web02.fireside.fm Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:10:20 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Topic Lords - Episodes Tagged with “Failrate” https://topiclords.com/tags/failrate Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 -0700 Every week, Jim invites different friends to guest on Topic Lords and be excited about whatever they've been fixated on this week. en-us episodic The only place on the internet you can hear topics discussed! Jim Stormdancer Every week, Jim invites different friends to guest on Topic Lords and be excited about whatever they've been fixated on this week. yes Jim Stormdancer jim@goombas.org 289. It's Pronounced VRML https://topiclords.com/its-pronounced-vrml 80306066-1119-4df7-b926-7cf575479f81 Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 -0700 Jim Stormdancer full Jim Stormdancer Lords: CisHetKayFaber, Andrew. We discuss people saying things in front of janitors, revisiting a creative work after 20 years, naming conventions in the demo scene vs. the ZZT scene, How to Be Perfect by Ron Padgett, and Floops, a 3D cartoon character from the mid-90s internet. 1:06:59 yes Lords: * CisHetKayFaber * https://www.patreon.com/CisHetKayFaber * Andrew * https://luxurybunkers.bandcamp.com/album/killer-karen Topics: * People say the craziest stuff in front of janitors. * Revisiting development of a creative work after 20 years * Naming conventions in the demo scene vs. the ZZT scene * How to Be Perfect, by Ron Padgett * https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57243/how-to-be-perfect * Floops, a 3D cartoon character generated in VRML in the mid-90's internet Microtopics: * Putting all your stress from the last three months into a single EP. * Brains pooping right into your ears. * Refusing to talk about Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music. * Are you allowed to talk to janitors?? * Being assumed to be part of a group (openly racist people) that you are not actually part of. * The risks of letting other people clean up after you. * How do you know when it's time to eat candy when you don't have the candy gland? * Giving yourself heat stroke because you don't realize it's too hot. * Making a plan for how to not get heat stroke! * Not having a thirst meter but your snacking meter is pegged 24/7. * The inability to sleep and eat at the same time. * How to tell if you're on SSRIs. * Cyclothymia. * "You have to do this now or I'm going to stare at you." * A VR exercise app where if your heart rate drops too low all the NPCs start staring at you. * The cost of not taking care of yourself. * Clinging to your flow state for dear life. * Feeling like you've done a thing vs. actually doing the thing. * Sedarising and unsedarising your essay. * The many eras of cancelling David Sedaris. * Independent tabletop game developers in the Osaka area. * Writing to explore your own thought space. * Writing the program and then running the program. * Taking a twenty year break between essay drafts so you can revisit your ideas fresh. * Cyberpunk-coded online handles. * Attaching a political ideology to the ZZT scene. * Role-playing bring a small business owner as you make art in your bedroom and share it with the online community. * Social capital in the cracking community. * The era in your life when you didn't even know it was possible to pay for computer games. * Who'd win in a fight, Slayer, or Mega Slayer ZZ9 Final? * The revealed philosophies of different online communities. * Shareware and early web nostalgia. * A wild time to be on the Internet. * Enjoying lo-fi versions of a thing. * A movie with bad special effects that look great in the pirated cammed version. * Straightening your room before you save the world. * Not doing anything to make what you want impossible. * Using attractive stamps, like the one with the tornado on it. * Carrying the only poem you like around with you on index cards. * Living in a culture where respect for the elderly is out of control. * The age at which you get to elbow your way to the front of every line. * Getting paid to tell people how to do things better. * Things you had to learn outside of school. * A guy who looks like he's eaten every lemon in the world. * Ron Padgett celebrity lookalikes. * An alarm clock that wakes you up by shouting "I'm looking forward to the Internet of things!" in your own voice. * Who's been to cocktail parties and when, and did you discuss VRML? * Hand animating 3D cartoons by typing VRML. * Vtubers in the 90s. * Making things and putting them on the Internet and everyone just assumes you just prompted an AI to make it. * Demystifying the magic pixie dust. * The burly wizard with a hammer and anvil who knows how to make the metal not brittle. * NAND to Tetris and Cryptopals. (Not the blockchain kind.) * Learning to never roll your own crypto. * Magic. (Derogatory.) * Punished for understanding the assignment. Lords:

Topics:

  • People say the craziest stuff in front of janitors.
  • Revisiting development of a creative work after 20 years
  • Naming conventions in the demo scene vs. the ZZT scene
  • How to Be Perfect, by Ron Padgett
  • Floops, a 3D cartoon character generated in VRML in the mid-90's internet

Microtopics:

  • Putting all your stress from the last three months into a single EP.
  • Brains pooping right into your ears.
  • Refusing to talk about Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music.
  • Are you allowed to talk to janitors??
  • Being assumed to be part of a group (openly racist people) that you are not actually part of.
  • The risks of letting other people clean up after you.
  • How do you know when it's time to eat candy when you don't have the candy gland?
  • Giving yourself heat stroke because you don't realize it's too hot.
  • Making a plan for how to not get heat stroke!
  • Not having a thirst meter but your snacking meter is pegged 24/7.
  • The inability to sleep and eat at the same time.
  • How to tell if you're on SSRIs.
  • Cyclothymia.
  • "You have to do this now or I'm going to stare at you."
  • A VR exercise app where if your heart rate drops too low all the NPCs start staring at you.
  • The cost of not taking care of yourself.
  • Clinging to your flow state for dear life.
  • Feeling like you've done a thing vs. actually doing the thing.
  • Sedarising and unsedarising your essay.
  • The many eras of cancelling David Sedaris.
  • Independent tabletop game developers in the Osaka area.
  • Writing to explore your own thought space.
  • Writing the program and then running the program.
  • Taking a twenty year break between essay drafts so you can revisit your ideas fresh.
  • Cyberpunk-coded online handles.
  • Attaching a political ideology to the ZZT scene.
  • Role-playing bring a small business owner as you make art in your bedroom and share it with the online community.
  • Social capital in the cracking community.
  • The era in your life when you didn't even know it was possible to pay for computer games.
  • Who'd win in a fight, Slayer, or Mega Slayer ZZ9 Final?
  • The revealed philosophies of different online communities.
  • Shareware and early web nostalgia.
  • A wild time to be on the Internet.
  • Enjoying lo-fi versions of a thing.
  • A movie with bad special effects that look great in the pirated cammed version.
  • Straightening your room before you save the world.
  • Not doing anything to make what you want impossible.
  • Using attractive stamps, like the one with the tornado on it.
  • Carrying the only poem you like around with you on index cards.
  • Living in a culture where respect for the elderly is out of control.
  • The age at which you get to elbow your way to the front of every line.
  • Getting paid to tell people how to do things better.
  • Things you had to learn outside of school.
  • A guy who looks like he's eaten every lemon in the world.
  • Ron Padgett celebrity lookalikes.
  • An alarm clock that wakes you up by shouting "I'm looking forward to the Internet of things!" in your own voice.
  • Who's been to cocktail parties and when, and did you discuss VRML?
  • Hand animating 3D cartoons by typing VRML.
  • Vtubers in the 90s.
  • Making things and putting them on the Internet and everyone just assumes you just prompted an AI to make it.
  • Demystifying the magic pixie dust.
  • The burly wizard with a hammer and anvil who knows how to make the metal not brittle.
  • NAND to Tetris and Cryptopals. (Not the blockchain kind.)
  • Learning to never roll your own crypto.
  • Magic. (Derogatory.)
  • Punished for understanding the assignment.

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Topics:

  • People say the craziest stuff in front of janitors.
  • Revisiting development of a creative work after 20 years
  • Naming conventions in the demo scene vs. the ZZT scene
  • How to Be Perfect, by Ron Padgett
  • Floops, a 3D cartoon character generated in VRML in the mid-90's internet

Microtopics:

  • Putting all your stress from the last three months into a single EP.
  • Brains pooping right into your ears.
  • Refusing to talk about Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music.
  • Are you allowed to talk to janitors??
  • Being assumed to be part of a group (openly racist people) that you are not actually part of.
  • The risks of letting other people clean up after you.
  • How do you know when it's time to eat candy when you don't have the candy gland?
  • Giving yourself heat stroke because you don't realize it's too hot.
  • Making a plan for how to not get heat stroke!
  • Not having a thirst meter but your snacking meter is pegged 24/7.
  • The inability to sleep and eat at the same time.
  • How to tell if you're on SSRIs.
  • Cyclothymia.
  • "You have to do this now or I'm going to stare at you."
  • A VR exercise app where if your heart rate drops too low all the NPCs start staring at you.
  • The cost of not taking care of yourself.
  • Clinging to your flow state for dear life.
  • Feeling like you've done a thing vs. actually doing the thing.
  • Sedarising and unsedarising your essay.
  • The many eras of cancelling David Sedaris.
  • Independent tabletop game developers in the Osaka area.
  • Writing to explore your own thought space.
  • Writing the program and then running the program.
  • Taking a twenty year break between essay drafts so you can revisit your ideas fresh.
  • Cyberpunk-coded online handles.
  • Attaching a political ideology to the ZZT scene.
  • Role-playing bring a small business owner as you make art in your bedroom and share it with the online community.
  • Social capital in the cracking community.
  • The era in your life when you didn't even know it was possible to pay for computer games.
  • Who'd win in a fight, Slayer, or Mega Slayer ZZ9 Final?
  • The revealed philosophies of different online communities.
  • Shareware and early web nostalgia.
  • A wild time to be on the Internet.
  • Enjoying lo-fi versions of a thing.
  • A movie with bad special effects that look great in the pirated cammed version.
  • Straightening your room before you save the world.
  • Not doing anything to make what you want impossible.
  • Using attractive stamps, like the one with the tornado on it.
  • Carrying the only poem you like around with you on index cards.
  • Living in a culture where respect for the elderly is out of control.
  • The age at which you get to elbow your way to the front of every line.
  • Getting paid to tell people how to do things better.
  • Things you had to learn outside of school.
  • A guy who looks like he's eaten every lemon in the world.
  • Ron Padgett celebrity lookalikes.
  • An alarm clock that wakes you up by shouting "I'm looking forward to the Internet of things!" in your own voice.
  • Who's been to cocktail parties and when, and did you discuss VRML?
  • Hand animating 3D cartoons by typing VRML.
  • Vtubers in the 90s.
  • Making things and putting them on the Internet and everyone just assumes you just prompted an AI to make it.
  • Demystifying the magic pixie dust.
  • The burly wizard with a hammer and anvil who knows how to make the metal not brittle.
  • NAND to Tetris and Cryptopals. (Not the blockchain kind.)
  • Learning to never roll your own crypto.
  • Magic. (Derogatory.)
  • Punished for understanding the assignment.

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