Game Day: Back to the Borderlands

A close up view of adventurers fighting goblins.

As I wrote last week, the Blackrazors and their children will be running through the venerable module B2: The Keep on the Borderlands as part of our D&D Kids campaign. We’re playing D&D 5th Edition, and are running a version of the module updated for that edition. We chose B2 for a couple of reasons: … Read more

Game Day: The Next Generation

A keep, with high walls and towers, stands against a vibrant red, yellow, and orange background.

The next generation of Blackrazor Guilders have strapped on their fathers’ swords, sat down at the gaming table, and begun slinging dice. We have three kids (two boys, one girl) in the immediate group who want to play, and we have two of my son’s friends (both boys) who are also eager to start casting … Read more

Experimenting with Evernote alternatives

Sticky-note-like blocks of to do lists fill the screen.

Earlier in the summer Evernote limited their free service to only allow syncing between two devices. This severely hampered my Home Mac/Work Mac/iPad/iPhone workflow, and led me to try some other services: Google Keep and SimpleNote. I don’t begrudge Evernote their decision; I was the sort of user who was costing them money without providing … Read more

Why I have a Summer Reading List

The paperback book "Crusade" lies face down on a rock next to a fire.

Why do I have a summer reading list? Two big reasons: 1) because I need time for myself, to be alone with the book, the plot, and the mental scenery I’m constructing and 2) because it gives me a project that I’m completely in control of. It wasn’t always this way. Reading used to be a … Read more