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I received Ghosts & Scholars #50, containing my first non-computing-related published article! On top of that, I got a nice mention by the amazing Rosemary Pardoe in the editorial. (swoon) That said, this is the final issue of a publication that I've read for decades, so my feelings are bittersweet.
I recently submitted my first piece of fiction for potential publication and unsurprisingly it was rejected. The funny part is that every writer that I know is reaching out to congratulate me.
Not recommended! Getting old is bad for your health.
The box with Kanji saying "Chinese Chess"
Gold Go playing board
Drawer with glass "stones"
Summer olympics themed etchings.
Behold the most confused board game ever: A 1970s "executive"-style Go set with a gold-etched playing surface, Summer Olympic motifs, and a box that says "Chinese Chess"... Seems like a specialty item from the 1960-70s associated with an Olympics hosted in asian... 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo?
LOL. He fails at literally everything!
A bag, some cards and some cubes do not make a game.
Breaking out an old game design that I couldn’t get working…. 10 years ago. 🤷♂️ sure to work this time.
Emblogginated "LLMe" --> blog.fogus.me/meta/LLMe.html
Is that a Bleiler that I spy?
Same! 💪
The Clojure team held a dev call a couple of days ago and the video of the call has landed on YT --> www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngyv...
Can anyone recommend some good studies about the cultural, economic, and environmental impacts of LLMs that are not biased?
Be the change you want to see in the world.
If I could scrobble every song I’ve ever heard in my entire life, almost certainly Seal’s Kiss from a Rose would be at the top, thanks to all of the malls and elevators that I’ve been in.
Sunn O))) ticket for DC
See you there DC.
Moments before the murder of Alex Pretti by ICE cowards.
"All their ferocity was turned outwards, against the enemies of the State, against foreigners, traitors, saboteurs, thought-criminals."
I noticed that the thrift store sells used trophies meaning that I can finally realize my dream of becoming a great bowler!
What the hell happened to mass market paperbacks?!
Fixed! Thanks again.
Thanks. I'll fix it ASAP
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trio improvisation (with Jack Rusher and Andrey)
REM state is to sleep as _____ is to concentration.
what goes in the blank?
I need a complete brick inventory and instructions STAT!
If Lego offered a Gormenghast Castle set, I would buy two in an instant.
Emblogginated "As Presaged in January 1996" --> blog.fogus.me/as-presaged/... -- Whereby I read the January 1996 issue of Byte.
Thank you for sharing!
@fogus.me I turned Bird Poker into a video poker game for my watch: thegeez.net/2026/01/05/w...
I just learned about the hobby of retracing the paths of historically famous walkers and walks. This is absolutely my kind of thing!
topor being strange
topor as renfield in herzog's nosferatu
book cover to the tenant
On this date Jan 7, 1938 the polymath Roland Topor was spawned. /cc @antiheroine.bsky.social
The best programmers that I’ve ever met hated programming and did everything that they could to avoid it, but at times those same people were able to achieve peak experiences through programming.
