AugustMetronome

joined 1 year ago
[–] AugustMetronome@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

For some reason I'm on Rogue Legacy 2, cause it's free with PS Plus Extra. Simple rogue lite, and right now life is kinds stressful so it's nice to pick up a game that I don't really need to think about. The mechanics are fun, and it's been a while since I've enjoyed a platformer like this. Also playing Humanity from PA Plus, and it's excellent. Almost done with it, and looking forward to trying out some of the user-made levels once I'm done with the story mode.

 

My husband and I got married earlier this year and figured we would plan a honeymoon later once wedding stress had passed. Now we've started planning and being in the Midwestern United States has us feeling frustrated about travel options that aren't planes, as we do not want to use them.

I discovered the Amtrak Rail Pass yesterday and was wondering if anyone had any experience (or knows of a blog, vlog, etc) where somebody talked about their experience using the pass to do a city-hopping sort of trip/honeymoon/vacation using Amtrak, or the pass specifically. Cursory research didn't show me anything, but I did see that the pass was on sale from $499 to $299 in January, so I am going to keep an eye out and see if they do that again. If so, it seems like a (relatively) cost-effective way to do a longer sort of trip, hitting 6 or so cities along the way.

Any perspectives welcome!

[–] AugustMetronome@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

That's legit and I would so play that.

[–] AugustMetronome@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago

Haven't played Stardew in months and now I'm like shit here we go again

[–] AugustMetronome@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

I'm really enjoying Ice Cubes for Mastodon. It really fits in with other iOS stuff well. And I'm using wefwef for lemmy too.

[–] AugustMetronome@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Same, Forbidden West had an absolutely banger soundtrack. Atmospheric and exciting, I put it on sometimes when I'm working to make the tasks feel more adventurous

[–] AugustMetronome@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Oh absolutely, you just gotta be careful who you direct those 4s toward

[–] AugustMetronome@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I confess to having an iPhone and other apple products, but they will Always have that "finish setting up" message forever because I will NEVER turn Siri on. Ever.

[–] AugustMetronome@slrpnk.net 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This barely qualifies as a hobby, but at some point I decided to learn how to count in binary on my fingers. It's handy if you need to hold a number in your head for a bit and can't write things down, or to count past 10 visually on your fingers for somebody. There are probably YouTube videos on it. I literally can't remember where I learned, but I practiced a lot when bored in church. It's relatively non-disruptive and practicing can eat a decent amount of time.

0 materials. Just takes time. Literally free.

[–] AugustMetronome@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

Battlestar Galactica and X-Files are comfort watches to have on in the background

[–] AugustMetronome@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

Very cool project! I'll admit my first thought was "not worth the trouble to fix" but I appreciate being challenged. The final product kept the knives out of a landfill and seem to be working great for you!

[–] AugustMetronome@slrpnk.net 32 points 1 year ago (4 children)

You gotta follow some people, and also hashtags. Following hashtags made a huge difference populating my feed. There's no algorithm so you get to/have to choose what you want to see.

I also use the ice cubes app for mastodon, which has a trending option also for when I want to see what's gaining traction outside of my follows.

[–] AugustMetronome@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Plague Tale was fantastic, OP would probably really like them based on other games on the list.

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