“Spring Semester” 2022, After-Action Report

By Patrick MurphyPosted on May 15, 2022May 15, 2022Cat Lifestyle, Nerd, ProjectsTags Coding, Educational, Geek, Self-ImprovementLeave a comment

OK, spring semester officially ended at my old school on Friday. Let's see how I did. In my defense, I spent a week in the hospital in April (plus a week out of work afterward), so cut me a little slack. One of my doctors also reminded me this whole deal is self-inflicted. It isn't… Read More »

“Spring Semester” 2022

By Patrick MurphyPosted on January 10, 2022April 3, 2022Cat Lifestyle, Nerd, ProjectsTags Coding, Educational, Geek, Self-ImprovementLeave a comment

Continuous improvement is a thing for me. I am constantly taking classes and otherwise learning online, with plenty of hands-on application. This year I decided to try a more structured approach to my classes. I looked at the class schedule at my old school, realized Spring semester started in early January and ended in mid-May.… Read More »

Fixing Voyager Part II: Suder vs. Hirogen

By Patrick MurphyPosted on February 26, 2021February 26, 2021Cat NerdTags Geek, Science Fiction, Star Trek, TV, WritingLeave a comment

So the Maquis included at least one known serial killer, Suder. This was a plot point in a couple of episodes. He was introduced, locked up, and died “heroically” fighting the Kazon in Basics. Later on they introduced the Hirogen, an even less interesting threat force than the Kazon. They were shameless, uninteresting ripoffs of… Read More »

Done With October’s Devil Monkey Games Writing

By Patrick MurphyPosted on October 25, 2020October 25, 2020Cat ProjectsTags Devil Monkey Games, Geek, WritingLeave a comment

Done writing for October with six days to spare! Now I get to start writing for November. ~9,000 words. Then December. Anuvver ~10,000 words. At least I have the two holiday posts already written and scheduled for Feasting Day and the Winter Solstice. I should probably throw together the New Year's post while I'm at… Read More »

Semiannual Upgrade

By Patrick MurphyPosted on September 18, 2020September 18, 2020Cat NerdTags Geek, TechnologyLeave a comment

Behold the newest member of the Murphy Technical Services family. This gorgeous little minx is being installed tomorrow as part of the semiannual upgrade process. Other festivities will include: A full nuke & pave with a fresh copy of Windows 10 Professional. I've been running the "upgrade" from Windows 7, and I don't think that… Read More »

My Typical Daily Schedule

By Patrick MurphyPosted on September 13, 2020September 13, 2020Cat LifestyleTags Geek, Me, Self-Improvement, SkoolLeave a comment

People ask me fairly regularly how I find time for everything I do. Which is fair. An ex once said “I’d tell you to find a hobby, but I think you already have two hundred and fifty of them.” I’ve had people stare at me like I was insane when I tell them even the… Read More »

So Earth Won the Third Robotech War. Now What?

By Patrick MurphyPosted on September 1, 2020May 6, 2022Cat NerdTags Cartoons, Geek, RobotechLeave a comment

Someone asked the following question in a Robotech discussion group I'm in: With the Zentraedi and Robotech Masters destroyed and the Invid departed to parts unknown after the Third Robotech War, would Earth emerge as the new interplanetary power?Ken Cheng Here's my take on it. I'm sure some purists will be screaming because I'm drawing… Read More »

Fixing Voyager

By Patrick MurphyPosted on August 16, 2020August 16, 2020Cat NerdTags Geek, Science Fiction, Star Trek, TV, WritingLeave a comment

Janeway has always been a problematic character. She wasn’t much of a Captain, and her incompetence was legendary especially when it came to the Prime Directive. Her expertise was in the Star Trek sciences, with repeated mention of her time as a science officer and endless smug “look at me sciencing” scenes. This is clearly… Read More »

Life Lessons From Kids’ Cartoons

By Patrick MurphyPosted on May 10, 2020May 10, 2020Cat LifestyleTags Cartoons, Ethics, Geek, Philosophy, Science Fiction, TVLeave a comment

When I was a kid, I had two real choices for cartoons before school: Robotech and GI Joe. There were some pretty significant differences between the two shows, and I think these differences are to blame for certain aspects of my personality; there's a reason I own two different DVD versions of the full series… Read More »

“Geek Cred”

By Patrick MurphyPosted on May 10, 2020May 10, 2020Cat LifestyleTags Gaming, Geek, Morons, Philosophy, Science Fiction, TVLeave a comment

I'm a geek by nature, not culture. I've noticed something hilarious since geek went mainstream. It's probably the same thing that happens when anything else suddenly becomes popular, but since I've always been out on the fringes this is the first time I've really seen it. That would be geek poseurs. Not geek… Read More »