This week I decided to stop faffing around an...

10 Aug 2025

This week I decided to stop faffing around and just book a date for my driving theory exam. Did the driving aptitude test and I was honestly expecting some kind of Rorschach test (because if I remember right, I did that 20 years ago?!), but instead it was a really cool Atari-like videogame where you control two dots on different lanes using two handles! 👾

A vintage computer setup from the 1980s, used for driving aptitude tests in Spain. A small CRT monitor displays a simple blue and white video game with wavy parallel lines. Below and to the left of the screen is a metal control box with two steering-wheels. To the right of the controller is a keyboard.

Joined Mastodon and Pixelfed! 🚀
Found guanciale for the first time in my local grocery store and made carbonara with it and it was so delicious and sublime and wonderful, I honestly will never be able to make pasta with bacon, ever again! 🍝🍷
Had an identity crisis, edited my blog's CSS. Loving the dark theme.

BEFORE ![A blog archive page displays posts from December 2024, with a simple minimalistic design in white.](/content/images/2025-08-10/screenshot-2025-08-10-at-11-42-07-archive-maira-martins.png)

AFTER ![A blog archive page displays posts from December 2024, with a colorful and bright light theme, in shades of green with purple details.](/content/images/2025-08-10/screenshot-2025-08-10-at-11-41-33-archive-maira-martins.png)

![A blog archive page displays posts from December 2024, with a dark theme in shades of purple with green details.](/content/images/2025-08-10/screenshot-2025-08-10-at-11-41-45-archive-maira-martins.png)

🍿 Only watched one movie this week, Holy Cow. Absolutely loved this weird French story and the character arc was wonderful.
📺 Finished season 1 of Ricky Gervais' After Life. I love it. The themes discussed are quite dark, but somehow the characters still cultivate empathy and friendship. A breath of fresh air.

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