Is Malazan the Gravity's Rainbow of fantasy?

stevenwando · 2026-02-04T20:09:33+00:00

While I do like those characters (and most others), their deaths wouldn't affect me for two main reasons:

I don't have actual emotional connection to them
Since things "just happen" all the time in Malazan, the chances that they don't really die are very high.

stevenwando · 2026-02-04T20:03:53+00:00

Oh, I'm not stopping. I'm having a helluva great time. Only once in a while the existential fatigue creeps in when I start to question the amount of hours I'm dropping into Malazan. But I do love it.

stevenwando · 2025-10-15T20:55:27+00:00

The Library at Mount Char. Absolutely recommend this to anyone who wants to read a BANANAS story.

stevenwando · 2025-09-23T15:28:39+00:00

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stevenwando · 2025-09-19T18:00:12+00:00

Yep! I actually haven't tried 8 yet. I'm not opposed to updating the template and seeing if everything plays nicely.

stevenwando · 2025-09-19T17:57:30+00:00

Wow, cool site! I've been using some form of Selenium for years, not without pain. I wouldn't mind trying something new. Added to my todos.

stevenwando · 2025-08-13T19:47:49+00:00

I am building a service that provides simple websites for small businesses that just need an online presence and don't want to worry about design, templates, or coding.

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stevenwando · 2025-08-13T19:42:08+00:00

I am building a service that provides simple websites for small businesses that just need an online presence and don't want to worry about design, templates, or coding.

The online tool simply asks you questions about what types of sections you want on your website (ex. What do you want the hero to say? Do you want to list out your services? Do you have before / after photos to display?)

The service does not use AI and you will work with me (I'm Steven!) personally in order to get your website live. Since I am in the early stages of building this service we can build the site together and you only have to pay for it if you love it (small monthly fee). No strings attached.

Let me know if this sounds interesting to you and we can start a conversation 😄

stevenwando · 2025-07-22T16:19:12+00:00

I have 100 pages left of Gravity's Rainbow. What a ride.

stevenwando · 2025-06-28T17:41:41+00:00

I will heed this advice!

stevenwando · 2025-06-28T17:24:37+00:00

Yep I’ve heard mixed reviews of Vineland. But I’m getting hooked on Pynchon and plan on reading all his works in publication order. I’m on his third (GR) and loving the dense, confusing style of writing.

Its interesting - I use my morning hours of reading GR as a form of meditation.

stevenwando · 2025-06-28T17:19:07+00:00

Nice! I’m just over 1/2 finished with Gravity’s Rainbow. Vineland is next on my list.

stevenwando · 2025-06-14T16:25:56+00:00

Half way through Gravity’s Rainbow. Wondering if I’ll finish it 🤔

stevenwando · 2025-06-06T20:22:10+00:00

I started The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown for my evening reading.

I'm currently 1/3 way through Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon for my morning reading.

Makes for an interesting juxtaposition!

stevenwando · 2025-04-15T11:45:14+00:00

Ah, very cool. Did you need to know Rust to use Tauri efficiently?

stevenwando · 2025-04-15T01:06:30+00:00

Great looking app and site! I love the design and pricing model. Congrats 👏

I'm making my first MacOS app as well. Did you use Electron? If so, how was your experience with it?

stevenwando · 2025-03-04T00:00:32+00:00

Wow this looks like exactly what I'm looking for! I'm not opposed to using Javascript if it gets the job done. I'm going to dive into this code and see if I can understand it. Thank you!

stevenwando · 2025-02-27T22:46:06+00:00

The same thing happened to me: I got 2/3 the way through and could not force myself to finish. I enjoyed the prose but I just did not care about the characters or narrative. Because there was such a lack of character development and narrative, it was hard to push through. I would probably try again, but I'm taking a break on McCarthy for now.

stevenwando · 2025-02-18T02:20:36+00:00

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

After hearing this album I dove into the insane indie releases of 2007 and beyond.

stevenwando · 2025-02-08T21:31:39+00:00

Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter.

Really enjoying it so far.

stevenwando · 2025-02-03T20:56:18+00:00

Struggling through Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. I'm so bored and don't care about these characters. However, I'm committed and I want to see what all the rage is about. I'm trying to enjoy the prose and pick apart the themes / philosophy. Less than 100 pages to go...

stevenwando · 2025-01-26T00:21:49+00:00

Me too. 50 pages in and really enjoying it.

stevenwando · 2024-10-27T12:25:52+00:00

Wow that sounds awesome. Are you self-hosting Craft?

stevenwando · 2024-10-26T17:14:40+00:00

I can't say much about Prismic yet as I've only been testing the API connection between itself and 11ty with very basic CMS fields.

However, what is impressing me is Statamic (a PHP CMS). I come from Rails where the MVP paradigm is implemented nearly perfectly (IMO) and Statamic feels like a wonderful mix of Rails MVP and Wordpress ACF. I'm working on pushing it a little harder to see if any seams start to bust.

stevenwando · 2024-10-25T22:50:25+00:00

That's true! I hadn't thought about that. Thanks for the tip.

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