unacomn
@taleofdoom.com
I used to make video game and tech content as a day job, from 2007 to 2020. Now I do QGIS stuff, Ignition SCADA things and water loss reduction shenanigans. I also write books that aren't very good. And I'm trying to make a game about a duck. Also, I run.
I'll never get a more "what are you looking at?" look than I got from this owl today
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I'll never get a more "what are you looking at?" look than I got from this owl today
See, you would not have had to put this here if in this game with ray traced light, you could actually see where you're going.
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 AM
See, you would not have had to put this here if in this game with ray traced light, you could actually see where you're going.
Playing Control AWE, there are yellow tarps everywhere now to show you where to go, but god forbid they use the Ray Tracing they keep going on and on about these days to make the light at the door in the pitch black room shine on the wall next to it si you can actually see it.
November 30, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Playing Control AWE, there are yellow tarps everywhere now to show you where to go, but god forbid they use the Ray Tracing they keep going on and on about these days to make the light at the door in the pitch black room shine on the wall next to it si you can actually see it.
The bumpy ball at the center makes it resemble the old Sender Spikes from Anachronox even more.
Loved all the nods to it in Mass Effect, with stuff like "Vigil"... but ME2 just outright ripping off the final mission was a bit too on the nose.
Loved all the nods to it in Mass Effect, with stuff like "Vigil"... but ME2 just outright ripping off the final mission was a bit too on the nose.
November 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The bumpy ball at the center makes it resemble the old Sender Spikes from Anachronox even more.
Loved all the nods to it in Mass Effect, with stuff like "Vigil"... but ME2 just outright ripping off the final mission was a bit too on the nose.
Loved all the nods to it in Mass Effect, with stuff like "Vigil"... but ME2 just outright ripping off the final mission was a bit too on the nose.
I keep asking myself something for the last 20 years.
Is it really that cold in hell?
Or is that one of those ever burning flames that are everywhere and they didn't bother to put it out so they turned it into a fireplace?
Is it really that cold in hell?
Or is that one of those ever burning flames that are everywhere and they didn't bother to put it out so they turned it into a fireplace?
October 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I keep asking myself something for the last 20 years.
Is it really that cold in hell?
Or is that one of those ever burning flames that are everywhere and they didn't bother to put it out so they turned it into a fireplace?
Is it really that cold in hell?
Or is that one of those ever burning flames that are everywhere and they didn't bother to put it out so they turned it into a fireplace?
Oh, man, someone tell Booker
October 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Oh, man, someone tell Booker
I fixed it #heroes8 #oldenera #homm #mooshroom #pracingsheep #dontputyoutubersinheroesofmightandmagic
October 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Injury recovery going well
August 25, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Injury recovery going well
Yes, dakka, but what if more dakka
August 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Yes, dakka, but what if more dakka
I think I caught a satellite passing in front of the Moon today. Shot in a burst of 3, it was moving fast enough to cover that big a distance in under 1 second.
August 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I think I caught a satellite passing in front of the Moon today. Shot in a burst of 3, it was moving fast enough to cover that big a distance in under 1 second.
What movie have you seen an unhealthy number of times?
August 8, 2025 at 5:37 AM
What movie have you seen an unhealthy number of times?
So, after a recent update, Windows no longer shows the folder you're in after finding something you've searched for. You have to click on the address bar to see the address. Why? Because someone there hates you and wants you to suffer, also, to make it less useful and drive you to the stupid chatbot
July 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
So, after a recent update, Windows no longer shows the folder you're in after finding something you've searched for. You have to click on the address bar to see the address. Why? Because someone there hates you and wants you to suffer, also, to make it less useful and drive you to the stupid chatbot
I did too... it... it didn't end well
July 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I did too... it... it didn't end well
Ah, yes, the pizza from Squid Game. Who can forget that famous scene, with the pizza.
I hope that whoever came up with the idea of "branding" was shot at some point.
I hope that whoever came up with the idea of "branding" was shot at some point.
June 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Ah, yes, the pizza from Squid Game. Who can forget that famous scene, with the pizza.
I hope that whoever came up with the idea of "branding" was shot at some point.
I hope that whoever came up with the idea of "branding" was shot at some point.
Remembering better times.
Frustrating times, but better.
Frustrating times, but better.
June 15, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Remembering better times.
Frustrating times, but better.
Frustrating times, but better.
Every time I close LibreOffice, the GeForce overlay pops up wanting to show me the highlights of my epic spreadsheeting.
The pop-up is disabled. I'm on the Studio drivers. There's no setting to have it record spreadsheets.
And yet.
The pop-up is disabled. I'm on the Studio drivers. There's no setting to have it record spreadsheets.
And yet.
June 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Every time I close LibreOffice, the GeForce overlay pops up wanting to show me the highlights of my epic spreadsheeting.
The pop-up is disabled. I'm on the Studio drivers. There's no setting to have it record spreadsheets.
And yet.
The pop-up is disabled. I'm on the Studio drivers. There's no setting to have it record spreadsheets.
And yet.
I've got a giant book about a local necropolis where the remains of some Cucuteni culture people were found, among layers upon layers of others. We have so much detail about what they owned, what they wore. But we will never know their songs, their stories, their dreams. I wish we could.
June 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I've got a giant book about a local necropolis where the remains of some Cucuteni culture people were found, among layers upon layers of others. We have so much detail about what they owned, what they wore. But we will never know their songs, their stories, their dreams. I wish we could.
I like Hitman and IO, but people, stop this. This is a singleplayer game. It was terrible when Ubisoft did it, it's terrible now.
June 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I like Hitman and IO, but people, stop this. This is a singleplayer game. It was terrible when Ubisoft did it, it's terrible now.
This is not a placeholder, you can buy it for 660€. It's 50€ cheaper than a 9070. Roughly 250€ more than it should cost.
I hope there will be variants that cost around the 7700XT, which is about 430€. If not, this generation, that was supposed to be "for the masses" has been a gigantic failure.
I hope there will be variants that cost around the 7700XT, which is about 430€. If not, this generation, that was supposed to be "for the masses" has been a gigantic failure.
June 4, 2025 at 5:53 AM
This is not a placeholder, you can buy it for 660€. It's 50€ cheaper than a 9070. Roughly 250€ more than it should cost.
I hope there will be variants that cost around the 7700XT, which is about 430€. If not, this generation, that was supposed to be "for the masses" has been a gigantic failure.
I hope there will be variants that cost around the 7700XT, which is about 430€. If not, this generation, that was supposed to be "for the masses" has been a gigantic failure.
Jesus Mecha Death Christ this looks good #near-mage
May 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Jesus Mecha Death Christ this looks good #near-mage
I've been wondering why I loke working in #QGIS so much. Sure, I liked maps, but there's more to it, there's a flow there. And I couldn't put a finger on it. Then it dawned on me.
I've been preparing for this for decades.
I've been preparing for this for decades.
May 29, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I've been wondering why I loke working in #QGIS so much. Sure, I liked maps, but there's more to it, there's a flow there. And I couldn't put a finger on it. Then it dawned on me.
I've been preparing for this for decades.
I've been preparing for this for decades.