Endgame Viable

71 entries. 85,729 words.

December, 2025

• Games and Stuff - December 2025 Part 2. 2025-12-31 7:20 PM.
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  Dabbling with Ashes of Creation, ARC Raiders, Final Fantasy XIV. Some movies and television. Getting two teeth pulled, and Christmas chemotherapy. 2,945 words.

January, 2026

• Resuming Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker After Four Years. 2026-01-05 3:56 PM.
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  Notes from starting a brand new character in Final Fantasy XIV, then abandoning it and going back to my main for Endwalker. 2,785 words.
• Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker Update. 2026-01-12 5:00 PM.
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  About 1/3 done with the first part of Endwalker, and continuing to level a Machinist new character. 1,521 words.
• The Recluse Report - January 2026 Part 1. 2026-01-16 11:41 AM.
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  A quick scrawl about Final Fantasy XIV, in-ear monitors, and the day job. 1,047 words.
• MMORPGs and a Polar Vortex - January 2026 Part 2. 2026-01-31 5:01 PM.
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  The Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker trial The Dark Inside, World of Warcraft Catch-up Experience and Shadowlands, a new brain MRI, and a sudden burst of political commentary you surely won’t want to miss. 4,204 words.

February, 2026

• The Recluse Report - February 2026 Part 1. 2026-02-17 4:51 PM.
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  Continuing on an MMORPG kick, the Superbowl, cold snap finally letting up, and a mysterious stray dog. 2,364 words.

March, 2026

• The Recluse Report - February 2025 Part 2. 2026-03-01 6:38 PM.
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  World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XIV, video subtitles, sketchy hip MRI results, SOTU. 1,669 words.
• The Recluse Report - March 2026 Part 1. 2026-03-15 9:22 PM.
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  Midnight, Endwalker, Nioh 3, X-Plane 12, videos, Pilot Debrief, etc. 2,364 words.
• Crimson Desert Hype. 2026-03-16 5:18 PM.
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  Why is everyone so hyped about Crimson Desert? 524 words.
• A Day at the PET Scan. 2026-03-19 7:23 PM.
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  What a PET scan to check on cancer progress is like. 1,649 words.
• The Recluse Report - March 2026 Part 2. 2026-03-31 6:59 PM.
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  Resident Evil 4, Nioh 3, WoW Midnight, Firefly Season 2, Mentour Pilot, the Suffering of Dave, UFL, Artemis II, old man rambling about the government. 3,059 words.

April, 2026

• Artemis II. 2026-04-05 8:23 AM.
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  I’ve been completely captivated by the Artemis II mission to fly around the moon. 2,424 words.
• The Recluse Report - April 2026 Part 1. 2026-04-16 3:29 PM.
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  A tiny bit more Pathfinder: Kingmaker, and a crazy unexpected chemo reaction. 1,087 words.

May, 2026

• The Recluse Report - April 2026 Part 2. 2026-05-01 11:22 AM.
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  A long one about trying some tactical RPGs, Pathfinder: Kingmaker continued, NotebookLM for video transcripts, some shows, and other random news. 5,846 words.
• The Recluse Report - May 2026 Part 1. 2026-05-16 6:39 AM.
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  Evercold announced, Battle Brothers rabbit hole, and AI at work. 1,175 words.
• The Recluse Report - May 2026 Part 2. 2026-05-31 9:36 PM.
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  Little gaming, starting an archival digitization of World War 1 diaries, Marbles is back, and a lousy 10-pound-losing chemo cycle. 2,386 words.

June, 2026

• The Recluse Report - June 2026 Part 1. 2026-06-20 7:48 AM.
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  summary 1,320 words.

July, 2026

• The Recluse Report - June 2026 Part 2. 2026-07-02 4:26 PM.
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  New MacBook, a couple blog posts I’ve seen, Genealogy stuff. 2,372 words.
• Belghast's Passing. 2026-07-04 8:22 PM.
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  A short acknowledgment of Belghast’s passing. 59 words.
• Feeling Human Again. 2026-07-07 8:18 AM.
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  An experiment in daily morning writing to prep for Blaugust. Reflecting on my chemo recovery cycle, returning to work, Under An Iron Sky, re-watching Band of Brothers. 536 words.
• Automating Blog Metadata with Custom AI Skills. 2026-07-07 10:55 AM.
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  Creating a custom AI helper skill to automate the process of creating titles, summaries, and blog post header images. 305 words.
• Fighting Markdown Autocomplete and A Whopper. 2026-07-07 1:16 PM.
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  Eating my first real meal in days while dealing with the frustrations of AI autocomplete during blog writing. 245 words.
• Turning Off Editor Suggestions in Antigravity IDE. 2026-07-07 2:31 PM.
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  Disabling Antigravity IDE’s auto-writing feature makes it a viable editor for drafting blog posts. 270 words.
• Starting to Update the Blog Theme. 2026-07-07 6:45 PM.
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  I’m using Gemini and Antigravity to modernize my Hugo blog theme. 175 words.
• Demonstrating the Blog Post-Processor. 2026-07-07 7:16 PM.
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  A look behind the scenes at my new AI-assisted post-processing workflow for static blog posts. 661 words.
• AI in Blaugust. 2026-07-08 6:17 AM.
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  Reflecting on the distinctions between AI assistance and AI-generated content before Blaugust. 1,269 words.
• Single Template and Shortcode Smoke Tests. 2026-07-08 10:49 AM.
  NOTE: I prompted Gemini to create this page to use for quickly testing all the various visual features used throughout the blog, to make sure they render properly. This was very useful when developing an updated blog theme. Everything below here is AI-generated. Markdown Styling Test Use this section to visually verify the typography, spacing, and styling of standard Markdown elements. Heading 2 (Section Title) Paragraph. Heading 3 (Sub-section Title) Paragraph. 785 words.
• My Cancer Story. 2026-07-08 10:58 AM.
  Year One In June 2025, I was diagnosed with Stage IV non-smoker lung cancer (adenocarcinoma). Treatment is ongoing … most likely indefinitely. At the time of diagnosis, the cancer, which began with a tumor in my right lung, had spread to other spots in my lungs, to my brain, and to some vertebrae and my left hip. The only symptoms I experienced at that time were some coughing (which I thought was from acid reflux), some shortness of breath, and some headaches. None of which prepared me for the severity of the diagnosis, which, it turns out, is common for lung cancer. It’s usually a surprise diagnosis for non-smokers. 760 words.
• Contact Page. 2026-07-09 11:34 AM.
  This is an experiment in leveraging my DIY comment system to make a contact form. At the bottom of this page you should be able to type in a comment, which will turn into a private message that is sent to me. (It’s not private enough that you should put any sensitive information in it, though.) 56 words.
• The Search for a Niche Social Circle. 2026-07-10 8:03 AM.
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  Reflecting on the challenges of finding a true online home and a compatible social circle in the modern internet age. 362 words.
• Clearing Space for a New Recliner. 2026-07-13 8:28 AM.
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  A busy weekend of moving furniture, clearing clutter, and transcribing. 402 words.
• The Recluse Report - July 2026 Part 1. 2026-07-15 9:10 AM.
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  A slew of overdue blog maintenance, owning what you buy is still a concern?, some movies, a new recliner. 1,422 words.
• Trying Rise of the Ronin on the PS5. 2026-07-17 8:48 AM.
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  Plugging in the PS5 to try Rise of the Ronin reveals a forgettable action RPG and a struggle with controller muscle memory. 348 words.
• The Rhythm of Chemo. 2026-07-20 10:08 AM.
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  On the psychological and physical rhythms of starting a new three-week chemotherapy cycle. 480 words.
• RSS Traffic Statistics and Kindle Obsolescence. 2026-07-21 6:39 AM.
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  A deep dive into web log statistics, along with thoughts on outdated Kindle readers and Dungeon Crawler Carl. 940 words.
• Bullets on Chemo and InoReader and DCC. 2026-07-22 8:34 AM.
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  A surprisingly fast chemotherapy session, cleaning up old InoReader folders, and trying to read Dungeon Crawler Carl. 806 words.
• Chemo Cycle Day 3. 2026-07-24 8:04 AM.
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  Managing fatigue and handling nausea and appetite loss on day three of my chemotherapy cycle. 313 words.
• Weekend Writing Practice. 2026-07-25 8:31 AM.
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  A rainy weekend morning update on chemo cycle side effects, audiobooks, and trying to create non-AI illustrations for my blog. 714 words.
• Infusion Center Sunday. 2026-07-26 7:50 AM.
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  Rehydrating at the infusion center on chemo day five, managing a YouTube upload queue, and thinking about returning to Final Fantasy XIV. 293 words.
• Blog Fetcher. 2026-07-27 3:54 AM.
  If you’ve reached this page, you may have seen Endgame Viable’s Blog Fetcher tool in your access logs. Out of curiosity, I “wrote”* a Python tool to scan the blogs from an OPML file and create a report of statistics from them. Source Code Blaugust 2026 Report * Antigravity actually did most of the work. 55 words.
• Returning to Final Fantasy XIV. 2026-07-27 7:46 AM.
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  Returning to Final Fantasy XIV after a long hiatus, a blog feed activity tracker, and an upcoming virtual oncologist visit. 401 words.
• Pinned Pages. 2026-07-28 5:51 AM.
  Here are some pages on my site you might find interesting. Pages About Me and This Site My Cancer Journey Videos and My YouTube Channel Yearly Post Archives Other Blogs I Read Send Me a Note Related Source Code Spirit Riot: Comment System Bathtub Robot: Serverless Helper Functions Statistics Web Site Statistics AWS Cost Analysis Theme Development Theme Smoke Tests External Tools Webmentions.io 63 words.
• Fixing YouTube Video Descriptions in Inoreader. 2026-07-28 6:18 AM.
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  Discovering why YouTube RSS feeds display empty descriptions in Inoreader, and how to fix it by subscribing to the channel URL. 324 words.
• Back To Normal. 2026-07-29 5:46 AM.
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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. 1,285 words.
• Upcoming Cervical Spine MRI. 2026-07-30 7:55 AM.
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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.
• Blaugust Eve 2026. 2026-07-31 5:55 AM.
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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.

August, 2026

• Welcome To The Party, Pal. 2026-08-01 7:36 AM.
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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.
• Comment Authentication Options. 2026-08-02 6:34 AM.
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  Blaugust Day 2. Recovering from a day of yard work, heading to an MRI, and comment authentication. 602 words.
• Neck MRI Completed. 2026-08-03 7:10 AM.
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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. 1,045 words.
• My Earliest Blogs. 2026-08-04 7:44 AM.
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  Blaugust Day 4. My earliest web pages and custom blog engines, mixed health news, and workspace reorganization. 832 words.
• Radiologist Results and GoToSocial Migration. 2026-08-05 6:19 AM.
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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.
• Links to Other Blaugust Posts. 2026-08-06 5:52 AM.
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  Blaugust Day 6. A collection of links and brief thoughts on recent Blaugust posts. 1,420 words.
• Why It's Called Endgame Viable. 2026-08-07 7:36 AM.
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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.
• Bathtub Robot Poller/Notifier. 2026-08-08 5:13 AM.
  This is another example of using Antigravity IDE for development, using Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium). This is a semi-complete record of my conversation that built, tested, and deployed a couple of AWS Lambda functions to detect new posts from my blog and post notifications to my gotosocial fediverse instance. I had already written some code to do most of the work, so it had a seed to start with, but I wanted it updated and copied into a new monorepo under the spiffy new project name “bathtub robot.” 9,576 words.
• Downloading EverQuest Legends. 2026-08-08 8:02 AM.
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  Blaugust Day 8. A bout of Saturday morning lethargy, writing motivation, downloading EverQuest Legends, and the video of the day. 741 words.
• Old Dog Not Understanding HTML Day. 2026-08-09 8:36 AM.
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  Blaugust Day 9. The three virtues of programming make me avoid hand-writing HTML and instead lean on Markdown and automation. 1,270 words.
• EverQuest Legends and FFXIV. 2026-08-10 8:31 AM.
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  Blaugust Day 10. Starting another chemo cycle, mowing the lawn, trying to find the lore in EverQuest Legends, two more MSQ quests in Endwalker, and bathtub robot. 984 words.
• Accumulated Blog Topics. 2026-08-11 7:51 AM.
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  Blaugust Day 11. Chemo infusion 20, blog subjects to avoid, superpowers, real life, stats, blog longevity, Final Fantasy XIV. 920 words.
• Zoya Fyodorova. 2026-08-12 8:13 AM.
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  Blaugust Day 12. My interpretation of a Blaugust group project - the tragic life of Stalin-era Soviet actress Zoya Fyodorova, from gulag imprisonment to her unsolved murder. 456 words.
• Blogging Daily In 2026. 2026-08-13 10:47 AM.
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  Blaugust Day 13. Adjusting my writing process to survive the daily posting demands of Blaugust. 777 words.
• Answering 100 Questions for Webmasters. 2026-08-14 9:23 AM.
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  Blaugust Day 14. Blasting through the 100 questions for webmasters questionnaire. 2,011 words.
• Where Are Your Screenshots?. 2026-08-15 10:35 AM.
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  Blaugust Day 15. Hunting down screenshots across old PCs and backup hard drives with the help of Antigravity. 825 words.
• Community Aggregators. 2026-08-16 12:09 PM.
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  Blaugust Day 16. Some musing on community mega-blogs and aggregators. 1,107 words.
• A Dynamic Blogroll. 2026-08-17 7:24 AM.
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  Blaugust Day 17. Adding a dynamic blogroll ticker to my Hugo site. 668 words.
• Sending Webmentions and Pingbacks. 2026-08-18 7:04 AM.
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  Blaugust Day 18. Sending webmentions and pingbacks to external sites referenced in blog posts using AWS Lambda serverless functions and SNS. 907 words.
• Hummingbirds. 2026-08-19 7:00 AM.
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  Blaugust Day 19. I finally got around to setting up a hummingbird feeder and it brought all the hummingbirds to the yard. 256 words.
• Secret Hyperfocusing Musician. 2026-08-20 6:29 AM.
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  Blaugust Day 20. Waiting on slow DNS propagation, heading to the brain doctor, and falling down a deep rabbit hole of music production. 490 words.
• Retiring Old WordPress Sites. 2026-08-21 7:04 AM.
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  Blaugust Day 21. Retiring three decaying WordPress sites by setting up lightweight static landing pages and redirects on Cloudflare Pages. 871 words.
• Reverse Engineering Old Music Projects. 2026-08-22 12:26 PM.
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  Blaugust Day 22. The logistical challenge of recovering, remixing, and remastering mid-90s songs from ADAT tapes and MIDI files in a modern DAW. 1,641 words.
• YouTube Channels I Follow. 2026-08-23 7:40 AM.
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  Blaugust Day 23. For Creator Appreciation, a list of YouTube channels I follow. 357 words.
• EverQuest Legends Sub Cancelled Already. 2026-08-24 6:33 AM.
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  Blaugust Day 24. My brief three-hour journey in EverQuest Legends and the lack of pull for non-existent nostalgia. 425 words.