Weeknotes: Week #4 (2026)
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Published: January 25, 2026

I’m still back at home so there’s not been a whole lot happening with my life other than being unable to deal with the cold.


•  I started reading The Book of Ile-Rien, without realizing that the copy I bought is actually a combined version of The Element of Fire and Death of the Necromancer so I have a 900+ page behemoth on my hand that is a departure from the science fiction fare I usually consume. In six chapters I’m up to 17 unique words describing medieval things that I had to look up so overall this has been quite the experience.

•  The Pixel Watch I ordered last week came in on Tuesday and by Thursday its display had already developed horrid discoloration that forced me to put it in for an RMA and get a replacement. It’s particularly bad timing since I will be traveling to my hometown soon for a marriage and then head back to Bengaluru, so I tried to have it be picked up from here and get it delivered in Bengaluru. Unfortunately the support executive I talked to got the wires crossed on that and scheduled the pickup from Bengaluru 🥲. Still trying to get that sorted.

•  We had a fair amount of thunder and rains on Friday which immediately knocked out both me and the power grid. The power came back 7-8 hours later but I continue to have the worst cold.

Being away from work for a couple of weeks now hasn’t been as isolating as I would’ve expected which says good things about the team, but it has still been quite the drudgery being stuck inside what with the cold and the rain. I already miss the fabled Bengaluru weather…