Was planning on doing a delivery a day to two deliveries a day in American Trucking Simulator to complete the Cupid’s Express event. Was unable to play for a couple of days, so now I have some catching up to do.
Was planning on doing a delivery a day to two deliveries a day in American Trucking Simulator to complete the Cupid’s Express event. Was unable to play for a couple of days, so now I have some catching up to do.
American Trucking Simulator is running a new community event: Cupid’s Express. I decided to get in on the fun and made my first delivery. Need to complete 13 more to finish the event.
I recently reinstalled Windows on my PC, and I have been trying something new with software. Instead of going to a website and downloading, I am using the Windows Store in Windows 11 to see how much I can install that way. I’m actually surprised at how many of the programs I use are in the store now
I am loving the new Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man show on Disney+
I just realized I have never read a Stephen King book. I think I want to change that this year. Now I just have to figure out which one to read.
I just saw these pics showing the progress of Circuit Breaker at Cotaland and wanted to share. They were posted on X by ThrillNerds. I was actually unaware of this coaster for the longest time. When Cedar Point announced their tilt coaster and that it was the longest, tallest, and fastest tilt coaster, I always wondered why they didn’t say first in the US as well. This is why. There was another one being built.
I think it is awesome we are getting two new tilt coasters in the US the same year. One in Texas and the other in Ohio. It will be awesome to see Circuit Breaker and Siren’s Curse in action later this year.
Cedar Point has installed the tilt track on Siren’s Curse!
Image Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/rollercoasters/comments/1ihl520/cedar_point_sirens_curse_tilt_track_has_been/
Oh yeah! Fantastic Four trailer dropped! I love the old school vibe and look of the movie. I think this one will be good.
I love these videos from bioreconstruct. This one showing the ongoing testing being done at Epic Universe. This park looks amazing and opens in May. The lands that I’m looking forward to: Dark Universe, Super Nintendo Land, and Isle of Berk!
Watched the WWE Royal Rumble. One of the big yearly professional wrestling events I make sure to watch. Really enjoyed it. The ladder match between Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens was nuts. The end of the Men’s Royal Rumble match was a big surprise. I did not see it ending the way it did.
Managed to mess up my gaming computer by just tweaking a display setting that never reverted. Safe mode was no help as the setting disappeared because it was loading the full drivers. Used a restore point, but a handful of programs stopped working. Guess it was time to do a PC refresh anyway. 🤷♂️
Canada’s Wonderland sharing some pics of supports for the new AlpenFury coaster. I like the blue color. I can’t wait to see the track start to get placed.
First track piece for Siren’s Curse at Cedar Point has been installed! Now we get a chance to see this new coaster get assembled. I can’t wait!
Image from Cedar Point’s Bluesky account: https://bsky.app/profile/cedarpoint.bsky.social/post/3lgxo5u4sg22f
Cedar Point shared an animated version of what their new Siren’s Curse rollercoaster will look like from the front seat. Looks like a fun ride. Check it out:
My wife has been pondering getting a new iPhone for a few months now. She finally made the decision to upgrade then realized she can’t install TikTok on the new phone, so she has decided to hold off for now. 😁
My wife and I moved into a new house last year. We are about 15 miles out from the airport and in the path of approaching planes, so it is fun to watch them fly overhead. I recently discovered there are apps that can help identify the flights using AR. This is my new mini obsession now. 😄
Threads is trash. I keep getting notifications for accounts that I don’t even follow because Threads has decided it needs to show it to me. How annoying. I even turn off that option in the settings on the app, and I still get them because I use the web interface mainly.
I saw in the news that Donald Trump has a soda button. I was fascinated by this and asked my wife if I could get one. She said no. Sad.
One of my parrots just scared me. I was sitting in the living room with the lights off reading some stuff on my computer. Suddenly, I hear the sound of flapping wings and a parrot lands on my foot. She quickly whistled at me and then ran back to her room. I thought she was sleeping already!
I’ve had my brother and a few friends tell me that I need to read the Stormlight Archive books. I picked up book 1 and loved it. I just finished this book, and I loved it as well. I didn’t read this one as fast as I had read the previous book. I think a lot of it had been the fact that I started this one almost immediately after finishing the first book. I think the length of these books were kind of getting to me a bit, so I ended up slowing down and taking the book in different chunks. By no means is that a bad thing. I will say that as I hit around the 60 percent mark, I got to the point where I struggled to put the book down because things really started picking up.
I’m very pleased with the way the story continues to progress. This book focused primarily on Shallan this time around giving us a bit of her back story. Some of the revelations about her past that come to light near the end of the book are really surprising. I think that is what I love about the book is how we are given bits and pieces of things as the main plot moves along. Eventually, the threads come together nicely while some new ones are made.
Shallan is a fascinating character. I was getting a little frustrated with her progression in the first half of this book because I felt like she was getting sidetracked too much with her side quests. However, it appears that those side quests will end up revealing some fascinating things in the next book. At least, I hope it does. Either way, I found myself wanting to slap her upside the head and be like, you are supposed to be doing other things instead of fixing ledgers or getting involved with a shady group. Oh well. She doesn’t listen very well.
Kaladin is still my favorite character. There is a part in this book where he finally accepts what he is and embraces it, and that moment was so vivid in my mind that it made me get a little tearful in happiness for him. I rarely get to a point where I want to cheer out loud while reading, but I came very close shortly after that. Kaladin’s progression has been a fascinating one to be a part of, and I can’t wait to see where the story takes him in the next book.
I’m glad people finally convinced me to give these books a chance. I am really enjoying them. I have picked up book 3 and 4 in the series. I don’t think I’m going to jump into book 3 just yet. I need a bit of a palate cleanser before I do. But, I am looking forward to it. I’m sure this story will continue to amaze and impress me. There is a reason so many people love these books.
The official trailer is out for the upcoming Daredevil Born Again series on Disney+. I loved the Daredevil series on Netflix, and I have been patiently waiting for Disney to get theirs out. After seeing the trailer, I am super pumped for this one!
My new keyboard showed up. I wanted to go with something that had a retro look to it. I think this one is perfect. Reminds me of the keyboards I used to type on back when I was a kid. It is a Keychron C2 mechanical with retro key caps.
I purchased an M4 Mac Mini in November and saw someone share a 3D print online of a case that would hold it and make it look like a small Mac Pro. I knew I had to do this when I saw it. I am now the proud owner of one of these 3D printed cases thanks to my brother! This is so silly I love it.
Office setup was a success yesterday. Today, I am utilizing the new setup. It is rather nice. Will make it easy to be a little more productive.
Today’s project is moving my computer into a different room and setting up a new office area for some upcoming projects. Will be interesting to see how this goes, but I will have more desk room to work with.