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Wow, only half way through the year and I'm already having to play catch-up with my recap posts! To keep it brief; I've been really overwhelmed with my work and personal health lately. Sometimes even engaging in hobbies, like this site, feels like work. It's also been really nice outside lately and sometimes I prefer going out and touching grass over looking at a screen for hours. Still, I love…
It's been a little while since I've last posted. I've been preoccupied with offline stuff, so working on this site hasn't been a priority recently. Still, I've done a few things worth noting, and I really wanted to publicly thank some of the people who were nice enough to take time out of their days to help me out with technical stuff , so here's some updates on that. Fanlistings First off, I've…
⚠️ This post may contain minor spoilers for Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. (Yes, really.) I've been so excited for the full release of Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream! Unfortunately, while I was playing the demo I bought an item from the clothing shop, which effectively ends the demo and keeps all mii events from happening. I can't do anything until the full game actually releases and I can…
A list of my all time favorite songs. Songs where I think if anything about it was changed whatsoever it would make that song worse. Magdalena Bay - Death & Romance (especially with the transition to "Fear, Sex", as heard in the music video) Magdalena Bay - You Lose! MGMT - Time to Pretend MGMT - Kids I know there's more but I'm blanking out at the moment. Might edit this post more in the future.
March has been a little rough for me. I didn't do that much, honestly. I got sick multiple times and my flare ups have also been pretty bad. I've been exhausted and not as motivated to work on anything, but I'm hoping to turn that around in April. Crocheting I found this fingerless glove pattern that I really like. It's pretty simple so you don't have to think too hard while doing it, and they're…
I'm always looking for new blogs to follow via RSS and a good way to do that is to search through the various blog directories out there. Most directories are sorted by topic and I've come to realize that I'm a lot more picky than I thought! I've realized that I don't really enjoy reading a lot of tech-centered blogs and will gloss over most the technology-related categories in directories. This…
I'll be honest, February wasn't nearly as productive as I would have liked it to be. My mind was mostly focused on just "making it through the day/week/month". I had a whole list of things I was supposed to get done in my bullet journal (which I was too burnt out to use for most of the month) and I think I only crossed out two or three. Sometimes I almost forget that I'm disabled, and then my…
ItemLabel is a company that makes, among other things, weird collectable art toys. In 2021 they became semi-viral for their YouTube ads, which features music from the company's CEO and CXO emamouse . Their flagship character is Peepy (pronounced like "pee-pee"), a furby-like creature who likes to commit crimes. They also make OuiOuis (pronounced like "wee-wee"), which are bipedal, baby versions of…
Everything's supposedly a "recession indicator" nowadays. "recession indicator" this, "recession indicator" that, it's usually over pretty frivolous stuff too. I always take the phrase with a grain of salt. But the other day I got one of those "cash for gold" type ads before a YouTube video. I haven't even one of those since Obama was in office! A true, actual, genuine recession indicator if I've…
I got to go on a surprise trip to the conservatory the other day! We met up with a family friend there. I took a bunch of photos while I was there too, so I thought I might as well share them here! Palm and ficus trees. Neoregelia, Red Hot Cat's Tail ( Acalypha hispida ), and Canary Date Palm ( Phoenix canariensis ). Calabash tree ( Crescentia cujete ). Bunny Ears ( Opuntia microdasys ), Ivory…
In my January recap , I linked to a video I enjoyed called "Wizard Cooking vs Witch Cooking" . The video talks about different methods of cooking in real life and how to apply them in a fictional/world building context. It uses wizards and witches as a metaphor for strictly following the (cook)book vs just eyeballing ingredients as you go along. While the video mostly sticks to talking about…
When most people talk about autism and masking they mean it in a metaphorical sense, but lately I've been thinking about it very literally. During the pandemic I wore a mask every single time I left the house. Nowadays it's not as often, but still a lot more than most other people I know. I typically wear one when I know I'm going to be in a large crowd, like on public transportation, or if I'm…
I've been inspired by a bunch of other bloggers (mostly Leilukin ) to start writing these little monthly recap posts. Work and brainfog makes it hard to write long posts or write super often, and to be honest, I don't think I even do enough to warrant a weekly recap, but a monthly one seems pretty manageable. It's a nice compromise between how frequently I'm currently posting and a challenge like…
I considered adding these to my next post, but I think this is really important and I don't want it to get buried underneath a bunch of unrelated stuff. These are some online resources I've amassed over the last month or so related to protecting your community from ICE. Some are location specific while some aren't. Many of these are available in both English and Spanish, but some are available in…
A little while ago I read Ava's answering the 40 questions for 2025 , where she answers Steph Ango's 40 questions to ask yourself every year . I thought it looked interesting, so this is my attempt at answering those same questions. Maybe this'll become a yearly tradition on my blog? Guess we'll just have to wait and see. 1. What did you do this year that you’d never done before? I visited my…
Merry Chrismukkah! The other night was the last night of Hannukah, but my family didn't do much to celebrate. We made up for it a little today by making latkes for Christmas Eve. I thought it'd be fun to rank/review some of the things you can put on your latkes, so without further ado here we go: Ketchup I guess this one makes sense in theory. You eat ketchup with other potato-based foods, why not…
Sometimes I'll mention struggling with brain fog to people and they'll respond something like "ugh, I know right, I hate when that happens 🙄" as if I told them someone cut in front of me at the grocery store. I don't know how to make them understand that this isn't a minor inconvenience to me, it's debilitating. There are certain days where it's so bad, that I straight up can't get anything done.…
I've seen a few different people talk about the uprise of the "zero-click internet". For those unfamiliar, in a nutshell the "zero-click internet" refers to how search engines now use AI summaries to answer questions, so users don't actually have to click on links or visit sites anymore. There are obviously a lot of problems with this. AI overviews are notoriously buggy . They often get stuff…
In 2022, one of my friends told me about a Kickstarter for a then-upcoming, browser-based game called PawBorough . The pitch was basically "Flight Rising, but with cats", I was immediately hooked! The gameplay centers around managing a clan of cats living in a fantastical setting. You can craft items, go on combat missions, dress up your cats, and breed your cats together to make even more cats!…
This ones a little different. I like music, I'm sure everybody does, but I'm not a connoisseur. I don't know anything about music theory and I've never written a full album review. Honestly, this is probably better described as "notes I took while listening to the album" than a proper review, so maybe don't hold your expectations too high. I'm sure by the time I finish writing this, any buzz…
Focus indicators usually work fine when focusing on standard text links, but can sometimes look weird when focusing on links with images. By default, they select the area where the text would show up, not the area of the image. For smaller graphics, this can cause the outline to cover up important parts of the image. For larger ones, it might not be obvious what element is being focused on since…
It's been about a month since my last blog post. Thought I should pop in real quick and give a few updates. Personal Stuff I'm not gonna lie, the past couple months have been an absolute roller coaster for me. I've experienced some of my biggest highs and lows in recent memory. I'm going through at least two major life changes right now and there's possibly more on the way. Not all of the changes…
One of my New Year's resolutions for 2025 was to switch to Linux. It's now July and I'm finally doing it. Better late than never I guess. I'm sure I don't have to explain why I'm doing this, blah blah Microsoft bad blah blah AI bad blah blah. Anyway, I like learning about technology (even though I'm not that smart and find a lot of it very intimidating), so I thought it'd be worth trying out. If…
I have a few guides/tutorials saved in my drafts. Most of them start with a tangentially related preamble about this subject. I thought it'd be smart to just trim the fat; cut straight to the point for those posts, and share the preamble here separately for those who really care. I've seen a lot of experienced webmasters complain about how newer webmasters shouldn't do [insert thing here], but…
I recently started and then promptly gave up on trying to list every single small/independent webring and web directory I could find. Was it worth it? I don't know, but now that I've seen and catalogued so many of them, I wanted to share some observations. I wish more people thought about what kind of directory (a webring, a fanlisting, a standard web directory, etc.) suits their needs best before…
Today is July 11th (7/11), which means 7-Eleven is giving out free slurpees! Multiple 7-Elevens by my house have closed down, so we actually had to go out of our way to find a new one. When we got there the line was really long, almost going out the door! My brother got a mix of the green and blue flavors (he couldn't remember the actual names) and I got a mix of a little of everything. As dumb as…
Apparently this is a "hot take", but I honestly think more people should lie about themselves on the internet. To be clear, I don't support stuff like teens lying about their age so they can use adult-only websites, people lying about being part of marginalized groups so they can argue about politics on the internet, people purposely spreading misinformation, etc, etc. What I am saying is that you…
I recently added a link directory to my site, but I still have a ton of other pages that I’d like to share and categorize. I have a terrible habit of hoarding bookmarks and tabs and never going back to them. They desperately need a spring cleaning, but I’ve been preoccupied with my personal life and when I'm not busy with that, I'm usually procrastinating. So lets take a look at my awful…
Chapters 3 and 4 of Deltarune are right around the corner! I’ve been working on a Deltarune shrine/fan site for a while now. I had a page dedicated to fan theories, both mine and others, that I thought were cool. Unfortunately, I don’t think I’ll be able to get the whole thing out before chapters 3 and 4 release on June 4th, so I figured I’d just share them on my blog instead. For the sake of…
This is a minor edit of Kalechip’s CSS Tabs . I originally made it for my changelog , because I wanted people to be able to filter through different years, but also I didn’t want to deal with JavaScript or PHP. The original has all tab content hidden by default until you click a tab. This edit lets you set a default tab, which is visible by default. Demo Dogs Cats Bunnies Cats I like cats too! 🐱…
The announcement trailer for Rhythm Heaven Groove. After ten long years, a whole entire decade , we finally have it: a new Rhythm Heaven game. It might seem silly, but I can not overstate, how excited I am for this game. No joke, this game is to me and my siblings what GTA VI probably is for most other people. Over the course of the past week or so, Nintendo fans have been flooded with new info…
Lately, I've been trying to have more hobbies that don't involve staring at a screen for hours on end. Last year, I got really into making kandi bracelets. This year, I've decided to take up knitting. I want to start working on more actual knitting projects with practical uses, and I want to get in the habit of using this blog more often. So, I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone and show…
A super simple one, but one I still see some people struggle with. Modern browsers make pixel art look blurry when scaled up. We can use the CSS image-rendering property to fix this. No styling With image-rendering: pixelated; HTML < img class = " pixelated " src = " image.png " > CSS (Minimum Compatibility) Works on all major and modern browsers img.pixelated { image-rendering : pixelated ; } CSS…
Sprite before link Link #1 Link #2 Link #3 HTML I'll be using this HTML structure for all of the examples on this page. < ul class = " className " > < li > < a href = " # " > Link #1 </ a > </ li > < li > < a href = " # " > Link #2 </ a > </ li > < li > < a href = " # " > Link #3 </ a > </ li > </ ul > CSS ul.className a::before { content : url ( "heartspin.gif" ) ; margin-right : 0.5em ; /*…
About This project is an adaptation of Kalechip's Static Accessible Gallery Generator for Eleventy. The internet has no shortage of gallery frameworks, why bother adding another to the list? To be honest, a lot of existing frameworks aren't that great. They're clunky, bloated, and most importantly, inaccessible . For the longest time I felt like I was going insane because no one else seemed to…
Inline/horizontal lists are especially useful for making simple, responsive navigation menus. Typically, list items in HTML are preceded with a bullet, but using CSS, we can change it so that whatever symbol we want only appears in-between list items. Basic Demo list item 1 list item 2 list item 3 list item 4 list item 5 HTML < ul class = " inlinelist " > < li > list item 1 </ li > < li > list…
Most people just use the <img> tag when they want to use an image as a divider, but this method I'm going to show you follows semantic HTML and is easier to edit if you want to change it later. Basically, you just use <hr> and then use CSS to set its background to your image of choice. Basic Graphics hr { background-image : url ( "rainbowdivider.png" ) ; /* change to the file path to your image */…
About Accessible Zonelets is exactly what is sounds like, Zonelets , but accessible! I went into extensive detail on the changes I made and why in my blog post "Making Your Zonelets Blog More Accessible" . Features Added ARIA landmarks/page regions. Added ARIA labels to help differentiate between the header and post navigation. Added :focus styling for all elements that had :hover styling. Added…
Zonelets is a free to use, static blogging engine. It's aimed at absolute beginners and especially popular with young people on platforms like Neocities . Unfortunately, the default Zonelets layout lacks a lot of basic accessibility features. Because so many of its users are newbies, they're either unaware of or unable to fix these issues. This post is me throwing my hat in the ring and trying to…
I've tried to write and rewrite this blog post at least three times by now. Every time it ended up going off topic or becoming way too personal for my comfort. I have a few other blog drafts I'm working on, mostly about tech stuff. I could've just finished and posted one of those, but I guess I felt weird just jumping in without introducing myself or my site a little bit first. So, who the hell…