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· May 24, 2024 · 1 minute to read
Logo for Walkabout Mini Golf

If you haven’t had a chance to mini golf in VR you are missing out. I admit I was skeptical of the format at first but oh man, it’s so great. Mighty Coconut has done such an incredible job with Walkabout Mini Golf. Not only are the physics and feedback of the golf mechanics excellent, the choice of music, ambient sound, course design, environment design, and an appropriate amount of side quests all make for some remarkable place making. All of this while maintaining a low-poly aesthetic that may appear, at first glance, outdated if you judge it on screenshots alone but only adds to the charm and character of the worlds they’ve built.

Not only did they build a great experience, they’re using their worlds in clever ways to hold interviews and create other content. I only just happened upon their Talkabout series and you should check out some of the interviews.

#walkaboutminigolf #mightycoconut #vr #games

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· May 23, 2024 · 1 minute to read
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I am drinking Early Riser by Claremont Craft Ales at Barbara’s at the Brewery in Los Angeles.

Name: Early Riser
Brewery: Claremont Craft Ales
Style: Stout – White / Golden
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5%
IBU: 10
Brewer’s Notes: Golden milk stout with Klatch coffee. Served on Nitro. Contains Lactose!

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· May 20, 2024 · 0 minutes to read
Farm Table
Farm Table - Los Angeles, California

14 °C Overcast Clouds

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· May 17, 2024 · 1 minute to read

Since November of 2023 I’ve attempted to use my WordPress based site as my window to the Fediverse. I’m using a combo of these plugins: Friends, Enable Mastodon Apps, and ActivityPub.  While this more or less works as it should there are still some rough spots to iron out and it’s far from ideal. Granted, most of my interaction is via Mastodon and that is but a portion of the Fediverse but there are various things I cannot do even if accessing my site via Mastodon apps. Sharing links externally is cumbersome, I would need to leave the app I was using and go to my Friends page on the web, find the link, click it, then share it. I cannot follow hashtags (yet). Following new accounts needs to be done via the web interface and doesn’t work within apps. I have no intention of decoupling my site from the Fediverse but I will return to my Mastodon instance (follow me! @vaughnhannon@m.socialyeti.club ) for regular posting and consuming of all the goodness. #mastodon #wordpress #activitypub #fediverse

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· May 14, 2024 · 1 minute to read
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I am drinking Mocha Stout by Abnormal Beer Co. at Barbara’s at the Brewery in Los Angeles.

Name: Mocha Stout
Brewery: Abnormal Beer Co.
Style: Stout – Coffee
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.1%
IBU: 21
Brewer’s Notes: This luscious year-round coffee Stout is made with beans from a local San Diego coffee roaster. We then add a healthy dose of cacao nibs creating velvety chocolate notes that compliment the subtle roastiness from dark malts and coffee beans. Drink with breakfast, as a dessert, or both! Mocha Stout; you don’t have to be a coffee drinker to love this beer.

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· May 12, 2024 · 1 minute to read

@joabaldwin incredible!

Reply to: https://mastodon.social/@joabaldwin/112428679921575028

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· May 11, 2024 · 0 minutes to read
Carhartt Cabin
Carhartt Cabin - Los Olivos, California

23 °C Clear Sky

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· May 10, 2024 · 1 minute to read

Reblog via Molly White

"In 2024, for the first time, it finally feels like we have a critical mass of people and platforms who are interested in rewilding the internet to bring back what we lost, and create something new. …  There's a palpable feeling that this just might be the year of the open web."

is this feeling… hope? https://activitypub.ghost.org/day-0/

#ActivityPub #Ghost #fediverse #OpenWeb

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· May 9, 2024 · 1 minute to read
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A glass of Modern Times Black house coffee stout. It didn't stay full for long.

A glassI am drinking Black House by Modern Times Beer at Modern Times Lomaland Fermentorium in San Diego.

Name: Black House
Brewery: Modern Times Beer
Style: Stout – Coffee
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.8%
IBU: 40
Brewer’s Notes: It’s so great that you like coffee. I just love that about you. Speaking of which, you’re holding an oatmeal coffee stout positively redolent with coffee aroma and flavor. It’s not acrid. It’s not astringent. It doesn’t taste like that brown puddle at the bottom of the office carafe at 4pm. It kind of tastes like chocolate covered espresso beans, only drier and more like beer. It’s the full-blown coffee beer experience in a sessionable-ish package.

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· May 9, 2024 · 1 minute to read
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A glass half full of Modern Times OMG Hazy. An amber colored beer.

Half a I am drinking OMG Hazy by Modern Times Beer at Modern Times Lomaland Fermentorium in San Diego.

Name: OMG Hazy
Brewery: Modern Times Beer
Style: IPA – New England / Hazy
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 7%
IBU: 0
Brewer’s Notes: Guava, mango, tangerine

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Vaughn
Vaughn
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Creative Technologist working in the Themed Entertainment and live events worlds. I've been part of the Fediverse since 2016, moved to my own instance from mastodon.social, and then in May of 2025 I moved to my own GoToSocial instance. I use Wordpress with ActivityPub (this) as my primary posting space.

Interests:
#go (the game aka #weiqi or #baduk)
#hiking
#burningman
#art
#making
#tech
#cooking
#fitness
#games

...in no particular order.

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What I’m Playing

  • Synth Riders - October 9, 2024
  • Soulmask - June 9, 2024
  • Walkabout Mini Golf - May 3, 2024
  • SUPERHOT VR - April 25, 2024
  • Zombies, run! - May 23, 2023

What I Like

  • Loops by Pixelfed • Public beta (hopefully) launching in 10 hours - Lemmy.World - October 21, 2024
  • Science and Shit - October 16, 2024
  • Pluralistic: You should be using an RSS reader (16 Oct 2024) - October 16, 2024
  • Dead letters - October 16, 2024
  • lashman shared a post - November 26, 2023

What I’m Listening to

  • Unprecedented Sh!t - January 20, 2025
  • Bittersweet Goodbye - YouTube Music - October 10, 2024
  • Clancy - June 7, 2024
  • Radio Free Fedi - March 20, 2024
  • Overcompensate - YouTube Music - February 29, 2024

Where I’ve Been

  • Death Valley National Park - February 28, 2025
  • Wisp Resort - December 26, 2024
  • Black Plague Brewing - October 23, 2024
  • Narrative Coffee - August 2, 2024
  • Sancho’s Tacos - June 17, 2024

What I’ve Read

  • The Bezzle - November 18, 2024
  • A hologram for the king by Dave Eggers | Open Library - February 23, 2024
  • Red Team Blues - November 23, 2023
  • The Genesis Machine: Our Quest To Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology - October 8, 2023
  • The Feather Thief - May 25, 2022

Bookmarks

  • High Protein Plant Based Recipes - May 17, 2025
  • Plant or Meat? Either Fuels Muscle Growth Equally - April 30, 2025
  • Planche progression workout - December 28, 2024
  • Vegan Myths Busted - October 5, 2024
  • 20 One Pot Vegetarian Dinners - August 13, 2024

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