This is my internet hideout. I spend a lot of time thinking about the internet and where tech is headed. I’ve worked in audio and video production for years ...
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Roasted Salsa (Finally, the Recipe Is First) Ingredients 4 Roma tomatoes 4 tomatillos 1 jalapeño ½ Serrano pepper 1 dried guajillo chili (soaked until soft) ½ large onion 5 garlic cloves 1 bunch cilantro Generous salt and black pepper Juice of one lime A spoon or two of chicken bouillon powder Olive oil Instructions Cut all the veggies (deseed the peppers) and toss them in olive oil. Broil…
I spent two consecutive weekends playing characters on two of the most popular private Classic+ World of Warcraft servers. The first weekend, I leveled a Tauren Warrior to 22 on Turtle WoW—the established server that isn’t Ambershire. The second weekend, I leveled a Gnome Mage to 22 on the Kevan realm on Project Epoch, hosted by Ascension WoW. This is a first-hand account of my experiences on both…
When I was 25, backpacking through Europe, I stayed at a hostel. Other Americans found out I was from Mississippi. They didn’t say anything directly, but the vibe turned fast. It was like I’d walked in with a shotgun and a Confederate flag. They had already decided who I was: probably ignorant, probably backward, probably racist. Never mind that I was in Prague to visit the Franz Kafka Museum.…
I asked my girlfriend to marry me after watching Cirque du Soleil. Great weekend. She said yes. I am now a business owner. Goat Head Studio is now an official LLC. Took forever. Forms, tax crap, more forms. But it’s real. The game Bearly Alive I've been building is basically done. Its simple in scope, 12-minute game. I touched every asset. AI helped, yeah, but I didn’t just hit “generate” and walk…
Lately, I’ve been thinking more about why some artists hate AI. The conversation is always the same something about ethics, job security, artistic integrity. I get it. AI is changing the game, and some people don’t like that. What I don’t get is the absolute refusal to adapt. Every time technology advances, there’s a group of people who act like it’s the end of the world. Photography was supposed…
Vibe Coding and Game Dev Updates Over the past week, I’ve been figuring out what the AI bros call vibe coding. I did a bit of this in 2023 by creating an eternally free portfolio website on GitHub. Now, since AI continues to make leaps and bounds, I've been making video games. Trash Catcher I started last Friday with a simple game where you catch trash in an office setting, styled like flash games…
My wrist is hurting Working at the computer I cannot play games
Today, I was thinking about some of the best relationship advice I’ve ever been given: make a schedule/weekly routine with your partner. It’s not just about keeping both of you on the same page, but also about making time for yourself and the things that matter to you. One of the best things I’ve implemented in my adult life is game night with the boys. It happens every Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. It…
If you don’t care about my life story or my hardware setup, scroll down to where I start talking about mastering audio. I’m big into audio and video—videography, setting up studios, mastering audio, editing, and camera work. I’ve been doing this professionally for about 15 years now. It all started when I was 12, making anime music videos using bootleg Dragon Ball Z episodes my cousin mailed me on…
I don’t think I’m alone when I say I’m tired of social media, or rather, I long for the older version of it before everything became so algorithmic. I did a purge of all of it a few years ago after reading the book Digital Minimalism. For a while, I was able to get a grip on my online activity, but now I’ve found myself in a new job with a lot of downtime at the office. This has caused me to…
