An Unintentional Detriment to Masculinity, Mental Health, and General Well-Being (Note: This post is very long. By reading it, you are going to learn things you may not want to know about me. I’m writing it not to be an exhibitionist, but to hopefully help other men deal with, or avoid, the mistakes I have made. I am laying out… Read more »
There is a generation of people I really feel for when it comes to the web: those a few years younger than me and any after them. Way back when the most annoying thing a webpage could do was use pop-ups (and a few had oddly unkillable popups), or use the evil known as frames. The latter of which I… Read more »
Earlier today Mike Cernovich was temporarily suspended from Twitter, for posting/criticizing a crime-selfie/staged picture (not sure which yet) — one that had already been posted to Twitter. The usual suspects were behind the suspension. Don’t rely on Twitter or any platform you don’t control. Build up a platform outside of Twitter/Facebook/Youtube. Spread yourself out. Don’t get pinned down. That’s what… Read more »
I quit reading Ars Technica because of the stink surrounding their coverage of Zoe Quinn’s Depression Quest game, and the way they did it in the midst of the scandal and completely avoided any mention of it. Well, it turns out it was reviewed because of the scandal: Kyle Orland was part of a group that coordinated to keep down… Read more »
The Single Most Effective Exercise Any Man Can Do. Forney on Belle Knox. Dumbing Down Tech. Fifty Things Women Should Know About Men. I would like to add a “This” to: 6 (Let Shit Go), 8 (Don’t Bombard Him The Second He Walks In), 16 (He Wants You To Need Him), 19 (Ultimatums DO NOT Work), 25 (He Wants You… Read more »
On Friday, my old laptop (from 2007) finally bit the dust. I’d bought it for college and figured I’d keep it until it broke. Well, it broke. All signs point to a motherboard replacement, which would cost probably more than it is worth — I can get an already working cheap old used laptop for less (which is part of… Read more »
Most of the Cigars and Legs series has been written in one of four places: A small notepad I carry with me, a larger notepad I keep in my bag, and the desktop and laptop computers where the works get rendered digitally and most of the actual writing takes place. The computer, a desktop I built for under $600 (shipped!)… Read more »