Born in the late 1900s. Director at Slalom Build. React/Angular architect. Transformers collector. Toku fan. Dad. Complainer. Podcaster. Streamer. Game modder.
In Skyrim, you could exit the tutorial mission and go any direction and you will find adventure. You’ll find POIs that add color to the world. You’ll find stories.
If you do the same in Starfield, you won’t find any of that. At worst, you’ll find one of the few randomly placed identical outposts that have no story with them. At best, you’ll find the terrormorph that broke out of the first outpost you go to and get completely wrecked at level 1.
A year ago, I could not imagine Starfield not being the next Skyrim. I assumed I’d still be playing and modding it today, but unfortunately, my opinion is that it lacks the underlying foundation needed to be made good by mods. Starfield was good for 1 playthrough, but that’s it. It lacks the charm Skyrim had. It feels empty. A whole galaxy filled with infinite variations of lizards and the same 3 pirates.
A jaywalker almost got hit by a car in the area behind the person doing the AirPods Pro update segment. Car swerved into bike lane instead of stopping. #AppleEvent
I'm not necessarily complaining about this. I bought a Milanese Loop band when I bought original Apple Watch 10 years ago, and I just decided to start using it again on my Series 9. It still fits and matches the watch perfectly. #AppleEvent
At this point, I don't think Apple is capable of making the Apple Watch look different. Series 10 uses many new materials with significant engineering redesigns, yet still manages to visually look almost identical to the previous few generations. #AppleEvent
One of our guinea pigs, Spike, passed away last night. I don’t know how old he was. We rehomed him and another one from another family member 2 years ago on the day of my mother-in-law’s funeral. He’ll be buried in the backyard, next to my beloved cat, Jazz. Luncheon this afternoon.
I wrote this blog post about micro-frontends, a way to build websites that’s even more complicated than regular modern #WebDevelopment https://medium.com/slalom-build/micro-frontends-state-of-the-craft-f5f86a3ca1c2?source=friends_link&sk=7740d1531bb19cb2ed334c6ecef56c39
I love a lot of things about the new #deadpoolandwolverine trailer, but this is my favorite
@starsandinfinity Oh, I don't like this. At least Xennials sounded cool and alien
@seekingfreedom I had no idea but I apparently became a senior last year!
@trixter TOO ACCURATE
I just saw one of those clickbait ads that said “Seniors born between 1944 and 1984 may benefit from this." I may not recover
#Skyrim Community Shaders mod series is making huge progress. Here’s a screenshot from a year ago with NAT III ENB on the left, and Community Shaders with Azurite Weather Expansion and BBT Reshade on the right. Colors are less dramatic (different times of day), but reflections are more accurate. And shores are actually wet with the new wetness shader. Water is Water for ENB in both pictures. Still a ways to go to match ENB but moving fast.
I'll never forget where I was the day it hit 70 degrees in Chicago in February, in the middle of the last winter. I was in my home, tooting on Mastodon.
Yes, #StarTrek was always political, always #woke, always talking about the awful shit people do to each other here on earth. If we can't face reality and learn to be better, we'll never get to the kind of peaceful future of which we're capable. This is why #history is important.
Proud of my 10 year old daughter. She got her first chain message from a friend that said if she sent it to 10 people her wish would come true. But if she didn’t, the opposite would come true.
She said “I wish my cat would stay dead” and deleted it.
I’m watching the #SuperBowl on Nickelodeon by the way. It’s the best way to watch. Live commentary from SpongeBob and Patrick, and every so often Dora explains football for me.
My favorite part of the #SuperBowl so far is Verizon’s “if you thought the half time show broke the internet, wait till you see what Verizon is working on”
