"I love Mark writes: Mark Damon Hughes blogs about tech and everything else"

2022-05-20 10:59:10

Skip to contentMark writesMark Damon Hughes blogs about tech and everything elseMenuMark writesBlogMysticDungeonSoftwareToolsSchemeRPGPatreonNowAboutMark writes .rpwe-block ul { list-style: none !important; margin-left: 0 !important; padding-left: 0 !important; } .rpwe-block li { border-bottom: 1px solid #eee; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; list-style-type: none; } .rpwe-block a { display: inline !important; text-decoration: none; } .rpwe-block h3 { background: none !important; clear: none; margin-bottom: 0 !important; margin-top: 0 !important; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px !important; line-height: 1.5em; } .rpwe-thumb { border: 1px solid #EEE !important; box-shadow: none !important; margin: 2px 10px 2px 0; padding: 3px !important; } .rpwe-summary { font-size: 12px; } .rpwe-time { color: #bbb; font-size: 11px; } .rpwe-comment { color: #bbb; font-size: 11px; padding-left: 5px; } .rpwe-alignleft { display: inline; float: left; } .rpwe-alignright { display: inline; float: right; } .rpwe-aligncenter { display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } .rpwe-clearfix:before, .rpwe-clearfix:after { content: ""; display: table !important; } .rpwe-clearfix:after { clear: both; } .rpwe-clearfix { zoom: 1; } Web pages should have soundtracks:Head like a hole I'd rather die than give you controlPagesSoftware GalleryMy commercial software.ToolsMy freeware utility programs.SchemeAn elegant language for a more civilized age.Role-Playing GamesMy tabletop RPGs.Mystic Dungeon ClubMy tech demos and online games.MediaNotes on cyberpunk & SF media.BlogStarred PostsSee the Categories list to the right for specific topicsLast 10 Posts:What I'm Watching: Star Trek SNW S1E22022-05-12Second episode greatly improved on the first. I guess I'm subscribed and watching this. Nobody is more surprised that Mark liked a modern Star Trek than Mark. SPOILER TIMES 2239 2240 2241 2242 2243 2244 2245 2246 2247 2248 2249 2250 2251 2252 2253 2254 2255 2256 2257 2258 2259 Mostly liked. The Captain's dinner … Continue reading "What I'm Watching: Star Trek SNW S1E2"Read More »Chiptune Tuesday Music2022-05-10Summer Singles 2010/2020, by Anamanaguchi NO SUMMER NO CRY, by Slime Girls Descrambler, by Diskette ParkRead More »Synthetic Sunday Music2022-05-08Timewind, by Klaus Shulze (1975) Dune, by Klaus Shulze (1979) Silhouettes, by Klaus Shulze (2018) There's a single track of Deus Arrakis, the rest comes out June 10, 2022. Alpha Centuari, by Tangerine Dream (1971) Sorcerer soundtrack, by Tangerine Dream (1977) That one bit of Deus Arrakis got me fired up. The egg, the symbol … Continue reading "Synthetic Sunday Music"Read More »What I'm Watching: Star Trek Strange New Worlds2022-05-06So I haven't watched much of Star Trek: Discovery (STD, how unfortunate), the incompetent captain should've been fired… out a photon torpedo tube. There's apparently backstory to this series in it? But I'm gonna go ahead anyway. Better dead than Disco. And really I disdain all official Star Trek past TOS, TAS, movies I-VI (weird … Continue reading "What I'm Watching: Star Trek Strange New Worlds"Read More »Trippy Tuesday Music2022-05-03The Trip Out, by Crystal Method: Music videos for this album are really good, if you like flashing lights and Xscreensavers/iTunes visualizers with fight scenes (and who doesn't?) Overthinking Will Kill Your Reality Oh thank Cthulhu there's a way out. Just gotta think real hard. Lord of Chaos, by Killing Joke Community, by Diskette Park … Continue reading "Trippy Tuesday Music"Read More »Alastair Reynolds Notes on Revenger2022-05-02previously, Shadow Captain, Bone Silence previously, Revenger And now Reynolds has some photos of his journals developing Revenger, especially interesting for the speeds of the ships & worldlets, layouts of baubles, illustrations of Clackers and Skulls (I had pictured more of a dragon skull, this is more whale-like). The illustrations of the ships as fish … Continue reading "Alastair Reynolds Notes on Revenger"Read More »What I'm Playing: Echoes of Mana2022-04-27Official site and game has just launched. Click thru Pre-Registration at the bottom for App Store/Google Play links, you should still get pre-reg bonuses for this first week, but I don't know when it ends. It's by Squenix and developed by Wright Flyer Studios, who previously did Another Eden and DanMachi, both of which got … Continue reading "What I'm Playing: Echoes of Mana"Read More »A Computer is Like a Violin2022-04-25Why Programming is a Good Medium for Expressing Poorly Understood and Sloppily­ Formulated Ideas, by Marvin Minsky (1967) LATITUDE OF EXPRESSION AND SPECIFICITY OF IDEAS Finally we come to the question of what to do when we want to write a program but our idea of what is to be done, or how to do … Continue reading "A Computer is Like a Violin"Read More »Apple Destroys App Store History2022-04-24Apple App Store wiping historical apps Note, currently all my old apps like Perilar, DungeonDice, etc. are off the store. They all still work. Apple wants me to pay $100 extortion, recompile a bunch of old code that maybe takes minutes, maybe hours or days of catching up to "modern" APIs, before I can resubmit. … Continue reading "Apple Destroys App Store History"Read More »A Schemer in Common Lisp Land2022-04-18I got my Land of Lisp tshirt (shop is now closed), and thought for my weekend goof-off I'd read thru the book again and try actually using the Common Lisp examples; before I'd just converted it on the fly to Scheme, as I usually do with any Lisp stuff. But doing this exposed me to … Continue reading "A Schemer in Common Lisp Land"Read More »More BlogHistorically significant (obsolete) sites:Archive of my old site at KUOI-FMMark Rolls Dice: gaming blogMDH Software GallerySort byRelevanceNewest firstOldest firstMetaLog inEntries feedComments feedWordPress.orgCategories7drlacnhactionAnimal CrossinganimeAnotherEdenAppleartAtariatheismAtomBASICBBSbeerBethesdaBlizzardblogbluesbookscartoonClubhouseGamescodecoffeecomedycomputerscrimedramaCthulhucyberpunkdatadeliberately ambiguousdevtoolsdiasporadndDoomDragaliaDreamDRMdrugsDungeonEarthEchoesOfEdeneditorElder ScrollsemailEvangelionFacebookfantasyfediverseFinal FantasyflashfsffudgefuturismgamedevGammaWorldGenshin ImpactGodzillaGooglehardwarehorrorhumorHypercardindiedeviotircJapanJavaJavascriptJuliakeyboardLastCloudiaLinuxLooney TunesmangaMatrixmicroblogMinecraftMitraspheremonstermovieMozillamozillahubsMST3KmusicMysticDungeonnerdnewsNintendoObjective-CosroutliningparanoiaPascalpatreonPerilarphilosophyphotophotographypodcastPythonquotesraspiReaper's CryptretrocomputingrexxRick & MortyrobotsRPGSaGaSchemescienceScience FictionsecuritysleepspaceStanley ParablestarStar TrekStar WarsSteamsuck.comsuperherosurveillanceswifttodoTwitteruncategorizedUnixvideogamesvrvrmicrowalkingsimulatorWarcraftwargamewatchwesternWindowsWordPresswritingWWDCwwwXanaduZXSpecNextRecent PostsWhat I'm Watching: Star Trek SNW S1E2Chiptune Tuesday MusicSynthetic Sunday MusicWhat I'm Watching: Star Trek Strange New WorldsTrippy Tuesday MusicRecent Commentsalexanderprattes on Apple Destroys App Store HistoryKlaus on Apple Destroys App Store HistoryThrowing out "outdated" iPhone apps: Developers should get more time - Kiratas on Apple Destroys App Store HistoryMichael Tsai - Blog - App Store Removing Old Apps That Still Work on Software GalleryMichael Tsai - Blog - App Store Removing Old Apps That Still Work on Apple Destroys App Store HistoryArchivesMay 2022April 2022March 2022February 2022January 2022December 2021November 2021October 2021September 2021August 2021July 2021June 2021May 2021April 2021March 2021February 2021January 2021December 2020November 2020October 2020September 2020August 2020July 2020June 2020May 2020April 2020March 2020February 2020January 2020December 2019November 2019October 2019September 2019August 2019July 2019June 2019May 2019April 2019March 2019February 2019January 2019December 2018November 2018October 2018September 2018August 2018July 2018June 2018May 2018April 2018March 2018February 2018January 2018December 2017November 2017October 2017September 2017August 2017July 2017June 2017May 2017April 2017Mark writesBlogMysticDungeonSoftwareToolsSchemeRPGPatreonNowAboutMark writesProudly powered by WordPress