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Seeing NaNoWriMo is officially dead makes me sad, even if it had to happen.

I got back into writing because of that site and its community. I'm still not published but I've written a lot of novels and partial novels because of NaNo (not all done during Nov). But the current org failed it miserably.
April 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A discovery of an old text about Merlin from the 1300s, need to find the brain power to fully read it but the fact the paper was reused for something else at one point is insane.

www.cam.ac.uk/stories/merl...
Modern magic unlocks Merlin's medieval secrets
Fragments of a rare Merlin manuscript from the 1200s discovered and digitised in a ground-breaking three-year project at Cambridge University Library.
www.cam.ac.uk
March 31, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Something magical about anticipation. Honestly I don't get excited for releases a ton anymore, but the rerelease of Xenoblade X DE tomorrow has me really pumped. Xenoblade holds a special place in my heart and I've wanted to replay for a while without getting out my WiiU.
March 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Sad day. Just saw the creators of Celeste cancelled their next game Earthblade. The fact they felt pressure to make something bigger and better makes it clear how it could impact their creativity. I hope they can get back to what brought them joy because clearly it worked with Celeste.
January 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I'll never understand why games feel the need to add a random stealth section somewhere in the game. If I wanted stealth I would buy a stealth game, not whatever game I did buy that only has the one (that I didn't know about).
January 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Man. 1000xResist.

What a game. What an emotional ride. What heartbreak. What need.

The way it plays with visual perspective and camera angles and language, the way it uses <spoilers> to explore topics of self. At some point I should play it again, but for now I need to digest it.
January 10, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Man, 1000xResist starts off incredibly strong. So curious where it is going but I also don't want to binge it and risk rushing through.
January 4, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Been working on a zero draft of a novel idea in Google Docs and I forgot how much I hate its grammar checker, double so when writing Fantasy. Anytime I mention Gods it assumes I mean the Christian one and makes related grammatical corrections.
January 3, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Trying to get back to Youtube content (about godot, naturally), and decided to try a different style for my thumbnails using smudged version of the code behind the godot robot head. Curious how it'll do compared to my previous awful attempts at thumbnails.
December 30, 2024 at 9:24 AM
Reposted
greatest republic in da world baby
December 22, 2024 at 2:03 PM
I'd forgotten how good it feels to sit down and write a story.

I've struggled, having ideas, starting to outline, then it falling apart in my hands. So when I found a new idea I changed direction. I got the basic characters and theme figured out and started to write a Zero Draft, discardable.
December 21, 2024 at 8:40 PM
So neat to see our understanding of the evolution/origin of written language change. Credit to hacker news as that's where I saw the link.

hub.jhu.edu/2024/11/21/a...
Evidence of oldest known alphabetic writing unearthed in ancient Syrian city
Findings suggest alphabetic writing may be some 500 years older than other discoveries
hub.jhu.edu
November 24, 2024 at 3:14 AM
Well my mind broke. Local beloved indie bookstore Tattered Cover got bought by Barnes and Noble back in July and I missed it.

So many fond memories of going to their locations for book signings or just to peruse the shelves and bring something new home to read.
November 17, 2024 at 4:08 AM
I keep refreshing the dotnet page hoping 9 non-RC will be available. Very interested in testing it out with all the perf improvements and some of the updates they made.
November 12, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Confirmed my vote was counting. Now to wait for the results.
November 5, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Completed my civic duty today. Now all I can do is wait to see the results.
November 3, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Xenoblade X finally getting rereleased, oh my god.

15 seconds in and the music is already giving me shivers.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKHz...
Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition – Coming March 20th, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)
YouTube video by Nintendo UK
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Downside to messing with C++ is all the tools you end up messing with. Cmake is so confusing lol, though finally got Raylib linked into a windows project and running with a visible window.
October 20, 2024 at 3:50 PM