Converse
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Author. Tech writer.
Likes: Movies, Lego, TTRPGs, WH40K, Comics, SF/F.
My preferred name is Unkle.
Converse is my family name. I am not the shoe company.
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Likes: Movies, Lego, TTRPGs, WH40K, Comics, SF/F.
My preferred name is Unkle.
Converse is my family name. I am not the shoe company.
Banner image ©️2011 by me. All rights reserved.
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Converse
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· Jan 14
2017 was the last Christmas I got to spend with my younger brother.
My brother loved gin rummy and backgammon, two games I learned to play so we could play. I loved D&D, so he learned so we could play. Neither of us said so, but that was our love language.
I miss him a lot this week.
My brother loved gin rummy and backgammon, two games I learned to play so we could play. I loved D&D, so he learned so we could play. Neither of us said so, but that was our love language.
I miss him a lot this week.
December 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
2017 was the last Christmas I got to spend with my younger brother.
My brother loved gin rummy and backgammon, two games I learned to play so we could play. I loved D&D, so he learned so we could play. Neither of us said so, but that was our love language.
I miss him a lot this week.
My brother loved gin rummy and backgammon, two games I learned to play so we could play. I loved D&D, so he learned so we could play. Neither of us said so, but that was our love language.
I miss him a lot this week.
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Microsoft are doing a brilliant job making me want to install linux.
December 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Microsoft are doing a brilliant job making me want to install linux.
Seanan makes the only truly relevant point; children are completely their own persons, and what their parents, guardians, or the state wish them to be does not mean they must be those things.
Let people, all people, be who they are or who they are aspiring to be. The world will be better if we do.
Let people, all people, be who they are or who they are aspiring to be. The world will be better if we do.
I keep wanting to say something, and I keep not knowing what to say.
The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.
The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.
December 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Seanan makes the only truly relevant point; children are completely their own persons, and what their parents, guardians, or the state wish them to be does not mean they must be those things.
Let people, all people, be who they are or who they are aspiring to be. The world will be better if we do.
Let people, all people, be who they are or who they are aspiring to be. The world will be better if we do.
My search for employment continues.
I am an exceptionally skilled and experienced Technical Writer, with over a decade of experience in UI/UX work, customer communications, and technical documentation. If you are aware of remote positions, please let me know.
I am an exceptionally skilled and experienced Technical Writer, with over a decade of experience in UI/UX work, customer communications, and technical documentation. If you are aware of remote positions, please let me know.
December 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
My search for employment continues.
I am an exceptionally skilled and experienced Technical Writer, with over a decade of experience in UI/UX work, customer communications, and technical documentation. If you are aware of remote positions, please let me know.
I am an exceptionally skilled and experienced Technical Writer, with over a decade of experience in UI/UX work, customer communications, and technical documentation. If you are aware of remote positions, please let me know.
This is not a good weekend for a break from grief.
December 15, 2025 at 5:41 AM
This is not a good weekend for a break from grief.
Saw “Wake Up Dead Man.” Enjoyed the hell out of it. Worth your time to see. There will be no spoilers from me, other than to say Rian Johnson makes good movies. Yes, even “that one.”
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Saw “Wake Up Dead Man.” Enjoyed the hell out of it. Worth your time to see. There will be no spoilers from me, other than to say Rian Johnson makes good movies. Yes, even “that one.”
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www.regulations.gov/commenton/CF...
They’re trying to strip the ECOA - go comment. If it gives you an error try again. Try using your computer instead of your phone.
They’re trying to strip the ECOA - go comment. If it gives you an error try again. Try using your computer instead of your phone.
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
December 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
www.regulations.gov/commenton/CF...
They’re trying to strip the ECOA - go comment. If it gives you an error try again. Try using your computer instead of your phone.
They’re trying to strip the ECOA - go comment. If it gives you an error try again. Try using your computer instead of your phone.
Pure serendipity on my skyline this morning.
December 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Pure serendipity on my skyline this morning.
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A brief return of the Murderbot Humble Bundle! The charity is still World Central Kitchen.
Unlock and upgrade in the Return to Metroidvania rebundle, read up on exciting Sci-Fi with Matha Wells’ Murderbot & more, and add character to your game environments with the Best of Synty 4 Game Dev Assets rebundles! https://bit.ly/4oxXmjd
December 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A brief return of the Murderbot Humble Bundle! The charity is still World Central Kitchen.
Tonight’s D&D game had comedy, drama, action, surprises, and a wicked long combat. I think I finally got combat tuned just right for a good experience that was neither too easy nor too hard.
December 11, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Tonight’s D&D game had comedy, drama, action, surprises, and a wicked long combat. I think I finally got combat tuned just right for a good experience that was neither too easy nor too hard.
I don’t know what I have done in this life or the last to deserve the love and affection of my cat, but I am glad I did it.
December 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I don’t know what I have done in this life or the last to deserve the love and affection of my cat, but I am glad I did it.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a .gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either Wars or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
December 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a .gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either Wars or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
Feeling entirely too human today.
December 7, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Feeling entirely too human today.
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Less Spotify Wrapped and more wrap up your Spotify account.
December 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Less Spotify Wrapped and more wrap up your Spotify account.
Hey @valentinebarker.com - I seem to have acquired a bunch more models for an Aeldari force.
Um, whoops?
Um, whoops?
December 5, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Hey @valentinebarker.com - I seem to have acquired a bunch more models for an Aeldari force.
Um, whoops?
Um, whoops?
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Has our short form video consumption affected books? I explored my hunch that yes, it has, in my latest video on my second channel:
Short form videos are making books BAD
There's a lot to this: reading rate being down; attention spans dwindling; and short form content boiling everything down to it's most basic, un-nuanced take. The results is some pretty bad…
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Has our short form video consumption affected books? I explored my hunch that yes, it has, in my latest video on my second channel:
Today is Holiday Tree Day. I want to give my kids the kind of holiday memories I have from the best parts of my childhood.
So today, off to buy a tree and decorations so they can help set it up and decorate it.
So today, off to buy a tree and decorations so they can help set it up and decorate it.
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Today is Holiday Tree Day. I want to give my kids the kind of holiday memories I have from the best parts of my childhood.
So today, off to buy a tree and decorations so they can help set it up and decorate it.
So today, off to buy a tree and decorations so they can help set it up and decorate it.
My “quick and easy” D&D campaign idea from 2020 turned out to be neither “quick” nor “easy.”
The implications of foundational events expands, changing my thoughts on how the premise must evolve.
I have material for a couple of novels rather than a D&D game.
#AmalgamatedEarth
The implications of foundational events expands, changing my thoughts on how the premise must evolve.
I have material for a couple of novels rather than a D&D game.
#AmalgamatedEarth
November 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
My “quick and easy” D&D campaign idea from 2020 turned out to be neither “quick” nor “easy.”
The implications of foundational events expands, changing my thoughts on how the premise must evolve.
I have material for a couple of novels rather than a D&D game.
#AmalgamatedEarth
The implications of foundational events expands, changing my thoughts on how the premise must evolve.
I have material for a couple of novels rather than a D&D game.
#AmalgamatedEarth
I installed bird feeders in my back yard on the weekend. The birds discovered them on Tuesday. My cat has been glued to the window and making little “I want” chirps every moment of daylight since.
It’s almost as if I have CatTV with the premium package.
It’s almost as if I have CatTV with the premium package.
November 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I installed bird feeders in my back yard on the weekend. The birds discovered them on Tuesday. My cat has been glued to the window and making little “I want” chirps every moment of daylight since.
It’s almost as if I have CatTV with the premium package.
It’s almost as if I have CatTV with the premium package.
Just finished “The Diplomat” season 3. My gut says this is a good show. I like all the nods to “The West Wing.” The pacing and tensions are good. But never have I felt like every single character is being willfully arrogant and stupid the way they are in this show.
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Just finished “The Diplomat” season 3. My gut says this is a good show. I like all the nods to “The West Wing.” The pacing and tensions are good. But never have I felt like every single character is being willfully arrogant and stupid the way they are in this show.
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I have found treasure.
And by that I mean ARCs of my favorite book I've written. I'll throw them up, signed, on the shop for the cost of shipping only soon.
It's a rape revenge novel and how I processed my own disassociation post attack.
And by that I mean ARCs of my favorite book I've written. I'll throw them up, signed, on the shop for the cost of shipping only soon.
It's a rape revenge novel and how I processed my own disassociation post attack.
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I have found treasure.
And by that I mean ARCs of my favorite book I've written. I'll throw them up, signed, on the shop for the cost of shipping only soon.
It's a rape revenge novel and how I processed my own disassociation post attack.
And by that I mean ARCs of my favorite book I've written. I'll throw them up, signed, on the shop for the cost of shipping only soon.
It's a rape revenge novel and how I processed my own disassociation post attack.
Holiday cooking has begun. I just finished making cranberry-mandarin sauce so it has a few days to age in the fridge before Thursday.
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Holiday cooking has begun. I just finished making cranberry-mandarin sauce so it has a few days to age in the fridge before Thursday.
Old Man Sea is the most patient and the hungriest of beings.
November 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Old Man Sea is the most patient and the hungriest of beings.