My Rules of Coding

By Patrick MurphyPosted on March 2, 2020Cat UncategorizedTags CodingLeave a comment

I've seen a lot of people struggle with coding. I'm not sure exactly what it is that throws them because they're not generally stupid or otherwise ignorant, and they can describe almost any other process easily in a manner that others can follow. Coding just seems to be one of those things that people have… Read More »

At the Tiki Bar, Then

By Patrick MurphyPosted on February 29, 2020Cat UncategorizedTags Tiki BarLeave a comment

We're at Mike's Tiki Bar for the Leap Year Party. Much drinking is involved. Is nice. Read More »

Am Having Project Idea

By Patrick MurphyPosted on February 25, 2020Cat ProjectsTags VidgamesLeave a comment

So you know them stupid farm simulators on Facebook, especially the more complex ones that add elements of community building? Stuff like Farmville, Farland, Coral Isle, etc. You basically log in every day to do busy work so you can occasionally add a new piece of scenery to your little farm or town. Here's the… Read More »

Lifestyle Of The Bored And Over-Hobbied

By Patrick MurphyPosted on February 23, 2020March 2, 2020Cat LifestyleTags Leave a comment

I get bored. Really bored. Like Sherlock Holmes bored. As a direct result, I have a lot of hobbies. Most of them involve simulations in one form or another. Models, general software design, game design (video and tabletop RPGs and wargames), world design for said games and my science fiction, things like that. I also… Read More »

Facebook Replacer: First Steps

By Patrick MurphyPosted on February 23, 2020May 8, 2020Cat ProjectsTags Facebook Replacer, WordPressLeave a comment

I’ve been thinking about removing myself from Facebook for a while now. To be perfectly blunt, the platform sucks. As a blogging site, it’s clunky and rigid. It doesn’t do messaging well. Its Marketplace has serious regulation issues. Most of the games are garbage easily outperformed by free games from the Google Play Store. And… Read More »

Facebook Replacer: Additions

By Patrick MurphyPosted on February 23, 2020August 12, 2020Cat ProjectsTags Facebook Replacer, WordPressLeave a comment

I’m sure a lot of this is just stating the obvious, but sometimes the patently obvious is too obvious for its own good. For the rest of this, it really helps if you already know some basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. As I mentioned before, knowing how to copy/paste from a reference website and do… Read More »

Facebook Replacer: Internet Porn!

By Patrick MurphyPosted on February 23, 2020February 28, 2020Cat ProjectsTags Facebook Replacer, WordPressLeave a comment

And now everyone’s favorite subject, internet porn. It deserves a certain amount of attention simply because a lot of people and websites don’t seem to comprehend the difference between art and porn, and they’ll accuse you of posting porn for something that’s anything but. And it’s usually about as bizarre as you can imagine. I’ve… Read More »

Story Time: Ministerial and Definitional Foolishness

By Patrick MurphyPosted on November 14, 2018May 8, 2020Cat Lifestyle, Story TimeTags Christianity, Ethics, Logic, Me, Morons, Philosophy, Religion, Story Time, Weapons-Grade StupidLeave a comment

I'm an ordained minister. No joke, I got bored and signed up with the ULC. I can referee weddings, throw funerals, and perform exorcisms, and have just as much legal right to do so as the priest at your local church. Mentioned this in passing a few times over the years, and while most people… Read More »

Conspiracy Theorists

By Patrick MurphyPosted on October 24, 2018May 8, 2020Cat LifestyleTags Weapons-Grade StupidLeave a comment

We get it. You're scared. It terrifies you that a bunch of backward savages could steal airliners with box cutters and ram them into buildings. Hell, it scared me too at the time. You're absolutely terrified that at any moment some whackjob could take an ancient piece of crap rifle and shoot someone in a… Read More »

Pyramid Annoyance

By Patrick MurphyPosted on October 3, 2018May 8, 2020Cat LifestyleTags WooLeave a comment

You know what annoys me? Yes, I know, add it to the list. When woo-heads start babbling about how "precisely" the pyramids were built, usually claiming we can't hope to come close even with modern technology. Take a close look at the blocks in the pyramids. You can see gaps and misalignments. We're talking several… Read More »