Author: keithyw

  • Clash of Clans: Slow Season

    This season for me has been slow although part of it is due to job responsibilities. But I’m steadily getting my points in with the seasonal challenges. I did a small push tonight on the Versus Battles side of things in knocking out 5 Multi Mortars just so I could unlock the 10% reductions and…

  • Clash of Clans: End of the Season Last Minute

    Just because of work and life, I decided to take a long pause on Clash of Clans. This month, I made some effort in the middle to restart the game but stuck purely with the F2P version, mostly because I figured that I started late and would not be able to fully take advantage of…

  • The California Housing Law That We Need

    California is one of those states that unless you’re in the top 1% income bracket, you’re pretty much screwed. And even if you’re in that top 1%, you’ll still be screwed on some level. When it comes to housing though, the state’s situation has been out of control for a very long time (at least…

  • Diablo IV Initial Impressions

    So Blizzard opened up the Diablo IV beta to the public for this weekend. Since I didn’t pre-order the game, I felt this would be a good time to give it a spin to see how it would play and whether or not I’d splurge. Right now, there’s definitely good points but I have to…

  • Not The Best Day But I Tried

    Work was blase as I was inundated by trying to make something that has bad requirements work from a technical point of view using three shitty frameworks done through our favorite indy mudshow language javascript. Things became a mess later on as production issues surfaced where I couldn’t really do much without getting distracted and…

  • Aliens: The Perfect Movie or Inherently Flawed?

    Every year, I watch the classic James Cameron movie Aliens as a sort of nod towards reminding myself why I got into creative writing in the first place. Also, it’s simply one of the best movies of all time and possibly my favorite. However, on this viewing, a few things stuck out to me that…

  • Diablo 3: Patch 2.7.5 PTR for Season 28

    Called Rites of Sanctuary, the next season for Diablo 3 introduces a shrine where you make various sacrifices to customize an account-wide series of powerful seasonal buffs that range from quality of life improvements to defensive/offensive adjustments. As my time has become more limited as of late, I decided to use the PTR as my…

  • Disney’s The Black Hole: Movie Review

    This probably is my biggest guilty pleasure of a movie. While Star Wars was the cool film to love as a kid of the 80s, The Black Hole was something people ignored or ridiculed mostly denigrating it as a Star Wars knock off. The accusations were well deserved as the movie itself in retrospect did…

  • LinkedIn: Interesting Post on Individual Contributors vs Management Pay and Importance

    A previous coworker linked an article written about effectively elevating the importance of the individual contributor. The key points were to recognizing the importance of the role through increasing the pay scale as opposed to encouraging that type of person into moving into a managerial role, which has been the traditional way one continues to…

  • Clash of Clans: Taking A Break

    Decided to not play this month for Clash of Clans especially with regard to the Gold Pass. $40 + other microtransactions hurt and Clan Games severely burnt me out. Felt that the rewards for this month simply weren’t worth it and that I just needed an overall break from the daily grind. I might load…