All's well here at The Dispatch. The snails are starting a book group where they each read a different book and then make up a sequel that combines all of the plots together. It's a massive undertaking, especially considering the speed at which they read. We're rooting for them though and anything to reduce their screen time is always a plus.

Game Boy 👾

• Starting to think about making a custom cube for MTG
  • Found this https://www.planesculptors.net/ site that has a lot of custom-made cards
  • Apparently you can also do custom cards on https://cubecobra.com/
  • Just learned you can use Discord as a CDN, which makes sense
  • Thinking about making it based on Appalachian folklore

Coding Corner 👨🏻‍💻

• Used these three tools to make custom art for a MTG prototype:
  • imaginAIry command line tool for generating stable diffusion images from text; used to make an image of an elf in the woods
  • pixelicious.xyz used to turn the image into pixel art
  • mtg.design used to put the art in a card
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• https://typst.app/
  • Coworker was getting really excited about this the other day
  • Said he thought something like this could be one language to replace HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
  • research paper about it
• Had a thought after I asked the status of a coworker's task
  • I should have said how close are we to being done with ticket XYZ instead of how close are you
  • because tickets don't track the code, they track the idea of the feature / fix
  • and many people are involved with the idea and can hold it up
  • feels like a mistake in MTG that you take notice of and move on

Albums 🎧

• "Teens of Denial" by Carseat Headrest
  • Some pretty great lines; very angsty in a relatable way
• "Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit" by Courtney Barnett
  • Groovy kinda goofy and great accent
• "Crushing" by Julia Jacklin
  • Big mood; "just my body"
• "Preacher's Daughter" by Ethel Cain
  • Super moody; vocals like Lana Del Ray and some Japanese House pop sensibilities
• "Cuttin' Grass - Vol. 1 (Butcher Shoppe Sessions)" by Sturgill Simpson
  • expert bluegrass players on Sturgill's catalogue
• "Metamodern Sounds in Country Music" by Sturgill Simpson
  • a real new thing that feels out of time
• "Good At Falling" by The Japanese House
  • Poppy hooks and beats
• "boygenius" by boygenius
  • Nexus of sad girl energy
• "Carrie & Lowell" by Sufjan Stevens
  • All-time classic; feels like an institution in my lexicon
• "Wind's Poem" by Mount Eerie
  • Weighty metaphors and weighty sonically, except Between Two Mysteries, which is a gem

Podcasts 🎙️

• "80's D&D Adventure Book: Pillars of Pentegarn" - Not Another D&D Podcast
  • Love these hosts and there were some pretty funny parts where the they latched onto some silly ideas and ran with them

TV & Movies 🍿

• Momma Mia!
  • Watched with my wife and her mom and mom's mom
  • Pretty silly and sweet at some points, but not especially entertaining throughout; No need to see again