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I am blown away by this Apple M-series. And by blown away, I mean the complete opposite, because there are no fans. Nothing blows! And it seems like I bought it just at the right time. The new prices Apple announced today has made my...
LAUGHING AT LIES It’s ten years since Florian Zeller’s elegantly embroidered trompe l’oeil sex-comedy about two couples opened at the Menier under LIndsay Posner’s direction (it’s him again for this revival). In summer 2016, we swooned...
Asking Do You Want an AI Chatbot in Your Book? BookRiot tut-tuttingly brings us the news that “Google Play Books has launched Book Insights, ‘a helpful reading companion, which is built with Gemini.’ It is currently available on ‘select...
QUI-GON JINN STAR WARS: EPISODE I (HASBRO) Well, with Power of the Force officially done, and my small handful of actually new Star Wars stuff to review actually burned through, I guess it’s time to move on. Not from Star Wars, of...
My only PVP kill. On Saturday, 20 June 2026, about a dozen CRPG Addict readers and I signed into the Multi-User Dungeon on British-Legends.com for a few hours, hoping to replicate the early MUD experience, when players raced around the...
By: Madeleine Karako For as long as I can remember, I have dreamed of being a mother. When we got pregnant on the honeymoon, I couldn’t have been more thrilled. Then we lost our first child to miscarriage after being married for 2...
I'm currently at my desk, listening to the discography of Elliot Smith from the very start. I'm on the latter half of Roman Candle right now. He's one of those artists that I know the hits from, and a few deeper cuts by virtue of...
this is a Chris Granner appreciation post
We played the twelfth session of our Dungeon Module B1: In Search of Unknown AD&D 2e game last night. You can read past play reports here.The roster for this session was as follows:Llombaerth, CG elf thief 3 (Adam)Mirkle, N human fighter...
After plenty of time at the workbench, my First Crusade Frankish knights are officially based, grouped, and ready to ride down the enemies of Christendom. These, iron-clad knights of the Italo-Norman vanguard are ready to carve their way...
I migrated my site from Astro to Django to simplify my writing workflow and eliminate the friction of managing posts through git.
A while back, I decided to limit my involvement in Discourse, in part because it’s a time sink (but let’s be honest, I’d find some other way to procrastinate) and mainly because my contributions are rarely significant. I’m making an...
Alicia was in China this week and it gave me a chance to spend a lot more time with the boys. The week was exhausting but it was a real delight to have so much time with them. From meals in the garden, to watching the late one evening,...
An early morning Hawaiian Airlines flight coming in to land at Kailua Kona airport.