Vuokko Vuorinnen's Blog

Vuokko Vuorinnen's Blog

The Urge to Create

The Urge to Create

There's this meme from the Watchmen comics about Dr. Manhattan sitting on Mars, contemplating his life through the years. And the joke is that throughout the years, the same things happen. Sometimes the joke goes that in 1989, 2005 and 2022 a darker grittier Batman movie releases. Other

CfgMgmtCamp 2025

CfgMgmtCamp 2025

Here's my thoughts on this year's CfgMgmtCamp, generated by ChatGPT, because you know, AI is the future: Day 1 Highlights 1. Working Configs, Humanity, The Real World, Joy, and Happiness: Pick Two(ish) Explored the philosophical side of software and configuration as collaborative processes, not just

Happy Birthday Nintendo Switch!

Happy Birthday Nintendo Switch!

The Nintendo Switch turns 8 years old today, the Nintendo Switch 2 is on the horizon, slated to be released somewhere this year. And I got inspired after reading this article (https://www.nintendolife.com/features/these-past-8-years-have-been-a-privilege) to write my own story about gaming and the Nintendo Switch in particular.

Portable/home office audiophile setup on the 'cheap'

Portable/home office audiophile setup on the 'cheap'

In order to keep this article "short", I'll be assuming a couple things: * I'll be talking digital audio only. No physical media. I'm a digital kid, I don't do vinyl or cassette or CD. So it's streaming or

Digital Minimalism

Digital Minimalism

I'm too distracted, I can't concentrate, I want to become more present. Exit phone, enter 'Digital Minimalism'. A first step I took into ditching my phone addiction was some quick hacks: * Inbox Zero * Remove all bookmarks except a select few from my browser * Remove

Overboard

It's the most wonderful time of the year: the holiday sales on the Nintendo eshop! After reading this article (https://www.nintendolife.com/guides/46-games-you-should-pick-up-in-the-nintendo-switch-eshop-holiday-sale-europe) my interest was piqued by 'Overboard'. I first noticed this game when it came out three years ago, but it was

2024 Wrapped (Gaming Edition)

Gaming Featured

2024 Wrapped (Gaming Edition)

This year has been a bit of a weird one. We started of the year living in a caravan while we were renovating our house, and I didn't have my PS5 with me in that caravan, so the first months I only gamed on my Switch. Dave The

Drawabox - 250 Box challenge

Drawabox - 250 Box challenge

Drawabox.com | Challenges and Drills | 250 Box Challenge | The ChallengeA challenge designed to help you to develop your understanding of 3D space and how solid forms can exist within it.Drawabox.com So I've finally completed it! Started in September and took me 3 months to get this

Drawabox - Lesson 0 and Lesson 1

Drawabox - Lesson 0 and Lesson 1

So, a little over a month ago I started with Drawabox (https://drawabox.com). It's a drawing course, comes highly recommended on Reddit and other places. Has a lot of opponents as well. The course is hard, the titular challenge '250 box challenge' tasks you with

How to test new headphones

How to test new headphones

Let me walk you through my process of how I judge a new set of IEMs or headphones (very loosely based on Cambridge audio's speaker testing process): Test your speakers like a Cambridge Audio Engineer | Cambridge Audio USWhether you’re new to the speaker game or been living

CfgmgmtCamp 2024

CfgmgmtCamp 2024

First impressions of CfgmgtmCamp 2024. I've been coming to this conference since 2014, and with the exception of the Corona years and the events not held in Gent but abroad, I've been to every one of them I think. In 2014 I was an intern and

2023 Wrapped (Gaming edition)

2023 Wrapped (Gaming edition)

Another year, another blogpost detailing the games I've played and enjoyed this past year. Let's get down to it: I started the year playing God of War Ragnarok, continued from last year. I played some F1, Hitman, Call of Duty and some Pokemon Violet. Nothing new,

Bobby Fischer (1972, Reykjavik, playing against world champion Boris Spassky)

My first OTB chess game

I went to the local chess club and played some games last Friday. And I sure had fun (played 4 games, won 2, lost 2), and I would like to share this one game and my thought process during the game with you all. So here goes:

Trippin' Road with an EV

Trippin' Road with an EV

A tale in three parts of a road trip with an EV in less than ideal conditions: cold winter weather! Will I be able to get back home? Or will I be stranded on the road with an empty battery?

2022 Wrapped (Gaming edition)

2022 Wrapped (Gaming edition)

As 2022 draws to a close: a list of all the games I played in 2022, and a look at the games of 2023

How to stop worrying and start loving the backlog

Gaming Featured

How to stop worrying and start loving the backlog

With all the content that's being thrown at you these days, it's hard to keep up to date with everything. Have no fear, I'm about to mansplain how you can keep that backlog under control, and maybe even mark a few of the items on your backlog as done.