Category Archives: Random Nonsense

Technology Marches On–Oculus Quest (One) Support Disappearing

Posted on 7 November 2022 by Side Quest Publications

Guess it’s official… I need a new VR headset. Not because my Quest One has quit working, though given how long it’s been gathering dust as I attempt to declutter and recover floorspace yet again it’s a little hard to … Continue reading →

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2021 New Year’s Resolutions, Day 1–Social Media Goals

Posted on 1 January 2021 by Side Quest Publications

Don’t worry, I won’t be spamming my followers by writing daily about my resolutions. 😉 Rather, since it is the beginning of the new year, I thought it time to touch on some of those goals as they pertain to … Continue reading →

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2021 New Year’s Resolutions

Posted on 3 December 2020 by Side Quest Publications

I’m obviously nearly a month early, but I want to get this posted while I’m thinking about it. (Which argument incidentally applies to some of the resolutions. I keep thinking about them when I can’t act on them, but then … Continue reading →

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2020 “Spring” Cleaning and Redecorating

Posted on 3 July 2020 by Side Quest Publications

A follow up to Daydreaming about Free Time, in which the beginning of the lockdown had me thinking about what I’d want to do (and what I’d probably do instead) if I ever found myself locked down. As it happens, … Continue reading →

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Using free time to daydream about free time

Posted on 25 March 2020 by Side Quest Publications

Disclaimer: Two different mentions of desks, given the absence of any photos I could take for the purpose, link to relevant product pages on Amazon. Both links, located towards the end of the post where I’ve included other photos of … Continue reading →

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“Spring” Cleaning?

Posted on 16 September 2019 by Side Quest Publications

Otherwise known as the perpetual need to declutter. I couldn’t decide whether to write this one as a page or a post, and I’d originally uploaded it as a draft under my list of pages. In the end, I decided … Continue reading →

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Perplexed About Amazon Customer Questions

Posted on 25 February 2019 by Side Quest Publications

Or virtually any site that allows customers to ask questions of random strangers. And what I find perplexing is…. the people who answer–specifically those whose answer can be summed up as “I don’t know”–seem to think that they’re required to … Continue reading →

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Migrating Certain Posts

Posted on 21 February 2018 by Side Quest Publications

I have discovered something. This website has a lot of variety of content, and Pioneers of the Shattered Waters, the site focusing on my own writing (my own not-blogging-writing, that is) has very little content of any kind. Well, actually, I’ve … Continue reading →

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Captain Cold Cosplay–Product Review

Posted on 29 January 2018 by Side Quest Publications

Or maybe I just needed a new winter coat. 😉 Anyway, this here is the (hang on, checking my order history) Swiss Tech Women’s Parka Jacket With Faux Fur-Trim Hood. I originally found it, or one very much like it, … Continue reading →

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The Trouble with Convenience Meals

Posted on 4 November 2017 by Side Quest Publications

No, not their “nutritional value,” although there’s certainly that. No, the trouble here is that for being “convenience meals,” they’re not always all that convenient. A sandwich here and there, maybe, but if I try to buy a TV dinner … Continue reading →

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