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Author Archives: Ian
Reflecting on 2020
We did it! We made it to the end of the year. And what a shitty year it was for pretty much everyone. I’m having a hard time reflecting on the past year. My brain just doesn’t want to focus … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Pets, Writing
Tagged anxiety, apartment stuff, career, covid-19, dayjob, depression, exercise, gradschool, housing, jabberwocky, mental health, new years, pandemic, podcast, shivering deeps, work, writing
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I Made a Game: You Need to Build a Fire
Hi everyone! I made a little Twine game this evening called You Need to Build a Fire. I’ve uploaded it here to share, so if you want to give it a whirl just click on the link below. It’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Game Development, Writing
Tagged game design, games, twine, writing
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Lasagna, and Other Things
Made this lasagna today. It uses zucchini instead of noodles, and hopefully won’t taste absolutely terrible or be a soggy mess, if I’m lucky. It’s one of the more complicated dishes I’ve made for myself in a while. The pandemic … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Writing
Tagged cooking, food, game design, goals, introspection, writing
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Updated My Portfolio
Hello everyone! Have you ever wanted to read some samples of my technical writing? See that I removed a broken link to the former Nautilus website? Look at some text? Then my newly updated portfolio page is for you! EXCITING … Continue reading
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I’m Back
*Sheepishly walks back in, turns on the lights, starts taking chairs down off the tables and getting them set up* Hey all. It’s been a while since I last posted. The world’s been on fire, in one notable case extremely … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Personal, Video Games, Writing
Tagged covid-19, depression, life, mental health, video games, writing
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The Blog Equivalent of a Post-It Note
Shit’s weird, y’all. Frustrating, tiring. I’m in a real time of flux. Looking at moving pretty quick here, likely just into another part of the city. Been on new meds that have been working out nicely. Want to shake up … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
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Social Distancing and Me
So, this is fun. And by fun I mean pretty shitty. “This” is, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic, sometimes known as coronavirus. Which is admittedly a much catchier name, if less accurate. And, what luck, I get to live in … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, gardening, mutual aid, school, social distancing, tabletoprpgs, woodworking
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The Weekly Recap Re-Emerges From the Mist
Feeling moody, because I’m a trash goblin and more importantly it’s Sunday and I overslept/generally stayed in bed too long. Which is like every Sunday, and a problem because if I’m not up and at ’em with my first alarm … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Hey Ian Watcha Into, Learning, Personal, Pets, Technology, Video Games, Writing
Tagged Death Stranding, exercise, failure, goals, jabberwocky, learning, pets, scottish gaelic, video games, weekly recap
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The Future (2020, at least)
Ed note: It took a little longer than I expected to get to it, but here’s the post about looking towards the future, also known as 2020. Which is 1/12th done now, but hey, another month of existential dread wasn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Infosec, Learning, Personal, Video Games, Writing
Tagged accountability, community, depression, exercise, gender, ianlearnsinfosec, jobs, learning, making games, mental health, python, queer, relationships, scottish gaelic, self care, self improvement, support network, video games
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The Last Decade (2010-2019)
*loud sobbing noises* Okay, enough of that. Sort of. But that, in and of itself, is not a post. Fun fact: 2010 – 2019 encompasses my age being 20-30, give or take. (I was 20 at the start of 2010 … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Pets, Writing
Tagged bonnie, game design, gradschool, infosec, jabberwocky, jerry, jobs, melville, mental health, pets, programming, reptiles, rigatoni, school, screaming internally, shivering deeps, video games, writing
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