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The Blood of Roses

In childhood something black settled on Mechail Korhlen and drank from his throat. Later somebody pitied him enough to kill his poor deformed body when he became an adult. But then he chose to return from beyond the veil to enact revenge and to follow Anjelen, ruler of the sinister monastery.

In the evening I started in The Blood of Roses. Many years ago I read the book, in a Dutch translation, and I recall it being a good read. I'm looking forward to reading it again.

The Whisper Man (2026)

A grieving father and his young son relocate to the quiet town of Garretton, which was terrorized by a serial killer known as The Whisper Man 15 years earlier, while rumors circulate that Whisper Man worked with an accomplice.

In the evening Alice, Esme, and I watched The Whisper Man. The movie was so so and I rate it a 6 out of 10.

Obsession (2025) Again

Baron "Bear" Bailey breaks a novelty charm to force his co-worker Nikki Freeman to love him, but the supernatural compulsion warps her mind into violent obsession, trapping him in a nightmare he cannot wish away.

In the evening Alice, Esme, and I watched Obsession. Jaiden and I had seen the movie before recently but liked the rewatch. Back then I rated the movie a 7 out of 10.

Lina and the Frog

In the early afternoon Alice called me that Lina, our cat, had found a frog. When outside, she's on a leash, so Alice could stop her easily from harming the amphibian that was visiting our garden.

Lina and the frog
Lina and the frog.

After sitting frozen for a while, the frog suddenly made a few jumps, triggering Lina to try to catch it. A few jumps more and it ended up in the garden of our neighbors.

Flow (2024)

Cat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences.

In the evening Esme and I watched Flow. I liked the movie, wonderfully made, and rate it an 8 out of 10.

La Captura (2026)

Follows two cops who in a routine stop pull over a stolen car only to come face to face with one of the most dangerous criminals in the world.

In the evening Esme and I watched La Captura (Also known as "Facing El Chapo"). I liked the movie and rate it an 8 out of 10.

Evil Dead Burn (2026)

After the loss of her husband, a woman seeks solace with her in-laws. As one by one they transform into deadites, she comes to discover that the vows she took in life - survive even in death.

In the evening Jaiden, Alice, Esme, and I watched Evil Dead Burn. The movie was OK, and I rate it a 6 out of 10.

Lina in our garden

In the early evening, while Esme was trimming the ivy, I took a photo of Lina, our cat.

Lina in our garden
Lina in our garden.

We keep Lina on a leash because we live close to a busy road. She's used to be on a leash and even joins us on walks in the neighborhood.

Michael (2026)

The early life of musician Michael Jackson, from the discovery of his talent as the lead of the Jackson Five to the artist whose creative ambition fueled a pursuit to become the biggest entertainer in the world.

In the evening Esme and I watched Michael. I liked the movie and rate it an 8 out of 10. The ending suggests there is going to be a sequel to which I look forward.

Satechi Slim W1 Wired Backlit Keyboard

The Satechi Slim W1 keyboard I ordered from Amazon the 19th of August arrived yesterday. But because we were late back from Amsterdam, just after 10PM, I had not really time to test the keyboard.

So today, in the afternoon, I tested the keyboard by typing this post. And I really like it. I turned off the backlight though, which can be accomplished by pressing a key on the keyboard a few times.

Benchmarking tumblelog on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra

In the evening I timed the building of Plurrrr with tumblelog on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra AMD Ryzen™ 5 7640HS Mini PC with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD running Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. I used the time command. For example for the Python version of tumblelog via Docker I got:

real    0m4.389s
user    0m0.012s
sys     0m0.036s

And for the Perl version via Docker I got:

real	0m2.516s
user	0m0.018s
sys     0m0.026s

Both runs include the find command I use to determine the number of days Plurrrr has. At the time of writing this is 1864 day entries in a Markdown file of 3.1M. The tumblelog program generates for Plurrrr, at the time of writing, 3065 HTML pages and 2 feeds. The speed on the GMKtec NucBox is very impressive to me; on my Mac mini late 2014 it takes more than 30 seconds to generate Plurrrr.

You can get tumbelog on GitHub and start your own microblog.