Testing the Obsidian Plugin - What's up with James?
It's finally here, the plugin to enable me to post directly from Obsidian, which is now where I do most of my blog writing. As well as a lot of my research...
For the first time I've actually asked for a game on Steam to be refunded as unlike the previous game there wasn't native gamepad support and even using community layouts just couldn't get it to feel good. Refund process was as easy as people say.
Yesterday I updated the style for my microblog based upon one of the new themes made available. Initially I reverted the font back, but I ended up liking the new font so much I changed my other #blog and home page to roughly match.
https://blog.jsweeting.me/bank-holiday-weekend
Bank Holiday Weekend - What's up with James?
Finally, the Bank Holiday Weekend! I know that the Easter break wasn't that long ago, but I very much did not have a break then. Haven't had a proper break...
My latest post for my research blog addresses an alternative term to use for describing certain videogame remakes. I'm pretty excited about what this can mean for future analysis.
https://relativenostalgia.com/posts/a-better-name-for-a-specific-type-of-videogame-remake
#nostalgia #videogames #remakes #blog
A better name for a specific type of videogame remake - Relative Nostalgia
I recently delivered my annual lecture on nostalgia and hauntology to my Masters students. As planned part of the discussion moved on to discussing videogame remasters and remakes, along with a bit on how the "ship of Theseus" fits in. Part of this also extended into what we actually mean by a remaster as opposed to a remake, and then onto how not all remakes take the same approach. During discussions about the Final Fantasy VII Remake, given how much that game ultimately detracts from the original, calling it a 'remake' seemed an inaccurate word to use to describe it...
RE: https://fosstodon.org/@zotero/115940237935452399
Just gone back to Zotero after the best part of a decade. The process of importing my references couldn't have been easier!
I've been using Obsidian even more of late and now I'm finally financially contributing to it.
https://blog.jsweeting.me/obsidian-and-upgrading-to-sync
Obsidian and Upgrading to Sync - What's up with James?
For just over a year I've been using Obsidian. I used to use Notion for some of my personal/research note taking, but increasingly found it clunky...
Also there is a good plugin I used on my main device that then creates a backup that goes into my cloud storage. Obsidian rightly says not to think of the Sync as a backup.
Been tempted to get Obsidian Sync for a while to make it easier to use across different OS'. Realised that I could get educational discount so finally paid up. Seems to work well so far.
God save the Mullvad ads. This one got banned too, by The City of London.
Every now and then I do like to play around with web code. This time I've just tidied up behind the scenes for my website. I've now got a separate CSS file instead of duplicating the style code on every html page.
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