Eli
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Just an old mobile game industry exec trying to figure out why I'm bothering with social media instead of walking away from everything, throwing my phone in the trash, and building an off-grid cabin in some forgotten corner of the Appalachian Mountains.
Stuff like this is why I’ve spent 2025 aggressively pursuing digital sovereignty by reducing (or eliminating!) cloud dependence wherever I can.
You can only go so far though, and it’s terrifying how they can unilaterally shut off an Apple ID, especially in a world where Sign in with Apple exists.
You can only go so far though, and it’s terrifying how they can unilaterally shut off an Apple ID, especially in a world where Sign in with Apple exists.
December 13, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Stuff like this is why I’ve spent 2025 aggressively pursuing digital sovereignty by reducing (or eliminating!) cloud dependence wherever I can.
You can only go so far though, and it’s terrifying how they can unilaterally shut off an Apple ID, especially in a world where Sign in with Apple exists.
You can only go so far though, and it’s terrifying how they can unilaterally shut off an Apple ID, especially in a world where Sign in with Apple exists.
Since my Bluesky is just book reviews, I'm on to the Bobiverse and it has been amazing. Basic premise is software dude sells his company, uses some of the cash to sign on with a cryonics company, dies, his brain is repurposed in 2133 as a space probe's AI after the company had its assets liquidated.
December 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Since my Bluesky is just book reviews, I'm on to the Bobiverse and it has been amazing. Basic premise is software dude sells his company, uses some of the cash to sign on with a cryonics company, dies, his brain is repurposed in 2133 as a space probe's AI after the company had its assets liquidated.
The first review for Bluey's Quest for the Gold Pen just dropped!!! Thank you so much, @cgmagazine.bsky.social
www.cgmagonline.com/review/game/...
www.cgmagonline.com/review/game/...
Bluey's Quest For The Gold Pen (iOS) Review - CGMagazine
Bluey’s Quest for the Gold Pen might not be deep, but it’s genuinely delightful, exactly the sort of game you’d expect from a studio that understands how to make accessible fun, paired with a creator ...
www.cgmagonline.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The first review for Bluey's Quest for the Gold Pen just dropped!!! Thank you so much, @cgmagazine.bsky.social
www.cgmagonline.com/review/game/...
www.cgmagonline.com/review/game/...
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The Hyperion Cantos is the definition of the sunk cost fallacy. Book one was kinda sorta ok, but somehow didn’t include a climax? Just all build up. Book two is like some kind of study on how many times you can make the reader think, “Surely this gets better, I’m one book in, I can’t give up now.”
December 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The Hyperion Cantos is the definition of the sunk cost fallacy. Book one was kinda sorta ok, but somehow didn’t include a climax? Just all build up. Book two is like some kind of study on how many times you can make the reader think, “Surely this gets better, I’m one book in, I can’t give up now.”
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🔬 The paid app ecosystem still exists but its demise is accelerating.
Releases down 50%.
Only 138K are left.
Just 3.6% of the stores.
A single utility app out-earns them all in a long weekend.
The numbers aren't in their favor.
Hard to justify shipping one in 2026.
Releases down 50%.
Only 138K are left.
Just 3.6% of the stores.
A single utility app out-earns them all in a long weekend.
The numbers aren't in their favor.
Hard to justify shipping one in 2026.
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
🔬 The paid app ecosystem still exists but its demise is accelerating.
Releases down 50%.
Only 138K are left.
Just 3.6% of the stores.
A single utility app out-earns them all in a long weekend.
The numbers aren't in their favor.
Hard to justify shipping one in 2026.
Releases down 50%.
Only 138K are left.
Just 3.6% of the stores.
A single utility app out-earns them all in a long weekend.
The numbers aren't in their favor.
Hard to justify shipping one in 2026.
@henrystockdale.com Hey dude thanks for posting about the Thrill of the Fight 2 1.0 release date. :)
October 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
@henrystockdale.com Hey dude thanks for posting about the Thrill of the Fight 2 1.0 release date. :)
Beat CloverPit on my Steam Deck today. A roguelike slot machine jail is a hell of a concept. Still falters in the same way most roguelikes do in that once you understand the game you know if a run is worth playing pretty early based on your first few items. No idea how you fix that in roguelikes.
October 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Beat CloverPit on my Steam Deck today. A roguelike slot machine jail is a hell of a concept. Still falters in the same way most roguelikes do in that once you understand the game you know if a run is worth playing pretty early based on your first few items. No idea how you fix that in roguelikes.
Just finished the Children of Time series and god damn these books. It all has an incredible set up, with some amazing world building on a multigenerational time scale, but the author just paints himself into corners he has no idea how to get out of and somehow each book ends stupider than the last.
September 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Just finished the Children of Time series and god damn these books. It all has an incredible set up, with some amazing world building on a multigenerational time scale, but the author just paints himself into corners he has no idea how to get out of and somehow each book ends stupider than the last.
This really boils my piss with ChatGPT. Any popular book it knows a TON about and will answer very authoritatively. Until you call it out, with obscure books it’ll re-phrase your question as a statement with a bizarre amount of certainty on what it tells you instead of just saying, “I don’t know.”
September 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This really boils my piss with ChatGPT. Any popular book it knows a TON about and will answer very authoritatively. Until you call it out, with obscure books it’ll re-phrase your question as a statement with a bizarre amount of certainty on what it tells you instead of just saying, “I don’t know.”
When I look at my LinkedIn it’s always the weirdest hot takes imaginable, made worse by AI, posted with a bizarre level of confidence. I always wonder what this is like in other industries…In industrial grade chemicals is there someone with similar brain rot angrily posting about glycine production?
September 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
When I look at my LinkedIn it’s always the weirdest hot takes imaginable, made worse by AI, posted with a bizarre level of confidence. I always wonder what this is like in other industries…In industrial grade chemicals is there someone with similar brain rot angrily posting about glycine production?
Wait I thought they were against political violence, um, yesterday?
September 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Wait I thought they were against political violence, um, yesterday?
A hill I’m willing to die on is in-flight WiFi should be a blind auction where you bid what you want to pay and that is then used to determine the QoS priority. A lot of people would probably just bid the minimum and have normal shitty WiFi. If you have work to do, you can bid more and get it done.
September 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A hill I’m willing to die on is in-flight WiFi should be a blind auction where you bid what you want to pay and that is then used to determine the QoS priority. A lot of people would probably just bid the minimum and have normal shitty WiFi. If you have work to do, you can bid more and get it done.
I’ve never flown Southwest before, this boarding process was designed by the Joker himself.
a close up of a man with a clown face painted on his face .
ALT: a close up of a man with a clown face painted on his face .
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September 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I’ve never flown Southwest before, this boarding process was designed by the Joker himself.
Be sure to install the iOS 26 release candidate and update the background of every big iMessage thread you're in. People not on iOS 26 don't see that you do this and then it just shows up for them when they update. Great opportunity to distribute Goatse, Detroit Hardcore, and more to your friends.
September 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Be sure to install the iOS 26 release candidate and update the background of every big iMessage thread you're in. People not on iOS 26 don't see that you do this and then it just shows up for them when they update. Great opportunity to distribute Goatse, Detroit Hardcore, and more to your friends.
How in the world can Apple be announcing this AirPods Pro translation functionality without it being fully laden with Hitchhiker's Guide references? What a missed opportunity.
September 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
How in the world can Apple be announcing this AirPods Pro translation functionality without it being fully laden with Hitchhiker's Guide references? What a missed opportunity.
This times a million. My career started as a dumb teenager that knew FutureSplash Animator, Allaire’s Cold Fusion, the basic fundamentals of Linux, and how to quickly crimp a CAT5 cable when those kinds of things were considered black magic to most and required reading books from the library. 🙃
All I know is that the current crop of extreme senior IT especially cyber grew up in the make your own way category. There was no career track. You made it with audacity and being in the right place at the right time. And I'm sorry that does not give much guidance, but I know what they respect.
September 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
This times a million. My career started as a dumb teenager that knew FutureSplash Animator, Allaire’s Cold Fusion, the basic fundamentals of Linux, and how to quickly crimp a CAT5 cable when those kinds of things were considered black magic to most and required reading books from the library. 🙃
It’s fucking wild loading Facebook and seeing these posts back to back:
- GoFundMe for funeral expenses from a local family that can’t afford to bury their son.
- New Tesla pay package to make Elon Musk the first trillionaire.
- Begging for leads on sub-$1,200/mo apartments to avoid homelessness.
- GoFundMe for funeral expenses from a local family that can’t afford to bury their son.
- New Tesla pay package to make Elon Musk the first trillionaire.
- Begging for leads on sub-$1,200/mo apartments to avoid homelessness.
September 6, 2025 at 5:33 AM
It’s fucking wild loading Facebook and seeing these posts back to back:
- GoFundMe for funeral expenses from a local family that can’t afford to bury their son.
- New Tesla pay package to make Elon Musk the first trillionaire.
- Begging for leads on sub-$1,200/mo apartments to avoid homelessness.
- GoFundMe for funeral expenses from a local family that can’t afford to bury their son.
- New Tesla pay package to make Elon Musk the first trillionaire.
- Begging for leads on sub-$1,200/mo apartments to avoid homelessness.
My head canon is the song at the end of each episode of Alien Earth is actually being played in universe. The CEO of Weyland Yutani, 100 years in the future, in her opulent skyscraper office just absolutely jamming to Cherub Rock.
September 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
My head canon is the song at the end of each episode of Alien Earth is actually being played in universe. The CEO of Weyland Yutani, 100 years in the future, in her opulent skyscraper office just absolutely jamming to Cherub Rock.
I’ve been chasing the Three Body Trilogy high through many different sci-fi series. Currently on the Children of Time books and the way humans are remembered in the author’s far future is amusing. Seeing the human form makes aliens aggressive. Humanity is largely only know for things like emoji.
September 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I’ve been chasing the Three Body Trilogy high through many different sci-fi series. Currently on the Children of Time books and the way humans are remembered in the author’s far future is amusing. Seeing the human form makes aliens aggressive. Humanity is largely only know for things like emoji.