Blogs tagged "variety"

Hammy Havoc

Composer, Producer & Developer

• Remembering Ted Fletcher Aug 17, 2025

  Daniel Fletcher shared some very sad news with me. His father—my friend—Ted Fletcher, passed away today. Ted Fletcher...

• Why Blogrolls Suddenly Matter More Than Ever Before Feb 10, 2025

  I can’t help but feel that blogrolls are now suddenly more relevant than they have ever been. I found myself revisiti...

• Tony Warriner – Revolution: The Quest for Game Development Greatness Book Review Mar 27, 2024

  I wrote a book review on Tony Warriner’s Revolution: The Quest for Game Development Greatness. The post Tony Warriner...

Refereeing and Reflection

Tangled Thoughts On RPGs and Related Hobbies

• Thoughts On Concluding a One Ring Campaign Mar 26, 2026

  For the last year and a bit, I’ve been running the second edition of The One Ring for my Wednesday evening group. It’...

• Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle o’ Borg! Feb 26, 2026

  One of the signs that a tabletop RPG system has really made it once people start selling reskins of it. D&D hacks hav...

• Supplement Supplemental! (Cults, Forests, Creatures, Screens, and Catalogues) Feb 15, 2026

  Time for another article where I give quick breakdowns of supplements I’ve looked at lately. This time, it’s mostly B...

a.nihil

the smallest triviality can become the vision that wipes out the world.

• The fun internet is dead Jan 23, 2026
• The Age of Ultra-nihilism Jun 12, 2025
• Who is a terrorist? Oct 23, 2024

Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy

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

• Zim’s Invasion Blueprints: A Rough Guide To the NNYverse Mar 22, 2026

  Jhonen Vasquez hit his highest level of cultural prominence with Invader Zim, a Nickelodeon cartoon which benefitted ...

• Doctor Who: Big Finish, Bigger Scarf – The Fourth Doctor Audios, Part 1 Mar 20, 2026

  The Companion Chronicles concept, which has a companion actor mostly narrating a story audiobook style with another a...

• Doctor Who: The Virgin Decalogs Mar 18, 2026

  So, here we are, having covered the last of the New Adventures and the final Missing Adventures. There’s one last bit...

bearblog

Writings by Alexander Harkness

• 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...

• To Escape the Heat, Just Apply Suncream? Aug 10, 2022

  Heatwave precautions are a meme. Is it really more important to wear your suncream when outside on a hot day than a c...

is this it?

isthisit? blog

• The Taieri River Tunnel Apr 08, 2026

  The Taieri River diverted through the tunnel. The Taieri River starts in the Lammerlaw Range, flows north through the...

• Melbourne Photography XIV Feb 28, 2026

  If I told you I was trying to focus on the central leaf you may not believe me. Two rolls of black and white film and...

• Analog Photography Assistant - 1.2.0 Feb 13, 2026

  Home Screen Light Meter Analog Photography Assistant (APA) is a free, ad-free, privacy-first android app for film pho...

The New Leaf Journal

Where the leaves are perennially virid

• Proctoring a High School Exam While in High School Apr 23, 2026

  I share the story of that one time I briefly proctored a high school exam while I myself was a high school student.

• My One-Game Stint as a Baseball Coach Apr 22, 2026

  I once wanted to be a basketball coach. Although I have now become a source(TM) for basketball coaches, I never coach...

• Attending to Surroundings and Thoughts on Walks Apr 21, 2026

  The case for taking the case to enjoy a walk (solo or with company) without listening to something on your phone or i...

The Jaxson

Urbanism and Culture on Florida's First Coast.

• Remembering the Roosevelt Grill of West Ashley Street Apr 20, 2026

  In honor of National Arab American Heritage Month (NAAHM), The Jaxson takes a closer look at a business that made a l...

• Oyster Fest 2026! Apr 15, 2026

  Join the community at the 2nd annual Oyster Fest! There will be a live band, DJ, great food, local vendors, a Kid Zon...

• 50 Years of Freight: Jacksonville's REA Terminal Apr 13, 2026

  For nearly half a century, the Railway Express Agency shaped Jacksonville’s economy and identity, leaving behind a le...

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...

JoeHx Blog

Writing What I Want

• My Next Fitness Goal - Carry my Wife Apr 10, 2026

  Most people’s health goals involve some sort of number. Weigh less than this number. Get cholesterol under that numbe...

• A Poké Ball for My Son's Birthday Mar 30, 2026

  This was the easiest cake request so far. So much easier than a Mario cake, a Rapunzel cake, an Ariel cake, a penguin...

• Goodbye, Arcadia Power Mar 13, 2026

  Way back in May of 2019, I signed up for Arcadia Power. A couple years later, in July of 2021, I wrote a review of th...

Previous Magazine

Exclusive News About Tech, Software, Music and More

• How To Start a Pet Supply Store Apr 10, 2026

  If you’re thinking of starting a pet supply store, now is a great time to do it. More than half of all UK households ...

• How to Find the Right Psychiatrist in Glendale for Anxiety, ADHD, or Depression Apr 09, 2026

  If you’re going through anxiety, ADHD, or depression, it may be time to seek help from a psychiatrist. It’s important...

• What Makes a Slot Game Easy to Understand From the First Spin Apr 07, 2026

  When you open a slot game, you want one thing—to understand it immediately. You do not want to read the rules or gues...

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...

Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

• Salad Days Are Over Apr 24, 2026

  Read Salad Days Are Over Waiter: "If you like Caesar salads, you'll like the one here." Customer: "I've had a few of ...

• We’re Not Gatekeeping The Signs! Apr 24, 2026

  Read We’re Not Gatekeeping The Signs! Father: "How the h*** do you expect us to know that those machines have age res...

• Doesn’t Know What He’s Talking About, And Here’s The Proof Apr 24, 2026

  Read Doesn’t Know What He’s Talking About, And Here’s The Proof He's ordering at the bar, and in an attempt to look c...

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

• Goodbye Nov 22, 2024

  I had been struggling to write for many years. Back then I was dreaming of having a blog with lots of entries. Now I ...

• An ontology of political decisions Jul 08, 2024

  Not all political decisions are the same. Some are easier to make but potentially less effective while others harder ...

• Introducing Shoshin College Jul 01, 2024

  Have you ever thought that universities are boring and we might be able to make one that's not? Well, my friends and ...

LifeDev.net

Empowering creative people

• Looking for Focus Training Exercises? Discover 7 Simple Habits That Boost Mental Clarity Apr 10, 2026

  Ready for some focus training exercises? You sit down to work. Within ten minutes, you have checked your phone twice,...

• 7 Powerful Self-Regulation Techniques for Calmer Thoughts and Better Choices Apr 03, 2026

  Self-regulation techniques are not cold psychological tricks, but everyday tools that help a person stay grounded whe...

• How to Track Personal Progress (So You Don’t Lose Momentum): 7 Ways Mar 25, 2026

  Knowing how to track personal progress has recently become the difference between drifting and deliberately moving fo...

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 ...