I know nothing about soccer, but my Japanese tutor was really excited about the Netherlands v. Japan game today, so I give it a watch as context for the next lesson. While reading about the team, I discovered their awesome logo featuring Yatagarasu, a three-legged crow of Japanese mythology.

A story in two parts: Helping step mom clean out her garage last weekend. Find cool looking light bulb. Turn on. Discover I am an idiot for turning on and looking at it. (Was left over from recent furnace repair). Felt like I stared at the sun 🤦‍♂️

And a piping hot and fresh demo is available if you're curious (no VR required!)

Did a super quick trip up to the Griffith Observatory last night with Mom and niece (down here in LA for quick 2day family trip). It’s basically impossible not to take an amazing shot of the city here at night.

Over a year and a half ago I had setup this raspberry pi birdhouse webcam meant for sparrows, but we never got any takers ... until this Spring! I setup a youtube live stream if you want to watch this lil fella. youtube.com/live/Nkixs-e...

@musicofsquareenix.bsky.social Wonderful show at Benaroya Hall tonight!! Thank you for coming to Seattle. May or may not have gotten weepy during the ChronoTrigger portion 🥺

@straycatalyst.bsky.social was awesome and got us killer seats at the SquareEnix concert at Benaroya Hall tonight. The choir in the back is killing it!

Citizen-Kane-Slow-Clap pluralistic.net/2026/01/06/1... I’ve enjoyed every Cory Doctorow essay I’ve read, but this one really nailed the tension I had been feeling between AI being a tool for programmers and programmers being a tool AI. A boss once said, “most noble thing you can do is delete code”.

Visited Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) today with fam. Tons of great local stuff here, but my favorite was the Seattle Center World’s Faire bit. Love the retro futurism.

Vibes at MikuExpo Seattle were superb! Perfectly run show. Great crowd energy. Tons of pen lights. An artist sitting across from us even gave us a free stickers!

Great super cut! This picture was what this dumpster fire of a year needed.

Yeah wanted to 2nd this thumbs up of Exit 8 (8番出口). Went in expecting a terrible game-to-movie adaptation and left with big smile on my face. Great bite sized 8.5/10 psychological horror. I really like the cinematography in this one. Good lighting and lots of well executed continuous shots.

Good opportunity to point out there are a ton of great indie games that don't use GenAI and cost a fraction of AAA games. Here's the no GenAI game I'm working on. I'd love to hear any of your #indiegame recommendations as well! store.steampowered.com/app/4040700/... #indiedev #stoptheslop

While cleaning out some old filing cabinets I found a treasure a co-worker had sketched for me that I thought was lost to time: Pikachu, but buff as hell 💪

It was an absolute honor to work with Kieran on Glassbreakers. Hire this man!

Rode the new 2 line into the International District from Bellevue today! It’s finally here. The prophecy has been fulfilled!!

The Needling with a absolutely perfect headline for the new light rail line theneedling.com/2026/03/27/m...

Moving out of our current office in a few days. Left a fun little Batman surprise for the next tenants.

Sorry. Not sorry.

Funny new word came up in my language lesson today: 聖地巡礼/seichijyunrei. It literally means “pilgrimage to a sacred place” but it also means visiting the real life site of an anime. On vacation in Komoro we found such a spot on accident. Found this tour someone did: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVm4...

Surprise late snow day gave Mom and I an excuse to pop up to Gold Creek near Snoqualmie Pass today. I regret not taking our snow shoes with us, but was still a great visit.

This is the "Lisa Frank" energy I needed to brighten up this rancid vibes week.

If Hanna-Barbera era cartoon background paintings taught me anything, a baddie is gonna burst that wall any second.

It's a running joke for Japanese learners that using a "correct" seeming kanji word ends up sounding old-timey and you should just use a loan word. In tonight's language lesson I tried to say 車輪・sha rin (lit. vehicle wheel), but that's like "wagon wheel" and the correct word is タイヤ・ta i ya ("tire").

Come find me at GDC next week! I'll be there as one of the representatives of @carnivalcatgames.bsky.social. We're a new team that focus on helping devs get their feet in the door and be nurtured in their careers. We're looking especially for new business opportunities and would love to connect!

We have a one of those decorative clocks in the bathroom. Went to go adjust it for PDT today and noticed it was already correct. Asked @straycatalyst.bsky.social if they already fixed it. Turns out was never switched to PST in the winter 😆. A neglected clock becomes right again eventually.

Had the wildest thing happen today while snowboarding. The soles on both my boots delaminated! These were like 15 yo boots that had been sitting in the garage for a while so I guess the glue degraded. Despite that still had a lovely day at Snoqualmie despite the low snow pack this year.

@straycatalyst.bsky.social was hankering for a homemade chicken pot pie yesterday, so I obliged. (I cheated and used pre-made crust since I’m terrible at that). I forgot how much of an awesome winter comfort meal this is.

Did a tour of the rebuilt Globe Theater here in London today. Was funded in part by individual donors at £300/person to buy a stone with your name on it. John Cleese (of Monty Python fame) bought 2: one for himself and one for Michael Palin, but only on the condition that Palin’s name wrong.😂

Before my visit, I didn’t realize that the Tower of London was at one point a multi-purpose government office, one of who roles was as a repository for weapon templates and standard measures. They had some standard imperial sized vessels. I had never seen a “peck” before (2 gallons).

@straycatalyst.bsky.social CAW

Sayin’ hi to the Ravens at the Tower of London. These fellas love the bird bath.

Just completed a super fun Bridge Command sim here in London at bridgecommand.space. Highly recommend. Was a super fun blend of interactive sim, team coordination and role play with actors. We rescued a crazy scientist in our particular mission. Was wild seeing her go from on screen to on deck.

When my Japanese language teacher and I travel we try and make a point to send postcards to each other from the places we visit. It’s good writing practice, but man, my penmanship is bad in English, and even more so in Japanese. I feel like an elementary kid when I write lol.😂

The seagulls have arrived outside my hotel window to demand their pound of flesh 😬

Got to check out the Brighton Pier this afternoon with friends. Really lucked out with the weather in the later afternoon. Clouds opened after shortly after we arrived. Also won a Brighton themed tea towel in the arcade!

Wrapped the global game jam here in Brighton with my teammates yesterday. Huge thanks to the Unity Brighton team for hosting!! The jam site was super cozy. So many inspiring games made this year.

I know it’s just a Dollar Store equivalent here in the UK, but I still giggle every time I see the sign.

On the way back from dinner in Brighton this evening we came across an urban fox! They were surprisingly unbothered by our proximity.

Just arrived this morning in London to join my compatriots for the 2026 Global Gam Jam. On the train down to Brighton to meet up with folks now! Couldn’t ask for a nicer morning to ride the train.

Hey everyone, I got real bad news. I lost my job today. Not really sure what to say other than this makes it really tight on my family money-wise. If any of my games writer friends and followers have or know of openings for games reviews, please contact me. Shares appreciated.

Brilliant. I can immediately see Dr. Bunsen Honeydew as a member of the Black Mesa science team.

Saw a big ANTI Ice protest right outside my office just now! Way to go Cap Hill! It’s cool seeing my neighbors speaking truth to power.

I kept forgetting to share this, but this was a cool VTuber character design @bwalker81.bsky.social commissioned from me! It's based on a bull-headed shrike. The final character is going to be 3D. This was a fun project. #illustration #characterdesign #vtuber #furryart #birds #animalartist

I could watch a penguin play with bread physics basically forever and never tire of it.

I may or may not have just enlisted help from someone on Fiverr to mail forward Canadian maple syrup to me.

Saw a test run of the new I-90 light rail connection on the commute this morning! Go little guy go! 🚃 Can’t wait to ride this line to work soon from Bellevue.

I was writing up some docs showing how to setup Stream Deck support for our game. I didn’t realize how greasy and dusty my deck had gotten until I was looking at the pic. @kieranlampert.com said it was like those Ren and Stimpy gross close ups.

Since it's so late, it's pretty easy to leave voicemails - I nutted up (so to speak) and left angry messages with my representatives just now

This week, we're introducing Chetleif, a fast and furious fencer who grew up training to become an elite warrior. 📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zTj...