Blaugust 2022

33 entries. 13,459 words.

July, 2022

• Blaugust 2022. 2022-07-18 6:20 PM.
  • Blog
  • Writing
  
  Blaugust is back for another year. I don’t really need to explain it, just go do the thing. 276 words.
• Blaugust Plan 2022. 2022-07-31 9:58 AM.
  • Writing
  
  My Blaugust is going to be an experiment. 623 words.

August, 2022

• Forgiveness - Blaugust Deep Dream Journal Day 1. 2022-08-01 6:00 PM.
  • Writing
  
  “168. Why is it hard for you to forgive yourself?” 267 words.
• Wild Animals - Blaugust Deep Dream Journal Day 2. 2022-08-02 6:00 PM.
  • Writing
  
  “241. What do you think about keeping ‘wild’ animals as pets? If so, when?” 251 words.
• Dogs and Cats - Blaugust Deep Dream Journal Day 3. 2022-08-03 6:30 PM.
  • Writing
  
  256. Do cats or dogs make better pets? Why? 258 words.
• Creative Love - Blaugust Deep Dream Journal Day 4. 2022-08-04 7:00 PM.
  • Writing
  
  In the dream I saw a woman floating in the sea. I asked her, “What would love look like if it had a creative dimension?” 239 words.
• Art - Blaugust Deep Dream Journal Day 5. 2022-08-05 6:45 PM.
  • Writing
  
  In the dream, I encountered a fellow standing by the road with a tadpole for a head. I asked him, “How do we know what is art and what isn’t?” 307 words.
• Netflix - Blaugust Deep Dream Journal Day 6. 2022-08-06 7:00 PM.
  • Writing
  
  In the dream I wandered into a vaccination facility. I stopped the first person I saw and whispered, “When is okay to give up on a bit?” 352 words.
• Recent Blog Changes On AWS. 2022-08-07 4:23 PM.
  • Development
  
  I’m already sick of my Blaugust project, so I’m writing something else. This is about Amazon Web Services and Nginx config files, mainstream topics everyone can enjoy. 823 words.
• Fate - Blaugust Deep Dream Journal Part 7. 2022-08-08 6:30 PM.
  • Writing
  
  In the dream I saw a cicada scuttling across the parking lot. It looked wise, so I asked it, “Is there such a thing as fate?” 233 words.
• Code Vein. 2022-08-09 9:04 PM.
  • Gaming
  
  A stylish but ultimately very frustrating experience. 396 words.
• FFXV - Story Summary. 2022-08-10 8:37 PM.
  • Gaming
  
  Herein I will attempt to summarize the main story of Final Fantasy XV, so that I remember how insane it was, years from now. 1,039 words.
• Unexpected Coyotes. 2022-08-11 6:05 PM.
  • Blog
  
  Here’s something I didn’t expect to be writing about today. 309 words.
• Dwarf Fortress Again. 2022-08-12 6:34 PM.
  • Gaming
  
  Okay, yes, fine, I downloaded Dwarf Fortress again. 639 words.
• Common Tasks in Movie Studio Platinum and DaVinci Resolve. 2022-08-13 8:00 PM.
  • Blog
  
  A reference for myself of common tasks I do in video editors. 822 words.
• Sustaining Creativity Day After Day. 2022-08-14 4:28 PM.
  • Writing
  
  When I started Blaugust with a creative writing idea, I failed to account for how draining spontaneous creativity is day in and day out. 275 words.
• Those New MMOs. 2022-08-15 7:07 PM.
  • Gaming
  • MMORPG
  
  I heard talk about a couple of new MMOs, Tower of Fantasy, and one other one which disappeared so fast I can’t even remember the name of it. 255 words.
• More Real - Blaugust Deep Dream Journal Part 8. 2022-08-16 9:30 PM.
  • Writing
  
  In the dream I saw a vengeful angel looking down upon me. I asked her, “What is more real, mind or matter?” 198 words.
• Dwarf Fortress - Limulitred. 2022-08-17 8:02 PM.
  • Gaming
  
  A brief recounting of the dwarf fortress of Limulitred, “Goldbuff,” in the world of The Eternal Everseeing Dimensions. Updated with illustrations by DALL-E. 453 words.
• Kruggsmash Dwarf Fortress Videos. 2022-08-18 6:22 PM.
  • Gaming
  
  It’s creator appreciation week here in Blaugust, and by coincidence, I just happen to have one to mention. 291 words.
• Shingles Vaccine Completed. 2022-08-19 8:17 PM.
  • Blog
  
  It’s 8 PM and I’m exhausted, so it’s far too late for me to write a post tonight, except this one. 233 words.
• Gaming Pet Peeves. 2022-08-20 10:53 PM.
  • Gaming
  
  Just some random gaming pet peeves I wrote down once. 310 words.
• Intentions - Blaugust Deep Dream Journal Part 9. 2022-08-21 8:00 PM.
  • Writing
  
  In the dream, I came upon a statue of a one-armed woman holding a child. I asked her, “How come we judge ourselves by the actions we take but not by our intentions?” 356 words.
• Who's At Fault For Unfinished Games?. 2022-08-22 7:08 PM.
  • Gaming
  
  I happened to see a few lines in a recent post from Naithin that inspired this soapbox sermon. 380 words.
• Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead. 2022-08-23 7:07 PM.
  • Gaming
  
  I mentioned Kruggsmash a while back. In one of his videos, he plays a game called Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead. 372 words.
• Attractiveness - Blaugust Deep Dream Journal Part 10. 2022-08-24 7:00 PM.
  • Writing
  
  In the dream I saw a black cat glaring at me from a distance. I cautiously asked it, “When it comes to people, what is it that makes them attractive to you?” 311 words.
• Sick Beats and Computer Glasses. 2022-08-25 6:30 PM.
  • Blog
  
  Yuck. It’s one of those posts where I just write down stuff that happened today. 584 words.
• Blog Changes This Month. 2022-08-26 6:00 PM.
  • Development
  
  Blaugust inspired me to make some much-needed technical changes to the blog this month, which I will now try to recall for posterity. 417 words.
• Dwarf Fortress - Otinsthinthäd. 2022-08-27 6:33 PM.
  • Gaming
  
  The tale of Otinstinthäd. 770 words.
• Fair - Blaugust Deep Dream Journal Part 11. 2022-08-28 8:20 PM.
  • Writing
  
  In the dream, I asked the woman, “Would there be some way we can make sure people are compensated fairly?” 197 words.
• Blaugust Lessons Learned 2022. 2022-08-29 7:46 PM.
  • Writing
  
  It seems a bit early to write a lessons-learned post before Blaugust is even finished. 482 words.
• Lost Ark and Chimeraland. 2022-08-30 8:01 PM.
  • Gaming
  
  Brief comments on a couple of MMOs I played for a little while. 398 words.
• Blaugust Tallies. 2022-08-31 5:52 PM.
  • Blog
  
  It’s the last day of Blaugust, so I’ll now present my summary findings to the jury. 343 words.