web01.fireside.fm Wed, 15 Apr 2026 03:24:57 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Topic Lords - Episodes Tagged with “Tentmode” https://topiclords.com/tags/tentmode Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0800 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 331. Earbuds Are a Type of Sandwich https://topiclords.com/earbuds-are-a-type-of-sandwich 4ca1fd03-7aa5-44ab-91f7-e22042c13402 Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0800 Jim Stormdancer full Jim Stormdancer Lords: Kory and Andy. We discuss the Game Tank, auctions in games, how to watch TV at 2AM, Dragonfly Catcher by Chiyo-ni, and losing a snapshot of your life in MP3 format 1:12:08 yes Lords: * Kory * https://kbones.fun/ * Andy * https://highcadence.online/ Topics: * The Gametank * https://gametank.zone/ * https://www.crowdsupply.com/clydeware/gametank * I swear to God, I'm going to talk about auctions and auctions in games, it's super interesting and I don't want to get preempted a third time. * Esper says: "There’s actually a game coming out in a week where you break into museums to heist real-life African artifacts with the goal of returning them to their rightful homes! It’s called Relooted and looks pretty cool." https://store.steampowered.com/app/3255890/Relooted/ * Winston figured out how to watch TV at 2AM * Dragonfly Catcher, by Chiyo-ni * https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@gingerbeardman/115933940306986226 * I just lost a snapshot of my life in mp3 format. Microtopics: * Multi-time lords. * K-Bones dot fun. * CachyOS. * Scrubbing topics against the corrugated metal washboard of discussion. * Leaning into the microphone and saying "topics." * Helping Andy quit his day job tonight. * What MAGfest used to stand for. * Playing with SGI hardware in the Old-Ass Computer Room. * Game consoles that output square video. * Getting pixels into the framebuffer of the Fairchild Channel F. * Seeing a fun puzzle to solve but not solving it because you already have way too many projects. * Through-hole soldering. * Replacing volatile memory with F-RAM. * Preparing to have fun. * Reaching the point in your life where you don't want to bother with the war game, you just want to paint the miniatures. * What do you call it when you pair up with three people? * Throupling up for the next 45 minutes. * Who has time to both solder things and play video games? * Why Robotron 2084 was more difficult in emulation than in the arcade. * How to pronounce SNES. * Shmups slowing down when there are more objects on the screen, and game designers incorporating that into the game design. * The ZX Spectrum Next and the Mega 65. * A game console that only 150 people own and they get super excited whenever a new game comes out for it. * Game development like a caveman would do it. * Whether more than one person can take the under. * The rules of Monopoly as written vs. the folk rules. * eBay auctions as an extremely boring game. * First price vs. second price auctions. * Visiting the real money auction house in Diablo and finding out just how little your time and effort is worth. * The Gold Standard of the Hat Meta. * An evolutionary branch of PVP that's distinct from Yomi. * What to do when you want to play Avalon Hill's Dune. * Fence Lara Croft's Stolen Treasures. * Lara Croft's Stolen Antiquities Simulator. * Winning a bunch of Saltybucks on Saltybet. * Age-appropriate behavior. * Speedrun watching TV at 2 AM. * Live and Don't Learn. * Explaining jet lag to a two year old. * Watching MTV's Liquid Television block until 2:30 AM. * Finally sitting your son down to have the Aeon Flux talk. * Haiku that end "that's it, that's the haiku" even though that's too many syllables. * Hiking in the wilderness and encountering or not encountering a dragonfly. * People at risk of owning a Game Tank. * Broadly appealing messages sent out to farm likes. * The psychological cost of having 20,000 people following you. * Choosing your Mastodon instance based on what domain name William Gibson thought was funny. * The Mazzy Star song that's on the Batman Forever soundtrack. * iPod shuffles always insisting you're not pregnant no matter how much you pee on them. * Ephemeral preservation of a time in your life. * A biological weapon that removes your ability to perceive music as music. * You die young, or you live long enough to see Nine Inch Nails become dad rock. * Music Inspired by the Soundtrack. * Putting your MP3 collection on striped RAID arrays for the benefit of future archaeologists. Lords:

Topics:

Microtopics:

  • Multi-time lords.
  • K-Bones dot fun.
  • CachyOS.
  • Scrubbing topics against the corrugated metal washboard of discussion.
  • Leaning into the microphone and saying "topics."
  • Helping Andy quit his day job tonight.
  • What MAGfest used to stand for.
  • Playing with SGI hardware in the Old-Ass Computer Room.
  • Game consoles that output square video.
  • Getting pixels into the framebuffer of the Fairchild Channel F.
  • Seeing a fun puzzle to solve but not solving it because you already have way too many projects.
  • Through-hole soldering.
  • Replacing volatile memory with F-RAM.
  • Preparing to have fun.
  • Reaching the point in your life where you don't want to bother with the war game, you just want to paint the miniatures.
  • What do you call it when you pair up with three people?
  • Throupling up for the next 45 minutes.
  • Who has time to both solder things and play video games?
  • Why Robotron 2084 was more difficult in emulation than in the arcade.
  • How to pronounce SNES.
  • Shmups slowing down when there are more objects on the screen, and game designers incorporating that into the game design.
  • The ZX Spectrum Next and the Mega 65.
  • A game console that only 150 people own and they get super excited whenever a new game comes out for it.
  • Game development like a caveman would do it.
  • Whether more than one person can take the under.
  • The rules of Monopoly as written vs. the folk rules.
  • eBay auctions as an extremely boring game.
  • First price vs. second price auctions.
  • Visiting the real money auction house in Diablo and finding out just how little your time and effort is worth.
  • The Gold Standard of the Hat Meta.
  • An evolutionary branch of PVP that's distinct from Yomi.
  • What to do when you want to play Avalon Hill's Dune.
  • Fence Lara Croft's Stolen Treasures.
  • Lara Croft's Stolen Antiquities Simulator.
  • Winning a bunch of Saltybucks on Saltybet.
  • Age-appropriate behavior.
  • Speedrun watching TV at 2 AM.
  • Live and Don't Learn.
  • Explaining jet lag to a two year old.
  • Watching MTV's Liquid Television block until 2:30 AM.
  • Finally sitting your son down to have the Aeon Flux talk.
  • Haiku that end "that's it, that's the haiku" even though that's too many syllables.
  • Hiking in the wilderness and encountering or not encountering a dragonfly.
  • People at risk of owning a Game Tank.
  • Broadly appealing messages sent out to farm likes.
  • The psychological cost of having 20,000 people following you.
  • Choosing your Mastodon instance based on what domain name William Gibson thought was funny.
  • The Mazzy Star song that's on the Batman Forever soundtrack.
  • iPod shuffles always insisting you're not pregnant no matter how much you pee on them.
  • Ephemeral preservation of a time in your life.
  • A biological weapon that removes your ability to perceive music as music.
  • You die young, or you live long enough to see Nine Inch Nails become dad rock.
  • Music Inspired by the Soundtrack.
  • Putting your MP3 collection on striped RAID arrays for the benefit of future archaeologists.

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]]> Lords:

Topics:

Microtopics:

  • Multi-time lords.
  • K-Bones dot fun.
  • CachyOS.
  • Scrubbing topics against the corrugated metal washboard of discussion.
  • Leaning into the microphone and saying "topics."
  • Helping Andy quit his day job tonight.
  • What MAGfest used to stand for.
  • Playing with SGI hardware in the Old-Ass Computer Room.
  • Game consoles that output square video.
  • Getting pixels into the framebuffer of the Fairchild Channel F.
  • Seeing a fun puzzle to solve but not solving it because you already have way too many projects.
  • Through-hole soldering.
  • Replacing volatile memory with F-RAM.
  • Preparing to have fun.
  • Reaching the point in your life where you don't want to bother with the war game, you just want to paint the miniatures.
  • What do you call it when you pair up with three people?
  • Throupling up for the next 45 minutes.
  • Who has time to both solder things and play video games?
  • Why Robotron 2084 was more difficult in emulation than in the arcade.
  • How to pronounce SNES.
  • Shmups slowing down when there are more objects on the screen, and game designers incorporating that into the game design.
  • The ZX Spectrum Next and the Mega 65.
  • A game console that only 150 people own and they get super excited whenever a new game comes out for it.
  • Game development like a caveman would do it.
  • Whether more than one person can take the under.
  • The rules of Monopoly as written vs. the folk rules.
  • eBay auctions as an extremely boring game.
  • First price vs. second price auctions.
  • Visiting the real money auction house in Diablo and finding out just how little your time and effort is worth.
  • The Gold Standard of the Hat Meta.
  • An evolutionary branch of PVP that's distinct from Yomi.
  • What to do when you want to play Avalon Hill's Dune.
  • Fence Lara Croft's Stolen Treasures.
  • Lara Croft's Stolen Antiquities Simulator.
  • Winning a bunch of Saltybucks on Saltybet.
  • Age-appropriate behavior.
  • Speedrun watching TV at 2 AM.
  • Live and Don't Learn.
  • Explaining jet lag to a two year old.
  • Watching MTV's Liquid Television block until 2:30 AM.
  • Finally sitting your son down to have the Aeon Flux talk.
  • Haiku that end "that's it, that's the haiku" even though that's too many syllables.
  • Hiking in the wilderness and encountering or not encountering a dragonfly.
  • People at risk of owning a Game Tank.
  • Broadly appealing messages sent out to farm likes.
  • The psychological cost of having 20,000 people following you.
  • Choosing your Mastodon instance based on what domain name William Gibson thought was funny.
  • The Mazzy Star song that's on the Batman Forever soundtrack.
  • iPod shuffles always insisting you're not pregnant no matter how much you pee on them.
  • Ephemeral preservation of a time in your life.
  • A biological weapon that removes your ability to perceive music as music.
  • You die young, or you live long enough to see Nine Inch Nails become dad rock.
  • Music Inspired by the Soundtrack.
  • Putting your MP3 collection on striped RAID arrays for the benefit of future archaeologists.

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]]> 304. Turn on the MacLachlan https://topiclords.com/turn-on-the-maclachlan 85caf6d7-9999-4d2a-b63f-a13f1ab03e43 Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0700 Jim Stormdancer full Jim Stormdancer Lords: Andrew and Brandon. We discuss high school pep band bangers, why some actors can't carry a b-movie but others can, what do these white rings on the Microbrute mean?, Medley by Louis Phillips, and things you can eat in your garden that you might not expect 1:07:26 yes Lords: * Andrew * https://highcadence.online * Brandon * https://store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/Demonschool/ Topics: * My daughter's high school pep band playlist is full of bangers * https://embed.music.apple.com/us/playlist/lakeridge-pep-band/pl.u-LdbqENjt759ZJ * Why some actors can't carry a b-movie but others can * What do these white rings on the Microbrute mean? * https://mastodon.social/@mogwai_poet/114842907188616207 * Andrew wrote to Arturia support like a madman, and they got back to him to say that yes, the rings just mean "this knob is important" * Medley by Louis Phillips * https://www.futilitycloset.com/2025/06/29/medley/ * Things you can eat in your garden that you might not expect Microtopics: * Bringing the fact that you are now a Lord to everyone's attention. * Hitting 1700 nautical miles today. * Demonschool. (Wishlist it.) * Whether it helps to un-wishlist and re-wishlist a game on Steam. * The Hot Dog Plant. * Tiny stinky blobs that attach to each other. * What kind of marsh grasses rich people in the 80s would have in their house. * Calling an aesthetic "southwestern" even though it's to the east of you. * A pep rally band playing a Lil Nas X tune. * The band soundtracking your No Kings rally playing a medley of Blister in the Sun, When the Saints Go Marching In, and I Want You Back. * Transcribing music from Double Dragon 2 and slipping under the door of your high school band director. * Disasterpeace's score for Under the Silver Lake. * How many people it takes to compose a pop song. * What it means to be a producer. * Kyle MacLaughlan desperately trying to hold on to Elizabeth Berkeley. * Christopher Lambert being legally blind and accidentally stabbing everyone while filming Highlander. * A weird guy who goes "hheeehh" * Mean Guns. * Putting a b-movie guy in a b-movie and everyone is like "nice!" * The Recent Vampire Movie With Nicolas Cage. * The kind of movie you can follow without looking at the screen. * Someone who has at least one idea and a vision for how to achieve it. * Jean-Claude Van Damme pushing you aside so he can take over the editing suite. * Making a movie while making another movie. * The dwindling number of people getting weird chances. * What day they bury people in Ghana. * Art that's only good if a friend explains what's good about it first. * The comic relief witch doctor who is funny because he keeps screwing up. * Trying to type on a 25 key keyboard. * The three knobs that you have to be able to see best in a low light environment. * The ultrasaw: not as good as a supersaw. * Paying extra to get the one in red because of the kind of person you are. * Why buy an analog synthesizer in 2025? * The tactile wall of knobs. * The giant modular synthesizer at Mills college. * The tiniest patch cables. * Adamantium Rage's FM doom metal soundtrack. * Did you mean: I love Mickey Mouse? * Emailing Arturia Support. * The Pants That Said Maximum. * A poem with rotational symmetry around the center axis. * A poem where the whole point is the acrostic complaining about something. * Eating the leaves and stems of a squash blossom. * Allowing lettuce to bolt. * AeroLettuce. * Making pesto out of herbs other than basil. * The fragrance and the earth tones you get from a bay leaf. * Top garden plants you might not have thought of eating. * A hobby that is cool and fun to do. * Discovered two giant cucumbers you hadn't even noticed before. * Volunteer squash and wacky gourds. * Sharing the fruits of your garden with your neighbors. * When it's lemon season and everybody's trying to give everyone else lemons. * Some plants are in pots; some are in the ground. * Growing a plant that can give you something back. * mstdn.party Lords:

Topics:

Microtopics:

  • Bringing the fact that you are now a Lord to everyone's attention.
  • Hitting 1700 nautical miles today.
  • Demonschool. (Wishlist it.)
  • Whether it helps to un-wishlist and re-wishlist a game on Steam.
  • The Hot Dog Plant.
  • Tiny stinky blobs that attach to each other.
  • What kind of marsh grasses rich people in the 80s would have in their house.
  • Calling an aesthetic "southwestern" even though it's to the east of you.
  • A pep rally band playing a Lil Nas X tune.
  • The band soundtracking your No Kings rally playing a medley of Blister in the Sun, When the Saints Go Marching In, and I Want You Back.
  • Transcribing music from Double Dragon 2 and slipping under the door of your high school band director.
  • Disasterpeace's score for Under the Silver Lake.
  • How many people it takes to compose a pop song.
  • What it means to be a producer.
  • Kyle MacLaughlan desperately trying to hold on to Elizabeth Berkeley.
  • Christopher Lambert being legally blind and accidentally stabbing everyone while filming Highlander.
  • A weird guy who goes "hheeehh"
  • Mean Guns.
  • Putting a b-movie guy in a b-movie and everyone is like "nice!"
  • The Recent Vampire Movie With Nicolas Cage.
  • The kind of movie you can follow without looking at the screen.
  • Someone who has at least one idea and a vision for how to achieve it.
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme pushing you aside so he can take over the editing suite.
  • Making a movie while making another movie.
  • The dwindling number of people getting weird chances.
  • What day they bury people in Ghana.
  • Art that's only good if a friend explains what's good about it first.
  • The comic relief witch doctor who is funny because he keeps screwing up.
  • Trying to type on a 25 key keyboard.
  • The three knobs that you have to be able to see best in a low light environment.
  • The ultrasaw: not as good as a supersaw.
  • Paying extra to get the one in red because of the kind of person you are.
  • Why buy an analog synthesizer in 2025?
  • The tactile wall of knobs.
  • The giant modular synthesizer at Mills college.
  • The tiniest patch cables.
  • Adamantium Rage's FM doom metal soundtrack.
  • Did you mean: I love Mickey Mouse?
  • Emailing Arturia Support.
  • The Pants That Said Maximum.
  • A poem with rotational symmetry around the center axis.
  • A poem where the whole point is the acrostic complaining about something.
  • Eating the leaves and stems of a squash blossom.
  • Allowing lettuce to bolt.
  • AeroLettuce.
  • Making pesto out of herbs other than basil.
  • The fragrance and the earth tones you get from a bay leaf.
  • Top garden plants you might not have thought of eating.
  • A hobby that is cool and fun to do.
  • Discovered two giant cucumbers you hadn't even noticed before.
  • Volunteer squash and wacky gourds.
  • Sharing the fruits of your garden with your neighbors.
  • When it's lemon season and everybody's trying to give everyone else lemons.
  • Some plants are in pots; some are in the ground.
  • Growing a plant that can give you something back.
  • mstdn.party

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]]> Lords:

Topics:

Microtopics:

  • Bringing the fact that you are now a Lord to everyone's attention.
  • Hitting 1700 nautical miles today.
  • Demonschool. (Wishlist it.)
  • Whether it helps to un-wishlist and re-wishlist a game on Steam.
  • The Hot Dog Plant.
  • Tiny stinky blobs that attach to each other.
  • What kind of marsh grasses rich people in the 80s would have in their house.
  • Calling an aesthetic "southwestern" even though it's to the east of you.
  • A pep rally band playing a Lil Nas X tune.
  • The band soundtracking your No Kings rally playing a medley of Blister in the Sun, When the Saints Go Marching In, and I Want You Back.
  • Transcribing music from Double Dragon 2 and slipping under the door of your high school band director.
  • Disasterpeace's score for Under the Silver Lake.
  • How many people it takes to compose a pop song.
  • What it means to be a producer.
  • Kyle MacLaughlan desperately trying to hold on to Elizabeth Berkeley.
  • Christopher Lambert being legally blind and accidentally stabbing everyone while filming Highlander.
  • A weird guy who goes "hheeehh"
  • Mean Guns.
  • Putting a b-movie guy in a b-movie and everyone is like "nice!"
  • The Recent Vampire Movie With Nicolas Cage.
  • The kind of movie you can follow without looking at the screen.
  • Someone who has at least one idea and a vision for how to achieve it.
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme pushing you aside so he can take over the editing suite.
  • Making a movie while making another movie.
  • The dwindling number of people getting weird chances.
  • What day they bury people in Ghana.
  • Art that's only good if a friend explains what's good about it first.
  • The comic relief witch doctor who is funny because he keeps screwing up.
  • Trying to type on a 25 key keyboard.
  • The three knobs that you have to be able to see best in a low light environment.
  • The ultrasaw: not as good as a supersaw.
  • Paying extra to get the one in red because of the kind of person you are.
  • Why buy an analog synthesizer in 2025?
  • The tactile wall of knobs.
  • The giant modular synthesizer at Mills college.
  • The tiniest patch cables.
  • Adamantium Rage's FM doom metal soundtrack.
  • Did you mean: I love Mickey Mouse?
  • Emailing Arturia Support.
  • The Pants That Said Maximum.
  • A poem with rotational symmetry around the center axis.
  • A poem where the whole point is the acrostic complaining about something.
  • Eating the leaves and stems of a squash blossom.
  • Allowing lettuce to bolt.
  • AeroLettuce.
  • Making pesto out of herbs other than basil.
  • The fragrance and the earth tones you get from a bay leaf.
  • Top garden plants you might not have thought of eating.
  • A hobby that is cool and fun to do.
  • Discovered two giant cucumbers you hadn't even noticed before.
  • Volunteer squash and wacky gourds.
  • Sharing the fruits of your garden with your neighbors.
  • When it's lemon season and everybody's trying to give everyone else lemons.
  • Some plants are in pots; some are in the ground.
  • Growing a plant that can give you something back.
  • mstdn.party

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]]> 293. Pasting the Sickos Face Back and Forth Forever https://topiclords.com/pasting-the-sickos-face-back-and-forth-forever d957c321-9bc4-4991-8474-5fc77f22a2ce Mon, 02 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0700 Jim Stormdancer full Jim Stormdancer Lords: Kory and Andy. We discuss whim-based coding, making friends on the internet, the oscilloscope demo, Peripheriques Like Halos by Robert Montgomery, enhancing a party with a bespoke bar menu, and creating a threatening windows batch file and leaving it on the desktop to frighten an application into not crashing 1:09:32 yes Lords: * Kory * Andy Topics: * Whim-based coding * How do you make and maintain a buddy on the Internet? * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJKRFd4J_1w * That oscilloscope demo * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8CzrPG9S0U& * Peripheriques Like Halos, by Robert Montgomery * https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/fmr9gsma.jpg * https://globalizationofcalifornia.com/alameda-county-i-580-political-signs-spark-free-speech-fight/ * Enhancing a party with a bespoke bar menu. * Creating a threatening windows batch file and leaving it on the desktop to frighten an application into not crashing Microtopics: * Kbones. * When was the last time you invested in yourself? * Getting FM to sound like anything except a bell. * The American Psycho meme of FM syntheses. * A griminess level somewhere between Streets of Rage 2 and Streets of Rage 3. * The Yamaha DX7 presets. * An aggressively nonlinear approach to productivity. * Doing board game AI until it becomes boring and then moving on to something else * A lifelong ADHD enjoyer. * Trying to explain "burndown rate" without knowing the term burndown rate or what burndown rate is. * Getting ideas out of your brain so it can think about something else for a while. * Games that you aren't allowed to play for fun. * The M stands for Money. * Whim-based topics. * Segue-free zones. * Essness and Snez. * Maintaining friendships via custom chat stickers. * Stickers you use in your daily life. * Discord For Andy. * Anonymous inscrutable pixel faces. * A sticker of Princess Rosaline shrugging with the text "Skill Issue?" * The rich ecology of daily Garfield recap podcasts. * Conflating RJ-45 and RJ-11. * Which One's The Astromech?? * Two superpowers at one. * How to win the Frog Fractions ARG. * Classic Raster Bars. * Reading a 40k stream of consciousness essay scrolling by the bottom of the screen in a pixelated font * Scrubbing right to Cronologia. * Doing surgery on the topic bucket right now. * That Oscilloscope Demo. * Converting your laptop into tent mode. * Zamboni Mayhem. * Running a video signal through a reverb pedal. * Stereo oscilloscopes. * Pringle of Scotland: once you pop, you can't stop. * A picture of a wall with a bunch of balloon letters spelling out a phrase. * Non-elected councils called ABAG and ICLEI. * A weird thing that's been kind of near you your whole life. * The final Neon Genesis Evangelization 3.0+1.0 movie. * A gripe session with themed cocktails. * Continuing to think of puns and refusing to pass any of them up. * Taking a Negroni and calling it LCL. * A 55 gallon drum of Tom Collins with a valve on it. * Walking by the booze aisle and everything looks delicious. (Even though it's not.) * Everyone's favorite topic. * Waving a .bat around to make your computer behave. * Sorry about your synapses! * An angry phone call from your mom circa 1995. * Telling the sand how to think and making the little guy run around. * Writing a bad song and immediately sending it to all your friends. * Pivoting to pay-per-reload. * Discovering what the requirements are as you discover the game you are making. * Crashing Pico-8 so hard that it reverts to Japanese. Lords:

  • Kory
  • Andy

Topics:

Microtopics:

  • Kbones.
  • When was the last time you invested in yourself?
  • Getting FM to sound like anything except a bell.
  • The American Psycho meme of FM syntheses.
  • A griminess level somewhere between Streets of Rage 2 and Streets of Rage 3.
  • The Yamaha DX7 presets.
  • An aggressively nonlinear approach to productivity.
  • Doing board game AI until it becomes boring and then moving on to something else
  • A lifelong ADHD enjoyer.
  • Trying to explain "burndown rate" without knowing the term burndown rate or what burndown rate is.
  • Getting ideas out of your brain so it can think about something else for a while.
  • Games that you aren't allowed to play for fun.
  • The M stands for Money.
  • Whim-based topics.
  • Segue-free zones.
  • Essness and Snez.
  • Maintaining friendships via custom chat stickers.
  • Stickers you use in your daily life.
  • Discord For Andy.
  • Anonymous inscrutable pixel faces.
  • A sticker of Princess Rosaline shrugging with the text "Skill Issue?"
  • The rich ecology of daily Garfield recap podcasts.
  • Conflating RJ-45 and RJ-11.
  • Which One's The Astromech??
  • Two superpowers at one.
  • How to win the Frog Fractions ARG.
  • Classic Raster Bars.
  • Reading a 40k stream of consciousness essay scrolling by the bottom of the screen in a pixelated font
  • Scrubbing right to Cronologia.
  • Doing surgery on the topic bucket right now.
  • That Oscilloscope Demo.
  • Converting your laptop into tent mode.
  • Zamboni Mayhem.
  • Running a video signal through a reverb pedal.
  • Stereo oscilloscopes.
  • Pringle of Scotland: once you pop, you can't stop.
  • A picture of a wall with a bunch of balloon letters spelling out a phrase.
  • Non-elected councils called ABAG and ICLEI.
  • A weird thing that's been kind of near you your whole life.
  • The final Neon Genesis Evangelization 3.0+1.0 movie.
  • A gripe session with themed cocktails.
  • Continuing to think of puns and refusing to pass any of them up.
  • Taking a Negroni and calling it LCL.
  • A 55 gallon drum of Tom Collins with a valve on it.
  • Walking by the booze aisle and everything looks delicious. (Even though it's not.)
  • Everyone's favorite topic.
  • Waving a .bat around to make your computer behave.
  • Sorry about your synapses!
  • An angry phone call from your mom circa 1995.
  • Telling the sand how to think and making the little guy run around.
  • Writing a bad song and immediately sending it to all your friends.
  • Pivoting to pay-per-reload.
  • Discovering what the requirements are as you discover the game you are making.
  • Crashing Pico-8 so hard that it reverts to Japanese.

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  • Kory
  • Andy

Topics:

Microtopics:

  • Kbones.
  • When was the last time you invested in yourself?
  • Getting FM to sound like anything except a bell.
  • The American Psycho meme of FM syntheses.
  • A griminess level somewhere between Streets of Rage 2 and Streets of Rage 3.
  • The Yamaha DX7 presets.
  • An aggressively nonlinear approach to productivity.
  • Doing board game AI until it becomes boring and then moving on to something else
  • A lifelong ADHD enjoyer.
  • Trying to explain "burndown rate" without knowing the term burndown rate or what burndown rate is.
  • Getting ideas out of your brain so it can think about something else for a while.
  • Games that you aren't allowed to play for fun.
  • The M stands for Money.
  • Whim-based topics.
  • Segue-free zones.
  • Essness and Snez.
  • Maintaining friendships via custom chat stickers.
  • Stickers you use in your daily life.
  • Discord For Andy.
  • Anonymous inscrutable pixel faces.
  • A sticker of Princess Rosaline shrugging with the text "Skill Issue?"
  • The rich ecology of daily Garfield recap podcasts.
  • Conflating RJ-45 and RJ-11.
  • Which One's The Astromech??
  • Two superpowers at one.
  • How to win the Frog Fractions ARG.
  • Classic Raster Bars.
  • Reading a 40k stream of consciousness essay scrolling by the bottom of the screen in a pixelated font
  • Scrubbing right to Cronologia.
  • Doing surgery on the topic bucket right now.
  • That Oscilloscope Demo.
  • Converting your laptop into tent mode.
  • Zamboni Mayhem.
  • Running a video signal through a reverb pedal.
  • Stereo oscilloscopes.
  • Pringle of Scotland: once you pop, you can't stop.
  • A picture of a wall with a bunch of balloon letters spelling out a phrase.
  • Non-elected councils called ABAG and ICLEI.
  • A weird thing that's been kind of near you your whole life.
  • The final Neon Genesis Evangelization 3.0+1.0 movie.
  • A gripe session with themed cocktails.
  • Continuing to think of puns and refusing to pass any of them up.
  • Taking a Negroni and calling it LCL.
  • A 55 gallon drum of Tom Collins with a valve on it.
  • Walking by the booze aisle and everything looks delicious. (Even though it's not.)
  • Everyone's favorite topic.
  • Waving a .bat around to make your computer behave.
  • Sorry about your synapses!
  • An angry phone call from your mom circa 1995.
  • Telling the sand how to think and making the little guy run around.
  • Writing a bad song and immediately sending it to all your friends.
  • Pivoting to pay-per-reload.
  • Discovering what the requirements are as you discover the game you are making.
  • Crashing Pico-8 so hard that it reverts to Japanese.

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