Public Service Announcement - Easter Break

Kia ora, dear readers,

I'll take a break over the long weekend, so posts here will be limited and sporadic.

Back to normal early next week.

Public Service Announcement - Back to normal

 Heya, 

we should be back to normal from now on for the foreseeable future :)

Public Service Announcement - Happy Holidays

 Ahoi-hoi,

Just to let you all know, I'll take a break from now until early January. As usual, I may post a couple of things here and there, but not every day. Likely not a lot going on anyway.

I hope you all get a chance to rest and spend time with the people you care about!

See you next year!

Public Service Announcement - Limited Service

 Hello everybody,

I am moving house this week, so I'll be a t bit more busy than usual and there will be a couple of longer gaps between updates.

Should be back to normal next week.

Public Service Announcement - Short Interruption

Hello everybody,

I have a lot going on both with work and in my private life, so there will be a short break in new posts until Thursday or so.

Public Service Announcement - Happy Easter

Hello everybody,

I'm taking a break over Easter, so I guess less and less regular updates for the next couple of days. Should be back on Tuesday.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Hello everybody,

I'll take a break over the holidays, might post some stuff if there is any and I'll get bored.

Otherwise, back to some updates towards end of next week, and back to regular business in the new year.

I hope you all get a chance to relax and do something fun!

And thank you for sticking around :)

Public Service Announcement - Short Delay

 Aloha everybody,

I am on a short but intense business trip, so likely no news until Friday.

And we are back!

Hello again,

Vacation is over, it will take a while to get through the backlog, but updates should be back to daily now.

Public Service Announcement - Vacation Time

 

Hello everybody, I am taking a couple of weeks off to go on vacation. That means there will be less regular updates for a while.

Public Service Announcement - Some Disruptions

Hello everybody,

updates will be a bit less regular this week - should be back to normal next weekend.

PSA - Service Interruption

Hello folks, 

I am travelling, not sure if and how many updates I'll post until Sunday.

Public Service Announcement - Short Interruption

 Hello dear readers,

I will be travelling for the rest of the week, so updates will be fewer and less regular.

Back to normal on Monday.

Public Service Announcement - PPC

 Hello dear audience,

Some of my friends have a small podcast about Battletech, and in their last episode they had me as their guest.

If you want to hear me and my horrible German accent talking about my second hobby-related obsession beside this blog, do me a favor and download episode 5 of the Periphery Podcast Corporation and make this their most popular episode so far by far - but listen at you own risk :)

Link: Periphery Podcast Corporation

80K!!!

Hello everybody,

this is one of those "OMG, another milestone!" posts.

Yes, 80.000 posts on the Tabletop Fix. Insanity!

A journey of 13 years, with a lot of great (and a few not so great) things to do and people to meet. 

Since 2023 is almost over, it's also worth having a look at the numbers. About 6670 posts this year, which is pretty much exactly 500 less than last year, and that despite the fact there were no longer gaps because of me travelling. The reason is that I made some career progress in my actual job, you know, the one that pays my bills and such. It got a lot more demanding, and there are more and more days when I realize after dinner that I haven't updated the blog yet. And don't get me started on how many times I think "I should finally get those dead links of my bookmarks list" :).

Overall, I struggle more to stay on top. There is a relentless onslaught of Kickstarter campaigns, and they start to feel a bit same-y to me, I mean, it's 90% 3D-print and of that 70% terrain. But if I want to stay with my intention of "post everything and let the reader sort out what is relevant for them", I can't prioritize some over the others. The whole idea of the Tabletop Fix is to not pretend that I can make a decision of what is worthy and what not. 

Anyway, I hope everybody is having a great holiday season, and I will keep pushing on for a while. So no worries. And thank you for sticking around, I appreciate it.

Looking forward to 2024, I hope that I can get back to cultivate some good contacts. It's always nice to get an email from somebody who knows my name and says some kind words on top of "Here is something to post". Maybe I drifted to far from the "community" part of it all.

And painting. I need to do some painting. 

Public Service Announcement - Short Break

Happy Holidays,

I'll be back in a couple of days.

Public Service Announcement - Off to have some fun

Ahoi-hoi,

I am away to play Alpha Strike at a local convention, So no updates this weekend.

Short Service Disruption

 Aloha,

Suprise power outage here, so no updates today.

While I am at it, there will likely a slightly longer break in second half of August to give me a chance to do some house-keeping behind the scenes.

75,000 is a big number!

Hello everybody, so this is the 75,000th post!

How is it going over here at the Fix? Kinda like always. Well, I have to say that engagement is going down slowly but surely. Maybe this format is just moving closer to the end of its usefulness, but no worries, right now it still makes sense for me to put in the effort. Although I have to say that I grew a bit less interested in the hobby lately, and it feels like I just have seen it all (especially when it comes to Kickstarter campaigns for 3D-printable stuff). Can't really remember the last time something completely "wow'ed" me.

It likely doesn't help that I almost exclusively play and paint Battletech these days, and that my day job (which has nothing to do with the hobby) gets more demanding. I also caught the dreaded C-virus last year and still feel like I am not exactly back where I was physically and mentally. 

But no worries, I won't shut this down anytime soon, and I am very thankful for all of you who visit the blog, often every single day. 100K posts is definitely a goal I want to reach, and unless engagement drops under 1000 visits per day, I think it is worth to keep going.

PSA - Happy Holidays

Hello everybody,

I will take a break for the rest of the year - see you all in 2023!