After my adventures with KeePass I found myself frequently annoyed that my mobile app was unbearably slow when trying to unlock the database off of my home network. This is due its primary goal to ...

At the behest of a friend (see his post), I decided to invest some time and energy into setting up KeePass XC. I was initially hesitant of the effort vs value, but it’s been a genuinely easy experi...

We bid Minetown farewell …as Benji & I continue deeper into the mines. On more than one occasion I encounter a polymorph trap that changes my iron boots into snow boots, and vice versa. I didn...

We begin again …this time with our dog, Benji, by our side. We aren’t so lucky as to get an altar in the first room, and we face many of the same issues as before: locked chests, lots of shops wit...

We start this time with two goals: tripe rations and an unlocking tool. I proceed to the next level and, through a mix of carelessness and haste, punch a floating eye directly in the retina. I was ...

Thora …a dwarvish valkyrie wielding the artifact hammer of her namesake God - Mjollnir - and the King’s Sword - Excalibur. She ventured bravely into the depths of Gehennom and retrieved the Amulet ...

Coder the Caveman ...my character for The November NetHack Tournament 2025! I don’t have a regal schpiel for this one, as I joined the tourney later than I probably should have and wanted to put my...

Ishmael Tinky …a gnomish wizard adorned with a cornuthaum, spectacles, a hawaiian shirt, silver dragon scale mail, a cloak of protection, gauntlets of power, and boots of speed. He wielded an artif...

I begin with an immediate boon …a neutral altar in the very first room. Because monks are vegetarian (not vegan) they cannot consume a vast majority of corpses. This makes sacrificing a much more v...