I just pledged 210$ for a cooperative board game that I might never play: It’s the board game version of Slay The Spire, maybe the only game I put as much hours into as Diablo 2 back in the day, which tells a lot. (Stellaris is a distant third, which also tells a lot).

SideProject

I was just out with the dog 🐶 in the dark, grayish, cold and freezing-melting-freezing weather we have here. And even though it is dark and unfriendly outside, it didn’t change my mood at all. I was just thinking about my side project, the various research avenues I want to explore in my note taking and so on. Then I noticed: What a privilege to have things to look forward to doing.

Looking at math proofs for the first time in a very long time. I wish that math would have not been such a traumatizing subject in my university time.

Previously

After using my new M1 Mac Book Air and my new 11" iPad Pro for some months now, I'm able to judge a little better how I use these machines:

First things first: The Air is the main machine. Wether it is note taking or coding, gaming or just watching youtube: I really like to use my Mac more than I like my iPad. The iPad is strictly better for cooking and is used frequently for that, but I have not used the machine to its full potential. I have noticed that I'm a very stationary person and like my current desk setup (private laptop on the left, KVM-enabled Display in the middle, work laptop on the right, Ergodox EZ as my keyboard and Logitech MX Master 3 as my mouse), which doesn't include a real place for an iPad. I rarely work on the kitchen table - the only other spot really usable for writing/sitting down to do computer things in my home. Even when I'm traveling it's the laptop not the tablet that gets used.

That being said I'm happy about owning an iPad Pro, too. I use it frequently enough to make it worth the purchase, even if I'm a light user of it. Next time around I probably would get a cheaper, more basic model. The Air is just plainly a great computer and I can't even conceive a justification for wanting more out of a private computer (which gets used for 1 to 8 hours a day, depending on if it's the weekend or free time after work).

I had a fantastic day at work today. I guess I love programming? Found a way better solution to a problem I had hit my head against for a couple of weeks. The new solution (which I found while enjoying sitting in the sauna) requires less code, is also conceptually easier to understand and can be reused and adapted in the future if needed.