I love deals, I love saving money on things. And as it turns out there are shops dedicated to selling returned items from online retailers such as Amazon at discount prices. I got three things from such a store; a portable vacuum, a surge protected power block, and a phone tripod, costing about $15 each. The portable vacuum made a terrible grinding noise, started spewing smoke and died within » Continue Reading
So I've recently found out about Romance Planet, and they have instantly become one of my favourite artists. My favourite song would have to be Bleed Runaway. Very energetic, good stuff, I've gotta look more into this genre. » Continue Reading
I think it's time I try to customize my page just a tad. Been the same stock style for a while, as well as a few public layouts. It might be fun to try and learn some of this stuff. Already got some stuff in the works, got some red text, all the fun stuff, and it's only the beginning. » Continue Reading
Recently installed Void Linux on my laptop, and I gotta say, liking the feel of it so far. I'm still not the most confident in my abilities, so for now I've just installed it from the local XFCE image, rather than doing the minimal install. I did give it a shot, but WiFi still kinda hurts my brain and this laptop doesn't have ethernet lol. Despite that, it's been pretty nice to use, and quite spee... » Continue Reading
I don't really look for a lot of new music. I just kinda happen to drift into a track I really like, obsess over it for a week or so, then move onto the next one. Well, I follow this one guy on Youtube, David Dean Burkhart, who mainly posts a lot of various music from various artists and bands. I don't really look a lot into them, mostly just kinda forget about them until I see a few new tracks i... » Continue Reading
So I recently got a hold of a decent CRT. Just a generic mid range Sanyo from god knows when. Can't seem to find much information about this specific model at all, which is the most interesting thing about it lol. It's the Sanyo AVM-2568C for anyone curious. It appears to be form around 2000 based on a PDF archive of some electronic repair magazine? I dunno. It does its job alright. Has an AV inpu... » Continue Reading
Watching a five hour documentary on the "A Button Challenge". The idea is to beat the game with as few A button presses as possible. A simple concept. Of course, the Mario 64 community being the Mario 64 community, it did not stay a simple concept for long. Like, what even are half of these techniques? Goomba bridges? HOLP? Parallel Universes? Cloning? Guys once found a technique that involved 14 ... » Continue Reading
Now, this is something I've been meaning to do for a while, the only things preventing me from doing so being a combination of laziness and fear. Well, that changes now. I got the VM, I got the ISO, I got the documentation, I got the time, the only thing stopping me now is that ever so persistent procrastination. Today is the day. Today I lay down the groundwork for greatness and realize my true p... » Continue Reading
Now, I don't really have a practical need for any other web browser aside from Firefox. It serves me well, loading web pages, letting me search things, look for media, all general browser things. Good stuff. One problem: It looks too modern. I'm messing around with theming my PC, and I recently found out about this thing called "Chicago95". It's a project that's designed to make the XFCE desktop e... » Continue Reading
Growing up, I never got a chance to experience the original Xbox Live. I actually didn't have an original Xbox for a good part of my childhood, starting out with the 360. Well, now I am looking into a childhood experience I never had, and so far, I am loving it to death. Insignia is a service that aims to replace Xbox Live functionality for the original Xbox, which has been shut down since 2010. S... » Continue Reading
So I decided to make up a brand new Nintendo Network ID on my Wii U, just to see if anyone was still online on Mario Kart 8. There are a couple, but it seemed to be just a couple nostalgic pros or something, nothing I could ever go up against. Making this account and seeing all the ghost town remains of some of these services is making me a little nostalgic though. So many once populated spaces, n... » Continue Reading
So I recently got a copy of Mario Kart 8 for Wii U. A little late to the party, I know. Now, I'm not really all too big on racing games, the only two I ever really played being Burnout and Mario Kart Wii. Well, after getting a not fried Wii U, and seeing that Mario Kart 8 was only like, $20 on it, I decided to give it a go. Holy hell, have I been missing out. This is just an absolute blast, feelin... » Continue Reading