Mikkel Snyder

After seeing Summer Wars in 4K, I return a quote that summarizes the essence of AMC's Halt and Catch Fire and also my idealized vision of tech in general.

"Computers aren't the thing. They're the thing that gets us to the thing."

Muttering "Everything's in service of the next thing", not really sure if I fully believe it today, but muttering it nevertheless.

I swear there's a brilliant concept for an Aarakocra Cleric somewhere here.

Comics University 2025 - Week 6: 10 Years In—Hot Ones-Inspired Interview with Steenz YouTube video by St. Louis Independent Comics Expo

What's this?

@slicexpo.bsky.social has one final session of Comics U 2025 for its 10 Year anniversary and it's a Hot Ones Inspired Interview with @oheysteenz.bsky.social?

And it's gonna be livestreamed from @bettysbooksstl.bsky.social and recorded for posterity?

www.youtube.com/live/W4aGkVT...

Not to toot my horn, but I can still run tech and stage the hell out of a venue.

a cartoon drawing of superman with an arrow pointing to the left Alt: A gif flipping between Clark Kent in a park and Superman behind the Daily Planet.

I have ended up rewatching My Adventures with Superman, and I don't care, this is my favorite version of the character.

A page from Haikyu 333. Panel 1 - A coach says "It actually has a much more rational meaning to it. Panel 2 - a player on a volleyball court looks at two banners. The top reads "Give each play your all." The bottom reads "the joy of living of the now." Panel 3 - a close up of the player profile. Text reads "Task focus. The end result of a game. The referees' judgements. The actions of the opponent. These are things outside of any one player's control. What a player can control is there own thoughts and actions." *Referenced from Volleyball Mental Kyoks Method.

Doing the completely normal thing of returning to one of the tentpole panels of a manga about a Japanese highschool boys volleyball club to recalibrate and carry on.

Today, we mutter task focus. Today, we work.

if somebody assigns you a piece where you're supposed to talk to the Grok love chatbot please contact me so I can pay you to not write that piece. I can't afford to be capricious like this but I will crowdfund it and get support. together we can stop you

Panel 1: A swordsman with a short, ragged red cape, 2 brown belts, and a shoulderpad, stands with a wide stance and his sword drawn in his right hand. We see him from behind the shoulder of his opponent, who seems to be wearing blue. Something is written on the red swordsman's chest, illegible from this distance. Panel 2: We zoom in. What's written on the red swordsman's chest is "GOOD". He says "We could have been friends, you know." Panel 3: The perspective is turned as his opponent is revealed to be wearing a long blue cloak and rectangular framed glasses. The wind billows his cloak. Panel 4: The blue swordsman shifts his cloak to draw his sword, which glints in the sunlight with a "shiiiiing". It is revealed that on his chest is written "PERFECT". He responds: "No. We couldn't have."

I'm ready for Slay the Spire 2, please and thank you Neow.

With just a little bit of save scumming, I was able to defeat the Heart on A20 with Defect, a feat I have not done in a while largely because I am sometimes reckless.

I however was not able to beat my previous high scores, but that's on me for not taking more hallways.

I was introduced to the concept of block scheduling when I did healthcare IT for a year, and implementing it in my own life has been one of the best things I've done for my productivity.

Now mind you, my block utilization stat is probably garbage, but I am not out here trying to maximize profit.

YouTube video by riserecords Winona Fighter - (Don't Get) CLOSE (Official Visualizer)

A new acquaintance introduced me to Winona Fighter a few days ago, and it turns out that it was actually the universe telling me I needed some pop-punk this month.

Not a hot take but “My Adventures with Superman” may be the best, freshest take on Supes in decades and I love it. Sets many benchmarks and needs to be a standard in how the characters are portrayed, far FAR eclipsing the Timm version which is revered but not without many flaws

Reading Full Metal Alchemist on Webtoon and it is honestly impressive how incredibly well this series has aged in all aspects.

YouTube video by Netflix Long Story Short | Official Teaser | Netflix

Raphael Bob-Waksberg created one of the best satires of modern memory with BoJack Horseman and one of my favorite short story collections with "Someone Who Will Love You In All Your Damaged Glory", so yeah, I'm in.

There have been non-stop fireworks for about twenty minutes and honestly I am over it.

I want to opt in to any constant barrage of explosions.

For the last two months, I made the conscious effort to turn off all my large screens at 10pm to help with my sleep schedule.

Today, I am completely disregarding it because S4 of The Bear dropped at 7PM CT for some godforsaken reason and I need to watch just a few more episodes before I sleep.

Rewatching FX's The Bear ahead of the S4 drop.

I have watched Forks a dozen times and I cry every time. A perfect arc in a perfect episode of television.

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Blue graphic with five stacked video thumbnails of Comics U sessions and a play button. Text reads "Comics U Now Streaming! Livestream and video recordings of 2025 sessions (except Session 4: Figure Drawing) available on SLICE's YouTube @slicexpo."

Exciting tech update! SLICE is now able to offer ✨livestreaming✨ of our 2025 Comics University sessions! This is something we've hoped to do for many years and now you get to try it out with us. Head to our YouTube page for all livestream links and previous session recordings. youtube.com/@slicexpo

A warrior wearing a golden ram helm wielding a great axe. The Dawn Raider from Elden Ring: Nightreign

Surprising absolutely no one including myself, I enjoy the Soulslike experience more when it is modded to be a Roguelike.

Elden Ring: Nightreign matches my cadence and tolerance, and I have been rewarded with my patience by beating my second boss 24 hours in.

Self-portrait with a speech balloon that says "I'm open for work!"

Hello, Bluesky! Last month I was laid off from my day job, which means I am available for editing work! I am open to full-time, part-time, and/or freelance opportunities. Read on for my freelance rates, and learn more about me and my work at katvendetti.com!

I know why I am up at 4AM (gotta get on this red-eye flight), as do I know why the hotel staff and my Lyft driver are up, but there are far too many other people also awake.

a paper clip with googly eyes is sitting on top of a piece of paper Alt: a paper clip with googly eyes is sitting on top of a piece of paper

After however many years, I now find myself stating that we unironically need Clippy back which speaks to volumes to something. To what exactly, I am not entirely sure, but that's where I am at.

I continue to have no sense of time or distance.

Anyways, I get to feign extroversion for a work conference for the week. Wish me luck.

Being an adult is pretty great for the most part, but it also comes with the unfortunate reality that "if it's not one thing, it's another" or more realistically "it's all the things."

Which is to say, I'm fine but I have had to make so many phone calls and schedule so many things in the last week.

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Hello! 👋 We wanted to take a moment to introduce ourselves—we're your SLICE 2025 organizer team.

🎨 by @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social

Always delighted to be surprised by a piece of media.

(This reaction brought to you by the latest episode of Gundam GQuuuuuuX.)