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  • Lava shark? | A Tale from the Borderlands

    Lava shark? | A Tale from the Borderlands

    Jax’s ECHO Log entry #3: I should not have taunted the knife-wielders. Okay. Time to breathe. Turns out that maybe I should have been a wee bit more careful with that door! They nearly got me that time, it was a damn close call. A bunch of robe-wearing, knife-wielding, vindictive cultists decided my suit needed some ventilation. Read more

  • Being ready as a parent for the tough questions

    Being ready as a parent for the tough questions

    While sitting around the dinner table, some interesting discussions were happening… and it got me to thinking: sometimes parenting is just about being prepared for your kid to suddenly trigger discussions on gender identity or critical race theory or dictatorships (in the same week or conversation). I am so glad for all the folks who Read more

  • Fire in the hole! | A Tale from the Borderlands

    Fire in the hole! | A Tale from the Borderlands

    Jax’s ECHO Log entry #2: They brought a knife to a gunfight. We used one of those awful teleportation gadgets today and found ourselves at some sort of mining facility. I almost didn’t make this log because we were so busy, but the others are arguing over whether to open a door so it seems like Read more

  • First 7 thoughts on editing videos with Clipchamp

    First 7 thoughts on editing videos with Clipchamp

    Over the holiday break, I decided to try to record a new Bunkers and Badasses video about the Siren class, but this time without using the built-in TikTok creator tools. I tried using Clipchamp, with mixed success. I learned a lot trying this out. Here are 7 things I learned in the process. #1: TikTok Read more

  • Brymstone is pretty terrible | A Tale from the Borderlands

    Brymstone is pretty terrible | A Tale from the Borderlands

    Jax’s ECHO Log entry #1: Not dead yet. Well, Penny, today was a pretty humiliating day. Luckily, I met some halfway-skilled Vault Hunters that kept my suit from getting too crumpled. The transport dropped us in some tiny village that smells like dead bodies, body odour, and butts.  Somehow it still manages to have all Read more

  • My 2022 Unwrapped!

    My 2022 Unwrapped!

    All these apps love telling you about all the stuff you did in the past year, so I started collecting them together along with my own look at things. Here’s how 2022 went for little old me! What didn’t work? A few of the #VoiceTheDocs videos got some decent views on social, but in general Read more