I’ve been continuing to plow through my tea collection, and I managed to polish off the last bit of red chai from Republic Of Tea, which if you haven’t tried it is a really nice blend of Rooibos and spices you would typically find in a chai. I still have quite a bit of cider leftover from the weekend, and decided to drink half red chai and half cider. Drinking equal parts cider and red chai is just instant autumn for me; the spices you would find in a chai are used throughout the season, and apples are also a must. I have half of my chai puerh leftover from work this morning… I might add cider to it tomorrow, assuming a little milk doesn’t seem more tempting to my weak morning stomach.
Out With The Old Electronics, In With The New
I had to say goodbye to my wireless Sennheiser headphones; I went to use them the other day, and no matter what I plugged the receiver base into it just would not produce a signal. They were old TV headphones that I picked up for my first Roku, and I’ve since repurposed them as headphones for listening to music on my Surface Pro Docking Station. The headphones themselves are about 6 years old, so it was actually a good run. Of course, this gave me an excuse to spend even more money (as if I need an excuse). I did my research over the weekend and finally settled on these. I don’t need them to be too fancy, but at the same time I appreciate good sound. I’m also considering a pair of bluetooth earbuds, but I might just pick those up locally. I’m also thinking about purchasing some form of bluetooth speaker/radio combo, but that will require some more research.
Autumn Oatmeal: Apples & Cinnamon
It’s been awhile since I’ve wanted to make any oatmeal, and with the weather getting cooler it only makes sense to make something warm to enjoy in the morning. If you want to make this yourself you can use:
- 1 scoop of oatmeal
- 1 and a half cups of Apple Juice or Cider
- 1/4 cup of pecans
- 1/2 cup of diced apples
- 1/2 tsp of fresh grated ginger
- 1 tbsp of brown sugar
- a handful of dried cranberries (optional)
- a dash of cinnamon
It makes about two bowls. Cooking the oatmeal in the apple juice really gives it an extra flavour boost!
Evening Open Thread: Living For The Weekend
This week has been going a lot smoother. I actually have a clear mind for what I need to take care of this weekend, what my weekend breakfast will be, my weekend game, etc. Last week it was Quinoa, bacon and eggs. It’s been getting cold enough that I’m thinking oatmeal this weekend; it’s quick and easy to make, which means I can focus on getting some other shit done! Then after taking care of the important shit I’ll reward myself with something violent, or at the very least some spook stuffs.
Open Thread!
Reason 498603986 For Not Installing Windows 11
If you haven’t been paying attention; Windows 11 has been recently added as an optional upgrade to Windows 10 users clinically insane enough to upgrade to an open beta… especially if they have an AMD CPU.
Microsoft’s chief product officer Panos Panay once said “If you’re a gamer, Windows 11 was made for you.” Unfortunately, a couple of days after launching, it’s turning out to be something of an unwanted gift. Besides being blamed for Far Cry 6 crashes and deterring an entire cloud gaming service, Windows 11 is now causing performance drops on AMD chips as well. That’s according to AMD themselves, who announced in a support post that updating to Windows 11 could cause a 3-5% performance drop in some applications as well as a 10-15% drop in “games commonly used for esports.”
There are currently two problems; L3 Cache Latency, and Microsoft forgetting how to utilize AMD’s core scheduling technology. There was a similar issue that took place years ago under Windows 7 with AMD’s “Bulldozer” processors, but in this case it’s entirely an issue with Windows 11 not working properly. The L3 Caching issue is kind of interesting; what is so different between 10 and 11 to cause such a performance loss?
Either way I spent most of my time under Linux these days… so. 😛
Let Me Pop Down To The Tea Cellar
I’ve been finding that I need more caffeine to get my ass motivated in on workdays. I’ve been sticking with black tea, mostly pu’erh in different incarnations. For the hell of it I calculated how much tea I consume in a week, and I have a consistent 5 litres a week for work alone. That’s not taking into account the afternoon/evening tea, which will be anywhere between a cup or another litre. I really do enjoy my tea, and since I’ve returned from vacation I’ve really been hitting the tea reserves hard! I used the last of my Cranberry Blood Orange black tea, and had to use some pu’erh to make up the difference. Last night I also drank the last of my apricot and watermelon collections. I’m still nowhere near low on tea either! I want to drink as much as I can before the holidays, or before I order more tea again. So many tea gifts and sales go by and things just add up after awhile.
Purging just gives me an excuse to buy more anyway. 😛
Audible Hurdles
Spent a bit of the evening editing some recently recorded audio, and piecing it into SFM to prep for the next session. The hardest part is always listening to my own voice; contrary to what most people might think I don’t particularly care for how it sounds, but I try not to let audible disfigurement get in the way. 😛 It might even annoy the right person!
New Videos Around The Corner
This will be the month that I’ll finally be releasing some content again! A couple Saturday’s from now I will start releasing videos again, a few at least. I’m already working on a small thing for the end of a video for December… of this year and possibly next. In fact there are a couple of projects that I’m looking at right now that probably won’t be seen or heard from until around this time next year, if successful anyway.
Amnesia Sunday
In continuing my spooktacular themed mood I decided to give Amnesia: The Dark Descent another chance. My last play attempt was back in 2015, and it was plagued with control issues. Needless to say I didn’t have that issue this time around, and so far everything has been running perfectly! I just found my way into the wine cellar and I’m trying not to go too insane. I think I’m getting close to the part where the creepy creeps will try to chase me.
Perhaps next week, if I don’t decide to play something else. 😛
Spooktober Gaming!
It’s October! It’s my weekend! It’s time to play some spooky shit, well… at least by Portal 2 standards. I was thinking to myself that I haven’t really played any Portal 2 in awhile, and kinda wondered if there was a good selection of Halloween mods I could download. Surprisingly I found quite a few different maps varying from challenging to interactive shitpost tours.
I’ve only played a few out of the handful that I downloaded from the workshop; they had more than enough content to keep me busy this evening, and plenty more when I can be arsed to return to it. It’s nice to have the holiday option!