Games
Oct 13 2019
Rediscovering: Demon’s Crest
Demon’s Crest was overlooked in its day, but it remains one of the most sumptuous action titles for the Super NES.
Personal
Jul 2 2019
My Old Day Job: Final Update
Several years after I quite the insanity job, I helped close it down. It ended in perfect company style: with disorganization, disinterest and chaos.
Personal
Mar 17 2019
Face Blindness
A friend of mine discovered, as an adult, that she’s been face blind her whole life. It was a remarkable and powerful discovery.
Technology
Jul 10 2018
Multiple Mastodon Instances on a Single Server
Back when I still ran a Mastodon server, I had a brief need to run two of them on one server. With Gargron’s help, I worked out how.
Technology
Apr 10 2018
Beautiful Rant: My Life
Gravis rants about stuff that really does suck. It’s good.
Personal
Apr 5 2018
Importing Illegal Firearms
A friend sent me a toy pistol, and Australian customs was unimpressed. This spring-loaded toy was, apparently, a legitimate firearm and fuck no I couldn’t have it.
Technology
Mar 18 2018
Case Insensitive Last Resort 404 Page
I’ve been running my webserver on Windows for a long time, and moving to Linux meant that a whole lot of files were coming up 404 because they had upper or lower case filenames and the page that referenced them didn’t match. This 404 script for nginx fixes that.
Technology
Mar 11 2018
The danger of algorithms
Some smart people are scared of artificial intelligence, of machine learning, but not in the sci-fi robots-gonna-eat-us way. The reality is worse.
Technology
Mar 11 2018
Adventures in nginx!
Mostly for my own benefit, a log of shit I have to deal with in nginx, and the solutions to same.
Games
Mar 7 2018
Gamest Ten Year Best Selection
Back in 1996, the Japanese arcade magazine Gamest did a ten year retrospective, and I’ve listed their favourite games here. The transition from shooters to fighting games is very interesting to see.
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