2026-09-17 00:51:56
On this day last year, I announced "Acid Sucka" 1 in which I recreated the beat from Sucker MCs by Run DMC. At the time, I stated:
'This could be the start of something...'
I've never followed up on that.
I've thought about it from time to time, wondering what other classic hip hop // electro beats I could give an acid twist to. So far, I've only come up with a few:
Maybe this is a future project. 🤔
released a few days later ↩
2026-09-16 02:18:37
Today saw the completion of my neurodiversity workplace assessment,1 looking at how I can be better supported in the workplace and how I can personally work a bit smarter to cater for my traits.
We started it on the 2nd but the assessor had a migraine so had to split the assessment to do it justice.
A big theme was workplace anxiety and constantly feeling judged or under pressure even if that's not the case.
The organisation I work for changed to using Teams a while back so as to reduce the amount of crap in your email inbox. It doesn't solve a problem, just moves it; and with the nature of Teams, everyone expects an instant response.
I can't context switch at the best of times, but things are so much worse when I'm bombarded with messages expecting an immediate reply. I frequently mark myself as 'Busy' or 'Do not disturb', but these are often ignored.
We discussed 'single task working' using a variation of the pomodoro technique and a 'manual of me' that provides people with an overview of my needs at work or in conversation.
One of my biggest problems is the mental overhead from the constant push-pull of autism on one side and ADHD on the other.
I wrote before about my issues with PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) 2 on the autistic side, but on the ADHD side I often require external prioritisation (tell me what you want me to do) or I get stuck deciding what to do. These conflict so it's finding a way to reconcile that.
So many other things conflict in my brain. It's exhausting, but once the assessment report has been finalised and sent through, we should be able to start making some allowances.
2026-09-15 04:33:38
So, it looks pretty certain that I will be re-subbing to World of Warcraft; not for the retail game (that still bores me) but for WoW Forever — the reimagined version of Classic.
I've played Classic itself and got bored // frustrated, partly because of the gameplay but also because it's stuff I've done countless times before.
With new zones, new quests, new talent trees, and new graphics, I'm hoping that Forever can fulfill its promise of a fresh start.
Until the announcement over the weekend, I just wasn't planning // expecting to re-sub any time soon 1 but I'm excited again for this new approach.
That, after level 60, character progression is going to be horizontal is a refreshing change; you're not making numbers go up ad infinitum.
Yes, the game will grow and expand over time but, hopefully, in a much more considered way that I'm definitely looking forward to.
possibly for The Last Titan expansion or, maybe, whatever comes after ↩
2026-09-12 16:59:43
We went to the cinema last night to see Practical Magic 2. It was the first time I'd been in 8 years (since Solo: A Star Wars Story) but 27 years for my wife!
The first Practical Magic is one of our favourite films and is rewatched regularly. As with other favourites, various lines and phrases have become part of our daily lexicon.
There have been some pretty critical reviews of PM2, and a certain amount of disinformation spread, but we tried to ignore as much as possible before going in.
I won't give any spoilers, just suffice to say that it's a little darker than the first (which is great as it raises the stakes) but it perfectly brings the vibe and humour from the first movie.
It is perfect fan service whilst holding it's own as a self contained story. Yes, some of the plot points are obvious, but in a good way — just like Christmas films largely follow a pattern to give you that warm fuzzy glow.
Anyway, we absolutely loved it and, in future, will no doubt watch it just as often as the first. If not both together.
2026-09-11 21:41:02
Following on from the other day, I now have a /friends page.
While it could be used as a blogroll, I'm taking it a bit wider including YouTube profiles and more.
There's only a few names there for now but more will be added as I'm trying to be really thoughtful as to who I add.
2026-09-10 05:16:47
On Monday evening, I did a load of prep on the RD-9 so I could record a new track for 909 Day.
I already had an acid line I wanted to use so it would have been fairly easy to record it live in, at most, a couple of takes.
I say would...
Last night, I realised that everything I'd done on the RD-9 hadn't saved; it had obviously been switched to manual save mode accidentally.
I wasted time going through all the banks/songs in case I'd written the wrong one down.
Nope!
Next, I turned everything else on and there was a horrible noise coming from a couple of channels of the audio interface — well, from the ADAT expansion connected to it.
Power off. Disconnect. Reconnect. Power on. Shit!
I thought the unit was toast as the TD-3 sounded fine plugged directly into the interface itself.
Another disconnect, plug the RD-9 into the interface. Shit!
Power cycle everything. Disconnect and reconnect everything. Shit! Shit! SHIT!
I turned everything off and grabbed a screwdriver. The interface came out of the rack to be checked: nothing obvious, it wasn't hot and didn't have that "I'm fried inside" smell to it.
Leaving it out if the rack, I reconnected it...
No noise. Woohoo!
I don't know what was going on, but by this time I only had a out ten minutes left of the time I had available.
Change of plan!
The track was going to be the opener for the next EP. Fortunately, I already had the third track finished which employs the RD-9, so used that instead.
