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Recipe: Japanese Curry Sauce Plus

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Figured it’s time I get back to posting my cooking experiments.

This sauce came about after seeing an Indian mini-cafeteria on my job. It had some lovely thick sauces that looked like a complete meal on rice, and there was a dish that was a bed of greens, then rice, then curry. These came together in my head to make me ask “can I make a curry sauce that is largely a meal?”

This is the result. This sauce’s body comes from squash...

Civic Diary 7/2/2016

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Brexit:

Still watching the fallout from the Brexit. It seems to have been a sadly obvious con, and one where opportunistic a-holes manipulated and scared people. It’s a hideous synergy of crap news and awful people who got people to vote for destroying their economy and their country’s reputation. Honestly, even if the UK doesn’t leave the EU (and I’m leaning to it won’t now) this makes people trust the country less.

It’s also...

Civic Diary 6/25/2016

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Another crazy week. 2016 is filled with a lot of unpleasantness. This time the Brexit.

The Brexit is pretty much a great example of how people donot do well in being civicly engaged when you see how many people didn’t get what the Brexit vote was about. With the UK economy hit (and the world economy taking a blow) and people seeingsurprised at the same time, it’s a grand example of BS politics, propaganda, and ill-informed voti...

No Man’s Sky: Behind The Curtain

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As we wait for No Man’s Sky (and due to the recent delay, wait more than we thought), I wanted to explore just what No Man’s Sky is about and what it means for the final game.

It’s obvious I’m a big booster of the game. I even feel that everyhing NMS promises is likely due to what they’re doing and how it’s approached. I consdier a delay completely understandable and probably a good thing.

So now I’d l...

Civic Diary 6/18/2016

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Pretty ugly week, so let’s jump into my civic diary here.

The shooting at Pulse is horrible and heartwrenching. It’s also an example of why you have to follow not just issues, but how people react to issues- the assumptions, the erroneous reporting, the political grandstanding from previously LGBT-hostile politicians, etc. Horribly, the blood wasn’t dry before the bullshit started.

At the same time, you have to stand back and s...

Steve’s Update 6/14/2016

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Evening everyone, so let’s get to an update!

First of all if you want to hear me talk old ahead-of-their-time DOS games, tune in to this DOS Nostalgic Podcast.

Now let’s get onto the status update!

Seventh Sanctum:

Still not doing any new generators – I think it’s going to be another month or so before I get back to one. That’s because I’m busy with . . .

Way With Worlds:

Book one is pretty much read...

Civic Diary 6-10-2016

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Well the California Primaries are over, my Twitter feed and news feed are filled with politics, and I’m of course thoughtful.

So I haven’t always followed up on primaries in the past, but as I’ve become more aware of politics and civic engagement, I see their importance. It’s not just the presidential Primaries, but its the local voting as well – local politics has an influence on people’s lives, chang...

Steve’s Update 6/9/2016

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Hey all, so where are all those projects . . . well still busy. New job has my busy, but here’s where we are.

Sailor Moon Book

Sent to my co-author, who in turn just edited it and sent it back. I plan to take one more crack at it next week or so then I can actually format it. If all goes well, we’ll be looking over a print beta sometime in early/mid July.

The editing went really well. Frankly, there wa...

No Man’s Sky: Why The Delay Is Good

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So if you’ve been following No Man’s Sky, and haven’t heard that A) the game was delayed, and B) some people had a meltdown over it, you’ve been living under an extremely insulated rock.

So anyway, the game is delayed. Though I’d like to address some of the bizarre reactions on it (including death threats to the lead and to a reporter), as I’m focusing on the game I’d like to discuss the delay. Also th...

Civic Diary 6/3/2016

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Hello everyone, it’s the latest Civic Diary. As noted I figured I’d post this late or not at all considering the weekend, and I figured I’d just do one this week. Not exatly what I’d want to do, but I do acknowledge my limits.

So this weekend I attended Fanime 2016. I do a lot of conventions where I speak – but this time it was just recreational, cosplay, and hanging out with friends in a mini-reunion. This got me thinking.

Lat...