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If you’re a fan of point-and-click adventure games like I am, Rob Gilbert (the GOAT in this genre) announced yesterday that they started production on Thimbleweed Park 2 coming out in 2028. This is a follow up to the first Thimbleweed Park (2017), which itself is a spiritual successor to previous games Maniac Mansion (1987) and The Secret of Monkey Island (1990). The Monkey Island series is where…
I'm definitely guilty of this. My backlog of video games is long, but that new 007 game is calling my name!
I don’t think this term is unique to the photography community, but it’s where I first came across it. G ear A cquisition S yndrome is the itch a photographer gets to buy that next lens, camera, or accessory even though we probably don’t need it. We tell ourselves a lot of things to justify our purchase, but in my case, I tell myself if I just had that new piece of gear, my photography would…
"Free with Subscription" - this should be illegal
I’ve been gaming since the late 80’s with the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and the Atari 7800. Since then, I’ve owned every Nintendo console (except handhelds), and a handful of Microsoft and Sony consoles. My current lineup is the Playstation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2. The current console generation started at the end of 2020 with the release of the Xbox Series X/S and the Playstation 5.…
I can't get enough of this video from inside of the Integrity capsule after splash down and the recovery crew opened the hatch. Link
Software programing has been a skill that never came naturally to me but something I always wished I could do. I dabbled in creating an iOS application many years ago but that never really crossed the finish line (see also my first post ). Luckily my career has never required me to learn how to write code or pick up a certain programing language. The bottleneck was never the ideas, it was taking…
I've been on a newsletter kick lately. I came across Random Daily URls recently and signed up immediately. Now I get an interesting and fun internet link in my mailbox every morning. Highly recommend!
“The Second Factor” name comes from the security concept known as two-factor authentication (2FA). The first factor in 2FA is something you know , and the second factor is either something you have or something you are . It’s the validation process to prove you are who you say you are. Everything I share here is who I am. My day job is in Cybersecurity, specifically I’m a Threat Intelligence…
10 years ago (!) I created a Medium account with the idea of writing more and documenting things I find interesting in the hopes the reader would find it interesting as well. My first post was titled " I’m a Starter, Not a Finisher ". My Medium blog lived up to the first post. In the 10 years since it was started, I wrote one other post in 2024. Not exactly a shining example of commitment. The…