Tales From The Crypt, Lasertag!
These stories are all Q-Pit related, the laser tag arena I worked in. I had so much fun working there. The post Tales From The Crypt, Lasertag! appeared first on Brain's Ramblings .
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Book update, You Probably Did Not Ask For
A few months ago I thought I was writing another blog post. Instead, I somehow ended up with a 125-page manuscript, a growing cast of fictional employees, multiple appendices, and a factory that keeps expanding faster than I can document it. Here's an update on the Brain Factory project, and how a simple idea went completely off the rails. The post Book update, You Probably Did Not Ask For…
The Ooga & Booga Research Institute
A random YouTube Short about cigars somehow led to an investigation into the discovery of tobacco, an existential crisis experienced by a Tobacco Plant, and the possible evolutionary relationship between two prehistoric idiots and my Scrum Master pastel duo Randy and Dandy. This is what chaos in action looks like inside my factory. The post The Ooga & Booga Research Institute appeared first on…
Complex Ethical Stuff #2, School essay gone wrong
In Atheneum 5, I wrote an essay that I thought was nuanced. My classmates disagreed. Thirty years later, I barely remember the essay itself, but I still remember the aftermath. A story about communication, guilt, interpretation, and the memories that end up in permanent storage. The post Complex Ethical Stuff #2, School essay gone wrong appeared first on Brain's Ramblings .
Inverterdata, backups and a minor heart attack
What started with a YouTube video about a transformer quickly turned into a backup audit, a near-disaster involving rm -rf, recovering missing inverter data, fixing a broken NAS backup, and unexpectedly finding voltage logs from the 2022 150kV grid incident. The post Inverterdata, backups and a minor heart attack appeared first on Brain's Ramblings .
Congratulations, your motherboard is now modern art
Liquid metal as cooling solution, an accident waiting to happen. I do understand why manufacturers use liquid metal instead of MX-6 or another traditional thermal paste as a cooling solution. The thermal performance is amazing. Usually a machine runs a few degrees cooler compared to its non-liquid-metal counterpart. That means longer boost clocks, less fan... The post Congratulations, your…
Cafeine: Relapse
A while back I wrote that I had quit caffeine. Yeah. Ehmm. I fell off the proverbial wagon 😛 I’m drinking caffeine again. Some subtle changes though. I’m limiting myself to two mugs of coffee in the morning, before 11:00 AM. After that: zero caffeine. Brain, caffeinated, out. The post Cafeine: Relapse appeared first on Brain's Ramblings .
Dear VodafoneZiggo: NO really means NO!
TLDR! Yes, I am absolutely burning VodafoneZiggo to the ground in this rant of an article. Yes, this is an extremely long rant. And yes, if you ever suffered through HorizonBox PTSD, unstable coax internet, telemarketing, packet loss, bridge-mode roulette, or support engineers replacing random objects in your house while praying to the DOCSIS gods…... The post Dear VodafoneZiggo: NO really means…
My factory prefers balance
I was planning on writing another rant, this time aimed at “haute couture.” But while tinkering with the idea, the post slowly started shifting into something else entirely: an internal reflection about how my own factory, and my CEO Bob, seem to respond to everything “haute.” Analogy I think I finally found the perfect analogy... The post My factory prefers balance appeared first on Brain's…
Chocolate and liver do not share the same zipcode
Reader warning: Before reading this post, I highly recommend reading Kernel Panic #3 first for some additional context. After years of undocumented internal food protocols and culinary short circuits, I have come to one unavoidable conclusion: My Brain Factory was absolutely not designed for haute cuisine or Michelin-starred restaurants. Still, that doesn’t prevent me from... The post Chocolate…