On the one hand, I dislike tariffs*. On the other hand, I don’t like how the gaming and independent fiction industries talked themselves into using products and services from the People’s Republic of China, despite the fact that the PRC’s supply chain is corrupt and unreliable at best, uses wink-and-a-nudge slave labor at worst, is run by people who are ideologically opposed to several core principles of Western society, and is about as ecologically friendly as a guy spraying out chlorofluorocarbons from his extra-leaded gasoline-powered mobile throne while directing a Soviet-era hydroelectric project.
Continue reading Kind of mixed feelings, right now.04/02/2025 Snippet, BOOT.
My one exception to April Fools Day shenanigans.
When somebody comes up with a joke product that would actually work. That’s always cool.
My fortunate art accident.
I was making an animated gif for my Patreon banner (we’re past the proof-of-concept stage, and now I’m just tweaking it), and this popped up at one point of the process. I thought Affinity Photo could handle a gif, and it turns out that it cannot:
…I kind of like it, though?
‘What’s Simple is True.’
My adventures in gif.
I have spent the afternoon and evening trying and failing to figure out how to make a gif for my Patreon front banner*. I am either old, or this is harder than it looks. Or I am old, and this is harder than it looks. That’s always a possibility.
Moe Lane
*Although I did fix it so that the resolution was good, and you could see that I wrote a book. So that’s a win.
I am doing a LOT of infrastructure work today.
Changes to the appearance and structure of the Patreon, editing work for the Fermi Resolution worldbook, and other non-sexy, but useful things. If you have opinions about any of that, feel free to speak up. I’m cleaning up stuff anyway!
Yeah, I got nothing.
Except for my annual pledge that I won’t be doing anything for April Fools’ Day tomorrow. I’ve got nothing against that tradition, I just don’t follow it anymore. I dunno why.
The March Patreon stuff is up!
I feel the story went well this month, so of course nobody will agree with me. If so, I won’t even be mad about it. That’s just how the universe works.
Anyway…
Continue reading The March Patreon stuff is up!I may be doing RisuCon again after all.
RisuCon‘s moved the date to October 4th, moved the venue to the Montgomery County Fairgrounds, and – most importantly – slashed the table fee considerably. Half hour commute and a vendor fee I can make back means the venue has a lot more potential this means. Besides, I liked the staff. They were on top of stuff, last year. So I put in an application. I’ll keep you posted.
As always: if you can’t get to that, buy my books here!
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