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Note Taking With Technology

Scopique October 12, 2021

I’m one of those weird people who really like stationary: pens, pencils, notebooks, binders, the whole nine yards. When I was younger I used to do a lot of writing and because it was well before modern computing that meant I had…

MMOs

Scopique August 19, 2020

The massive multiplayer online roleplaying game genre — MMORPG to us old guard, or MMOs to the slightly less old guard, or World of Warcraft to the kids — is alive and well. It’s also dormant. It’s also dead. Like almost anything,…

A Beaten Horse – Mixer, Facebook Gaming, and A Shrinking Market

Scopique June 22, 2020

I’m only beating this horse in order to remain relevant in the moment but I had my say yesterday on Twitter so I won’t go over the sarcastic responses again. Instead, we need to consider how bad this is for everyone, regardless…

Quick Takes – Microsoft PowerToys

Scopique May 15, 2020

I’m following up my previous post by a matter of seconds because I feel that this is a PSA that some people might need. As a blogger, one of the most time-consuming tasks I engage in can be image management. I usually…

Stories of Days Gone By

Scopique February 7, 2020

Back in junior high, before computers were as ubiquitous as they are now, I took a class about how to use them. Yes, kids, there was a time when people had to be taught how to use a computer. I mean, I…

Hobbies

Scopique October 10, 2019

Hobbies are the things we do when we’re not doing the things we must do. They are electives that are chosen because the topics excite us, that allows us to push ourselves for the sheer joy of discovering what we’re capable of,…

Question: Should I Be Using Hashtags?

Scopique October 10, 2019

Here’s something I’ve been struggling with. As the two readers who usually visit this site know (and I say that non-ironically because I see the visitor graph when I log in to the dashboard), I whip out these development posts at random…

A Parent’s Retrospective

Scopique August 26, 2019

Last Thursday we dropped our daughter off for her first year of college. College was a pivotal time in my life. It afforded me opportunities for growth and change (and yes, education) and helped me to literally become a better person than…

Cintique 16

Scopique May 16, 2019

Look, I have absolutely no business owning a high-tech drawing tablet. My art skills are passable, but drawing using a digital medium just amplifies the realization that I haven’t really drawn anything decent in about 25 years. Yet I have always wanted…

Now With 100% More Scopique

Scopique May 9, 2019

You know, bloggin’ ain’t easy. Even in 2019, nothing works out the way you expect it to. I moved hosts, for starters. As I was attempting to rework how my domains and files meshed with my original host, I inadvertently destroyed any…