What Am I Doing Now?

Last Updated: April 28, 2024 - (What is a now page?)

I set up my circa late 1980’s Dual 505-2 turntable. The first spin was Mingus Ah Uhm, and I can’t believe how great it sounds! I somehow still have a dozen or so records from when I was a teenager, so I’m excited to hear them for the first time in forever. I’ve also realized that there are at least 6 record stores selling vinyl within 10 miles of my house. Amazing.

I paid a structural engineer to come to my house and show me how to repair bark beetle damage to a support pillar. It was neat to learn how penetrating epoxies work, and that the compression capacity of Bondo Glass is actually stronger than wood.

If you want to install non-Steam games and app stores on your Steam Deck, try NonSteamLaunchers-On-Steam-Deck. It works great, and even adds artwork to the launcher. I removed my older hand-installed copy of Battle.net, and reinstalled it via NSL-OSD, and in turn, used Battle.net to install Diablo IV. D4 drinks battery life, but otherwise, everything feels completely native.

I installed the Delta Emulator to my iPhone, and copied a handful of ROMs over from OpenEmu on my Mac. I’m having some trouble with the virtual d-pad, as I often do with iPhone games. I might buy one of the 8BitDo controllers to specifically use with Delta. In the mean time, I’m alterating between using a Stadia controller (which pairs fine) and practicing with the virtual d-pad.