Notes

this is where i scream into the void.rambles, neuroses, reviews, thoughts. may contain nuts. xiao hong shu

THE USUAL WAY

February 18, 2025
Lasers fucking suck. I mean, I truly do believe that. No, that's not commentary on their utility, or their design, or their history, it's just the simple, plain observable facts: They suck. They're …
#rant

A SUMMARY OF SUBMACHINE

January 13, 2025
It currently impossible to find a concise summary of events for the main series of Submachine games made by Mateusz Skutnik. For my own sanity, and in case anyone else ever needs it, I pieced …
#note

I DON'T DO COMPUTERS

January 8, 2025
One of my many vices is watching horribly inconsiderate documentary soaps about the trials and tribulations of unemployed (and usually not particularly smart) people, which to my dismay, are …
#essay

A NOTE ON WORM

November 17, 2024
The following is a review on John McCrae's web serial novel Worm, as well as a collection of thoughts on genre and style as a whole. If you're looking for a recommendation, you won't find it here, as …
#review

I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT THE BRADWELL CONSPIRACY

May 29, 2024
My first "hard core" gaming experience was... the demo to Half-Life 2. I had downloaded it to my barely functional Toshiba Satellite, thinking I could apply the same exploit to make it the full game …
#review

SPROCKET'S SCRAP

May 2, 2024
The following is a 2022 short story named Sprocket's Scrap. While the world this story takes place in has now changed to be nearly unrecognisable, I still stand by the messages and storytelling in …
#fiction #short story

ALL THE GOOD EMAIL CLIENTS GO TO HELL

April 22, 2024
Something's been compelling me lately. Admittedly, I may have a tendency to obsess, but this is really a special case of rubythinking - It all started a few months back, when for some reason, my …
#essay

WHY DOES KHLOE CREATE?

January 22, 2024
It’s time for a little lesson in business structure. Starting in the 1950s, businesses were increasingly organised in a direct hierarchical structure. Partly at fault for this was the proliferation …
#rant

MY MAC APPS OF TWENTY TWENTY THREE

December 28, 2023
I know grumbling and complaining is sort of my thing, but it's the end of the year and even I can't keep up that pace. It's also the first time where I'll probably rain a lot of praise on some …
#essay

ZSH OXO

November 17, 2023
Maybe you know about The Null Pointer, maybe you don't. It's a project run by the enigmatic Mia. Maybe they're not that enigmatic, but I don't care enough to research them. Their project, The Null …
#freebie