Understanding the trick-taking renaissance Looking at the rise of trick-taking games from a data-driven perspective

I went on a real deep dive this week with Don't Eat the Meeples as I tried to understand the realities of the "trick-taking renaissance," what might be a temporary boost in interest, and what might be a return to something that went away in the 2000s.

www.donteatthemeeples.com/understandin...

i presented at a little internal tech conference about atproto and kept wondering why everything was working poorly

trying to embrace it! (offprint is on my list to try next)

Got a little wild hair and set up wasatch.soccer to publish @standard.site documents. I'm not sure why, though. Hmm.

The Exploratorium, San Francisco, 2022 - In Photos I took a trip to San Francisco in 2022 with my friend Ian. These photos are from the couple of hours we spent at the Exploratorium, which has long been one of m...

Just a few shots from a 2022 trip to SF. I'd like to go the Exploratorium again,.

Aiming for that bottom 8%

If I never have to see live refcam footage again, it’ll be too soon.

very felt tip — went through a strong felt tip phase in college, so I'm enjoy it a lot. sort of wondering if I can puncture the ink cartridge when it's empty and refill myself, though. we have so much fountain pen ink, would be a fun experiment. and probably a very messy one.

alright, ordered a set of three tradios, arrived today ... this is kinda wild

28 Days Later remains one of my all-time favorites

Season 3 is so good!

Ooooh how far are you?

Had great success w/ no leaks with TWSBI — whether it's the Eco or the 580. If you're willing to give the fountain pen life another try

I love a good inky finger mess — I've got a few TWSBIs at my desk for that. Can't resist a fun pen, though

just got a grip of Pilot Juice+ pens from Jet Pens ... guess I'll be making another order soon (Uni One is my uniball preference right now)

bet @trevorbrady.bsky.social was there too

I saw them in either 2000 and 2001 and loved it. I now realize that's more than half my life ago, though ... I wish I could find the date — they played with Reel Big Fish, believe it was in Las Vegas? So many great concerts are just sort of lost to discarded ticket stubs and posters

it's genuinely good — i'm still a little shocked it's held up as well as it has

Context is still nice!

Incredible! I just got his new album in the mail today — I've been saving listening to it until it arrived. Have you listened?

it's true, though

And … you did, right?

My wife would just want to know what I got at Caputo’s, and now I just want to eat some chocolate looking at the bag. Mission accomplished?

How Scout influenced climbing games Did the 2019 climbing game lead to an influx of climbing games?

I went on a deep dive into how Scout influenced climbing games — complete with four charts, because I will use a chart any chance I can.

www.donteatthemeeples.com/how-scout-in...

ok, that’s amazing — and it’s also how I just found out he’s a fellow web dev. That’s so good