Modern Horizons 2

Today was the official release of Modern Horizons 2. I was a bit disappointed in my take away with the bundle I bought. They were draft boosters inside, same from the prerelease. I pretty much got what I got from the prerelease. I got a few set boosters on the side and was happier with those. I got a Chatterfang Commander card. I did at least get 3 of the fetchlands, Scalding Tarn, Marsh Flats and Arid Mesa and the artifact, Sword of Hearth and Home. When I went to the prelease event at my LGS, I got an Esper Sentinel. I have 2 now. In all, I think the expansion was overpriced.

See this video by The Professor:

6/15/2021 Update

So a lot has gone on in my world over the past year. I got divorced. I moved. I had rotator cuff/shoulder surgery. I was out of work for 10 weeks to recover and was not ready to go back to work because of the pain. I ended up leaving my job, retiring from nursing. Between my divorce and surgery, I met the man I am going to spend the rest of my life with. It is because of him, I was able to retire early and work on going back to writing full time. That’s where I am right now.

While I plot my WII romance in my head, and a bit in a bullet journal, I have taken up a hobby: Magic The Gathering. I’m loving collecting the cards, but not overly good at play. I’m still learning. In turn, it sparked friendships with other nerdy people (which I feel very comfortable with). We are playing some MTG together and starting some DND. I have little to no experience with DND, so I am looking forward to it. My character is a wood elf druid bard. Yeah, I may have gone a little complicated, but I love the concept. I got the image of her from a MTG card I found online. My fiancé is also participating in some MTG events but more so with DND.

So, okay, I am still healing up from major surgery in March. Movement is difficult at times but getting better. I am in physical therapy, or as I like to say, torture. I made some writing goals for myself to get 50K done by the end of July. It is a historical romance set during WWII that I am tentatively calling The Pilot’s Nightingale Bride.

Quickpad IR transfer

Quickpad IR or Quickpad H45 does work with today’s technology. The Quickpad IR is relatively cheap on eBay and is an economical alternative to the Freewrite (under $20 vs. $350-$500). I couldn’t find how to use the Quickpad on today’s tech, so I had to figure it out for myself.

It takes the Quickpad, a PS/2 keyboard/mouse adapter [like this] and a PS/2 male to male cable [like this].

Plug in the PS/2 cable to the Quickpad, and the other end of the cable into the keyboard adapter port. Plug the USB end into the computer USB port. Open Notepad (or text program of choice. I like notepad because of no formatting to mess with.). The Quickpad will try to go into keyboard mode. Press “Esc”. Select which folder (F1, F2, etc.) you want and the file to be transferred. Hit “Send file” into the open document. The text will type out automatically, much like an Alphasmart.

Click link to find out more about Quickpad IR or Quickpad Pro.

I personally love old tech. I have an Alphasmart Neo2, 2 Alphasmart Danas, 2 Quickpad IRs, and a Quickpad Pro.