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Start Select Reset is delivered straight to your snail mailbox four times a year, just like it’s 1994! Issue #016 – INTERNET OPERATOR Issue #016 of Start Select Reset is now out, and on the way to via snail mail to my supporters...
As I've discussed before, I have a habit of trying and eventually failing to create a balance between using social media and actually getting benefits from its use. Many people find themselves in the same boat, too. That is clear to...
As I've discussed before, I have a habit of trying and eventually failing to create a balance between using social media and actually getting benefits from its use. Many people find themselves in the same boat, too. That is clear to...
Woke up around 8:30 ish to the sounds of the waves. After chilling out for a bit, we headed over to Bagel 101 on the PCH, then walked over to Starbucks for some tea. I finished and uploaded my 5th song for the year. My Distributor is...
Cultic Chapter One was an already extremely impressive game. Telling the story of a detective who runs afoul of a mysterious cult, it was a step-by-step journey through a mountainous region that featured rather excellent level design, a...
With the Peppo team here in Bangalore and other commitments, the week was crazy busy. I met at least half of the Peppo team in person for the first time. We have a great team at Peppo. As Mohammed said in one of our conversations, the...
Boomer shooter Cultic comes from solo developer Jason Smith under the Jasozz Games. It’s a fascinating title that pays homage to various older games, but remixes its various elements into something that feels perfectly at home to the...
Brek @ Snax 1 - Derek Demko Lunch @ Nile Valley 3 - MC Hammersmith 4 - Gyles Brandreth Dins @ Noodles Home 7 - David O’Doherty 930 - House of Life where you come alone but end up bowing onstage with Rev, so after get into Drinks @...
Continuing the letter writing fever, I’ve been exploring the academic work called Letters As Loot by Gijsbert Rutten and Marijke J. van der Wal. It’s a treasure trove of information on how letters were written in the 17th and 18th...
Earlier this month my blog turned 11 years old and, truth be told, I never thought in August 2015 that I would still be at it in 2026 (though admittedly, for the past year my output has diminished from 3-5 to only one post per week as I...
[This is one of the finalists in the 2026 book review contest, written by an ACX reader who will remain anonymous until after voting is done. I’ll be posting about one of these a week for several months. When you’ve read them all, I’ll...
I would be very grateful for pointers to other recent empirical studies of the impact of AI on programming education that are more rigorous than the gushing slop being tossed around on LinkedIn. I’d be particularly grateful for studies...
From Empire of the Winds: The Global Role of Asia’s Great Archipelago, by Philip Bowring (I.B. Tauris, 2018), Kindle pp. 29-31: This region is often referred to as ‘maritime South East Asia’, with the more general term ‘South East Asia’...
This was another wild card choice I picked for this month’s reviews. Today’s read was Cornish’s sole foray into writing crime fiction. Information on the dustjacket of my copy states that: ‘Constance Cornish spent the first fourteen...