New review! 329 - Metroid: Fusion
This week we follow a weakened Samus Aran onto a corpse-riddled and desolate space station as she fights the deadly parasite, X
https://thealmightybacklog.wordpress.com/2025/04/02/metroid-fusion/
New post up. No jokes, just a round up of what I read and wrote last month.
https://axxuy.xyz/blog/posts/2025/marchreview/
#blogging #blogpost #blog #personalwebsite #indieweb
Well, I got my 2000+ words in this morning before 9 AM. (I just hope I didn't open myself up to too many trolls.) #writing #IAmWriting #blogging
Now I can do what I really NEED to get done today: packing my truck for 10 days working on the boat, mostly in dry dock. There is so much to do by month-end. #boating
“To be a blogger, you have to be okay with writing into the void. Some posts will resonate with people. Some posts will get comments. Most won’t.” And that’s ... okay. – Manton Reece on #blogging
wrote a post on how there is too much psychological noise and constant bombardment of happenings in this world, so I started practicing a way to ringfence myself in order to live a sustainable existence + some commentary on why a strong sense of self (and what we truly want for our lives) is important: https://winnielim.org/journal/ringfencing-my-self/
Asking for advice - I just gave another presentation yesterday where, as usual, I wanted to talk about far more than I had time for.
I'm thinking the solution to that would be a blog of some sort, where I could dump those ideas, hone them, maybe categorize them if I have the energy. It would be mostly text and pics, but the ability to post the odd video and allow for downloading of docs would be good.
No idea where to start. Ideally, I'd want a Canadian platform, and full ownership of my posts. No “we own everything you write” in the fine print.
I'm not interested in making money, but not opposed to paying a little to be on a good platform. But the posts have to be accessible to all.
I know* if I paid for hosting, I could take care of the rest. But it feels like overkill, with all the blogging platforms already out there. On the other hand, always nice to run things out of my own domain.
*”I know" = “I think, but I’ve really got no idea”
Any ideas/suggestions? I'm grateful.
Ein neuer Blogeintrag ist online:
"Ich will einfach nur noch weg."
https://swquadrat.de/2025/03/29/ich-will-einfach-nur-noch-weg/
Ich würde mich freuen, wenn ihr diesen Beitrag teilen, bzw. boosten würdet, Danke! 
I wrote a brief piece on how the Fediverse helped me discover new and unusual concepts that reignited my enthusiasm for writing through tech minimalism.
Kudos to @HailsandAles and @denis; without you, this could happen, but not this fast
Jetzt geht's wieder los - ständig denke ich an Olivier Messiaen. Wollt Ihr wissen, warum das so ist? Die Amseln sind bei uns im #Garten angekommen. Alles klar, oder? Und falls nicht, kommt hier die Auflösung.
https://www.blog.der-leiermann.com/olivier-messiaen-eine-amsel-fuer-den-floetisten/
"Micro.blog's European Server Option" https://markstoneman.com/2025/03/26/microblogs-european-server-option.html #blogging #bloghosting
(edit: Ich pinne das dann einfach mal nach oben, falls sich jemand fragen sollte, was denn mit mir los sei)
New review! 328 - Final Fantasy XII
A big one crossed off the almighty backlog this week - it's Square Enix's twisting large scale Ivalician political drama, and the part played by one grief-stricken and angry young man
https://thealmightybacklog.wordpress.com/2025/03/26/final-fantasy-xii/
I wrote about how social media habits make it hard to write a good opening and how a BBC4 radio program helped me overcome the urge to waffle.
Neither waffle nor a cold open: In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg is my model for topic introductions
https://rinsemiddlebliss.com/posts/2025-03-22-neither-waffle-nor-cold-open/
Je ne me sens pas “Baby Boomer”…
Petit coup de ras-le-bol. Oui, je suis un Baby Boomer digital. Et alors ?
If you blog on Substack, you're enabling nazis and enshittification. #Blogging
Week Notes, No. 12.25 | And So It Goes…
I just published a new blog post with this and some more #photos.
It is from a #hike we did last July - but seeing the lush green brings so many good memories! And it makes me want to go #hiking immediately!
Well, I hope you like it as well!
https://www.franzgraf.de/blog/2025/sometimes-the-beauty-isnt-at-the-summit/
recently i suddenly had the idea to document the art we have around our home – wrote some words along with the photos:
https://winnielim.org/journal/the-art-at-our-home/
Michael Porter 
