Craft Beetle

Welcome, take a look around!

Hello! I'm Craft Beetle. Take a minute and look around. Check out all the various pages.

You'll find the projects I am working on, what I'm growing in my garden, my reflections on the media I'm consuming, my thoughts on various things in blog form, and links to the things I think are neat.

I add new content every Monday so come back often and see all the new things I share.

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What's New?

2025.04.20

Ecology

  • Added - 2025.04.19

    • Micro-Blog

  • Added - 2025.04.20

    • Blog

  • New blog post!

    • Links

  • Added - No AI Webring

    • Website

  • Big update!
  • Added sorting to many pages.
  • Combined Garden and Critters into Ecology.
  • Added titles to blogs and removed reading time.


    • 2025.04.13

    Links

  • Added - Crotovane
  • Added - Open Source Alternative To
  • Added - Good Shepherd Collective
  • Added - Hackaday

    • Website

  • Added a new page! Micro-Blog


    • 2025.04.13

    Garden

  • Added - 2025.04.13

    • Critters

  • Added - 2025.04.13
  • Added - 2025.04.10
  • Added - 2025.04.07

    • Links

  • Added - The Mobility Independence Foundation


    • 2025.04.06

    Game Dev.

  • Added - DRECK

    • Books

  • Added and Reviewed - The Law of Ueki

    • Games

  • Reviewed - Going Under

    • Links

  • Added - Hood Communist
  • Added - Hundredrabbits
  • Added - It's FOSS


    • 2025.03.30

    Critters

  • Added - 2025.03.30

    • Garden

  • Added - 2025.03.29

    • Games

  • Added - Antichamber
  • Reviewed - Sulfur
  • Reviewed - Super Meat Boy
  • Reviewed - Dead Cells

    • Films

  • Added and Reviewed - The Eid Gift
  • Added and Reviewed - Ponyo


    • 2025.03.23

    Critters

  • Added - 2025.03.22

    • Garden

  • Added - 2025.03.20
  • Added - 2025.03.18


    • 2025.03.16

    Critters

  • Added - 2025.03.16
  • Added - 2025.03.12

    • Garden

  • Added - 2025.03.15
  • Added - 2025.03.12

    • Links

  • Added - Democracy At Working
  • Added - iNaturalist
  • Added - Consumer Action Taskforce
  • Added - Summer Eternal


    • 2025.03.09

    Games

  • Reviewed - Return of the Obra Dinn
  • Reviewed - Mingle
  • Reviewed - Totally Accurate Battlegrounds
  • Reviewed - Night In The Woods
  • Reviewed - Halo Infinite
  • Reviewed - Kerbal Space Program
  • Reviewed - Rocket League
  • Reviewed - Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

    • Critters

  • Added - 2025.03.06

    • Garden

  • Added - 2025.03.06


    • 2025.03.02

    Blog

  • New blog post!

    • Garden

  • Added - 2025.03.02

    • Critters

  • Added - 2025.03.02

    • Games

  • Added - Sulfur
  • Added - Super Meat Boy
  • Reviewed - Deadly 30
  • Reviewed - The Ascent

    • Links

  • Added - Make it Yourself

    • Website

  • Updated and proof read various pages.


    • 2025.02.23

    Garden

  • Added - 2025.02.21
  • Added - 2025.02.19

    • Films

  • Added and Reviewed - Salt of this Sea

    • Games

  • Reviewed - Ghost of Tsushima

    • Links

  • Added - BuyNothing

    • Website

  • Updated the website title to Berkshire Swash


    • 2025.02.16

    Garden

  • Added - 2025.02.15
  • Added - 2025.02.14
  • Added - 2025.02.11
  • Starting to identify the genus and species of the plants and fungi I have photographed as requested by a good friend. Updated the page description to match. I encourage you to reach out if you have identified anything I am missing or got wrong.

    • Critters

  • Added - 2025.02.14
  • Added - 2025.02.13
  • Added - 2025.02.12

    • Films

  • Reviewed - Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

    • Games

  • Reviewed - Bad North

    • Blog

  • Added "Reading Time" to blogs.

    • Links

  • Added - fanart TV


    • 2025.02.09

    Garden

  • Added - 2025.02.07
  • Added - 2025.02.05

    • Critters

  • Added - 2025.02.09

    • Games

  • Added - Night in the Woods

    • Books

  • Reviewed - The Revolution of 1936-1939 in Palestine

    • Links

  • Added - fffuel


    • 2025.02.02

    Blog

  • New blog post!

    • Crafts

  • Added - Stacked Container Slums
  • Added - Bell Tower
  • Added - Borderlands Psycho Mask

    • Films

  • Added - Castaway on the Moon
  • Reviewed - Castaway on the Moon
  • Reviewed - The Green Knight
  • Reviewed - Fargo
  • Reviewed - Ocean's Eleven

    • Games

  • Reviewed - Ape Out
  • Reviewed - Apex Legends
  • Reviewed - Borderlands 2
  • Reviewed - BattleBit Remastered
  • Reviewed - SUPERHOT
  • Reviewed - Flatout
  • Reviewed - Garry's Mod

    • Links

  • Added - Horg
  • Added - Rabbit Waves
  • Added - iFixit
  • Added - FUTO
  • Added - Wildflower Search
  • Added - Falling Fruit
  • Grouped links into categories
  • Added Link page description.

    • Website

  • Made the "What's New" changelog and Blog posts collapsible for easier use.


    • 2025.01.26

    Garden

  • Added - 2025.01.20

    • Critters

  • Added - 2025.01.09

    • Books

  • Added - The Revolution of 1936-1939 in Palestine

    • Games

  • Added - Ape Out
  • Added - Aperture Desk Job
  • Reviewed - Aperture Desk Job
  • Added - Metal Gear Rising: Revengence
  • Reviewed - Metal Gear Rising: Revengence
  • Reviewed - OlliOlli World
  • Reviewed - OlliOlli2 - Welcome to Olliwood

    • Links

  • Added - Ribose
  • Updated organization slightly


    • 2025.01.19

    Books

  • Added - The Motorcycle Diaries
  • Reviewed - The Left Hand of Darkness
  • Reviewed - The Green Book

    • Films

  • Reviewed - To Kill A Mockingbird
  • Reviewed - Falling Down
  • Reviewed - Dune - Part Two
  • Reviewed - Dune - Part One
  • Reviewed - Wonka (2023)
  • Reviewed - Sunshine
  • Reviewed - Poison
  • Reviewed - Ballerina
  • Reviewed - Barbie
  • Reviewed - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Mutant Mayhem
  • Reviewed - Dungeons & Dragons - Honor Among Thieves

    • Games

  • Added - OlliOlli World
  • Added - Caveblazers
  • Reviewed - Caveblazers
  • Reviewed - Stray
  • Reviewed - Elden Ring
  • Reviewed - Banished
  • Reviewed - The Stanley Parable
  • Reviewed - Awesomenauts
  • Reviewed - Citizen Sleeper
  • Reviewed - Rust

    • Website

  • Added Projects page description.
  • Added Crafts page description.


    • 2025.01.12

    Books

  • Added - The Left Hand of Darkness

    • Shows

  • Added - Firefly
  • Reviewed - Creature Commandos

    • Website

  • Updated Shows page description.


    • 2025.01.05

    Projects

  • Added - Coffee Pod Holder

    • Books

  • Added - The Green Book
  • Reviewed - A Dying Colonialism

    • Shows

  • Added - Creature Commandos
  • Reviewed - Arcane - Season 2

    • Films

  • Reviewed - Nightcrawler

    • Games

  • Reviewed - Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit
  • Reviewed - Marvel Rivals

    • Website

  • Overhauled the changelog system to have direct links to what is new and what has been updated.



    • 2024
    2024.12.29

    Books

  • Reviewed - The Name of the Wind

    • Games

  • Added - Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit
  • Reviewed - Absolute Drift

    • Garden

  • Added - 2024.12.24
  • Added - 2024.04.24
  • Added - 2024.04.23

    • Links

  • Added - Obsidian
  • Added - ProtonDB
  • Added - SteamGridDB

    • Website

  • Minor aesthetic updates.


    • 2024.12.22

    Books

  • Added - The Name of the Wind

    • Games

  • Added game reviews.

    • Website

  • Reordered media based on start date.


    • 2024.12.15

    Blog

  • New blog post!

    • Games

  • Added game reviews.

    • Books

  • Added and Reviewed - The First Time Manager
  • Added and Reviewed - The Servant

    • Critters

  • Added - 2024.12.15
  • Added - 2024.12.13

    • Links

  • Added - Krita
  • Added - Godot
  • Added - Blender

    • Website

  • Misc maintenance.


    • 2024.12.08

    Shows

  • New show review.

    • Critters

  • Added critter pictures.

    • Garden

  • Added plant pictures.


    • 2024.12.01

    Blog

  • New blog post!
  • Added picture to the first blog post.

    • Films

  • Added film reviews.

    • Games

  • Added game reviews.

    • Books

  • Added book reviews.

    • Links

  • Added some more links.

    • Website

  • Rounded image corner.
  • Updated footer.
  • Added spoiler section to reviews so I can write my full thoughts and not spoil anything for anyone who doesn't want spoilers.


    • 2024.11.24

    Games

  • Added game reviews.

    • Films

  • Added film reviews.

    • Critters

  • Added critter pictures.

    • Garden

  • Added garden pictures.

    • Website

  • Overhauled the crafts page to add image gallery buttons instead of a sliding bar.


    • 2024.11.18

    Crafts

  • Added an old craft project.

    • Critters

  • New critters.

    • Films

  • Added film reviews.

    • Games

  • Added game reviews.

    • Links

  • Added some links to websites I recently discovered and really liked.

    • Website

  • Updated Game Dev page with better formatting.


    • 2024.11.10

    Films

  • Finally started writing my thoughts on films in earnest.

    • Garden

  • Added some plant pictures.

    • Critters

  • Added critters pictures.


    • 2024.11.04

    Books

  • Added some book and

    • Shows

  • Added show reviews.

    • Critters

  • Added critter pictures.

    • Garden

  • Added plant pictures.

    • Films

  • Added the first film reviews.


    • 2024.10.27

    Books

  • Added old books,

    • Garden

  • Added garden pictures.

    • Critters

  • Added critter pictures.

    • Crafts

  • Added - Rucksack

    • Links

  • Added link to TOLG site.

    • Website

  • Considering a better way to organize media, maybe a grid, maybe not chronologically? I haven't decided yet.
  • Added lazy loading for better large image loading speeds.


    • 2024.10.20

    Critters

  • Added many critters pictures.

    • Books

  • Added book reviews.

    • Games

  • Added many old games.

    • Website

  • Combined "Engineering" and "Programming" into "Projects".


    • 2024.10.14

    Garden

  • Added garden pictures.

    • Critters

  • Added critter pictures.

    • Crafts

  • Added descriptions and videos to the Crafts page.

    • Projects

  • Added engineering projects.

    • Crafts

  • Added crafts.

    • Game Dev.

  • Updated Description - Nautilus Tank
  • Updated Description - Strat-a-Dice
  • Updated Description - Heart Attack

    • Website

  • Added descriptions and videos to the Crafts page.
  • Added a much needed "Back to Top" button.
  • Spellchecked, oh boy...


    • 2024.09.21

    Books

  • Added book.

    • Shows

  • Added show reviews.

    • Critters

  • Added critter pictures.

    • Garden

  • Added garden pictures.

    • Website

  • Renamed Bugs to Critters.


    • 2024.08.29

    Website

  • Added much needed text wrapping.


    • 2024.08.25

    Blog

  • New blog post!

    • Garden

  • Added garden pictures.

    • Crafts

  • Added crafts.

    • Game Dev.

  • Added - Nautilus Tank
  • Added - Strat-a-Dice
  • Added - Heart Attack

    • Films

  • Added films.

    • Website

  • Switched font to JetBrains Mono.


    • 2024.08.11

    Critters

  • Added critter pictures.

    • Garden

  • Added plant pictures.

    • Website

  • Considering some kind of image compression for faster loading and easier hosting.
  • Fixed bugs.


    • 2024.08.04

    Blog

  • New blog post!

    • Website

  • Added favicon.
  • Created mobile view.


    • 2024.08.02

    Blog

  • First blog post!

    • Website

  • Website launch imminent.

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