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The Tree

01 Jul 2026

An erudite friend told me yesterday that expecting life to be fair is a fool's errand. That fairness is malleable, defined in terms of the wants of the present. Fickle. He used the word. He found grueling victory in a recent deep regret I'd communicated over coffee.

Dusty Tomes

23 Jun 2026

A reflection on Lemonade by Raymond Carver, pulled from the archive of an ancient database. This may become a feature as I have made a lot of words throughout my life, and some of the arrangements just happen to be pretty. That's not quite the right word. But it will do.

On Endings

07 Jun 2026

Musings about Destiny 2's end and what makes games addictive for me. Destiny 2 has a very specific appeal because of one weapon. This post goes into detail about that weapon and what it means for me.

Continue?

30 May 2026

Resuming a saved game used to be a matter of correctly copying down long sequences of letters and numbers, then hoping you'd not made a mistake while writing. Entering them was a matter of entering letters and numbers with a d-pad, then hoping you'd not made a mistake entering in the letters.

Hacking UIs

25 May 2026

Closed-source software is notoriously difficult to change when its authors make decisions that are anti-user. I've found a way to make Spotify work for me via some CLI-fu thanks to clever fellow devs. Kiddo is thrilled to be able to mod the UI on her iPod clone.

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Words.

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Hi. I'm Luc. I make pretty things by pressing buttons and wiggling a mouse. I do corporate surveillance, after a fashion. I'm working on flight. I make music. I write sometimes too. This site is for all that. Except the surveillance.