I've had the most diabolical idea I've ever had.

Crowdfunded YouTube ad campaign that's just a 30s preroll of Never Gonna Give You Up.

This isn't even an April fools thing. It's just an evil thought. :D

When I bought my current phone, I also got a screen protector for it. I wanted to break my cycle of buying a new phone every year or so, which meant planning for longevity.

Enter the tempered glass screen protector.

Last night, I abruptly and aggressively hugged the ground, and in doing so sent my phone off to fight its own fight in the battle with concrete.

Screen protector mauled, case mauled. Underlying tech? Protected and unscathed. Worst I had to worry about was the protector coming apart during extraction and replacement. (Pro tip: packing tape over the broken protector when replacing it.)

Moral of the story: Better a sacrificial screen protector at $20 to replace than a whole ass screen at $150+.

A new microsd card, this time for my gaming laptop, with 1.5tb of storage.

I remain mind blown at the sheer concept of such storage amounts on so tiny a piece of physical media. Just wild to me.

I'm running a one shot that involves my players sussing out a potential threat at a ball. RP heavy session - with a couple of twists.

- Rumor cards! Some true. Some false. Some somewhere between. I made up ten for six players - and I'm not going to hide from them that there are rumors they're not getting. :D

- The McGuffin of the session: All drinks are served in glasses that show you a memory from the last person who drank from the cup. Gives options for things like a sneaky type to make off with a suspect's glass to get a peek between their ears, while opening up RP between players. Wanna see some backstory? Share a drink!

Tonight's going to be fun.
#DnD #dnd5e #ttrpg

Today's grump:

Ubuntu, I am *begging* you.

Install the firefox debian package.

Not the snap. Not the flatpak. The freaking. Debian. Package.

Sigh.

(I got it to, but that was *obnoxious.*)

I am somewhat regularly reminded that my hobbies leak into my work in odd ways.

Who uses 'perchance' in an official discussion, and ticket notes, aside from someone who spends her weekends describing kobolds making a tactical retreat?

Random side note:

This laptop came with a copilot button. (Ew.)

I used the input remapper. Now it's a terminal hotkey.

#SwitchToLinux

Module config just dropped on the Kestrel Mk2 (new Elite Dangerous) ship and uh.

Holy shit.

From the Buur Pit:

> 4 Utility Slots
>
> Hard Points:
> 3 Large Hardpoints
> 2 Small Hardpoints

> Core Internals:
> Size 5 Powerplant
> Size 5 Thrusters
> Size 4 FSD
> Size 1 Life support
> Size 5 Power distributor
> Size 2 Sensors
> Size 4 Fuel Tank
>
> Optional Internals:
> 1 x Size 1
> 3 x Size 2
> 1 x Size 3
> 2 x Size 4 (One of these is a military slot)
> 1 x Size 5

I'm sorry, I wasn't aware the current plan was to... *Checks notes* Basically mount a series of tank cannons on an F-22. Considering its nearest peer is the Vulture, which has two larges, and a size four powerplant w/ a size five distro, and more than a few issues trying to stay fully operational with these during combat?

Flying one of these is going to be a very interesting pip dance, at the very least. For how rapidly the Vulture gets toasty firing its weaponry... yeesh.

Source: http://youtube.com/post/Ugkx5Rsi-Bdb6ReiCaQQuJO0LyTU7s_wbEPU

#EliteDangeous #pcgaming