Amazing: Xena S05E16 “Lifeblood” features flashbacks of the Amazon tribe that are from a failed pilot for “Amazon High”, a series where Selma Blair is a modern-day girl sent back to the Stone Age. She tells people not to eat horses and finds caveman-Karl Urban super hot (but who wouldn’t?)
Good morning! It’s that time of the year again when I need to teach young spiders where not to build their webs… by walking through a dozen of them with the dog. I probably have a couple spiders in my hair right now. 😭
PSA: if you purchased any Dark Horse digital comics, remember that it’s shutting down any time soon. There are unofficial tools out there to download your comics. Next time, remember: DRM-free downloads or piracy, these are the only two viable options.
Fuck off Discord. I don’t want to do “quests”, get “orbs”, click on “crumfibs” to collect “wizamags” or whatever the fuck you’re going to invent next to “drive growth and engagement” or something. I just want text & video chat, plus a simple way to pay for it.
“The Media’s Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work”: this is a lengthy but very interesting dive into the use of AI in media companies. You need a subscription to 404 Media to read the whole thing but even the first (free) half is good.
A week ago I setup AdGuard-Home on my home server. After a few days trying it via my laptop, I enabled it by default for all devices connected to our Wi-Fi… let’s see if the rest of the family notices!
Just finished another one of Majuular’s great video retrospectives on the Ultima games, this time on Ultima Underworld. I love Ultima!
Here is a nice, short interview with Bernie Sanders about AI and who gets the benefits (if any) from it.
Okay, sure, my last four TTRPGs played:
You know that action scene cliché where the hero is chased by a large creature and he escapes by passing between two large trees and the creature gets stuck? Anyway my dog was running behind me with a large stick and I needed to feel like an action hero. Totally worked!
