addendum february 2024: bgg stats + conf vids

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 My first month back in the software engineering industry as an independent software architect is behind me. I'm still adjusting to the big change of pace. The paper work involved to set up a company (_besloten venootschap_ or _bv_) in Belgium took longer than I anticipated and there's still administration to do, but at least my first invoice left my hard drive, so that's worth celebrating!
 
-I also finally managed to get my [Advice for Engineering Managers: Enabling Developers To Become (More) Creative](https://www.infoq.com/articles/enabling-developer-creativity/) article published on InfoQ to hopefully help drive sales of [The Creative Programmer](https://brainbaking.com/works/the-creative-programmer/). Yesterday's talk at the [Creativity Expert Exchange conference](https://creativity.buffalostate.edu/creativity-expert-exchange) was also part of that campaign---the video will be put out free of charge shortly. I'm not sure whether or not it's worth the trouble, but it was a fun conference to attend with lots of talented academics researching the topic. 
+I also finally managed to get my [Advice for Engineering Managers: Enabling Developers To Become (More) Creative](https://www.infoq.com/articles/enabling-developer-creativity/) article published on InfoQ to hopefully help drive sales of [The Creative Programmer](https://brainbaking.com/works/the-creative-programmer/). Yesterday's talk at the [Creativity Expert Exchange conference](https://creativity.buffalostate.edu/creativity-expert-exchange) was also part of that campaign---the video will be put out free of charge shortly (edit: [the concurrent session videos are online!](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bl_BcFtzo3qAn5Y3d9K7F-wcgQ61MHuN)). I'm not sure whether or not it's worth the trouble, but it was a fun conference to attend with lots of talented academics researching the topic. 
 
 Previous month: [January 2024](/post/2024/02/january-2024).
 
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 I bought [Balatro](https://www.resetera.com/threads/balatro-ot-you-wanna-know-how-i-got-these-cards.819009/), a poker-like roguelike (a who-what now?) made by a small team that came out of nowhere. It's the perfect game to play in handheld mode on the Switch in short bursts---exactly the kind of gameplay time I have available. Considering I'm generally not a fan of roguelikes and taking the randomness inherent to poker into account, I'm sure I'll lose interest soon, but it's a lot of fun while it lasts. I'll try to have a review up this month. 
 
+As for the board games played this month, I've dutifully kept track:
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+![](../bggplays_feb.jpg "My BGG Play Stats for Feburary 2024.")
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+18 plays of which quite a few new ones, not bad! _Three Sisters_ quickly became one of our favorite "roll & write"-style games, and it includes dice drafting! I'm using the [BGG Catalog](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gadestudios.boardgame) Android app to keep track of things and hope to continue to do so for the rest of the year. 
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 ## Selected (blog) posts
 
 - Ruben Schade's [retrocomputer page of retrocomputers](http://www.sasara.moe/retro/#dell-dimension-4100) is nothing short of awesome!