I’ve played a lot of games that get slapped with the “cozy” tag - the big ones like Stardew Valley, Coral Island, Palia, Sims, ACNH, HKIA, Fields of Mistria, Cozy Grove, House Flipper, as well as smaller gems like Coffee Talk, Kind Words, Gourdlets, Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, Sticky Business, Until Then, all kinds of...

img { display: inline-block; } rose Went on vacation with friends :) Had a fun time in some museum exhibitions! I've been putting effort into getting ready for working from home a similar way to how I get ready when I go to the office, and it has helped me feeling more ready and energized for the day. I've noticed...

I struggle with how humiliating it feels to talk about and point out misogyny; how the general regression into conservative values makes addressing misogyny come across as a last resort card you can pull out to make yourself look like a victim or get brownie points, while vilifying someone else. Like a thing you...

Previous HKIA related entries: HKIA Guide & Wheatflour Wonderland DLC review I've been playing the new City Town DLC every day since release now, and I absolutely love it. :) The following will contain mild spoilers, in the sense that I will talk about what new gameplay mechanics, shops and items you gain access to,...

I messaged my friend Suliman: “Don’t roast me too hard, but I bought the two cutest Usahanas.” after I had ordered a medium sized Sanrio plushie and a small one to attach to a bag. Aptly, he replied: “I mean, she‘s cute. But girl, you have so much HKIA merch at this point. When is your minimalism gonna kick in?”...

Tech companies have been promising that online shopping or booking a hotel can soon be handled by AI. Just tell it the different standards you're setting and to pick the cheapest price, and off you go. We've seen agentic AI spectacularly fail; email inboxes cleared out, databases and hard drives deleted, and more....

I’ve written about chronic illness being a second job before. I’m feeling it especially hard right now. I think of all the time spent in waiting rooms, all the time in appointments, the time spent getting to them and back home again. Getting referrals in time for the appointments. Inserting my insurance card at the...

When you search for privacy/data protection stuff, what you will usually come across are things like privacy guides, the privacy subreddit, interested tech-y privacy blogs and YouTube channels. They give you great advice and overviews over different kinds of alternative services or additional software you can use to...

p { text-align: center; } My wife in her historical clothing. Vacation home impressions. Husum castle. Museum impressions inside the castle. Spent time at a cafe. Outside the nerd store, waiting for my wife. City port area. Two of our best Cards against Humanity rounds. Visited the seal sanctuary/rehabilitation...

I've been on vacation for a while and just now returned home. Still gotta reply to some e-mails, sorry! But also: Got a huge backlog of interesting data protection stuff to catch up on, and why not write about the most interesting things? ☁️☁️☁️ When you talk to people about data protection and privacy, what they...

I'm not much of a movie watcher. I somehow prefer watching multiple episodes of a TV show over a few hours over investing 2 hours into a movie. I get antsy in the second half of the movie and episodic stuff can more easily be paused for a break. My wife has gotten me into more movies the past few years though,...

Don't you hate it when you go out in public, and the public is there? Jokes aside, my relationship with the public is difficult. I think most interactions are actually neutral; just passing each other, sitting next to each other, exchanging glances, paying for things. Some are good, and they are so rare that it...