: Want to read: On Work by Derek Thompson 📚
: It’s been a good weekend for Making Things.
: Cabbage in the crock for fermenting sauerkraut
: Roasting coffee. Like you do.
: The binder for my new Ironsworn: Starforged all analog game has arrived. I am excited.
: “When Hiro learned how to do this, way back fifteen years ago, a hacker could sit down and write an …
: Searching for Quiet Time This past weekend, I embarked on a digital detox and went predominantly offline. It was an …
: I put away my phone for two hours and at the end of it I had my laundry done, the kitchen cleaned, …
: Currently reading: Grokking Simplicity by Eric Normand 📚
: Cyberpunk 1977 (Generated Art)
: Cyberpunk 1977 Back cover copy for a nonexistent RPG: Cyberpunk 1977 Get down to Cyberfunk 1977, where the future …
: There are such wonders in the outside lands you guys.
: Dresden Files for Savage Worlds As I did with my adaptation of Zelazny’s Chronicles of Amber, I created some notes around …
: Savage Chronicles of Amber During the month of April one of the things I wanted to accomplish was pulling together a first …
: Want to read: Three Parts Dead (Craft Sequence, #1) by Max Gladstone 📚
: TFW your back pops like a bowl of Rice Krispies and all you did is straighten up in your chair.
: Cold chicken and gourmet cheese for dinner because meat and salted fat are just highly processed …
: You’ll be shocked to learn that my vocal support of the Writers' strike has yielded zero likes …
: The first empirical study of what happens when using generative AI at work (for the studied …
: April into May My little April experiment went well. I hit most of the goals I set for myself, and anything I …
: Currently reading: Attack Surface by Cory Doctorow 📚
: Finished reading: Homeland by Cory Doctorow 📚
: Currently reading: Homeland by Cory Doctorow 📚
: Finished reading: Little Brother by Cory Doctorow 📚
: Currently reading: Little Brother by Cory Doctorow 📚
: This was SO GOOD. Read it straight through. — Finished reading: Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow 📚
: Currently reading: Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow 📚
: Finished reading: Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson 📚
: Been a really great day so far. Morning trip out to my favorite coffee roaster then down to …
: Finished reading: The Ten-Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan 📚
: Moving the Cognition Goal Posts “It turns out that computers are particularly adept at the tasks that we humans find most difficult: …
: Meet A.P.T., the netrunner I am playing in our new #CyberpunkRed campaign. (Images by Midjourney)
: Currently reading: God, Human, Animal, Machine by Meghan O’Gieblyn 📚
: Want to read: Bang Bang Bodhisattva by Aubrey Wood 📚
: Currently reading: Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson 📚
: Suspect This is the south end of the ballroom, at the bar. Elsewhere in this large ballroom, there are …
: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy You wake up. The room is spinning very gently round your head. Or at least it would be if you could …
: Well…I guess I’m now that guy that brings his own keyboard to work. I blame …
: Witness You are standing at the foot of the driveway, the entrance to the Linder property. The entire lot is …
: Infidel You are in your tent. Golden rays of the sun filter through the open tent flaps on the southern …
: Currently reading: A Hacker’s Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society’s Rules, and How to …
: Currently reading: The Ten-Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan 📚 I’m really enjoying this book. …
: Want to read: A Hacker’s Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society’s Rules, and How to Bend …
: Currently reading: The Ten-Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan 📚
: Finished reading: The Destroyer of Worlds by Matt Ruff 📚
: Planetfall This is a featureless corridor similar to every other corridor on the ship. It curves away to …
: Want to read: Bootstrapped by Alissa Quart 📚
: The Lurking Horror This is a large room crammed with computer terminals, small computers, and printers. An exit leads …
: April is Ignore Rome Burning/Do Projects Month I’m going to shift gears in April. The news is always a burden, I’m drowning in AI …
: Moonmist Dusk has fallen as you pull up in front of Tresyllian Castle. A ghostly full moon is rising, and a …
: Trinity A tide of perambulators surges north along the crowded Broad Walk. Shaded glades stretch away to the …
: I’ve been having a little fun with #Midjourney of late. I’ve been taking the first …
: Bonus post: Get Lamp #infocomart #midjourney
: Playing Vendetta at Game Gather 2.
: Enchanter You stand at a point of decision on a road which makes a wide fork to the northeast and southeast, …
: Deadline You are on a wide lawn just north of the entrance to the Robner estate. Directly north at the end of …
: Starcross This nook is your spartan living quarters, containing only a bunk and a bureau. The only exit is to …
: Leather Goddesses of Phobos Joe’s Bar: An undistinguished bar, yet the social center of Upper Sandusky. The front door is …
: I can neither confirm nor deny that when using ChatGPT I ask it to respond in the style of Johnny …
: Zork You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small …
: Introducing Rust.NET In recent years, Rust has gained popularity among developers for its performance, safety, and …
: When I think about the possible horrors of #AI gone wrong, it’s not The Terminator that haunts me. …
: Personally, I’m waiting for all the AI models to get their own Twitter accounts just to watch that …
: I don’t think I can ethically participate in the AI future these tech people are so excited about. …
: Couldn’t sleep. Came downstairs to read at around 1:45a. Fifteen minutes later it was 3am and time …
: Good morning all. Just sitting here with my coffee contemplating the State of Things. Think I may …
: My new System76 Launch keyboard has arrived and I am pleased.
: Good morning all. Final day if my vacation. I have a busy day of reading and play ahead of me. Yay!
: Currently reading: Stormwatch by Warren Ellis 📚
: Cris’s (@spacerog@mastodon.social ) book about the hacking group L0pht is a must-read. I am truly …
: Good morning, all. I’m still on a little vacation for my birthday, so no real plan for today. Making …
: Currently reading: Space Rogue: How the Hackers Known as L0pht Changed the World by Cris Thomas 📚
: My boss said to me yesterday that you can tell everything you need to know about a person by whether …
: Making pulled pork in the crockpot today. Smells amazing. #cooking
: Currently reading: The Destroyer of Worlds by Matt Ruff 📚
: Finished reading: Dead Man’s Hand by James J. Butcher 📚
: Currently listening to Michael Caine read: Blowing the Bloody Doors Off by Michael Caine 📚
: Currently reading: Dead Man’s Hand by James J. Butcher 📚
: Finished reading: Colossus by Greg Leunig 📚 – This was a good time. Clearly the start of a …
: Currently reading: A Spectre, Haunting by China Miéville 📚
: Currently reading: Out of Your Mind by Alan Watts 📚
: Finished reading: Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires by Douglas …
: Good morning from Tremont Coffee in Massillon, OH USA
: Currently reading: Colossus by Greg Leunig 📚
: Want to read: Attack Surface by Cory Doctorow 📚
: Finished reading: Wayward by Chuck Wendig 📚
: Finished reading: The Worst Is Yet to Come by Peter Fleming 📚
: Currently reading: Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires by Douglas …
: Tuesday Morning Catchup Good morning! Here is a grab bag of what’s on my mind: It’s been nearly 18 years since …
: No, You're A Markov Chain AI is freaking everywhere, I swear. It seems like ever since ChatGPT3 was released there’s …
: Brief Thoughts on Corporate RPGs and Freedom From Them I posted an impromptu thread of my recent thoughts on RPGs and the recent WoTC brouhaha this …
: Blog blog. Blog. Blog blog. Blog blog blog blog blog. Blog blog; blog blog blog. Blog. Blog blog blog … blog …
: Give, Or Be Sad When They Are Gone Now that I’m back to work, I’m making a point to pay people creating things I use/love. …
: Good morning from Hinckley, Ohio
: Want to read: Berlin Diary by William L. Shirer 📚
: Currently reading: A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers 📚
: Shallow Knowledge of Deep Tools I have a lot of digital tools. It is a source of great sadness to me that I don’t use any of …
: Morning Writing One of the things I’ve really enjoyed is writing first thing in the morning. My morning routine is …
: Want to read: Optimism over Despair by Noam Chomsky 📚
: Want to read: Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires by Douglas Rushkoff …
: Want to read: Chokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin 📚
: Sat down to do some writing at 8am. Then looked up and 3.5 hours has gone by. Might be time for a …
: Finished reading: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers 📚
: Good morning. After the work day I leave for a weekend writing retreat. I am stupidly excited about …
: Announcing The Neon Library, a Cyberpunk book discussion group Hello folks! As previously mentioned on this site, I’m organizing a cyberpunk book club. The …
: Minimalism, Maybe I got into Minimalism about a decade ago. I’d just been through a divorce and latched on to …
: I’m putting together the initial list of works for the #cyberpunk book group I want to organize this …
: Good morning all. Plumbing issue in the basement. Waiting on a plumber. Happy New Year!
: TFW you fix a major appliance with application of percussive maintenance.
: Happy New Year! Happy New Year one and all! I have stuff I want to do this year! I’m aiming to have a post up …
: Currently reading: The Worst Is Yet to Come by Peter Fleming 📚
: peeks cautiously out the door at 2023 Ok. What do YOU have in store?
: I have convinced my wife to watch Blade Runner with me. Yay!
: Want to read: The Science Officer by Blaze Ward 📚
: I have successfully purchased Too Much Food for New Year’s Eve. Achievement unlocked.
: A Light at the End of my Goblin Mode Tunnel Hello friends. Well…I think I’ve ridden this goblin mode thing about as long as I can. …
: Currently reading: Open Source by Anna Davis 📚
: Currently reading: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers 📚
: Currently reading: Wayward by Chuck Wendig 📚
: Holiday plans and weather Good morning, friends. Holiday plans continue apace. Wrapping of gifts, decoration of the house, …
: 1337? Good morning, friends. I hit a new milestone in my cybersecurity studies yesterday. I’ve …
: Good morning all. Or good #tzag, as well. Sitting around, drinking my morning coffee, listening to …
: I’m going to write more on my blog in the new year. I swear.
: Dinner tonight is pizza skulls.
: Going to start working on a new project so I need to tear my entire setup apart and clean up all the …
: Cleaning the keyboard. Like you do.
: Shot from this morning’s office
: Currently reading: Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson 📚
: Currently reading: Games by C. Thi Nguyen 📚
: Currently reading: Count Zero by William Gibson 📚
: Unpacked my Zelazny and Ellison books finally. My office feels complete.
: Currently reading: Virtual Light by William Gibson 📚
: Game Weekend - Too Many Bones - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame…
: This article was timely for me, as I sift through the books in my office: …
: Want to read: Trust in Numbers by Theodore M. Porter 📚
: All recommendation engines are wrong, some recommendation engines are useful.
: I am now on a holy quest to find cheese powder online because the local popcorn shop wants $7 for 7 …
: Currently reading: The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie 📚
: FOSS And Me When Kev Quirk asked me to put together short bio for the Fosstodon staff page, The final sentence I …
: Good morning. Welcome to today’s loaf.
: I kind of want to train an AI with Harlan Ellison essays and then let it loose to respond to …
: Currently reading: Vicious Circle by Mike Carey 📚
: Remember, friends: when cooking, you measure garlic with your heart.
: Hello Friend - Episode 0 - What’s All This Then? In which our host explains himself and attempts to test the new technology.
: I just got my Airpods working with my Linux laptop. Look ye upon my works and despair.
: Good morning. Listening to Swing City Radio while doing a bit of housekeeping. …
: A Rainy Tuesday Morning Good morning. It’s a rainy morning here in northeastern Ohio, and I have the house to myself. …
: Relaxing, watching Dreams With Sharp Teeth, a documentary about Harlan Ellison. God, I miss that …
: Good morning! ☕️ I have coffee with pumpkin stuff in it and I am unashamed. Bring me your scorn. …
: I ordered import CDs today because it’s 1995 and I’m in my 20s again and nothing you say can …
: I’m looking at my copy of the Call of Cthulhu RPG on my bookshelf, reflecting on the fact that …
: Note to self: A bad mood yields no special insight.
: Upon the Return from Vacation Good morning. I’ve returned from a week of vacation and I’m feeling better. Every year …
: The Historian Cocktail Bar, Sawyer Michigan
: Journeyman Distillery and Restaurant, Three Oaks MI
: Public Library, Three Oaks, Michigan
: Two Conferences, One Couch: Narrascope and PyOhio 2022 For once I’m grateful for virtual conferences. Understand, I get the utility of them in the …
: Good morning. ☕️ Starting to pack for vacation today. The older I get, the more stuff I need to take …
: I’m attending both Narrascope and PyOhio this weekend. Both are excellent, and thankfully, the talks …
: So I guess I’m awake now. Three hours of sleep. Cool, cool. Stupid cat.
: 'Port Begins In the process of moing my Pelican-based blog to micro.blog. So far, so good. Just waiting on DNS …
: Weekend Update Good morning, friends. Today is the first of May. Happy Beltane to any of you celebrating. …
: Walking the Mind Poodle My in-laws have a four-year-old standard poodle they raised since he was a puppy. This dog gets …
: Game One: The Vault It is July 1, 2001. Our story opens with Vince Ippolito receiving an assignment from his superior in …
: Savage Dresden Though I gamed through most of the pandemic, it was all online. Through Zoom, like everything was. …
: Out in the world I’m out this morning meeting Laurie, a friend I’ve known since kindergarten. We usually …
: The Winter of Our Discontent The wheels began to fall off somewhere around Thanksgiving, if memory serves. Omicron had just made …
: Quake a poem about how I experience an anxiety attack It starts small, with a feeling The animal notices …
: Unsubscribe Day Public Service Announcement: Friday is Unsubscribe Day! Huzzah! On (and the week leading up to) …
: Hello World #1 Hello world. Probably about time for an update. At this point, I’ve been gainfully retired for …
: Week Three So far my favorite thing about this retirement thing is having time to cook decent meals for my …
: OK Computer One of the weird side effects of leaving my job is that I have no idea what to do with my computers. …
: Morning, Midland MI Journal entry for Sat 10/16 Traveling is harder than it used to be. I was exhausted after the drive …
: Making Lunchmeat Decided to make my own lunchmeat today. Came out pretty well. Deli-Style Roast Beef Ingredients: 1 …
: About Hey there! Thanks for visiting. It’s so hard to know what to say on these things, but here we …