Now
Derek Sivers started this trend of Now pages, and I think it's a rather neat idea. I might structure this more in the future, but let's get some basics out there:
Reading
The Pascal Report by Niklaus Wirth.
RIP Prof. Wirth, it's time to get back into the language again, and starting with the original standards document seems like a good idea.
Across the Nightingale Floor by Gillian Rubinstein (writing as Lian Hearn).
A rather bog-standard fantasy novel, including the old Chosen One tropes, but it's set in fantasy Japan, not fantasy England.
Technofeudalism by Yanis Varoufakis, former finance minister of Greece.
It seems that once again we're past capitalism according to some theory. Let's see if his take is better than others.
Listening
German radio.
I'm trying to either stick to self-owned media (physical, ripped) this months, or constrain myself to German public TV and radio (for which I'm paying a license fee anyway). I've slipped from the hip contemporary radio stations to the "old people" ones (a lot of 80s).
Various Dungeon Synth records by Erang
I bought the whole discography on Bandcamp and I'm enjoying the genre more than I would've thought. It can be a bit simplistic and lo-fi, but it's a change from either Synthwave or synth pop. I like it more than what little I caught of Vaporwave.
Playing
Dragon Age 1
I got my old PS3 out of its box and maybe I'll finish the game this time. I'm playing it in this rather grainy version, as using my PC would just distract me too much.
The Dark Eye
The two tabletop RPG campaigns I'm running are both set in the "Dark Eye" setting, one with the official rules, one with a popular homebrew version. I've been out of the setting for almost 20 years, but was really into it in my teentage years. I'm way too fond of putting my own spin of things on it instead of running pre-made campaigns in the offical metaplot, and this far my players haven't objected.