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If you haven't figured it out yet, I watch a lot of nerdy YouTube videos. My latest find is a significant investment in time, clocking in at more than 90 minutes, but it is totally worth it. Super Bunnyhop is an eclectic channel with videos about history and the video...

I love the idea of hiding information in a tabletop RPG world in new and interesting ways, and I just stumbled across one I'd never thought of: putting it on an Atari 2600 cartridge. This hacker programmed the Atari 2600 as a digital photo frame and shared details on the...

My mind has been on ancient Greece a lot lately. It started with the Emily Wilson translation of the Odyssey and the Iliad (both truly phenomenal and powerful reads), followed by the novels Song of Achilles and Wrath Goddess Sing, along with a valiant attempt to enjoy the Percy Jackson...

The 2024 report is here. I am already nostalgic for that relatively benign time . . . -- Steve Jackson

What do you do when you're a roleplaying fan obsessed with donuts? Other than "play RPGs and eat donuts," of course. The answer is here. Dodecadonuts is a completely demented project – and I mean that in the most admiring way – that combines artisanry and wit to generate T-shirts...

I recently learned that many so-called haunted houses may, in fact, be attributable to carbon monoxide poisoning, as noted by (picked almost at random from online) NPR and the American Lung Association. However, I've done additional research, and I'm still not finding any conclusive evidence as to why ghosts would...

I'm currently not-quite-halfway through Playing with Reality by Kelly Clancy. Now, one would typically wait until they've finished the book to write a review, so this isn't that, but it is a "hey I am currently reading this book and quite enjoying it" kind of post. Clancy's neuroscience background and...

I had no idea that sharks didn't make noise, but apparently they don't. No, wait; they do. But it seems scientists just figured that out. Anyway, here's an article from the website Science that explains what they've discovered, including an audio recording of these first known sounds. Personally, I think...