Seán Stickle
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Michael Moorcock is fantasy’s Slavoj Žižek. The Swords Trilogy features a reluctant hero who kills actual living gods to see mankind free from the dialectic of chaos and order. Only to have to do it again. Forever.
May 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Michael Moorcock is fantasy’s Slavoj Žižek. The Swords Trilogy features a reluctant hero who kills actual living gods to see mankind free from the dialectic of chaos and order. Only to have to do it again. Forever.
Three small gems. Contained concentrated light. Made in a heavenly land. Stolen by an evil god. The quest was to retrieve them. The quest failed.
One small ring. Contained concentrated darkness. Made in a hellish land. Stolen from an evil god. The quest was to destroy it. The quest succeeded.
One small ring. Contained concentrated darkness. Made in a hellish land. Stolen from an evil god. The quest was to destroy it. The quest succeeded.
May 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Three small gems. Contained concentrated light. Made in a heavenly land. Stolen by an evil god. The quest was to retrieve them. The quest failed.
One small ring. Contained concentrated darkness. Made in a hellish land. Stolen from an evil god. The quest was to destroy it. The quest succeeded.
One small ring. Contained concentrated darkness. Made in a hellish land. Stolen from an evil god. The quest was to destroy it. The quest succeeded.
Happy autism acceptance day.
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April 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Happy autism acceptance day.
Spent longer than made any sense to track down a mislabelled network jack. Sysadmin work can be fun if you're stubborn.
March 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Spent longer than made any sense to track down a mislabelled network jack. Sysadmin work can be fun if you're stubborn.
"It’s an interesting exercise to look back and ask, “In descending order of impact, what have been the top five mistakes of my life?”" (Sam Carpenter, Work the System)
March 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
"It’s an interesting exercise to look back and ask, “In descending order of impact, what have been the top five mistakes of my life?”" (Sam Carpenter, Work the System)
1. Make it work
2. Make it good
3. Make it fast
In that order.
2. Make it good
3. Make it fast
In that order.
March 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
1. Make it work
2. Make it good
3. Make it fast
In that order.
2. Make it good
3. Make it fast
In that order.
I want the IT version of Claire Saffitz’s Gourmet Makes, where a talented programmer recreates enterprise applications from scratch using everyday IT tools (and occasionally suffers existential despair from the stress).
March 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I want the IT version of Claire Saffitz’s Gourmet Makes, where a talented programmer recreates enterprise applications from scratch using everyday IT tools (and occasionally suffers existential despair from the stress).
WFH vs RTO is the wrong frame. It focuses on location, which is easy to visualize but profoundly irrelevant.
Focus on results. Results ONLY.
Focus on results. Results ONLY.
March 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
WFH vs RTO is the wrong frame. It focuses on location, which is easy to visualize but profoundly irrelevant.
Focus on results. Results ONLY.
Focus on results. Results ONLY.