Bai!

Is he wearing a barong Tagalog?

“On the Quay at Smyrna” by Ernest Hemingway. A very short read, almost a vignette, but it left me depressed. Too on the nose for the current world situation.

NextCloud allows you to share a folder but for upload only.

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More than that, it’s the cloud services from Google, Amazon, and Microsoft that worry me. Many IT shops are dependent on these services, so if the US regime decides to f- around with that, many companies outside will be screwed.

A group of separatist rebels in the Philippines formed the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

MILF, for short.

Diplomacy Is Not An Option, maybe?

Yah! I had one too. I miss that toy.

Combination cleric and bard.

The Princess Bride. It’s got fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles…

Thanks! I corrected the title. Good to know it’s also on Steam.

Silence will fall.

LEGO comes to mind. Not cheap, but definitely knows how to keep a healthy and active relationship with their customers.

I enjoyed it a lot when I got it a few years ago. It’s quite a gem, actually, either as a standalone story or as an expansion to A New Hope.

There are some nuanced differences. Han Solo came across as more ruthless than the easygoing version of the movies, which made his change of heart more meaningful. The interludes on Alderaan give more background to the rebellion as well as amplify Leia’s loss. Darth Vader’s torture scene with Leia was intense.

Overall, it has the feel of an old time Flash Gordon serial.

Neither is their CEO.

Everything’s BIG in Texas!

Like Yosemite Sam.

Those are some pretty old soldiers in the picture.