Author Archives: Ian

Thinking Out Loud: Patreon Alternative Edition

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Ian

This post is mostly just me thinking about loud about how building a Patreon alternative would worth. BUCKLE UP, BUDDIES. Patreon has issues for a lot of people because it’s really geared for large creators, especially Youtubers. This is fine! … Continue reading →

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Vampyr (2018) Review

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Ian

Vampyr A Beautiful Mess Platform Played On: PC Developer: DONTNOD Publisher: Focus Home Entertainment Year Released: 2018 Vampyr wants to be a lot of things. An action-RPG with branching combat styles. A deep story game with important moral choices that … Continue reading →

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Updates: Miscellaneous

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Ian

Hey everyone, it’s been a minute! Life continues to proceed at a pace of about one second per second, with the usual margin of error accounting for the variability of reality. So, without any regard to order, life updates from … Continue reading →

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Oh No Phones

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Ian

Well, this sucks. My reliable Blackberry KeyONE had a new issue within the last few days, where it shut down and then got started in a reboot loop. It would barely boot, get to the Blackberry logo, and then reboot, … Continue reading →

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None Power With Left Anxiety

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Ian

I’m writing this in the middle of the third power outage we’ve had at my apartment this year. Because maybe the power will come back as soon as I complain about it.

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Emacs Resources

Posted on February 3, 2019 by Ian

The other day (by which I mean like three weeks ago), I asked for advice on learning emacs over on Mastodon. I got a bunch of really nice results, and wanted to put them all in one place both so … Continue reading →

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Updates Most Foul

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Ian

It’s been a while since I posted, so I wanted to just give a general smattering of life updates. For extra fun, this post is being written on my “brand new” Alphasmart Neo 2, the very latest in early-2000s technology.

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Wonka (2022)

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Ian

There’s a tweet joke that has stayed bouncing around in my brain for months now, about a gritty re-imagining of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: laughing imaging a gritty Wonka movie just called “Willy” and the trailer is Ryan … Continue reading →

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“404 Page Not Found” by Kate Wagner

Posted on January 8, 2019 by Ian

Kate Wagner put together an absolutely amazing essay on the state of the web today and how it got that way. It’s achingly sad in a lot of ways, pointing out how much of the internet we’ve just straight up … Continue reading →

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New Year, Short Post

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Ian

Behold, the obligatory post about the new year. My actual new year’s eve was nice. Snoozed, hung out with Jerry (who was being very photogenic), woke up in time to watch the countdown at the space needle. Quiet and simple, … Continue reading →

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