You know what rules? Hot chocolate. And with a recent cold snap, that’s exactly what has been keeping warmth in my beslippered toes when I shuffle through to work at 8:00am on the weekdays. My freelance game optimization work has been chugging along nicely, and I’m currently working with a really lovely client based in mainland Europe - so I’ve been keeping an earlier schedule than I usually do this time of year. It’s been nice seeing the frost on the grass outside, as I warm up my brain and body for the day. But, as I’m prone to do, I’ve been planning for the year ahead. Here are my schemes laid bare for all to see:
It’s my birthday again! That means it’s time for my now-yearly tradition of writing a big celebratory blog post about what I’ve been up to over the year! Also, I’m 32 this year - which is, at this point in my life, a lovely and comforting round number. Being a power of two, I’ve become incredibly familiar with it with my years of game development and general computery nonsense. It’s like seeing an old friend! And with that, read on for the year in review!
The reactions feature I wrote for my site a few days back was broken on mobile (and as it turns out, desktop too) due to a bug I accidentally introduced! Whoops! Should be fixed now, though, hehe!
As I mentioned in a previous post, I finally bought myself a full-featured film camera; an Olympus OM-10! And I’ve absolutely been loving using it; the weight and heft of a camera of this age feels incredible, and everything about the mechanisms feels great. The lens I got with it is the much-loved Zuiko 50mm f1.8, and it has been an absolute pleasure to use. Here are some of my favourite shots from this camera, freshly back from the lab! Shot on Kodak UltraMax 400 and Kodak Portra 160, check ‘em out!
