I have a whole bunch of book on my to-read list. I add and subtract as I hear about things; and I make a notes about what I am reading, unless I'm reading fiction.

[–] d3Xt3r 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but the problem is I have way too many lists that just keep growing and growing, and I wonder if I'll ever get to complete them.

Like some of these from the top of my head:

Movies to watch
TV shows to watch
Documentaries to watch
Bands to check out
Foreign songs to learn (don't ask)
Food / recipes to try

... and so on.

[–] absGeekNZ 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The only one on your list I want to ask about now is the one you said not to ask about.....reverse psychology?

[–] d3Xt3r 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Haha, it's not a big secret or anything, it's just my "thing". I love karaoke, and I also have a bit of a fascination with foreign music - French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian etc. From pop and opera, to heavy metal throat singing. Whatever catches my fancy basically. And unlike "normal" people who may just listen to some J-pop or something, I actually like learning all the lyrics, practicing until I memorize everything, all so that I can sing along and perform confidently... in the shower.

Perhaps some day I might come across a karaoke place with a good foreign song collection, and that will be the day I finally get to show off, but until then, I will continue to keep learning and singing in the shower lol.

[–] absGeekNZ 3 points 11 months ago

Nice, I like philosophy and complex topics..... I'll be happy to discuss anything with anyone. My go to when meeting new people is "what do you do for fun?"

[–] eagleeyedtiger 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Not really. I still use goodreads to track what I've read (I know I know Amazon bad, I'm lazy to change)

Since I'm a dirty pirate I just grab the ebook when I see something that I might be interested in and throw it into Calibre for me to look through when I'm deciding on my next book to read. Ebooks take up so little space I have no issue hoarding them even if I don't end up reading them.

[–] absGeekNZ 3 points 11 months ago

I also know how to sail. Calibre is wonderful software.

[–] Dave 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I use bookworm.nz to track the books I've read, am currently reading, and want to read. I also have a spread sheet with the same data (though it goes back further, because that's how I started).

I'm not big on note taking, but when I do I normally create a page in my personal wiki.

[–] absGeekNZ 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I use Obsidian to track my list and make notes where I feel notes are a good idea.

[–] Dave 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've heard good things about Obsidian, but while I've opened and played with it there hasn't really been much to pull me into it.

Other than the wiki, I use Joplin for day to day notes, which serves it's purpose and syncs easily with Nextcloud.

[–] absGeekNZ 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I like that Obsidian has lots of interesting addons but all the files are just markdown at the end of the day. You can view them in a standard text editor.

My vault syncs via Syncthing - which is just awesome.

[–] Dave 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Joplin is all markdown too. I guess I'd need to play with Obsidian's addons to see what might make the killer feature for me, but it just seems easier to stick with Joplin. I don't even use it all that much.

[–] absGeekNZ 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There are a bunch of cool features, but the killer feature is the tasks addon, so useful

[–] Dave 1 points 11 months ago

I use the tasks.org app for tasks, so I probably wouldn't find it as useful!

I also try to use open source software where possible, and Joplin and Tasks.org do the job so have won out for now.