I finally snagged Diablo II on Steam last month when it was reduced, and it's genuinely perfect for the Steam Deck. I can play for a bit, suspend it, and when I restart, everything comes back flawlessly. It's a great find for any ARPG enthusiast.
Watching The Boroughs on Netflix. About half way through and thoroughly enjoying it so far.
Tonight, I cancelled my Dreamhost unlimited shared hosting account. I've had it since 2007, but I've barely used it myself for the last 14 years. I've mostly let a few friends use it for free to host their websites. The last website was removed from it today, so it's time to say goodbye. Thanks Dreamhost, you've been awesome!
Becky got a new M4 MacBook Air for Christmas. I spent this evening clearing out her old abandoned 12-inch Retina MacBook (2016). It still works beautifully, so I’ve backed it up and loaded it with Fedora 44, it’s now good to go.
I tinkered with OpenCode last night and it wasn't great. But today, running it inside Zed's terminal panel really improved the whole experience. It makes much more sense when used in combination with a real code editor. I haven't tested it on live projects yet, but I'm reasonably confident in it, given the right connection and model.
Experimenting with Ollama, OpenCode and Gemma 4. I'm not sure I understand the appeal of these tools and much prefer to use an editor like VS Code or Zed. I guess these types of tools are okay if you're purely vibe coding and not bothered about seeing the code that is being generated. Nevertheless, getting them working together was a fun exercise.
Having a go with Ollama and gemma4's vision features. It's been spot on with everything I've tested so far.
This morning, we've covered a wide range of topics, including dinosaurs, vehicles, animal life, trains, aviation, and classic recreational activities such as hide and seek. Grumpa is now knackered.
Spent more time with Zed editor this morning writing some system admin shell scripts with Ollama and gemma4:31b-cloud. Thoroughly impressed with the performance, speed and accuracy. The scripts were quite basic revolving around Git and Composer, but nevertheless it was impressive to watch.
Playing around with Zed editor, VS Code is still my default, but I'm noticing some real advantages. It's impressively quick and Zed Agent works really well with Ollama and open models, which makes it a handy tool for specific projects.
Upgraded my ThinkPad T14s from Fedora 43 to 44. Everything just works. Nothing to report.
Reading about the Windows 11 K2 initiative and really hoping Microsoft pull it off and improve their OS.
A YOLO flat white ☕
Reading the Fedora 44 release notes and suffering some mild FOMO. I may have to put down the MBP for a bit and crack open my ThinkPad.
Spring cleaning, which made Mr Potato Head happy as we found all his arms and ears under various bits of furniture.
Not a fan of Elon, but I've just test driven a Tesla model Y. It was super easy to drive and I really liked it.
Breakfast at Spoons. Egg and sausage muffin + endless coffee for £3.29. There are not many things in this world that offer the same incredible value for money.
I'm not attending OggCamp this weekend, which makes me feel a little sad. It's a great event with fabulous people and super interesting talks.
Watched 2:22 A Ghost Story at the Theatre Royal Nottingham. Really enjoyed it and the music was proper good.
Feeding the quack quacks with Mummy and Nanna.
