Here is what I’m working on or doing for myself these days:
- I’m back to ripping movies and TV. I am a Physical Media Guy and I simply buy television shows and collect movies to rip and add to my Plex server, which only I have access to. It’s my mellow hobby.
- Watching Knight Rider - This has the potential to hold up very badly. Formulaic crime shows from the 80s are a bit sketchy with racism.
- The Criterion Challenge 2025 - 52 different categories to choose a movie from the Criterion Collection to watch.
- Watching assigned movies - I joined a group called the VHS Village Movie Club, which I see as kind of an offshoot of the movie review podcast 70mm. They do a thing every two weeks where you randomly get assigned a person to assign to (and are assigned by someone) to watch a movie of their choice. Usually you set some parameters. Mine are “Something by your favorite director.” The last assignment I got was for Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love.
- Testing out some AI features - I know. I am not a big fan of what this is all about, but I am on a task force at work to test this Copilot and report back if it’s useful. I’m acting in good faith and even understanding some things about workflow that I didn’t realize. This isn’t all bad, but we will have to weigh it’s use against the shitty stuff.
- I found it can be useful for tasks that used to be covered by administrative assistants. We don’t really have those anymore, so this might find a place in the workplace.
- Watching Monk - Kinda. This is my new background show that I put on when I have time to kill but not enough for anything more. I can stop partway through, etc. And I love Tony Shalhoub.
- Not consuming much news. I’ll be back, but not right now.
Maybe I’ll regularly update this!