Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 39
March 11, 2020
Lemon icebox pie for Pi Day
Are you ready for Pi Day? If you trust your eggs, there is nothing like pies made from beaten egg yolks and egg whites.
March 6, 2020
becoming DM linked on The Biblyon Broadsheet
“Whether you’re a classic or fresh DM, John and Felicia’s varied experience is sure to provide you that extra information you need to amp up your tabletop game.” Becoming DM is a neat podcast about… becoming a DM, by an experienced game master and a new game master. The topics covered so far run from creating NPCs, to building a setting, to dealing with problem players.
They’ve been getting a little long-winded lately, but most of them run only about half an hour, for those of us with curious minds but short attention spans!
They’ve been getting a little long-winded lately, but most of them run only about half an hour, for those of us with curious minds but short attention spans!
March 4, 2020
California never had a free market power failure
California’s experiment in free market power generation has become mythological in how it is remembered. The left is desperate to tar it as a free market failure. But California’s experiment wasn’t free market. It was a massive government-managed exchange practically designed to cause high prices.
February 26, 2020
Friends of the New Braunfels Public Library Annual Book Sale
The annual New Braunfels Library sale is well worth a visit if you live nearby.
February 19, 2020
Is the Catholic Church pro-human trafficking?
“By their deeds shall they be known.” But by their deeds rather than their words, the Catholic Church is dangerously pro-human trafficking. And by elevating good intentions over deeds, they are falling dangerously into pagan thought.
February 12, 2020
Adding parenthetical asides to photograph titles on macOS
Use Applescript to append a parenthetical to the titles of all selected photographs in Photos on macOS.
February 5, 2020
The left doesn’t believe red flag laws stop crime
If the left believed that red flag laws target criminals, they wouldn’t take the guns. They’d take the criminals. Red flag laws are designed to be abused.
January 29, 2020
Sealing the bread slice guide
Charles the Simple suggested using “common mineral oil” to seal the wood. It works!
January 22, 2020
Hello World in Amber
A hello world too retro even for me.
January 16, 2020
First Level Magic-Users are Useless linked on Biblyon Broadsides
“That betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of how early editions of the game are played. Basic, 1E, and to some extent 2E emphasized the problem-solving skills of the player, over the in-game-power skills of the character.”
Believing that once a character’s special abilities on the character sheet are done, there’s nothing left to do, is a very modern attitude and ultimately alien to the original aesthetic of the game. — Greyhawk Grognard (First Level Magic-Users are Useless)
