The Merdenomicon; (SSBU) Reveries of Grilling Time

Posted on 31 May 2024

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Read on for fascinating meditations, such as:

The Merdenomicon: COVID’s epistemic anxiety and finding answers through ‘manifesting;’
On Journaling as Developing Critical Thinking: Or, “Why you should record your thoughts in a blog;”
Reveries of Grilling Time: The time I spent playing Smash during COVID.

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Labbing is Anarchistic

Posted on 19 January 2024

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Anyone can lab: Just don’t let anyone tell you that you need good results to be taken seriously;
The myth of ‘talent vs. hard work:’ what that argument’s really all about, and why we shouldn’t entertain it;
Scratching the surface: The joy we experience in the first few weeks of a new competitive game? We can carry it on through the game’s entire lifespan. Labbing, as an activity, may hold the key…

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Nick Brawl 2 – Esponja Diabólico (Now With Added Lemon)

Posted on 1 January 2024

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A bottle of mild bobby sauce, hue shifted so that Spongebob's trademark yellow look appears green.

I played NASB 2 online with a friend for the first time: Here’s how it went…
The game is fun: An appreciation for ‘tutorial’ characters;
Saving your progress… Don’t turn off the power: A brief reprise about why I write, and why sharing time is so important;
Explaining Reptar: It’s not everyday you get to play as a work of fiction in a work of fiction. Will I beat him next time?

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Wash That X Site Outta Our Hair

Posted on 14 December 2023

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The Sulfuric Acid item from The Binding of Isaac, colour-corrected so the liquid inside of the bottle appears blue. The bottle is marked with a black 'X.'

A brief respite from editing posts on polemic books to bring you news about the ex-bird site – news about its ex-users, that is.
The migration from X (formerly known as Twitter) to Mastodon gave researchers a golden opportunity to record data on the collective action problem. Spoilers: it’s pretty good news.

Now We Are Twenty-Three

Posted on 25 November 2023

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A sair heid on a plate. It's a simple cylindrical sponge cake, topped with icing and wrapped in greaseproof paper. 'Sair Head' is Scots for 'sore head.'

I turned twenty-three this week, so here’s a collection of topics that have nothing to do with that:
Frustrations over that bloody video, again;
Books on my radar;
Working on the blog on-the-go with a new cloud solution (that’s not actually in the cloud)