42°C in some parts of the country and this isn't even supposed to be the hottest day of the week, this is insanity. I'm doing relatively okay here at 33°C but jesus christ look at this map
Three different repair shops said they couldn't work on the iPod that needs a charging port change. Including two specializing in micro-soldering, one of which works exclusively on Apple products. At this point I should probably learn to micro-solder myself...
Started listening to the Witch Hat Atelier soundtrack with headphones, and my god I didn't realize just how many flutes there were in the main theme (1st track on the 1st disc). They're everywhere, constantly answering each other, often with one of the 3 parts of the main theme.
You can really recognize Yuka Kitamura's style in some tracks. I hope she does more anime soundtracks, she deserves to be put up there in the anime sphere with the best of 'em.
Update on iPods now that I got new batteries: one works well but won't charge or sync, the other refuses to get power to the board and I had to clean water damage so I suspect it's a lost cause, and the one with the short and partially melted board works surprisingly normally
with a battery but I'm not testing the charging port that caused it to burn. I think I could maybe see if the one that won't charge can be repaired with a new charging port, but I don't have the tools for microsoldering.
Can't get the full Witch Hat Atelier soundtrack for now but found a few more audio snippets. Oh yeah, "Romonon" would sound right at home in a FromSoft game.
So, Flow (2024). Great little movie. Bit like a mix between The Last Guardian and Journey (both videogames). Really enjoyed having zero dialogue whatsoever.