Aye, hatches battened down.

Brace! Brace! Brace!

I've added a quickstart guide and a manual to #EVECrews and announced its existence on the
@eveonline forum, along with the URL for playtesting.

Let's see how this goes.

#tweetfleet #vibecoding #eveonline

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Life is tough for the crew of the SSS Hot Diggitty:

Morale is low, funds are gone, XO reports crew resilience is critical, officer confidence in me is declining.

And now we have intel that there's an assassin aboard.

#EVECrews playtesting.

#tweetfleet #eveonline #vibecoding

Hey all, I think #EVECrews is ready for an alpha battletest.

Let me know if you'd like to see how it works (& what doesn't!) & I'll DM you the game URL & Discord server (still being set up).

With apologies in advance to artists, coders, & writers everywhere.

#tweetfleet

AI Wish Fulfillment: Imagineering Spaceship Crews A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I played with spaceships. Last week, I was waiting at a garage for my car to be fixed. These two unrelated events collided in a joyously productive way, …

A quick update on #EVECrews, an #EveOnline companion app I've stumbled into #vibecoding.

15 years in the planning, how 1 shredded tyre & 2 veteran podcasters led to some heretical #gamedev & yet another blogpost about spaceships.

#tweetfleet

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AI Wish Fulfillment: Imagineering Spaceship Crews A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I played with spaceships. Last week, I was waiting at a garage for my car to be fixed. These two unrelated events collided in a joyously productive way, leading to the start of a creative project fifteen years in the making. In the same week NASA sent a crew of four to the moon and back, I was inspired to put an imaginary crew into my old internet spaceships, thanks to a new EVE Online podcast I stumbled across, hosted by two of my old gaming blogger compatriots.

AI Wish Fulfillment: Imagineering Spaceship Crews

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I played with spaceships. Last week, I was waiting at a garage for my car to be fixed. These two unrelated events collided in a joyously productive way, leading to the start of a creative project fifteen…

Look what you two made me do! ;)

I've been tinkering with vibe-coding recently and pointed Claude at some of my old blogposts with ideas for EVE and produced an API-driven crew simulator.

One podcast episode and a couple of blogposts and my head is swimming. You inspiring bastards.

All good here apart from a flat tyre. Just tuning in to episode 1 of your new podcast while waiting to get it fixed. Love the opening theme. Listening to you two chatting is just the distraction I needed. :)

I asked each AI to update their Doomsday clock estimate based on a 'review of world events' post-ceasefire. Only ChatGPT remained unaware of the ceasefire (I didn't explicitly mention it in my prompt).

ChatGPT: 15s (-10*)
Claude: 47s (+24)
Copilot: 35s (+15)
Gemini: 45s (+15)
Grok: 50s (+25)

Well this is an unexpectedly joyous crossover on my Bluesky timeline:

Kinux x Javix.

That's content with a lot of Xs. Is it rude? ;)

Doomsday Clock - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists It is 85 seconds to midnight.

As the official Doomsday Clock is only set once a year (currently 85 seconds to midnight since Jan - already the closest ever), I asked genAI chatbots to recalculate for today:

ChatGPT: 25s
Claude: 23s
Copilot: 20s
Gemini: 30s
Grok: 25s

Distressing.

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Six Years Later: How the UK Government Missed Early Chances to Slow COVID Spread Close to the 6th anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the independent UK Covid-19 Inquiry has published the third of ten module reports and recommendations, this time focussed on ‘the impact of Covid-19 on healthcare systems’. I found it challenging to read through the findings, knowing that so much could have been different. There is some solace to be taken from seeing the establishment recognise the missteps and the impact on those who lived, worked, and suffered through it.

Six Years Later: How the UK Government Missed Early Chances to Slow COVID Spread

Close to the 6th anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the independent UK Covid-19 Inquiry has published the third of ten module reports and recommendations, this time focussed on ‘the impact of Covid-19…

I've #vibecoded a playable game that's a fond nod to old school fantasy tropes from games like Gauntlet, Golden Axe, #Heroquest, & #DnD.

Would anyone be interested in watching a #livestream about using #AI tools, 'agentic engineering' & digital nerdery?

Adventures in AI: How I Accidentally ‘Vibe Coded’ a Video Game It’s fair to say that my planned AI-in-healthcare career reboot has taken a bit of an unexpected turn. After resigning from my healthcare management post in October, it was fully my intention after a short break to then step back into the healthcare fray. That endeavour began with some fevered absorption of online courses in AI and Agile development. However…

Adventures in AI: How I Accidentally ‘Vibe Coded’ a Video Game

It’s fair to say that my planned AI-in-healthcare career reboot has taken a bit of an unexpected turn. After resigning from my healthcare management post in October, it was fully my intention after a short break to then step back into…

@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk our cockerpoo Rory's spinal injury 2 days before Christmas 2024 pretty much led to cancelling Christmas for our then 10 & 11 y/o daughters. We were advised to put him down due to low chance of recovery, but we gambled £10k and won a wonky, but still going, dog.

Ah, I get it now. Yeah, either that or I'll need to sell a kidney.

What's heloc?

Some friends are pressuring me to try out Star Citizen during a freebie period tomorrow. Is there a helpline I can call? ;)

The Value of AI at Home Decades ago, they promised us robot butlers and flying cars. We’ve settled for Alexa (often as helpful as a deaf grandmother), Roombas, and self-driving Cybertrucks. I wonder if the Jetsons and oth…

Getting to grips with our new AI-powered reality doesn't need to be an overwhelming digital puzzle or a dystopian nightmare. It might actually be quite positive. Here are some ways I've used AI tools for good.

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How Claude AI Became My Career Coach (And Maybe My Boss) When I stepped down from my role as a Clinical Workforce Manager last month, I didn’t have a clear plan. I had many reasons for leaving, but no defined next step. I turned to AI for a solution. Spe…

If you're in healthcare and curious about AI but don't know where to start, maybe my experiment will give you ideas.

When I stepped down from my healthcare role last month, I didn’t have a clear plan.

I turned to AI for a solution...

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Is AI Coming For Our Jobs? We’re at an existential inflection point. The world is changing before our eyes, beneath our feet, and behind our backs. ‘But it always has!’, I hear you say. And I accept that’s just h…

I'm retraining in AI while simultaneously committing to never using AI on my blog.

Make of that what you will.

New post unpacking the tension between embracing AI professionally while preserving spaces for purely human insight:

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How a video game community filled my nephew's final days with joy My teenage nephew’s life was short and difficult, but the players and developers of Elite Dangerous came together to bring unexpected happiness to his last moments

Kindness is a superpower. Whatever walk of life you're in, you can make a difference.

I will always remember this week in 2019 when communal kindness stood with Michael against impossible odds. Thank you again to everyone.

o7

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Haha. FlatRixx has long since clone-jumped to another form I reckon. I can't imagine a tiny cardboard cutout would have survived the Icelandic climate for over a decade.

Michael Holyland, 2004 - 2019 Dedicated to the memory of Michael Holyland

Remembering my videogame co-pilot on his 21st birthday.

o7

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*shouldn't

Grrr

Oh, certainly. I didn't mean to suggest MMORPG should be capitalised. Just that use of 'shmup' might be similarly confusing to the uninitiated.

Just so I'm not missing the point, we are talking about shoot-'em-ups, right? Space Invaders et al?

I think capitalising it would be misleading and harder for readers trying to figure out the meaning from context.

I remember a few frustrating weeks in the 90s when I could not figure out what MMORPG stood for. It seemed to be everywhere, but I had evidently missed the trial period.

Heh, yes I'm a bit lost without having an immediate and involuntary visceral reaction to something. I might even be able to restore some higher brain functions.

That's very helpful, thanks. You make good point though - perhaps a fresh start would be better.

I feel like a stranger in a strange land. Is there any way I can copy my profile and contacts over from X/Twitter?