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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 06/09/2026

It's spreading. This greeted me in Photoshop today 😭

Photoshop "new feature" notification: "Streamline prompt-based edits in the AI Assisted Editor (Beta)"

Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 19/08/2026

Ah, yes, it 'only' made 8 million on PC. Unless the port cost 8 million to make, how is it "easy to see" that Sony wants exclusives? With the PC people buy playstations instead? No... the margins on consoles are razor thin. How do exclusives make Sony more money? www.msn.com/en-us/news/t...

The report estimates that Arc System Works’ title sold roughly 485,000 units by August 12, generating approximately $33 million in revenue, which is a solid result for a niche genre title

Breaking down the sales split, the report indicates that 74% of copies were sold on PlayStation 5, while the Steam port accounted for only 26%. Should these figures hold, it’s easy to see why Sony’s will stop releasing exclusives on PC.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 15/08/2026

So glad I decided to switch to Kobo recently. Wondering what "mandatory pre-arbitration dispute resolution" means? Fill out a notice form, a mandatory meeting with Amazon and 60 days of 'good faith' negotiations. Only after that do you get to the binding (and possibly expensive) arbitration phase.

Dear Amazon customer,

We are writing to let you know that we have updated our Conditions of Use, effective August 14, 2026. There are a few important changes you should note:

How disputes are resolved:
We have updated our Conditions of Use to include (i) a mandatory pre-arbitration dispute resolution procedure, and (ii) an arbitration agreement and class action waiver. This means that most legal disputes between you and us will be resolved through individual arbitration—a fast and efficient way to resolve concerns directly with us—rather than in court by a judge or jury. You may still go to small claims court, and if you choose to arbitrate, we will pay most of the cost.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 11/08/2026

I’m getting a lot of these spam mails currently. It sounds a bit like advice, but on closer read it says ‘as a content creator Google is f*cking you over, help them f*ck you over more’

58.5% of your Google visitors never reach your website!!

Hi Martinstellinga. Com,

Quick thing about Martinstellinga. Com—Your Google ranking looks good. But Google's own data says 58.5% of people never click any website now. AI gives them the answer directly.

Ranking on Google is no longer enough.

The smart move right now — get visible in AI search before your competitors do. Competition there is still very low.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 07/07/2026

So, we have three cats. Have a look at the picture. The thing is: only two of the cats in this picture are ours. The one on the left is not 😬

A picture of three cats lying in a living room

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 30/06/2026

You could try turning off exhaustion, then back on again? If you click on the gear icon (top of attached screenshot) and set it to off (bottom of attached screenshots). But maybe the GM needs to do it... Not sure if it'll help either, it might not remove fields.

A screenshot of part of the roll20 character sheet. With a gear icon on the top-right and the accompanying settings below it

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 28/06/2026

We’re having chicken for dinner…

A red-white cat about to climb onto the table toward the pan of chicken.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 27/05/2026

Well, it's here. The technology that will make all AI obsolete. I give you: the pitchfork!

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 28/04/2026

The new Waldorf and Statler in the Muppets reboot are so lifelike.

King Charles and Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
Source: PA

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 23/04/2026

One of our cats like to go out and hunt… water lilies. He goes out, sometimes multiple times a day, fishes them out of the water around our neighborhood and drags them home, loudly proclaiming his success. So, this is from the last three days.

A photo of a backyard strewn with dead water lily leaves.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 19/04/2026

New flowers for the garden. Love the result.

A garden patch bathed in sunlight with fresh purple, pink, and white flowers. And some ferns.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 23/02/2026

A true honor. As a blogger who wants to publish a book but has not done so, it is truly amazing that this reading circle found that my book ‘stood out’. I am honored that I finally got one of these emails. It makes me feel like a real author 🥳 (A warning, this is of course a scam.)

“As we prepare for our 2026 reading season, your book stood out to us as a strong candidate for consideration within our upcoming Reading Circle Literary Recognition. Each season, we thoughtfully select titles that resonate with our members through seasonal discussions, monthly featured reads, and ongoing weekly conversations designed to encourage deeper reflection and dialogue.”

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 09/02/2026

I would have expected ‘European Progressive Creatives’, but I’ll take ‘Dutch Progressive Politics and Culture’. That sphere seem to be in good company 🙂

Bluesky map with Martin Stellinga in the Dutch Progressive Politics and Culture cloud.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 27/01/2026

This is code for rewriting my posts with ChatGPT and spawning reworded posts hoping to woo the search engine AIs, isn't it? Is this how AIs mate? One cooing a mating call of SEO and the other crawling all over my blog's naughty parts? Two AIs passing in the night, then having little Sam Altmans?

An excerpt of text: "Want to take your website’s SEO to the next level? Our AI-powered digital marketing services are designed to optimize your site, increase visibility, and drive more traffic.
Here’s how we do it:
AI-Optimized Content Strategy: Tailored to improve engagement and SEO."

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 23/01/2026

Some days getting anything done is just _hard_ Don’t know why…

Me, at my desk, with one cat on my lap and another climbing on.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 31/12/2025

Engineered a pretty effective Lego catapult with my daughter earlier today.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 21/12/2025

I am not getting anything done this way.

Two cats sitting on my lap and legs with a laptop wedged between them.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 16/12/2025

Was reading the IMDB age rating info on the new Fantastic Four movie. So... "is seated in a bathroom wearing a robe as she waits for a pregnancy test result" needed the clarification "this is non-sexual"... Who could read this and immediately go to "oh yeah, sexy times"? Am I the prude here?

Vanessa Kirby is seated in a bathroom wearing a robe as she waits for a pregnancy test result. This is non-sexual.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 15/12/2025

Well Daniela, I'm amazed a recipe from by blog turned out yummy, since there are _zero_ recipes on my blog. I also do not find your air fryer recipe helpful for a blog post on screen time for children. But I suppose the word 'obesity' I use in said post is what drew your spam bot. Sigh.

Hi Martin -
I tried one of the recipes on your blog, and it turned out so yummy. Thank you! I also saved this Ninja air-fryer recipe guide for those busy nights when you want something healthy without the effort, and thought you might like it too:https://redacted

If you find it helpful, I’d love for you to share it with your readers, maybe here: martinstellinga.com/being-a-dad/screen-time/.

Best,
Daniela

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 07/12/2025

We are not the only ones in the house who enjoy take-out.

A cat lying in a paper take-out bag, only his head visible and staring out contentedly.

A cat curled up in a paper take-out bag seen from above.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 12/11/2025

About a year ago, I backed @brandonsanderson.com's Cosmere RPG, because I love the Stormlight Archives, RPGs, and painting miniatures. And today stuff arrived! Cheer! Now I just need more shelf space and time to paint a gazillion miniatures.

A shot of the Cosmere RPG fulfilment, with 5 boxes of miniatures, a bag of dice, 2 card decks, 3 softcover adventure books, the 3 book hardcover base books, a set of tokens, maps, and a GM screen.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 07/10/2025

Come again? What are you trying to sell me?

Find your lost wallet in minutes with AI.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 04/10/2025

Comments like these really warm my heart. People taking the time to praise me on my sharp analysis of gaming in the Philippines in a blog posts about... A study of galactic rotation and the hypothesis our universe is inside a black hole. Stupid spammers.

A comment reading "Solid analysis! Seeing more mobile-first approaches in gaming is smart, especially in the Philippines.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 03/10/2025

It's October 3rd, meaning that in my home town of Leiden we celebrate the end of the Spanish siege of the city in 1574. So, fun fair time! Note the stuffed toys at the shooting range, bottom right. Yes, those pink ones are what you think they are. It's the Netherlands.

Photograph of the Leiden 3 October fun fair. A crowd in the front, with a ferris wheel on the left in the back, and a shooting range in the back right. The shooting range features some very phallic stuffed toys as prizes.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 21/09/2025

Life is good if you’re a cat.

Two cats lying on a scratching post, sleeping blissfully.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 11/09/2025

I still have a Facebook account for posting my blog posts and keeping in touch with a few old friends. I noticed a 'Meta AI' in my contact list, so I decided to block it. And... apparently there are 10 of them. I blocked all of them.

A list of 10 profiles with the name Meta AI on Facebook in the block page

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 10/09/2025

I had one Bretonnian Pegasus Knight that I painted years ago, and I finally finished two more!

Three Warhammer Bretonnian Pegasus Knight miniatures.

Three Warhammer Bretonnian Pegasus Knight miniatures seen from above.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 10/09/2025

There's an outline level button. Maybe that is at '1'? Then it only shows Heading 1.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 10/09/2025

The navigator works for me (see screenshot). However, that does require you to set the styles on chapter headers. In the screenshot I made sure 'Chapter 1' had style 'Heading 1' and 'Stuff' had style 'Heading 2'. Setting the font/font size directly won't work. Could that be the problem?

A screenshot of LibreOffice showing the style menu, the navigator and a page with some headings.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 21/08/2025

Got a newsletter in the mail starting with the statement from the screenshot. What theory? Who thinks this? _My_ theory is that letting an AI code whatever (vibe coding) and using that for IaC (setting up IT infrastructure) is an incredibly dumb idea and a huge security risk.

“In theory, vibe coding and IaC sound like the perfect match.”

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 09/08/2025

Finished painting this Bretonnian lord yesterday. Pretty happy with the result.

A picture of a Warhammer miniature: a Bretonnian Lord with a lance on a warhorse.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 08/08/2025

Behold, Shelob to Rivendell comes.

Rivendell Lego set with house spider in the background

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 06/08/2025

Finally, the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare arrived after spending an eternity in customs - urgh, Brexit... Thank you for the acknowledgement and autograph @poopraven.bsky.social

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare by Roxy Chambers - a photo of the paperback.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 26/07/2025

My daughter forced me to replace her picture with this one.

Lock screen featuring two red and white cats licking each other contentedly.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 29/05/2025

I'm very proud of these Questing Knights (Warhammer miniatures from the Bretonnian army). Half of them I painted over a decade ago, the other half I finished yesterday.

10 fully painted Warhammer Questing Knight miniatures.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 16/05/2025

Ah, yes, that blog post is coming along nicely.

Red-white cat sitting in front op a laptop screen.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 19/04/2025

Our dishwasher broke down last week, which sucked. It was 14 years old, so it was going to happen at some point. The new one projects the time left in the program on the floor. Not very useful, but it's still cool and mesmerising!

View of the bottom of a dishwasher and a wooden floor, with a time projected on the wood

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 02/02/2025

My signed Grey Sister arrived! Thank you again @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social Now I just have to wait for the copy of Red Sister I ordered to arrive as well.

Picture of signed cover page of Grey sister by Mark Lawrence

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 25/12/2024

Merry Christmas! ...now go put some books around that tree.

A Christmas tree in front of a book case

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 01/12/2024

Yes, this is a cat. And no, I didn’t fold him this way.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 16/11/2024

Finished painting this Warhammer miniature yesterday. I'm pretty happy with the result. It's a Bretonnian knight on a hippogryph.

Miniature of a knight (Leon Leoncoeur) on a hippogryph.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 13/11/2024

Here, a cute picture of my cat instead.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 15/04/2024

So, with the package I got last Friday, I finally have the full set of Warhammer Old World Rulebooks. For my Bretonnia army, anyway. Now the next big question: to rebase or not to rebase my existing army.

The Warhammer Old World rule book, Forces of Fantasy book, and Kingdom of Bretonnia book

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 10/11/2023

The new Craertrrkk, named for the sound it makes when the autopilot crashes it into something.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 07/10/2023

I've been playing with the camera in my new phone, and it's great. So, here's... a chicken!

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 16/09/2023

To install my extra hard drive, I had to put back a hard drive cage, which had been removed to make room for cables. I get why that was…

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 29/08/2023

You know what we all need today? A kitten picture! No cats were harmed during the making of this photograph.

Cat and kitten playing together... rather roughly.

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Martin Stellinga @martinstellinga.com · 22/08/2023

Google is not getting any better. I tried to Google when Across the Sorrow Sea by @anthonyryan.bsky.social is coming out. It's intriguing how Google manages to use the text from one Wikipedia article and combines it with the picture from a completely different one. Is that the power of Bard?

Anthony Ryan the Writer's bio with Anthony Ryan the treasurer's picture

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