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Fallout's Place in 1990s Computer Game HistoryThis article is an overview of Fallout's place in 1990s computer game history as it pertains to technical prowess in harnessing machine-specs; that is, this article places Fallout in history as it pertains to Interplay's ability or willingness to harness available software and hardware technologies in 1997.I recommend that you read my 1990s computer game history: while not yet complete it already stands as …

The Newberry Library in Chicago is hosting a Digital Humanities workshop on Frederick Douglass during Black History Month. Undergraduate and graduate students in History at Northern Illinois University may be interested in participating in this event. Here is the announcement from the Newberry Library: Join us for Douglass Day 2024! The Newberry Library and the Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities (CTSDH) at Loyola University invite you to a …

Hello everyone Its First Sunday, This Sunday and time to wander together again. I’m sorry to be late getting the details out this month but this has been a tumultuous week and I wasn’t sure what to do. The answer, of course, is to keep going and seek new directions…. Lets gather at one of The LRMs favourite spots, beneath the tiled map in Victoria Station 2pm on Sunday February …

This is a new series which is very much inspired by Dave Rupert's Vibe Checks. I've long wanted to do something like that myself, but I had the problem of not being able to remember the month that just happened. So I set the goal of daily journaling, and I am pleased to report that I stuck to it all month, and I now have things to share! Highlights I …

Imagine an epic of nine years having a happy ending.I’ve written so much about what is now called the Manuals Plus Collection. Let’s go find those: In Realtime: Saving 25,000 Manuals In Realtime: Prepping for the Transfer of 25,000 Manuals In Realtime: It Is Almost Halfway Done In Realtime: Day 2 Felt Like Week 4 In Realtime: It Is Done A Small Dark Detour In Realtime: Post-Mortem A Little Bit …

Thomas Hardy and circus are perhaps not two terms you’d usually hear in close proximity, but Ockham’s Razor defy all expectation with their adaptation of Hardy’s 1891 novel, Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Atmospheric, evocative and… More

I think about the first xkcd post every once in awhile. There is something about it that resonates with me. My wife tells me I tend to go with the flow, feels about right. I wonder how much it has helped or hurt. Am I happening to life, or is life happening to me? Sometimes I surprise myself with how much I love to code. If my life were a …

It worked and I wrote--and kept writing. In the decade beginning with my first calendar year of blogging (2012), I published between 100,000 and 200,000 words on A Pilgrim in Narnia. It has been wonderful. And then, after all of that, it just kind of ... broke. Continue reading → The post “The Hateful Feeling of Breathlessness I Have Had for Years”: A Personal Note on the One-Thing-After-Anotherness of Life …

This delightful, colourful piece of cartography, is the first map by illustrator, limerick-creator and Walthamstow resident Angry Dan. The piece is a 60cm x 60cm

Con esta entrega llegamos al final de la re-publicación del Avant Garde Project, que (creo) se divulgó originalmente entre 2006 y 2011. Espero que la colección os haya gustado y que la hayáis disfrutado tanto como yo. ***** With this installment we come to the end of the re-publication of the Avant Garde Project, which (I believe) was originally released between 2006 and 2011. I hope you liked the collection …

There has been a lot of talk in recent years how running your own email server is too hard. But it’s quite healthy for the email ecosystem to not have everyone use Gmail and Outlook. In my experience it isn’t too hard, just takes some work.

This is about the horror of liminal spaces, and the intrinsic surrealism of our digital world... That beautiful awful loneliness of existing in the electric void of shared virtual fantasies that video games are. Video games are the closest thing that we have to existing in someone else's dream. Carefully constructed fantasies that we share with players. These are our fever dreams, both pleasant and awful.

The active volcano Kilauea, on the Big Island of Hawaii, is heating up. In the days between January 27 and February 1, 2024, scientists have observed more than a thousand earthquakes and ground deformation that indicate pulses of magma are moving at shallow depth beneath the surface. The Hawaiian Volcanic Observatory (HVO) is closely monitoring this activity and notes that because the summit of Kilauea is now pressurized by magma, …

The Illustrious Ladies Tour on Saturday 9th March, led by Jane Hart, ties in with International Women’s Day, and will explore the lives of some of the women commemorated in the two cemeteries.Meet 2pm at the Ladywell gate for this free tour which will be very informative.Josie Kennett Bletchley Park code-breaker