Ross Karchner

Exactly a year ago, I declared that 2025 would be the year of 3D.

Finished Listening: Co-Intelligence by Ethan Mollick 📚

recently on DC Tech Events: I’ve added a new page for virtual events improved the layout on mobile I took a little troubleshooting journey into figuring out why NovaLUG events weren’t working– and now DC Tech Events can handle iCal recurrence rules AND ca…

awww

A Joust-inspired game about birds.

Bird Bonkers is live on itch.io.

Still needs… all of the polish, but Bird Bonker basically works.

Not a bird

Cool that Zork is now open source, but it’s kind of wild that Zork is now a Microsoft property.

this gog.com survey is pretty weird

Still making birds

Currently listening: Apple in China by Patrick McGee 📚

I don’t know why I was thinking about this just now, but almost exactly 15 years ago there was a mini-scandal involving DC Tech Events.

New on DC Tech Events: Per-week pages, like this week.

Wife: Whatcha doing?

Finished Listening: Altamont by Joel Selvin 📚

I was playing Glypha the other day, and wondered if an “endless Joust” game would be fun– instead of discrete levels, you keep proceeding upward.

Finished Listening: Vibe Coding: Building Production-Grade Software With GenAI, Chat, Agents, and Beyond by Gene Kim and Steve Yegge 📚

This is apparently a legit organization– but something seems off about this letter.

Currently listening: Altamont by Joel Selvin 📚

back on my bullshit: I know I change my mind about this every 9 months or so, but I once again have a mastodon account, and have forwarded my fediverse followers over there: @16DBatteries

Six years ago, I was in Vegas for Splunk .Conf, and took the opportunity to see a Willie Nelson show

Overrated

Picked this up at a library sale.

I’m happy with lighting system and movement, and exploring the map actually… feels fun?

At work, I’ve been diving into AI/LLM stuff, and I’m still pretty much always using coding assistants when I work on DC Tech Events.

Watched: Gimme Shelter 🍿 (this was over the weekend– I’m mostly just trying out the new Movies feature on micro right now)

Finished reading: Beyond Vibe Coding by Addy Osmani 📚

Dune: Part II should have included a five-minute “Previously on Dune!”

Finished Listening: Empire of AI by Karen Hao 📚 Fascinating and eye-opening.

New on dctech.events: new pages showing just the events for Maryland, Virginia, or the District, as well as per-city pages, like this one for Arlington.

Finished reading: THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL VOL. 8: MY BEST FRIEND’S SQUIRREL by Ryan North 📚 (Also 6 and 7)

Finished reading: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 5 by Ryan North 📚 (also volume 4)

I decided after the last post that I’m not going to sweat the deadline.

Finished reading: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 3 by Ryan North 📚

The deadline is fast approaching, and I haven’t made a ton of progress– but now there are mobs that actually chase you.

It’s not a game yet, but I can move a blue dude through a procedurally generated map.

I started working on some ideas yesterday for Roguetemple’s Fortnight game jam.

I’ve got my 11th bullet journal set up for September.

Currently listening: Empire of AI by Karen Hao 📚

Finished reading: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 2 by Ryan North 📚

makes sense

I don’t love it yet, but I added a simple search widget to DC Tech Events.

Finished reading: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 1 by Ryan North 📚

I know, a few weeks ago I wrote “the internet doesn’t need more words about AI”.

Finished reading: Powers Book Two by Brian Michael Bendis 📚

Finished reading: Powers Volume 1 by Brian Michael Bendis 📚

It’s hard to read stuff like this and not think, maybe the internet was a bad idea after all.

I’ve finished listening to All of the Marvels by Douglas Wolk.

Activate yr Windows, Dave & Busters