
<p>Infra has evolved too, I've simplified a lot of my services, turned down some things I wasn't using and
|
||
trying to save time on this as well. If there's a good alternative out there I'm probably using it.</p>
|
||
<p>And on that matter, I'm going to start moving all my repos to Github. I have them spread around github,
|
||
gitlab and sourcehut and it's causing me headaches. I will have my own gitea instance to mirror my repos
|
||
in case something happen with the cloud service and also to put there all tests and concepts (like the
|
||
two discontinued above) before making it available to the public (though they will be accessible, just not
|
||
so easy to find) so my github account isn't filled with unfinished stuff.</p>
|
||
<h2 id="games">Games</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://animal-crossing.com/new-horizons"><strong>Animal Crossing: New Horizons</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Still play ocasionally, finally burn-out got to me. I only turn on the game to get some of the collectibles and check some daily stuff, just a few minutes and definitely not daily as before.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/105600/Terraria/"><strong>Terraria</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Still on-going and very happy with it. I'm still shocked on the number of features included with this game, number
|
||
of items, progress, bosses and all for the price, after a lot of years.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://store.playstation.com/es-es/product/EP0082-CUSA07187_00-FFVIIREMAKE00000"><strong>Final Fantasy VII: Remake</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Didn't play much, almost to the end, time constraints and sharing the TV as main issues, but I'm very eager to get
|
||
to the end to see if anything non-trivial changed from the original.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/900270/Reventure/"><strong>Reventure</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Started playing this on my GPD WIN 2, it's awesome for quick runs and is funny so far, trying to discover
|
||
what crazy stuff to do in order to unlock the over one hundred endings this game has.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Programas-descargables-Nintendo-Switch/Minecraft-Dungeons-1749059.html"><strong>Minecraft Dungeons</strong></a>:</p>
|
||
<p>Dropped for the obvious reasons <a href="/blog/2020/06/01/may/">I said last month</a>.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="articles">Articles</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAhHkJQ3KgY">Dwarf Fortress Creator Explains its Complexity &amp; Origins | Noclip Interview</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://lbry.tv/@Lunduke:e/LinuxSucks2020:b">Linux Sucks 2020</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfUjl4owxTQ">The Untold Story Behind Astroneer's Difficult Development</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/raspberry-pi-4-viable-desktop.html">Raspberry Pi 4 - a viable mini desktop?</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://medium.com/@miko_89964/after-3-years-of-work-chrome-killed-my-extension-and-wont-tell-me-why-83a3f8d65cbc">After 3 Years of Work, Chrome Killed My Extension and Won’t Tell Me Why</a></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</content>
|
||
</entry>
|
||
<entry xml:base="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/06/01/may/">
|
||
<title type="text">May 2020</title>
|
||
<id>urn:uuid:fea5519a-718a-37b0-9ab4-2367d42244a1</id>
|
||
<updated>2020-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
|
||
<link href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/06/01/may/" />
|
||
<author>
|
||
<name></name>
|
||
</author>
|
||
<content type="html"><p>I can go out now. In those rare days with good weather here I can
|
||
take pictures like this.</p>
|
||
<p><a href="/blog/2020/06/01/may/image.jpg"><img src="/blog/2020/06/01/may/image-360.jpg" alt="A picture from the beach"></a></p>
|
||
<!-- readmore -->
|
||
|
||
<h1 id="tvshows/movies">TVSHows/Movies</h1><ul>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Mandalorian</strong> (ongoing)</p>
|
||
<p>I say ongoing, but I think I have not watched it this month... the thing
|
||
is that I still have to finish it.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Rick and Morty</strong> (ongoing)</p>
|
||
<p>Of course I'm up to date, don't be <em>rickdiculous</em>.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Once upon a time</strong> (ongoing)</p>
|
||
<p>To kill time during lunch/dinner because my Player 2 likes it. Pretty
|
||
boring though. Only the first season is "good" in some way because the
|
||
premise is interesting, after that it all goes to <em>shirt</em>.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h1 id="manwha">Manwha</h1><p>Same as <a href="/blog/2020/05/01/april/">last month</a>.</p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/dice/list?title_no=64&amp;page=1"><strong>DICE</strong></a> (ongoing)</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.webtoons.com/en/action/the-gamer/list?title_no=88"><strong>The Gamer</strong></a> (ongoing)</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<p>And I have the urge to read <em>One Piece</em> but don't know from where
|
||
(legally) withouth investing a lot in physical copies...</p>
|
||
<h1 id="projects">Projects</h1><p>Little progress on code this month, just making some tests and
|
||
concepts (because <em>Memories</em> required front-end work and I forgot
|
||
almost everything I knew about CSS).</p>
|
||
<p>Spent some time reworking my local infra from scratch. All the
|
||
services I had running were done with poorly manual labor and now I'm
|
||
working on provisioning everything using Ansible. I have to do the same
|
||
for my computers since I'm planning the new dotfiles from scratch too.</p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Jeeves</strong></p>
|
||
<p>Very little progress, just added a few tasks and so, the example here
|
||
is not working because docker is broken on my machine at the time of
|
||
writing, but it should work. Promise.</p>
|
||
<p>My problem with this is that until it has a proper server to trigger
|
||
tasks via webhooks, crons or other methods is just a lightweight
|
||
(and worst) Ansible <em>wannabe</em>.</p>
|
||
<div class="hll"><pre><span></span> $ jeeves execute Jeevesfile.yaml
|
||
(i) Running flow from Jeevesfile.yaml
|
||
=== Running flow: Create synology-drive package
|
||
ok! Running step [1/8]: Download x86_64 deb
|
||
ok! Running step [2/8]: Calculate md5sum for x86_64 deb file
|
||
ok! Running step [3/8]: Download i686 deb
|
||
ok! Running step [4/8]: Calculate md5sum for i686 deb file
|
||
ok! Running step [5/8]: Create build directory
|
||
ok! Running step [6/8]: Parse PKGBUILD
|
||
ok! Running step [7/8]: Create SRCINFO file
|
||
Image &#39;archlinux:latest&#39; does not exist container
|
||
err Executing step [8/8]: Test install in container
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Butterrobot</strong></p>
|
||
<p>Spent some time refactoring code and thinking on what to use for
|
||
a simple admin interface to setup new features for the bots, enable or
|
||
disable plugins and all that.</p>
|
||
<p><img src="/blog/2020/06/01/may/butterrobot.png" alt="Butterrobot !dice plugin"></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Memories</strong> (previously <em>Unnamed photo viewer</em>)</p>
|
||
<p>Worked on reading the files from the filesystem and extracting the
|
||
mininmum required metadata for me to save on the database (to have
|
||
some search/filters going on). Also got some ideas depending on how the
|
||
files are stored (use folder names as "tags" to search for example).</p>
|
||
<p>Also played around with thumbnails, which are tricky to do depending on
|
||
the file, and I have a lot of variety (from standard JPEG to HEIC going
|
||
through 360 videos, etc.). I also noticed that I have a lot of files
|
||
with wrong metadata, which does <strong>not</strong> help at all with my testing.</p>
|
||
<p>Well, I have a simple frontend now, but everything is a very work in
|
||
progress (and those menu links are just dummy navigation).</p>
|
||
<p>I need to focus on implement a proper backend and decide on the main
|
||
features to implement in the first release, which should come with a
|
||
simple frontend and API for people to create their own.</p>
|
||
<p><img src="/blog/2020/06/01/may/memories.png" alt="Memories screenshot"></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h1 id="videogames">Videogames</h1><ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://animal-crossing.com/new-horizons"><strong>Animal Crossing: New Horizons</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Just a daily routine trying to complete the monthly <em>citteropedia</em>.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://store.playstation.com/es-es/product/EP0082-CUSA07187_00-FFVIIREMAKE00000"><strong>Final Fantasy VII: Remake</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>I think I'm almost through the end, just finishing up some side quests
|
||
prior to the final chapters. I'm having lots of fun, probably
|
||
because the slow pace so I don't finish it in just a few days.</p>
|
||
<p>I can't describe how awesome the soundtrack is, specially with the
|
||
nostalgia effect from the original.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/105600/Terraria/"><strong>Terraria</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>The last update for Terraria came out this month and I'm going through
|
||
the content with a friend trying to go though all the content. Well,
|
||
not <em>all</em> content, since there is <strong>a lot</strong>. This game is a piece of
|
||
art, one of those rare gems that I wish I had more time to properly
|
||
enjoy it.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/466560/Northgard/"><strong>Northgard</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>This has been on my Steam library for quite some time, and since the
|
||
Valhalla announcement I had the urge to play something Viking related.
|
||
Didn't play much (two scenarios I think). Is a fairly nice strategy
|
||
game but it has enough elements to make it enjoyable for a player like
|
||
me (because I'm not very good at them).</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Programas-descargables-Nintendo-Switch/Minecraft-Dungeons-1749059.html"><strong>Minecraft Dungeons</strong></a>:</p>
|
||
<p>Got this for the switch because I wanted to have something to spend a
|
||
few minutes in and kill some time and couldn't I be more worng.</p>
|
||
<p>My surprise has been the awful load times (2m+ to start playing from
|
||
the Switch main menu), sub-30 framerates and the awesome chance of the
|
||
game crashing when putting the console in sleep mode. The game is
|
||
<em>fun</em> to play from time to time (and I'm sure is way more fun in
|
||
multiplayer) but the Switch version is just so bad that no one should
|
||
buy it.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Some <a href="https://www.seaofthieves.com/"><strong>Sea of Thieves</strong></a> and <a href="https://beta.playvalorant.com"><strong>Valorant</strong></a> with friends to keep me close while social distancing, though I'm not sure I would keep playing since rebooting to Windows just to play some games is itching me a lot lately, rather buy what I can play on Linux and purchasing the rest on Switch or PS4 if needed.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h1 id="articles">Articles</h1><ul>
|
||
<li><a href="https://thomask.sdf.org/blog/2019/11/09/take-care-editing-bash-scripts.html">Take care editing bash scripts</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2020/04/29/Leaving-Amazon">Bye, Amazon</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwF0L55kIgg">Sprite Analysis: Top-Down RPG Pixel Art (Pokémon)</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.arp242.net/email-auth.html">Experiences with email-based login</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://shouldiblockads.com/">Should I block ads?</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://medium.com/@keivan/the-day-appget-died-e9a5c96c8b22">The day AppGet died</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://nrkbeta.no/2020/05/26/how-our-99th-percentile-response-time-went-from-4000-ms-to-sub-10-ms/">How our 99th percentile response time went from 4000 ms to sub 10 ms</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/5/29/1038">Linus Torvalds Re: A wide monitor is for looking at lots of files.</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://computers-are-fast.github.io/">Do you know how much your computer can do in a second?</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://benwiser.com/blog/Making-game-engines-is-a-waste-of-time---I-probably-won%E2%80%99t-stop-making-them.html">Making game engines is a waste of time. I probably won't stop making them</a></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</content>
|
||
</entry>
|
||
<entry xml:base="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/05/01/april/">
|
||
<title type="text">April 2020</title>
|
||
<id>urn:uuid:2dde1b42-c278-301d-9bc5-1e53ef58052c</id>
|
||
<updated>2020-05-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
|
||
<link href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/05/01/april/" />
|
||
<author>
|
||
<name></name>
|
||
</author>
|
||
<content type="html"><p>Weird month. It seems that quarantine finally caught up with me (and my
|
||
sleep schedule!). Since I cannot go to sleep when I want, I'm trying a
|
||
different approach... reading something at bed and waking up later. So
|
||
far so good.</p>
|
||
<p>This month I didn't read many articles/books (in fact, any book) but in
|
||
return I came back to reading some Manwha I had in my backlog. And I
|
||
have also invested some time in a few projects I'm currently
|
||
<em>incubating</em>.</p>
|
||
<p>I'm also on my way to self-host my own stuff, trying out software and
|
||
servers architectures so I can <em>dog-food</em> some of the stuff I use at
|
||
work, hopefully.</p>
|
||
<p><a href="/blog/2020/05/01/april/image.jpg"><img src="/blog/2020/05/01/april/image-360.jpg" alt="Screenshot of Final Fantasy VII: Remake main menu screen"></a></p>
|
||
<!-- readmore -->
|
||
|
||
<h2 id="tvshows/movies">TVShows/Movies</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Money Heist</strong> (up to date)</p>
|
||
<p>This last season way less interesting than the others for my taste,
|
||
and they are extending this heist too much. It should had already
|
||
ended. But oh well...</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Mandalorian</strong> (ongoing)</p>
|
||
<p>Started watching this on Disney+, of course I had to! I'm just a few
|
||
episodes in and so far I'm loving it. Star Wars universe for the win.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Gravity Falls</strong> (finished)</p>
|
||
<p>I only watched this because a friend told me that it would diverge
|
||
into some Rick-and-Morty-like <em>shirt</em>. And it didn't. I'm dissapointed
|
||
at my friends now.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Dragon Ball</strong> (ongoing)</p>
|
||
<p>I'm slowly going through this one since I only watch it while I cook.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>The Lion King (2019)</strong></p>
|
||
<p>Same old, same old. Why not? Environments are amazing.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="books-manwha">Books &amp; Manwha</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><strong>The Magicians' Guild</strong> (<em>Trudi Canavan</em>)</p>
|
||
<p>Put on hold. Even though the book was interesting enough I didn't
|
||
bring myself to continue reading it. In exchange...</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/dice/list?title_no=64&amp;page=1"><strong>DICE</strong></a> (ongoing)</p>
|
||
<p>I started <em>DICE</em> a long time ago, and it has been on my backlog for
|
||
the same period. Since I have a bit of IQ left at night, I gave it a
|
||
shot, and oh man, this one is <strong>good</strong>.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://www.webtoons.com/en/action/the-gamer/list?title_no=88"><strong>The Gamer</strong></a> (ongoing)</p>
|
||
<p>This is esentially the <strong>exact same</strong> comment as above.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="projects">Projects</h2><p>There's no repository for this projects at the moment, I'm trying to
|
||
make projects public once I have something somewhat usable first,
|
||
so my accounts are not poluted with unfinished stuff. I will have my own
|
||
server for that soon™.</p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Butter Robot</strong></p>
|
||
<p>On my current employeer we had the need of having some information
|
||
automatically posted in our channel reacting to different events. At
|
||
the beginning this was a simple python script reacting to a webhook
|
||
but as everything it has evolved. I'm making a simple bot framework
|
||
(Slack app &amp; telegram) to generate bots, trying to make it easily
|
||
extensible via plugins which are just python classes than can be
|
||
exposed to the main package using entry points.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Jeeves</strong></p>
|
||
<p>I started this some months ago, is an automated task manager via
|
||
configuration files. You define tasks on a pipeline and can execute
|
||
it via CLI/Server. There's few code and it does near to nothing (can
|
||
execute scripts and call docker containers), but I have plans to have
|
||
a server so triggers can be set, flows to execute several pipelines,
|
||
etc. This has been on my head for years, so glad it's finally taking
|
||
shape.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Unnamed photo collection viewer</strong></p>
|
||
<p>I have been thinking about this for a while. There's no photo/video
|
||
management software that suit my needs right now, and even if there's
|
||
free/cheap alternatives out there I always have a copy of all my
|
||
collection just in case (you never know what could happen). So making
|
||
a viewer for all my collection should be the way to go, it wouldn't
|
||
have nice features (like automatic videos and all that stuff everyone
|
||
do nowadays) but I want a simple viewer, with a timeline, groups, that
|
||
<em>do not edit</em> my files without my explicit permissio (because
|
||
somtimes a wrong timezone or DST flag <em>fork</em> up a timeline).</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="videogames">Videogames</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://animal-crossing.com/new-horizons"><strong>Animal Crossing: New Horizons</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>My daily fix. I'm just doing some daily stuff, events and all little
|
||
by little. The 3DS version made me a hardcore player, so I'm taking
|
||
this one with more <em>zen</em>. It's really impressive how have they
|
||
improved this game.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://beta.playvalorant.com"><strong>Valorant</strong></a> and <strong><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/286160/Tabletop_Simulator/">Tabletop Simulator</a> (<a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/468726/Tabletop_Simulator__Zombicide/">Zombicide DLC</a>)</strong></p>
|
||
<p>These two has been my social distancing vaccine for the month. We
|
||
continued with the Zombiecide campaigns and my friends and I managed
|
||
to get a Valorant beta from Twitch drops so I'm fragging like the
|
||
newbie I am.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><a href="https://store.playstation.com/es-es/product/EP0082-CUSA07187_00-FFVIIREMAKE00000"><strong>Final Fantasy VII: Remake</strong></a></p>
|
||
<p>Ow yes... How couldn't I see this coming. With this <em>#StayAtHome</em>
|
||
thingy my hype for this came back until I finally bought it. With
|
||
the system and all. I'm just a few days in and so far is awesome!
|
||
Just keep in mind that there are DLC blocking some summons and all
|
||
that, but going through the story again, with new graphics, 2020
|
||
cutscenes and characters have way more deep than in the vanilla
|
||
version... Right now I recommend it, but let's see what happens when
|
||
I finish it (or at least one third on the entire story...? Since this
|
||
is <strong>not</strong> the entire vanilla story)</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="articles">Articles</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8TO-nrUtSI">Why PlayStation 1 Graphics Warped and Wobbled so much</a> <strong>(video)</strong></li>
|
||
<li><a href="http://thesecretlivesofdata.com/raft/">How Raft consenssus works</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://webrtchacks.com/open-source-cloud-gaming-with-webrtc/">Open Source cloud gaming with WebRTC</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/04/feature_how_nintendo_killed_the_best_version_of_tetris">How Nintendo killed the best version of Tetris</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://jrswab.com/blog/you-need-to-stop-using-html-email">You need to stop using HTML email</a></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</content>
|
||
</entry>
|
||
<entry xml:base="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/04/01/march/">
|
||
<title type="text">March 2020</title>
|
||
<id>urn:uuid:5e3712ae-6fbf-3157-8f53-61ba9885baa1</id>
|
||
<updated>2020-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
|
||
<link href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/04/01/march/" />
|
||
<author>
|
||
<name></name>
|
||
</author>
|
||
<content type="html"><p><strong>#StayAtHome #StopTheCurve</strong></p>
|
||
<p>As everybody know (unless you live under a rock) this month the COVID-19
|
||
hit hard on some European's countries, including mine. I have spent half
|
||
of the month staying inside in quarantine.</p>
|
||
<p>It's a weird sensation that gives you perspective even to the point that
|
||
going out to take the trash is a special (but dangerous, since people
|
||
here aren't taking this seriously) thing to do.</p>
|
||
<p>The good thing is that I had some time to move some thing out of my
|
||
backlog and I have no excuse to study some things now.</p>
|
||
<blockquote><p>Since most pictures are taken from my living room window these days is
|
||
better to share how I spend time with friends. This is a screenshot of
|
||
Tabletop Simulator <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-game4"><a href="#fn-game4">1</a></sup> while I play Zombiecide <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-game5"><a href="#fn-game5">2</a></sup> <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-game6"><a href="#fn-game6">3</a></sup>
|
||
with my friends.</p>
|
||
</blockquote>
|
||
<p><a href="/blog/2020/04/01/march/image.jpg"><img src="/blog/2020/04/01/march/image-360.jpg" alt="Playing Zombiecide with some friends online"></a></p>
|
||
<!-- readmore -->
|
||
|
||
<h2 id="tvshows/movies">TVShows/Movies</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p>Up to date with Money Heist <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-show1"><a href="#fn-show1">4</a></sup></p>
|
||
<p>The third part (first half of the second season?) is worst overall
|
||
compared to the previous heist, but good enough to have enough will
|
||
to watch it to the end.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Watched The Boys Season 1 <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-show2"><a href="#fn-show2">5</a></sup></p>
|
||
<p>A good show about what could happen if super heroes where controlled
|
||
by a corporation.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Rewatch: Rick and Morty Seasons 1 to 3 <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-show3"><a href="#fn-show3">6</a></sup></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Started wathing Dragon Ball <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-show4"><a href="#fn-show4">7</a></sup></p>
|
||
<p>The first series, watched so long ago I don't even remember the story,
|
||
is a good show to watch while I cook as episodes are short.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Started watching Gravity Falls <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-show5"><a href="#fn-show5">8</a></sup></p>
|
||
<p>Recommended by a friend, to watch while we have lunch/dinner.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="books">Books</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p>Continued reading The Magicians' Guild <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-book1"><a href="#fn-book1">9</a></sup> by <em>Trudi Canavan</em></p>
|
||
<p>Haven't read much this month though. :(</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="videogames">Videogames</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p>Started playing The Legend of Zelda: A link to the past <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-game1"><a href="#fn-game1">10</a></sup></p>
|
||
<p>Don't kill me, but this is my first time playing it.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Started playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-game2"><a href="#fn-game2">11</a></sup></p>
|
||
<p>I have been waiting for this for a <strong>long</strong> time.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Played a bit of Guild Wars 2. Nostalgia. <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-game3"><a href="#fn-game3">12</a></sup></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="articles">Articles</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><strong>[VIDEO]</strong> Nintendo NES Famicom Creator Interview <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article1"><a href="#fn-article1">13</a></sup></li>
|
||
<li>Working from Home: Lessons Learned Over 20 Years &amp; a Shopping List
|
||
<sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article2"><a href="#fn-article2">14</a></sup></li>
|
||
<li>Before the DNS: How yours truly upstaged The NIC's Official
|
||
HOSTS.TXT <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article3"><a href="#fn-article3">15</a></sup></li>
|
||
<li>Decentralised SMTP is for the greater good <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article4"><a href="#fn-article4">16</a></sup></li>
|
||
<li><strong>[VIDEO]</strong> NLNOG 2019 - DNS over HTTPS considerations - Bert
|
||
Hubert <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article5"><a href="#fn-article5">17</a></sup></li>
|
||
<li><strong>[VIDEO]</strong> Spyro Had One of the Coolest Anti-Piracy Measures Ever
|
||
<sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article6"><a href="#fn-article6">18</a></sup></li>
|
||
<li><strong>[VIDEO]</strong> Clever Anti Piracy on the Super Nintendo <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article7"><a href="#fn-article7">19</a></sup></li>
|
||
<li>The reckless, infinite scope of web browsers <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article8"><a href="#fn-article8">20</a></sup></li>
|
||
<li><strong>[VIDEO]</strong> How the Nintendo GameCube Security was defeated
|
||
<sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article9"><a href="#fn-article9">21</a></sup></li>
|
||
<li>The mysterious origins of an uncrackable video game <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article10"><a href="#fn-article10">22</a></sup></li>
|
||
<li>Where do all the bytes come from? <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article11"><a href="#fn-article11">23</a></sup></li>
|
||
<li>Debunking "You should not run your mail server because mail is hard."
|
||
<sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article12"><a href="#fn-article12">24</a></sup></li>
|
||
<li>UpNext: eInk display for future events #diy <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article13"><a href="#fn-article13">25</a></sup></li>
|
||
<li>A short thread on a few Celeste game-feel things <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article14"><a href="#fn-article14">26</a></sup></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<div class="footnotes">
|
||
<hr>
|
||
<ol><li id="fn-game4"><p><a href="https://www.tabletopsimulator.com/">https://www.tabletopsimulator.com/</a><a href="#fnref-game4" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-game5"><p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/468726/Tabletop_Simulator__Zombicide/">https://store.steampowered.com/app/468726/Tabletop_Simulator__Zombicide/</a><a href="#fnref-game5" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-game6"><p><a href="https://www.zombicide.com/en/">https://www.zombicide.com/en/</a><a href="#fnref-game6" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-show1"><p><a href="https://www.thetvdb.com/series/la-casa-de-papel">https://www.thetvdb.com/series/la-casa-de-papel</a><a href="#fnref-show1" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-show2"><p><a href="https://www.thetvdb.com/series/the-boys">https://www.thetvdb.com/series/the-boys</a><a href="#fnref-show2" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-show3"><p><a href="https://www.thetvdb.com/series/rick-and-morty">https://www.thetvdb.com/series/rick-and-morty</a><a href="#fnref-show3" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-show4"><p><a href="https://www.thetvdb.com/series/dragon-ball">https://www.thetvdb.com/series/dragon-ball</a><a href="#fnref-show4" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-show5"><p><a href="https://www.thetvdb.com/series/gravity-falls">https://www.thetvdb.com/series/gravity-falls</a><a href="#fnref-show5" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-book1"><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28249.The_Magicians_Guild">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28249.The_Magicians_Guild</a><a href="#fnref-book1" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-game1"><p><a href="https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Super-Nintendo/The-Legend-of-Zelda-A-Link-to-the-Past-841179.html">https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Super-Nintendo/The-Legend-of-Zelda-A-Link-to-the-Past-841179.html</a><a href="#fnref-game1" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-game2"><p><a href="https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Nintendo-Switch/Animal-Crossing-New-Horizons-1438623.html">https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Nintendo-Switch/Animal-Crossing-New-Horizons-1438623.html</a><a href="#fnref-game2" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-game3"><p><a href="https://www.guildwars2.com/en/">https://www.guildwars2.com/en/</a><a href="#fnref-game3" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article1"><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbL9OFlxwV8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbL9OFlxwV8</a><a href="#fnref-article1" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article2"><p><a href="https://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2020/03/working-from-home.html">https://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2020/03/working-from-home.html</a><a href="#fnref-article2" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article3"><p><a href="https://iconia.com/before_the_dns.txt">https://iconia.com/before_the_dns.txt</a><a href="#fnref-article3" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article4"><p><a href="https://poolp.org/posts/2019-12-15/decentralised-smtp-is-for-the-greater-good/">https://poolp.org/posts/2019-12-15/decentralised-smtp-is-for-the-greater-good/</a><a href="#fnref-article4" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article5"><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjin3nv8jAo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjin3nv8jAo</a><a href="#fnref-article5" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article6"><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GYSeXLr5sY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GYSeXLr5sY</a><a href="#fnref-article6" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article7"><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLyK1FMwc8Q">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLyK1FMwc8Q</a><a href="#fnref-article7" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article8"><p><a href="https://drewdevault.com/2020/03/18/Reckless-limitless-scope.html">https://drewdevault.com/2020/03/18/Reckless-limitless-scope.html</a><a href="#fnref-article8" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article9"><p><a href="https://youtu.be/Uxjl_kD3imQ">https://youtu.be/Uxjl_kD3imQ</a><a href="#fnref-article9" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article10"><p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190919-the-maze-puzzle-hidden-within-an-early-video-game">http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190919-the-maze-puzzle-hidden-within-an-early-video-game</a><a href="#fnref-article10" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article11"><p><a href="https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/where-do-all-the-bytes-come-from-f51586690fd0/">https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/where-do-all-the-bytes-come-from-f51586690fd0/</a><a href="#fnref-article11" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article12"><p><a href="https://poolp.org/posts/2019-08-30/you-should-not-run-your-mail-server-because-mail-is-hard/">https://poolp.org/posts/2019-08-30/you-should-not-run-your-mail-server-because-mail-is-hard/</a><a href="#fnref-article12" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article13"><p><a href="http://brettcvz.com/projects/6-upnext">http://brettcvz.com/projects/6-upnext</a><a href="#fnref-article13" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article14"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/MattThorson/status/1238338574220546049">https://twitter.com/MattThorson/status/1238338574220546049</a><a href="#fnref-article14" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
</ol>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</content>
|
||
</entry>
|
||
<entry xml:base="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/03/01/february/">
|
||
<title type="text">February 2020</title>
|
||
<id>urn:uuid:4538b8a4-76ed-36f2-b99f-63809db170f5</id>
|
||
<updated>2020-03-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
|
||
<link href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/03/01/february/" />
|
||
<author>
|
||
<name></name>
|
||
</author>
|
||
<content type="html"><p>After lots of flights and traveling around came the calm. A month to get
|
||
everything in order, sort my routine and start gettings things done.</p>
|
||
<p><a href="/blog/2020/03/01/february/image.jpg"><img src="/blog/2020/03/01/february/image-360.jpg" alt="The beach after a walk"></a></p>
|
||
<!-- readmore -->
|
||
|
||
<h2 id="conferences">Conferences</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p>Fosdem 2020 <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-link fosdem 2020"><a href="#fn-link fosdem 2020">1</a></sup></p>
|
||
<p>We were nearby for DevConf so we just went a few days here. I forgot
|
||
how packed and difficult going to some tracks is... but we managed
|
||
to attend some interesting talks and meet with some friends there,
|
||
which is always a plus.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="tvshows/movies">TVShows/Movies</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p>Finished watching Friends, again. It was so my player 2 and I had a
|
||
20m episode series to watch at lunch/dinner. It still make me laugh.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Finished watching The Good Place <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-show2"><a href="#fn-show2">2</a></sup></p>
|
||
<p>Interesting show. The first season is what I liked the most, and
|
||
the show is a good overall to watch while eating or something,
|
||
short episodes (~20m), comical and with good actors. The show
|
||
mocks humanity in every way possible, the sad part is that most
|
||
of that is totally true! The ending kinda surprised me and made
|
||
me think a little bit.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Started watching Money Heist <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-show3"><a href="#fn-show3">3</a></sup></p>
|
||
<p>We flew through the entire first season in a flash, and we're now on
|
||
the second (which it doesn't seem as good as the first). I liked the
|
||
first one a lot, even if there were some stuff that didn't make much
|
||
sense. Totally recommended.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="books">Books</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p>Finished reading The last wish <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-book1"><a href="#fn-book1">4</a></sup> by <em>Andrzej Sapkowski</em></p>
|
||
<p>As many people I started reading this after watching the TV Show (but
|
||
haven't played the game yet).</p>
|
||
<p>I was scared that it would be too similar to I was already seen but to
|
||
my surprise, even though some of the events tell the "same story" (on
|
||
a sense) are different enough from what I saw on TV.</p>
|
||
<p>I did enjoy it though it was short in length, but in exchange you
|
||
don't necessarily need to continue reading the rest of the books if
|
||
you don't want to (right away) because it contains a tale per chapter
|
||
that even if they are a full story when read in full it doesn't put
|
||
the reader in a position where it needs to read the rest.</p>
|
||
<p>I recommend it if you like the fantasy genre, is a light read, short
|
||
and self-contained.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Started reading The Magicians' Guild <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-book2"><a href="#fn-book2">5</a></sup> by <em>Trudi Canavan</em></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="videogames">Videogames</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p>Started and quickly dropped (and refunded) Warcraft 3: Reforged
|
||
<sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-game1"><a href="#fn-game1">6</a></sup></p>
|
||
<p>I didn't manage to finish the "classic" Warcraft 3 back in the day, so
|
||
even after the critics and so on I decided to give it a go. Huge
|
||
mistake. The game is not prepared for wide-screens, it doesn't help
|
||
that the UI covers most of the screen either, my units keep getting
|
||
stuck on trees around and the game crashed on me a few times (and I
|
||
only played the tutorial and one scenario). My first though was...
|
||
well, since I have the classic one on my account let's just play
|
||
that... but no, the classic version now download the Reforged game
|
||
with the classic graphic pack. Even if you are a HUGE Warcraft fan,
|
||
you shouldn't pay for this. Luckily Blizzard knows and they do instant
|
||
refunds for the game.</p>
|
||
<p>Blizzard, please release classic Warcraft III on Good Old Games as
|
||
you've done with the two previous entries. <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-gog-war1-2-bundle"><a href="#fn-gog-war1-2-bundle">7</a></sup> I just
|
||
bought and downloaded them just in case you decide to <em>Reforge</em>
|
||
everything. <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-gog-petition-w3"><a href="#fn-gog-petition-w3">8</a></sup></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Started and dropped Assasin's Creed Origins <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-game2"><a href="#fn-game2">9</a></sup></p>
|
||
<p>I was in the mood of playing some of these open world games, and I had
|
||
this in my uPlay account already waiting as a gift for purchasing an
|
||
nvidia graphics card. The game looked good but it seems it was
|
||
horribly optimized since I had constant frame drops and AI glitches.
|
||
I tried some stuff to make it better but nothing worked. It killed the
|
||
inmersion so much that I just uninstalled it.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Started playing Wolcen <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-game3"><a href="#fn-game3">10</a></sup></p>
|
||
<p>To play with some friends (though I've played mainly by myself because
|
||
of schedule issues). It's an action RPG that aims to be good, but
|
||
has still some bugs (it released this month).</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Played some Clash Royale <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-game4"><a href="#fn-game4">11</a></sup> and Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
|
||
<sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-game5"><a href="#fn-game5">12</a></sup> on mobile.</p>
|
||
<p>The first one just because, the other because of the hype of the next
|
||
Animal Crossing game releasing soon for the Switch.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="articles">Articles</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p>Google Maps Hacks (incl. video) <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article1"><a href="#fn-article1">13</a></sup></p>
|
||
<p>On how the virtual world affects the physical world.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article2"><a href="#fn-article2">14</a></sup></p>
|
||
<p>Article from Discord Engineering on how they switched a specific piece
|
||
of their infrastructure to Rust.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>[VIDEO]</strong> OVER-TOURISM - Is sustainable tourism possible? - 観光公害
|
||
<sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article3"><a href="#fn-article3">15</a></sup></p>
|
||
<p>An interesting video about how tourism has evolved in Japan over the
|
||
last years.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Fucking laptops <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article4"><a href="#fn-article4">16</a></sup></p>
|
||
<p>The honest state of the laptop industry. It reminded me when I wanted
|
||
to switch my laptop and no option seemed good enough even in the
|
||
highest price ranges.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>The World We Leave Our Children: How I became a free software
|
||
extremist <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article5"><a href="#fn-article5">17</a></sup></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>The boss who put everyone on $70k <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article6"><a href="#fn-article6">18</a></sup></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>[VIDEO]</strong> How Crash Bandicoot Hacked The Original Playstation
|
||
<sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article7"><a href="#fn-article7">19</a></sup></p>
|
||
<p>I love this kind of war stories (as the series name) of what tricks
|
||
developers used to do to accomodate to old hardware. Really
|
||
interesting.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<div class="footnotes">
|
||
<hr>
|
||
<ol><li id="fn-link fosdem 2020"><p><a href="https://fosdem.org/2020/">https://fosdem.org/2020/</a><a href="#fnref-link fosdem 2020" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-show2"><p><a href="https://www.tvtime.com/en/show/311711">https://www.tvtime.com/en/show/311711</a><a href="#fnref-show2" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-show3"><p><a href="https://www.tvtime.com/en/show/327417">https://www.tvtime.com/en/show/327417</a><a href="#fnref-show3" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-book1"><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40603587-the-last-wish">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40603587-the-last-wish</a><a href="#fnref-book1" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-book2"><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28249.The_Magicians_Guild">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28249.The_Magicians_Guild</a><a href="#fnref-book2" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-game1"><p><a href="https://warcraft3refunded.com/">https://warcraft3refunded.com/</a><a href="#fnref-game1" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-gog-war1-2-bundle"><p><a href="https://www.gog.com/game/warcraft_bundle">https://www.gog.com/game/warcraft_bundle</a><a href="#fnref-gog-war1-2-bundle" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-gog-petition-w3"><p><a href="https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/warcraft_iii_frozen_throne">https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/warcraft_iii_frozen_throne</a><a href="#fnref-gog-petition-w3" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-game2"><p><a href="https://www.origin.com/esp/en-us/store/assassins-creed/assassins-creed-origins">https://www.origin.com/esp/en-us/store/assassins-creed/assassins-creed-origins</a><a href="#fnref-game2" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-game3"><p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/424370/Wolcen_Lords_of_Mayhem/">https://store.steampowered.com/app/424370/Wolcen_Lords_of_Mayhem/</a><a href="#fnref-game3" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-game4"><p><a href="https://clashroyale.com/">https://clashroyale.com/</a><a href="#fnref-game4" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-game5"><p><a href="https://ac-pocketcamp.com/es-ES/site">https://ac-pocketcamp.com/es-ES/site</a><a href="#fnref-game5" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article1"><p><a href="http://www.simonweckert.com/googlemapshacks.html">http://www.simonweckert.com/googlemapshacks.html</a><a href="#fnref-article1" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article2"><p><a href="https://blog.discordapp.com/why-discord-is-switching-from-go-to-rust-a190bbca2b1f">https://blog.discordapp.com/why-discord-is-switching-from-go-to-rust-a190bbca2b1f</a><a href="#fnref-article2" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article3"><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSqHp0DLRJc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSqHp0DLRJc</a><a href="#fnref-article3" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article4"><p><a href="https://drewdevault.com/rants/2020/02/18/Fucking-laptops.html">https://drewdevault.com/rants/2020/02/18/Fucking-laptops.html</a><a href="#fnref-article4" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article5"><p><a href="https://lunduke.com/posts/2020-02-19/">https://lunduke.com/posts/2020-02-19/</a><a href="#fnref-article5" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article6"><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-51332811">https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-51332811</a><a href="#fnref-article6" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article7"><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izxXGuVL21o">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izxXGuVL21o</a><a href="#fnref-article7" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
</ol>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</content>
|
||
</entry>
|
||
<entry xml:base="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/01/31/january/">
|
||
<title type="text">January 2020</title>
|
||
<id>urn:uuid:8270d4fc-4a4a-3b25-bb52-3c3bf36b60e2</id>
|
||
<updated>2020-01-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
|
||
<link href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/01/31/january/" />
|
||
<author>
|
||
<name></name>
|
||
</author>
|
||
<content type="html"><p><img src="/blog/2020/01/31/january/munich.jpg" alt="Munich in January"></p>
|
||
<p>I didn't have much time for anything on January since I have spent more
|
||
time traveling than anything else: Being on my homecity for christmas,
|
||
traveling for work two times and then another conference just because.</p>
|
||
<p>At least the planes gave me some time to read and finish some pending
|
||
things, though I hope next month is more relaxed.</p>
|
||
<!-- readmore -->
|
||
|
||
<h2 id="conferences">Conferences</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p>DevConf, Brno <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-link devconf.cz"><a href="#fn-link devconf.cz">1</a></sup></p>
|
||
<p>Not much to comment apart from feeling a complete newbie about
|
||
everything, but more on that on another post in the near future.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="tv-shows/movies">TV Shows/Movies</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p>Watched The Witcher S01 <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-link the witcher"><a href="#fn-link the witcher">2</a></sup></p>
|
||
<p>I'm not sure if coming to the TV Show without having read the books
|
||
or played the games was good or bad, but I enjoyed it. Not sure why
|
||
some of the hate out there. It may be a bit difficult to put
|
||
everything together if you're not focusing on it (as it happened to
|
||
me), but it's a good fantasy show and I'm glad they renewed for a
|
||
second season.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="books">Books</h2><ul>
|
||
<li><p>Stopped reading Prince of Thorns<sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-link prince of thorns"><a href="#fn-link prince of thorns">3</a></sup></p>
|
||
<p>I didn't get involved with the story, the characters and so on. Only
|
||
read a few chapters but there are tons of books to read to stop on
|
||
one I wasn't enjoying. I may try again in the future.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li><p>Started reading The last wish<sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-link the last wish"><a href="#fn-link the last wish">4</a></sup></p>
|
||
<p>This was obvious, having watched the series it seems like an awesome
|
||
fanstasy world to explore and so far so good. Looking forward to the
|
||
game too.</p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="games">Games</h2><ul>
|
||
<li>I started and dropped Pokemon Shield<sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-link pokemon"><a href="#fn-link pokemon">5</a></sup> on record time.
|
||
Got some hype from a friend and from a recent announcement but it's
|
||
just the same as always and it bored me going through. Made to the
|
||
second or third gym and I just didn't want to turn on the Switch to
|
||
play, so...</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="articles">Articles</h2><p>Some stuff I've read over the month. Since I don't store a proper
|
||
history this is just what came to mind, but I'm going to try keeping a
|
||
record for the coming months. Also I'm going to use this as a pressure
|
||
point to read some more pending articles, at least to the point that
|
||
I read more than I add to my pocket account.</p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li>There's No Such Thing as Knowing Your Computer 'All the Way to the
|
||
Bottom' <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article1"><a href="#fn-article1">6</a></sup></li>
|
||
<li>You should have a personal website <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article2"><a href="#fn-article2">7</a></sup></li>
|
||
<li>The boring technology behind a one person internet company <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article3"><a href="#fn-article3">8</a></sup></li>
|
||
<li>From 15,000 database connections to under 100: DigitalOcean's tale of
|
||
tech debt <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article4"><a href="#fn-article4">9</a></sup></li>
|
||
<li>What happens when you push to git.sr.ht, and why was it so slow?
|
||
<sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article5"><a href="#fn-article5">10</a></sup></li>
|
||
<li>How SSH port became 22 <sup class="footnote-ref" id="fnref-article6"><a href="#fn-article6">11</a></sup></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<div class="footnotes">
|
||
<hr>
|
||
<ol><li id="fn-link devconf.cz"><p><a href="https://www.devconf.info/cz/">https://www.devconf.info/cz/</a><a href="#fnref-link devconf.cz" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-link the witcher"><p><a href="https://www.tvtime.com/en/show/362696">https://www.tvtime.com/en/show/362696</a><a href="#fnref-link the witcher" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-link prince of thorns"><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9579634-prince-of-thorns">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9579634-prince-of-thorns</a><a href="#fnref-link prince of thorns" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-link the last wish"><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40603587-the-last-wish">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40603587-the-last-wish</a><a href="#fnref-link the last wish" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-link pokemon"><p><a href="https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Nintendo-Switch/Pokemon-Escudo-1522110.html">https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Nintendo-Switch/Pokemon-Escudo-1522110.html</a><a href="#fnref-link pokemon" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article1"><p><a href="https://codefol.io/posts/no-such-thing-as-knowing-coding-all-the-way-to-the-bottom/">https://codefol.io/posts/no-such-thing-as-knowing-coding-all-the-way-to-the-bottom/</a><a href="#fnref-article1" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article2"><p><a href="https://writing.markchristian.org/2019/04/29/personal-web-sites/?c=1">https://writing.markchristian.org/2019/04/29/personal-web-sites/?c=1</a><a href="#fnref-article2" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article3"><p><a href="https://broadcast.listennotes.com/the-boring-technology-behind-listen-notes-56697c2e347b">https://broadcast.listennotes.com/the-boring-technology-behind-listen-notes-56697c2e347b</a><a href="#fnref-article3" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article4"><p><a href="https://blog.digitalocean.com/from-15-000-database-connections-to-under-100-digitaloceans-tale-of-tech-debt/">https://blog.digitalocean.com/from-15-000-database-connections-to-under-100-digitaloceans-tale-of-tech-debt/</a><a href="#fnref-article4" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
|
||
<li id="fn-article5"><p><a href="https://sourcehut.org/blog/2019-11-22-what-happens-on-git-push/">https://sourcehut.org/blog/2019-11-22-what-happens-on-git-push/</a><a href="#fnref-article5" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
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<li id="fn-article6"><p><a href="https://www.ssh.com/ssh/port#how-ssh-port-became-22">https://www.ssh.com/ssh/port#how-ssh-port-became-22</a><a href="#fnref-article6" class="footnote">&#8617;</a></p></li>
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</content>
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</entry>
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<title type="text">2019</title>
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<id>urn:uuid:208c6316-4988-31e6-ac1e-8a4b0d1d5b7b</id>
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<updated>2020-01-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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<link href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2020/01/01/2019/" />
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<author>
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<name></name>
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</author>
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<content type="html"><p>This is a brief summary of my last year in random order:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Gained back my reading habits. I set myself a safe goal of 6 books and ended up reading 8.</li>
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<li>Moved to an apartment with my player 2.</li>
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<li>Gave away/sold a lot of my stuff in the process.</li>
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<li>Got the habit of doing some regular exercise.</li>
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<li>Lived in Japan for almost three months.</li>
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<li>Said goodbye to my fellow coworkers of <a href="https://www.reply.ai">Reply.ai</a> (I will miss you!)</li>
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</ul>
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<p><img src="/blog/2020/01/01/2019/fujisan.jpg" alt="Photo of Mt. Fuji made in my stay"></p>
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</content>
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</entry>
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<entry xml:base="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2019/12/08/i-finished-reading-a-conjuring-of-light/">
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<title type="text">I finished reading A conjuring of light</title>
|
||
<id>urn:uuid:fc855d36-6dd3-33f9-aba6-8792500cae2d</id>
|
||
<updated>2019-12-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
|
||
<link href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2019/12/08/i-finished-reading-a-conjuring-of-light/" />
|
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<author>
|
||
<name></name>
|
||
</author>
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||
<content type="html"><p><img src="/blog/2019/12/08/i-finished-reading-a-conjuring-of-light/a-conjuring-of-light.jpg" alt="A conjuring of light cover"></p>
|
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<table>
|
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<thead><tr>
|
||
<th></th>
|
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<th></th>
|
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</tr>
|
||
</thead>
|
||
<tbody>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td><strong>Series</strong></td>
|
||
<td>Shades of Magic #3</td>
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||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td><strong>Previous</strong></td>
|
||
<td><a href="https://fmartingr.com/blog/2019/10/21/i-finished-reading-a-gathering-of-shadows/">A gathering of shadows</a></td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td><strong>Started</strong></td>
|
||
<td>2019/10/20</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td><strong>Finished</strong></td>
|
||
<td>2019/12/08</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td><strong>My rating</strong></td>
|
||
<td>7/10</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td><strong>More info</strong></td>
|
||
<td><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29939230-a-conjuring-of-light">Goodreads</a></td>
|
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</tr>
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||
</tbody>
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||
</table>
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</content>
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</entry>
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