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This page contains archived snapshots of my /now page.
2025-06-04
Studying
I have become enthusiastically lost in the labyrinth that is Racket, Scheme, and the broader Lisp family of languages. This has grown into an interest in revisiting my roots in computer science, refreshing topics I've forgotten, and exploring side paths I never had a chance to before.
Books I'm perusing:
Building
secret tabletop project
Using the languages I'm studying, I'm building tools to support play in my favorite tabletop roleplaying systems.
secret video game project
Something's in the works, on a very slow burn.
homelab
I'm setting up a homelab server to move as much as possible to machines and software I own and control.
Reading
Lots, see my detailed reading list.
Playing
Tabletop Games
I'm currently focused on running games in the Ultraviolet Grasslands and the broader Synthetic Dream Machine ecosystem, with occasional forays into Mothership and Mörk Borg.
Video Games
- Playing through Divinity: Original Sin 2 in full, finally
- On the R.E.P.O. bandwagon
- A bunch of House Flipper 2
- Working through my backlog, slowly
Listening
Podcasts
Here's what I'm keeping up with, alphabetically:
- Bastionland
- Behind the Bastards
- Belle of the Ranch
- Better Offline
- Big Red Celt
- Common Sense
- Hardcore History
- In the Shadows of Utopia
- It Could Happen Here
- Lions Led By Donkeys
- Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000
- Obscuristan
- Play, Watch, Listen
- Rebuttal
- The Red Line
- This Is Probably A Really Weird Question…
- Well There's Your Problem
Music
In my younger days I listened to music nearly nonstop, waking and sleeping. I'm not sure exactly why, but my particular neurospicy melange is finding it hard to fit music into my life these days, while also doing the other things I love. Recently, in setting up a new computer, I dusted off my old library. Maybe I'll find space again with it more accessible?
Watching
- Battlestar Galactica
- For All Mankind
- Murderbot
Working
I have a day job as a lead data engineer in the pharmaceutical industry.