davesnider

davesnider, 9 days ago to random

Watching Blue Collar, a pretty interesting character flick on Criterion right now. Richard Pryor without a mustache freaks me out

RxBrad, 1 month ago to random

Punted my wife twice last night, because I dreamed a different Greek God was trying to kill me every time I fell asleep.

Versed + Fentanyl does wild things.

And I guess I'm basically Kratos.

davesnider, 1 month ago to random

Who says you can't play RPGs by yourself! Room one of my Ker Nethalas dungeon delve. Gonna draw a monster for each room.

davesnider, 1 month ago to random

Up early to smoke some pork.

Big green egg with smoke coming out.

davesnider, 2 months ago to random

MLB is so funny. I pay a decent chunk of change for a Flex plan for Orioles tickets (live). I pay for MLB TV. They blackout the games because I'm local and they want me paying for cable. I pay for a VPN to get around it. But MLB still has one game a day exclusive on Apple TV. I don't need that, so I'll just watch a pirate stream.

The money I'm paying to get around this bullshit id happily pay directly to them, bypassing all this middle man shit.

Makes zero sense. Miss the days of antennas.

ethanschoonover, 2 months ago to random

Back from lakeside camping up by Mount Baker including a wilderness hot spring soak. #camping #pnw

jimniels, 2 months ago to random

I absolutely love when folks have the discipline to archive their previous site designs and make them accessible, like this page from @latte

https://anhvn.com/past-designs/

davesnider, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to random

If you like fantasy, but also enjoy the Aubrey / Maturin (Master and Commander) series, The Bone Ships trilogy is a good Summer read. It mixes solid world-building alongside fun characters in a generally what you'd expect, but hey that's OK plot line. I like books that don't tell the story from the hero's perspective.

https://www.amazon.com/Bone-Ships-Tide-Child-Trilogy/dp/0316487961

davesnider, 11 months ago to random

The idea that the MLB makes it nearly impossible for someone without cable to watch the All-Star game continues to astound me every year.

I buy a block of Orioles tickets. I have MLB.tv (which I need to use a VPN to watch the games). Sure, i can always find away around, but I'm pretty technical.

Once you get the game on, it's NASCAR level with ads. To the point where you really wonder why they don't want MORE people watching these ads.

Slowly, sports will wither because of these dumb policies

davesnider, 11 months ago to random

If I could describe Mastodon... It's like a social club filled with all the people you should have spent more time with in high school, but we're too distracted at the time to pay attention to.

Look, I miss peak Internet, but this smaller subset of the authentic nerd core of that larger world works. It's sort of what I grew up around.

davesnider, 11 months ago to random

I still call myself a designer. I haven't opened Figma for anything other than SVG work for over a year.

https://world.hey.com/dhh/design-for-the-web-without-figma-4bc3a218

davesnider, 11 months ago to random

Sad about Boost. Sad about Reddit. Only a few days left. The Internet changed so much in one year.

davesnider, 11 months ago to random

Amazing how common errors are in unsubscribe flows. A part of me likes to think that every single person that ever worked on the subscription program left to find a better job. Meanwhile everyone else still there hates life and just assumes this unexciting code "still works".

davesnider, 1 year ago to random

I'm going to be really bummed when Reddit drops its 3rd party apps. It will hit me harder than Twitter. Discord is so bloated and really isn't an alternative.

I'm one of the first children of the Internet, and I sort of grew up in online communities. There's nothing good about what's happening right now. The collaboration and hackery of the web through APIs is a big reason why it works and why I've loved it.

A non-customizable web bums me out.

davesnider, 2 months ago to random

Watching Friedkin's Sorcerer for the first time. I've watched Wages of Fear many times before and know its beats. This is the rare remake that adds to the story while sticking to the tenants of the first film. It feels like a horror film closer to the tension / vibe of Apocalypse Now.

davesnider, 1 month ago to random

Rooms three through six in my Ker Nethalas run complete. I like doing one room a night and only giving myself 10 minutes for the sketch.

Having more fun then I expected playing an RPG by myself. It feels like a manual Wizardry game.

davesnider, 1 month ago to random

Sitting in the Bird Bath section with the kids. Let's hope for extra base hits tonight.

davesnider, 1 month ago to random

My wife... doesn't like cantaloupe. Also my wife... has a cantaloupe baller.

davesnider, 1 month ago to random

Pretty impressive bit of teamwork in yesterday's Orioles game.

In this play, the third baseball (Westburg) purposefully slides to give the Shortstop (Henderson) room to throw.

davesnider, 1 month ago to random

My kids are 9 and 11. They've been interested in Dungeons and Dragons indirectly through me for years. I was worried it was a little too rule heavy for them, and instead started them on a Game Book (basically a choose your own adventure with state) called Legendary Kingdoms. It's meant to be single player, but you control four characters. I narrate.

We've had the best time playing through the story. Highly recommend as an intro to deeper gameplay for young kids.

https://www.spidermindgames.com/collections/legendary-kingdoms-1/products/legendary-kingdoms-book-one-the-valley-of-bones

davesnider, 25 days ago to random

Traffic slowed on the bridge near the Naval Academy... what is this about?... then heard a loud sound. Took a quick picture from my (of course) pickup truck. 🇺🇸

davesnider, 26 days ago to random

Filled out some more panels on my Ker Nethalas dungeon run over the weekend. Feel I'm getting a little better at doodling. Found my first rare item, a mastery amulet.

davesnider, 2 months ago to random

Does anyone have any good tutorials for Pico8 / Tic-80 aimed at kids? I need to elevate my kids past scratch and think thisight be a good fit?

davesnider, 1 month ago to random

Watching Go (1999). Watched this one a dozen times in my early 20s. Don't miss a pre-cowboy Timothy Olyphant.