Ian M Rountree
@ianmrountree.com
Copywriter, fiction writer, spreadsheet enthusiast.
Executive Director @ LITE Winnipeg
www.ianmrountree.com
Executive Director @ LITE Winnipeg
www.ianmrountree.com
All set for breakfast
November 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
All set for breakfast
There is only one account location I can trust on the hellsite, and I barely even trust that despite its current accuracy.
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
There is only one account location I can trust on the hellsite, and I barely even trust that despite its current accuracy.
Watching a video and all I can see is this painting which has come off its hooks, but also the lamps which would cover portions of it *anyway* even if it hadn't, and the worst part is that it isn't cantered between the window frames.
I wish I understood my own wiring with this stuff.
I wish I understood my own wiring with this stuff.
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Watching a video and all I can see is this painting which has come off its hooks, but also the lamps which would cover portions of it *anyway* even if it hadn't, and the worst part is that it isn't cantered between the window frames.
I wish I understood my own wiring with this stuff.
I wish I understood my own wiring with this stuff.
A whole page of it, why not
![Text from the fifth chapter of Empyrean Sword. It reads:
“Time to split up!” Laiet pointed at the back of the bandit column. “Grin, Rook, hit the back. The rest of you, with me, we go for the flatbeds, get those mandalas disrupted!”
Grin took his portion and split out, headed Northwest to bite at the bandits’ heels, preventing retreat. Laiet angled to meet the bandits right in the side of their group, readied his bow. Waited.
He’d never had power worth training as a Talent himself, but Laiet could do one thing very well; see and measure the weaving work of those doing magic he understood, and find the point at which it would be broken easily. Two hundred yards from the bandit column, just as his group had been noticed and defenses were being prepared, he saw it; the flash, in the air just above one of the artillery mandalas, indicated his best target.
Laiet drew his ironwood bow. Selected an arrow with a broad fluorite set in the leaf-shaped iron head. Counted, waited, took a breath, and let loose. The arrow, passing through the gap between the bandit artillerist and his mandala did its work instantly; the bandit had been just about to ready another shot, but the fluorite made his weave go wild and out of control. With a scream, the Talent caught fire, and the flatbed holding him exploded, knocking down both horses that drew the contraption as well as three fighters next to it.
Laiet readied a second shot, took aim at another of the flatbeds, but the confusion had already set in. His arrow went wide, striking a horse on the other side of the contraption but didn’t take it down. The archer cursed under his breath. Antimagic arrows weren’t good for anything else. [...]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wjguzz3thwmz3gz7s2yyjv73/bafkreigbhpmdp7bhvnj2htsyugm3vuvkjyk6ooglt4jqggxcajx5bout5u@jpeg)
September 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A whole page of it, why not
Thinking about this whole 'computer madness' thing again.
September 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Thinking about this whole 'computer madness' thing again.
Something longer, with some oomf.
September 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Something longer, with some oomf.
Does decorative grass count?
August 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Does decorative grass count?
I am almost precisely "commercial Compact Disc" old, and always will be
And I hate it because I, too, am a redundant format.
And I hate it because I, too, am a redundant format.
August 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I am almost precisely "commercial Compact Disc" old, and always will be
And I hate it because I, too, am a redundant format.
And I hate it because I, too, am a redundant format.
Tell that to the sky, Via Rail
July 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Tell that to the sky, Via Rail
Google Maps does NOT have accurate routing data for the new Winnipeg Transit system.
If this is how you plan routes, don't trust it right now.
If this is how you plan routes, don't trust it right now.
July 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Google Maps does NOT have accurate routing data for the new Winnipeg Transit system.
If this is how you plan routes, don't trust it right now.
If this is how you plan routes, don't trust it right now.
Winnipeg: "Open up Portage & Main, connect the city again!"
Also Winnipeg: "Let's make it unfeasible to get from City Hall to Portage Place unless you know the Arcane Symbols and can recite the proper cantrips."
Also Winnipeg: "Let's make it unfeasible to get from City Hall to Portage Place unless you know the Arcane Symbols and can recite the proper cantrips."
July 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Winnipeg: "Open up Portage & Main, connect the city again!"
Also Winnipeg: "Let's make it unfeasible to get from City Hall to Portage Place unless you know the Arcane Symbols and can recite the proper cantrips."
Also Winnipeg: "Let's make it unfeasible to get from City Hall to Portage Place unless you know the Arcane Symbols and can recite the proper cantrips."
Welp, they're at it again.
June 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Welp, they're at it again.
The third real killer was just bad management. I recall a problem where CC bought a huge number of plasma TVs, right before the manufacturer chopped their prices, leaving the company with a huge accounting problem; assets on books with more value than their potential sell-through revenue.
April 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The third real killer was just bad management. I recall a problem where CC bought a huge number of plasma TVs, right before the manufacturer chopped their prices, leaving the company with a huge accounting problem; assets on books with more value than their potential sell-through revenue.
Cutting its highest earning staff was meant to be an efficiency measure, but it ruined the ENTIRE team's investment in the institution itself.
No boat moves without sailors, no business moves without staff who have care.
No boat moves without sailors, no business moves without staff who have care.
April 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Cutting its highest earning staff was meant to be an efficiency measure, but it ruined the ENTIRE team's investment in the institution itself.
No boat moves without sailors, no business moves without staff who have care.
No boat moves without sailors, no business moves without staff who have care.
CC cut appliances because of the insanely narrow margins. However, the sheer revenue weight of that category kept its credit rating in a particular place, so it could do the rest of its business.
No credit rating, no profit centers. No profit centers, no trade/business. Allies matter.
No credit rating, no profit centers. No profit centers, no trade/business. Allies matter.
April 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
CC cut appliances because of the insanely narrow margins. However, the sheer revenue weight of that category kept its credit rating in a particular place, so it could do the rest of its business.
No credit rating, no profit centers. No profit centers, no trade/business. Allies matter.
No credit rating, no profit centers. No profit centers, no trade/business. Allies matter.
Something about this feels significant.
April 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Something about this feels significant.
This heading in my research notes may unintentionally be the most metal phrase I've written in the last decade and the worst part is I can't -really- explain why without becoming an unskippable cutscene.
March 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
This heading in my research notes may unintentionally be the most metal phrase I've written in the last decade and the worst part is I can't -really- explain why without becoming an unskippable cutscene.
Getting jump-scared with Gemini this afternoon sucked.
This is where to turn it off, not just for a user, but for the whole 'organization' even if it's just yourself.
This is where to turn it off, not just for a user, but for the whole 'organization' even if it's just yourself.
January 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Getting jump-scared with Gemini this afternoon sucked.
This is where to turn it off, not just for a user, but for the whole 'organization' even if it's just yourself.
This is where to turn it off, not just for a user, but for the whole 'organization' even if it's just yourself.
Why does everything believe it's worthy of a year in review these days?
December 24, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Why does everything believe it's worthy of a year in review these days?
They're at it again.
December 20, 2024 at 8:14 PM
They're at it again.
Unless I end up brainworming my way through it before January.
December 16, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Unless I end up brainworming my way through it before January.
Me: "This story's probably going to be about 3k words long, not bad"
Also me, proving I have an estimation problem:
Also me, proving I have an estimation problem:
December 13, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Me: "This story's probably going to be about 3k words long, not bad"
Also me, proving I have an estimation problem:
Also me, proving I have an estimation problem: