#oneaday Day 768: Knuckling Down

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Got a fair bit done today. Have been kind of feeling a bit dazed and confused for the last couple of days what with all the chaos of settling in to the new job. Doesn't quite feel real yet, but I'm sure that feeling will pass! I do know that I'm looking forward to getting stuck in this week — having spent a significant proportion of last week meeting the other people I'm working with (via video chat) this week I can really knuckle down and focus on things. And I've got some great ideas ready to go — plus some stuff to get my team working on too.

As I've mentioned elsewhere, MoeGamer and YouTube will not be going anywhere! MoeGamer will continue (and probably emphasise) its focus on stuff that has passed people by, been out for a while or is outright retro, while my work at Rice Digital will focus a lot more on slightly more "current" stuff — though that isn't to say there's no scope for looking at some "classics" along the way. Either way, each site will have its own distinct feeling about it, and I hope you'll follow along with both!

In other news, I finished reading through the three Atari books by Jamie Lendino, focusing on the 2600, the Atari 8-bit range and the ST range. Of the three, I think the ST one was probably the most comprehensive, but all three were pretty good. I do have to admit, by the end of the 2600 one I was thinking to myself "I could have written this and probably picked a more interesting selection of games", but all three books were enjoyable nonetheless. It's a slight shame that they were all written from an American perspective, as the Atari experience in Europe had some notable differences — plus that's what I grew up with — but I guess that's something there's always scope for me to explore at some point in the future!

Aside from that, not much to report. I've left the house approximately once over the course of the last seven days, not that this is anything unusual in the current situation. I have set up my living room nicely for both work and recording things, though; today I spent several hours making use of said setup to record videos and it works well, so I'm pleased about that. I have a few more ideas to tidy things up a bit — most notably the rats' nest of HDMI cables that are crying out for some switchboxes — but for now I'm happy with how things are laid out for both my professional and my personal life!

Anyway. My brain's kind of fried so I'll sign off there. S-Rank Patrons don't forget to leave your questions on the post I linked at the top, and everyone have a lovely evening!