These review posts have proven useful when looking up stuff, so I'll continue this tradition.
(2023/2022/2021/2020/2019/2018/2017/2016/2015/2014/2013)
Non-Board Games I've played/bought
- World of Warcraft - The War Within
- EVE Online
- Diablo IV
- Final Fantasy XIV - Dawntrail
Movies I've (re-)watched
- Rebel Moon - didn't particularly like it
- Elemental - good
- Heart of Stone - a bit silly, but kinda fun
- The School For Good And Evil - not terrible
- Inside Out 2 - good, but worse than the first
TV Series I've (re-)watched
- Secret Level
- The Rookie - Season 6
Podcasts and other media
Again, mostly YouTube.
- Nomad Sweden (Motorcycle Tours)
- Cade Media (Bike Stuff)
- Amalias Moments (German, MTB)
- Miranda Goes Outside!! (Hiking)
- Probably Riding (Cycling in Korea, mostly)
CDs I bought
- KMFDM - Hyena
- HANS LAZER ALIEN SLAM - ACTION METAL
Other stuff I bought
- a new bike: KTM X-Strada LFC 2022 in June, 1560 EUR incl pedals
- a smart/fitness watch: Suunto 5 Peak in April, 190 EUR
- a gamepad - EasySMX PS3 GamePad (USB) in March, 15 EUR
- a new mouse: Roccat Kone Aimo Remastered in April, 42 EUR
- a new mousepad. Worth mentioning because my old one had Doom3 on it (2004), 10 EUR
- a tiny wireless mouse for my office backpack in October - Logitech M185, 10 EUR
- two small USB-C docks, one for my home desk and one for travel: 12 + 20 EUR
- M.2 USB-C enclosure + 1 TB M.2 WDBlack SN770 because it was cheaper than an external disk, 70 EUR
- an AeroPress with a metal filter in November: 31+17 EUR
- several bike bags and accessories, separate post to follow
- not technically mine, but we got a new car after 12 years
Social networks
- Fediverse - this is my main platform now
- Facebook - logged in like three times
Messaging
- IRC - mostly every day
- Matrix - several times per week
- Email - no change, but it's definitely getting less used
- Slack - old work, new work and 2 other communities
- Discord - yes
- Signal - yes
- WhatsApp - yes
Trips
- summer vacation in Hungary in July
- a stop in Bratislava on the way back
- three day cycling trip, continuing the route
(Online) Services
- Subscribed to Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime
- some MMO subscriptions
- VPS: Mostly Hetzner Cloud, 1x Strato, 1x Netcup
- fraenk for mobile
Started consolidating a few things with hosting.
Programming languages, sorted by usage
- Java - work (no more as of winter 2024/2025)
- Kotlin - work (current daily driver)
- TypeScript - work, at least it's better than JS
- Clojure - some personal projects
Spent quite a bit of time on personal projects this year, and I'm also back for Advent of Code.
Stuff that kinda worked out
- cycle more
- summer vacation was great
Stuff I planned to do this year but didn't
- visiting a bike park
- pen & paper stopped again for the second half of the year
- concerts (except free & easy)
Stuff that would be nice next year
- keep on cycling a lot, but do more mountain biking
- monthly board game night is at least planned already