lotus.bloom

Originally, this site was created as supplemental practice for The Odin Project curriculum, and while it will still serve this purpose I have also decided that there is no reason that I cannot use it for sharing various information. As such, this site is a bit of a catch-all for anything I wanted to share over the internet.

As many of you may be familiar with, there's always that one go-to family member that people go to for basic tech support. For my family that person is typically me, and as such I plan to make informational posts on resolving issues, and setting up software, with the hope that I can re-use these articles if someone else has the same issue in the future. Having them online has a couple of benefits; it makes them available from anywhere, and it also allows others to share links to these articles with their family members.

With all the being said, as of current, the most common thing you will find on here are guides and bookmark collections for various games. Previously, I had them shared on Discord servers for friends, but since I have qualms with the direction of Discord I thought I would also post them somewhere else so that they are still available in the event I abandon the platform.

Thanks for visiting. I hope that you find something that's useful or informative.

2026/10/22

• Created Style 3.0, and began transition to new layout.
• Landing page completed.
• Game Guides index completed.

2025/11/22

• "Pokémon Trading Card Game (GBC) Trainer Information" completed.
• "Pokémon Trading Card Game (GBC) Promo Acquisition Guide" completed.

2025/11/19

• Separated "Active Works-In-Progress" from "Potential Updates."

2024/11/17

• "Pokémon Trading Card Game (GBC) Trainer Information" [WIP] added.
• "Pokémon Trading Card Game (GBC) Promo Acquisition Guide" [WIP] added.
• "Potential Updates" section added.

2024/06/11

• "How To De-Bloat Windows 10 and 11" tutorial added.

2024/06/10

• Bookmark Collection for Pokémon video game titles added.
• "Pokémon Trading Card Game (GCB) Card List" added to guides.

2024/06/09

• Index for Game Guides and Bookmark Collections added.
• Bookmark Collection for Final Fantasy 14 added.

Other:

• Transitioning existing pages to Style 3.0

While there is no guarantee that any of the items on this list will ever come into being, this is a list of ideas for potential updates. A note-to-self situation of sorts. Near-Future Ideas should be seen as ideas that are decently likely. Far-Future Ideas are either very time consuming, or feel like a chore, so they are certainly on the back burner.

Near-Future Ideas

Game Guides:

• Create Riichi Mahjong cheat sheets
• Improve Pokémon bookmarks navigation
• Separate by console?

Software Setup:

• Create guide for setting up KeepassXC, Syncthing and KeepassDX for local-only password database storage and sync.
• Update Windows 10/11 de-bloating guide. (After the next update, the information on Windows 10 will receive no future updates as the OS will no longer supported by Microsoft.)

Far-Future Ideas

Game Guides:

• Mega Man Battle Network guides
• Expand Pokémon Trading Card Game (2000) guides
• Add card images
• Trainer deck lists?
• Guides to progression?
• Copy Go guides and recommendations from Discord

Other:

• Implement sitemap
• To keep all records of content updates, prepare page for archiving older update entries.