David “melatonin” Watson

January 23, 2025Posted inInternet, Reflections, Site RelatedNo Comments
Or lewismistreated, however you knew him. I don't really know how to say this. Well, he took his own life recently. Karl (Lost and Found) broke the news on the 15th of January 2025 in a group chat on Facebook that I originally set up to let everyone know that the Random Fury! forums were closing, back in 2018. I…

Self-isolation, week four

April 14, 2020Posted inInternet, Music, Reflections, The MissionNo Comments
It reminds me of when I was unemployed, having all this free time. But it's weird - instead of bumming around playing videogames all day and moderating meaningless internet forums, this time I am spending my time improving my situation. I asked Twitter when the lockdown first started if this crisis brought anyone's mortality into sharp focus. It did mine.…
Waves is gone

Waves is gone

September 4, 2018Posted inInternet, Site RelatedNo Comments
My old blog, Waves, which used to be at the old domain of randomfury.co.uk, is no more. All the posts have been folded into this blog. It was a lovely place, if a bit quiet. I feel like I've written this a lot recently, but it was always more for me to cathartically write than for people to read. I'd…

That time I thought I was an app developer

August 21, 2018Posted inInternet, ReflectionsNo Comments
I'm getting into 2011 now, and this was the time when I got a Windows Phone and decided I could make apps - even though I had never shown any aptitude for real coding in my life. Sure, I could tweak things here and there on a website, or just about fudge my way through and make something look semi-presentable…

We all thrive on stories

August 12, 2018Posted inBooks, Films/TV, Internet, The MissionNo Comments
We all thrive on stories.We grow up on them, we tell ourselves them, we communicate with them, we shape our lives with them. Stories make the world go around, and stories are nothing without characters. So, a question:Who are the top 5 characters that shaped who you are now?— Jordan Casstles (@MrCasstles) August 11, 2018 Now, how could I resist…

Looking back at 2005

December 3, 2017Posted inInternet, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments
I'm just going back through all my old posts on the old blog as I work to transfer them to this new domain (iaindstewart.net), and I can finally see why I was depressed all those years ago. It's as clear as day now I have some insight into what depression is and how it affects you. I was essentially staying…

Fresh start

December 3, 2017Posted inCreativity, Internet, ReflectionsNo Comments
I think it is time for a fresh start. Time to draw a line under everything that has come before. You see, I have been pre-occupied with transferring everything from the old community website to this one before I can do anything else, but to be honest, I don't think anyone would notice if I never did. It was fifty…