Author Archives: Stephan Sokolow

Game Review – Duck Game

Posted on 2017-08-02 by Stephan Sokolow

TL;DR: How many people remember Jump ‘n’ Bump… because Duck Game is the same concept, interpreted by the gaming world of 20 years later… and it’s fun. Introduced to me by my brother, Duck Game is a tongue-in-cheek pixel-art party … Continue reading →

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Amateur Preservationist Tip of the Day: Guarding Against Uncaught Battery Leaks

Posted on 2017-07-30 by Stephan Sokolow

Since I just had to open an eBay return request for a perfect-looking Super Nintendo cartridge that had been ruined by a leaky battery, I decided to do a thorough inspection of all of my cartridges to determine both the … Continue reading →

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Recommended “Harry Potter in Sci-Fi Settings” fics

Posted on 2017-07-20 by Stephan Sokolow

Last Updated: 2017-08-13 (Added “Harry’s Trek”) See Also: Recommended “Sci-Fi Discovers Harry Potter” fics So many things happen “yesterday” that we don’t act on. “Yesterday”, I re-read a Harry Potter fanfic… it took two yesterdays to finish. So “yesterday”, when … Continue reading →

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Fanfiction – Truths Revealed Lies Exposed

Posted on 2017-07-18 by Stephan Sokolow

Title: Truths Revealed Lies Exposed by VFSNAKE Fandom: Star Wars Status: Complete Rating: 4.5 out of 5 I don’t normally read Star Wars fanfiction, since I never really got into the extended universe as a kid, but every fandom can … Continue reading →

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Concentrated Feels

Posted on 2017-07-01 by Stephan Sokolow

Last Updated: 2017-08-03 (Added “Day is Done”) 2017-08-04 (Elaborated about “Gates of Dawn”) 2017-12-24 (Added the Civilization 6 launch trailer) 2018-03-21 (Added “I Am Australian” and “Gentle Arms of Eden”) 2019-09-09 (Added Fantasia 2000’s segment for Stravinsky’s Firebird) 2020-07-15 (Added … Continue reading →

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Rust: Looping on a member variable without mutably borrowing self

Posted on 2017-06-23 by Stephan Sokolow

The Story Late last night, I stumbled upon a rather clever hack in one of my Rust projects. I’d been working on an iterator which implements grapheme-aware CamelCase word-splitting when I decided to do some cleanup and ran cargo clippy … Continue reading →

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Recommended Battlestar Galactica “Earth-contact” fics

Posted on 2017-06-13 by Stephan Sokolow

Last Updated: 2019-09-13 (Added “The Phoenix and the Wolverine”) I’ve always enjoyed first-contact fics, because they’re a good way to stir up groups of people and see how they react. No plan survives contact with the enemy and no worldview … Continue reading →

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