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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.

The Most Difficult Thought

23 May 2026

On the subject of accidental transitory fame. Eugene Thacker writes very seriously about what we can know and how we deal with what we can't, and because he wrote a great title, his work has become symbolic in a way that perfectly describes our times.

On the Subject of Bots

22 May 2026

Or how I stopped worrying and embraced our artificially-intelligent brethren. Not quite. But here's what I've been thinking lately about what artificial intelligence is and how we can remain human in our approach to this amazing thing we now have the ability to birth.

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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.