Roaming the Frontier of Ideas
Welcome! My name’s Dusty. To the left you’ll see me dressed better than you’ll probably ever see me again.
I’ve made this blog to talk about my interests and see if anyone else out there cares. If not, I totally understand– I’m pretty boring these days. I live in the boonies now and it can be hard to find a group of like-minded people when I spend almost every day, all day at home. So, don’t be a stranger: drop a comment, tell me I’m wrong, or whatever you feel like doing. I’m gonna start streaming soon and maybe even dropping some YouTube videos on the games I play, so stay tuned for that. Once again, welcome and roam the frontier of ideas with me, little doggies.
Before you ask, no not the Tenacious D/Kung Fu Panda/Jack Black. This Jack Black lived a life of safe-cracking, burglary, and general criminality, not building a mediocre filmography (still love your music, Jack). This book is an autobiography of a man who roamed about the American and Canadian West in the late 1800s, who found himself immersed in the seedy underworld of hop (heroin) joints...
I’ve been a fan of Tim Urban’s “Wait but Why” blog for several years. Much to my dismay, he didn’t post for several years. He had a kid and also was busy writing this book. He’s known for very long, in-depth blog posts written in conversational, approachable language about complex topics relating to modern society accompanied with goofy stick figure drawings...
Image is by Supergiant Games I’ve recently shaken a multiyear addiction to Slay the Spire just to replace it with yet another Hades binge. I also just played the crap out of Cult of the Lamb and Into the Breach, and just discovered the joys of Balatro. These games are challenging, addictive, and amazing– I dare say roguelikes are the best of all games to ever exist. What is a...
With the advent of AI, specifically LLMs, my profession is once again asking the question, “is this the end?”. This time, I think it might be. Kind of. But it’s really a shift that’s been happening for a while. Back in the early days of SEO, it was enough to create half-baked content, maybe luck out in getting a backlink or two, and basically keyword-stuff your content...
Starting a blog in 2024 feels objectively like a bad idea, but I’m doing it anyway. When I think of a blog, it’s more a relic of the early days of the web, before people could simply create a social media account and use it as a blog. Apparently, people are still monetizing blogs, which in an era when it seems like we’re all using about seven websites day-to-day, is pretty mind...
I'm a tech junkie, writer, thinker, bass player, chess wannabe, distance biker and other stuff.