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Miscellany

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Food for Thought

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

The famous essay written by Robert Fulghum in 1986.

Five Serious Philosophical Questions

Alan Watts's semi-facetious list, given as an aside during a 1969 recording of his lecture "The Nature of Consciousness".

Guerilla Open Access Manifesto

Programmer and hacktivist Aaron Swartz's plea to open educational information to the entire world.

It's Just a Ride

The oft-quoted closing segment of Bill Hicks' 1992 comedy special "Revelations".

It's OK to Be Hungry

Vanessa Gobes discusses hunger and the opportunity it presents for us to be more mindful about ourselves.

Mike Rowe's S.W.E.A.T. Pledge

Short for "Skill and Work Ethic Aren't Taboo", a pledge to work hard and take nothing in life for granted.

A Modern Man

One of George Carlin's best works, celebrating and satirizing life in the dawn of the 21st century.

On Actors and Acting

English essayist William Hazlitt defends the work of theatre and its purveyors.

The Paradox of Our Age

Written by Dr. Bob Moorehead in 1995 and incorrectly attributed to many people over the years.

Serenity

A collection of passages about serenity from many places and times.

Trading Substance for Sterility

Written by Elle Purnell (née Reynolds) and published on The Federalist on 2021-02-15. While it focuses mainly on the cultural fallout from COVID-19, I feel it applies to many other facets of life, both pre- and post-pandemic.

Tsurezuregusa 72

My favorite passage from the Buddhist monk Kenko, as translated by Donald Keene in 1967.

What is Freedom of Speech?

From the FSE blog, operated by the Free Speech Extremist Pleroma instance, this article outlines the concept of free speech from an anarchist perspective.

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Fiction and Creative Writing

An Atompunk Idea

The fictional background to a role-playing group that ultimately never formed.

Cave-In

A fanfiction short story I wrote many years ago, set in the universe of "Holes" by Louis Sachar.

Silent Mountain

A short story based on an image prompt by IronAge Media.

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Games

ERS: Northwest Rules

My high school's house rules for ERS, as well as some other rules I know about.

EZ-Flash IV Guide

How to set up and use the EZ-Flash IV GameBoy Advance flashcart.

Skittles: Northwest Rules

A road-trip game invented/adapted by a few high school friends.

Super Monkey Ball Game Rankings

My thoughts on which Super Monkey Ball games are better than others.

Tycoon: Persona 5 Royal Rules

A mini-game featured in the Atlus RPG "Persona 5 Royal", plus a few tips and strategies I've found.

"Where in the World?" Log

My results from the geography guessing game by acidus. NOTE: contains spoilers for the game.

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Guides

Downloading Music From APM

A defunct method for ripping MP3s from Associated Production Music.

Gemini PDA Setup

How I configure my Planet Computers Gemini PDA for use as a semi-daily driver.

Moving Gemini Client Certificates

How to use the same client certificates in Deedum and Kristall. More clients will be added later.

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Other

The Case for Helga Sinclair

Why I believe the secondary antagonist of Disney's "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" is not as evil as people claim.

The Five Phases of Technology

My view on how technologies rise and fall over time.

McRant

Hidden by a programmer inside the ROM data for the Nintendo 64 game "The New Tetris", this rant lists the writer's fifty-six most hated things--and Nintendo is prominent on that list.

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