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Reap3r: A Review

Posted on January 12, 2023 by Hatboy

This review is part of my judging effort for SPSFC2. For a little intro to the whole thing and an explanation of my judging style, see this practice review. Hey there. Enough chit-chat! Let’s take a look at Reap3r, by … Continue reading →

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Leaving Facebook

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Hatboy

Facebook’s got a lot of problems. Facebook’s problems have problems. They’re nothing really that we haven’t known about for years, and mostly they’re fine if you’re not a moron, but I’m not going to sit here and say I’m not … Continue reading →

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Google Me

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Hatboy

The creepy Google machine has found my books, which could be good or could make things weird and scary. I can only hope it will make Andrew Hindle a little bit more visible, should anyone be randomly Googling Andrew Hindle. … Continue reading →

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Hatstand Pro

Posted on June 9, 2019 by Hatboy

Day 63. 64 pages, 30,172 words. I’m considering levelling up the blog again. They’re offering me a slight discount, so two years of premium would cost €120 instead of €180. I feel a bit wealthy right now, but I’m just … Continue reading →

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A Shallow Dive into Deep Waters

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Hatboy

Day 42. 106 pages, 48,176 words. A wise person once said that social media is so distressing because what we see of everyone else (and what we share of ourselves) is a Greatest Hits reel, while the reality that sticks … Continue reading →

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The Big Weekender of Meta Reviews, Part 2: Red Letter Media’s Turn

Posted on September 1, 2018 by Hatboy

Day 39. 99 pages, 44,958 words. So there was an interesting thread on Twitter the other day, basically calling out Red Letter Media with some pretty specific and pretty damning criticisms. In honor of Red Letter Media's "review" of THE … Continue reading →

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Bye bye, Info Wars

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Hatboy

Day 15. 25 pages, 10,510 words. I was delighted today to see that Alex Jones, the big crazy stupid daddy of Info Wars, has been taken off some of the big social media platforms. Now let’s get something straight: This … Continue reading →

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Gunned Down

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Hatboy

Mere days after my long rant about how PC culture, SJWs and the self-destructive left aren’t the enemy here, we have this delicious little clusterfuck. So James Gunn apparently sent a bunch of “edgy” tweets several years before he worked … Continue reading →

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Solo and the new Star Wars era

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Hatboy

The following blog post, amalgamated from a fascinating Facebook conversation I lurked through on my esteemed associate Ilya’s wall, as well as another article and discussion I nabbed from my other esteemed associate M. “Cat Protocol” A.’s wall, requires very … Continue reading →

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The state of the male / female divide in the closing weeks of 2017 AD

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Hatboy

This morning, one of the administrators of the George Takei bot on Facebook[1] posted this interesting article about what happens when jackasses and the Internet collide. [1] He used to actually post, I’m sure, and was really engaging and clever. … Continue reading →

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