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January, 2024

  • Start of Year - January 2024 Part 1. 2024-01-15 10:00 AM.
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    The 2024th one. Baldur’s Gate 3 finished. Warhammer Rogue Trader started. Juggling CRPG videos. Taskmaster, New Zealand, Australia, and Guy Montgomery. A new cataract enters the ring. 1,911 words.
  • Grumpasaurus Rex - January 2024 Part 2. 2024-01-31 11:45 AM.
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    Searching for a game to enjoy. Lies of P, Alan Wake, Palworld, Enshrouded. Voicemeeter Banana. Fantasy High Junior Year. Røde PodMic USB. 3,456 words.

February, 2024

  • Toxic Bosses - February 2024 Part 1. 2024-02-15 12:30 PM.
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    Steam Next. Toxic bosses in Lies of P and Nioh. Hellpoint. Dimension 20. New computer glasses. 1,808 words.
  • Leap Day - February 2024 Part 2. 2024-02-29 10:40 AM.
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    Last Epoch 1.0. Nightingale Early Access. Lies of P done. Lords of the Fallen in progress. Mitigating microphone noise with console tables. Making Let’s Play videos. Dimension 20. Java. 4,646 words.

March, 2024

April, 2024

May, 2024

  • May - May 2024 Part 1. 2024-05-15 11:00 AM.
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    Social media retreat, replacing coffee with tea, a little gaming, actual play shows, and that’s about it, really. At least I refrained from talking about TTRPGs this time. 1,711 words.

June, 2024

  • Broken Slack - May 2024 Part 2. 2024-06-01 7:15 PM.
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    Busy hands games. More about Glass Cannon shows than you probably care about. Dune and Planet of the Apes. Broken Slack. 2,188 words.
  • Summer Is Here - June 2023 Part 1. 2024-06-15 8:45 PM.
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    The heat is on. It’s on the streets. And in my house. More about lexical selection errors and Hitler documentaries than you probably want. 1,593 words.
  • A Review of an Audible Review. 2024-06-20 10:25 PM.
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    Or: What Must It Be Like To Be That Person 1,936 words.
  • Eliminate human tyranny! - June 2024 Part 2. 2024-06-30 8:00 PM.
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    The end of a hot June. A summer of MMO stuff apparently. Subtitling. A lot about The Three Body Problem. A couple of movies. 2,623 words.

July, 2024

  • Elden Ring DLC - July 2024 Part 1. 2024-07-15 9:00 AM.
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    Finding a groove in the Elden Ring DLC. Fool Us, July 4 movies, Stainless Steel Rat audiobooks. 1,642 words.
  • July 2024 Part 2. 2024-07-31 4:30 PM.
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    Blaugust, Elden Ring DLC, REAPER templates, television, movies, and audiobooks, the value of code coverage, and poison ivy. 2,276 words.

August, 2024

  • Introducing Me to Blaugust 2024. 2024-08-01 10:00 AM.
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    A somewhat disturbing AI-altered photo from 2022 to introduce myself. 465 words.
  • Saturday Musing About Blaugust Systems. 2024-08-03 10:03 AM.
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    A return to the good old days of just typing whatever I’m thinking on a Saturday morning. Were they really good days? Read on to find out! What a cliffhanger! 1,119 words.
  • AI-ing Yourself. 2024-08-06 10:00 AM.
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    Bloggers turn to AI to find themselves. 1,961 words.
  • Recent Blog Updates. 2024-08-07 11:54 AM.
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    An impending tropical storm, now uploading Elden Ring DLC videos, some small updates to the blog, time blindness, and Blaugust controversy?!? 974 words.
  • Does AI Steal?. 2024-08-09 12:12 PM.
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    A discussion of whether or not AI steals from artists. 1,061 words.
  • On Writing Challenges. 2024-08-14 3:58 PM.
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    Blaugustians are writing about writing challenges. 769 words.
  • August 2024 Part 1. 2024-08-15 12:15 PM.
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    Elden Ring DLC completed, a burst of Disney+ activity, Song of Ice and Fire audiobooks, changes at work. 2,299 words.
  • Parasocial Media. 2024-08-16 9:40 PM.
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    On content addiction and the parasocial nature of social media. 526 words.
  • Elden Ring Astrologer. 2024-08-17 5:51 PM.
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    I started working on an Astrologer in Elden Ring. 401 words.
  • Youtubers I Watch. 2024-08-18 4:52 PM.
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    A simple post for a humid day with no air conditioning. 630 words.
  • How I Hung A Computer Monitor Over My Bed. 2024-08-21 10:41 AM.
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    While I rest my back in bed, I explain a little bit about how I hung a computer monitor over my bed. 648 words.
  • I Don't Like String Constants. 2024-08-23 6:00 PM.
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    I find string constants mildly irritating, except in very specific circumstances. 425 words.
  • Webrings? Really?. 2024-08-26 4:12 PM.
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    After seeing a third serious post about webrings in recent days, I thought I’d say a few words about it. 416 words.
  • The Recluse Report - August 2024 Part 2 [+audio]. 2024-08-31 9:00 AM.
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    A long one. Wrapping up Blaugust, RSS summaries, Elden Ring DLC done, Dragon’s Dogma 2, a busted PodMic, Reafir, Saturn’s Children, the dentist and insurance. 2,818 words.

September, 2024

  • DIY Comments - Step 1. 2024-09-07 10:48 AM.
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    I finally started writing a comment system for my static blog. 1,150 words.
  • DIY Comments - Step 2. 2024-09-11 11:28 AM.
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    Continuing with a comment system for my static blog… handling spam, saving and loading comments from a Dynamo table. 1,225 words.
  • DIY Comments - Step 3. 2024-09-14 11:42 AM.
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    Continuing with a comment system for my static blog. The client side experience, with and without Javascript. 1,468 words.
  • The Recluse Report - September 2024 Part 1. 2024-09-15 2:08 PM.
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    A brief foray into Dragon’s Dogma 2, video editing for video games, Antipodean game shows, writing a comment system, and casseroles. 1,150 words.
  • The Notebook LM Podcast on Endgame Viable on Elden Ring [+audio]. 2024-09-27 1:45 PM.
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    Or why nobody need bother starting a new podcast using humans from now on. 220 words.
  • The Recluse Report - September 2024 Part 2. 2024-09-30 7:30 PM.
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    A stuporous malaise, Wings of Pegasus, rebuilding my old music files, isolating vocals with AI. 1,689 words.

October, 2024

November, 2024

  • Election Day Diary 2024. 2024-11-05 6:42 PM.
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    Random notes from an exciting/terrifying election day in America, which somehow doesn’t talk about politics. 2,664 words.
  • Post Election Remarks 2024. 2024-11-10 9:18 PM.
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    The much-edited post-election missive and the biggest test of my spam filter yet. This one gets more political, but there won’t be any angry outbursts. 1,995 words.
  • The Recluse Report - November 2024 Part 1. 2024-11-16 10:30 AM.
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    All is bleakness and despair, Supermassive games, leaves, Bluesky, election distraction, eh, that’s pretty much it. 1,290 words.
  • The Recluse Report - November 2024 Part 2. 2024-11-30 2:54 PM.
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    Dark Pictures Anthology games, an assortment of random media consumption, a filling at the dentist. 1,360 words.

December, 2024

  • The Recluse Report - December 2024 Part 1. 2024-12-15 10:30 AM.
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    Game announcements, the dream of AI-generated video descriptions realized, a week of watching movies, Fall of Casseroles wrapup, a shocking real estate development, and a lot of crazy news this month so far. 3,086 words.
  • The Recluse Report - December 2024 Part 2. 2024-12-31 4:00 PM.
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    Football, Steam sale, refining AI-generated video descriptions, the woes of fixed-position mics, Squid Game, holiday work schedule, and pasta sauce. 2,012 words.