The cover image is taken by my wife in the park, featuring a Shiba Inu, small and cute. I hope to have my own puppy in the future.
The name "心迹逐影" means that the footprints of the soul flow with the shadows, recording, tracing, and reflecting on one's inner world. At the same time, it recommends interesting information seen during the week.
"心迹逐影" is the third platform where I write weekly newsletters. I won't be tinkering anymore and will focus on the content. This time, I combined two weeklies that I have been following. From now on, this weekly will be updated every weekend, including my thoughts of the week, books, movies, music I've watched, good articles from various platforms, and more interesting content.
On xlog, I will update articles related to technology or skills, with an irregular frequency.
With the release of this new weekly, I hope to stay focused, read more books, watch more dramas, do more exercise, and spend less time on TikTok, Xiaohongshu, and other platforms that provide short and quick information. I want to build my own information barrier that is not influenced by algorithms.
Two Busy Months#
These past two months, I haven't had the energy to invest in my two projects. The workload increased due to the departure of a frontend colleague in my team, and I also had to oversee the renovation on weekends. Fortunately, I have moved into the new house at the beginning of this month. The new home is very comfortable, without any disturbance from elders.
New Toys#
It's really comfortable to have a world for just the two of us without elders. I finally got the two toys that I have always wanted. One is a NAS, and the other is a new computer.
NAS#
The main purpose of getting a NAS is to organize my media library. I used to use public libraries and Infuse to mount Alibaba Cloud Drive. The former is slow in loading, searching, and other operations due to network issues, while the latter requires purchasing both Infuse and Alibaba Cloud Drive memberships. Moreover, the resources are not guaranteed to be available on the cloud drive. So I decided to get a NAS.
I chose the Z2Pro from Jispace for the NAS. Its Jiyingshi feature is very suitable for novices and those who don't like to tinker. With the help of PT, you can download almost all common movies and TV series. Jiyingshi will automatically scrape the covers and arrange them by year. You can also download the Jispace app and log in to your account to watch the resources stored in your NAS on your phone or computer outside. It's great to watch an episode of Loki before taking a break at noon.
I have also considered privacy issues and the possibility of the manufacturer going out of business. Now you can create an offline account, so even if the manufacturer goes out of business, you can still watch the videos at home, so it's not a big problem. I can explore other solutions when the time comes.
Seaside House#
My previous computer was assembled by myself six years ago, with an 8th generation U processor and RX580. The motherboard broke two years ago and couldn't be repaired, so it has been left unused. Now that I have moved into the new house, I directly bought a set of 13400f + 4060 configuration, so I can play games that I couldn't play on consoles (mainly League of Legends and Chess) and have some entertainment after work.
I just finished watching the S13 finals. DaFei is still amazing. At 27 years old, his performance is outstanding. No scandals, no girlfriend, he is fully dedicated to LOL. There's nothing more to say about him winning the championship.
Recommendations#
This week, I didn't have much time to browse and watch content because I was mainly working on this weekly project. Starting next week, I will start compiling and selecting content for Cubox. For now, let me recommend some channels and podcasts that I have been listening to and watching recently.
- 大小马聊科技 (Available on various podcast platforms, I usually listen on Spotify)
- 大耳朵 TV - YouTube (Unique perspectives on evaluating tech products, their vLogs are also great)
- 某天的游戏小屋 (A successful gaming channel on Bilibili)
🎬 Books, Movies, and Music#
- Currently reading: Literature and Education | "Allow Yourself to Be Yourself" (Sha Bai)
- Finished reading: Business | "Thinking of Xiaomi's Entrepreneurship" (Lei Jun) | ★★★★☆
- Currently watching: TV Series | "Loki Season 1"
- Currently watching: TV Series | "The Last Survivor Season 1"
- Watched: Movie | "Learning Dad" | ★★★☆☆
🎮 Games#
- Currently playing: PS5 | "Assassin's Creed: Valhalla"
- Currently playing: PS5 | "The Last Survivor 1 Remastered"
- Currently playing: Steam | "Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13"
- Reliving the classics, it's still quite difficult to create a virtual general and try to unify the world.
It was because I bought the Xiaomi 13 last month that I read Lei Jun's "Thinking of Xiaomi's Entrepreneurship" to have a more comprehensive understanding of Lei Jun's development from Jinshan to founding Xiaomi. Lei Jun is a very pure businessman and engineer.
Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen 💛