S. Ben Melhuish
Ben remembers seeing the
NCSA
Mosaic browsergopher .
He wasn’t entirely wrong.
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My 2023 reading list — Monday, January 1, 2024Quality vs. values — Wednesday, December 6, 2023Achievement-based leveling — Sunday, October 8, 2023Mail server changes — Wednesday, May 3, 2023A first look at technology — Tuesday, March 14, 2023My 2022 games reading list, with a long-winded preamble about gaming in Glorantha — Saturday, December 31, 2022My 2022 reading list — Saturday, December 31, 2022Planning to not stammer — Saturday, October 29, 2022Traveling the Silk Roads — Tuesday, October 4, 2022My 2021 reading list — Friday, December 31, 2021Nut-free granola — Wednesday, December 1, 20212017 E5 walk — Tuesday, November 30, 2021How many wizard triggers? — Saturday, August 21, 20212017 E5 walk: Epilogue — Sunday, June 6, 20212017 E5 walk, day 59: Viroflay to Paris — Saturday, June 5, 20212017 E5 walk, day 58: Neauphle-le-Château to Viroflay — Friday, June 4, 20212017 E5 walk, day 57: Perdreauville to Neauphle-le-Château — Thursday, June 3, 20212017 E5 walk, day 56: Tacoignières to Perdreauville — Wednesday, June 2, 20212017 E5 walk, day 55: Boncourt to Tacoignières — Tuesday, June 1, 20212017 E5 walk, section 13: Boncourt to Paris (5 days) — Tuesday, June 1, 20212017 E5 walk, day 54: Muzy to Boncourt — Monday, May 31, 20212017 E5 walk, day 53: Les Caves to Muzy — Sunday, May 30, 20212017 E5 walk, day 52: Verneuil-sur-Avre to les Caves — Saturday, May 29, 20212017 E5 walk, section 12: Verneuil-sur-Avre to Boncourt (3 days) — Saturday, May 29, 20212017 E5 walk, day 51: Verneuil-sur-Avre (zero-day) — Friday, May 28, 20212017 E5 walk, day 50: Saint-Maurice-lès-Charencey to Verneuil-sur-Avre — Thursday, May 27, 20212017 E5 walk, day 49: La Chapelle-Montligeon to Saint-Maurice-lès-Charencey — Wednesday, May 26, 20212017 E5 walk, day 48: La Bruyère to la Chapelle-Montligeon — Tuesday, May 25, 20212017 E5 walk, day 47: Aillières-Beauvoir to la Bruyère — Monday, May 24, 20212017 E5 walk, day 46: Alençon to Aillières-Beauvoir — Sunday, May 23, 20212017 E5 walk, section 11: Alençon to Verneuil-sur-Avre (6 days) — Sunday, May 23, 20212017 E5 walk, day 45: side-trip to Paris (zero-day) — Saturday, May 22, 20212017 E5 walk, day 44: Carrouges to Alençon — Friday, May 21, 20212017 E5 walk, day 43: Bagnoles-de-l'Orne to Carrouges — Thursday, May 20, 20212017 E5 walk, day 42: Domfront to Bagnoles-de-l'Orne — Wednesday, May 19, 20212017 E5 walk, day 41: Le Gué Safray to Domfront — Tuesday, May 18, 20212017 E5 walk, day 40: Le Neufbourg to le Gué Safray — Monday, May 17, 20212017 E5 walk, section 10: Le Neufbourg to Alençon (6 days) — Monday, May 17, 20212017 E5 walk, day 39: La Filtière to le Neufbourg — Sunday, May 16, 20212017 E5 walk, day 38: L'Anglaicherie to la Filtière — Saturday, May 15, 20212017 E5 walk, day 37: Avranches to l'Anglaicherie — Friday, May 14, 20212017 E5 walk, day 36: Mont-Saint-Michel to Avranches — Thursday, May 13, 20212017 E5 walk, section 9: Mont-Saint-Michel to le Neufbourg (4 days) — Thursday, May 13, 20212017 E5 walk, day 35: Roz-sur-Couesnon to Mont-Saint-Michel — Wednesday, May 12, 20212017 E5 walk, day 35: side-trip to Mont-Saint-Michel — Wednesday, May 12, 20212017 E5 walk, day 34: Mont-Dol to Roz-sur-Couesnon — Tuesday, May 11, 20212017 E5 walk, day 33: Pointe du Grouin to Mont-Dol — Monday, May 10, 20212017 E5 walk, day 32: Saint-Malo to Pointe du Grouin — Sunday, May 9, 20212017 E5 walk, section 8: Saint-Malo to Mont-Saint-Michel (4 days) — Sunday, May 9, 20212017 E5 walk, day 31: Le Minihic-sur-Rance to Saint-Malo — Saturday, May 8, 20212017 E5 walk, day 30: Dinan to le Minihic-sur-Rance — Friday, May 7, 20212017 E5 walk, day 29: Dinan (zero-day) — Thursday, May 6, 20212017 E5 walk, day 28: La Gilais to Dinan — Wednesday, May 5, 20212017 E5 walk, day 27: Montauban-de-Bretagne to la Gilais — Tuesday, May 4, 20212017 E5 walk, day 26: Trémelin to Montauban-de-Bretagne — Monday, May 3, 20212017 E5 walk, section 7: Trémelin to Saint-Malo (6 days) — Monday, May 3, 20212017 E5 walk, day 25: Beignon to Trémelin — Sunday, May 2, 20212017 E5 walk, day 24: La Ville ès Mélais to Beignon — Saturday, May 1, 20212017 E5 walk, day 23: Le Vieux Bourg to la Ville ès Mélais — Friday, April 30, 20212017 E5 walk, day 22: Josselin to le Vieux Bourg — Thursday, April 29, 20212017 E5 walk, section 6: Josselin to Trémelin (4 days) — Thursday, April 29, 20212017 E5 walk, day 21: Chapelle Saint-Maudan to Josselin — Wednesday, April 28, 20212017 E5 walk, day 20: Gueltas to Chapelle Saint-Maudan — Tuesday, April 27, 20212017 E5 walk, day 19: Saint-Caradec to Gueltas — Monday, April 26, 20212017 E5 walk, day 18: Mûr-de-Bretagne to Saint-Caradec — Sunday, April 25, 20212017 E5 walk, section 5: Mûr-de-Bretagne to Josselin (4 days) — Sunday, April 25, 20212017 E5 walk, day 17: Beau Rivage to Mûr-de-Bretagne — Saturday, April 24, 20212017 E5 walk, day 16: Gouarec to Beau Rivage — Friday, April 23, 20212017 E5 walk, day 15: Glomel to Gouarec — Thursday, April 22, 20212017 E5 walk, day 14: Carhaix-Plouguer to Glomel — Wednesday, April 21, 20212017 E5 walk, day 13: Kroas ar Breton to Carhaix-Plouguer — Tuesday, April 20, 20212017 E5 walk, day 12: Huelgoat to Kroas ar Breton — Monday, April 19, 20212017 E5 walk, section 4: Huelgoat to Mûr-de-Bretagne (6 days) — Monday, April 19, 20212017 E5 walk, day 11: Coat Mocun to Huelgoat — Sunday, April 18, 20212017 E5 walk, day 10: Saint-Rivoal to Coat Mocun — Saturday, April 17, 20212017 E5 walk, day 9: Skiriou to Saint-Rivoal — Friday, April 16, 20212017 E5 walk, day 8: Le Faou to Skiriou — Thursday, April 15, 20212017 E5 walk, section 3: Le Faou to Huelgoat (4 days) — Thursday, April 15, 20212017 E5 walk, day 7: Kervézennec to le Faou — Wednesday, April 14, 20212017 E5 walk, day 6: Sainte-Marie-du-Ménez-Hom to Kervézennec — Tuesday, April 13, 20212017 E5 walk, day 5: Lestrevet to Sainte-Marie-du-Ménez-Hom — Monday, April 12, 20212017 E5 walk, day 4: Douarnenez to Lestrevet — Sunday, April 11, 20212017 E5 walk, section 2: Douarnenez to le Faou (4 days) — Sunday, April 11, 20212017 E5 walk, day 3: Pors Peron to Douarnenez — Saturday, April 10, 20212017 E5 walk, day 2: Trouérennec to Pors Peron — Friday, April 9, 20212017 E5 walk, day 1: Pointe du Raz to Trouérennec — Thursday, April 8, 20212017 E5 walk, section 1: Pointe du Raz to Douarnenez (3 days) — Thursday, April 8, 20212017 E5 walk, day 0: Audierne to Plogoff — Wednesday, April 7, 20212017 E5 walk — Tuesday, April 6, 20212017 E5 walk: Prologue — Tuesday, April 6, 2021E5 colophon — Tuesday, April 6, 20212017 E5 walk: Gear — Tuesday, April 6, 20212017 E5 walk: Phone — Tuesday, April 6, 2021Gracie, c. 2002–March 6, 2021 — Saturday, March 6, 2021Games I would run (fall 2019 edition) — Sunday, November 3, 2019Following the impeachment — Wednesday, October 23, 2019(Don’t go back to) Blogville — Wednesday, September 18, 2019Returning from the Lightbringers' Quest — Wednesday, September 18, 2019Random adventure titles — Friday, August 25, 2017When good trails go bad — Thursday, April 20, 2017Walking — Monday, April 3, 2017Quick update: following my progress — Monday, April 3, 2017Pledging — Monday, March 27, 2017Frequently asked questions — Thursday, March 23, 2017Complicity — Wednesday, February 15, 2017Not all Trump voters (addendum) — Sunday, November 13, 2016Not all Trump voters — Saturday, November 12, 2016Thoughts on the 5th edition D&D Monster Manual art — Sunday, November 23, 2014Why Not Lyft — Tuesday, November 18, 2014Site maintenance — Thursday, October 2, 2014Site maintenance — Thursday, October 2, 2014Diversity in the 5th edition D&D Player's Handbook art — Saturday, September 6, 2014Glorantha and HeroQuest — Friday, July 11, 2014Appendix C: About the author — Monday, July 7, 2014My gaming history — Sunday, July 6, 2014Colophon — Thursday, July 3, 2014Computers I have known — Thursday, July 3, 2014What Twitter accounts does Ben use? — Thursday, July 3, 2014pile.org has moved hosts — Sunday, March 9, 2014Cassoulet — Tuesday, January 7, 2014Gufo di Notte — Thursday, April 25, 2013Service flakiness — Sunday, March 17, 2013A quick link — Saturday, May 12, 2012The Ashen Stars are right — Wednesday, April 18, 2012Ogre — Friday, April 13, 2012Reamde Among the Graves — Thursday, April 12, 2012Plural possessive — Friday, November 11, 2011The many spellings of Gadhafi — Saturday, October 22, 2011Service notes — Friday, October 14, 2011In memoriam — Thursday, October 6, 2011Our story thus far... — Wednesday, October 5, 2011Future course: set — Tuesday, March 2, 2010Green dragon build challenge — Tuesday, February 23, 2010Blue Planet — Tuesday, February 16, 2010A fantasy game I would play — Wednesday, February 3, 2010Sketching setting — Wednesday, February 3, 2010For your consideration: a recipe — Wednesday, January 27, 2010Thoughts about 4th edition D&D, from a reading of the Dungeon Master's Guide — Thursday, January 14, 2010A game I recommend to you based on other people's recommendations — Tuesday, January 5, 2010War! Good God, what does it go for? Absolutely nothing! — Wednesday, December 2, 2009Appendix A: Pending articles — Tuesday, December 1, 2009Grognardia — Monday, November 30, 2009Tékumel — Saturday, November 28, 2009Appendix B: Colophon — Saturday, November 28, 2009Half my life — Friday, November 27, 2009Unknown Armies — Saturday, November 14, 2009Statement of purpose — Friday, November 6, 2009Animals Nathan has invented — Saturday, October 17, 2009Welcome, Eliza. — Wednesday, September 30, 2009App Store approval math — Friday, August 21, 2009I just want to be — Monday, July 6, 2009OS X troubleshooting: can't send music from iTunes to new Airport Express — Friday, March 27, 2009OS X troubleshooting: fixing broken apps in Simple Finder — Friday, March 27, 2009Presented without comment — Thursday, March 5, 2009iPhone: Sync music from one computer, everything else from another — Sunday, March 1, 2009Neocolonialism alert — Monday, February 2, 2009Huh, I guess I redesigned this thing. — Sunday, January 25, 2009What did you do today? — Wednesday, January 21, 2009Twitter vs. Bouquet vs. this web site (vs. Delicious while I'm thinking about it) — Saturday, January 10, 2009iPhone apps I have known: not for me — Thursday, January 1, 2009iPhone apps I have known: third page — Thursday, January 1, 2009iPhone apps I have known: second page — Thursday, January 1, 2009iPhone apps I have known: front page — Thursday, January 1, 2009iPhone apps I have known — Thursday, January 1, 2009Technically, it's his fourth — Saturday, December 27, 2008California Goddamn — Wednesday, November 5, 2008Election Day — Tuesday, November 4, 2008Obama's greatest strength — Tuesday, October 28, 2008Common mispronunciations (as of September 2008) — Friday, September 12, 2008Michael Dukakis needs a hug — Wednesday, August 27, 2008Our long national nightmare of choice and democracy is finally over — Tuesday, June 3, 2008Proud of my son — Wednesday, March 12, 2008What's the saddest thing? — Wednesday, January 23, 2008Vitally-important taco truck news — Sunday, July 15, 2007Of course you realize... — Wednesday, May 16, 2007Zapfino, you're on notice! — Sunday, March 18, 2007Global heating — Tuesday, September 19, 2006Relationships between baristas and customers, part 2 — Tuesday, September 12, 2006Rebuilding Pompeii — Tuesday, August 29, 2006Pour a 16-ounce Esmerelda drip on the curb — Wednesday, August 23, 2006One-sentence reviews of "Superman Returns" — Monday, July 3, 2006Yo' mamma so — Friday, June 23, 2006Relationships between baristas and customers — Monday, April 24, 2006A public service announcement — Monday, April 17, 2006Fool Me Twice? Great! — Tuesday, April 4, 2006Phases of Matter — Saturday, April 1, 2006Don’t Call It a Weblog, I Been Here for Years — Saturday, March 25, 2006Powerbook — Sunday, March 12, 2006Review: Jones Soda 2005 Holiday Pack — Friday, March 3, 2006text-to-image.php — Tuesday, January 3, 2006Beurre blanc — Tuesday, January 3, 2006Uthaithani — Friday, December 30, 2005Welcome, Nathan. — Wednesday, December 14, 2005