-
GIMP 2.10 is out!
It’s been six years in the making, but GIMP is finally out with their GEGL-enabled version. Although some pros had made use of it, it is now 90% of the way towards being a Photoshop replacement. The next+1 release with non-destructive layer edits will finally get it there. I’m also happy it can use RawTherapee…
-
Podcasts I’m Listening to in 2018
I’ve both added and dropped some podcasts since last time around. Where I’m listing the same podcast as last year I may use the same description as in the past with slight (or no) variation. Public Radio Radiolab – Heard about them because sometimes their stories are used on This American Life. Radiolab is a…
-
Review: Elantris, Part 1 of 3
Elantris, Part 1 of 3 by Brandon Sanderson My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is one of Sanderson’s earlier books and it’s exploring similar themes as Warbreaker, so while I’m enjoying it, it’s definitely not as good to me so far. What does it share with Warbreaker? The idea of divinity on Earth vs…
-
BBQ Danielle’s Marinade Chicken
A week or so after the smoked chicken, Danielle did her marinade on a whole chicken we’d cleaved in half. I cooked it on the Weber Kettle at an average of 350 F and it came out GREAT! I did a 2 zone setup with the dark meat facing towards the fire. I took it…
-
Review: The Making of Prince of Persia
The Making of Prince of Persia by Jordan Mechner My rating: 4 of 5 stars I got this as part of a bundle – probably Storybundle as I’ve bought nearly all their video game bundles – and I had put it off in favor of other books because I don’t have a strong connection to…
-
“HELLO!”
-
Scarlett Art: A Witch
-
Review: Star Wars: Dark Empire
Star Wars: Dark Empire by Tom Veitch My rating: 3 of 5 stars As I said in one of my status updates, this is no longer canon as Disney erased the Extended Universe canon when they took over the franchise. I’m not bothered – we comic book fans are used to canon being changed and…
-
Review: Star Wars: The Original Radio Drama
Star Wars: The Original Radio Drama by National Public Radio My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was a lot of fun. Instead of an audiobook, it’s basically a radio play. The movie balloons from 2ish hours to 4 hours, but it adds in a lot of backstory that gives some of the characters, especially…
-
June 2015 Video Game Report
The Witcher (3 hours): Finally had some time to get back to The Witcher. It definitely isn’t the type of game where you want to have long gaps between playthroughs. But there isn’t much I can do about it. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (30 minutes): Scarlett just asked me if we could play Sonic. So…
-
Review: The Pen & the Sword
The Pen & the Sword by Jonathon Wolfer My rating: 3 of 5 stars I think all the problems I have with this book can be summed up with one sentence. This book needed an editor. If it had an editor, it needed a more experienced one. I am not going to fault someone for…
-
The MPAA members know damn well there are legit uses for bittorrent….
….but pretend there aren’t. Main quote: In some ways, this is so incredibly shortsighted. Here Sony is so committed to the idea that torrents can’t be shown to have any legal, non-infringing uses (even though there are plenty), that it won’t even allow its own staff to experiment with ways to use the new technology…
-
More snow? Ugh!
-
Way to make me feel old, Spotify. #ThrowbackThursday music today is from when I was in high school and beginning of undergrad.
-
2014 Blog Stats
WordPress sent me my Jetpack stats email for 2014. Here’s what they said: Post with Most Views in one Day 2014: Using Digikam from the Point of View of a Lightroom User (10 Sept – 216 views) 76 New Posts 13 day streak – best streak Day of week with most posts? Wednesday (15 posts)…