There are some really neat video game concepts out there right now.

My favorite active Kickstarter is for Tangiers, an ostensibly stealth/exploration game that looks to me like the Whispering Vault met the Brotherhood of Dada from Doom Patrol with maybe a side of Pontypool.

You play an outsider to the world, an entity with a singular, enigmatic ( Read more... )

So I've been leaving it to the last minute because I was trying to figure out where Newsrob was heading... looks like NewsBlur for now, but maybe Feedly later ( Read more... )

Mostly I have been flailing, yes, but I've been chipping away at the giant stack of distractions, and trying to get some done. Prepwork for the trip, and doctor's appointments, and some other crunchy chores, and a side-track into the roguelike space exploration game FTL (which is quite good ( Read more... )

I had a flare-up today and finally started being able to move around again and I said 'nnng' and Chance raced in to check on me and give me lots of snuggles. Good dog! Though yesterday when I finished making lunch I caught him curled cozily up on my spot on the bed. Not so good dog! Just lots of flare-ups lately, plus bonus whole-leg and arm cramps ( Read more... )

Not much has been happening while under the influence of massive sleepination (I have been sleeping a LOT) but I have gotten a few needful things done and I have read some books.

• Root canal part 2: Again, not as bad as I thought a root canal was supposed to be. Kind of like getting a tedious, shove-y, filling. Probably the worst part is having the ( Read more... )

This was my reaction to the delicious/diigo/pinboard events of recent history.

Moving my bookmarks to pinboard.in "The Fans Are All Right" http://sjot.it/qESRFR - Also a play at http://sjot.it/q3DiLW

[ccarella] <-- responsive and friendly co-founder of Subjot
that's a great blog post. I'm all for fandom on Subjot :)

We got off a little slowly due to an accident causing horrendous traffic, but that was fortuitous on our side because I'd lapsed out on finishing the cards so Brad was still printing at the last minute. (*coff*-myfault-*coff*)


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My, this one took me a long time to read... I haven't been reading very much lately as I've been either a) busy or b) inevitably sleepy after the busy. I think I might have gotten farther then lost state, as well, since I've been so foggy. It survived well even with the brain fog and interruptions so it must be clearly written.


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I just sorted through all of my tea things, and I realized that I have too many yixing teapots and too many crackle-glaze cups ( Read more... )

I have been using the Diaspora alpha in a very lazy way ( Read more... )