This page shows recent posts from all categories. It will probably be fancier later.
The end of my Mac era (2016/11/29)
I first used MacOS X in 1988. No, that’s not a typo. See, MacOS X is really, under the hood, an older operating system called NeXTStep, which I started using in 1988. [read more...]
Video games, art, and passion (2015/04/25)
So, I wrote about my distress over the very disappointing Angry Birds Epic game. And since then, I’ve seen a couple of things that I think make a good contrast with it. [read more...]
Angry Birds Epic: This could have been a great game (2014/12/05)
I keep thinking about this, and then not doing it, and then thinking about it more. [read more...]
Consultancygate: An Overview (2014/08/10)
UPDATE: New data showed up, and I’ve changed my conclusions on some aspects of
this. Most noticably, Mandy Morbid has accused Zak of abusing her, and I have
posted some initial thoughts on that, but
suffice it to say, I do at this point think I have credible evidence that Zak is
in fact abusive in serious and important ways.
So, I wrote a really long thing about this, but it is as noted really long. This article is intended to be a better-structured guide to what happened, and why I think that the attacks on Zak and Pundit are basically dishonest and without merit. This article does not attempt to include all, or even many, of the examples. I am not implying that the things I don’t address are true, or even plausible; I’m just picking the examples I think are the clearest and easiest to understand without a ton of extra research. I looked into a lot more of them, and kept reaching the same conclusions. [read more...]
Things to do if you think someone has been or may be outed: (2014/08/06)
(CAVEAT: This is a draft. It may get updated. Feel free to suggest improvements.) [read more...]
D&D Hatchet Job, Part 2 (2014/08/06)
UPDATE: New data showed up, and I've changed my conclusions on some aspects of
this. Most noticably, Mandy Morbid has accused Zak of abusing her, and I have
[posted some initial thoughts on that](/log/post/2019/02/14/the-zak-update/), but
suffice it to say, I do at this point think I have credible evidence that Zak is
in fact abusive in serious and important ways. [read more...]
How Dungeons and Dragons is actually not endorsing the darkest parts of the RPG community (2014/08/03)
UPDATE: New data showed up, and I've changed my conclusions on some aspects of
this. Most noticably, Mandy Morbid has accused Zak of abusing her, and I have
[posted some initial thoughts on that](/log/post/2019/02/14/the-zak-update/), but
suffice it to say, I do at this point think I have credible evidence that Zak is
in fact abusive in serious and important ways. [read more...]
The future is here. (2014/07/12)
This is a world that I could not have anticipated, or really even comprehended, when I was 18. [read more...]
Failing to understand the word "disability" (2014/07/08)
I know a number of people who have disabilities, ranging from fairly mild to fairly severe. Most of them have some amount of interaction with social services of one sort or another, whether in the US or elsewhere. And everywhere, there is a single constant theme: [read more...]
Why terminology is hard... (2014/06/08)
One of the joys of the Internet era is having teenagers explain things to me. Teenagers explain to me what gender is, and what sexual orientation is, and why it matters whether or not gay people are discriminated against. And this is, by and large, mostly just sort of charming. [read more...]