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Investigation into the possibilities of connecting LCD/TFT displays.
Finished reading: The Butcher’s Masquerade by Matt Dinniman Wow, this book was very nearly serious fantasy! It has huge stakes, multiple meaningful races, some hope that what they do in this book will have impacts on the next one, and...
Cefalù appears from around a bend on the coast road east of Palermo, its pastel walls creeping up the cliff sides of the La Rocca promontory. Every crate of lemons that left Palermo harbor was grown on a tree nobody was buying. For...
Finished reading: The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman This book takes place inside cosmic bubble wrap. Dinniman’s brain reminds me of a Gary Larson quote: You know those little snow globes that you shake up? I always thought my...
Finished reading: The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook by Matt Dinniman It’s so nice to just plow through fun books like this. Sometimes I get too serious about my reading and forget that you’re allowed to read fun stuff with no telos....
Nau maiYesterday we played at the House of Blues in Las Vegas, Nevada. I woke up at 1:30pm after one of those bus sleeps that leave you foggy and discombobulated. My internal alarm clock had failed and I had completely missed the...
Finished reading: Carl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman This series continues to be excellent empty calories of entertainment. I particularly love that the title refers to an object, not… a scenario. 📚
Simon Willison on blogging: My number one tip for blogging is to lower your standards! Aim to hit publish while you are still actively unhappy with what you have written, because the only alternative is a huge folder full of drafts and...
If the title was "Meta developers accessed the internet and hacked another firm", the reactions would have been different. There would be some lawsuits at least. Why not now?
I didn’t realize regrinding old vinyl records was possible, but in the face of our climate crisis, it’s another trick the resuscitated industry has focused on. Good piece by Kyle Devine — Longreads link here, which is an excerpt from his...
I didn't realize it'd been more than a month since my last post. So, here's what I've been up to in that time: We had the baby shower. It was a lot to plan and prep for, but it came together nicely, and was really fun. I think everyone...
When will the hot weather end? It’s beginning to feel like never but inevitably the earth spins, seasons change and before we know it, autumn will be here. What will the cooler months have in store? More extremes, more storms, biblical...
Blaugust has a bunch of gamers taking part and it has encouraged me to talk about gaming on here. So, here's an overview of what I play videogames on, the state of my backlog, and what I am currently playing
In the latest Running Track release, I added far more stats to Goal Insights. I also added a custom font and 7 new colour schemes, which happily satisfies my need for snazzy colours and novelty. I’ve added a page to the Running Track...
Really second guessing myself with these photos recently. What is the point? I need to find time to make more photographs. I have often talked about intentionality, but recently it has been mostly just capturing anything that looks...