What I’m doing now

This is a “now” page. Last update: 14 June 2025.

Reading Books

I am reading a bunch of books in parallel:

“One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel García Márquez ,
“Points and Lines” by Seichō Matsumoto
“The Sound of Waves” by Yukio Mishima.

Playing Games

PC

I wanted to play my 20-year-old games smoothly (LOL), so I upgraded my gaming setup with an NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti e-GPU.

Since the last update of this page, I have finished GTA III. From time to time, I play Half-Life and Counter-Strike: Source on my 19-inch LaCie Electron Blue IV CRT monitor.

Consoles

I’ve spent 74 hours playing Persona 4 Golden on my PlayStation Vita, but I haven’t played this game in 2025.
Sometimes in the evenings, I play TES: Skyrim on my PlayStation 5.

Watching Movies & TV Series

From time to time, I watch random movies and TV series in the evenings.

Taking Photos

I mainly shoot everyday life with my Nikon 28Ti. To snap some pics of the houseplants my girlfriend grows, I picked up a Nikon 60mm f/2.8G macro lens, along with a Nikon 85mm f/1.8D just to add to my collection of D-series lenses.

I also had a cool nude photoshoot in February, and you can check out the results on my photography page!

Playing Guitar

For my anniversary, I decided to update my guitar gear. I began by purchasing an Epiphone Thunderbird 60s Bass in Tobacco Sunburst, which I absolutely love. Three months later, I added a Fender Player II Stratocaster in 3-Color Sunburst to my collection, complementing my Epiphone Les Paul Special II in Heritage Cherry Sunburst.

I replaced the strings on my bass with Dunlop Stainless Steel Flatwound Bass Strings (50-110), which have given it a more vintage sound.

To complete my setup, I also invested in an Orange Crush Bass 25 combo amplifier for my bass guitar, a VOX VT20X for my electric guitars, and a super cute Orange Crush Mini.

Additionally, I got my first pedals: a VOX WAH V847-A, a germanium Dunlop JDF2 Fuzz Face Distortion (which sounds great with my Strat!), and an Electro-Harmonix Nano Looper 360.

With these additions, my gear is now better than ever!

Programming

This month, I plan to release a new version of GNOME RunCat with several new features.

There are some plans for this blog. First of all, I’m going to publish a photo post with summer photos. Secondly, I’m thinking about posting photos of the cool gadgets I use on the Uses page.

Doing Science

I’m still ~~writing a research paper on my PhD research~~ procrastinating.

Working

Finally, I’m currently working as a software engineer at VK.com.