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First day back at work after taking some time for the holidays. Saw that [Ghostty](https://ghostty.org/) terminal was released so downloaded and have it a try. Seems pretty good out of the box but I’m not sure it’s giving me a compelling reason to switch from my current terminal kitty
The more I publish the better I’m getting at understanding how formatting works across different distribution channels. Micro.blog handles it all well but different Bluesky and Mastodon clients handle titles and images differently. Seems like if I want things to display well downstream the best way to handle it is to not set a title and just include a markdown title in the body.
## RSS Newsletters and Reading-It-Later For reading and following content online I’ve been a big user of RSS for about 15 years and have refined a solid OPML file that has carried over from app to app. This is one of the great things about a simple and well supported open standard. I can pick up and move whenever I want. Or whenever an application I’m using no longer fits my needs (or shuts down).
## Favorite Games of 2024 Managed to save up enough credit card rewards to cover the purchase of a SteamDeck OLED in April of 2024. It completely changed my ability to play games. Rather than being tied to one spot in the house, I could play anywhere. The other great thing is the ability to just pause the game and turn the screen off and I can quickly pick it up and put it down.
RSS Newsletters and Reading-It-Later: https://digitallyadrift.com/2025/01/05/rss-newsletters-and-readingitlater.html
Got my Mastodon and Bluesky accounts set up for cross-posting last night and it looks like everything is working.
Micro.blog made it pretty straightforward to configure. I’ve never been really active on social media and have mostly just used it to consume and discover content. It will be a new experience to be generating content rather than just consuming.
Need Brighton to step it up in the second half here to keep Arsenal behind Liverpool.
Ran across a recommendation for Hardcover for book tracking. So I’ve signed up for an account. I’ll give it a try alongside Storygraph. We’ll see how it goes after a few books.
Initial impressions are that the feature set seems largely the same between the two of them. The main difference I’ve seen so far is just the UI.
Currently reading: Red Rising by Pierce Brown 📚
Starting the new year with a reread. I read the first 3 in his series and want to refresh the story before going on to finish the series.
I was able to get through quite a few books last year (by my standards). Below is a list of all the books I was able to finish in the order they were read.
I tried to focus on including non-fiction books for the second year in a row and was able to do much better this year. Up to 50/50 fiction/non-fiction. Looking forward to continuing this trend in 2025. I have thought about picking a theme for the non-fiction books but not sure I would be able to stay interested if the focus is too narrow.