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Project: StarSpeed is Getting Retired

by on November 19, 2023 and modified on November 19, 2023.
Posted In: Game Journals, Games, StarSpeed

Hey, gang – I’ve recently had to face the hard fact that it’s a good time to retire my StarSpeed tabletop game project. It was a fun idea that I put a lot of work into developing – a tabletop racing game that functioned similarly to the popular ‘kart’ style racing video games like Mario Kart, Diddy Kong Racing, etc. But the fact is, I haven’t put in the time needed to get it really working right, and now another well-backed company is putting out a game so similar that I would rather just play that one instead.

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A Stack of Old Macs

by on November 19, 2023 and modified on November 19, 2023.
Posted In: Blog, Vintage Mac Stuff

Last month, I was browsing the Free/Cheap Marketplace (as I so often do, looking for Bus Stuff™) when I came across an ad for untested—possibly non-working vintage compact Macintosh computers for an extremely reasonable price. Now, I’ve been a Mac user for as long as I’ve been around computers, cutting my graphic design teeth on a Macintosh SE in my high school‘s Design & Print lab and the Newspaper office. I designed (and printed) flyers for the drama club’s productions in Ready, Set, Go!, made some screen-printed apparel in Aldus Freehand, and drew my first digital mini-comic in MacPaint, printed out on an ImageWriter. I even had a few SimCities saved to floppy disks along with my Midi compositions. These specific Mac All-in-Ones have a particular nostalgia for me, and I know how useful they can be.

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Nov 18., 2023 - Score: Kitchen Cabinets, part 1

Bus Score: Kitchen Cabinets

by on November 18, 2023 and modified on November 18, 2023.
Posted In: Housebus Build, My Cosmic Cruiser

Hey, gang! Happy to report a little bit more progress on the bus this week. A lot of it has been about reclaiming some good building materials from some old constructions I’ve had sitting around in my yard for a couple years now, but the big good news is I got another great score from my favorite sourcing website, Free Craigslist: Some really decent kitchen cabinets!

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October 25, 2023 - Office Furniture Install

Office Build Update – 10.25

by on October 25, 2023 and modified on October 25, 2023.
Posted In: Housebus Build, My Cosmic Cruiser

Heya! Been a while since I’ve had a good housebus update, but today’s the day for one!

Today I got out to the bus and cleared up the space up front that’s going to be used as my workspace, I’ve been calling it The Office (obvs, I know). This is where my rolltop desk will be set up, and will also be home to my electrical closet. I’ve had this filing cabinet and secretary desk in place for a good long while now, but today I managed to install them permanently as part of my Office furniture.

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Brewing This Week!

by on August 12, 2023 and modified on August 12, 2023.
Posted In: Blog, Homebrewing

hmm, thinking some about the next brew day, and I’ll be honest, I’m considering making it a double brew day. Get two batches into fermenters on the same day? A stout (probably the Beamish clone I made so long ago), and another Old Speckled Hen. Kind of flies in the face of my plan to put the beer cart into storage, if I’m thinking I’ll use it to serve beer. Though I could always just pick up a second picnic tap, that wouldn’t be the worst thing to have. Before I use the jockey box again I want to pick up a set of tap brushes from the shop to help keep the flies out.

Never done a double before, but I remember talking it through with one of the guys who worked at the homebrew shop same time that I did. I think I remember the process going something like:

Strike 1, mash 1, sparge 1, boil 1, strike 2, mash 2, chill 1, sparge 2, pitch 1, boil 2, chill 2, pitch 2

Yeah, I think what it comes down to is I really want to make another Old Speckled Hen, but I also want to have a stout ready for winter. Maybe it’s early to be thinking about a stout, but hell, so what? And then with two batches, yeah I’ll be cleaning more during the process, but that’s okay. I should definitely pick up a 6-pack of something to enjoy while I’m brewing though.

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