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  • Sunday, May 16, 2021

    Literacy 2021: Book 3: The Secret History of Mac Gaming

    Books, Literacy 2021

    BookThe Secret History of Mac Gaming by Richard Moss Am I Mentioned In This Book?Yes (as one of the hundreds who contributed to the crowdfunding campaign) SynopsisThe history of video games for the Apple Macintosh from the first Mac to the Intel era. (None of the material was a secret). ProsContains lots of artwork from…

  • Sunday, May 16, 2021

    Literacy 2021: Book 2: You Look Like a Thing and I Love You

    Books, Literacy 2021

    I’m going back through the books I’ve read in 2021, so I have all my synopses in one place that’s not Goodreads. BookYou Look Like a Thing and I Love You by Janelle Shane SynopsisThe author of the hilarious AI Weirdness blog delivers an overview of machine learning, what it’s capable of, and in particular,…

  • Sunday, May 16, 2021

    Literacy 2021: Book 1: The House in the Cerulean Sea

    Books, Literacy 2021

    I’m going back through the books I’ve read in 2021, so I have all my synopses in one place that’s not Goodreads. BookThe House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune GenreMagical realist gay romance, possibly young adult? SynopsisA downtrodden case worker charged with inspecting orphanages for magical children is assigned to a special house…

  • Saturday, May 15, 2021

    Literacy 2021: Call for suggestions

    Books, Literacy 2021

    Back in 2008, I resolved to read 26 books by the end of the year. I didn’t even make it halfway. (It looks like I made an abortive attempt to try again in 2010, but stopped after one book. I suspect that was the year of a family emergency that threw off all my plans).…

  • Thursday, May 13, 2021

    The Shape of The Sentence Is Death (Literacy 2021: Book 5)

    Books, Literacy 2021

    Thoughts on the second book in Anthony Horowitz’s self-referential murder mystery series (mild spoilers)

  • Tuesday, May 11, 2021

    Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: 1984 Anti-Eroticism

    Tuesday Tune Two-fer

    I’m still not exactly sure how any of us survived being teenagers in the 1980s.

  • Friday, May 7, 2021

    Friday Night’s All Right for Wii Snorkeling

    Friday’s All Right

    This week’s link post features music for imaginary games and real etymologies

  • Swingin’ Yetis, as in, to Swing
    Friday, May 7, 2021

    Swingin’ Yetis, as in, to Swing

    Disney, Nonessential Thoughts

    Free armchair imagineering available here

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