2025 Things Roundup

I am an avid things consumer and also things write down-er so it is actually relatively easy to see what things I saw or did in a year (unless it is a show on the television because I haven't got an app I like for that yet).

Enjoying Video Games

This post was originally gonna be about tilting in video games but I thought it might be cooler to instead write about what I enjoy in video games as that is probably a healthier thing to focus on. This article will feature incredibly lukewarm to cold takes. I play a

Southampton Trike Aardvarks

Some of the t-shirts my dad wears are ones that he had at University 1 million years ago. They are pretty faded and worn but the designs are pretty funny and you can make out what they say. Off the top of my head there are three in circulation: Southampton

Photos that make you go "hmm... yes this is cool"

I've always been on the cusp of interested in photography and there are probably several reasons for this. One is that my mum is a big photobook maker and printed photo hoarder and my dad is the same but digitally and both lack any real organisation at all

My most listened to Spotify Tracks (Kind of)

I listen to a lot of music most of the time and the variance in songs that have been my favourite over the years is wide so I thought I would note down some of the tops from my https://stats.fm tracking as well as the memories I associate

New Counter Strike Montage

Featuring slightly better video editing than previous entries in the franchise

Barold's Preferred Japanese Media Tour 2024

Tour of real life locations from some of my favourite media set in Japan, like Yakuza and Tatami Galaxy

How to set up your portfolio website with exactly my setup

Maxim has been pestering me to write blog content and so I thought writing this would be tactical in case I ever have to nuke my setup again.

A Review of the 2023 Concrete Awards Shortlist

With all the hype recently ridiculing the poor concrete-based infrastructure of the United Kingdom, it is a brilliant time to review the Concrete Society Awards 2023 shortlist.