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for three years or so i've been running a fortnightly murder-mystery watch party on discord, and part of the programming for that is generally little bits of "here's a random thing that you weren't expecting." short experimental films, an occasional music…

for about three years i've been making monthly mixtapes, gathered up out of stuff i've liked listening to that month. i make these on plex and then usually translate them to youtube, spotify, and the like. this is kind of a pain, and i feel like once it s…

so, this does require you to use japanese printings of some cards, otherwise it won’t work at all. turn 1, you play a swamp (沢) turn 2, you play a mountain (山) then, you tap both and you have a lot (沢山) of mana1 or… that would be the case, but they actual…

i feel like i am often going through my rss feeds and just kind of sharing articles into a bunch of different chats and discord channels and stuff. like sorting mail into all the right topic boxes. maybe it is nice to make a kind of "log" of things i find…

i'm off for summer break. so as not to break with longstanding tradition, my life and schedule and habits have to varying degrees descended into chaos and turmoil. last time i had a long break in january, i started working on a card game i've been noodling

reading a book and not being on A Device is quite simply the best commute activity, so lately i've been reading a lot of paper manga. i burned through witch hat atelier and am probably going to assign it as a text to my intro to programming students next…

@youtube — @spotify — @itunes I think Suzanne Vega is one of those names I've heard a lot, maybe have heard some songs of, but haven't ever actually listened to an album.

It is a three-day weekend here, and everyone has their own way of celebrating.

so, i started feeding World Destroyer. as is often the case, you go to feed one cat and suddenly you’re feeding more. the other day WD was taking a nap by the Shrine To Wanderering Felines1 and i offered a churu in a bowl at a respectful distance: success!

a while ago an internet friend posted that they got a bird feeder to add some enrichment to their cat’s enclosure, to help with food anxiety. i thought that might help ravioli, since he’s often stressed around mealtime. so i got a window-mounted feeder, g…