Craig Maloney ☕ ✅ @craigmaloney@octodon.social

There are many things that I find substitutes for:

* Linux / LibreOffice instead of Windows / MS Office
* Bandcamp / Music library instead of Spofity
* DRM-free books / MP3 audiobooks instead of Amazon / Kindle

So it should come as no surprise that I've figured out how replicate the experience of basic cable:

Over the air antenna and a Roku emulates about 36 channels of programming I couldn't care about and most of the content I do care about.

It even has odd artifacts.

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2018/06/twitter-is-a-garbage-company-and-jack-is-fawning-at-the-feet-of-fascists/

Just so you know, Twitter is a fucking garbage fire.

@noelle "I hate Illinois Nazis"

I think Boards of Canada must be electronic music's version of Meshuggah: so many bands adopting the style.

@skirts That's awesome! And yeah, having the daily practice is the most important part of what works for me.

Glad to hear about your progress!

@hollyjahangiri just saw the article. Glad the trademark overreach was given the appropriate paddling for being too... Cocky. 😁

@vickylai So far it's just 10 minutes but sometimes I allow myself a few more to finish out the thought. But for now I'm only committing to 10 minutes.

I'm finding that writing for 10 minutes a day is really paying dividends for me. I'm already on chapter 5 of a book that I've been meaning to write. Hoping to have this released by the end of the year.

@suetanvil Right. I've also seen where they have an introduction that they've added, or their particular compilation.

Trail of Cthulhu

http://site.pelgranepress.com/index.php/category/products/trail-of-cthulhu/

Trail of Cthulhu was my first exposure to the GUMSHOE system. The premise is simple: clues that move the story are always be available to the characters. It answers the question of "I roll for [important clue] and failed. Now what?" Instead, clues are available but they might have major cost, or your characters may need to do more digging. It also adds stability to the sanity mechanic so the feeling of decay in your character is palpable.

#stuffilike

One of my hobbies is looking at printed books of clearly public domain material and laughing hysterically at the copyright page claiming that no part of this book may be redistributed blah blah blah.

Be grateful that I don't have the hobby of finding the publisher of such copyright maximalist garbage and shoving said pages up their respective bottoms.

Yet.

There is nothing worse than a cover of John Cage's 4'33".

Eclipse Phase

http://eclipsephase.com

"Eclipse Phase is a tabletop roleplaying game of post-apocalyptic transhuman conspiracy and horror.

Players take part in a cross-faction secret network dubbed Firewall that is dedicated to counteracting "existential risks" — threats to the existence of transhumanity, ..."

It's also released under a CC-BY-NC-ND license.

The publishers are super awesome as well. Definitely one of my favorites.

TFW you spend most of the afternoon trying to get something to work, only to realize that what you're going isn't even close to what you should be doing (and it works when you change things to how it should work).