It's time for another update. Back in Feb, I was looking into adding Google's Gemini into the project. It turned out to be stupid easy by the time I got around to it. When I had started the rewrite referencing the PaLM API, it looked to be quite involved. Now after several months of iteration, it wa...

Work continues on Oracle, who will soon be called [[Orycle]] everywhere. I just released a rewrite that started last May to move from CommonJS to ES6 so that I could upgrade some of the packages to use them how they were intended to be used. But there was also a need to combine some logic that needs...

===== Spoilers have been hidden below. Highlight/Select the text to reveal them. ===== I started playing this game on my Steam Deck as an emulated game (before realizing it was available on Steam), and aside from the bugs that come with emulation, this was a great game. I enjoyed the music, the art,...

mWcDpodmiKg Spiritfarer is a "cozy management game about dying". What a tagline, eh? But it is exactly that. It's a very chill game where you take over the captain's duty from Charon of ferrying spirits through their afterlife to the "everdoor". And you get to do it with a CAT a...

For Christmas, I smoked another pork shoulder, and it turned out perfectly, though also finished ahead of schedule. My Meat 7 lb Pork Shoulder (thawed from Monday night for a Friday rub, and Saturday smoke). My Rub I ended up using the same recipe as before, because I had enough left over, unchanged...

Yesterday, I practiced smoking a 3lb pork shoulder in preparation for Christmas this year. I luckily found someone on Reddit who was also smoking a pork shoulder and asked for tips. I used a combination of these recipes/suggestions. The Guide: Reddit Tips Alright… you can cook it about 225F, 250F, o...

I tried this again on Nov 11. Just now getting around to posting. Prep Update I did not prep them over night, I did it the morning of, for about an hour before it was time to put them in I made the same rub, minus the Cayenne Pepper and Chili Powder. I used plastic wrap, and that helped keep some of...

Yesterday, I attempted to smoke my first set of Pork Ribs. I followed a YouTube video for an electric smoker, and learned some lessons along the way (again). My Meat Sprouts Pork Baby Back Ribs ($19-26) My Prep Remove the ribs from the plastic, and place on a cookie sheet. Pat down with paper towels...

Hey folks! Given the requirements of "adult life", since it was 15 - 20 years after the last time we had a LAN Party, we're going to condense the event and move it entirely online, with an option to come in person still on the table. The post above has been updated with the latest details....

Today I attempted to smoke my first brisket. I followed a YouTube video for beginners and learned some lessons along the way. I have an electric smoker and wood chips, so the instructions in the video were followed, but had to be modified along the way with what I know about how my smoker works. The...

Happy #42 @Punix-GT. You've attained the year of the life, the universe, and everything. I'll compile the birthday messages I've made all over the internet here. I started with the one on tsnDiscord... Not many people know this, but in his late teens, he ran away from home and lived under a grand pi...

https://www.the-spot.net/phorums/images/events/tsnLan20-large.png It's been 20 years since Punix-GT, IBJay, Bethnangel and I laid down the ashes of etbustudents.cc and etbuers.com, and with them rebuilt ourselves as the-spot.net. It was April 2003 when the domain was purchased and the first version...

The tsn9 demo site is back up under a new repository, as is this base forum codebase. This represents a break from the tsn8 implementation, and a decision to cease modifying the source code of the underlying forum software, and to try to build the entire tsn experience into a single extension which ...

Well, just as quickly as I was able to set it all up, the tribe platform version of the site will also be taken back down. Staring in Feb 2023, they will not offer a free plan anymore, and I would have to upgrade to a paid plan. This normally wouldn't be much of a problem, except their paid plan is ...

https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/933110/header.jpg?t=1666118410 For most of the pandemic, [wizard] and I have been playing Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition on Steam (steampowered.com) together most nights of the week. If you want to join us, at the time of this post it's $20 ...