All's well here at The Dispatch. The snails are dog-sitting for a neighbor. We didn't hear about this until they were on their way out the door, so we ended up giving them a lift across the street to help them get there on time. We also basically had to do all of the work actually feeding, walking, and playing with the dog, because the snails are so small and low to move. We have no idea what they were thinking they were going to do because they were literally headed over when we asked where they were going. We'll have to have a talk too with our neighbor. It's sort of weird that they expected snails to be able to handle another animal.

Game Boy 👾

• Mostly Magic; building new decks for the league and playing arena

Coding Corner 👨🏻‍💻

• Headless MacBook video
  • Cool video on youtube showing how someone bought a 2013 MacBook Pro with a broken screen for $60 and then took off the whole screen part of the laptop to use just as a desktop computer
• E-ink is so Retropunk
  • Cool article talking about the sort of green field space for developing software that exists in the e-ink device market
• In This Essay I Will: On Distraction
  • Fun read; example of what the creative process can be like and what it outputs
• OverTheWire
  • games that teach security concepts; seems cool

Albums 🎧

• "Trick" by Alex G
  • Listened four times this week
  • It fits into a place in time and feels like a central piece of the Alex G puzzle
• "House of Sugar" by Alex G
  • Listening more for God
• "Magnolia Electric Co." by Songs: Ohia
  • tattoo music
• "All Mirrors" by Angel Olsen
  • honed and powerful
• "MY WOMAN" by Angel Olsen
  • stylish and powerful
• "Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You" by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
  • not thrilling me like I Have Made a Place did, but it feels like I need to wear it in some more
• "Haunted Mountain" by Buck Meek
  • new album; seems as good as his last
• "Two Saviors" by Buck Meek
  • defined sound
• "Sound of Silver" by LCD Soundsystem
• "Ten Songs About Memory And Hope" by St. Lenox
• "A Beginner's Mind" by Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine
• "Forget" by Twin Shadow
• "The Record" by boygenius
• "Treats" by Sleigh Bells
• "Helplessness Blues" by Fleet Foxes
• "Wide Awake!" by Parquet Courts

Podcasts 🎙️

• Dungeons and Daddies
• Not Another DnD Podcast
• Lords of Limited
• Limited Level-Ups
  • Podcast / channel on youtube that talks about limited format Magic and more straightforward teaching mechanics and ways of understanding and less opinions about things