Sorry to hear about your drought situation. :( If I could, I'd steer our rain clouds in your general direction.

LOL, that'd be welcome! Weather got cloudy today, but they're dry clouds so to speak. Not a drop of water falls down out of them. So if you got some true grey rain clouds, send them over!

How Czechs play hockey!

With a stick? Like any hockey player?

I'm Dutch and I remember now a silly rhyme from my youth "hockey speel je met een stokkie". In English: hockey is played with a little stick, except in Dutch the last word rhymes with the English word hockey.

Speaking of which, Dutch doesn't have a Dutch word for hockey, we say "hockey", which is English. Now do the Czech have a Czech word for hockey? Or the Polish, for that matter?

And final question, which popped up this week when cycling with a friend we passed some hockey fields, we wondered if hockey players don't get severe back pains from that weird stance??

Hokej se hraje hokejkou! :)
In both Polish and Czech ice hockey is hokej. Looks like we've imported the game with its name :)

After multiple failed attempts that were each taking more than a week, I finally downloaded The Master Chief Collection in a single day. I'll delete and eventually buy it in a heartbeat if it's ever sold here, just saying.

Bloodshed on GOG, today!

I am super happy! :D

I have managed to (more or less) calmly survive one of my 5-year-old's evening tantrums and guided her through it to a successful sleep... wow, I'm now totally exhausted but kind of happy and proud of myself :D

The 4 day weekend.

A couple of things... Received news that my best friend will be visiting my neck of the woods this upcoming weekend. :D And tonight after work, I mustered the energy to prepare a big pot of stew using a broth I made from scratch last week from an organic chicken. This means I'll have a hearty lunch to pack for work tomorrow. :P

Another In Search Of Darkness documentary will be released in this year .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG8l-mZqFag

Happy now because the beginning of June is very wet. You can see nature veering up.

My son and his GF's visit over the WE.

Enjoying the weekend with my out-of-town buddy and friends. :D He's got this "superpower" of attracting sunny weather wherever he visits and we'd often joke about this. Weeks of rainfall and grey clouds just went POOF! as soon as he arrived here. LOL!


Yay! :)

My old Mouse, Razer Basilisk V.2 was hitting its very last day, as it was for some time suddenly losing its connection and turned itself off... on different USB slots, while on the same slots other peripherals was without issues.

Yesterday in the evening the mouse definitely left me... it was not enabling itself anymore. It was a very performant mouse with a 20 000 dpi optical sensor and in my mind there is no need for a even higher DPI sensor, because simply overkill... way more than anyone would truly need. This sensor tracks well enough that it works on every single surface with sufficient precision. Although current "record holders" (Basilisk V.3 Pro and alike) tracks even at 30 000 or even more DPI.

So, i was ordering me now a new mouse, actually 2 days ago, which has arrived today. I had in mind i will now try something new, because so far no mouse ever was able to survive more than around 3 years... worst case was just about 1 year (did not even get warranty back those days, not so fun). So, this time i was picking the most sturdy piece i was able to find in hope it may finally survive even longer and with sufficient performance. I got me the Madcatz Rat 8+ ADV which as well got a 20 000 dpi optical sensor. Although it is a very heavy mouse, actually a rat... which i totally admit it is the correct nametag for. Clearly impressed by the overall quality and simply how it has been built... not a boring mouse, surely something to feel curious about. Unfortunately, Madcatz does not seem to continue building those rats anymore, so it could be the last time i may experience this unique rat. Dunno why, but most likely manufacturing costs are simply to high and to low margin. So, i am glad my killed mouse actually made me buy and experience something new and unique... before i may never experience it anymore.

https://invisioncommunity.co.uk/mad-catz-r-a-t-8-adv-wins-red-dot-for-outstanding-design-quality/