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Matthew Turland

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Parent. Egalitarian. Geek. Tenor. Author. Speaker. Open Sourcerer. Full Stack Developer.

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Matthew Turland
@elazar May 22, 2020, 8:27 PM UTC

Creating a Kindred Character in Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition

This guide is similar in form to another one I wrote for Vampire: The Requiem, but focuses instead on Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition (hereafter abbreviated as V20). It will focus on…

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Matthew Turland
@elazar Jul 14, 2019, 5:08 PM UTC

A Foray into Blockchains and Cryptocurrency

I've kept an eye on blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies for a while, but I haven't done anything with them or involved myself in their communities. If I'm honest, I've sometimes wondered if th…

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Matthew Turland
@elazar Aug 4, 2018, 12:49 AM UTC

Creating a Kindred Character in Vampire: The Requiem

One of the things that has always bothered me about the Vampire source books is that they tend to intermingle a lot of fluff, prose-style exposition, and content with the rules of the system. This ma…

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Matthew Turland
@elazar Jul 5, 2018, 11:59 AM UTC

Playing Vampire: The Requiem Online

My first experience with the World of Darkness was back around 2001. I played a character who was a very green new addition to the S.A.D. -- and, unknowingly, a dampyr -- in a Project Twilight game.…

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Matthew Turland
@elazar Jul 4, 2018, 5:14 PM UTC

Recipe: Okonomiyaki

After reading a random article, watching a video or two, and reading more about American adaptations of this dish, I decided to take a crack at making it myself. In short, okonomiyaki is a savory pan…

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Matthew Turland
@elazar Jun 4, 2017, 6:40 PM UTC

How Does Your Company Organize Its Internal Content?

In general, it's considered good practice to keep documentation close to its context. Use comments within source code, put low-level requirements in ticketing systems, store user information for vers…

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Matthew Turland
@elazar Jun 3, 2017, 10:28 PM UTC

Why Sense8 is Sensational and Something You Should Watch

I'm very picky about the shows I choose to watch. Like reading a book or playing a game, watching a show requires an investment of our most valuable collective commodity: time. If I learn before watc…

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Matthew Turland
@elazar Jun 3, 2017, 4:06 PM UTC

My name is Matt. This is my story.

My name is Matthew Turland, or Matt to my friends. I'm in my mid-30's and live in New Orleans. I'm a husband-to-be and a father to three children and one stepchild-to-be. I'm a software developer by…

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