We tend to throw around the word ‘community’ pretty loosely, but I’ve always tried to make O:P (and its’ predecessors) a place where folks can gather and feel welcome, which is at least in the right direction of a ‘community’.…
Ah Monday, we meet again. Every week I plan out the builds I’m going to do, and this can be a delicate process. One reason I focus on building for the shop instead of custom commissions is I can prototype…
Pretty nice coffee mug, huh? If you listen to the upcoming Episode 2 of Pixels and Puppets you may even get a chance to win one! Speaking of the podcast… Belgium. We need to talk. *Turns chair around backwards, ……
There’s a long running gag among Linux enthusiasts that “THIS is the year of Linux on the Desktop”. Despite being the underlying OS of almost every server that drives networks and the Internet in general, Linux has still never managed…
Once a collector, always a collector. It’s a common nerd trope that I am vulnerable to, but thus far have been able to resist. I don’t have a complete or even large collection of anything, but not for lack ……
Nothing teaches self discipline better than owning your own business. I’ve always been a light sleeper, and yesterday was a particularly good day in terms of getting stuff done. Which means, inevitably, that my brain is chattering away and that…
That was quite a whirlwind weekend. The recording of Episode 1 of Pixels and Puppets went well with only minor hiccups, which is pretty remarkable since it’s been so long since any of us has done that. A real “getting…
We did it!
Big day here in the Puppet Cave. This evening we record Episode 1 of the O:P podcast, Pixels and Puppets (Ep 0 is already out if you’d like the origin story). This will be the first time in years since…
The Goons Over the past couple of days I’ve read the words “caught the lurgy” to describe catching either the flu or Covid. It pinged in my brain because I knew the word “lurgy” from a skit by the classic…
Stevie Wonder with an RE20 in 1973 I fully confess to having a bit of gear lust when it comes to my media setups. Considering my small audience I’ve spent way more on gear than a lot of other creators…
It occurs to me that doing one of these every day means the “all posts” body of the website is going to fill up with pictures of the Morning Coffee logo pretty quick. Must think of something to handle that.…
