The SolarWinds hack of 2019-2020, even at a high level of understanding, is incredible to think about from both the hacking and mitigation perspective. Wired's article recounts what happened and, honestly, it's worth the extra long read.

Every now and again a new product or article comes along that is refreshing in all aspects. This review of Dyson's new, weird headset plus air purifier is fulfilling that role for me right now. I love everything about Victoria Song's write up and I encourage you to read it and take a break from thinking about serious things for a moment.

If you play indie roleplaying games, then you may have heard that "Swords Without Master is in Worlds Without Master, issue 3". Worlds Without Master (or "Worlds", for short) has long been one of my favorite indie publications and I'm excited to be working on something inspired by it. I expect to be sharing a preview of it in an upcoming post.

I've been busy playing with the new PlayStation VR2, which is the first VR headset I've been willing to purchase. It's been pretty awesome and the game I'm playing most often is easily Pistol Whip, which has been available on other VR platforms for a minute. The most pleasing moment came when I realized the developers were also fans of the 2002 movie, Equilibrium.

Even 7 years later, Swedish metal band Tribulation's "Children of the Night" album is a fantastic listen. The application of a church organ and cello somehow keeps it both light and heavy at the same time making it easy to listen to as well. The only downside is they are not on Bandcamp, it seems.