Long time no post, I know. Balance between personal and professional life is always a time juggle and with the kids on vacation (while I'm not), it gets harder to dedicate some time to write. I'll just drop a few rants here, some will be developed in individual posts later down the road. New Laptop, Who Dis? After a long stretch sizing up the laptop market, I finally pulled the trigger on a new machine.

I’ve shared my fanboyism for Japanese stationery before (among other things). When it comes to design, form, and function, Japanese stationery is light-years ahead of the rest of the world. One of …

Using notebooks and journals isn’t new to me. But having a thing for fountain pens? That came later. For years, I scribbled in Moleskines and other notebooks with whatever pen I had on hand. Eventually, I gravitated toward gel pens — always loved the smoothness. But somewhere along the way, I fell into fountain pens. And I haven’t looked back.

Akira was a revelation for me the first time I watched it.A high school friend got me a bootleg VHS copy of the anime, and it became my gateway into the world of anime and manga. This was back in 1995, around the same time Dragon Ball premiered on SIC and also the year I got Internet at home. What a decade that was!

I know it's weird that the first post here about the Nintendo Switch 2 is already one week later after the console's launch, but again, bare with me. This is going to be mainly rants. It's not a review, it's my opinion as a long life Nintendo fan. I've been with Nintendo since the beginning. My fist console was a Game Boy.

Yeah, I know, I know... a whole week and more with no posting. Just haven't been in the mood for it. It's unusually hot here in Portugal for this time of the year and there's not much happening of interesting in my life that I find worth of sharing. Nevertheless, here's some highlights: I was in my teens when I received a few…

Note: I should have included this in my latest random stuff post, but I completely forgot... If there’s one thing that still hits me right in the nostalgia, it’s a solid Capcom fighting game from the golden era of Arcade gaming. And now, with Capcom Fighting Collection 2, Capcom did it again. After the first collection gave us a beautifully preserved slice of arcade history, this second volume feels like a deep cut mixtape curated by someone who really gets it.

Thinking of starting a Sunday ritual here — a weekly post with random things that caught my eye and felt worth sharing. Not sure if it’ll stick, but let’s give it a shot. The Conan O'Brien Mark Twain Award special on Netflix. Hands down one of the best comedy specials I’ve seen in a long time. The roasts from his friends are brutally funny, and there's a sharp political undertone that never lets you forget the current state of the US.

This could easily be the name of a blog. Maybe it already is. But that’s beside the point. I’ve been trying to slow down for a long time — to break away from the chaos of daily life. To do that, I’ve forced myself to journal. It helps me clear my mind, organize my life, align my thoughts, and — most importantly — nurture a creativity that’s been running on empty.

Just caught this on my radar today — and I’m genuinely excited. I’ve been eyeing a few Eversolo DACs and players for a while now, especially since I revamped my music setup (more on that in a futur…

Here we are again — almost a full decade later — with part four of my home server saga! And yes, unbelievably, it’s still the same server from all...

Ten years ago, I couldn’t stand either. Jazz sounded like a dissonant chaos. Whisky burned on the way down. Both felt like they belonged to someone...

It has been almost 10 years since I stopped blogging. With the focus changing from blogging to social media, I lost the attention span, the time and motivation...

You’ll be able to customize the Xbox UI to hide system apps, choose the number of games listed, and the size of tiles.