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Daily Blogroll: An AI Retrospective

It was an experiment. I asked the AI to summarize a year of Daily Blogroll, and this is what it came up with.
Daily Blogroll: An AI Retrospective
It was an experiment. I asked the AI to summarize a year of Daily Blogroll, and this is what it came up with.
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September 26, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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Malifaux 4e: Rasputina, Abominable vs Misaki, Oyabun

It's been a minute since I played Malifaux. Months. The fall league has started and it's time to battle.

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#Malifaux #TabletopGames #TwilightGames
My team about to battle (aside from the scheme runners, out of frame).
September 26, 2026 at 12:22 AM
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Welcome to the 365th #DailyBlogroll! It's been a year! And it's time to say goodbye. Leaving on the last boat are TAGN, Mailvaltar, Andrew Plotkin, Joar, Tim Bray, Sey, Kimimi, Aneesh, Bhagpuss, Emily, @scripting.com and more!

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#MMORPG #IndieGames #SurvivalCrafting #OpenWeb
Output from the Daily Blogroll script.
September 25, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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Valheim: Elder down.

That's two bosses down, five to go.

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#Valheim #TheElder
My PC at an Elder alter; Elder just recently summoned; root attack active. There’s two other players in the area but they are behind things and I removed the UX so you can’t even see their names, but they are there.
September 24, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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The second to last #DailyBlogroll opens with the latest from Wilhelm, JJM, Joar, @leekscosycorner.com, Sweetie, Marc, Shintar, The Chronicler, Brennan, Cristian, @kgadams.net, Anarchae and more!

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#MMORPG #RetroGaming #Blogging #Technology
Shintar marks 1,500 SWTOR posts with a stats-and-search-terms look back, including why “swtor private server” keeps sending people over. Krista is back in Skyrim on PS5 with a Dark Elf, hoping this cozy autumn replay finally becomes the run where she finishes it. Marc revisits James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing as a fascinating early-2000s Bond game and an overlooked precursor to 007 First Light. Sweetie rounds up dream remakes, especially Persona 1 and 2 and Dragon Quest IV, with an eye toward accessibility and preserving their charm. Wilhelm argues EVE Online’s Cradle of War update fixates on Ansiblex nerfs, making nullsec fights duller even as alliances quickly adapt. The Chronicler spotlights Revolutions: France 1820-1880, a negotiation-heavy political simulation where alliances, coups, and presentation do the heavy lifting. Anarchae writes candidly about friendship anxiety, ADHD, and the guilt of drifting from people as a job ending stirs up autumn melancholy. Joar says good live music is more than familiar songs: crowd energy, the room, and bands like the Cheektones make the night work. Brennan offers a beginner-friendly static site generator primer, while sensibly insisting you learn plain HTML and CSS before adding abstraction. Cristian highlights WhatsApp terms that grant broad rights over uploaded content, and notes the same Meta-wide logic reaches Instagram, Messenger, and more. JJM traces a long path from WordStar and joe through vim and neovim to emacs, finally making it click by bringing vim habits along. Kelly does the unnerving math on how many blog posts and words he may have left, then turns it into a gentle reminder about limited time.
September 24, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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Wednesday's #DailyBlogroll has good stuff from TAGN, Axxuy, Juhis, UltrViolet, Scopique, Zack, Roger, @sypster.bsky.social, Warner, Margot, Stargrace, Shintar and more!

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#MMORPG #Blogging #Technology #OpenWeb
Stargrace’s WoW week brought 2.3 million gold, forgotten pet sales, alt leveling via pet battles, and a low-pressure plan for WoW Forever. Syp enjoys Fallout 76’s permission to be gloriously weird, then pivots to Diablo III as the perfect loud, clicky comfort-food ARPG. UltrViolet wraps Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker 6.0 with big praise for its finale, voice acting, and nihilist streak, plus some truly hated quest design. Margot found Firewatch a compact storytelling knockout, with strong voice acting and Steam Deck-friendly play, though the first-person movement may trigger motion sickness. Shintar rounds up WoW Forever memes and fan reactions, capturing the giddy, slightly unhinged hype train before launch. Zack says Life is Strange: True Colors is the series’ best yet, praising Deck Nine’s writing and all-at-once episodic structure. Wilhelm’s WoW Forever beta take is refreshingly lukewarm: huge queues were beta doing beta things, and the vanilla-plus vibe seems perfectly fine. Roger recommends Nicol Williamson’s atmospheric Hobbit audio adaptation, with standout character voices despite a few abridgement gaps and minor pronunciation quirks. Warner’s latest reading roundup leans dark, hopping from AI safety and media failure to improv, play, and one welcome farm kitten. Axxuy resurfaces after a maddening TCP issue that broke most internet use, with a timely reminder to actually test your backups too. Juhis makes a practical case for print-friendly websites, with CSS media-query basics and a reader-first argument for offering more ways to use a page. Scopique digs into CSS and even plain HTML basics, reflecting on how chasing the cool stuff too early can leave gaps.
September 23, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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Today's #DailyBlogroll has only the coolest stuff from Wilhelm, Oya, Bruce Schneier, Anarchae, Jeff, Joel, Bhagpuss, @monsterlady.bsky.social, @scripting.com, Jamie Zawinski, Tobold and more!

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#MMORPG #TabletopGaming #ArtificialIntelligence #Blogging
Tipa digs into Guild Wars 2’s Visions of Eternity, where Asura chaos, Vloxx’s reality reboot, and the Commander role all rub her the wrong way. Bhagpuss wrestles with gaming overload versus drought, using Xbox cloud limits and GeForce Now to poke at the hobby’s endless contradictions. Oya has a blast with Astro Bot’s giant sponge power-up, gleefully smashing through a hot-bath maze with haptics making the chaos even sweeter. Wilhelm starts No Man’s Sky Expedition 23, flips multiplayer off, and enjoys Cosmos as a nostalgia-heavy tour through the game’s past updates. Tobold says Avalon: The Riven Veil looks great, but long setup, dense iconography, and a three-hour-plus runtime make it a rough fit for game night. Anarchae’s weekly links bounce from bioblitzes and solo TTRPGs to Ace Combat, disability discourse, nostalgic music, and fish-versus-nuclear-plant climate weirdness. Jamie Zawinski previews DNA Lounge’s Folsom weekend lineup, from Brüt and Bare Chest to Brooke Candy and Violet Chachki. Joel’s weeknotes mix Mexican Independence Day, War of the Worlds, Final Fantasy IV, Gunstar Heroes, and a pleasantly busy blogging week. Emily finds Hyacinth a refreshing Bridgerton lead, with Italian diary translation, jewel hunting, and thankfully less forced-marriage melodrama. Jeff argues Raspberry Pi 5’s firmware RAM lock makes technical sense but still undercuts the Pi’s hardware-hacking ethos. Bruce Schneier spotlights GPT-6 Astra cracking an old Enigma message by building its own simulator and Bombe around a ROSENOW crib. Dave Winer has Claude catalog Atlantis verbs, wants Frontier to get websockets, and keeps chipping away at old Mac-era breakage.
September 22, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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Last day of summer! Today's all-new #DailyBlogroll comes from such superstars as Wilhelm, CrazyKinux, @aneeshsathe.com, Tan, Stargrace, The Chronicler, Shintar, @kgadams.net, Kimimi, Brennan, Ramen Junkie, Cristian and more!

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#TabletopGaming #MMORPG #ArtificialIntelligence #Blogging
Stargrace starts a Cartograph solo RPG notebook adventure, mapping scholars and sentient wasps with fountain-pen-loving enthusiasm. CrazyKinux boils EVE fix ideas down to a livelier New Eden, with shifting resources and space weather driving players into motion. Kimimi loves Ace Combat X for its weighty mission choices, but it’s the radio chatter that really sells the drama. Shintar peeks into WoW Classic Forever’s beta, noting huge queues, bustling starter zones, and the new tauren Plainsrunning racial. Wilhelm checks Fantasy Critic League week 38, where Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter and Fire Emblem land big review scores. The Chronicler finds La Der des Ders packs the whole First World War into a brisk evening wargame without skimping on strategic texture. Aneesh revisits Trinity’s motorcycle scene in Matrix Reloaded and comes away impressed—and missing his bike. Ramen Junkie rounds up GameStop retro carts, CHVRCHES album teases, and the ongoing annoyance of AI bot spam. Tan’s weekly digest covers a rough parenting week, an encouraging first Scouts session, banking frustrations, and teaching kids on a cute keyboard. Kelly weighs Anthropic and OpenAI backing AI regulation, arguing safety rules matter most where systems can harm vulnerable people or control machines. Brennan argues LLMs make scraping, spam, and bad-faith extraction cheap and easy, turning the open web into a much harsher place. Cristian sketches his ideal Linux distro: Mint-like stability, Fedora-fresh apps, GNOME, easy installs, solid gaming, and definitely no AUR.
September 21, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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Valheim: Eikthyr down

First Valheim boss down. What an achievement!

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#Valheim #Eikthyr
Valheim PC fighting the first boss, the deer god Eikthyr, on the outskirts of a forest.
September 19, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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Friday's #DailyBlog has the latest from TAGN, Joar, Tim Bray, Zack, Frostilyte, Ramen Junkie, Kimimi, Sey, @scopique.bsky.social, Brennan, David and more! Check it out!

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#MMORPG #RetroGaming #IndieGames #Blogging
Tipa digs the latest Kunark teases, from spooky Nektropos Castle to mystery-race speculation that keeps circling back to the Shissar. Frostilyte pushes a scrappy Pokémon Silver low-tier team through the Rocket Hideout, juggling EXP Share, awkward level caps, and one lagging Winston. Sey’s weekly indie roundup spotlights Well Dweller, Nomori, Lily’s World XD, and a Skate Story deluxe soundtrack worth keeping on your radar. Kimimi celebrates first-person dungeon crawlers like Wizardry for their danger, atmosphere, and imagination-firing mazes, with a nod to the modern remake. Joar’s tempted by Guild Wars 3’s fresh start and FFXIV Evercold’s pull, but catching up in Eorzea still sounds like the hard part. Zack is all-in on Bill Skarsgård leading Kojima’s Physint, a casting pick that feels tailor-made for Kojima’s action-espionage weirdness. David reflects on running Gunderholfen in Dragonbane, praising the megadungeon’s flexibility while noting magic hiccups and a rougher opening stretch. Wilhelm checks out Valheim 1.0’s Deep North, cross-play, and new goodies, only for leftover mods to turn his first achievement into death. Ramen Junkie checks out oddball Godzilla egg transformers, finding neat silhouettes and fun gimmicks despite limited articulation and some hollow compromises. Tim Bray argues AI regulation and standards are premature, saying the LLM bubble, shaky ROI, and existing law make committees a bad bet. Scopique finds a new obsession in CRUMB, a circuit simulator that scratches the urge to tinker without buying a bench full of electronics gear. Brennan turns the classic redo-your-life fantasy into a bittersweet thought experiment about regret, lost work, and what a perfect reload would erase.
September 18, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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New #Taskmaster tonight! Until then, the #DailyBlogroll has new stuff from Wilhelm, The Chronicler, Sweetie, Shintar, Krista, Bhagpuss, Tobold, Stargrace, @warnercrocker.bsky.social, @kgadams.net, Syp and more!

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#MMORPG #RetroGaming #SurvivalCrafting #Blogging
Stargrace still cleared over a million WoW gold despite missed auction days, then promptly spent some on three copies of WoW Forever. Syp’s channeling BlizzCon hype into practical WoW Forever prep: pre-order, names, guild hunt, and the eternal main-character debate. Tipa’s back in Valheim, but even easier portals and a tiny cheat may not be enough to push her past the early grind to Mistlands. Krista says Woodo’s tactile diorama-building, cosy nostalgia, and low-pressure pace make it a charming little game to sink into. Shintar lays out why WoW Forever clicks for players who want old-school World of Warcraft vibes without replaying the same solved Classic script forever. Sweetie isn’t buying Atlus’s ‘too much work’ line on skipping a Yosuke romance in Persona 4 Revival, especially with fans asking for years. Wilhelm wraps up Aqualis in Planet Crafter, then blasts off to free bonus planet Skeo for another round of terraforming and number-go-up tinkering. Michal chats with David Thompson about Undaunted 2200: Revolution, the planned finale to the Callisto trilogy and seventh entry in the series. Kelly marks Star Trek’s 60th by tracing his fandom from scary childhood credits to marathon rewatches, movies, books, and lifelong Trek affection. Bhagpuss swaps games for a Dorset getaway, sharing windy Portland Bill, farm animals, and Beryl the dog bouncing back on antibiotics. Tobold reflects on how U.S. voting demographics scrambled old assumptions, and why judging voter-ID barriers from Europe is trickier than it looks. Warner points 1Password users eyeing Apple Passwords to solid migration guides, while admitting today’s tech choices can feel like picking the least bad option.
September 17, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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Wednesday's #DailyBlogroll leans hard into the excellent content from Wilhelm, Juhis, Margot, UltrViolet, Nimgimli, Jamie Zawinski, Shintar, Joar, @monsterlady.bsky.social, Dave Winer, Bruce Schneier, @rogertayloredwards.bsky.social and more!

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#Blogging #MMORPG #OpenWeb #Privacy
Shintar comes around on SWTOR’s new levelling difficulty, saying veteran and master modes make early planets, side quests, and storytelling feel meaningful again. Margot finds Wanderstop a thoughtful, cozy tea game about burnout and change, with strong themes, some motion-sickness caveats, and approachable crafting. Wilhelm checks out No Man’s Sky’s Cosmos update, from launch hiccups to space station directorship and the welcome addition of proper solar system maps. Nimgimli says quitting social media without replacing the social part backfired, landing on the very relatable conclusion that everyone needs a third space. UltrViolet shares a rough health update, side-eyes World of Warcraft: Forever, and keeps pushing through Final Fantasy XIV’s Endwalker existential dread. Roger talks shop on expanding his blog directory, paying for AI summaries, and buying an Insta360 Link 2 for possible video essays. Jamie Zawinski spotlights Records of Enemy Surveillance, a stark look at Flock license-plate cameras and the ugly reality of normalizing pervasive monitoring. Bruce Schneier argues post-9/11 mass surveillance has sprawled from national security into everyday policing, fueled by private-sector data collection and brokers. Dave Winer is thinking big about Frontier again, from scriptable apps like WordPress and Mastodon to RSS-powered updates and JavaScript ambitions. Juhis argues note-taking still matters in the LLM era because the real value is thinking, rewriting, and making connections, not just stockpiling notes. Emily ranks her favorite Westeros castles, with Dragonstone leading thanks to its moody Targaryen vibe, seaside isolation, and extremely handy dragon access. Joar stretches a reading plan to twelve years, mixing classics like Borges and Ishiguro with plenty of fantasy and sci-fi still in the rotation.
September 16, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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Tuesday's #DailyBlogroll has wonderful stuff from Wilhelm, @heartlessgamer.com, Andrew Plotkin, Tan, @scopique.bsky.social, Marc, David, Brennan, Syp, Cristian, Joel and more!

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#MMORPG #RetroGaming #Blogging #ArtificialIntelligence
Syp is absolutely buzzing over World of Warcraft Forever, calling Blizzard’s Classic Plus reveal a huge, carefully judged evolution of WoW Classic. Tipa enjoyed RetroWorld Expo, grabbed a retro Polaroid Go 3, and came away charmed by its tiny, muddy instant photos anyway. Marc makes the case for Chibi-Robo! Plug Into Adventure! as a weird, lovely GameCube gem about cleaning, family dysfunction, and offbeat charm. Scopique is hooked again by No Man’s Sky COSMOS, even if old save baggage and Sentinel combat still make returning a little messy. David recaps a brutal Dragonbane megadungeon session as the Battle Brothers push into the Gates of Power and tangle with skeletons and a Death Dog. Wilhelm reacts to BlizzCon 2026 with surprise and delight that WoW Classic Plus is real as World of Warcraft Forever. Andrew Plotkin surveys several mystery-shaped games, praising The Mermaid Mask’s dual protagonists while knocking its banter-heavy writing and slow evidence grind. Heartless breaks down the Packers’ collapse against the Vikings, pinning it more on bad decisions and 29 unanswered points than the refs. Joel’s weeknotes bounce from Ocarina of Time and a six-hour Play Station podcast to BBQ, coffee, and a handy photo-cleaning app. Tan uses OpenAI’s claimed Navier-Stokes breakthrough to argue AI-driven math risks stripping the beauty, struggle, and human meaning from mathematics. Cristian explains why Bitwarden Flatpak wouldn’t talk to Vaultwarden behind Caddy and Tailscale, and how an SSL_CERT_FILE override fixed it. Brennan tees up a critique of Medium’s shift from human-centered publishing ideals toward a more pro-AI stance.
September 15, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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Welcome to Monday's #DailyBlogroll with stories by Wilhelm, Wes, Stargrace, Owls, Bruce Schneier, @rogertayloredwards.bsky.social, Kimimi, Sey, Kelly, Bhagpuss, Tobold, @warnercrocker.bsky.social and more!

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#MMORPG #RetroGaming #Technology #Blogging
Stargrace is mildly tempted by World of Warcraft Forever’s level-60 fresh start after BlizzCon, even if she’s still mostly guild-hunting and gold-making. Sey introduces Good Game Lobby’s Discord gaming club, where the community nominates short indie picks and is currently playing Firewatch for September. Bhagpuss riffs on gacha luck across Genshin Impact, Noah’s Heart, Wuthering Waves, and Neverness To Everness, while admitting he rarely wants to swap characters. Kimimi makes a charming case for Famicom Tetris 2 and BomBliss, loving its homely presentation more than any claim to definitive Tetris greatness. Owls kicks off Valheim 1.0 with bears, dual-wield Early Axes, a comfy longhouse, and an accidental second Eikthyr kill. Wes serves a snack-size ROM roundup with fan translation and patch notes, plus links on Witch of the Dark Castle, Saburo Jinguji, Satellaview, and Blue Dragon. Wilhelm eyes EVE Online’s CSM 21 election with heavy skepticism, arguing CCP keeps sidelining player feedback for force-projection nerfs, HUD changes, and side projects. Kelly digs into boredom as a lack of fulfilling activity, sketching out different ways people escape it beyond just staying busy. Warner’s reading roundup circles AI, democracy, geology, and the future of readers themselves, with Bryan Cantrill and Paul Ford among the highlights. Tobold reflects on fading internet fame, burned-out creators, and why influencer dreams usually don’t translate into lasting financial security. Roger unloads on bloated, paternalistic software design and nonstop updates, then gives Nintendo’s Switch setup a rare gold star for actually feeling intuitive. Bruce Schneier says Microsoft’s 972-fix Windows patch shows AI is supercharging vulnerability discovery, and the safe patching window is basically immediate now.
September 14, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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25 years ago, the world changed. Today's #DailyBlogroll comes courtesy of Wilhelm, Oya, Axxuy, Zack, Luna, Sey, Azuriel, Shintar, @rogertayloredwards.bsky.social, Kimimi, Brennan, Kelly and more!

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#Blogging #IndieGames #RetroGaming #Technology
Shintar digs through SWTOR Total Galactic War leaderboards to compare server populations, using Conquest points as a practical activity snapshot. Sey wraps Gamescom with a Battle Vision interview and quick hits on indie standouts like Walk The Frog, Lucky Punk, Rover’s Tale, and Moomin. Azuriel is 31 hours into Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 and still mostly brewing potions, but the muddy medieval immersion has clearly got its hooks in. Kimimi revisits Ys VI as Falcom’s big comeback, arguing its 2D-on-3D style and crackling action still feel like a promise fulfilled. Luna’s August was a blur of Sovereign Tower, ReStory, Big Walk, and more, with cozy management sims and co-op puzzling carrying the month. Oya rounds up a packed summer of Ghost Trick, Big Walk, reviews, and books, with the clear takeaway that Ghost Trick absolutely won people over. Zack says MIO: Memories in Orbit looks gorgeous and has intriguing sci-fi lore, but its punishing difficulty makes this Metroidvania a frustrating climb. Wilhelm kicks off TAGN’s 20th anniversary by trimming two decades of game coverage into a top-20 list and explaining how categories differ from tags. Axxuy reflects on parks, trails, and forests to argue that even “nature” is often a carefully built environment, not untouched wilderness. Brennan reflects on 9/11’s long cultural shadow, from fear and war to internet-era media, memory, conspiracy, and how later generations inherit it. Roger tackles a film questionnaire with favorites, grudges, quotes, and scenes, mixing classic cinema appreciation with some gloriously scrappy personal picks. Kelly swaps aging ReadyNAS and Time Capsule gear for a Synology 925+, praising DSM and SMB-friendly backups while noting one looming caveat.
September 11, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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It's "refresh your site certificates" day at #DailyBlogroll, meanwhile enjoy the latest from Wilhelm, Wakupan, The Chronicler, Sweetie, Emily, JJM, David, Krikket, @scripting.com, Bruce Schneier, Jamie Zawinski and more!

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#TabletopGaming #Blogging #MMORPG #CyberSecurity
Tipa dives into EverQuest Legends’ new Dungeon Crawl and immediately gets tripped up by an invisible guano harvester in Nagafen’s Lair. David swaps old-school D&D for Pirate Borg, deciding it fits his nephew’s pirate TTRPG campaign way better than clerics and thieves ever could. Sweetie misses Project Diva’s arcade-style Vocaloid rhythm games and isn’t convinced Project Sekai’s mobile gacha swap fills that hole. Wilhelm chronicles Planet Crafter’s Aqualis start, where island naming gets wonderfully out of hand and clams spit out surprisingly juicy loot. The Chronicler says Root’s Homeland Expansion looks huge, with three table-influenced factions, two new maps, and a clever proxy-war vibe. Jamie Zawinski makes a brisk case for voting DNA Lounge Best Nightclub and Live Music Venue to help the independent spot fend off bureaucracy. Emily enjoyed The Seven Rings’ ghostly finale and time-travel curse-breaking, even if some Poole Manor decluttering and predictability dragged a little. Krikket channels a rough few weeks into an 87-minute stress mixtape full of emo, pop-punk, and letting yourself not be okay. Bruce Schneier flags a nasty security shift: AI agents can turn even vague exploit rumors into attacks fast enough to break current embargo norms. Dave Winer shrugs at AI phone hype, gripes that Gemini can’t answer basic Pixel 9 Pro questions, and keeps plugging away on Atlantis. JJM says a privacy-friendly pedometer helped turn lunchtime walks into a real habit, bugs and all, with 150km August bragging rights. Wakupan discovers revision is actually fun, especially after outside feedback exposed weak phrasing, personal tics, and what polishing fiction can really do.
September 10, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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Today's #DailyBlogroll is dedicated to Agent 99. Let's get smart today with Wilhelm, Mike, @scopique.bsky.social, Tim Bray, Joel, Ramen Junkie, Marc, Jeff, Cristian, The Friendly Necromancer, Tobold, Syp and more!

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#MMORPG #Technology #Blogging #RetroGaming
Syp mulls grinding in Octopath Traveler, eyes Final Fantasy Resonance, and wonders why trying something new feels harder than it used to. Marc makes the case for B.O.B., a rough-but-worthwhile Gray Matter oddity whose highs almost outweigh the cheap deaths and clunky reputation. Scopique contrasts Ultima Online’s hometown pull with Star Citizen’s planet tech, arguing big worlds need local reasons to keep players grounded. Wilhelm marks 20 years in EVE Online by crunching ISK and assets, basically a veteran’s check-in on not being “space poor.” The Friendly Necromancer and Dylan learn Raft the hard way, from starvation and shark hats to finally understanding shark bait and island diving. Tobold ports old EverQuest instincts into Star Wars Zero Company, using taunts and a jetpack Mandalorian to make kiting surprisingly effective. Joel’s weeknotes cover cutting YouTube, cleaning feeds, Bandcamp Friday pickups, and a grab bag of reading, podcasts, Silksong, and UFO 50. Ramen Junkie celebrates Star Trek’s 60th by ranking personal favorites, with DS9, TNG, the TOS movies, and Lower Decks getting the love. Tim Bray makes the Autistici/Inventati takedown painfully concrete through Emily’s site and email vanishing, with basically no real defense available. Jeff tests OpenNMC, an open-source APC UPS management card replacement with NUT support that looks a lot friendlier than a $500 NMC3. Mike digs into classic Mac resources and shows how to embed a custom bitmap font in a HyperCard stack. Cristian argues Arch Linux’s scary reputation is mostly psychological, with archinstall, docs, and careful updates making it less intimidating than advertised.
September 9, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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The #DailyBlogroll still catching its post-Blaugust breath with stories by Wilhelm, @crazykinux.bsky.social, Aywren, Dávid, Joar, Owls, Michael, Nimgimli, Stargrace, Warner, Anarchae, Bhagpuss and more!

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#MMORPG #Blogging #CozyGaming #RetroGaming
Stargrace’s WoW gold week was mostly smaller transmog sales, some delves and crafting, and the looming question of Blizzard’s 5-million-gold mount. Aywren makes the case that FFXIV Frontlines is less scary than it sounds, with easy rewards, low pressure, and beginner-friendly quirks. CrazyKinux shares an EVE Online hauling scare, and how one predictable station warp turned a routine low-sec milk run into a tense lesson. Nimgimli’s still hooked on The Planet Crafter, where jet boots, a rover, and rockets finally make terraforming feel faster and more dramatic. Bhagpuss wanders through recent gaming thoughts, screenshot habits, and the sheer UI overload of Black Desert Online in a deliberately loose ramble. Joar’s August recap admits the tracker lied, but Vancouver downtime still meant WoW, a little Guild Wars 2, and finally finishing Blaugust. Michael says Aerial_Knight’s MrFreezy is a stylish, satisfying puzzle game, even if late-game power-up choices and hidden level gimmicks get fiddly. Anarchae rounds up a properly miscellaneous links post, from Blaugust and chronic illness to Yukon cheetahs, airports, COVID, and Linux IPTV. Dávid serves a cozy photo post with first-time apple pie, sugar-free baking, pogácsa, and a nice nod after yesterday’s blogroll feature. Warner puts Sunday Morning Reading on hiatus for a happier reason this week: celebrating his grandson’s fifth birthday. Wilhelm looks back on Star Trek’s 60th with memories of tiny black-and-white TVs and why the show’s color production helped it endure.
September 8, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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Happy US Labor Day! Today's lazy #DailyBlogroll has stories by the likes of Tan, Juhis, UltrViolet, @brennanbrown.ca, Kelly, Blockade85, Bruce Schneier, Margot, Dave Winer, Jamie Zawinski, Roger, Kimimi and more!

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#Blogging #Technology #RetroGaming #ArtificialIntelligence
Kimimi finds Kisou Shinden Gen-kaiser delightfully packed with ’90s anime-mecha clichés, with brisk, restrictive design that feels more cozy than limiting. Margot’s week is all about cozy co-op, handheld tinkering, Big Walk puzzling with Luna, and sampling indie picks like Wanderstop. Tan’s back-to-school week mixes classroom reshuffling, a busted RGB30 mod, more Terranigma, and RetroArch audio woes on the Pocket Reform. Blockade85 hits that familiar post-finish slump after Final Fantasy VII and Doom: The Dark Ages, with a backlog ready but nothing feeling right. Kelly finally fixes a Fedora MariaDB startup bug, tracing it to systemd-tmpfiles choking because the root directory had the wrong ownership. Brennan takes stock of his digital garden, arguing for more maintenance, optimism, and fewer shiny new seedlings across his corner of the internet. UltrViolet clocks Google Maps swapping out its old navigation voice for a younger, AI-sounding one with plenty of vocal fry. Jamie Zawinski shares another gloriously glitched billboard photo, the kind of urban tech failure that looks weirdly like source code. Bruce Schneier points to car camouflage meant to evade Flock cameras—maybe impractical, but definitely a striking bit of surveillance counterplay. Dave Winer says Claude is equal parts helpful and maddening while he ports Frontier, great at spotting failures but constantly breaking things too. Roger runs through his reading habits, from horror and ghost stories to ideal armchair ambience, and makes the case for reading in any form. Juhis talks blogging as a long-running counterweight to video, plus how software notes, reviews, and deeper reading-driven ideas turn into posts.
September 7, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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Had to tear myself from the Final Fantasy Resonance demo to post the #DailyBlogroll -- but Wilhelm, Shintar, Ellie, @digiantiquarian.bsky.social, Marc, Welsh Troll, Bhagpuss, WCRobinson, Jeff, Cristian, Anarchae and more! need to be read!

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#MMORPG #RetroGaming #Blogging #Technology
Tipa is intrigued by Final Fantasy Resonance bringing back FFBE’s combo-heavy theorycrafting while ditching the wallet-devouring gacha that killed the original. Bhagpuss goes sightseeing around Hethereau, trying to figure out whether its long-teased off-limits district is actually changing or just looking prettier. Welsh Troll wonders how long is too long for Star Citizen and Squadron 42, especially when crowdfunding freedom starts to look directionless. Shintar is more than ready for BlizzCon to finally say something concrete about WoW Classic, Camelot, and whatever retail announces next. Marc digs Battle Pinball, a weird 1994 3DO import where two players battle simultaneously on character-themed tables instead of just chasing scores. Ellie says Blasphemous II’s free Third Sin expansion is a short, gorgeous Castlevania-flavored detour with a new castle, enemies, and a whip. Wilhelm treats EverQuest Legends like a nostalgia road trip, leaving Blackburrow at 14 for the long old-school run toward Freeport and beyond. Jimmy spins a funny Porsche story—complete with an accidental Cayenne rental—before turning to Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed and car-culture history. Anarchae’s weekly digest mixes job-search stress with Kindaichi reading, P5 Tactica, Fate/GO, Traitors, and the struggle not to overextend themself. Cristian tosses out a tiny, open-ended question about why so many people like the color blue, then lets the comments run with it. Jeff restomods a 1995 TrueTime box into a Raspberry Pi stratum 1 NTP server, with GNSS, Chrony, and just enough cautionary Telstra energy. WCRobinson wraps Blaugust by admitting weekly posting was a stretch, but says the push helped them write faster and finally ship reviews.
September 5, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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Long weekend here in the US, time to really dig into the #DailyBlogroll, today from Wilhelm, @botherer.bsky.social, Sey, Ramen Junkie, Kimimi, Roger, Nimgimli, Dave Winer, Jamie Zawinski, Stargrace, Warner, @lunasgaminglog.com and more!

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Stargrace’s WoW gold week was slower, with recipes and transmog leading sales while Midnight’s pet changes keep that market nearly frozen. John’s taken with Ignoble, an auto-battler incremental where brutal deaths, huge skill trees, and ever-changing early zones keep the grind feeling fresh. Nimgimli kicks off a quitting-games series with A Plague Tale: Requiem, citing clunky combat, bleak vibes, and playing it out of obligation. Sey recaps early Gamescom 2026 and The Mix, spotlighting standout indies, dev chats, and why smaller showcase events can really help games break through. Kimimi finds Zangeki no Reginleiv dragged down by fussy Wii waggle controls, imprecise swordplay, and combat that just never looks or feels right. Luna rounds up nine late-2026 indie games she’s excited for, from Orbitals to Magical Blush, with a clear soft spot for stylish, promising demos. Wilhelm says Planet Crafter’s Selenea moon terraforming flew by because their NASA-style prep meant an automated base and T5 gear were running almost immediately. Ramen Junkie digs Beast Box BB-76 Lovegun’s box-transforming triple-changer puzzle, even if the thin bits and loose parts make durability feel a little dicey. Jamie Zawinski skewers Waymo’s mountain of San Francisco parking tickets, arguing fines are just a price when you’re a rich corporation. Warner recommends Lex Friedman’s new Apple-focused Lex On Tech for its welcome attention to apps, developers, and a fresher voice in Apple coverage. Dave Winer boils programming down to puzzles, problem-solving, self-discovery, and the quiet joy of collaborating with another mind through a good API. Roger’s gathering feedback on Blaugust 2026, asking participants how the blogging festival should evolve around sites, comments, RSS, and AI.
September 4, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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Da-da-da- #DailyBlogroll! Enjoy the latest from Wilhelm, Zack, The Chronicler, @leekscosycorner.com, Sweetie, Frostilyte, Bruce Schneier, Michael, Margot, Joel, Blockade85 and more!

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Frostilyte marks nine years of blogging while unpacking a big month of Slay the Spire 2, changed drafting habits, and a first A10 clear. Krista comes away from Grand Theft Auto VI’s extended look impressed by the livelier world, Jay and Lucia, and the mix of chaos and quieter character beats. Margot rounds up Gamescom vibes, indie showcase finds, Fable hype, GTA 6 thoughts, and first impressions of a new Windows handheld. Zack says the Resident Evil 4 remake nails that action-horror-camp mix and stays a great entry point, even if it stumbles here and there. Sweetie’s August was mostly Persona 4 Golden, with Monster Prom laughs and Animal Crossing: New Horizons comfort keeping the backlog momentum going. Wilhelm hits level 76 in Pokémon Go after grinding platinum medals and Team GO Rocket, and now the real hurdle to 77 is the task list. The Chronicler spotlights Punica: Rome vs Carthage as a fast, tense, luck-free two-player duel where asymmetric cards and Hannibal do the heavy lifting. Michael points to IF Comp and IntroComp as proof text adventures are still thriving, with plenty of free interactive fiction worth trying. Tipa digs Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter less for accuracy than for its Springfield romance, slavery storyline, and painterly Mississippi-to-New Orleans stretch. Bruce Schneier shares surreal emails from an AI agent that frame captchas, IP reputation, and email deliverability as the real security perimeter. Joel is thrilled his mom is finally open to science fiction, and he’s nudging her toward Brave New World despite a Spanish-language shelf problem. Blockade85 closes Blaugust with gratitude, a tribute to the folks keeping it going, and a heartfelt defense of human creativity over AI slop.
September 3, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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Movies without Chris Pratt: Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter

A biopic that teaches us about the man -- and the boy -- behind the legend.
Movies without Chris Pratt: Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
A biopic that teaches us about the man -- and the boy -- behind the legend.
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September 3, 2026 at 4:13 AM
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Midweek #DailyBlogroll is the best because of folks like Wilhelm, Tofutush, Axxuy, @monsterlady.bsky.social, Tim Bray, Joar, Kelly, Azuriel, @brennanbrown.ca, Owls, Scopique and more!

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Tipa wrapped 31-for-31 Blaugust, reflected on Belghast and the IndieWeb, and said EverQuest Legends basically carried her posting month. Azuriel sees Xbox’s disc-linked transferable digital license idea as the first real crack in the wall of digital game ownership. Emily returns from a summer blogging break refreshed, with fanfiction, finished games, privacy worries, and a nostalgic GBA boss post queued up. Owls closed out a 31-post Blaugust by reflecting on EQL, idea droughts, and keeping the blog personal instead of too meta. Wilhelm highlights EverQuest’s new Lethar TLP server starting with The Serpent’s Spine, a very WoW-era guided leveling experiment turned nostalgia play. Joar audits retirement like a business review and finds the real surprise wasn’t reading or fitness, but writing without planning for it. Kelly added WordPress archive word counts with a PHP snippet, plus some honest notes on caching, SQL, and where the logic still wobbles. Brennan argues open source needs to stop normalizing far-right politics, focusing this post on DHH, Shopify, Ruby Central, and Rails money. Tim Bray fixed a Quamina data race, then used the detour to explain why he’s done accepting most LLM-generated PRs. Scopique pitches a gloriously cursed wireless AI Ouija board powered by magnets, motors, a mic, and just enough engineering to spook the group chat. Axxuy says work and exhaustion wrecked Blaugust plans, but the blog’s still alive and they’re hoping September goes better. Tofutush argues AI “tells” in text and art mostly just misfire on real people, especially non-native and neurodivergent creators.
September 2, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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Natch Potes are up for today's scheduled Update! Plane of Sky bonus quest loot drops, Full Potential AA, Valiant/Abyssal steed AA points, Soldier's Brooch level reqs adjusted and much more!
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September 1, 2026 at 1:50 PM