I’ve had a busy week at work, having pulled enough hours at the day job that I’ve found myself dreaming in Adobe Premiere multiple nights in a row. Which is a weird way to dream, since a non-linear editing software does not make for riveting visuals. Perhaps even more surreal is that my respites from… Continue reading Break
Robot Garage
As I’ve gotten better at reading Armored Core VI, I’ve been fiddling more with the loadouts of my ACs. Adding new parts and upgrading them as I unlock new things and also trying out new designs (I’ve been working on a tetrapod AC with the philosophy of too-many-bullets [and also missiles]). I haven’t really been… Continue reading Robot Garage
Fluency
I picked up Armored Core VI recently because it’s a game about giant robots and I am a noted sucker for giant robots. It’s a game where you take your mech (or Armored Core, AC, in the game’s parlance) and fight stuff. Sometimes other mechs, sometimes massive drilling platforms, sometimes a mobile artillery platform. It’s… Continue reading Fluency
Slightly Less Lower Decks
I really enjoy the animated Star Trek show Lower Decks. It’s pitched as a comedic take on the Star Trek world, mining humor from the life of the people on the lower decks of a Federation starship. What if the epic exploration of Star Trek was a workplace comedy? The humor is broad enough that… Continue reading Slightly Less Lower Decks
A Brief Screed Against Ticketmaster
I found out yesterday that Jon Stewart and John Mulaney were doing a few shows together near me. Seeing either of them live would be a delight, but both of them in one show? Let’s go! So I found the website, clicked through, and discovered in order to buy tickets I had to go through…… Continue reading A Brief Screed Against Ticketmaster
(Old) New Trek
Looking for a movie to watch this weekend, I saw that a theater near me was showing the 2009 Star Trek. I’ve been meaning to watch the movie again, I remember loving it; though not being much of a Trek fan at the time. It was cool and it’s much of the reason I was… Continue reading (Old) New Trek
Supercheese
A friend convinced me to check out My Adventures With Superman a couple weeks ago and I proceeded to watch all then-available seven episodes in a single day. Which is unusual for me — I am incredibly bad at binging tv shows. It’s a very good show. The cartoon follows a young Clark Kent as… Continue reading Supercheese
Not Just A Hobby
One of my (arguably too many) hobbies is LEGO. Like, buying sets, building sets, and then making my own stuff. Honestly, "hobby" is probably an understatement; this has been a lifelong passion of mine, as attested to by the multitude of storage drawers on the desk next to me as I write this. There’s a… Continue reading Not Just A Hobby
Tech Demo
Having finished Jedi: Survivor, I’ve moved on to checking out Ratchet & Clank: A Rift Apart. Though not one of the launch titles for the PlayStation 5, I remember a lot of the buzz around its release praising it as showing off just what the PS5 is capable of. Playing it now, finally, it really… Continue reading Tech Demo
Wheelbarrows
I will freely admit that I bounced off it the first time I encountered William Carlos Williams’ poem "The Red Wheelbarrow." As far as I was concerned, it was not a poem; it was in free verse with no describable rhyme scheme or pattern to speak of. And it was just about some silly wheelbarrow… Continue reading Wheelbarrows
Essays, Not Rants! 