Nick LaLone
@nicklalone.com
Geospatial computing, user studies, emergency management, workforce development, and vintage tech.
The spaces between these domains contain insights we have forgotten.
The spaces between these domains contain insights we have forgotten.
Had some thoughts about @ibogost.com's procedural rhetoric this morning while driving through a near whiteout experience. It is related to making a mixed-media #wargame but also a mixed-media training simulation.
Random Game Thoughts
Procedural Rhetoric and the Desert of the Real
nicklalone.leaflet.pub
January 22, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Had some thoughts about @ibogost.com's procedural rhetoric this morning while driving through a near whiteout experience. It is related to making a mixed-media #wargame but also a mixed-media training simulation.
Big news, after like 15 years on the same apple account, I’m finally on my own.
This last update created insane confusion with all the merging of contacts and consolidation of names.
Was awful.
This last update created insane confusion with all the merging of contacts and consolidation of names.
Was awful.
January 19, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Big news, after like 15 years on the same apple account, I’m finally on my own.
This last update created insane confusion with all the merging of contacts and consolidation of names.
Was awful.
This last update created insane confusion with all the merging of contacts and consolidation of names.
Was awful.
Reposted by Nick LaLone
d&d 47e wiki beholder
January 18, 2026 at 10:40 PM
d&d 47e wiki beholder
Stair sanding update. They are still sanded.
Plaster patches incoming.
Look out now.
Plaster patches incoming.
Look out now.
January 16, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Stair sanding update. They are still sanded.
Plaster patches incoming.
Look out now.
Plaster patches incoming.
Look out now.
Sometimes you sand some stairs.
And then your stairs are sanded.
And then your stairs are sanded.
January 15, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Sometimes you sand some stairs.
And then your stairs are sanded.
And then your stairs are sanded.
we got a giant pot for a wedding gift back when we got married 13 years ago. We don’t really use it much aside from back when we had a water heater from the 50s, we used it to boil water for baths.
“can I make you some water!?”
Is phrase we haven’t spoken lately.
“can I make you some water!?”
Is phrase we haven’t spoken lately.
January 4, 2026 at 10:19 PM
we got a giant pot for a wedding gift back when we got married 13 years ago. We don’t really use it much aside from back when we had a water heater from the 50s, we used it to boil water for baths.
“can I make you some water!?”
Is phrase we haven’t spoken lately.
“can I make you some water!?”
Is phrase we haven’t spoken lately.
A long time ago, I bought some Battlestar Galactica CCG starters and boosters and then promptly lost them because why wouldn't I.
Found them last night while sleeving up a prototype.
Sad I need to get more sleeves now though...
Found them last night while sleeving up a prototype.
Sad I need to get more sleeves now though...
January 4, 2026 at 2:59 PM
A long time ago, I bought some Battlestar Galactica CCG starters and boosters and then promptly lost them because why wouldn't I.
Found them last night while sleeving up a prototype.
Sad I need to get more sleeves now though...
Found them last night while sleeving up a prototype.
Sad I need to get more sleeves now though...
Reposted by Nick LaLone
I am delighted to announce the release of my latest project:
Fully documented source code for The Sentinel, Geoff Crammond’s 1986 masterpiece.
Here’s the repository; deep dives coming soon.
See thread for details.
1/9
github.com/markmoxon/th...
#retrocomputing #retrogaming #bbcmicro #c64 #8bit
Fully documented source code for The Sentinel, Geoff Crammond’s 1986 masterpiece.
Here’s the repository; deep dives coming soon.
See thread for details.
1/9
github.com/markmoxon/th...
#retrocomputing #retrogaming #bbcmicro #c64 #8bit
GitHub - markmoxon/the-sentinel-source-code-bbc-micro: Fully documented and annotated source code for The Sentinel on the BBC Micro
Fully documented and annotated source code for The Sentinel on the BBC Micro - markmoxon/the-sentinel-source-code-bbc-micro
github.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I am delighted to announce the release of my latest project:
Fully documented source code for The Sentinel, Geoff Crammond’s 1986 masterpiece.
Here’s the repository; deep dives coming soon.
See thread for details.
1/9
github.com/markmoxon/th...
#retrocomputing #retrogaming #bbcmicro #c64 #8bit
Fully documented source code for The Sentinel, Geoff Crammond’s 1986 masterpiece.
Here’s the repository; deep dives coming soon.
See thread for details.
1/9
github.com/markmoxon/th...
#retrocomputing #retrogaming #bbcmicro #c64 #8bit
It’s a new year so that means some morning mimosas!
May the force be with you!
May the force be with you!
January 1, 2026 at 3:57 PM
It’s a new year so that means some morning mimosas!
May the force be with you!
May the force be with you!
Gonna try out this ole leaflet app for tiny notes!
I needed a tiny notes platform...
nicklalone.leaflet.pub
December 31, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Gonna try out this ole leaflet app for tiny notes!
Lately I’ve been thinking about professional pillow fighting and world chase tag.
They should team up and make a wild professional sport crossover event.
youtube.com/shorts/1YvEZ...
They should team up and make a wild professional sport crossover event.
youtube.com/shorts/1YvEZ...
Morocco vs America #rotterdamchaseoff #worldchasetag
YouTube video by Rooftop Kings
youtube.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Lately I’ve been thinking about professional pillow fighting and world chase tag.
They should team up and make a wild professional sport crossover event.
youtube.com/shorts/1YvEZ...
They should team up and make a wild professional sport crossover event.
youtube.com/shorts/1YvEZ...
Decided to finally pull the trigger and buy a cube’s worth of SimCity CCG cards. Currently have cubes for:
Wotc netrunner
Guardians
Spellfire
Wyvern
7th Sea
Decipher Star Wars
Decipher Star Trek
Battletech
Blood wars
Dune
And a few more…
Wotc netrunner
Guardians
Spellfire
Wyvern
7th Sea
Decipher Star Wars
Decipher Star Trek
Battletech
Blood wars
Dune
And a few more…
December 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Decided to finally pull the trigger and buy a cube’s worth of SimCity CCG cards. Currently have cubes for:
Wotc netrunner
Guardians
Spellfire
Wyvern
7th Sea
Decipher Star Wars
Decipher Star Trek
Battletech
Blood wars
Dune
And a few more…
Wotc netrunner
Guardians
Spellfire
Wyvern
7th Sea
Decipher Star Wars
Decipher Star Trek
Battletech
Blood wars
Dune
And a few more…
So I was flipping through YouTube shorts yesterday morning and I found a lady achieving life goals I didn’t know I had until I watched the video.
They’re now yours as well.
youtube.com/shorts/wimqR...
They’re now yours as well.
youtube.com/shorts/wimqR...
Shall I go still deeper? #engineering #Minecraft #tunnel #mining #construction
YouTube video by Engineer Everything
youtube.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:35 AM
So I was flipping through YouTube shorts yesterday morning and I found a lady achieving life goals I didn’t know I had until I watched the video.
They’re now yours as well.
youtube.com/shorts/wimqR...
They’re now yours as well.
youtube.com/shorts/wimqR...
In getting a post ready for @mcdanger.bsky.social's Esoteric Gaming, I found a whole ass blog I had started writing right when COVID shut everything down.
interdisciplinarydotdesign.wordpress.com
Guess I need to get these posts onto my homepage now and finish writing up Human Use of Human Beings
interdisciplinarydotdesign.wordpress.com
Guess I need to get these posts onto my homepage now and finish writing up Human Use of Human Beings
Reading Across Boundaries
Interdisciplinary Reading for the Information Sciences
interdisciplinarydotdesign.wordpress.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
In getting a post ready for @mcdanger.bsky.social's Esoteric Gaming, I found a whole ass blog I had started writing right when COVID shut everything down.
interdisciplinarydotdesign.wordpress.com
Guess I need to get these posts onto my homepage now and finish writing up Human Use of Human Beings
interdisciplinarydotdesign.wordpress.com
Guess I need to get these posts onto my homepage now and finish writing up Human Use of Human Beings
The longest Season of all time😭 #anime #onepiece #jujutsukaisen #frieren
YouTube video by KingChris
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Been figuring out nanDeck to prototype a game and I really am enjoying it. I suppose I could've used InDesign too but I miss the fiddliness of home grown software.
I mean look at it. Passion project incarnate.
I mean look at it. Passion project incarnate.
December 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Been figuring out nanDeck to prototype a game and I really am enjoying it. I suppose I could've used InDesign too but I miss the fiddliness of home grown software.
I mean look at it. Passion project incarnate.
I mean look at it. Passion project incarnate.
I've started to describe One Piece as, "What if Tolkien wrote weekly shorts about Middle Earth for the better part of 30 years and it had just as much depth?"
But was also on LSD.
But was also on LSD.
a man in a white coat stands on a small island in front of a large skull shaped building
ALT: a man in a white coat stands on a small island in front of a large skull shaped building
media.tenor.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I've started to describe One Piece as, "What if Tolkien wrote weekly shorts about Middle Earth for the better part of 30 years and it had just as much depth?"
But was also on LSD.
But was also on LSD.
It has come and gone. Rip one piece season 1. You were only 1155 episodes. Not enough.
On to season 2!
On to season 2!
December 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
It has come and gone. Rip one piece season 1. You were only 1155 episodes. Not enough.
On to season 2!
On to season 2!
I've reviewed so many proposals and articles on attaching AI to 9-1-1 that has this stuff baked in.
In the meantime, being a dispatcher is an obscene career where they could really use help. Stuff like this will only make their jobs worse.
In the meantime, being a dispatcher is an obscene career where they could really use help. Stuff like this will only make their jobs worse.
They called 911 for help.
Police and prosecutors used the junk science of "911 Call Analysis" to decide they were liars.
(Published 2022)
Police and prosecutors used the junk science of "911 Call Analysis" to decide they were liars.
(Published 2022)
They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars.
Tracing the fallacy of 911 call analysis through the justice system, from Quantico to the courtroom.
www.propublica.org
December 30, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I've reviewed so many proposals and articles on attaching AI to 9-1-1 that has this stuff baked in.
In the meantime, being a dispatcher is an obscene career where they could really use help. Stuff like this will only make their jobs worse.
In the meantime, being a dispatcher is an obscene career where they could really use help. Stuff like this will only make their jobs worse.
A package from amazon has been delayed 2 days in a row while in town because the weather has sucked. That's fine, it happens.
Meanwhile I have also received 2 other packages from amazon over the past 2 days.
All 3 package deliveries have originated from the same warehouse
Logistics is a wild ride
Meanwhile I have also received 2 other packages from amazon over the past 2 days.
All 3 package deliveries have originated from the same warehouse
Logistics is a wild ride
December 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A package from amazon has been delayed 2 days in a row while in town because the weather has sucked. That's fine, it happens.
Meanwhile I have also received 2 other packages from amazon over the past 2 days.
All 3 package deliveries have originated from the same warehouse
Logistics is a wild ride
Meanwhile I have also received 2 other packages from amazon over the past 2 days.
All 3 package deliveries have originated from the same warehouse
Logistics is a wild ride
Went back to watch Project Runway seasons 1-7 as we started on season 8. My goodness was that show a lot more raw and in your face back then.
December 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Went back to watch Project Runway seasons 1-7 as we started on season 8. My goodness was that show a lot more raw and in your face back then.
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains
Monsoon from Caroline’s Spine and Hello Hello from Talk Show.
Monsoon from Caroline’s Spine and Hello Hello from Talk Show.
December 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains
Monsoon from Caroline’s Spine and Hello Hello from Talk Show.
Monsoon from Caroline’s Spine and Hello Hello from Talk Show.