Ramblings of General Geekery

Okay then, 10 randomly remembered bands I’ve seen live:

  • Muse
  • The Police
  • Master Boot Record
  • Queens of the Stone Age
  • Carpenter Brut
  • The Mars Volta
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
  • The Vincent Black Shadow
  • Animals As Leaders
  • The Raconteurs

I’ve also played live plenty of times as part of various bands!


A bit more on my first watch of Star Trek TNG. Did they have a show bible? There seems to be very inconsistent communication and transporter ranges, travel times, etc. It’s a bit of a mess from one episode to another.


People claiming that email and RSS is dead because we should go offline anyway are geniuses. Those who claim the same because we can “just use iMessage, WhatsApp, BlueSky, and Discord” or something along those lines, are idiots.


Last four #TTRPG played:

  • Pendragon
  • Spectaculars
  • Dragonbane
  • RuneQuest Glorantha

Listening to Stu Horvath brilliantly describe what it’s like to get a new phone nowadays: “It used to be about checking out all the cool new stuff. Now it’s about turning shit off”


I recently started a Pendragon #TTRPG campaign (yay!) and I’m looking for a good reference book for weird and cool monsters and fae I could pick and drop into the game. Any recommendations? Thanks!


My thoughts go to that house in my neighbourhood that, every morning for the past week, when I walk past it with the dog around 8AM, has a woodpecker perched on it, pecking happily and LOUDLY at the side wall.


TTRPG about me (it’s hard to pick…)

  • First: The Dark Eye
  • Last: Pendragon
  • Longest: Call of Cthulhu, Delta Green, or RuneQuest (not sure)
  • Favourite game: Delta Green
  • Favourite mechanics: GURPS, YZE, TOON, Amber
  • Favourite setting: Glorantha, Harn
  • Favourite art: MERP, Maskwitches, Petersen’s Field Guide to Creatures of the Dreamlands

The MacBook Neo is interesting because it’s named like something from, I don’t know, the ASUS marketing department or something. Usually Apple uses common nouns/adjectives for its products: Shuffle, Magic, Pro, Air, Mini, etc.


Cook: Why is Apple AI still shit?

Federighi: I’m reviewing our algos sir but we’re using all the latest models

Random guy: Maybe we have a problem with the Kenyan/Filipino contractors?

Cook: ……?

Random guy: <explains how most “AI” works these days>

Cook: OUR COMPETITORS ARE DOING WHAT NOW??!!