Neal Wilson ✅ @neal@social.typica.us

I still haven't seen a coconut in #GenshinImpact so the Cocogoat existing in an area saved for later exploration remains a possibility.

Santa Claus is not coming to town. You know why.

@halcy The original plan for the game Marble Madness was for the trackball to have force feedback, but that turned out to be a really hard problem so the idea got scrapped.

It took less than 24 hours to sell out of my first production batch of that. I'll roast more later today.

I guess I'm a cat bed now.

It looks like people are finally starting to buy the Christmas Sloth mugs.

It's not on the web site yet, but the new Peruvian coffee is available in store now.

I've just been informed that it's cat hug time.

@sean Might not be applicable for your situation, but the classic answer to this is re-use. For example, Gust used to do 2 or 3 games in a series with basically the same engine and a lot of the same or only slightly updated graphics. Some of my favorite games from the shareware era were done by people who did a small game then flipped a concept to get a completely different game with relatively minor changes.

My favorite Christmas tree growing up was the year we had this little hand made thing about 2 inches tall that some kid was going door to door selling so he could afford to buy presents. Set it up on a snack tray, put the presents under that. No decorating/undecorating, no watering, barely any transporting, no issues with disposal. Proper trees always seem like too much hassle.

Tasting my next limited edition coffee. Production test batch turned out the way I expected. It's on the lighter side of a dark roast and has a flavor reminiscent of sweet apples if you imagine that both in coffee and good.

Updated the shop's web site. This change removes the note that we're closed Thanksgiving, adds the holiday closed/closing early info for Christmas and New Years, and provides information on what we're doing for our traditional start of the year charity fundraiser. Online sales January 1-3, 20% of the the total (including shipping) is going to Racine County Food Bank. 20% of in store and phone sales January 2-3 (we're closed on January 1) will similarly be donated.

The cat is wet. Why is the cat wet?

@apLundell@octodon.social or goofy hats

@apLundell@octodon.social Given that the holodecks were totally used for porn, you'd think a little shower/changing room at the entrance would be standard, but even Quark doesn't offer that.

@apLundell@octodon.social Holodeck programs didn't get tutorials until Voyager. The doctor's holonovel dropped heavy hints and Seska's take over of insurrection alpha had some instructional elements. In TNG the holodeck characters were lucky if they could get players to show up with money and proper attire.

Trying to get loan pre-approval for a car (I found a low mileage thing that's basically the same as what I've got only 8 years newer and with a nicer feature package for less than double what the repairs on my current car would run) and it's being complicated because I'm self employed so my "pay stubs" don't have any useful information on them. My sister lost my tax filings (she's in charge of the office stuff) so I'm waiting on my accountant to send an electronic copy of those.

@apLundell@octodon.social Don't fall for it. The best swords come from quest rewards.