
This is the home of Intergalactic Enterprises. Nothing here is for sale.
I am Wastrel, aka WastrelWay and Wastrel Way, and this site is in part things that I have written.
There is an alternate connection using the command `ssh gameplayer@iWastrel.com` for playing games on your terminal. There you can play a version of Space
Invaders or Pacman, test your knowledge of Shakespeare, US capitals or famous murderers, or play the best Hangman game on the internet, which selects at random
from a list of more than 190,000 English words. There are also several dungeon, alternate-reality or puzzle games. Some of them are multiplayer. There are ways
to leave messages and a live chat.
The password for gameplayer is "playgames". You must create an account. You do not have to enter your email, your real name, your credit card number or your
mother's maiden name. I'm not interested in that.
Remember your personal login and password. If you forget, the only way to fix it is to create another account and leave me a message so I can get you set up
again. I will personally check who you are. On the other hand, you can have as many accounts as you want and stay logged in as long as you want... or at least
until the server needs to be rebooted, which is rarely.
If you don't know about ssh: this is a command on your linux or Mac terminal. If you use Windows, then use the Putty application. Addendum: Windows 10 and 11 have ssh in the terminal.
Gripes, comments, flames, questions, suggestions etc. may be submitted by selecting the comment item on the gameplayer menu. Or you can go to the SPAM page.
"Stories" includes not only serious fiction but true stories, jokes and utter nonsense. There may be references to H. P. Lovecraft.
Articles from the Wastrel News Network and lesser news sources, such as CNN and Fox.
Usually serious. Includes criticism of bad media and artistic failures.
Some things that might be useful. Recipes.
Selected questions and comments and the replies to them.
Old games that you can play in your browser.
Science
Can you draw a dollar bill?
What is a clock? Anything that undergoes irreversible changes. What does that mean?
NASA finds places on the Moon that have livable temperatures.
There may be more water underneath the oceans than in them.
Writing may have begun when humans tracked the seasonal habits of animals.
Philosophy
The philosophical implications of spider webs as an example of extended cognition.
"[O]ur bodies are certainly in space, and our minds are not, in the very straightforward sense that the assignation of linear dimensions and locations to them or to their contents and activities is unintelligible."
The XY Problem explained. Problem-solving means addressing the problem, not asking about the attempted solution.
Collect the whole set! Number 5 will blow your mind!