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I happened upon this post from David when browsing Bubbles and thought it was an interesting question, so I figured I chime in. Who knows that I blog? Of the people I know and interact with regularly in person I can think of exactly two...
Under normal circumstances, it might seem a bitter irony that Paolo Mori and Alessandro Zucchini’s partnership will be lauded for Toy Battle over the supernal Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars. But these are no normal circumstances....
AUTHOR RICH CROSS is the guest on the latest edition of the always unmissable Punk Rock Creatives podcast. Host Marie Repulsive discusses with Rich the history of Poison Girls, the new PM Press book on the band, and the new seven-CD...
That’s a wrap on The First Annual Bullpen Inc. Blog Prompt Challenge Extravaganza 2026! It was fun and challenging to get the blog posts out each week. I’m glad I was able to get something out. I liked seeing how different everyone’s...
Listening to a 1970 Love bootleg at the Fillmore West, that Paul of Albums That Should Exist cleaned up. It’s the seventies, so Arthur Lee is heavier, more Hendrix influenced than the insurmountable “Forever Changes”. The show is pretty...
It's amazing what you can find on the ceiling of a sports hall.24 words · 1 image
What I've done this evening to recharge and rehabilitate
One thing that Safari does well is its Reading Mode. The people who built it are brilliant, and no other browser can truly match the beauty and seamlessness. But I prefer Dia (or any other Chromium-based browser to Safari, really). They...
This is the first visit of the All the Adventures project to Ireland. I can’t fully say “this is the first adventure game from Ireland” due to the possibility of something slipping through the cracks (and also the fact I haven’t finished...
You may remember that last month the Scalzi Compound was hit with 80mph winds and as a result part of our porch railing was blown out, which was the excuse we needed to replace it entirely with something more robust. That replacement is...
We have a Google Drive folder with documents needing review. It’s a little hard keeping track of our progress so I got some help from Gemini in creating a checklist. It worked out pretty well. I’m also happy to have a starting point for...
At the London C++ meetup last month, I participated on a panel where each panelist gave a short introductory presentation. My 7-minute intro (aka “lightning talk”) just got posted — you can view it here. The one-sentence blurb: “C++ is...