iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 29/09/2026

The title screen for an RPG called NewChaos I was trying to make when I was 16. I was pretty happy with the flame effect.

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 18/09/2026

Looks like hatariB is now available through the RetroArch core downloader! Might need to go to Online Updater > Update Core Info Files first? Anyway, my Atari ST emulator core adaptation is now ready for widespread use! Hopefully this makes exploring the ST library a little easier.

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 12/09/2026

Got 10 seeds from the first 3 carolina reapers that grew, after that I think the jalapeño was blooming so this is all I've got. Many more reapers on the old plant, a bunch of small jalapeños not yet ripe, and the new reaper plant is just starting to flower. 🌶️🌱

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 11/09/2026

It's been a while since I looked at the Wii U jailbreak situation, but apparently it's had a major overhaul with a new "Aroma" framework that feels a bit more natural than before. Also, there is Trogdor here now. 🏚🔥🐉

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 10/09/2026

First attempt at making tapioca pudding. I will definitely try this again. 🥣

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 27/08/2026

My two favourite pictures of Tim Curry, in his partial Legend Satan costume. Having a drink, and also hanging out with Grace Jones, who apparently popped by the set.

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 25/08/2026

Terraligma. rainwarrior.ca/projects/nes...

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 24/08/2026

But what about 水管 Pipe V?

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 12/08/2026

I had to have a second helping because I FORGOT THE CILANTRO!!!

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 12/08/2026

My first attempt at making vindaloo, and it's turned out beautifully. Tangy, spicy, savoury. I don't like onions so I pan-roasted some carrots instead. Pork, with a little bit of potato. One of my carolina reapers was enough to make it very spicy indeed. 🌶️🥔🍛

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 12/08/2026

The old carolina reaper plant is in full goblin mode; it will be a very spicy autumn. Jalapeños are coming too. The new reaper plant is not yet blooming but seems very healthy. 🌶️

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 02/08/2026

On the way, there's a bonus Little Davis Falls.

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 02/08/2026

I finally found the way to the bottom of Felker's Falls.

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 24/07/2026

Had a craving, so here's some yakisoba pan. Savoury buckwheat noodles on fluffy soft buns.

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 14/07/2026

Had some sausages but no buns, so I improvised some! They turned out pretty well. 🌭

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 11/07/2026

My favourite stool, salvaged from my dad's classroom many years ago. It had taken some water damage and the seat was splitting apart, so I've tried to restore it back to the condition of being a comfortable place to sit.

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 11/07/2026

This is my third attempt at making potato knishes and I'm getting pretty satisfied with the result. 🥔🍞

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 04/07/2026

Thursday was a hot day, but it rained hard in the late afternoon and after the weather was nice enough for a bike ride. Along the lakeshore I encountered a few short waves of thick cooling fog, it was like riding through a freezer. Have never experienced that before.

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 04/07/2026

You telling me a crab rang this goon?? 🦀🧀🥟

Second attempt at crab rangoon. This time I brushed them with lard and then baked them instead of frying. Still addictively tasty, but without feeling too extremely rich in fat.

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 29/06/2026

Putting my new reaper and jalapeño into larger pots now. I had two ripe peppers on the old plant but some raccoons came and stole them!!! Rude. 🦝🌶️🌶️

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 26/06/2026

It's been 2 years since this post taught us to immediately clock "Mister Shit" YouTube thumbnails and it's been keeping me a little more sane ever since.

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 06/06/2026

Secret bonus falafel tacos. 🧆🌮

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 06/06/2026

Tried making falafel today for the first time. They're a little bit delicate but extremely delicious! 🧆

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 05/06/2026

Late night tacos. I gotta say, corn tortillas are probably one of humankind's greatest achievements.

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 27/05/2026

The two early reaper peppers are almost ripe. As for my seedlings, 2 jalapeños are doing well (and a 3rd given to a friend), 1 is doing poorly, 1 has died. The reaper seedling seems happy.

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 19/05/2026

Well I dropped my phone today, and it developed some pretty cracks. Thankfully it's under the surface and doesn't affect touch. Setting up USB debug now cause the next time I drop it I might need to operate it without the screen. Lasted a good 5 years though! GG Samsung J7.

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 17/05/2026

Improvised little potato knishes. They turned out very savoury! 🥔

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 16/05/2026

I forgot to follow up on this post, but after testing out the cardboard version I did begin making a wooden one out of spalted maple...

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 16/05/2026

E DUDE ABIDES. I'm pretty sure this graffiti has been here by the lift bridge for about a decade now.

Graffiti seen on a concrete barrier next to the Burlington Canal Lift Bridge.

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 16/05/2026

Freeze your freezies in the upright position for ease of opening. #Freezies

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 15/05/2026

Protip: ketchup packaging is designed to "accidentally" squirt out more ketchup than you wanted. Put it into one of these and have perfect ketchup forever.

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 12/05/2026

I put some beets in my shrimp curry and it turned very red! Quite curious... 🦐🍛🍠

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 11/05/2026

The pepper plants have been growing alright, in a few weeks maybe they can move outside. Two of the jalapeños seem a bit behind. The old reaper plant has two nice little peppers growing. 🌶️🌱

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 02/05/2026

My potato phone can do no justice to it, but they were great. Would love to see them again.

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 27/04/2026

That seems extravagant, but let's try:

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 27/04/2026

I'm expecting it to be more or less identical, but let's see:

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 27/04/2026

Wow bluesky really murdered that image... what if I compress it as a JPEG first? 🌭

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 26/04/2026

Pixels. What are they? We just don't know. www.kickstarter.com/projects/110...

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 26/04/2026

Got tricked into buying this "broccoli rice", which is just chopped broccoli stems? Cooked it, mixed with rice, roux, and spices to make some sort of broccoli risotto, which turned out pretty good.

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 25/04/2026

Right from the very first message they sent to my new Gmail account in 2004, Google was reading my mail to serve ads.

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 24/04/2026

Finally migrated 20 years of old e-mail out of google mail. Feels pretty good. Despite what it says in the image, Google's servers don't feel sadness. I resent when corporate machines whine that we're not paying them enough tribute.

Empty g-mail account stating: You don't have any mail! Our servers are feeling unloved.

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 20/04/2026

The weather is just nice enough to start cycling, I think. Today I saw a nice sunset and rainstorm over Lake Ontario. Though I stayed mostly dry, it even started to snow a little bit as I got home. 🚴‍♂️

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 19/04/2026

8 years ago I made this NES game called Lizard. I never know how to describe it... a quiet game of exploration, with a little bit of difficulty, a little bit of mystery. It was a kind of game I wanted to see more of, and I still look at it fondly. rainwarrior.ca/lizard/

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 19/04/2026

A really interesting hike from 2019. Near Tofino there's a trail that starts from a tricky to find telephone pole. An hour or two through a marsh, past an abandoned military building, you reach a bomber plane that crashed in 1945. Wish I'd taken photos of it, I just have a few that my sister took.

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 18/04/2026

Moving the peppers to nursery pots.

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 18/04/2026

Accidentally acquired a savoy cabbage, decided it should become soup. 🥬

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