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Backed this in Sep 2020. After 3.5 years of of antici… … … … … … pation, I finally have my SpecNext release 2! SpecNext.com SpecNext.dev I don’t have it set up in its final location in the living room yet, so it’s replaced my side terminal on my desk. Ideally I’d like to have … Continue reading "ZX Spectrum Next"Read More »

Craig suggested a snarky Modest Proposal, start targeting Linux instead of Mac, if you recoil at Apple taking 30%. It’s really 15% for most people in Small Business Program. In the Olden Times Before Ye Appe Store, distributors only would take 50% or more cut, publishers would take 70-90% cut; the App Store was a … Continue reading "Indecent Proposal: Linux"Read More »

Cycle of Life, by Aiboforcen This is My Battle Cry, by Ayria: About half of these are dumb synthpop, but title & several other tracks are real electronica. music video: You know I’m a junkie for anything with Soriyama robots, Flynn’s, and neon. BlutKind Clicked, by Wumpscut Mechanical Symphony, by In Strict Confidence Transcendent, by … Continue reading "New Machines Friday Morning Music"Read More »

(I had this series of toots in my notes, apparently didn’t publish. Whoops.) Previously on Rings of Power SPOILERS Galadriel continuing to be a badass, but shitty diplomat, is one of the best blundering D&D PC portrayals. Again has less than fuck-all to do with the book character, and I’m here for it. Dwarf: “I … Continue reading "What I’m Watching: Rings of Power part 2"Read More »

Mouseling (Swords & Wizardry stats) HD: 2d6, AC: 6[13], Attacks: Nip (d4) or Weapon (d6), Save: 16, Morale: 8, Move: 12, Align: Chaos, CL/XP: 2/30. Demi-humanoids with mouse-like features, no more than 3′ tall. Surprisingly robust and rubbery, they can survive being stretched, dropped, bounced down stairs, hooked with cargo winches. As characters, they may … Continue reading "Public Domain Monster: Mouseling"Read More »

A couple years ago, when this came out, I read like a paragraph, and then realized I needed to reread the entire Revelation Space sequence (2000-2003), including the Prefect (2007) & Elysium Fire (2018). I haven’t at this time reread Chasm City (2001), even tho that’s the best book of the series, and the one … Continue reading "What I’m Reading: Inhibitor Phase by Alastair Reynolds"Read More »

Re the lispygopher chat, just a few thoughts longer than a toot. I played the hell out of MOO back in the ’90s, as well as ran my CircleMUD (D&D-like combat-oriented) for a while, and my own CloudMUD system which was a Java chatter with rooms you could put images in. I have my more … Continue reading "Moo! LambdaMoo."Read More »

Eagerly awaited, because we have a long tradition of great Godzilla TV shows It alternates between a 1950s origin story, and 2010s post-G-Day. Somewhere in between is Kong Skull Island. SPOILERS In 2010s: “San Francisco was a hoax. I have a podcast.” is the most realistic reaction here. Love the Godzilla evacuation plans & defenses, … Continue reading "What I’m Watching: Monarch Legacy of Monsters"Read More »

Deltron 3030, by Del tha Funky Homosapien, etc. Cybrid, by Deathline International Software, by The Cassandra Complex Hardware, by The Cassandra Complex – Wetware, it’s Rudy Rucker’s Ware tetralogy! Mechanical Symphony, by In Strict Confidence The Plague, by The Cassandra Complex Voice of the Echo Chamber, by Flesh FieldRead More »

I’m not doing the 31 days of horror thing this year (look at news, I’m no longer in the mood). But a few will be seen, and today’s is Robert Kirkman’s Renfield (2023). So Robert Montague Renfield (Nicholas Hoult, the shitty young Beast from X-Men) is attending 12-step codependency meetings to get out of his … Continue reading "What I’m Watching: Renfield"Read More »