some things i did
![Photo of houses through a fence](https://www.mossbiscuits.com/blog/2024/05/micropolitan/header.png)
I felt artsy so I took some photos of my favorite micropolitan hellscape.
Enjoy this gallery of the city I call home.
![Cover Image for A City in Heaven](https://www.mossbiscuits.com/writing/2024/05/city_long.png)
A City In Heaven – Official Release
Seventeen-year-old Ben Reuben recounts his grueling experience growing up with an abusive father and helpless mother in rural Texas.
![A van on a road](https://www.mossbiscuits.com/blog/2024/03/van.jpg)
The fediverse is actually kind of nice.
I’ve learned that open-source, federated, free social media is the more ethical choice.
![A hot air balloon](https://www.mossbiscuits.com/writing/2024/03/release.jpg)
i'm nervous, but i'm finally going to publish some of my writing projects
I’m finally ready to share some of my projects with the world.
![A bookshelf](https://www.mossbiscuits.com/writing/2023/12/shelves.jpg)
a book a week for 2024
I’m reading a book a week this year. This is my list.
![A door with a key](https://www.mossbiscuits.com/writing/2023/11/dark.jpg)
Why I write really dark fiction as an emotionless engineer.
Life is so damn weird. Bad, even. Writing dark fiction helps me figure it out.
![A door with a key](https://www.mossbiscuits.com/blog/2023/10/openkey.jpg)
Open-Source Software I Actually Justify Paying For
I love open-source software. There are a few projects I happily support, and I felt they deserve a shoutout.
How to Get Quartus ModelSim Working on Debian
There’s a bunch of packages you might need to install to get 32-bit support for Quartus Prime Lite Modelsim on Debian 12: sudo apt-get install gcc-multilib g++-multilib lib32z1 lib32stdc++6 lib32gcc1 expat:i386 fontconfig:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libexpat1:i386 libc6:i386 libgtk-3-0:i386 libcanberra0:i386 libice6:i386 libsm6:i386 libncurses5:i386 zlib1g:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxau6:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxft2:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxt6:i386 libxtst6:i386 From there, you can navigate to your Quartus installation folder (likely ~/IntelFPGA_Lite), then navigate to the ModelSim folder, then bin, then execute ....
![Typewriter with the text Stories Matter](https://www.mossbiscuits.com/writing/2023/09/tutorials/scrivener_head.jpg)
How to Install Scrivener on Debian
I love Scrivener. It’s one of my favorite bits of writing software for long-form writing. I also love Linux. Particularly, I love Debian running with KDE Plasma. If I can help it, it’s the only OS I use at work, school, and home. But Scrivener doesn’t make a Linux version. Let’s fix that. This tutorial assumes you know a bit about the Linux terminal. These commands are tested at the time of posting on a fresh install of Debian 12....
![The new logo and podcast cover image for Elemental Epistles](https://www.mossbiscuits.com/logo.png)
Introducing MossBiscuits!
I do a ton of different things, and I am so excited to have a hub to showcase them all together under one proverbial roof. From a professional portfolio and coding projects to cooking and religious blogs, I hope MossBiscuits has something interesting to offer you. What to Expect As of now, my plan is for MossBiscuits to serve a number of purposes: Act as a central hub for my wide array of projects; Feature my projects that don’t currently have a better home (including writing projects, interactive web toys, documentation, and others); and Do some boring behind-the-scenes business involving my hosting provider....