Hi! This is the blog of a reclusive Gen-X software developer. I write twice a month about games or whatever else is going on. I was diagnosed with cancer in 2025.

Why It's Called Endgame Viable

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Blaugust Day 7. Explaining the origin of the name Endgame Viable and its shifting meaning as the years go by. (464 words.)

Links to Other Blaugust Posts

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Blaugust Day 6. A collection of links and brief thoughts on recent Blaugust posts. (1420 words.)

Radiologist Results and GoToSocial Migration

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Blaugust Day 5. Getting my GoToSocial instance successfully migrated to the cloud while digesting some heavy news from the radiologist. (849 words.)

My Earliest Blogs

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Blaugust Day 4. My earliest web pages and custom blog engines, mixed health news, and workspace reorganization. (832 words.)

Neck MRI Completed

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Blaugust Day 3. A cervical spine MRI, major comment system changes, a surprising WordPress stat, and the video of the day. (1045 words.)

Comment Authentication Options

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Blaugust Day 2. Recovering from a day of yard work, heading to an MRI, and comment authentication. (602 words.)

Welcome To The Party, Pal

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Blaugust Day 1. Starting Blaugust 2026, reflections on Belghast’s legacy, anti-mentoring advice, and a frustrating first experience with a burger press. (640 words.)

Blaugust Eve 2026

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Approaching the start of Blaugust 2026, pondering the event’s zero-hour timing, refactoring video python scripts, adjusting to a new neck pillow. (772 words.)

Upcoming Cervical Spine MRI

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A fast-progressing right arm issue prompts a stat cervical spine MRI, exporting YouTube subscriptions, and Antigravity-powered python modernizations. (753 words.)

Back To Normal

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Sharing recent PET scan results, dealing with a troublesome right hand issue, preparing for Blaugust by building a stock image library, and a little more Final Fantasy XIV. (1285 words.)