Blogs tagged "variety"

Refereeing and Reflection

Tangled Thoughts On RPGs and Related Hobbies

• Supplement Supplemental! (Ravens, Foxes, and Fish – Chaosium Animal People Special) Oct 05, 2026

  Time for another round-up of RPG supplements I’ve been reading lately. This time, it’s a bunch of Chaosium supplement...

• Secret Passages: The First Three Oct 04, 2026

  Secret Passages, spearheaded by James Hoare, is a magazine that bills itself as “A celebration of classic tabletop ga...

• Mini-Review: An Ars Magica Grimoire For the Ages Sep 14, 2026

  Atlas Games seem to be in the process of evergreening Ars Magica. Rather than rolling out a 6th Edition to replace th...

Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy

Books, films, TV, videogames, comics, music, all that bread and circuses stuff.

• Doctor Who: The Sonic Salvaging of the Sixth, Part 12 Oct 20, 2026

  Time to don our coats of many colours once more for another round of Sixth Doctor audio stories. Last time, we bade a...

• Doctor Who: Big Fifth-ish, Part 10 Sep 27, 2026

  It’s time once again to check in with the Fifth Doctor’s audio adventures. Last time, we had a mini-season of further...

• Cover the Mirrors, Uncover the Crime Sep 22, 2026

  Russell Stone is a Rabbi whose career is on the slide. His run-down synagogue has been deserted by more or less every...

bearblog

Writings by Alexander Harkness

• Anker PowerConf C200: a case study in webcam security theatre May 16, 2026

  The Anker PowerConf C200 webcam looks like a good security choice at first, with triple-layered defences against hack...

• Fix for Error E1 on Tuya Zigbee TRV Smart Radiator Valves Nov 01, 2023

  Tuya Smart TRVs unfortunately suffer from a design flaw where they will produce an apparently unresolvable error afte...

• Living in a Building Site: The Over-Development of London’s Housing Estates Aug 12, 2022

  London's housing crisis necessitates inventive solutions to build new social housing. But have they gone too far at A...

is this it?

isthisit? blog

• Melbourne Photography XVI Sep 22, 2026

  Spring brings sunny and still days. One weekend morning we walked around the streets of Camberwell. Every couple of b...

• West Gate - Melbourne Photography XV Jul 28, 2026

  A morning of photography walking the streets under the West Gate Bridge. Here the Yarra River meets Port Phillip, and...

• Analog Photography Assistant - 1.3.0 Jul 24, 2026

  Analog Photography Assistant (APA) is a free, ad-free, privacy-first android app for film photographers. I have just ...

The Jaxson

Urbanism and Culture on Florida's First Coast.

• UF Jacksonville Campus LaVilla Neighborhood Workshop planned for Tuesday Oct 16, 2026

  Be part of the conversation about honoring LaVilla's past while helping shape its future. -

• LaVilla's 318 Broad Street headed to DDRB Oct 08, 2026

  A project to rehabilitate LaVilla's former Progress Furniture building at 318 Broad Street seeks approval from the Do...

• Sugar Hill: Images of a Lost Jacksonville Neighborhood Sep 23, 2026

  Historic photographs from the General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church offer a rare ...

Real Life

Real Life is a magazine about living with technology. The emphasis is more on living. We publish one piece a day—essays, features, uncategorizable—four or five days a week. We launched with funding from Snapchat, but we operate with editorial independence and without ads.

• Life’s a Glitch Sep 01, 2022

  The non-apocalypse of Y2K obscures the lessons it has for the present

• Who Can It Be Now Aug 29, 2022

  On social platforms, the "fluid self" is not a rejection of personal branding but another manifestation of it

• Colony Collapse Aug 25, 2022

  God games like Civilization and The Sims offer a fantasy of control based on miniaturization, giving us little ant hi...

The New Leaf Journal

Where the leaves are perennially virid

• The Eyes of October in Brooklyn Oct 23, 2026

  The eyes of Cobble Hill pumpkins and Brooklyn Heights balloons are upon you this October 2026.

• Carroll Gardens Halloween Window Ghost and GIF Oct 23, 2026

  Revisiting a Carroll Gardens brownstone Halloween window ghost that I photographed back in 2024. Difference: This tim...

• Inflatable Jack-‘o-lanterns (Deflated and Inflated) Seen in Cobble Hill Oct 20, 2026

  I found a deflated Jack-'o-lantern Halloween decoration in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. Before publishing my expose, I deci...

JoeHx Blog

Writing What I Want

• De Optimization Techniques Aug 31, 2026

  While it seems to be a thing for most people to optimize every part of their life, to make every part of their life e...

• Asking ChatGPT a Legal Question Aug 14, 2026

  I’m serving as Treasurer for my county’s Libertarian political party. Recently the county board of elections emailed ...

• Using Linear Regression to Analyze My Electric Bill Jul 21, 2026

  Here in Ohio we can choose our electric supplier… But not who delivers it.

Previous Magazine

Exclusive News About Tech, Software, Music and More

• How To Choose the Right Tops for Your Plus Size Capsule Wardrobe Oct 10, 2026

  If you get decision fatigue every time you open your closet, you may benefit from having a capsule wardrobe. The caps...

• Ways to Make Watching a Sporting Event More Fun and Engaging Oct 09, 2026

  There’s nothing better than the feeling of cheering your team on. And with all kinds of sporting events happening thr...

• The Most in Demand Qualifications Right Now Sep 21, 2026

  There are plenty of job opportunities out there and employers are on the lookout for candidates with a specific skill...

twilweb

• Set Flameshot shortcut on ubuntu Feb 18, 2022

  Open ubuntu Settings-> Keyboard shortcuts Click on + at the bottom to add custom shortcut and use command ‘flameshot ...

• List all running ec2 instances in a table Jan 17, 2022
• simple API load testing using k6 Dec 28, 2021

  A very lightweight and powerful tool to loadtest any http endpoints is k6. It allows you to run basic javascripts in ...

Joybuke

Recent content in index on Joybuke

• The Debate Bro and his fallacy Jan 22, 2025

  “Debate” as a sport is one of the most degenerate sports there is. I say this as a former participant in the sport, h...

• Sarkic Tropes: the Horror of Flesh Jun 28, 2024

  The phrase “Sarkic” is a Greek word, meaning flesh. It’s a phrase used by the Gnostics to refer to carnal urges: thos...

• Stuckism: What Conservative Action Really Is Oct 09, 2023

  Often, I write my work with a presumption in mind: Progress is bad. This view is based in various points of view, som...

nutcroft

croft: traditional Scottish term for a fenced or enclosed area of land, usually small and arable, and usually, but not always, with a crofter's dwelling thereon

• AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making Jul 18, 2026

  Note: This has been cross-posted to my company's blog, in case you think there is some use in sharing with someone in...

• The Worlds Left To Conquer May 10, 2026

  Pre-script: I've got a podcast episode out with Ed Zitron available here. It has been a year and a half since I quit ...

• Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals (2025) Dec 27, 2025

  It’s my last day of writing for the year, so I’m going to try keep this one quick – it was knocked out over three hou...

Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

• A Sale For Thee And A Sale For Me Oct 24, 2026

  Read A Sale For Thee And A Sale For Me Customer: "There's only a limit because they're on sale, right?" Me: "Yes." Cu...

• Out Of Hours, And Out Of Their Depth Oct 24, 2026

  Read Out Of Hours, And Out Of Their Depth Project Manager: "Hey, I need some work completed out of hours. I know that...

• No Fry-Day On Friday Oct 24, 2026

  Read No Fry-Day On Friday It is the middle of a packed Friday-night dinner service at our seafood restaurant when a p...

LifeDev.net

Empowering creative people

• What To Know About Winter Arc? 7 Steps to Make the Last Months of 2026 Count Oct 24, 2026

  Winter arc is the idea of using the colder, darker months as a focused season of self-improvement instead of waiting ...

• What Is Sleepmaxxing? What Science Actually Supports in 7 Answers Oct 15, 2026

  Sleepmaxxing is the social media habit of treating sleep like a performance project, using every possible hack to squ...

• How Do You Actually Do Deep Work? 7 Rules for Focus in a Distracted World Oct 05, 2026

  Deep work is the skill everyone praises, few practice, and almost nobody was ever taught. The term, coined by compute...

Chaotican Writer

A blog about worldbuilding, TTRPGs, and fantasy/sci-fi!

• The Future of Chaotican Writer (introducing Odd Fair Press)! Jun 08, 2026

  Salutations, friends! It has been a time since I’ve had the notion of treating ChaoticanWriter.com as a place to talk...

• 7 New TTRPG Experiences from GameHole Con 2025 Oct 30, 2025

  Showcasing the latest tabletop roleplaying games from: Ghostfire Gaming, Splattered Ink Games, Wet Ink Games, Bright ...

• Daggerheart Rewind: 7 Takeaways from Running 20 Demos in 20 Hours Aug 17, 2025

  I ran twenty 45-minute demos of Daggerheart at Gen Con 2025. Here is a list of big takeaways I have for game masters ...

Peter's Path

Peter's Path is my personal endeavour to live a life of purpose through hiking, reading, and embracing the beauty of nature, faith, and ideas.

• Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne Aug 15, 2026

  Why read the book? Jules Verne published Journey to the Centre of the Earth in 1864. Professor Otto Lidenbrock finds ...

• Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Aug 12, 2026

  Why read the book? Robert Louis Stevenson published Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in 1886. The story is short...

• The Sword of Freedom by Yossi Cohen Aug 07, 2026

  Why read the book? Yossi Cohen served as director of Mossad from 2016 to 2021. In The Sword of Freedom he describes h...

cascading space

Cascading Space is the home of Cascade, a protogen who likes experimenting with the web.

• Boredom? I don't even know 'em Feb 12, 2026

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• CSS - Clean Slate, Supposedly Jan 28, 2026

  Archiving the old blog CSS. Just in case.

• Makes You Think Aug 25, 2025

  I like things that make me think.

BIX dot BLOG

The unsupported use case of a disordered, surplus, mediocre midlife in St. Johns, Oregon.

• Oh, Well, Whatever, Never Mind Mar 15, 2026

  So, the funny thing is that I really did want to blog for the 25th anniversary of Firefly next year because it was my...

• Who’s On Your Crew? Mar 14, 2026

  Someday all of the posts to Once We Were Browncoats will get imported here as part of the ongoing blog restoration pr...

• The Actual End Mar 10, 2026

  In a newsletter edition about “stakes” in storytelling, Charlie Jane makes an observation about another storytelling ...