Top of Mind

56 entries. 93,870 words.

2022-09

  • What's Top of Mind. 2022-09-17. A new blog post series idea.
    • Blog
    426 words
  • Reading Fail 2022 - Top of Mind. 2022-09-20. I recently hinted that I was starting a new, innovative series of blog posts about nothing. I immediately abandoned that plan and decided to work on videos instead.
    • Blog
    322 words
  • Cataclysm DDA Video Production. 2022-09-26. Not playing many games because I’m too busy making game videos.
    • Gaming
    614 words

2022-10

  • PC Gaming Wasteland. 2022-10-16. Browsing my Steam library yet again this morning looking for something–anything–that might be fun to play on this Sunday where I have a lot of free time.
    • Gaming
    309 words

2022-11

  • Twitter Firestorm - Top of Mind. 2022-11-05. I suppose the social pressure is mounting to the point where I have to say something about Twitter.
    • Blog
    733 words
  • Mid-November Bullets - Top of Mind. 2022-11-14. I’m all about throwing old traditions out the window because they don’t make sense anymore, so I present: The Mid-Month Update.
    • Blog
    329 words

2022-12

2023-01

  • January 2023 Bullets. 2023-01-01. It’s a new year, whoopie. Nothing particularly noteworthy to report.
    • Blog
    747 words
  • Mid-January Top of Mind 2023. 2023-01-16. An unexpectedly stressful start to the work year and a return to some gaming, instead of doing anything productive.
    • Blog
    629 words

2023-02

2023-03

  • Ignorance Is Strength - March 2023. 2023-03-15. It was so warm in February that flowers bloomed early and covered my car with pollen. But today we cower in fear of the Ides of March.
    • Blog
    1,906 words
  • Gen-Z Sleeper Agents - March 2023. 2023-03-31. It’s been a somewhat uneventful couple of weeks of mundane daily routine.
    • Blog
    2,312 words

2023-04

2023-05

  • The Cliff - May 2023. 2023-05-15. Redfall flops, Party-based RPGs, Baldur’s Gate videos, Kubernetes, and the news. A relatively uneventful time slice of life.
    • Blog
    1,861 words
  • Data Loss - May 2023. 2023-05-31. Party-based RPGs, ChatGPT-powered Twitch embeds, and catastrophic NAS failures.
    • Blog
    2,026 words

2023-06

2023-07

  • The Coming Blaugust - July 2023. 2023-07-15. Blaugust 2023, a little Pathfinder, setting up an ActivityPub server, what I’ve been watching, and a little more.
    • Blog
    1,522 words
  • The Imminent Blaugust - July 2023. 2023-07-31. Blaugust 2023, Pathfinder: Kingmaker, blog site updates and microblogging, a nutritional reset, and more, in the summer heat.
    • Blog
    2,606 words

2023-08

  • Nothing But Baldur's Gate 3 - August 2023. 2023-08-15. There’s nothing else in the world for me right now except Baldur’s Gate 3. (No spoilers, though.)
    • Blog
    1,346 words
  • Vacation - August 2023. 2023-08-31. Blaugust retrospective, Baldur’s Gate 3, videos, vacation, and more. A fairly bland and uninspired effort.
    • Blog
    1,368 words

2023-09

2023-10

2023-11

  • Autumn Leaves - November 2023 Part 1. 2023-11-15. Snowrunner, voting, blog work, audiobooks, and more. Well, not much more than that, really.
    • Blog
    2,395 words
  • Next.js - November 2023 Part 2. 2023-11-30. World of Warcraft did a thing. New Next.js and AWS blog development. Dev vlogs. Lower Decks. Fairy Tale. Thanksgiving vacation. A work presentation. Jupyter.
    • Blog
    2,536 words

2023-12

  • Cold - December 2023 Part 1. 2023-12-15. It’s cold. Monster Hunter games. Devlogs. Doctor Who and Indiana Jones. Next.js development. Slow time at work. Dentist and poison ivy.
    • Blog
    2,035 words
  • End Of Year - December 2023 Part 2. 2023-12-31. Oops the year’s over already. The return of Baldur’s Gate 3. Best year for gaming? YouTube stats declining. Trapped in British quiz shows again.
    • Blog
    2,424 words

2024-01

  • Start of Year - January 2024 Part 1. 2024-01-15. 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.
    • Blog
    1,911 words
  • Grumpasaurus Rex - January 2024 Part 2. 2024-01-31. Searching for a game to enjoy. Lies of P, Alan Wake, Palworld, Enshrouded. Voicemeeter Banana. Fantasy High Junior Year. Røde PodMic USB.
    • Blog
    3,456 words

2024-02

  • Toxic Bosses - February 2024 Part 1. 2024-02-15. Steam Next. Toxic bosses in Lies of P and Nioh. Hellpoint. Dimension 20. New computer glasses.
    • Blog
    1,808 words
  • Leap Day - February 2024 Part 2. 2024-02-29. 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.
    • Blog
    4,646 words

2024-03

  • Spring? - March 2024 Part 1. 2024-03-15. Elden Ring DLC, Lords of the Fallen, Nioh, Sons of the Forest. YouTube wrecking my videos. Keeping up with the Actual Plays.
    • Blog
    1,786 words
  • Pause for Badgerfriends - March 2024 Part 2. 2024-03-31. A pause on video games because of a sudden side project. Editing D&D combat. A cool program called Sound Show. Mid-tier Actual Play Show Reviews.
    • Blog
    3,134 words

2024-04

2024-05

  • May - May 2024 Part 1. 2024-05-15. 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.
    • Blog
    1,711 words

2024-06

  • Broken Slack - May 2024 Part 2. 2024-06-01. Busy hands games. More about Glass Cannon shows than you probably care about. Dune and Planet of the Apes. Broken Slack.
    • Blog
    2,188 words
  • Summer Is Here - June 2023 Part 1. 2024-06-15. 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.
    • Blog
    1,593 words
  • Eliminate human tyranny! - June 2024 Part 2. 2024-06-30. The end of a hot June. A summer of MMO stuff apparently. Subtitling. A lot about The Three Body Problem. A couple of movies.
    • Blog
    2,623 words

2024-07

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

2024-08

  • Saturday Musing About Blaugust Systems. 2024-08-03. 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!
    • Blog
    1,119 words
  • August 2024 Part 1. 2024-08-15. Elden Ring DLC completed, a burst of Disney+ activity, Song of Ice and Fire audiobooks, changes at work.
    • Blog
    2,299 words
  • The Recluse Report - August 2024 Part 2 [+audio]. 2024-08-31. 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.
    • Blog
    2,818 words

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