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Dual-Booting Kali and Windows 10 with EFI/UEFI (Acer Aspire)
Posted: Dec. 1, 2017, 1:56 p.m.
Initially, this seemed like it would be as straightforward as my previous dual-boot installations, but that turned out to not be the case. At all. What would normally have been a 1-2 hour project kept me up all night, with frantic Google searches...
How 3D Deflated Ragnarok (Or, Why 3D Makes Movies Worse)
Posted: Nov. 3, 2017, 4 p.m.
The fundamental issue here is that the cinematography techniques needed to make a good 3D experience are very different from the techniques used to make a good 2D experience. Artistically, we should view them as distinctly separate disciplines...
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Civilization 5: Journals From Civilization 5
Posted: Dec. 11, 2017, 11:48 a.m.
Preface In November 2017, my partner got me a copy of Civilization V, and playing it together has become something special for us to share. But I've also been playing it solo, and I decided that, when describing my progress, I should do it in the...
Fast & Polyamorous?
Posted: April 24, 2017, 2:03 p.m.
From Twitter: New headcanon for the Fast & Furious movies: Whenever there's car racing, it's a metaphor, and what's actually happening is sex ^.^
Movie - Days of Thunder (1990)
Posted: Oct. 24, 2015, 9:07 p.m.
I decided to watch the movie "Days of Thunder" in 2015, for the first time in my life. I was really into NASCAR when I was little, and I remember that movie existing, but I was too young to see it; and then, when I was old enough, I didn't care...
Mrs. Doubtfire Sequel
Posted: April 17, 2014, 10:39 p.m.
I habitually avoid all "news" related to celebrities, Hollywood, or pop culture, but I'm making an exception here: Mrs. Doubtfire sequel. To put it simply, I'm not holding my breath for it to even be completed, or for it to be worth watching if it...
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Longer, more in-depth posts that deal with real-world material, but aren't direct commentary on news events.
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Miscellaneous blog-style posts that don't really fit anywhere else. Some were imported from my old LiveJournal, others were imported from an old Wordpress installation I used. But, some are more recent.
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Technical articles, how-to guides, and write-ups about problems I've solved and challenges I've encountered.
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Articles about trips I've taken, events I've been to, hiking and off-roading excursions, and other related topics.