Amateur costumer and tabletop enthusiast. Developer at Infinity Interactive. Creator of Locallygrown.net. Former astrophysicist. Nerdy father to nerdy offspring. he/him ericwagoner.com has links to all my many online places and things.https://bsky.app/profile/kestrelsnest.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelsnest.social/post/3mvejxeqrth2nHow do I follow up a day with legends like Peter Hook and Cabaret Voltaire? By heading over to a bbq joint to catch the black and white polka dot French band everyone's been talking about along with (what, two nights in a row?) my favorite live band ever, Man or Astro-man?, that's how. 13 Sep 2026 02:21 +0000at://did:plc:2op5mbsiffgrwlymtkvweo4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvejxeqrth2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelsnest.social/post/3mveerjuj2r2aI've heard many many versions of Ceremony, but after all these years my favorite is still played by Peter Hook. 13 Sep 2026 00:49 +0000at://did:plc:2op5mbsiffgrwlymtkvweo4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mveerjuj2r2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelsnest.social/post/3mvdeyj5qiq2oThere was a gal walking by with yarn pompom earrings that were tits. Another gal in front of me stopped her with complements. After the first kept walking the second turned to her boyfriend all excited: "I'm going to make those tomorrow! I know how to make pompoms and I know what tits look like!"12 Sep 2026 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:2op5mbsiffgrwlymtkvweo4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdeyj5qiq2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelsnest.social/post/3mvdcj4pk2d2iToday begins with this amazing lineup. I'll have to leave early because the night shows I'm attending overlap and are at a venue across town, but they will be worth it. 12 Sep 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:2op5mbsiffgrwlymtkvweo4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdcj4pk2d2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelsnest.social/post/3mvc6f7scxh2dNew venue and lineup for part two of today's installment of the Virgo Month of Leisure. I'm so lucky and grateful to be here, to see my hands-down favorite band to play live.12 Sep 2026 03:49 +0000at://did:plc:2op5mbsiffgrwlymtkvweo4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvc6f7scxh2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelsnest.social/post/3mvc2etwwn22nThe man can turn a phrase. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Sep 2026 02:37 +0000at://did:plc:2op5mbsiffgrwlymtkvweo4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvc2etwwn22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelsnest.social/post/3mvbkln3fm42hThis afternoon's lineup for this charmed life I lead. 11 Sep 2026 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:2op5mbsiffgrwlymtkvweo4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbkln3fm42hhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelsnest.social/post/3muzevy3syf2lLook, I love fun as much as the next guy but I know my limits and cqlleezy fun is way past them. No thank you. 08 Sep 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:2op5mbsiffgrwlymtkvweo4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzevy3syf2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelsnest.social/post/3mulde75ols2uI built some scripted scenarios in my game for testing purposes, and decided to turn them into little highlight reels to also demonstrate the game engine and entice folks to come play. The boards are ready for you! wizwar.kestrelsnest.social/clips/the-leap https://wizwar.kestrelsnest.social/clips/the-leap03 Sep 2026 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:2op5mbsiffgrwlymtkvweo4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulde75ols2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelsnest.social/post/3mugiggtkn426We've lost some great folks this past week and today we can add Wendell Berry to the list. He really was one of the good ones. https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/article317081973.html01 Sep 2026 03:34 +0000at://did:plc:2op5mbsiffgrwlymtkvweo4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugiggtkn426https://bsky.app/profile/kestrelsnest.social/post/3mubilh4tsa2pJust played several games of Wiz-War with college friends in three different states and it was just like we were sitting around a table again like thirty years ago. I might have cried a little. I can't believe I finally made this thing. wizwar.kestrelsnest.social https://wizwar.kestrelsnest.social30 Aug 2026 03:54 +0000at://did:plc:2op5mbsiffgrwlymtkvweo4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mubilh4tsa2phttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelsnest.social/post/3mts5n7kptk26For over thirty years, I have been wanting to build a first-person view version of my favorite board game, Wiz-War. It's been a running joke of mine, every year I make a to-do list or write a plan for myself "This will be the year I make FPV Wiz-War." https://wizwar.kestrelsnest.social/watch/3mfmdsgbed24 Aug 2026 01:28 +0000at://did:plc:2op5mbsiffgrwlymtkvweo4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mts5n7kptk26https://bsky.app/profile/kestrelsnest.social/post/3mtoosay4sd24I drove two hours this morning to a state park in west Georgia to spend the day with some wonderfully inclusive Norse pagans. 22 Aug 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:2op5mbsiffgrwlymtkvweo4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoosay4sd24https://bsky.app/profile/kestrelsnest.social/post/3mt7iy7plpj2eAny of my online friends here used to play the super fun game Wiz-War back in the 90s? My friends and I played no doubt thousands of hours and never got tired of it. Anyway, with much love to Tom Jolly, I made a thing. wizwar.kestrelsnest.social https://wizwar.kestrelsnest.social16 Aug 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:2op5mbsiffgrwlymtkvweo4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7iy7plpj2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelsnest.social/post/3msqrbqxx6w2eNow that my game collection is digitally organized, I gave bggpipe the ability to model my physical space and help me organize that too. Here is the "vintage war games" cube both in reality and cataloged on my website (C3 in the Kallax unit): https://blog.kestrelsnest.social/mygames/?g=shelves10 Aug 2026 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:2op5mbsiffgrwlymtkvweo4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqrbqxx6w2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelsnest.social/post/3msh2l5vb2k2lI made a thing this week! I photographed my board game shelves, and now my whole collection is on BoardGameGeek, editions and all, for under a dollar of API use. Everything else runs on your machine. It's free and open source, with a logo by my kid: git.kestrelsnest.social/eric/bggpipe https://git.kestrelsnest.social/eric/bggpipe06 Aug 2026 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:2op5mbsiffgrwlymtkvweo4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3msh2l5vb2k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelsnest.social/post/3mseqzsh4hk2fI've been building an application that lets you take pictures of your game collection, whether they are on shelves, or stacks on the floor, or what-have-you, and matches them with the boardgamegeek.com database and creates a collection for you there. I'm so tickled with it!06 Aug 2026 00:12 +0000at://did:plc:2op5mbsiffgrwlymtkvweo4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mseqzsh4hk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelsnest.social/post/3mqx5y47qyl2rI watched my automated tests glide through an app like a ghost hand and thought: hey, that's a training video! One evening later, it was — 64 of them across two apps, regenerated with one command when the interface changes. The story: https://blog.kestrelsnest.social/posts/2026-07-18-a-ghost-hand-and-an-audience-of-one/18 Jul 2026 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:2op5mbsiffgrwlymtkvweo4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqx5y47qyl2r