Gemini* and Gopher

• Personal/Opinions

  • Landscape as Spirit

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  • A Day To Remember

    Yesterday was a good day. I decided to wake up later that hot summer day, and after a cooling therapy session and a stop by the thrift store, went for a swim in the lake before reading a good book and seeing Transformers One for a $5 ticket at the local theater.

    Today was even better.

    Half-shift, that meant we got off work early for the Pre-Independence celebrations. All I needed was a Bacon & Cheese Bagel and a drink. At the end of our shift it began to storm ever so rapidly, and just as fast, withered southward. My coworker was thoroughly pissed that the mechanic decided to ditch us on a half-shift.

    " Can't trust meteorologists for shit these days." I thought.

• Technology and Free Software

  • Stop Killing Games

    There's been a recent surge in popularity for an initiative called "Stop Killing Games." Simply put, it's against allowing game publishers from revoking your games and rendering them unplayable whenever they feel like it.

    In theory, I support this. I've always been amazed at people who buy games that turn into (usually lousy) paperweights once a necessary server is shut down. I believe the only game I have that fits that category is THQ's Homefront, and even that still has a singleplayer game still available, so basically my collection is devoid of plastic coasters.

    In reality, I'm not sure. I've always been of the opinion that if you want companies to pay, short of suing them, stop buying from them. I guess I'm technically a "retro gamer" now. I play games from the Xbox 360 era and earlier, save a very select few that are free like Unciv. I don't buy fucking game "licenses." I don't tolerate it. Where were these assholes the past 10-15 years when the gaming industry went to shit? The last time I contemplating buying a console was the Xbox Oni generation simply for the Master Chief Collection. Even then, I thought it's quite a chunk of change to spend on a game that came out around a dozen years ago and didn't really have workable super jumps. I mean I could technically put the Halo 2 disc in my console right now and play it if I wanted.

  • Internet/Gemini

    • T-Minus And Counting

      It is with great fanfare and the deepest sincerity that I'm pleased to announce a new Gemini service of profound utility. "T-Minus And Counting (The Gemini Temporal Explorer)" fills, if not a gaping hole, then an extremely tiny impression in the competitive Gemini countdown clock ecosystem.