by pod | Mar 4, 2026 | The Prince of Darkness Chronicles
I’m not some tinfoil-hat hobbyist screaming at clouds from a park bench. I’m an IT professional who has been staring at glowing phosphors and green-screen terminals since the late 80s. I’ve seen the rise and fall of every “revolutionary” tech promise for...
by pod | Feb 25, 2026 | The Prince of Darkness Chronicles
I’ve Been Building Computers Since IRQ Conflicts Were a Personality Trait I was installing DOS from floppy disks while most of the kids playing modern shooters today weren’t even a concept yet. I’ve hand-edited config.sys. I’ve fought IRQ conflicts like they owed me...
by pod | Feb 23, 2026 | The Prince of Darkness Chronicles
While putting together the Nine Inch Nails deep dive for the show, I did what I always do when I’m working chronologically — I went back to the source. Pretty Hate Machine had to be there. Front to back. No exceptions. That record isn’t optional — it’s the ignition...
by pod | Feb 18, 2026 | The Prince of Darkness Chronicles
There’s a very real, very stupid, and very darkly hilarious truth about working in web development that nobody talks about openly. The guy who builds, maintains, optimizes, secures, and rescues everyone else’s websites… is usually committing unspeakable crimes against...
by pod | Feb 17, 2026 | The Prince of Darkness Chronicles
Let me explain how this escalated, because my dragon problem did not start with How to Train Your Dragon. No. My dragon problem started the way it did for many emotionally stable adults… during the Game of Thrones years. Back when HBO had all of us sitting there every...
by pod | Feb 15, 2026 | The Prince of Darkness Chronicles
This whole saga didn’t start with a phone call. It didn’t start with an email. It didn’t even start at my house — which would’ve at least given me home-field advantage. No. This technological crime scene began at my girlfriend’s house… over breakfast… which is where...
