# damien (blogs) — RSS Amplifier

Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover damien.

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## [Damien's Dilemma (Ch 26)](https://juliekcohen.substack.com/p/damiens-dilemma-ch-26-ace)

_2026-08-18 · Julie K. Cohen Romance_

“Can I have a do-over?”

## [Setting up the Wiimote cursors on macOS in 2026](https://damien.zone/setting-up-the-wiimote-cursors-on-macos-in-2026)

_2026-08-16 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

\<p\>This post is the type of posts I write for myself so I can find it again easily the next time I set up a Mac computer from scratch. Today was one of these days and I figured I'd take the time to write it so I can easily refer to it later, and I know it'll be useful for other folks too.\</p\> \<p\>As the title implies, this will be a short "tutorial" explaining how to set up the (excellent) \<a…

## [Damien's Dilemma (Ch 25)](https://juliekcohen.substack.com/p/damiens-dilemma-ch-25)

_2026-08-14 · Julie K. Cohen Romance_

“Don’t hide from me”

## [Damien's Dilemma (Ch 24)](https://juliekcohen.substack.com/p/damiens-dilemma-ch-24)

_2026-08-11 · Julie K. Cohen Romance_

“She’s gone”

## [💙Why you should try a new romance genre](https://juliekcohen.substack.com/p/why-you-should-try-a-new-romance)

_2026-08-10 · Julie K. Cohen Romance_

Nothing to lose by trying a new romance

## [Damien's Dilemma (Ch 23)](https://juliekcohen.substack.com/p/damiens-dilemma-ch-23)

_2026-08-07 · Julie K. Cohen Romance_

“The crushing truth”

## [Damien's Dilemma (Ch 22)](https://juliekcohen.substack.com/p/damiens-dilemma-ch-22)

_2026-08-04 · Julie K. Cohen Romance_

“Calming influence”

## [💙Bee Still, My Heart: Romance Book Picks](https://juliekcohen.substack.com/p/bee-still-my-heart-romance-book-picks)

_2026-08-02 · Julie K. Cohen Romance_

Swoony Romance Recs & a Very Photogenic Bee

## [Damien's Dilemma (Ch 21)](https://juliekcohen.substack.com/p/damiens-dilemma-ch-21-95b)

_2026-07-31 · Julie K. Cohen Romance_

“Kill her before she endangers the pack”

## [Damien's Dilemma (Ch 20)](https://juliekcohen.substack.com/p/damiens-dilemma-ch-20)

_2026-07-28 · Julie K. Cohen Romance_

“Giving up is not an option”

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_2026-07-28 · **Sponsored**_

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## [💙 Flirty, Fun, FREE Romance Books](https://juliekcohen.substack.com/p/flirty-fun-free-romance-books)

_2026-07-28 · Julie K. Cohen Romance_

How to find a new book when you have one day and too many covers staring you in the face.

## [Native all the way, until you need text](https://justsitandgrin.im/posts/native-all-the-way-until-you-need-text/)

_2026-05-17 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;blockquote&#x3E; &#x3C;p&#x3E;Then you realise it will take months just to reach feature parity with basic native macOS behaviour: context menus, dictionary lookup, selection, accessibility, text interactions, all the small things users expect without thinking about them.&#x3C;/p&#x3E; &#x3C;p&#x3E;So you try WebKit to render Markdown. And it works. There are caveats, of course, but mostly…

## [Making a homebrew release for a live show](https://damien.zone/making-a-homebrew-release-for-a-live-show)

_2026-05-15 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;&#x3C;small&#x3E;Note: I wrote this post two months before publishing it because I wrote the draft and then...forgot to post it so I&#x27;m just posting it now to get it out of the way, it&#x27;s probably fine but I just want to set expectations lol&#x3C;/small&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E; &#x3C;p&#x3E;Let&#x27;s say, hypothetically, that one of your favorite artists/DJs recently played a set.…

## [&#x201C;This Is Not The Computer For You&#x201D;](https://samhenri.gold/blog/20260312-this-is-not-the-computer-for-you/)

_2026-03-15 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;blockquote&#x3E; &#x3C;p&#x3E;That is not a bug in how he&#x2019;s using the computer. That is the entire mechanism by which a kid becomes a developer. Or a designer. Or a filmmaker. Or whatever it is that comes after spending thousands of hours alone in a room with a machine that was never quite right for what you were asking of it.&#x3C;/p&#x3E; &#x3C;/blockquote&#x3E; &#x3C;p&#x3E;I…

## [macOS Tahoe forced me to abandon Music.app](https://damien.zone/macos-tahoe-forced-me-to-abandon-musicapp)

_2026-03-13 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;I&#x27;ve been meaning to write this post for &#x3C;em&#x3E;checks notes&#x3C;/em&#x3E; months but, life got in the way, you know how it is.&#x3C;/p&#x3E; &#x3C;p&#x3E;Those who know me know that I listen to &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://listenbrainz.org/user/Eramdam/&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;em&#x3E;a lot&#x3C;/em&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E; of music, it&#x27;s the one thing that has been consistent…

## [Updates: March 2026](https://damien.zone/updates-march-2026)

_2026-03-11 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;It&#x27;s been a minute, hasn&#x27;t it. In fact it has been &#x3C;em&#x3E;checks notes&#x3C;/em&#x3E; &#x3C;strong&#x3E;10 months&#x3C;/strong&#x3E;?! Oh dear, well. Better late than never I suppose. If you&#x27;re reading this directly on the website (and you should, imo), you&#x27;ll see that things look quite different!&#x3C;/p&#x3E; &#x3C;p&#x3E;I&#x27;ve been meaning to touch up…

## [Justice in San Francisco, May 22nd, 2025](https://damien.zone/justice-in-san-francisco-may-22nd-2025)

_2025-05-25 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;In a very on-brand move, I saw Justice live in San Francisco last Thursday&#x3C;sup&#x3E;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;#user-content-fn-1&#x22; id=&#x22;user-content-fnref-1&#x22; data-footnote-ref aria-describedby=&#x22;footnote-label&#x22;&#x3E;1&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;/sup&#x3E;, I took a bunch of pictures. BUT! This time, I used my newly-acquired Ricoh GR III, because what better way to really…

## [Mac Themes Garden: post-launch updates](https://damien.zone/mac-themes-garden-post-launch-updates)

_2025-05-21 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;figure data-type=&#x22;image&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://cdn.damien.zone/img/blog/macthemes-update.webp&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;img src=&#x22;https://cdn.damien.zone/img/blog/macthemes-update.webp&#x22; loading=&#x22;lazy&#x22; decoding=&#x22;async&#x22; width=&#x22;auto&#x22; height=&#x22;auto&#x22;…

## [Introducing Mac Themes Garden!](https://damien.zone/introducing-mac-themes-garden)

_2025-05-06 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;figure data-type=&#x22;image&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://cdn.damien.zone/img/projects/macthemes-garden.webp&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;img src=&#x22;https://cdn.damien.zone/img/projects/macthemes-garden.webp&#x22; loading=&#x22;lazy&#x22; decoding=&#x22;async&#x22; width=&#x22;auto&#x22; height=&#x22;auto&#x22;…

## [Modding Balatro on PC to add touch controls](https://damien.zone/modding-balatro-on-pc-to-add-touch-controls)

_2025-03-02 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;figure data-type=&#x22;image&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://cdn.damien.zone/img/blog/balatro-touch/sticky-fingers-hero.webp&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;img src=&#x22;https://cdn.damien.zone/img/blog/balatro-touch/sticky-fingers-hero.webp&#x22; loading=&#x22;lazy&#x22; decoding=&#x22;async&#x22; width=&#x22;auto&#x22; height=&#x22;auto&#x22;…

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_2025-03-02 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Site update (january 2025)](https://damien.zone/site-update-january-2025)

_2025-01-20 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;I&#x27;ve done some tweaks to the layout of the site around &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://damien.zone&#x22;&#x3E;links&#x3C;/a&#x3E;, &#x3C;code&#x3E;code bits&#x3C;/code&#x3E; and other things I&#x27;m probably forgetting. The &#x3C;a href=&#x22;/blog&#x22;&#x3E;/blog&#x3C;/a&#x3E; page looks a bit more feed-like now as well.&#x3C;/p&#x3E; &#x3C;p&#x3E;Oh, yeah, and the blog has &#x3C;a…

## [website creatures](https://damien.zone/website-creatures)

_2025-01-11 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;figure data-type=&#x22;image&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://cdn.damien.zone/img/blog/websitecreatures/IMG\_8615.webp&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;img src=&#x22;https://cdn.damien.zone/img/blog/websitecreatures/IMG\_8615.webp&#x22; loading=&#x22;lazy&#x22; decoding=&#x22;async&#x22; width=&#x22;auto&#x22; height=&#x22;auto&#x22;…

## [New year, new site!](https://damien.zone/new-year-new-site)

_2025-01-07 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;figure data-type=&#x22;image&#x22;&#x3E; &#x3C;picture&#x3E; &#x3C;source srcset=&#x22;https://damien.zone/img/blog/damienzone25/damien-zone-2025-dark.webp&#x22; media=&#x22;(prefers-color-scheme: dark)&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/source&#x3E; &#x3C;img srcset=&#x22;https://damien.zone/img/blog/damienzone25/damien-zone-2025.webp&#x22; /&#x3E; &#x3C;/picture&#x3E; &#x3C;/figure&#x3E; &#x3C;p&#x3E;Here…

## [Justice Live! in Paris, 2024 // tiny update](https://damien.zone/justice-live-in-paris-2024)

_2024-12-21 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;Saw Justice two times in Paris last week, which makes it four times this year&#x3C;sup&#x3E;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;#user-content-fn-1&#x22; id=&#x22;user-content-fnref-1&#x22; data-footnote-ref aria-describedby=&#x22;footnote-label&#x22;&#x3E;1&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;/sup&#x3E;. While my spot for the first Paris show was not great (literally the highest, furthest from the stage), I had a much…

## [Audio in space](https://damien.zone/audio-in-space)

_2024-12-13 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;Ever since I first tried it shortly after its introduction, Dolby Atmos on Apple Music felt, to me, gimmicky at best and counterproductive at worst? It&#x27;s like, either the effect is &#x3C;em&#x3E;too&#x3C;/em&#x3E; noticeable and it&#x27;s distracting &#x3C;em&#x3E;or&#x3C;/em&#x3E; it just doesn&#x27;t add anything when it just doesn&#x27;t make a whole song fall flat? If that…

## [Cool Selection of Stuff: early December 2024](https://damien.zone/cool-selection-of-stuff-early-december-2024)

_2024-12-07 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;Last month definitely has been something, huh? Globally and also personally because, &#x3C;em&#x3E;man&#x3C;/em&#x3E;, time has been &#x3C;em&#x3E;flying&#x3C;/em&#x3E; these past few weeks. What started as a small list of links at the beginning of November morphed into whatever will happen in this post, welp!&#x3C;/p&#x3E; &#x3C;h3 id=&#x22;playing&#x22;&#x3E;playing&#x3C;/h3&#x3E;…

## [Thoughts about Mastodon and the &#x22;new Twitter&#x22;](https://damien.zone/thoughts-about-mastodon-and-the-new-twitter)

_2024-11-23 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;I keep telling myself I should stop thinking about social media so much, especially in the &#x22;current moment&#x22;, but it keeps happening. This post started as a bunch of posts on Mastodon until I stopped myself and decided to Blog About It instead.&#x3C;/p&#x3E; &#x3C;h3 id=&#x22;mastodon-is-fine&#x22;&#x3E;Mastodon is fine&#x3C;/h3&#x3E; &#x3C;p&#x3E;Eugen being the &#x3C;a…

## [buttons](https://damien.zone/buttons)

_2024-11-05 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;You know, it always surprises me in the best way possible to see my &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://damien.zone/links/&#x22;&#x3E;website&#x27;s button&#x3C;/a&#x3E; on other people&#x27;s websites. I have literally no way of knowing who does it otherwise (because the file is hosted by GitHub so I don&#x27;t have analytics, and I&#x27;m sure some folks re-host it themselves) so every time…

## [Cool Selection of Stuff: end of October 2024](https://damien.zone/cool-selection-of-stuff-end-of-october-2024)

_2024-11-03 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;Programming note: remember link roundups? Well, I&#x27;m deciding to call them by a different name now. Why? So I can make a silly pun. I wanted to go with &#x22;Cool Stuff Sunday&#x22; at first, but I&#x27;m not fooling myself in thinking I&#x27;ll stick to posting these on Sundays.&#x3C;/p&#x3E; &#x3C;p&#x3E;Let&#x27;s get to it, there&#x27;s a lot of stuff to talk…

## [End of October 2024 update](https://damien.zone/end-of-october-2024-update)

_2024-10-28 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;Hello, little blog, it&#x27;s been a while! The past two weeks have been uncharacteristically busy for me so, huh, I didn&#x27;t write much here, oops!&#x3C;/p&#x3E; &#x3C;p&#x3E;I spent a week of vacation in Reno for definitely &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://goblfc.org/&#x22;&#x3E;normal reasons&#x3C;/a&#x3E;. Turns out, being mostly offline with your friends and other freaks…

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_2024-10-28 · **Sponsored**_

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## [this blog has comments (again)](https://damien.zone/this-blog-has-comments-again)

_2024-10-12 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;Don&#x27;t adjust your RSS reader, you&#x27;re not seeing the same article twice. I just flip-flopped really hard with the whole comments thing. In my (now unpublished) previous article, I said I went with &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://chirpy.dev&#x22;&#x3E;Chirpy&#x3C;/a&#x3E; for comments... well, I&#x27;m not using them anymore! Oops! I am now using &#x3C;a…

## [link roundup for october 12th, 2024](https://damien.zone/link-roundup-for-october-12th-2024)

_2024-10-12 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;Stealing the &#x22;link roundup&#x22; format from &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://jkap.io/&#x22;&#x3E;Jae&#x3C;/a&#x3E;, &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://shelraphen.com/community-roundup-week-of-2024-09-22-28/&#x22;&#x3E;Shel&#x3C;/a&#x3E; and &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://blog.dante.cool/&#x22;&#x3E;Dante&#x3C;/a&#x3E; and probably others I forget.&#x3C;/p&#x3E; &#x3C;p&#x3E;I want to try to make…

## [New thing: Friends of eggbug visualizer](https://damien.zone/new-thing-friends-of-eggbug-visualizer)

_2024-10-09 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;figure data-type=&#x22;image&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://cdn.damien.zone/img/blog/friends-of-eggbug/20-fullpage.webp&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;img src=&#x22;https://cdn.damien.zone/img/blog/friends-of-eggbug/20-fullpage.webp&#x22; loading=&#x22;lazy&#x22; decoding=&#x22;async&#x22; width=&#x22;auto&#x22; height=&#x22;auto&#x22;…

## [Bay Area Cohost Wake](https://damien.zone/bay-area-cohost-wake)

_2024-10-06 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;figure data-type=&#x22;image&#x22;&#x3E; &#x3C;img src=&#x22;https://damien.zone/img/blog/img\_7694.webp&#x22; alt=&#x22;A custom eggbug made by Beth out of foam clay, acrylic paint, mod podge and armature wire&#x22; /&#x3E; &#x3C;figcaption&#x3E;A custom eggbug made by &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://bsky.app/profile/bethposting.bsky.social&#x22;&#x3E;Bethposting&#x3C;/a&#x3E; out of foam clay,…

## [Justice at Portola 2024](https://damien.zone/justice-at-portola-2024)

_2024-10-01 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;Well, it turns out I was pretty lucky because Justice&#x27;s show last night (September 29th) was a very very good one in terms of pictures! I got literally as close as one could realistically be, even if I was slightly off center!&#x3C;/p&#x3E; &#x3C;p&#x3E;As I got out of the show, I was pretty worried because Justice&#x27;s light setup made it much,…

## [shot on iPhone with Halide: Gesaffelstein at Portola 2024](https://damien.zone/shot-on-iphone-with-halide-gesaffelstein-at-portola-2024)

_2024-09-29 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;I just saw Gesaffelstein last night at &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://portolamusicfestival.com/&#x22;&#x3E;Portola&#x3C;/a&#x3E; and &#x3C;strong&#x3E;boy&#x3C;/strong&#x3E; that shit ripped. I had already watched his set from Coachella earlier this year, so I &#x22;knew&#x22; what to expect. But as always, watching a live performance is one thing,…

## [my online life, and cohost](https://damien.zone/my-online-life-and-cohost)

_2024-09-28 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;&#x3C;em&#x3E;This post is mirrored on cohost as well and was written with it in mind. But also not? It&#x27;s fine, don&#x27;t worry about it.&#x3C;/em&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E; &#x3C;p&#x3E;Like many people in my age group, I think it&#x27;s fair to say that I grew up online.&#x3C;/p&#x3E; &#x3C;h3 id=&#x22;the-pre-social-media-years&#x22;&#x3E;the pre-social media years&#x3C;/h3&#x3E;…

## [release notes, end of september 2024](https://damien.zone/release-notes-end-of-september-2024)

_2024-09-27 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;A little post to tell the folks who are only reading the RSS feed about what I&#x27;ve been up to on damien.zone:&#x3C;/p&#x3E; &#x3C;p&#x3E;I got a &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://damien.zone/links&#x22;&#x3E;links&#x3C;/a&#x3E; page with:&#x3C;/p&#x3E; &#x3C;ul&#x3E; &#x3C;li&#x3E;my own links!&#x3C;/li&#x3E; &#x3C;li&#x3E;nice buttons I keep seeing on people&#x27;s websites! I&#x27;ll…

## [hacking together a local CSS editing workflow on bear](https://damien.zone/hacking-together-a-local-css-editing-workflow-on-bear)

_2024-09-17 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;#now playing: &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://memorexmemories.bandcamp.com/album/pictures-of-purple-skies&#x22;&#x3E;Pictures of Purple Skies by Memorex Memories&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E; &#x3C;p&#x3E;I have been enjoying the &#x22;no frills&#x22; aspect of running a blog on bear so far. the one thing I am missing from my previous blog setup, however, is a way to quickly experiment with…

## [what to expect on damien dot zone](https://damien.zone/what-to-expect-on-damienzone)

_2024-09-16 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;#now playing: &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://album.link/us/i/1739079974&#x22;&#x3E;BRAT by Charli XCX&#x3C;/a&#x3E;\_&#x3C;/p&#x3E; &#x3C;p&#x3E;the past weekend, like the past week before it, has seen me go through a whole gamut of emotions.&#x3C;/p&#x3E; &#x3C;p&#x3E;the good, the bad, and everything in between, I feel I&#x27;ve gone through it all.&#x3C;/p&#x3E; &#x3C;p&#x3E;I keep…

## [hello internet (again)](https://damien.zone/hello-internet-again)

_2024-09-15 · Damien Erambert · damien.zone_

&#x3C;p&#x3E;So. &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://cohost.org/staff/post/7611443-cohost-to-shut-down&#x22;&#x3E;cohost&#x3C;/a&#x3E;, huh?&#x3C;/p&#x3E; &#x3C;p&#x3E;If you&#x27;re reading this, you probably know me from that place (or at least have heard about it) so I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s really useful to try to give you the &#x22;elevator pitch&#x22;.&#x3C;/p&#x3E; &#x3C;p&#x3E;what would a…