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Salutations, all. I hope this log post finds its readers well. I've not really much to tell, I'm simply checking in, mostly. So, here's the brief laydown of what's been going on with me.

Work has been going well, as plentiful as it is. I've finished the software for my dissertation and now I need only write the final report. This will be a ghastly and grueling task no doubt, but I'll survive. I always do.

Gaming has been going well. I felt the Pokemon itch recently and I've picked up my old DS Lite to start playing Pokemon White again. It is so fun. Playing this game again for the first time in, what, 6 years? has been making me incredibly happy. So far my party consists of Gregson the Oshawott, Agnes the Lillipup, and Butter the Munna. I shall be sure to give updates on their status next post.

Now that I'm free from uni, I'm working on a new deck for MTG centred around Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis which aims to satisfy my primal urge to draw a ridiculous amount of cards. It'll be fun. I've been meaning to build something mono-blue for a while.

In particular, I'm really excited for Tarkir: Dragonstorm. I really like the wedge colour sets, being a massive fan of Sultai and quite liking all the others (except for stinky Mardu). I am verily intending to invest in the Sultai Arisen precon, and I shall use it to construct the fastest turbo-mill deck the world has ever seen. I've wanted to build a turbo-mill deck for a while now, and, after trying one in Golgari, I definitely want to try building one in Sultai. I think the new lore for the Sultai is awesome, too. I really like the look of Kotis, the Sultai Fangkeeper, so hopefully his cards are cool so I can build a deck around him.

Last, but definitely not least: my latest bake.

It's amazing what some double cream will do to improve chocolate icing!

That's about everything. This term of university has been very work filled and quite arduous. But, nonetheless, I press onwards for the sake of survival. See you next time.

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link 2025-03-16 00:29 posted on  16/03/2025  at  00:29

Hello all. Here's a brief blog update.

Today (or, well, now yesterday) was Pokemon Day. The Pokemon Presents livestream was very good. I am pleased that the leaks about Unova or Johto games were wrong. It was very nice to have something not predicted by leaks. A lovely surprise indeed.

Though I've not been playing it, I've been listening to a lot of the Splatoon 3: Side Order OST. Splatoon music always goes hard, but man, this is another level. And I'm a big fan of dedf1sh too. It's cool that the game properly commits to them being non-binary, cause that's not something that gets represented properly nearly enough.

Also, here's some blondies I made last weekend: Recipe is here.

Lastly, university is going pretty ok. I've just got to wade through the end of term turmoil induced by having two big programming courseworks to do now. Then, on the other side, all that awaits me is the further despair of revision. Such is university indeed... See you in the next blog post.

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link 2024-02-28 00:53 posted on  28/02/2024  at  00:53

Today has been a very good day for me, mostly on the merit of the fact that I finally managed to move all of my Pokémon off of my DS and onto my Switch. This is very important to me because I have a lot of fond memories of playing Pokémon when I was younger. I poured hours and hours into it, and being able to transfer that to the newer games is simply wonderful.

In case, by chance, anyone else reading this has a 3DS with custom firmware and is receiving error code 006-1608 when trying to use Pokémon Bank, here's how I solved the problem: Open FBI and check the tickets for your system's titles. Look for these tickets:
  • 0004000E000C9B00
  • 00040000000C9B00
  • 0004000D000C9B00
Delete any that are red (which in my case, was the third one), since these tickets are not being used by the system. You should only have two tickets left: one for Pokémon Bank, and one for its update data, and both of them should be green. This should fix the issue.
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Me and my babies having a picnic together:

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link 2023-07-15 18:19 posted on  15/07/2023  at  18:19
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