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+title: November 2021 Meta Post
+date: 2021-12-02T13:43:00+01:00
+tags:
+  - metapost
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+And out of nowhere, it suddenly was December. I'm struggling to keep up with time lately, and typing this makes me feel very old. 
+
+I've spotted a trend in many other blogs I read: the weekly or monthly _"what happened"_ meta posts and blogrolls that, besides giving a quick overview of the blogger's past few weeks, is also an excellent opportunity to share loose ends that aren't worth it to be converted into full-fetched blog posts. I'd like to chime in for a few months. It seems good fun, and since I don't like writing small posts that mainly quote or refer to others, this is a great way to share those links. 
+
+What happened in November 2021?
+
+### Books I've read
+
+- [The Geography of Genius](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25111093-the-geography-of-genius) by Eric Weiner
+- [Papyrus](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57328964-papyrus) by Irene Vallejo
+
+_Papyrus_ is possibly the best---and thickest---book I've read this year! For December, I bought another Haruki Murakami to satisfy the crazy fiction hunger, while Carol Dweck's _Mindset_, that has been collecting dust for years, will be the next non-fiction target. 
+
+### Games I've played
+
+- [Bug Fables](https://jefklakscodex.com/games/bug-fables/) by Moonsprout Games (25 hours)
+- [Kathy Rain: Director's Cut](https://jefklakscodex.com/games/kathy-rain/) by Clifftop Games (5.5 hours)
+- [Flipping Death](https://jefklakscodex.com/games/flipping-death/) by Zoink (5.5 hours)
+
+_Kathy Rain_ was really, really good, and got me in a point & click mood. I'm trying to pick up Irony Curtain again, we gave up somewhere in Chapter 2. We're replaying Gobliins 2 while staring at Monkey Island posters, so you know what's coming next... 
+
+### Selected blog posts
+
+- [The metaphysics of Morrowind](https://fallingawkwardly.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/the-metaphysics-of-morrowind-part-2/) by Margot Hieggelke
+- [Reverse engineering the Carrot Crazy Game Boy Color game](https://www.huderlem.com/blog/posts/carrot-crazy-1/) by Marcus Huderle
+- [Midnight Pumpkin Hooligans](https://ruk.ca/content/midnight-pumpkin) by Peter Rukavina
+- [The Tandy 1000 SX](https://ancientelectronics.wordpress.com/2021/11/16/tandy-1000-sx/) by Justin Wl. 
+- [Spam Calls](https://rubenerd.com/spam-calls/) by Ruben Schade
+- [Coping with Loneliness](https://winnielim.org/journal/coping-with-loneliness/) by Winnie Lim
+
+### Random stuff
+
+- [Monkey Island Dial A Pirate Password Wheel Clock](https://www.redbubble.com/i/clock/PASSWORD-WHEEL-OF-MONKEY-ISLAND-1-by-Shei86/44714006.CN2BJ) for sale on Red Bubble
+- [Switch Sound Output Alfred Workflow](http://www.packal.org/workflow/switch-sound-output) I adapted and works flawlessly
+- [Pixea: the Invisible MacOS Image Viewer](https://www.imagetasks.com/pixea/) is better than Preview, thanks Kev Quirk
+
+Curios to see what this month will bring.