John Harris
@rodneylives.mefi.social.ap.brid.gy
I'm JHarris on Metafilter! I went with rodneylives here because I kind of regret going with my actual name back when I joined. They/them. Searchable via […]
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I just noticed that nethack.org has decided to get with the times, and now has an RSS feed.
February 12, 2026 at 9:09 PM
I just noticed that nethack.org has decided to get with the times, and now has an RSS feed.
Sometimes I feel like my main contribution to social media sites is a long long list of ways that tech has infuriated me. I have another such instance that happened just now, but... I'll save it for tomorrow. I'll just say that my confidence is at a low ebb right now.
February 11, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Sometimes I feel like my main contribution to social media sites is a long long list of ways that tech has infuriated me. I have another such instance that happened just now, but... I'll save it for tomorrow. I'll just say that my confidence is at a low ebb right now.
I see people are annoyed with Discord at the moment. It seems a good time to remind everyone that so many projects and games using Discord as basically their sole method of communicating with people has resulted in a hollowing-out of the web.
Discord also has an annoying interface (that big […]
Discord also has an annoying interface (that big […]
Original post on mefi.social
mefi.social
February 11, 2026 at 9:37 PM
I see people are annoyed with Discord at the moment. It seems a good time to remind everyone that so many projects and games using Discord as basically their sole method of communicating with people has resulted in a hollowing-out of the web.
Discord also has an annoying interface (that big […]
Discord also has an annoying interface (that big […]
Over on the revival of Digg (remember that?) there are a handful of users trying to turn the site rightward. One of them is trying to turn people by asking them how is their *personal* life *substantively* worse under Trump. The "argument against empathy."
February 10, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Over on the revival of Digg (remember that?) there are a handful of users trying to turn the site rightward. One of them is trying to turn people by asking them how is their *personal* life *substantively* worse under Trump. The "argument against empathy."
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Back in my day if a chat service went to shit we'd just delete it and use one of the six other chat programs on our computers that all our mates were spread between, and it really *was* a "just" in that scenario because everyone we talked to also had at least two other chat programs to talk to […]
Original post on retro.social
retro.social
February 10, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Back in my day if a chat service went to shit we'd just delete it and use one of the six other chat programs on our computers that all our mates were spread between, and it really *was* a "just" in that scenario because everyone we talked to also had at least two other chat programs to talk to […]
@joshmillard Someone on itch.io remixed Ennuigi! https://orebodyinc.itch.io/ennuigi-a-time-for-monsters
Ennuigi: A Time For Monsters by Orebody Inc.
A remix and reimagining of the 2015 classic Ennuigi.
orebodyinc.itch.io
February 10, 2026 at 3:29 AM
@joshmillard Someone on itch.io remixed Ennuigi! https://orebodyinc.itch.io/ennuigi-a-time-for-monsters
"Acolytes of the Sacred Beast"
A board game about devotion and interpreting the will of the divine, for 3+ human players and at least one cat.
A board game about devotion and interpreting the will of the divine, for 3+ human players and at least one cat.
February 9, 2026 at 6:47 PM
"Acolytes of the Sacred Beast"
A board game about devotion and interpreting the will of the divine, for 3+ human players and at least one cat.
A board game about devotion and interpreting the will of the divine, for 3+ human players and at least one cat.
> Dwarf Fortress is a video game that you can play
> It is one of the most games of all time
"Dwarf Fortress: exists!"
"Dorf Fortress: a term representing a noun"
"D-folk F-place: once created can never be destroyed"
"Urist's Utopia: resident of the Platonic plane of ideas"
> It is one of the most games of all time
"Dwarf Fortress: exists!"
"Dorf Fortress: a term representing a noun"
"D-folk F-place: once created can never be destroyed"
"Urist's Utopia: resident of the Platonic plane of ideas"
February 5, 2026 at 10:32 PM
> Dwarf Fortress is a video game that you can play
> It is one of the most games of all time
"Dwarf Fortress: exists!"
"Dorf Fortress: a term representing a noun"
"D-folk F-place: once created can never be destroyed"
"Urist's Utopia: resident of the Platonic plane of ideas"
> It is one of the most games of all time
"Dwarf Fortress: exists!"
"Dorf Fortress: a term representing a noun"
"D-folk F-place: once created can never be destroyed"
"Urist's Utopia: resident of the Platonic plane of ideas"
Having a bad brain day today, for, you know, all the reasons.
February 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Having a bad brain day today, for, you know, all the reasons.
A professor friend used to have a nice little website about romance writers and their reading in gothic literature, it was sited by multiple people throughout the web. Then the school deleted it the end.
Well maybe not THE the end. Wayback archived a copy of the site from way back in 2004. I'm […]
Well maybe not THE the end. Wayback archived a copy of the site from way back in 2004. I'm […]
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mefi.social
February 4, 2026 at 7:04 PM
A professor friend used to have a nice little website about romance writers and their reading in gothic literature, it was sited by multiple people throughout the web. Then the school deleted it the end.
Well maybe not THE the end. Wayback archived a copy of the site from way back in 2004. I'm […]
Well maybe not THE the end. Wayback archived a copy of the site from way back in 2004. I'm […]
Over on Bluesite (not MeFi, the other one) Chuck Schumer has a typically mealy-mouthed, gosh-darn post where he says Democrats want a "commonsense" reform of ICE, and wow, if there were ever a demonstration of how feckless the Dems old guard are, that is IT. Is it just Manchins and Sinemas all […]
Original post on mefi.social
mefi.social
February 3, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Over on Bluesite (not MeFi, the other one) Chuck Schumer has a typically mealy-mouthed, gosh-darn post where he says Democrats want a "commonsense" reform of ICE, and wow, if there were ever a demonstration of how feckless the Dems old guard are, that is IT. Is it just Manchins and Sinemas all […]
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ICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
ICE is afraid of children protesting
“Next time, I’ll be back with a gas mask.”
www.theverge.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:11 PM
ICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
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Ready to show off a project that I've been working on for the past couple of weeks: Neato!
https://neato.directory
Neato! is an online directory akin to the 90's and 00's. Originally made for @CursedSilicon 's CGHMN project, but a few folks seemed interested […]
[Original post on pandapla.net]
https://neato.directory
Neato! is an online directory akin to the 90's and 00's. Originally made for @CursedSilicon 's CGHMN project, but a few folks seemed interested […]
[Original post on pandapla.net]
February 2, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Ready to show off a project that I've been working on for the past couple of weeks: Neato!
https://neato.directory
Neato! is an online directory akin to the 90's and 00's. Originally made for @CursedSilicon 's CGHMN project, but a few folks seemed interested […]
[Original post on pandapla.net]
https://neato.directory
Neato! is an online directory akin to the 90's and 00's. Originally made for @CursedSilicon 's CGHMN project, but a few folks seemed interested […]
[Original post on pandapla.net]
Moderator: "Who here needs to hold the Ranting Stick, to tell us all about something they find annoying?"
Me: (raises hand frantically)
Moderator: "Who ELSE needs the--"
Me: "AHEM."
Moderator: "Oh fine then." (flings it over in exasperation)
Me: (raises hand frantically)
Moderator: "Who ELSE needs the--"
Me: "AHEM."
Moderator: "Oh fine then." (flings it over in exasperation)
February 2, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Moderator: "Who here needs to hold the Ranting Stick, to tell us all about something they find annoying?"
Me: (raises hand frantically)
Moderator: "Who ELSE needs the--"
Me: "AHEM."
Moderator: "Oh fine then." (flings it over in exasperation)
Me: (raises hand frantically)
Moderator: "Who ELSE needs the--"
Me: "AHEM."
Moderator: "Oh fine then." (flings it over in exasperation)
Reposted by John Harris
January 31, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Seems the Switch Tomodachi Life game is out soon. A while back, using amiibo, I laborious copied ALL the miis we had made and downloaded from my old Wii to my Switch, and hence transferred to Switch 2. I may be the one person in the world posed to like this the most.
January 29, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Seems the Switch Tomodachi Life game is out soon. A while back, using amiibo, I laborious copied ALL the miis we had made and downloaded from my old Wii to my Switch, and hence transferred to Switch 2. I may be the one person in the world posed to like this the most.
I had a troublesome experience setting up MacOS for someone today. I figure I should mention the details.
We handled transferring files from her old Windows machine via the tried-and-true method of copying everything from her Windows home folder to the new Mac. The old machine was run and […]
We handled transferring files from her old Windows machine via the tried-and-true method of copying everything from her Windows home folder to the new Mac. The old machine was run and […]
Original post on mefi.social
mefi.social
January 29, 2026 at 4:21 AM
I had a troublesome experience setting up MacOS for someone today. I figure I should mention the details.
We handled transferring files from her old Windows machine via the tried-and-true method of copying everything from her Windows home folder to the new Mac. The old machine was run and […]
We handled transferring files from her old Windows machine via the tried-and-true method of copying everything from her Windows home folder to the new Mac. The old machine was run and […]
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I'm #colorblind and I use https://xkcd.com/color/rgb/ frequently.
Randall 'xkcd' Monroe did a survey of over 100,000 readers where he showed them random rgb colors and said "what would you call this?" and afterwards he did his best to sort the results into the most popular color names and the […]
Randall 'xkcd' Monroe did a survey of over 100,000 readers where he showed them random rgb colors and said "what would you call this?" and afterwards he did his best to sort the results into the most popular color names and the […]
Original post on bark.lgbt
bark.lgbt
January 27, 2026 at 4:53 PM
I'm #colorblind and I use https://xkcd.com/color/rgb/ frequently.
Randall 'xkcd' Monroe did a survey of over 100,000 readers where he showed them random rgb colors and said "what would you call this?" and afterwards he did his best to sort the results into the most popular color names and the […]
Randall 'xkcd' Monroe did a survey of over 100,000 readers where he showed them random rgb colors and said "what would you call this?" and afterwards he did his best to sort the results into the most popular color names and the […]
I love how the early online atheist movement collapsed and disintegrated when some of the people behind it turned out to be racist self-satisfied POSes.
No wait. "love" isn't the word I'm looking for. It's that other one. Like, "despise." "Abhor." "Cry openly about."
No wait. "love" isn't the word I'm looking for. It's that other one. Like, "despise." "Abhor." "Cry openly about."
January 25, 2026 at 1:38 PM
I love how the early online atheist movement collapsed and disintegrated when some of the people behind it turned out to be racist self-satisfied POSes.
No wait. "love" isn't the word I'm looking for. It's that other one. Like, "despise." "Abhor." "Cry openly about."
No wait. "love" isn't the word I'm looking for. It's that other one. Like, "despise." "Abhor." "Cry openly about."
I just saw a post saying "Doesn't President Clinton have immunity?" and I just barely prevented myself from asking "To which disease?"
January 22, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I just saw a post saying "Doesn't President Clinton have immunity?" and I just barely prevented myself from asking "To which disease?"
Working on an obit post for longtime MeFite and MSTie oneswellfoop, aka Wendell, aka Craig Whittler. We still don't know for sure he's passed, but his last comment I think was Feb 2022, and we know he had been having health issues.
January 22, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Working on an obit post for longtime MeFite and MSTie oneswellfoop, aka Wendell, aka Craig Whittler. We still don't know for sure he's passed, but his last comment I think was Feb 2022, and we know he had been having health issues.
Reposted by John Harris
Like, seriously, look for far you can get with static, no-style, handwritten HTML.
https://memorable.website/
https://memorable.website/
Cassandra Granade's Memorable Website
memorable.website
January 21, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Like, seriously, look for far you can get with static, no-style, handwritten HTML.
https://memorable.website/
https://memorable.website/
Re-familiarizing myself with the rules and text of Call of Cthulth, and reminding myself how exceptionally well-written it is. It might have the best writing I've ever seen in an RPG rulebook, with the possible exception of Paranoia.
January 17, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Re-familiarizing myself with the rules and text of Call of Cthulth, and reminding myself how exceptionally well-written it is. It might have the best writing I've ever seen in an RPG rulebook, with the possible exception of Paranoia.
Looks like I might have the opportunity soon to introduce another couple of people to the esoteric secrets and maddening lore of Call of Cthulhu! (Chaosium's RPG, not the Lovecraft story)
January 17, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Looks like I might have the opportunity soon to introduce another couple of people to the esoteric secrets and maddening lore of Call of Cthulhu! (Chaosium's RPG, not the Lovecraft story)
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The Dilbert domain expires in one week
January 14, 2026 at 11:14 PM
The Dilbert domain expires in one week