Geek, coder, gamer, tinkerer, husband, father, system admin, web developer, and American cyborg, though not necessarily in that order. Creator of Mythic Wars (card game).
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Took my 18-year-old son to vote for the first time today. Regardless of the final outcome, I'm proud of him for participating in the American experiment.
Played #Wrexial for the second round of #FridayNightMagic, and he had a decent run, but in the end, he just couldn't pull off the win. Maybe next time. #Magic #Games
Got plans for tomorrow, so tonight is #FridayNightMagic! And I finally won with my Estrid deck! Woot! #SimpleThings #Magic #Games
👍 How Everything Became the Culture War https:/
The question now is - how do we fix it? #politics
👍 Programming Sucks https:/
"This is what it is to learn programming. You get to know your useful tools, then you look around, and there are some handy new tools nearby and those tools show you the bottomless horror that was always right next to your bed."
FWIW, I don't think it sucks quite this much, but it is kinda scary how much of this rings true. #programming #code #TechHalloween
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"All of this complexity is supposed to make the 'developer experience' better. We’re meant to be more productive and write better, more stable code by using these frameworks. I’m just not seeing that play out so far in practice. If we’re not even having a better experience doing the work, then what is the point of all this, really?" A good question from Pixel•Paper•Yarn.
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#TIL the Internet Archive hosts #C64 games, too... And they've got some real classics in their collection. https:/
Online Banksy Shredder | CodePen - Upload your art, and watch it get shredded. https:/
👍 Banksy posts video of £1m painting shredding stunt at Sotheby's - BBC News https:/
This story kept a 😊 on my face all day.
The tragic end of Telltale Games - The Verge https:/
Just when you thought that the game development industry was getting better...