Ubuntu Touch Q&A 181
Here is a GEMINI summary of Ubuntu Touch Q&A 181, streamed on January 10, 2026. Development News & Qt 6 Porting The central theme of development is the ongoing migration…
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Gaming, tools, and thoughts from Game in the Brain.
Open PVE Card System The OpenPVE Manifesto: Why I’m Building a Game Anyone Can Print
https://wiki.gi7b.org/index.php/Open_PVE_CS_Draft_Version_0.1_260111 I’m thinking aloud again. If you’ve followed my journey, you know I often wrestle with a specific tension: the battle between the Dreamer and the Technician. The Technician in…
Read more →Version 2 of Mneme World Generator
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/403824/MNEME-World-Generator When I first wrote mneme world generator – MWG, I remember every night after work just going straight to writing. I remember being persistent at the expense of time…
Read more →Thought experiment – sustainable housing
Open Source Designs for housing – everything done in FreeCAD and compliant with Zoning Laws – and all the materials and costs are transparent. Includes Green house gas Accounting (ISO…
Read more →Ubuntu Touch Q&A 180: Community Awards, Volla Keyboard, and Privacy Controls
Streamed Live: December 13, 2025 Host: Alfred Welcome to the recap of the 180th episode of the Ubuntu Touch Q&A! Alfred hosted the show solo this week, bringing us exciting…
Read more →The Holiday Dilemma: Errands, Infrastructure, and the Future of Mneme
The Christmas “vacation” is rarely a period of rest. For many of us in the development and writing space, it is the only time to tackle the mounting pile of…
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2025-11-30
GAMING
📱 Ubuntu Touch Q&A Summary (Episode 179)
Gemini AI summary: The Ubuntu Touch Q&A, streamed on November 29th, covered updates, new applications, community projects, and answered user questions. 🛠️ System and Development Updates A major focus of…
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2025-11-23
IT
Logitech K780 Bluetooth Pairing Troubleshooting Notes
Summary of the Issue Working Solution Using bluetoothctl in the terminal allowed real-time monitoring of the Bluetooth events and exposed the pairing PIN that the GUI never showed. Steps Used…
Read more →Asking too much from good people
I dont want to convice leni to serve again – given how evil we are and what we do to good people. I know the poor suffer the most –…
Read more →Holistic Compute Argument
WTF — you don’t get ahead in compute by only chasing more compute per square millimeter of CPU die. That’s the narrow view. The real progress happens when compute improves…
Read more →Mailcow + Thunderbird Setup Guide (Email + Calendar)
This guide shows staff how to properly connect Thunderbird to Mailcow for: Important: If your account has 2FA enabled, you must use an App Password. Thunderbird will not work with…
Read more →Here is a summary of the Ubuntu Touch Q&A – Episode 178, which aired on November 15, 2025.
GEMINI GENERATED SUMMARY Episode Overview Host Alfred was joined by special guest Mike Gabriel, who is heavily involved in porting the Lomiri desktop environment to Debian and contributes to Ubuntu…
Read more →Fiction and Reality – obsessed with the dream
When I think about what would make me happy, aside from social elements, I think about finishing my book, building my worlds, and running games. Of course, that’s not sustainable.…
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2025-11-10
GAMING
Animated GIF Token Creation Workflow
Purpose This workflow describes how to create an animated GIF token of a character from a video file (e.g., thadeos 05 251110.webm). The GIF must preserve transparency (alpha) and be…
Read more →Mindfulness – Cybernetics
Your true self emerges when all the information in your mood and working memory can be pulled away, allowing your values and long-term memory and conditioning to be laid bare…
Read more →Sale, 75% before the end of 2025
I need funds to accelerate the Web App Development for Mneme World Gen, and hopefully that sale will help pay for the Mneme Ship Building App, and every product has…
Read more →MediaWiki Setup Guide
Reference used: Official MediaWiki Docker Image on Docker Hub (Docker + MariaDB) 1. Overview This guide explains how to deploy and configure MediaWiki using Docker Compose (or Portainer), with persistent…
Read more →Open Source Critical Hardware Manufacturing Plan
Vision Comfac will lead an Open Source Hardware Manufacturing Initiative to develop and localize critical technology infrastructure. Instead of competing directly with large multinational manufacturers like TP-Link or Cisco, Comfac…
Read more →Radical Transparency Failure
As a thought exercise – I’m publishing this premortem because I don’t want to argue from certainty; I want to argue from failure. A premortem starts by assuming we already…
Read more →THE TRUE TEST OF INTELLIGENCE IN THE AGE OF AI
The people cutting their staff because of AI are showing how intelligent their organization really is.It used to cost millions to design a PCB — now I can do it…
Read more →Being a Board Member: A Different Standard
Being on the board and being held to a different standard from everyone else is such a strange experience. You’re expected to maintain a higher level of decorum — even…
Read more →Being a Board Member: A Different Standard
Being on the board and being held to a different standard from everyone else is such a strange experience. You’re expected to maintain a higher level of decorum — even…
Read more →Project Lineup Update — October 2025
It’s been a while since I last wrote an update about the projects I’m working on, both for IT and my TTRPG publishing work. A lot of what I do…
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2025-10-11
BLOG
Complex Social Solutions basics
1. Defining Private Property Private property refers to the right of individuals or entities to own, use, and transfer assets such as land, capital, or intellectual property. It’s the foundation…
Read more →My Business Philosophy
Startup Growth and Open Source Positioning Phase 1 – Market Entry (Early Adopter / Penetration Pricing) Phase 2 – Growth (Crossing the Chasm) Phase 3 – Sustainability (Innovation and Ecosystem…
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2025-09-02
GAMING
Every Picture is Tracked
TIL – every picture you share has a FINGERPRINT of your PC and what you used to upload it. when the fingerprinting resist setting is on Firefox/Librewolf or Mozilla Browsers…
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2025-07-05
scifi
The Rise of Linux Phones: A Strategic Pivot for the EU, UK, Canada, and Japan in a Fragmenting World
Preamble: A Movement Takes Hold The geopolitical and economic volatility of the mid-2020s, marked by worsening relations between the United States and its traditional allies, created fertile ground for a…
Read more →Mongoose Traveller Google Appscript Ship Builder
Here’s a concise, blog-friendly write-up of where you are with the Mongoose Traveller 2E macro, how folks can use it today, and what’s still on your to-do list. Feel free…
Read more →Update: Ongoing Projects – WGPWA and Macros
The reason I have many “Ongoing Projects” is TODO LIST 250504 Justin basically I’m working on the logic of the New Dynamic Drop-down MGT2E spreadsheet. I need to make my…
Read more →FOSS P2P VTT Platform
Free Open Source Software Peer-to-Peer Virtual Table Top Platform – Below is an in‑depth explanation of how the various components you outlined fit together into a unified Mneme GODOT platform.…
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