ayy, new blog post!!! and other misc changes

astro.config.mjs

@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ export default defineConfig({
     '/now': '/journal#now',
     '/links': '/sharefeed',
     '/ideas': '/me#ideas',
+    '/chipotle': '/me#chipotle',
+    '/ai': '/me#ai',
     '/feed.xml': '/feeds/feed.xml',
     '/feeds': '/feeds/feed.xml',
   },

src/content/posts/2025-06-25-jwl-02.mdx

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+---
+date: 2025-06-25 20:04:00
+title: A random thought about clicking a mouse (JWL 02)
+summary: I had a realization about how I used my mouse while playing Call of Duty that may speak to how quirky our minds can be. The long-awaited second entry to my "please god let me make shorter blog posts" series.
+---
+
+A little bit ago, I finally reinstalled Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (the reboot released in 2023).
+I was watching YouTube videos on the game again that encouraged me to pick the game back up.
+I had originally bought Modern Warfare III (which I will abbreviate as MWIII from now on)
+*after* Black Ops 6 had already been out for a month or two. I heard that the game's
+core multiplayer mode was surprisingly decent, so I wanted to see what I missed...
+and yeah! It's one of the coolest AAA multiplayer experiences I've had so far, up there with
+the extraction shooter spinoff DMZ released in 2022 and even Battlefield 4, still to this day
+the G.O.A.T. of casual multiplayer gaming in my opinion.
+
+Still, I had to be a little more self-conscious about how and when I played this game now
+due to the fact that I no longer live alone — I live with multiple roommates who
+might get annoyed at the click-clacking of my Razer Huntsman Mini (the one thing I don't like
+about it lol). However, when I was talking with my roomates trying to confirm if they even had said issues,
+the feedback was different than I expected. One of my roommates noticed me clicking my mouse multiple times
+in quick succession when playing certain games, and that annoyed them *more* than my keyboard.
+
+It took me a while to figure out what it was, but after some self-reflection,
+I realized what was happening: it was my backup pistol that made me click
+that way.
+
+---
+
+Most guns in Call of Duty have automatic fire, meaning that bullets fire
+out of the gun over and over as long as you are holding down the "trigger"
+(in this case, my left mouse button). In COD, you usually can only carry two
+weapons: your main "primary" weapon and your backup "secondary" weapon.
+Secondary weapons mostly consist of pistols that have *semi*-automatic fire.
+These pistols only shoot *one* bullet when you pull the trigger, so to fire
+multiple shots, you have to pull the trigger (click the mouse) multiple times, one for each shot.
+
+That explains the pattern that my roommate was observing: since you usually have to fire
+multiple shots on-target in order to down an opponent in COD, if I had my pistol out, I had
+to click my mouse multiple times in rapid succession to win the fight.
+But that might not be the whole story.
+
+This is purely anecdotal experience, but with semi-auto weapons, every shot you fire feels
+like it has more "weight" to it since you have to deliberately trigger each one.
+This is actually something the developers at Valve noticed when developing Team Fortress 2:
+they made most of the weapons in that game semi-automatic *on purpose* so that
+players felt like they contributed more to the outcome of each gunfight 
+(I'm too tired tonight to find a good source, but if you really want me to, [bug me about it](https://plush.city/@kebokyo)).
+I have a feeling that because I was putting more mental effort into each shot,
+I also put more *physical* effort into each shot — increasing the amount of noise
+each click produced and thus exacerbating the problem for my roommate.
+
+There might have even been a chance that the specific pistol I used contributed to
+the problem as well. I have been working to unlock cosmetics for the pistols carried forward
+from the previous game, Modern Warfare II, so I have the P890 pistol on most of
+my loadouts right now. The P890, like most guns in both games, is based on a real-life
+weapon but given a fake name to avoid legal trouble. In this case, the P890 is based off of
+the Sig Sauer P226, a heavy-duty pistol that emphasises the *heavy* part, both in caliber (.45 ACP)
+and in weight (its frame is still made out of steel!). In-game, the pistol has
+a high damage output but a slow rate-of-fire to compensate, which means I have to be
+even *more* deliberate with my shots — further emphasizing the mental (and,
+indrectly, physical) effort I put into my mouse clicks.
+
+![A screenshot of the P890 from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II. It is a blocky steel-framed pistol with an exposed hammer protruding from the back of the slide. Image originally from PCGamesN: https://www.pcgamesn.com/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2/best-p890-loadout](/blog/pcgamesn_p890.jpg)
+
+---
+
+In the end, I made a personal rule that I will not play COD or other input-intensive games 
+like FPS games in the evening, where my hardcore gamering might disturb my roommates' other evening 
+activities. Of course, with how hot the weather has been getting lately, that effectively means that 
+I am *never* allowed to play these games (as a gaming PC running on full blast generates a ton of heat already)... but that may be more of a blessing than a curse if I am being honest with myself.
+
+Oh, before I go, here's my very general opinion on MWIII: multiplayer is a blast, Modern Warfare Zombies 
+is an insult to both DMZ fans and COD Zombies fans, and I haven't touched the campaign yet because 
+I'm still trying to finish the prior game's campaign first. I have a *lot* more to say 
+(including how I feel about the Gunsmith weapon customization systems in both this game and
+Black Ops 6)... but that is for another time.
+
+Hope y'all enjoyed this post, as ranty as it is. Since this is more of a "long journal entry" than
+"short blog post", here is the [obligatory song link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbwzOHjZUkg). Cya!

src/pages/me.mdx

@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ There used to be a link to my Cohost (`@kebokyo`), but Cohost is unfortunately s
 
 If you like what I do and want to help me make more of it, currently the only way I have for you to give me money is through [Ko-fi](https://ko-fi.com/kebokyo). I am a very very broke college student and any little bit of help means a lot to me!
 
+<MDXCallout>
+Most of the information below is out of date since I have just graduated college and thus had a massive shift in my day-to-day operations.
+Expect updates soon(ish).
+</MDXCallout>
+
 # why
 
 Why do I even have this website? Well, it's for mulitple reasons:
@@ -70,7 +75,7 @@ I also carry my [Nintendo 3DS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_3DS) almos
 
 # colophon
 
-This website runs on a [Hetzner VPS](https://www.hetzner.com), Nginx web server, and [~~Next.js metaframework~~](https://nextjs.org) [Astro web framework](https://astro.build).
+This website runs on a [~~Hetzner VPS~~](https://www.hetzner.com) [~~Vultr VPS~~](https://www.vultr.com/) actually I'm going back to Hetzner now lmao, Nginx web server, and [~~Next.js metaframework~~](https://nextjs.org) [Astro web framework](https://astro.build).
 
 The reason this site looks so fancy in both light & dark mode is because of [Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com) and its built-in light & dark mode features. I may build a special toggle so you can choose which version of the site you like more one day, but for now, it's just based on whether your browser / OS is in light or dark mode.
 
@@ -87,7 +92,13 @@ When I insert code into my blog, I use [React Code Block](https://react-code-blo
 I use the <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/feed" class="text-subtitle text-base hover:underline px-1 bg-neutral-300 bg-opacity-50 dark:bg-slate-600 dark:bg-opacity-100 rounded-md font-mono">feed</a> library to generate my Atom & JSON feeds ~~for everything except narrated articles. For that, I use <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/feed" class="text-subtitle text-base hover:underline px-1 bg-neutral-300 bg-opacity-50 dark:bg-slate-600 dark:bg-opacity-100 rounded-md font-mono">podcast-rss</a>  since it has more features specifically to comply with platforms' weird-ass rules
 regarding podcast feeds.~~ Right now, narrated articles have been scrapped, but when I do start making audio content, I'll use `podcast-rss` to generate a feed specifically for that audio content.
 
-Finally, for the software I use to actually write the code... I used to use [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com), but since it's an Electron app (basically Google Chrome in a fancy native-app-shaped box), its performance and resource use is very high. Thus, I switched *back* to [Sublime Text](https://www.sublimetext.com). If anyone has a FOSS alternative to Sublime that works just as well, let me know cause that would be awesome.
+Finally, for the software I use to actually write the code... 
+I ~~used to~~ *currently* use [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com)~~, but since it's an Electron app 
+(basically Google Chrome in a fancy native-app-shaped box), its performance and resource use is very high. 
+Thus, I switched *back* to [Sublime Text](https://www.sublimetext.com). 
+If anyone has a FOSS alternative to Sublime that works just as well, let me know cause that would be awesome.~~
+as eventually I just realized the bomb is too powerful and the good it does on my workflow outweighs the bad it does on my computer.
+Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
 
 # ideas
 
@@ -111,10 +122,13 @@ Qdoba is better. Fight me. (plus I'm poor so I don't get either of them very oft
 
 and for today since I got free double protien I double-wrapped it just in case.
 
-If you take me to chipoltle and get this exact order (minus the protien because i think it's seasonal lol), I will make out with you.
+If you take me to chipotle and get this exact order (minus the protien because i think it's seasonal lol), I will make out with you.
 
 # ai
 
 I do not use generative AI on this website. Period.
 
+The only time I used generative AI for any real purpose was during a massive crunch session in college, and even then I was disappointed in it.
+I need to write a post about it one day.
+
 One day, I need to add a `robots.txt` and other such protections to prevent this website from being scraped... but no-one is going to listen to me anyway because my rights don't matter to them in that regard.

src/pages/more.mdx

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+date: 1970-01-01
+layout: '../layouts/StandaloneMDXLayout.astro'
+title: More Pages
+slug: more
+---
+
+Want to see even more stupid stuff that I've been up to? Here you go!
+
+[sharefeed - A collection of links to things that are interesting](/sharefeed)
+
+[me - An "about me" page and a whole lot more](/me)\
+If you are a fan of slash pages, try throwing some into the URL and see what happens! 
+For example, [/colophon](/colophon) or [/chipotle](/chipotle) :3
+
+[cool - A miscellaneous resource of cool stuff I want to draw more attention to](/cool)
+
+[rss - Want to keep tabs on what I make? This is the best way to do it](/rss)\
+If you need an RSS client and are on iOS and/or macOS, check out [NetNewsWire](https://netnewswire.com/) (not sponsored, it's just what
+I use lol)