Rants
We’ve Lost So Many…
Last year was tough. Beverley and Eric, and so many others. 2020 sucked.
Read moreRants
An Incredibly Long History of this Utterly Stupid Oracle Versus Google Lawsuit
Sadly, and by no choice of my own, I am the 1 person on Earth who is most familiar with and has followed this Oracle/Google Java API thing since its absolute inception. And I mean, like, YEARS before the suit...
Read moreRants
Why Freedom Loving Libertarian Dipshits Would Love Oakland if they weren’t all Racists
You see, when these people scream incessantly about “Muh Freedoms!” they honestly have no fucking clue what they are talking about. I think we all know that. If they did understand their rights and where they are infringed, daily, they’d...
Read moreUncategorized
Have Fun Being a Reviewer of Stuff
Want stuff? Become a cheap-ass journalist! This is a very short and very unethical guide to becoming a gadget blogger. First, start a blog. Get your own DNS, dress it up to look pretty. Second, write a buncha blogs about Read more…
Games
The Party Finds Itself Even Deeper into the Weird Ass Castle Amber
As you may remember, we last left our intrepid party somewhere on the first floor of Castle Amber. Well, they found their way into the indoor forest, finally, but were immediately set upon by some very angry Ents. Not literal Read more…
Games
Goodman Games’ Castle Amber is Spectacular
I’ve gotten my players into this module: Castle Amber (Spoilers ahead). It’s a reworking of a module from the very oldest of schools in D&D. Goodman Games has done an excellent modernization of it. Not only that, but it has Read more…
Uncategorized
Why My Latest Dwarf Fortress Ended with a Cheese Maker Hitting Kids in the Mayor’s House
I started a Dwarf Fortress last week.Despite playing for 15 years now, I’ve never been able to survive the second invasion. I suck at prepping my military and especially training. But there were… reasons this time. Still, this is why Read more…
Uncategorized
Why Hacker News is Now a Steaming Pile of Shit Heads
In times past, Hacker News was a great place to discuss software, the software industry, and startup culture. You could get great links to great tools and libraries and frameworks. Developers would post their things there and people would look Read more…
Uncategorized
The One Thing Most Religions Agree On
Let’s start about 36,000 years ago, with the Venus of Hohle Fels. There’s other stuff from earlier times, and even dimples in rocks claimed to be as old as 700,000 years in India. But I like to start in Germany, Read more…