Over the last little while, I’ve been tinkering away at a simple app as part of my recovery process. You see, before dealing with burnout and depression, I used to do calorie tracking to make sure my weight remained somewhat stable.
Unfortunately, the App Store is rife with calorie tracking apps that require yearly payments, and the exact features that I was looking for were not really available in a simple app. Instead, I had the option to pay for apps that deliver lots of useful functionality that I don’t personally need.
So, I decided I wanted to build my own to avoid these bloated, subscription apps. The app I came up with is Calodin.
Read blog postI haven’t played that many games last year, so I’ve only selected 2 top games that I played over the last 12 months. One reason I haven’t played many is simple: the few games I did end up playing were all very lengthy.
Of course, due to a severe case of burn-out, I was unable to play games for more than ten minutes for the last couple of months. I tried, but I mostly failed. Fortunately, the situation has improved a little, though only over the last few weeks.
Read blog postSo, I’ve been reading a bunch this year, and I want to talk about that for a bit. In this post I’ve listed all of the books I’ve read this year, and, more importantly, which ones were my favorites.
Most of my reading this year was on a Kobo Libra Colour. I wrote a few posts related to my Kobo experience, for example my post about Carta and Kaleido screens, and patching fonts for Kobo devices.
I’m also working on a comprehensive review of the Libra Colour, which I intend on publishing early next year.
Read blog postI have not been spending much time on the computer, lately. This is mostly due to the rest required that is part of dealing with my burn-out. I’ve been working on getting the basics under control. I’ve also been reading a bunch: it’s one of the few activities I can spend more time on without mental exhaustion kicking in quickly.1
For reading fantasy books I settled on reading those with EB Garamond, but I wasn’t entirely happy with that font. Nonetheless, it was good enough. After scouring the net, I stumbled upon EB Garamond Absinthe. Notably, it contains larger glyphs and better line spacing, which are both welcome changes.
I started using this version, but I noticed some ligatures weren’t rendering nicely on my Kobo. So, what’s a man to do? Tweak the font myself, of course.2
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