Sirocco

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THE SUCK RATIO

I haven't posted anything in a while. Let's fix that. Today we're going to talk about something I lovingly refer to as "The Suck Ratio," and it deals with creative programming, more or less. Creating expansive projects is tiresome because usually the ratio of interesting code to boring code is…

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YAMAHAW'D AFTER MIDNIGHT

I've been working in NES-land for the last year or so, using FamiStudio to push out some interesting bleeps and bloops. Obviously my skill set is quite rudimentary, but the results continually improve. I'm approaching the point where I want to compose simple tracks for my 4X entries, but that…

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LIVING IN A POST-GOOG WORLD

Things on the web move quickly. However, as I am no longer at the age where I rush to adopt every faddish technology (and have no one pushing such things my way) things tend to move when there's a deliberate effort on my part. I periodically check for useful utilities…

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CRANKY PROGRESS

I like Publii, as an editor. It takes much of the pain out of self-hosted blogging, as one would hope. The editor occasionally derps, and I have to save and reload the page, but such events are few, and far between. Just a side note if anyone is in the…

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SO LONG, MOZILLA

Its been a minute or two since I've gone off on a proper rant, and while I'm not going to suggest this is a true return to form, I will be somewhat verbose, somewhat rambling, and somewhat negative, all of which are well-established hallmarks of my thought processes. There's no…

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