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(2021-11-30) Using Nix

Today, I finished putting the final touches on additional features for `generator-mfgames-writing`, my scaffolding generator for Yeoman that lets me set up writing projects quickly.

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(2021-09-04) semantic-release-nuget v1.1.0

To pair with last's week utility, I finished up the first version of semantic-release-nuget and used it.

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Single Responsibility Principle

(2021-08-29) semantic-release-dotnet v1.0.0

I wrote a little utility for `semantic-release` to handle versioning of .NET projects.

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(2021-07-31) generator-mfgames-writing v0.3.2

Today, I finished putting the final touches on additional features for `generator-mfgames-writing`, my scaffolding generator for Yeoman that lets me set up writing projects quickly.

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(2021-07-27) commitlint-gitlab-ci v0.0.4

Since I'm usually creating a new Git repo (about 3/month) and commitlint is one of the first things I set up, I ended up writing a little NPM utility to solve a bug that was causing me problems on Gitlab.

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(2021-07-10) Gallium Nitride and Gemini

Last November, I switched my static site generator from CobblestoneJS (my homebrew Gulp-based one) to Statiq. There were a number of reasons, all of them still good but mainly to support what I want to do with fedran.com and my other sites. This weekend, I changed it to a new static site generator that I have written and hosted the site also on Gemini.

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(2021-02-05) MfGames Writing Upkeep

As usual between major projects, I try to spend a little time working on maintenance and upkeep of the multitude of projects that I've written or contributed too.

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(2020-11-20) Website Update

I've switched the generator used to create this website from Cobblestone to Statiq, a much different type of static site generator. With this change came a revamp of the site's appearance, one that is far less graphical than before, but it will allow for some future plans.

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(2019-05-02) Author Intrusion and Naming Languages

This week I submitted chapters three and four of Raging Alone[1] to the writing group. There were some good points made but one of the ones that the entire table brought up was the names. I figured that I could use the tool I just wrote to find out how bad it was.

1: https://fedran.com/raging-alone/

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(2018-08-27) Integrating Semantic Versioning into MfGames Writing

How to release a novel or story using MfGames Writing.

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(2018-08-26) Theming for MfGames Writing

Branding requires a distinct style for writing. Here is how you customize a theme for MfGames Writing to match.

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(2018-08-25) Additional Formats for MfGames Writing

There are a number of different formats that can be used to generate MfGames Writing output, these are the basics.

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(2018-08-24) Working with MfGames Writing, CI, and Docker

How to use a continual integration (CI) server to publish projects.

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(2018-08-23) Adding Content to MfGames Writing

Introduction on how to add different types of content to a MfGames Writing project.

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(2018-08-22) First Steps Using MfGames Writing (GitLab, NPM)

The initial steps for setting up a new project for publication.

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(2018-08-21) The Evolution of MfGames Writing

A brief history and reasoning behind MfGames Writing.

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(2018-08-13) Semantic Versions and Releases for Publishing

Over the last few weeks, I've been tweaking my publishing process to automate more of the release and generation process.

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(2018-07-13) MfGames Tasks v1.1.2

I decided to spend two days extending the features of MfGames Tasks to include calendar dates and a simplified budgeting.

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(2018-07-11) Author Intrusion v0.10.0

I finished all my assigned issues for Author Intrusion v0.10.0. Here is a brief summary of the changes made to this unstable project.

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(2018-06-26) Author Intrusion v0.9.0

After a few weeks of work, the current rewrite of Author Intrusion got to a stopping point. This has the minimum functionality to detect echo works but it has a long way to go.

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(2018-02-23) MfGames Tasks v0.0

To combat being overwhelmed by my many projects and obligations, I wrote a little tool to aggregate my todo lists across GitLab and GitHub.

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(2017-12-04) NaNoGenMo Retrospective

A retrospective of my month working on NaNoGenMo.

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(2017-08-07) Changing Gears

Well, my vacation is all over and I had a blast. I was up in northern Wisconsin for two weeks with coming home in time to do an author event at the local mall. I got a lot done, but time to change gears and focus on commissions for a week or three.

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(2017-07-17) Changes to MfGames Culture

In the process of updating my website[2], I ended up doing significant amount of work on my arbitrary culture library, mfgames-culture[3].

2: /blog/2017/07/16/website-improvements/

3: https://gitlab.com/mfgames-culture/

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(2017-07-16) Fedran Website Improvements

Over the last week, I've focused on improving the Fedran[4] website. This took a fair amount of work but there is a lot more content and easier navigation as a result.

4: https://fedran.com/

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(2017-05-24) State of writing with Markdown, YAML, and Git 2017

A year ago, at one of my more successful panels at WisCon[5], I was on a panel with K. Tempest Bradford[6] and Kristine Smith[7] talking about writing processes. I got to see a lot of cool gadgets but I also got a chance to talk about my processes of writing with Markdown, YAML, and Git.

5: http://wiscon.info/

6: https://tempest.fluidartist.com/find-a-tempest-wiscon-40/

7: http://www.kristine-smith.com/index.php/2016/05/home-5/

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(2017-05-01) Author Intrusion status for May 1, 2017

After a rough start of the previous week, I got a chance to really focus on Author Intrusion[8] (AI). Despite the rather significant amount of check-ins and coding, I wasn't quite able to get to a really good "show off" point. Instead, this week ended up being a black triangle[9] (significant progress but nothing visible).

8: /tags/author-intrusion/

9: http://rampantgames.com/blog/?p=7745

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(2017-04-26) Federated Opinions

I'm been thinking about trust and relationships on the Internet, specifically social networking and news. Here is one possible approach to handle it.

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(2017-03-02) The Overhead of Blogging

I got lost with a tangent where I try to create simple images for blog posts and ended up spending two days buildng a generic system.

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(2016-11-04) Gulping down websites

I've spent the last few days reworking the processes used to generate this website.

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(2016-10-31) Writing with Markdown and YAML

I realized that it's been a while since I wrote up how I write with Markdown and YAML. This is the current state of my technique of writing.

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(2015-12-11) Well, that was anti-climatic

After working on a project for a long time, sometimes it is anti-climatic when it finally gets used.

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(2015-12-06) Finishing up this round of MfGames Culture

Retrospective on a month of working on MfGames Culture.

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(2015-11-15) MfGames Culture work, Reviews, and other plans

Among many other things, I've been working on a Javascript version of MfGames Culture and got something to show off.

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(2015-07-29) Author Intrusion 0.1.0

Added some functionality to Author Intrusion and bumped up the version to 0.1.0.

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(2015-07-20) Mechanical Writing

Author Intrusion, though I think it will help my writing, has a risk of getting caught in the objective and mechanical aspects of writing.

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(2015-07-12) Author Intrusion for Node.js

Once again, I'm trying to make a version of Author Intrusion that works for me. After a weekend of developing, I have a pretty solid base using a language I just learned: TypeScript and Node.js.

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(2015-05-09) Setting up a writing project on GitLab

One advantage of writing novels in Markdown is that I can use Git to manage to projects. However, having only a local Git on my laptop is risky, so having a remote Git repository helps preventing losing data. Here is how to get a project up on GitLab.

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(2015-04-01) Emacs and Multiple Dictionaries

After a few years of struggling with dictionaries while writing, I think I wrote a program that will let me use project, world, and byline dictionaries in writing without shuffling large number of words from file to file.

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(2015-03-15) Creating a Fictionary

Over the last week, I've been creating a fictionary for Sand and Blood. Here are my experiences of the process.

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(2015-03-04) MfGames.Culture API - Country Codes

The third part of MfGames Culture is the implementation of ISO country codes.

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(2015-02-25) What Is Going On Now?

It's been a few weeks since I last posted. When I work on projects, I have a tendency to go silent because I could either post or I could work on it. But, here is what is going on.

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(2015-02-17) MfGames.Culture API - Language Codes

The first part of MfGames Culture is the implementation of ISO language codes.

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(2015-02-13) MfGames.Culture API - Introduction

An introduction to the alpha design API of MfGames.Culture CIL, a C# library for handling arbitrary cultures.

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(2015-01-26) Meandering This Week

I spent the last few weeks getting things off my to do list so I could focus on Author Intrusion, but it looks like I need another week or so before that happens.

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(2014-12-17) Journals of Fedran covers

One of the hardest parts is coming up with a visual style for something. But, using the inspiration for Journals, I have come up with the covers for the issues and the individual stories.

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(2014-11-23) Messing with Markdown

I spent the last few weeks working on the beginning of an event-based Markdown parser. I know why, but I've fallen into a rabbit hole that threatens to swallow me.

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(2014-10-05) Reorganizing my Git writing repository

Last night, I completely reorganized my writing repository to get around some limitations of Git.

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(2014-09-13) Creating slippery maps

Someone recently asked me how to create an online map of a created world. I decided to use this opportunity to update my Exalted online map to a newer library while writing a tutorials.

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(2014-08-08) Mailing lists and social networking

I realized that I haven't been obvious everywhere I hang my hat on social networks. Here is a list along with what I post where.

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(2014-08-07) Author Intrusion - Names

One of the complexities of authors is their names. I want to avoid making an assumption of how they are displayed and used. At the same time, I want to reuse the logic to handle character names within the story.

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(2014-08-02) Author Intrusion - A black triangle CLI

I reached the first visible moment in Author Intrusion with command-line tool that does one thing, convert Markdown into DocBook formats.

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(2014-07-30) Stupid obsessions

For the last two days, I've gotten obsessed about fixing a minor thing on my website.

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(2014-07-27) Author Intrusion Tokens

A brief discussion why I'm using tokens for this implementation of Author Intrusion and the issues of memory pressure and editing.

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(2014-07-20) Author Intrusion for a little while

Going to work on Author Intrusion a little while waiting on my writing projects. Maybe I can finally get the writing environment I'm looking for.

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(2014-07-04) Uploading ebooks into WooCommerce and WordPress

How to enable MOBI and EPUB uploads into WooCommerce.

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(2014-06-07) Enabling SSL

To help support Reset the Net, I enabled SSL on my personal blog.

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(2014-06-06) Switching Sites to Jekyll

After a few weeks of working off and on, I have mostly static websites working. Not perfect, but sufficient to move forward.

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(2014-05-21) The drawbacks of WordPress

WordPress works well for many people, but now that I have been targeted by automated scripts trying to get in, maybe it's time to consider something else?

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