Damnit. This wasn’t what I planned to write about today. I was going to write about a game- you know, prove I still do that every once in a while. Take a break from the subject of blog minimalism dooming…
Yesterday… I may have come across a little… anti-minimalist. And you’d be forgiven for thinking so, since I essentially said as much. Stated more accurately: I’m not anti-minimalist. I’m anti this recent trend of removing comment sections, engagement options and…
Something I set out to do differently this Blaugust was to make sure I spent more time poking my nose above the parapet of my own blog — sniffing the roses and seeing what else is out there. Alright, I…
I owe Kluwes, if not full credit, then probably about 80% credit for finally picking this one up again. Caves of Qud exited early access with its 1.0 release in December 2024, and it has been in my ‘Play Soon’…
I started this yesterday with some context setting on where my current stance and future hopes for AI lie, but the desire to lay that out came from reading Pete’s “LLM Brain” post, which was in turn inspired by a…
AI isn’t a subject I’ve much touched upon here. Not for any particular reason. I’m certainly an interested party. I believe that as with all culture-shifting technologies, it has its foibles along with its benefits. I’m also pretty firmly of…
Blaugust 2025 is here, across all time zones now! (Well, pretty sure!) As part of the preparations that Krikket led the charge on, we have a set of optional prompts for each of the classic Blaugust weekly themes. Prompts, much…
By the reckoning of NZ time, July is over, ushering in a new month, as is the way of things. Specifically, August, if you want to be all official-calendar-namey about it. Blaugust, though, if you’re keen to throw your hat…
On a semi-regular basis, I develop an itch to throw away whatever theme I happen to be using and pick something else. Truth be told, there is something cathartic about the process of reworking your blog’s look from time to…
Recently, my wife has been watching Lost with my youngest son. I’m not exactly sure what he’s done to deserve this cruel and unusual punishment, but I feel I should stay out of it, lest I get dragged in. I…
Krikket has now officially announced Blaugust 2025. If you’re not new to the Blaugust circuit — if you are new, don’t worry, I’ll circle back to you — that might come as something of a shock. Belghast has been our…
