I enjoy a good book challenge but some of them are just too daunting (I’m looking at you, r/fantasy). Fortunately this year I found the What’s in a Name Challenge, where each book title must contain the prompt. The challenge is hosted by Andrea at Carolina Book Nook and runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.

I don’t tweet anymore, I’ve yet to join Threads or Bluesky, and I never really got into Mastodon. You would think that might lead to more blogging, but I don’t often find myself with something significant or coherent enough to share in a blog post. I do, however, want a place to share things that I find fun and interesting on the internet, with perhaps a short note or highlight from them, so here it is: my very own link blog!

I shocked myself by solving a Game of Crowns puzzle in only ten seconds! #GameOfCrowns 👑 228 ⏳ 00:10 🟥 0 ✨ 0 AutoX - ✅ Clicks - 14 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

This week, two services that I’ve used for years announced that they will enter the web’s graveyard: Pocket and Glitch. The news about Pocket hit me hard. I purchased Pocket when it was known as Read It Later, way back in March 2011 (and I was probably a free user well before that).