@chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy - Chris D.

26 Apr 2026 23:31 +0000

I've not got into 3-D printing at all and it's always felt "not for me", though I know 3-D printer owners and suspect that if I looked into it that I could find one available for use at a local library, workspace etc. One thing I know I'd like is a good phone holder for my car; I have one for […] https://mastodon.social/@chrisd/116473611707102504

23 Apr 2026 23:17 +0000

[food, remembrance and cussin'] An Emerson story that I've long meant to tell: I can remember him swearing in awed, appreciative admiration of food exactly twice in all the years I knew him. A hamburger from MEATliquor once organically merited a "Goddamn", and Chick-fil-A had a […] https://mastodon.social/@chrisd/116456569838655023

23 Apr 2026 23:08 +0000

[food] The Chick-fil-A food was authentic and as tasty as I remembered it. No ice dream, some uncertainty over the sauces, but otherwise exactly what I had hoped for. I wore my UGA shirt and nobody inside got the reference, but I did get an exceedingly rare […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

23 Apr 2026 23:01 +0000

[food and remembrance] Emerson would have turned 46 today. I struggle to some extent to the concept of separating the art from the artist. While Emerson and I were, and are, opposed to evangelical conservative Christian politics, he loved Chick-fil-A's food, and so did I. (Mainland) Great […] https://mastodon.social/@chrisd/116456508709625776

20 Apr 2026 21:05 +0000

I am a private motorist, slightly reluctantly, but I drove my '58 reg Toyota Yaris only 1,815 miles since my last annual MOT test. This is lighter than usual, but my average genuinely only is around 3,000 miles per year these days. I'd like to be able not to own one at all but public transport […] https://mastodon.social/@chrisd/116439063253183221

20 Apr 2026 00:01 +0000

I also spent a good 30+ minutes going through https://www.alistairaitcheson.com/games/thebookritual.html which uses the interface of a paper shredder and a simple controller as the player defaces a physical book as prompted by animated characters who reflect upon loss, grief & growth. You can […] https://mastodon.social/@chrisd/116434094288217961

19 Apr 2026 23:49 +0000

https://cdiffin.itch.io/the-invisible-casino was *really* onto something, and possibly an early example of a format that could get serious traction. The mute croupier acts 20% as Taskmaster and 80% as Little Alex Horne, dealing out a co-operative inductive logic prop puzzle for attendees to […] https://mastodon.social/@chrisd/116434048304120473

19 Apr 2026 23:40 +0000

A busy and fun weekend. On Saturday I helped out at the third London Journey to the End of the Night - https://londonjourney.org/ - letting my inner Raven of Old out by reciting seven couplets of poetry to the players who were apprentice fairies learning of the importance of keeping their fairy […] https://mastodon.social/@chrisd/116434012084750522

15 Apr 2026 11:17 +0000

How does the Pontiff earn valuable reward points while making everyday purchases? Papal Plus.

13 Apr 2026 23:58 +0000

"We Must Perform A Quirkafleeg!" - a dancing game for (e.g.) 16. Give each player an envelope with an instruction "when you see someone perform ((some simple dance move)), perform ((another simple dance move)) on the next beat". The 16 simple dance moves should create a loop. Start a beat. One […] https://mastodon.social/@chrisd/116400108063225345

13 Apr 2026 23:52 +0000

Voidspace ran Strange Play: Open Mic at Theatre Deli tonight as part of their Strange Play week in association with London Games Festival - https://www.theatredeli.co.uk/Event/enddatestrange-play-by-voidspace The idea of a scratch night for games is a lot of fun, the vibe was great and the […] https://mastodon.social/@chrisd/116400085713082506

08 Apr 2026 19:51 +0000

[The single high concept played with by _Four Wish_ - technically a spoiler but only for about the first third of an episode or so:] So why does the world assume without question that game shows *have* to be linear in their gameplay and storytelling? What does it look like when that assumption […] https://mastodon.social/@chrisd/116370826064612164

08 Apr 2026 19:48 +0000

Game show fans and open-minded game fans at large: my highest recommendation goes to _Four Wish_, a Korean brain survival genre show, now fully subtitled into English. from a group of college students. It's the most "gamer's game" yet within an inherently very game-y genre: brave, ambitious […] https://mastodon.social/@chrisd/116370815556126832

07 Apr 2026 00:06 +0000

I'm in two minds over Easter pantomimes. Yay for pantomimes in general, yay for theatres making money, boo for diminishing returns, boo for the distinct whiff of "Christmas II" from 1985's "Santa Claus: The Movie". Nevertheless, I do hope Easter pantos have a joke about people going "When is […] https://mastodon.social/@chrisd/116360505194511977

04 Apr 2026 00:47 +0000

Because the value of a goal in association football is so high, this (very nicely-produced) video of English Premier League Scorigami is actually relatively dull: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhRHha1_avQ I did enjoy learning that 2-1 is a more frequent result than 1-0 these days - that's […] https://mastodon.social/@chrisd/116343679269206348

21 Mar 2026 21:14 +0000

[Moarrrr belated festive food] The day after finishing off my last mince pie, I have finished off the last of the similarly considerably reduced (but not 90% off) small chocolate bar selection boxes I bought after Christmas, full of fun-size bars or bags so you can enjoy half an ounce of […] https://mastodon.social/@chrisd/116269232167441227

20 Mar 2026 18:03 +0000

I do like Christmas mince pies, and I have just finished the last of the ones I bought at 90% off after Christmas. (It still had six weeks until its best-before date, FWIW.) I've had one on the vast majority of days so far this year. Thanks, mince pies. Thince thies.

10 Mar 2026 23:46 +0000

Tiebreaker fun in the World Baseball Classic this year, as it progressed through the crucial match: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0myEI1Ht_4U Happily, the GB team managed to win one of their four pool stage games (beating Brazil 8-1) to finish 4th/5 in their group and thus qualify for the […] https://mastodon.social/@chrisd/116207544127132909

06 Mar 2026 12:21 +0000

I've listened to the BBC's Eurovision entry and... well, it makes me wish that we'd submitted a performance of one of Jonti ("Mr Weebl") Pickering's Flash videos about 20-25 years ago. That would've been good.

03 Mar 2026 11:09 +0000

The natural gas spot price in the UK is surging. The daily price graph looks remarkably like the stonks meme.

20 Feb 2026 00:41 +0000

Very weirdly, the keyboard on my laptop where several of the keys in the top-left haven't been working for months seems to have at least somewhat come back to life by itself. The e key is working about 25% of the time but that's about 25% more than usual. (I've set up the F9 key as a slightly […] https://mastodon.social/@chrisd/116100176571784856

17 Feb 2026 23:40 +0000

Much as "The Golden Age of Science Fiction is twelve", three of my very favourite arcade games date from 1986 and thus I probably played them in the late '80s. The fact they turn 40 this year slightly blows my mind. Here's a delightful, simple music box arrangement of the main theme from _Space […] https://mastodon.social/@chrisd/116088612040277288

13 Feb 2026 19:13 +0000

I managed to get a good niche crap pun about excellent British skeleton pilot Matt Weston, who is sliding very well, onto BBC Sport:

12 Feb 2026 18:43 +0000

This is not a time for solutions, this is a time for screaming; my landlord wishes to put my rent up by almost 30%. I do think there is a degree of cynicism in the timing of the proposed increase, given that it is just over two months before the laws change considerably on May 1st. However […] https://mastodon.social/@chrisd/116059133123030806

11 Feb 2026 11:13 +0000

(catches a clip of the cricket T20 World Cup) Whoop-whoop! That's the sound of da no-ball Whoop-whoop! That's the sound of da no-ball

01 Feb 2026 22:32 +0000

Also I am back up to 839 open tabs in my browser having got down to 373 at the end of the year. I need to #closeallthetabs again.

01 Feb 2026 22:30 +0000

It's a strange time in the world of games in the south of England. The Strange Games Festival has released the second tranche of tickets and some still remain. I described my experiences at https://chris.dreamwidth.org/39366.html - get tickets via https://strangegamesfestival.co.uk/ No […] https://mastodon.social/@chrisd/115997739673393706

15 Jan 2026 08:19 +0000

Emerson passed away three years ago today. Always in my heart, as ever. I did enjoy learning about duck libraries via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjMKvpG-y-s - while I imagine I could start one outside my rented house, I know I could start one outside a house of my own, and that's got to be […] https://mastodon.social/@chrisd/115898132276081736

13 Jan 2026 23:35 +0000

The phrase "Like being in a real life video game" doesn't cut it _alone_ these days; it's been done so often that the game needs disambiguation. Like being in EVE Online? Bridge Command. Like being in Mario Kart? Chaos Karts. Like being in a FPS? Ye olde laser tag, which more or less predates […] https://mastodon.social/@chrisd/115890410912106582

10 Jan 2026 02:40 +0000

What do you call a magician who has lost his magic? Ian. (From someone calling themselves Danny Mahomes, on the birdsite.)