https://rardk.com/posts/ My posts, just like regular social media posts, but on my website instead. en-us https://rardk.com/posts/1773074591I have such an appreciation for books despite me being bad at picking them up and actually reading them. Books are so important. Libraries are so important. Support your local library.Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:43:11 +0000rardkpost1773074591https://rardk.com/posts/1769875893I have to do a technical reorganization effort on a ton of my personal project stuff and I'm busy all weekend, so I'm constantly thinking about it when I have downtime but can't actually do any of it until I get time to sit and commit to it 😤Sat, 31 Jan 2026 11:11:33 +0000rardkpost1769875893https://rardk.com/posts/1769013137Played a level of Donkey Kong Country Returns. Dixie is undeniably an improvement to this gameplay. No less true than it was in Tropical Freeze, just a very welcome addition here.Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:32:17 +0000rardkpost1769013137https://rardk.com/posts/1767549387People abandoning Spotify (or who don't use it regardless), how are you discovering new music these days?Sun, 04 Jan 2026 12:56:27 +0000rardkpost1767549387https://rardk.com/posts/1767104836Monthly Wikipedia donation hit today. How about you?Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:27:16 +0000rardkpost1767104836https://rardk.com/posts/1764437044The nature of Dungeons & Dragons makes me think that DMs need to expect players to forget small details between sessions, notes or not. A small tease at an important detail may not persist enough between sessions without reminder. My memory is bad though.Sat, 29 Nov 2025 12:24:04 +0000rardkpost1764437044https://rardk.com/posts/1764436714What search is everyone using these days?Sat, 29 Nov 2025 12:18:34 +0000rardkpost1764436714https://rardk.com/posts/1763820173Just found a reddit post from like 9 years ago asking why Angular requires semicolons when a few articles they read said they don't prefer them. They didn't really make any posts since then, but I hope they've seen the light.Sat, 22 Nov 2025 09:02:53 +0000rardkpost1763820173https://rardk.com/posts/1763613252Is this supposed to look nice? This is in macOS Mail.Wed, 19 Nov 2025 23:34:12 +0000rardkpost1763613252https://rardk.com/posts/1763480327Finally played through Journey last night for the first time. What an experience.Tue, 18 Nov 2025 10:38:47 +0000rardkpost1763480327https://rardk.com/posts/1762920041The more I think about it, the more I realize I was really hoping for a new Animal Crossing far more than an update to the existing one. I put over 500 hours into this one, something fresh would've been nice. Oh well, I'll still play the update, heh.Tue, 11 Nov 2025 23:00:41 +0000rardkpost1762920041https://rardk.com/posts/1762536819Nice, I actually completed my book challenge this year. It was only 4 books, but that's a big deal! Audiobooks have been helping lately, but I'd still like to get back to my physical books and ebooks.Fri, 07 Nov 2025 12:33:39 +0000rardkpost1762536819https://rardk.com/posts/1761849062Audiobooks are really working for me right now. Being able to use the library for them rules too. I also love physical books and ebooks, neither of which I'm reading enough of, so I need to dedicate more time to reading in general.Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:31:02 +0000rardkpost1761849062https://rardk.com/posts/1761257910Pokémon Z-A is really good, really liking the gameplay loop. The new battle system is really great, capturing is similar to Arceus but also you can catch Pokémon that you knock out which rules, and the loop of day/night activities is good. Story's fun too!Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:18:30 +0000rardkpost1761257910https://rardk.com/posts/1760635813I want the cookie pop-ups to stop. I don't want to need a browser extension for it, I just want them to stop. I want them to go away forever.Thu, 16 Oct 2025 13:30:13 +0000rardkpost1760635813https://rardk.com/posts/1760557428Extremely late to the party because I wasn't into the music back then, but it seems that Daft Punk's Random Access Memories is a musical masterpiece.Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:43:48 +0000rardkpost1760557428https://rardk.com/posts/1760542981I've shifted off podcasts during my drives and I'm doing audiobooks now. I listened to "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie first, enjoyed that, now I'm listening to "Legends & Lattes" which I'm thoroughly enjoying.Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:43:01 +0000rardkpost1760542981https://rardk.com/posts/1760366850If there's anything I don't like about Liquid Glass, it's the "clicked" style on the menu bar buttons. Can't really explain it properly, but I don't think this is a very satisfying look.Mon, 13 Oct 2025 10:47:30 +0000rardkpost1760366850https://rardk.com/posts/1760201668The situation for guitar and bass tabs on the internet is DIRE these days. Ad-riddled sites, accounts required, free tabs seem impossible to find compared to how it was years ago. Why does everything have to be ruined?Sat, 11 Oct 2025 12:54:28 +0000rardkpost1760201668https://rardk.com/posts/1759773504Thinking about just building my own movie tracking tool so that if I need to ditch Letterboxd or it dies, I can just have my own thing to auto-post movie reviews to socials/my website/Discord.Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:58:24 +0000rardkpost1759773504https://rardk.com/posts/1759760095if I ever type "ye" instead of "yes" or "yea" instead of "yeah", it's because I hit send too soon. I don't say those things they are fake.Mon, 06 Oct 2025 10:14:55 +0000rardkpost1759760095https://rardk.com/posts/1759324076Lots of games have come out recently or are about to come out, what are you playing and/or waiting for this coming month?Wed, 01 Oct 2025 09:07:56 +0000rardkpost1759324076https://rardk.com/posts/1758929529Too many songs fade out instead of ending. You have to perform an ending in concert anyway, an ending to your song exists, just record the ending!Fri, 26 Sep 2025 19:32:09 +0000rardkpost1758929529https://rardk.com/posts/1758739743Discord, why can I still not rearrange my existing favourite emojis? If I want them in a particular order, I have to delete and re-favourite them. And you can only add new ones to the end. Let me drag and drop!Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:49:03 +0000rardkpost1758739743https://rardk.com/posts/1758378100I remember back in the earliest days of the App Store, these kinds of "update notes" didn't exist. Obviously companies have done this now for longer than they haven't, but it's ridiculous. "In this update we updated the app". gee thanks!Sat, 20 Sep 2025 10:21:40 +0000rardkpost1758378100https://rardk.com/posts/1757975473My struggle with games lately is just what a time commitment they are. If I want to do multiple around the same time, it's going to be hard to make that work. I look at something like Fire Emblem. I'd like to give it a proper shot, but who has the time?Mon, 15 Sep 2025 18:31:13 +0000rardkpost1757975473https://rardk.com/posts/1757975259This icon issue highlights a particularly silly case of Apple forcing the shape on every app. FileZilla's icon was still a pretty close fit to the shapes around it, now it just looks goofy. Until they do what exactly, get rid of the border shape?Mon, 15 Sep 2025 18:27:39 +0000rardkpost1757975259https://rardk.com/posts/1757681764Nintendo Direct day let's goFri, 12 Sep 2025 08:56:04 +0000rardkpost1757681764https://rardk.com/posts/1757425187Apple Event today at 1pm eastern. Definitely no new iPhone for me this year, but I am curious if any iPads show up today. I think October was the expectation. I'll be due for a new Apple Watch soon too. 🤔Tue, 09 Sep 2025 09:39:47 +0000rardkpost1757425187https://rardk.com/posts/1757364068What site(s) do you use for reading editorials on TV and movies? Looking for something to add to my RSS reader.Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:41:08 +0000rardkpost1757364068https://rardk.com/posts/1757183872I love reading about the earlier days of computers and stuff, going to do more of thatSat, 06 Sep 2025 14:37:52 +0000rardkpost1757183872https://rardk.com/posts/1757099695Just wanna play Everybody's GolfFri, 05 Sep 2025 15:14:55 +0000rardkpost1757099695https://rardk.com/posts/1756824069Yesterday I discovered that MediatR, a very popular .NET library, went to a licensed model. I use it a bit in all of my Discord bots, so that was almost annoying. Instead, I replaced what I used it for with some simple code and got rid of it altogether. A win!Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:41:09 +0000rardkpost1756824069https://rardk.com/posts/1756821275One of my biggest pain points in my switch from Edge to Firefox is missing the Chrome dev tools. Firefox has them (and had them first?) but they just seem a tiny bit worse. How do devs work in browsers like Safari or Vivaldi? I haven't tried yet.Tue, 02 Sep 2025 09:54:35 +0000rardkpost1756821275https://rardk.com/posts/1756297723See, to me, I'd hope to open the App Store and see an app recommended I haven't heard of before. Who does TikTok need to be promoted to at this point?Wed, 27 Aug 2025 08:28:43 +0000rardkpost1756297723https://rardk.com/posts/1756128280Off work today (mows the lawn)Mon, 25 Aug 2025 09:24:40 +0000rardkpost1756128280https://rardk.com/posts/1755789974Happy for Hollow Knight fans because they're getting a game that's an absolute, pure passion project, & that's so rare. Even in the indie space, financially it can be so hard to actually make that happen, so that these devs were able to do that comfortably? 🔥Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:26:14 +0000rardkpost1755789974https://rardk.com/posts/1755547830While I like certain aspects of iOS 26's Liquid Glass more than others, I think I'm in a place of liking it overall. I enjoy that it's more reactive when you touch buttons and text fields. I look forward to the third party app updates to come.Mon, 18 Aug 2025 16:10:30 +0000rardkpost1755547830https://rardk.com/posts/1755374868Does anyone actually like those websites that pretend to be a single source for all restaurants? Or restaurants that just have their menu on Facebook? Have a website, please.Sat, 16 Aug 2025 16:07:48 +0000rardkpost1755374868https://rardk.com/posts/1755196965I'm slowly working on ideas for 2 separate Dungeons & Dragons campaigns, and I'm excited. I'm slightly overwhelmed by the rules part, but excited to build stories and stuff!Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:42:45 +0000rardkpost1755196965https://rardk.com/posts/1755183981I wish I'd kept every Home Screen screenshot over the years somehow, it'd be fun to go back through and see what's changed, what's been a mainstay, etc. all the way back to like 2009 or whenever I got my iPod Touch.Thu, 14 Aug 2025 11:06:21 +0000rardkpost1755183981https://rardk.com/posts/1754538862I've been talking about putting a Dungeons n Dragons campaign together for weeks and my wife did it in a day.Wed, 06 Aug 2025 23:54:22 +0000rardkpost1754538862https://rardk.com/posts/1754534741There's a lot to say about Donkey Kong Bananza, but also a lot of it can't be said. Suffice it to say that the game is a 10/10 video game. Peak.Wed, 06 Aug 2025 22:45:41 +0000rardkpost1754534741https://rardk.com/posts/1754326922Feeling too much nostalgia lately, whether it's for late 2000s when phones were more fun, or all the way back to the 90s. Quainter times.Mon, 04 Aug 2025 13:02:02 +0000rardkpost1754326922https://rardk.com/posts/1753551117I probably need to really spend a minute processing how little interest I've had in Metroid Prime 4 lately before I end up buying it for no reason. Falling off the Prime 1 remaster like I did killed any interest currently.Sat, 26 Jul 2025 13:31:57 +0000rardkpost1753551117https://rardk.com/posts/1753375194It's funny when I think of an iPhone feature as "kind of new" (like the volume up button to take a photo, which wasn't always thing) and it was added like 14 years ago.Thu, 24 Jul 2025 12:39:54 +0000rardkpost1753375194https://rardk.com/posts/1753364916What is this market for scam texts with fake jobs? Is this working on people? How are so many people working these scams?Thu, 24 Jul 2025 09:48:36 +0000rardkpost1753364916https://rardk.com/posts/1753289978Which calendar design do you like more? Ignore light vs. dark mode, I'm talking about the design.Wed, 23 Jul 2025 12:59:38 +0000rardkpost1753289978https://rardk.com/posts/1752943570Donkey Kong Bananza is a good game, I'm having fun with it! #DonkeyKongBananzaSat, 19 Jul 2025 12:46:10 +0000rardkpost1752943570https://rardk.com/posts/1752932549I'm going through and changing my main email address on all services where I've used the old one, and it's a process. You don't realize when signing up for some sites that you're locking in with that email forever.Sat, 19 Jul 2025 09:42:29 +0000rardkpost1752932549https://rardk.com/posts/1752497071Donkey Kong Bananza hype week, we're so close!! 🍌Mon, 14 Jul 2025 08:44:31 +0000rardkpost1752497071https://rardk.com/posts/1752445370Ugh. I use Outlook for email, and so much mail goes to the Junk folder. I switched away from Gmail so I'm not exactly itching to go back, but what else can I do? Any searching leads me back to these two.Sun, 13 Jul 2025 18:22:50 +0000rardkpost1752445370https://rardk.com/posts/1752366135I am very happy that, despite how the internet is going, websites generally still provide RSS feeds for their content. Do we know why? What has websites still providing this great feature?Sat, 12 Jul 2025 20:22:15 +0000rardkpost1752366135https://rardk.com/posts/1752352819Bookstores 📚📚Sat, 12 Jul 2025 16:40:19 +0000rardkpost1752352819https://rardk.com/posts/1752347533I'm doing it, I'm going to try to make a Dungeons n Dragons campaign 🗡️Sat, 12 Jul 2025 15:12:13 +0000rardkpost1752347533https://rardk.com/posts/1752181260Today I rewatched the iPhone 4 event from 2010. I'm nostalgic for the time as stuff was newer in that space, felt a lot more exciting. We're a far cry from it these days.Thu, 10 Jul 2025 17:01:00 +0000rardkpost1752181260https://rardk.com/posts/1751983170I love the temperature outside on summer mornings. A sunny, cool morning is a lovely time to sit outside and read or whatever. But there are just always some kind of bugs flying around, making me itchy and annoyed. Don't feel like bothering with that.Tue, 08 Jul 2025 09:59:30 +0000rardkpost1751983170https://rardk.com/posts/1751856206For everything there is to say about how Game of Thrones went, that theme song went harder than any other.Sun, 06 Jul 2025 22:43:26 +0000rardkpost1751856206https://rardk.com/posts/1751838568Why is ketchup still available in glass bottles? Who hates themselves enough to buy this?Sun, 06 Jul 2025 17:49:28 +0000rardkpost1751838568https://rardk.com/posts/1751565950On a lighter note (hopefully), what's everyone playing this weekend? I'm on Death Stranding 2, finishing Deltarune Chapter 2, and probably more Mario Kart World.Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:05:50 +0000rardkpost1751565950https://rardk.com/posts/1751555670Not only does DK only have one outfit in Mario Kart World, but that outfit also sucks. Hope an update with more is coming soon (around Bananza) because...why did they pick THIS outfit?Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:14:30 +0000rardkpost1751555670https://rardk.com/posts/1751548635Why would anyone want to work with Xbox at this point?Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:17:15 +0000rardkpost1751548635https://rardk.com/posts/1750865746You ever think about how stuff is described as "budget" if it's cheap or whatever, but then if it has a high budget it's not "budget". You'd think it'd be like "this is a budget game because it had so much budget"?Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:35:46 +0000rardkpost1750865746https://rardk.com/posts/1750789694We've tolerated pushing in sticks (R3/L3) for too long honestly. Ergonomically, it's not a very friendly way to be playing something for hours on end, for those games that require a lot of it (plenty of sprinting, for example).Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:28:14 +0000rardkpost1750789694https://rardk.com/posts/1750682029Do I still need a paid developer account if I want to build an iOS app that I install on my phone just for me? I don't plan on releasing it on the App Store.Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:33:49 +0000rardkpost1750682029https://rardk.com/posts/1750453615Didn't realize The Phoenician Scheme was already leaving theatres, I can't see it anywhere locally now 😔Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:06:55 +0000rardkpost1750453615https://rardk.com/posts/1750294610I think Donkey Kong Bananza looks incredible. I'm iffy on the transformations, those are weird. But I love everything else. The mechanics, the music, the premise, Pauline's role, possibly even tugging at the heartstrings a bit? I'm all in.Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:56:50 +0000rardkpost1750294610https://rardk.com/posts/1750087334Do you think there are any AC/DC fans that refuse to listen to anything from the Brian Johnson era? Like they only listen to Bon Scott's era and that's it?Mon, 16 Jun 2025 11:22:14 +0000rardkpost1750087334https://rardk.com/posts/1749493534As usual, when new iOS announcements drop, I rethink my Home Screen and phone setup. Feeling the itch to reorganize again!Mon, 09 Jun 2025 14:25:34 +0000rardkpost1749493534https://rardk.com/posts/1749489562iOS camera app icon is a camera lens again, hypeMon, 09 Jun 2025 13:19:22 +0000rardkpost1749489562https://rardk.com/posts/1749479856We were taking some photos after a battle last night, when this Shy Guy pulled up behind us on his way to work. Before long, we'd started a traffic jam.Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:37:36 +0000rardkpost1749479856https://rardk.com/posts/1748605866I've been donating to Wikipedia monthly for a little bit now. I probably end up on Wikipedia at least once a day. It's one of the best resources on the internet. Definitely donate if you're able!Fri, 30 May 2025 07:51:06 +0000rardkpost1748605866https://rardk.com/posts/1748550723Share with me your favourite games journalists and writing, any sites I should follow, etc. I've found some but I'm sure there are many more to recommend.Thu, 29 May 2025 16:32:03 +0000rardkpost1748550723https://rardk.com/posts/1748296216Expedition 33 has been a little annoying because I seem to be the only one struggling to find where to go. I don't want to stay glued to a guide, but I keep walking in circles, everything looks the same.Mon, 26 May 2025 17:50:16 +0000rardkpost1748296216https://rardk.com/posts/1748200967I love book storesSun, 25 May 2025 15:22:47 +0000rardkpost1748200967https://rardk.com/posts/1748099787More interesting than the fact that Mario Kart World was moved to Switch 2 was that it was planned for Switch 1 in the first place. The first time Mario Kart would've been more than one per console generation. Patterns mean nothing.Sat, 24 May 2025 11:16:27 +0000rardkpost1748099787https://rardk.com/posts/1747862587What's everyone gaming lately?Wed, 21 May 2025 17:23:07 +0000rardkpost1747862587https://rardk.com/posts/1747503970Peach is a top tier flavourSat, 17 May 2025 13:46:10 +0000rardkpost1747503970https://rardk.com/posts/1747083053Show me your phone wallpapers! It's been awhile since I've had one I really like, and I need some inspiration.Mon, 12 May 2025 16:50:53 +0000rardkpost1747083053https://rardk.com/posts/1746929131I may be Mario Party's biggest fanSat, 10 May 2025 22:05:31 +0000rardkpost1746929131https://rardk.com/posts/1746886229I started Clair Obscur Expedition 33 last night. This game is grim, for sure. I also dialled the difficulty down to Story, which helped. Let's see how this goes.Sat, 10 May 2025 10:10:29 +0000rardkpost1746886229https://rardk.com/posts/1746646163Tips for reading a book without falling asleep? 📚Wed, 07 May 2025 15:29:23 +0000rardkpost1746646163https://rardk.com/posts/1745852606I started Detroit: Become Human last night. I know David Cage's stuff is contentious, but I wish there were more games with this structure.Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:03:26 +0000rardkpost1745852606https://rardk.com/posts/1744759067CromulentTue, 15 Apr 2025 19:17:47 +0000rardkpost1744759067https://rardk.com/posts/1744671297My wife left me a bowl of washed grapes and some baked bread when she left, this was very sweet 🥰 (I ate them both they're gone now)Mon, 14 Apr 2025 18:54:57 +0000rardkpost1744671297https://rardk.com/posts/1744294545Hot take: 2 years is too long between seasons of TV.Thu, 10 Apr 2025 10:15:45 +0000rardkpost1744294545https://rardk.com/posts/1743866950Regarding Donkey Kong Bananza, something I can't wait to hear is the soundtrack. Is it good? Most main series DK games have had banger soundtracks, so I hope this one accomplishes that and doesn't feel too much like Mario Odyssey.Sat, 05 Apr 2025 11:29:10 +0000rardkpost1743866950https://rardk.com/posts/1743034716Sometimes we see inspiration from sources around us. I wish I had as much passion for anything as this restaurant has undying passion for ignoring my request for no tomatoes.Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:18:36 +0000rardkpost1743034716https://rardk.com/posts/1742663074For some reason, the video of Star Wars having Cerveza Cristal commercials edited into the movie is making the rounds again. Why don't these clips ever show how the movie continued after? That's the part I want to see, how'd they go back to the movie??Sat, 22 Mar 2025 13:04:34 +0000rardkpost1742663074https://rardk.com/posts/1742659884Social platforms are good for, you know, socializing. "Posting" would be better on your own website, though. Own what you write! Even if it's nonsense like this post.Sat, 22 Mar 2025 12:11:24 +0000rardkpost1742659884https://rardk.com/posts/1742406781Donkey Kong music is really good. Do you like any Donkey Kong music?Wed, 19 Mar 2025 13:53:01 +0000rardkpost1742406781https://rardk.com/posts/1742141067I had a post I was going to make last night to ask a question but figured I'd wait until morning so more people would see it and reply, and now this morning I can't remember it at all.Sun, 16 Mar 2025 12:04:27 +0000rardkpost1742141067https://rardk.com/posts/1742074145What service are people using for their email these days?Sat, 15 Mar 2025 17:29:05 +0000rardkpost1742074145https://rardk.com/posts/1742045236Manifesting pizza today 🍕Sat, 15 Mar 2025 09:27:16 +0000rardkpost1742045236https://rardk.com/posts/1741893228Now that I've played through a few games in the series over the past couple years, I want your favourite Final Fantasy song covers/renditions. I've played 4, 6, 7, and 7 Remake, but feel free to include others.Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:13:48 +0000rardkpost1741893228https://rardk.com/posts/1741876112Would it be so bad if Apple just cancelled the Siri Apple Intelligence stuff at this point and just focused back on iOS like usual?Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:28:32 +0000rardkpost1741876112https://rardk.com/posts/1741580764Tried Pikmin 4 for the first time, I think I love itMon, 10 Mar 2025 00:26:04 +0000rardkpost1741580764https://rardk.com/posts/1741566986Me when trying to get something to work in Excel: "Why is Excel so convoluted and difficult?" Me once it works: "Excel is so powerful and convenient."Sun, 09 Mar 2025 20:36:26 +0000rardkpost1741566986https://rardk.com/posts/1741502026As someone who enjoys following the iOS updates every year, it's hard not to wish that Apple wasn't bothering with AI. iOS 18 was already dominated by it, I'm not using any of it, and now the delays mean iOS 19 will be that way too.Sun, 09 Mar 2025 01:33:46 +0000rardkpost1741502026https://rardk.com/posts/1741054423Hot take: Shrek looks basically the same.Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:13:43 +0000rardkpost1741054423https://rardk.com/posts/1740441304What'd you do on Monday (today)?Mon, 24 Feb 2025 18:55:04 +0000rardkpost1740441304https://rardk.com/posts/1740291173I love alt text for the additional reason that when people post obscure references as memes with no context, they then add context with the alt text. Fantastic side effect tbh.Sun, 23 Feb 2025 01:12:53 +0000rardkpost1740291173https://rardk.com/posts/1739914803Anyone playing Avowed? I've heard some good things already, curious where folks are landing on it.Tue, 18 Feb 2025 16:40:03 +0000rardkpost1739914803https://rardk.com/posts/1739903312Played some more Tetris DS on lunch, good game.Tue, 18 Feb 2025 13:28:32 +0000rardkpost1739903312https://rardk.com/posts/1739664339Are games being played this weekend? Which ones? I'm playing Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core.Sat, 15 Feb 2025 19:05:39 +0000rardkpost1739664339https://rardk.com/posts/1739425978Sonic Racing CrossWorlds looks pretty promising. Changing vehicles again like Transformed is exciting, and overall it looks like a lot of fun. Team Sonic Racing was a little underwhelming, so I hope they're going all out with this one.Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:52:58 +0000rardkpost1739425978https://rardk.com/posts/1739375665What's everyone expecting for the PS State of Play today? Personally hoping for Death Stranding news, but not sure what else to expect.Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:54:25 +0000rardkpost1739375665https://rardk.com/posts/1739219744Look at the posting tool I made. This is how I make posts for my website (which also get posted on socials). I'm pleased with it!Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:35:45 +0000rardkpost1739219744https://rardk.com/posts/1738718303Over the last 2 years, I've done a bunch of work to automate my website, automate RSS/json feed posting to socials/Discord, and building a tool to post like this on my website and socials. Maybe I'll write a blog post about it someday.Tue, 04 Feb 2025 20:18:23 +0000rardkpost1738718303https://rardk.com/posts/1738689611Once again, a Kirby game has stolen me away from another game I was playing. They're just so much easier to pick up and play than most other games.Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:20:11 +0000rardkpost1738689611https://rardk.com/posts/1738557435Cozy Sunday DS timeSun, 02 Feb 2025 23:37:15 +0000rardkpost1738557435https://rardk.com/posts/1738550040It is hard to revisit the Sims 1 because it feels like the mood bars go down so fast and stay there. Most of the game is just managing their moods. I don't remember this issue back in the day but I've seen others say so too.Sun, 02 Feb 2025 21:34:00 +0000rardkpost1738550040https://rardk.com/posts/1738508134Really enjoying Severance already this season. It's brilliantly shot and the story hasn't let up. I'm glad I rewatched season 1 to get back in the zone, though it does make the weekly episode wait painful. 😤Sun, 02 Feb 2025 09:55:34 +0000rardkpost1738508134https://rardk.com/posts/1738337495What are your favourite games for the Nintendo DS? (not 3DS)Fri, 31 Jan 2025 10:31:35 +0000rardkpost1738337495https://rardk.com/posts/1737988604Back to another Nintendo DS era?Mon, 27 Jan 2025 09:36:44 +0000rardkpost1737988604https://rardk.com/posts/1737904055Last night I started really being tempted to build my own solution for tracking the movies/games/books that I watch/play/read. I like using the existing stuff, but I love the idea of having all of that data for myself...Sun, 26 Jan 2025 10:07:35 +0000rardkpost1737904055https://rardk.com/posts/1737422822Anyone use Spotify on a family plan? What's your situation?Mon, 20 Jan 2025 20:27:02 +0000rardkpost1737422822https://rardk.com/posts/1737302592I want to play my 3DS more.Sun, 19 Jan 2025 11:03:12 +0000rardkpost1737302592https://rardk.com/posts/1737237246The idea of a dedicated, simple platform for just posting images is undervalued in my opinion. Old Instagram was this. That, without the filters even, would be a really cool thing I think. I know PixelFed is this but nobody is there, that's the other half.Sat, 18 Jan 2025 16:54:06 +0000rardkpost1737237246https://rardk.com/posts/1736881164Rewatching Season 1 of Severance in preparation for Season 2, and damn this show is good.Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:59:24 +0000rardkpost1736881164https://rardk.com/posts/1736535095We use emojis so much every day, but any attempt I've seen at organizing your favourites is flawed in some way. iOS just shows "recent", so I can't predict if it'll be there. Discord allows favourites, but you can't reorder without deleting. Just a hassle.Fri, 10 Jan 2025 13:51:35 +0000rardkpost1736535095https://rardk.com/posts/1735756303I enjoy services like Letterboxd and Backloggd for tracking movies and games respectively. But I can't help but also think that I'd rather build my own tool so that I own the data myself and I control which features are in the UI too.Wed, 01 Jan 2025 13:31:43 +0000rardkpost1735756303https://rardk.com/posts/1733781539Bluesky has RSS btwMon, 09 Dec 2024 16:58:59 +0000rardkpost1733781539https://rardk.com/posts/1733514229Listening to the Wicked (movie) soundtrack and only ever hitting the volume up button, never the volume down buttonFri, 06 Dec 2024 14:43:49 +0000rardkpost1733514229https://rardk.com/posts/1731809406I've been playing a DK64 randomizer again, and I'm once again really enjoying it. I should honestly set up to stream this regularly because I think it'd be a fun randomizer to practice.Sat, 16 Nov 2024 21:10:06 +0000rardkpost1731809406https://rardk.com/posts/1730560217I hate raking leaves!Sat, 02 Nov 2024 11:10:17 +0000rardkpost1730560217https://rardk.com/posts/1730513638I thought I'd play the Sonic half of Sonic X Shadow Generations first, but I wasn't having as much fun with it as I did the original release. So I switched to the new Shadow stuff and it's immediately so much better.Fri, 01 Nov 2024 22:13:58 +0000rardkpost1730513638https://rardk.com/posts/1729051079Cozy Tuesday night Stardew!Tue, 15 Oct 2024 23:57:59 +0000rardkpost1729051079https://rardk.com/posts/1728848637Well, I'm obsessed with SimCity.Sun, 13 Oct 2024 15:43:57 +0000rardkpost1728848637https://rardk.com/posts/1728760741Yeah I played the tutorial of SimCity and the vibes are already doing it for me more than Cities: Skylines. The latter just felt a bit lifeless, whereas Sim City immediately had citizens talking to me and an amusing tone. That'll help me get into it for sure.Sat, 12 Oct 2024 15:19:01 +0000rardkpost1728760741https://rardk.com/posts/1728745484Okay actually I bought SimCity (2013). Common sentiment is that Cities: Skylines is the better game, but I think I want the vibes that SimCity will give. Plus I hear it was only rough at launch and is quite good now, so, giving that a shot.Sat, 12 Oct 2024 11:04:44 +0000rardkpost1728745484https://rardk.com/posts/1728744167Feeling the itch to try a city builder game again. I've never been able to stick to one, but I like them in theory. Booting up Cities: Skylines again.Sat, 12 Oct 2024 10:42:47 +0000rardkpost1728744167https://rardk.com/posts/1728483643A Nintendo alarm clock is tempting to me, but I haven't used music for my alarm clock in a while. And when I did, it was the Mario Party 1 intro song, which they likely won't provide here. Undecided.Wed, 09 Oct 2024 10:20:43 +0000rardkpost1728483643https://rardk.com/posts/1728436858For one of my personal projects, I've been monitoring whatever errors it logs and gradually just fixing every issue that pops up. This is very satisfying!Tue, 08 Oct 2024 21:20:58 +0000rardkpost1728436858https://rardk.com/posts/1728068265Preordered both Dragon Ball Sparking Zero and Super Mario Party Jamboree today. Pricey day, but stoked to play these games!Fri, 04 Oct 2024 14:57:45 +0000rardkpost1728068265https://rardk.com/posts/1727661300Finally got started properly on The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom today. The new mechanics feel like a very natural mesh of the increased freedom of having multiple ways to solve a problem with the linear nature of 2D Zelda games. It's a good mix.Sun, 29 Sep 2024 21:55:00 +0000rardkpost1727661300https://rardk.com/posts/1727644811As I watch through Batman The Animated Series, one of the least believable things is how often Batman gets knocked unconscious and tied up, but nobody tried to take his mask off. Doubt!Sun, 29 Sep 2024 17:20:11 +0000rardkpost1727644811https://rardk.com/posts/1727268943I need comics to include page numbers so I can update my progress on Goodreads 😓Wed, 25 Sep 2024 08:55:43 +0000rardkpost1727268943https://rardk.com/posts/1727268120We made a castle in Minecraft, it's cool.Wed, 25 Sep 2024 08:42:00 +0000rardkpost1727268120https://rardk.com/posts/1726362783Nintendo Switch Online is a good time.Sat, 14 Sep 2024 21:13:03 +0000rardkpost1726362783https://rardk.com/posts/1725755689Refactored some code these past few nights and it feels good. Consolidated components so I only have to make a change in 1 spot instead of 3.Sat, 07 Sep 2024 20:34:49 +0000rardkpost1725755689https://rardk.com/posts/1725567473I wish Windows never added a notification section. I never use it, it's just a thing I have to clear.Thu, 05 Sep 2024 16:17:53 +0000rardkpost1725567473https://rardk.com/posts/1725483163I'm in a bit of a music-listening lull lately. But when I am listening, it's exclusively to more chill, background stuff. Video game music works well here, if it's the right style anyway!Wed, 04 Sep 2024 16:52:43 +0000rardkpost1725483163https://rardk.com/posts/1725415194I'm a big advocate for dropping games when you're not enjoying them. Don't close the door on ever returning necessarily, but don't waste your time. However, sometimes I'm conflicted when a game has annoying factors but I otherwise like it.Tue, 03 Sep 2024 21:59:54 +0000rardkpost1725415194https://rardk.com/posts/1725308023Balancing between using a day off effectively and just absolutely wasting time is a challenge. I think I've done both today.Mon, 02 Sep 2024 16:13:43 +0000rardkpost1725308023https://rardk.com/posts/1725167320I'd like some PlayStation 1 game recommendations. It's a console I never had growing up, and it's becoming very clear to me that it has a massive library and I've played basically none of it.Sun, 01 Sep 2024 01:08:40 +0000rardkpost1725167320https://rardk.com/posts/1724520651All Steam games should have this.Sat, 24 Aug 2024 13:30:51 +0000rardkpost1724520651https://rardk.com/posts/1724111235You know, since I've been posting using my website, I think twice about whatever I might post because I know it'll persist on my website. But that's just as permanent as anything on social media is, less so even. It's just not buried on my site. Something to think about.Mon, 19 Aug 2024 19:47:15 +0000rardkpost1724111235https://rardk.com/posts/1723990519The sound design in Paper Mario The Origami King is excellent. The footsteps, the hammer thud, the little paper sounds as you collect them, etc. Love those little details.Sun, 18 Aug 2024 10:15:19 +0000rardkpost1723990519https://rardk.com/posts/1723659516Bought this board game, Captain Flip, after playing it a few times on BoardGameArena. It's a good, quick game. Also pirate-themed, which I dig.Wed, 14 Aug 2024 14:18:36 +0000rardkpost1723659516https://rardk.com/posts/1723644491The writers for Paper Mario games must have so much fun.Wed, 14 Aug 2024 10:08:11 +0000rardkpost1723644491https://rardk.com/posts/1723324437So close to a perfect game... #NintendoSwitch #NintendoSwitchSportsSat, 10 Aug 2024 17:13:57 +0000rardkpost1723324437https://rardk.com/posts/1723043525I've gone back to Paper Mario The Origami King and I'm really enjoying it right off the bat. I picked up where I left off, and alongside enjoying the writing and humour, I'm also recognizing the cleverness of the battle system properly this time.Wed, 07 Aug 2024 11:12:05 +0000rardkpost1723043525https://rardk.com/posts/1722818657After saying I wouldn't make my own CMS and then proceeding to, in fact, make my own CMS, I followed up a similar claim that I'd not make my own RSS feed posting service by, in fact, making my own RSS feed posting service.Sun, 04 Aug 2024 20:44:17 +0000rardkpost1722818657https://rardk.com/posts/1722536946I have to click "Restart Extensions" in Visual Studio Code every single day for some extensions, they get so many updates.Thu, 01 Aug 2024 14:29:06 +0000rardkpost1722536946https://rardk.com/posts/1722318534Side projects suck me in so easily and then I basically have to fixate on it until they're done. I want to play video games and read books too, brain! 🧠Tue, 30 Jul 2024 01:48:54 +0000rardkpost1722318534https://rardk.com/posts/1722004576I've been finally playing Arkham Asylum and the game is really good. I know I'm super late to the party on it but, yeah. Everything about it feels fantastic to play, and it doesn't really feel dated at all.Fri, 26 Jul 2024 10:36:16 +0000rardkpost1722004576https://rardk.com/posts/1721793005After many repeated attempts to circumvent building my own basic CMS to get one to do exactly what I want, I think I'm going to be building my own basic CMS to get one to do exactly what I want.Tue, 23 Jul 2024 23:50:05 +0000rardkpost1721793005https://rardk.com/posts/1721504471Being able to sit and play a game on the couch and not fall asleep, what's that like?Sat, 20 Jul 2024 15:41:11 +0000rardkpost1721504471https://rardk.com/posts/1721484495I want to read books. I'm looking for recommendations for books of short stories, thinking that a good one of those might get me into more reading when they're bite-sized, then I can move up from there.Sat, 20 Jul 2024 10:08:15 +0000rardkpost1721484495https://rardk.com/posts/1720986303I've been playing Night in the Woods for the first time this weekend, love the vibes and writing here. Still early in it but really enjoying it.Sun, 14 Jul 2024 15:45:03 +0000rardkpost1720986303https://rardk.com/posts/1720883439Instagram's algorithm sure is something. Why do you show me reels you know I've already watched? Like why do you think that's a good thing to put in my feed? How many times do you need me to watch it?Sat, 13 Jul 2024 11:10:39 +0000rardkpost1720883439https://rardk.com/posts/1720850535I started Night in the Woods today. I'm also thinking of starting Arkham Asylum soon. And Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga. Also picking Paper Mario Origami King back up again...too many games!Sat, 13 Jul 2024 02:02:15 +0000rardkpost1720850535https://rardk.com/posts/1720714175Thinking of playing Octopath Traveller 2 sometime in the next little while.Thu, 11 Jul 2024 12:09:35 +0000rardkpost1720714175https://rardk.com/posts/1720478438Really enjoying where this season of My Adventures with Superman is going so far. Originally I thought this show would be a quirky different take, but it's actually giving me my animated Superman fix, which is great.Mon, 08 Jul 2024 18:40:38 +0000rardkpost1720478438https://rardk.com/posts/1720402948I've been playing It Takes Two and it's really fun, but also it's really cleverly-designed. It's hard to pull off such varying gameplay styles (and genres even) in one game and still make it good, but they pulled it off.Sun, 07 Jul 2024 21:42:28 +0000rardkpost1720402948https://rardk.com/posts/1720381884I'm trying something new. I've created a way to make new posts via my website that will propagate out to Mastodon and Bluesky. They can also be followed via RSS! Let's see how this goes.Sun, 07 Jul 2024 15:51:24 +0000rardkpost1720381884