Eric Neustadter (e)
@thevowel.bsky.social
(semi?) retired tech architect/tech exec. ex-Pokémon. ex-Xbox. labrador at heart. retro games & computers. go ducks, kraken, seahawks, sounders! he/him.
Snake River ham with a brown sugar & honey glaze, mashed potatoes with gravy, a stuffing waffle, and cranberry sauce.
November 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Snake River ham with a brown sugar & honey glaze, mashed potatoes with gravy, a stuffing waffle, and cranberry sauce.
Had a eureka moment in the shower this morning. The black PETG filament that I couldn’t find yesterday is in the sealed, unlabeled packages on the top right of my filament rack. Of COURSE it is! That makes so much sense.
November 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Had a eureka moment in the shower this morning. The black PETG filament that I couldn’t find yesterday is in the sealed, unlabeled packages on the top right of my filament rack. Of COURSE it is! That makes so much sense.
❤️ black labs
This is Bear. He is in charge of supervising Thanksgiving dinner preparation. Appointed himself to the role, but takes it very seriously. 14/10 (TT: emileebellant)
November 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
❤️ black labs
RELEASE THE KRAKEN!
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM
RELEASE THE KRAKEN!
The Pack just dropped their latest album cover.
November 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The Pack just dropped their latest album cover.
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I am pleased to announce that I'll be running a campaign for D&D in a Castle next October at Walworth Castle in the UK. It’s called Infernal Greetings and it's a nod to Guide to Hell, my AD&D 2E sourcebook from 1999. Sign ups are open now.
dndinacastle.com/pages/dungeo...
dndinacastle.com/pages/dungeo...
Chris Pramas
Chris Pramas is an award-winning game designer, writer, and publisher. His best-known designs are the Dragon Age RPG, Fantasy AGE RPG, and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, 2nd Edition. He was a D&D des...
dndinacastle.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I am pleased to announce that I'll be running a campaign for D&D in a Castle next October at Walworth Castle in the UK. It’s called Infernal Greetings and it's a nod to Guide to Hell, my AD&D 2E sourcebook from 1999. Sign ups are open now.
dndinacastle.com/pages/dungeo...
dndinacastle.com/pages/dungeo...
Z says night-night
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Z says night-night
post a famous bathroom scene
November 26, 2025 at 5:11 AM
post a famous bathroom scene
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STRONG AGREE
The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
STRONG AGREE
Tara is bang on.
The path back from burnout is so much longer than you can anticipate, and it gets harder the more it happens. Learning to be patient and kinder to myself has been a big process, and a year and a half later I'm still not back to where I once was.
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Tara is bang on.
Introduce yourself with four spaceships
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Introduce yourself with four spaceships
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"As with Thirsty Suitors, this is an overt and chewy piece of social commentary, exploring the usurpation of communal cooking and eating by mass-produced ready meals."
And we still manage to focus on the joy of living, joy of healing, joy of connecting, and joy of expression through play.
And we still manage to focus on the joy of living, joy of healing, joy of connecting, and joy of expression through play.
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"As with Thirsty Suitors, this is an overt and chewy piece of social commentary, exploring the usurpation of communal cooking and eating by mass-produced ready meals."
And we still manage to focus on the joy of living, joy of healing, joy of connecting, and joy of expression through play.
And we still manage to focus on the joy of living, joy of healing, joy of connecting, and joy of expression through play.
Everyone remembers the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal from Hitchhiker’s, right? The vicious wild animal that believes if you can't see it, it can't see you?
THIS IS @ichotiner.bsky.social.
DO NOT LOOK UPON HIM.
DO NOT SPEAK HIS NAME.
DO NOT TAG HIM.
THIS IS @ichotiner.bsky.social.
DO NOT LOOK UPON HIM.
DO NOT SPEAK HIS NAME.
DO NOT TAG HIM.
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Everyone remembers the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal from Hitchhiker’s, right? The vicious wild animal that believes if you can't see it, it can't see you?
THIS IS @ichotiner.bsky.social.
DO NOT LOOK UPON HIM.
DO NOT SPEAK HIS NAME.
DO NOT TAG HIM.
THIS IS @ichotiner.bsky.social.
DO NOT LOOK UPON HIM.
DO NOT SPEAK HIS NAME.
DO NOT TAG HIM.
@robzacny.bsky.social @patrickklepek.bsky.social look who’s on bsky
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
@robzacny.bsky.social @patrickklepek.bsky.social look who’s on bsky
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Happy #chuckpeddleday ! This KIMSI will be at PaCommEx NW in June 2026 for the 50th anniversary celebration of the KIM-1
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Happy #chuckpeddleday ! This KIMSI will be at PaCommEx NW in June 2026 for the 50th anniversary celebration of the KIM-1
I’m already 25 hours into Command Deck. It’s *really* good.
New article on my Patreon: we examine the creation of spaceships for the recent game Command Deck, which brings to life the covers of 1960s and 1970s sci-fi novels illustrated by fantastic artists like Boris Vallejo or John Berkey. @commanddeck.bsky.social
Command Deck, or the Legacy of the Giants of Sci-Fi Art | The Spaceshipper
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November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I’m already 25 hours into Command Deck. It’s *really* good.
I'm picturing a floating barcade...
The vessels are lingering on the market as Washington State Ferries scrutinizes potential buyers. Past purchases haven’t always ended well.
For sale: Two retired state ferries. Dreamers need not apply
If you have ever wanted to own an iconic Washington state ferry, now may be your last chance to buy one until the 2030s. There are two sizes available with no minimum bid — the decommissioned 144-car ...
www.kuow.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I'm picturing a floating barcade...
It is not possible to have too many books, or computers, or videogames.
Also those cables aren't obsolete because I have the devices they plug into, so there!
Also those cables aren't obsolete because I have the devices they plug into, so there!
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
It is not possible to have too many books, or computers, or videogames.
Also those cables aren't obsolete because I have the devices they plug into, so there!
Also those cables aren't obsolete because I have the devices they plug into, so there!
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We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
Submitting a 13K-line PR that was entirely AI-written, where the AI inserted copyright headers for someone who isn’t the submitter, that you’re sure is fine because the AI told you it’s fine is so many kinds of broken.
Your choices are learning to collaborate or be a solo dev.
Your choices are learning to collaborate or be a solo dev.
One of the many joys of using AI for programming is the creation of huge PRs on complex topics that the authors barely understand, but still suggest "because they work". Here's a great example from #OCaml github.com/ocaml/ocaml/...
Kudos to OCaml's maintainers for handling this so gracefully.
Kudos to OCaml's maintainers for handling this so gracefully.
DWARF support for macOS and Linux by joelreymont · Pull Request #14369 · ocaml/ocaml
DWARF v5 Debugging Support for OCaml Native Compiler
This PR adds DWARF v5 debug information to the OCaml native compiler, allowing proper source-level debugging in GDB and LLDB.
What's Impleme...
github.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Submitting a 13K-line PR that was entirely AI-written, where the AI inserted copyright headers for someone who isn’t the submitter, that you’re sure is fine because the AI told you it’s fine is so many kinds of broken.
Your choices are learning to collaborate or be a solo dev.
Your choices are learning to collaborate or be a solo dev.
Flowers for Charlie Brown
I have no mouth and I must scream, Charlie Brown
Someday a real rain will come, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Flowers for Charlie Brown
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Got a talk you've been thinking about? Want to GIVE a talk you've been thinking about?
You should submit your proposal soon, the CFP for SCALE is closing soon.
This is hands-down one of the best community-organized conferences you can attend, and Pasadena is great in the spring...
You should submit your proposal soon, the CFP for SCALE is closing soon.
This is hands-down one of the best community-organized conferences you can attend, and Pasadena is great in the spring...
Time is running out to get your talk submitted to speak at SCaLE 23x, March 5-8, 2026, at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California
www.socallinuxexpo.o...
www.socallinuxexpo.o...
Call for Presentations | SCALE
We are proud to announce the 23rd Annual Southern California Linux Expo – SCaLE 23X – to be held March 5-8, 2026 at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California, near Los Angeles.
www.socallinuxexpo.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Got a talk you've been thinking about? Want to GIVE a talk you've been thinking about?
You should submit your proposal soon, the CFP for SCALE is closing soon.
This is hands-down one of the best community-organized conferences you can attend, and Pasadena is great in the spring...
You should submit your proposal soon, the CFP for SCALE is closing soon.
This is hands-down one of the best community-organized conferences you can attend, and Pasadena is great in the spring...
I switched from watching the NFL to the Kraken game and now I’m sitting on my couch yelling “SHOOT THE PUCK!” at the TV.
Sigh.
Sigh.
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I switched from watching the NFL to the Kraken game and now I’m sitting on my couch yelling “SHOOT THE PUCK!” at the TV.
Sigh.
Sigh.
The Fanduel “gamble with your family for the holidays!” commercial is a new low, which is impressive for an industry that’s already subterranean.
November 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The Fanduel “gamble with your family for the holidays!” commercial is a new low, which is impressive for an industry that’s already subterranean.
Z has assumed the watching-football-with-dad position.
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Z has assumed the watching-football-with-dad position.