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“So, you beat the Halo demo. Not bad, soldier, not bad at all. But are you ready to take the next step?!” –Avery Johnson When I was in middle school, one of my friends invited me over to try his new Xbox and Halo 2 – we’d largely...
Whilst this photo of mine is not a great image, it is a good image. “A good image is created by a state of grace. Grace expresses itself when it has been freed from conventions, free like a child in his early discovery of reality. The...
I believe the worst thing we've ever been told as creatives is that we have to 'pick a niche'. You have to optimise and focus on that one group of people... Your group of people, like there's this magical circle of people waiting for...
Splatterworld: Rick to Kyoufu no Daiou (“Rick vs. The King of Terror”) is an interesting oddity. The trend of taking action games and turning them into RPGs was not a new one, but would definitely have been a first for the Splatterhouse...
A strange thing happens when you press Enter on an empty item in a list in most text editors – the entire list item disappears: This feels counterintuitive. Isn’t Enter for committing and adding more things? Wouldn’t Backspace be the...
Meleager, in Greek Anthology 12.101 (tr. Margaret Hubbard): I was unwounded by Desires, but Myiscus shot me in the heart with his eyes, and cried, 'I have caught the braggart. That supercilious sneer that imperious philosophy gave, look,...
The 2012 Tony nominee for best play Venus in Fur had its regional premiere at the Jungle Theater in 2013, and to my knowledge that's the last time we've seen it in the Twin Cities (although I did see it at the Great River Shakespeare...
Greetings from early August. For some this is vacation season, but for me it’s full-tilt work. I’m pitching a new book, ramping up video and Substack content, setting up speaking gigs and consultations through next spring, and...
Adventurers Character Race Class Description Alaric Human Paladin level 4 Big, doe eyed country boy with wavy blond hair and willingness to do the right thing. Paladin of Tyr. Aurella Elf Fighter level 1 / magic-user level 1 Exiled and...
“Thoughts & Links” are posts mixing topics on my mind and interesting things I have read recently. Less thought-out than regular posts. This one is a bit different from usual, because there’s mostly one thing on my mind so I’m trying a...
This procedure might brick your device. The contents are not yet fully verified and should not be used in any productive setup. Proceed with caution, you have been warned If you are confused by the whole key nomenclature in UEFI, go and...
Located in the south of Tuscany, this old town sits atop a rock above some canyons. In the canyons below, there are lots of old caves and alleys by the Etruscan people from 2.500 years ago. Feels like being in a jungle, a bit like in...
It was a year ago yesterday that I had my right radial head replaced with a titanium upgrade, the result of an unfortunate fall off a box in the gym.All things considered, my recovery over the last 366 days has gone well: three weeks...
4th August 2026 How he has fallen into a discovery trap of his own making One point which was emphasised in the litigation department of where I was a junior litigator was to always prepare for trial. Each step of the litigation process,...
Nutgoo.Lee’s Blancat made my seven-year-old cry. I know. That’s a movable bar. She was tired from a long day of playing in the sun, but she wanted to try the “kittie quilting game” anyway. It ended in tears. That’s on me, not Blancat,...