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A review of an Electric Bastionland one-shot. Is Chris McDowall one of the funniest writers in TTRPGs?
If you look very closely at my previous post, you’ll notice that I initialize a 128-bit integer with a 64-bit value. The 128-bit unsigned integer represents the internal state of a random number generator. Why not initialize it to a...
Get a peek into the amount of bells I have, because I'm learning about numbers.
Best Record of 2001: Day 37 Good morning! Today we’re taking a look at Aaliyah’s self-titled record, aka “The Red Album.” Note: As many of you saw, I recently wrote about a Best Record of 2001 challengeand noted that I’d be writing some...
May 12, 2026
A retrospective of my two-year Dolmenwood campaign, and why this is the best game. Fight me.
The Republic of China’s Indigenous Defense Submarine, ROCS Hai Kun (SS-711) fired two MK-48 Exercise Torpedoes during her 8th underwater sea trial on 6 May 2026. The footage and images released by CSBC Shipbuilding, cleared by the ROCN,...
The Philippine Navy’s newest offshore patrol vessel, the future BRP Rajah Lakandula (PS-21), has arrived in the country from Hyundai in Korea for a pending commissioning, just 14 weeks after her sister. The 2,400-ton/310-foot Rajah...
I present a design drawing from the Boston Navy Yard, circa 1917-18, taking dazzle camouflage to the next level. Official caption: Battleship camouflaged as “an island.” Canvas screens, painted approximately, would be used, as in some...
Scientific naming has a strong cultural component. I don’t mean Latin names that reference Hamlet or Der Ring des Nibelungenas or Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (although those exist). Instead, I mean that the kinds of names scientists...