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The Magnificence of Portal's Soundtrack

The 2007 video game Portal is a video game I hold very near and dear to my heart. It was one of my favorite games as a kid (more so Portal 2. I blame Wheatley for that), and I still love it a lot as an adult. One thing I love a lot about the game's soundtrack is how isolating it feels. Songs like Android Hell >> and Self-Esteem Fund >> really give you that feeling that you're alone and going a…

You Should Start Using Syncthing

Several months ago, this tumblr post >> came across my dash. A post about how sucky Discord's announcement to force age verification for US users was, and how we should move away from using Discord as a storage service, and use a program called Syncthing >> . Now, I admit that I am guilty of having a storage Discord server. I mainly use it to copy links or images so I could access them on my PC or…

The Build-a-Bear Jumping Spider

Today, I walked into the Build-a-Bear at my local mall, and walked out with two spiders. I was only planning on getting the mini-bean, since I thought the big one looked a little off. The feet in the initial promo image looked pretty big and wonky. However, it looked a lot cuter in person. I may have caved into buying it. Never talk to me or my son ever again It may have been hard for me to cope…

The Melancholy of the Wii

When I'm working on my website, whether it be designing a page in Photoshop or typing away in Notepad++, I like to listen to old Nintendo music mixes. Being gen Z (born in the middle of the 00s), I grew up with the 7th gen consoles, so the Wii and DS tend to be what I gravitate towards. Maybe it's because the Wii is turning 20 years old this year, which makes me feel like my bones are going to…