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Nov 11, 2024: Took out my trumpet to record a bit. Can only do about 15 minutes before lips get too tired, but was nice to get it oiled up and making sound again. …

Oct 30, 2024: Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria None of the charm of Dungeon but with all the production values (trailed off at the end - You could tell they ran out of …

Oct 21, 2024: Interesting that again there was a huge spike but no long tail in artist accounts moving from Twitter/X to Bluesky. I was expecting a longer tail as …

Oct 18, 2024: I think this latest dick move has finally pushed the rest of the artists I used to follow on twitter to create accounts on bluesky and I’m 100% …

Oct 13, 2024: I always thought Blue Box would have been a better story without the “living in the same house” angle, but seeing Wit Studio put the …

Oct 5, 2024: Tokidoki Bosotto Russiago de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san This one was unexpected. I thought it would be a show rife with “misunderstanding” …

Oct 4, 2024: Make Heroine ga Oosugiru! The attention, love, and care the production team put into this adaptation is breath taking. Incredible animation, …

Oct 2, 2024: Forgot that the iPad version of Photoshop doesn’t let you edit the parameters of the crop box, leaving it exclusively to your meat fingers to try in …

Oct 2, 2024: In spite of the heat wave causing delays this week, I got a chance to ride CalTrain’s new electric trains. Have to say, a very worthwhile upgrade. …

Sep 30, 2024: Mayonaka Punch Great animation from PA Works with a heart felt (if not contrived) plot device. The Youtube/creator elements didn’t really …

Sep 28, 2024: Honestly, I think if Ulysses supported publishing to a micropub server I could make my POSSE system work. That realization is frustrating (I need a …

Sep 28, 2024: It would be nice if there was there was an Espanso iOS app just for reference (no actual text expansion required). Things like forms or clipboard …

Sep 27, 2024: Considering 11ty as a hugo replacement: It has the requisite performance but would require a lot of config & front matter tweaking to get …

Sep 27, 2024: Going to overhaul my .dotfiles with stow Grab a beer, enjoy a Friday night

Sep 27, 2024: I love POSSE as a concept and every few months I get fired up that I’m going to completely overhaul everything, only to be reminded that my main …

Sep 14, 2024: The new version of Reeder and Iconfactory’s new Tapestry project are both looking at what it means to be a Universal Timeline. For me, this …

Jul 27, 2024: Oshi no Ko Was waiting until the season wrapped and then got distracted. Holy Shit! So Good! Everything about this show is pitch perfect. Plan is the …

Jul 25, 2024: Suzume no Tojimari (Suzume) Amazing animation paired with a story that didn’t resonate with me quite as much as “Your Name” and …

Jul 16, 2024: Promare Is there anything better than Hiroyuki Imaishi & Trigger paired with a Hiroyuki Sawano OST? This film knows what it is and leans into it …

Jul 15, 2024: Seiyuu Radio no Uraomote (The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio) A small peek behind the scenes (regardless of how realistic) is always fun. Felt more …

Jul 7, 2024: Yoru no Kurage wa Oyogenai (Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night) Amazing original story with superb animation & direction. Doga Kobo really hit it …

Jun 17, 2024: Nokori Ichinichi de Hametsu Flag Zenbu Heshiorimasu: Zamaa RTA Kiroku 24Hr An excellent, 3-volume manga that gives you all the comeuppance you could …

May 15, 2024: I recently pulled my old Keyboard Folio for the iPad out of the closet, thinking that I would appreciate the weight difference when compared to the …

May 7, 2024: Yagate Kimi ni Naru Saeki Sayaka ni Tsuite (Bloom Into You: Regarding Saeki Sayaka) Lovely side story and fitting capstone to the franchise. The third …

May 4, 2024: Girls Band Cry Why no one picked this up is beyond me. Don’t let the CG anime dissuade you… It’s incredibly well done! Great music …

May 3, 2024: Majo to Yajuu (The Witch and the Beast) Interesting hint at world building, but I have a feeling this was just a teaser to get people to buy the …

Apr 28, 2024: Sousou no Frieren (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End) One of the best anime adaptions I’ve ever seen. Characters, pacing, direction, art, music (OMG …

Apr 23, 2024: Ore dake Level Up na Ken (Solo Leveling) Come for the Hiroyuki Sawano OST, then dive into the web comic for maximum god-tier artwork. 7/10

Apr 21, 2024: Kusuriya no Hitorigoto A visual feast with one of the most captivating protagonists of all time. Hilarious, seductive, and sweet wrapped in a …

Apr 18, 2024: Hikikomari Kyuuketsuki no Monmon Fun in the absurdist sense, but very one note. 5/10

Apr 13, 2024: Yoru no Kurage wa Oyogenai (Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night) Holy Shit! Don’t sleep on this one! Brilliant first episode and I’m excited …

Apr 2, 2024: Futaribeya One of my all time favorite slow-burn romances. After 9 years and 10 volumes, I will miss this adorable cast of characters. 10/10

Mar 26, 2024: Koushin Koinu ni Koibumi wo Sweet love story in a very loose definition of a “historical military” setting. Quick read at only five …

Mar 2, 2024: As an introduction to the series, Yakuza 0 truly goes all out and I’m absolutely here for it. Not sure why I skipped over this series for so …

Jan 22, 2024: I can instantly tell if an app has been written in SwiftUI — my scroll wheel works only 50% of the time when scrolling any list. Feels like a …

Jan 22, 2024: Screens 5 is leaving Setapp for the Mac App Store. I think this is a first in the few years that I’ve been using Setapp. I use Screens a lot so …

Jan 21, 2024: Genjitsu no Yohane: SUNSHINE in the MIRROR Fans of Love Live! Sunshine!! will be ecstatic but anyone new to the series will be a left in the dark. …

Jan 18, 2024: Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou (I’m in Love with the Villainess) One of my favorite yuri romances of all time. Absolutely love the light …

Jan 17, 2024: Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia (Insomniacs After School) Lovely, earnest, sweet romance. Will definitely read the source material. 8/10

Jan 15, 2024: Hoshikuzu Telepath (Stardust Telepath) Wonderful girls club show with more drama and character angst than you might expect. Throughly enjoyed! 8/10

Jan 14, 2024: Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon (My Happy Marriage) Well animated romantic drama with some darker fantasy edges. A nice Brothers Grimm Cinderella …

Jan 12, 2024: It is unbelievable how bad macOS is at dealing with network shares after all these years… Well, maybe not unbelievable, but definitely …

Jan 5, 2024: It is absolutely nuts you can install PWAs with iOS Safari… but not on macOS. “Unique” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.

Dec 29, 2023: 80% of the time spent thinking about my online presence occurs between Christmas and New Years

Nov 16, 2023: The bi-annual dilemma where I struggle to figure out how I want to manage and arrange long form writing, short form writing, and social posts – …

Nov 1, 2023: The joy at finding another person you used to follow on the very dead-and-buried social media platform has established new roots somewhere else. May …

Sep 23, 2023: Gearing up for an entertaining fall season!

Aug 22, 2023: I have two websites that I haven’t needed to touch in 6 years. I just tried to update the support address from Twitter to Mastodon, only to find …

Aug 3, 2023: Going to give myself a challenge: on the days I’m on the train heading into the city, I will write a post or two (at least the days like today where I …

Jun 14, 2023: In an effort to both reduce the subscriptions I’m on the hook for and streamline the apps and services I use, I had a thought to migrate from …

Apr 13, 2023: My last two remaining threads to Twitter are effectively cut — Reeder’s RSS capability and my dinky little app to get images from liked tweets are …

Mar 21, 2023: Spring 2023 is simply insane! So many shows!

Feb 27, 2023: I think if I wasn’t heavily invested in Bear.app for notes, I would readily embrace the Obsidian ecosystem. I feel like I’ve been waiting …

Feb 25, 2023: POSSE - Publish Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere https://indieweb.org/POSSE I recently came across this as a more formal definition of what I’ve …

Feb 11, 2023: So it turns out Ulysses on iOS does support using TextExpander snippets!! This is huge! I really appreciate the distraction-free writing environment …

Jan 31, 2023: Finally making some time to finish Summertime Render - If you are a fan of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni this one is highly recommended! An absolute …

Jan 24, 2023: Just finished the new Willow series with the kids. They loved it and it was the perfect level of nostalgia-camp for those of us who were fans of the …

Jan 15, 2023: OMG! New Hiroyuki Sawano album in 3 days!

Dec 18, 2022: Winter 2023 😳 is upon us! Starting out with a wide sampling, which I’m fairly sure will be trimmed down quite a bit. Very excited for Tomo-chan …

Dec 11, 2022: Yor Forger - Tennis Pro

Dec 6, 2022: Good Morning

Nov 30, 2022: Am I going to rewatch Bocchi The Rock - Ep. 8 again tonight even though I’m behind on the rest of the season? Yes. Yes I am. Totally worth it. I love …

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Nov 22, 2022: Yor Foger - SPY X FAMILY

Nov 21, 2022: Bocchi the Rock! – Protect this introverted soul!

Nov 17, 2022: My #project tonight was to make my micro.blog site have the same theme as my main blog. Now they feel “of a piece.” Never did much with …

Nov 10, 2022: For the most part, Twitter has been a consumption feed for me. I follow a few key individuals from a diverse set of interests – essentially a …

Nov 6, 2022: Mastodon thoughts – If you are on a popular server, the federated timeline (and possibly the local timeline) are too overwhelming to be useful. …

Nov 5, 2022: Findings from “The Great Follow Backup” (aka diversify my social follow graph) Based on the bios in my Twitter follows, here’s a …

Nov 5, 2022: I think my goal this weekend is to go through the profiles of everyone I follow on twitter and follow them on other platforms (RSS, flickr, pixv). …

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Sep 26, 2022: In Takina we trust. Lycoris Recoil is hands down my favorite of the season and if not for Kaguya-sama would probably be anime of the year (still …

Sep 13, 2022: trapped in time, surrounded by evil, low on gas

Sep 13, 2022: Fall 2022 speculation a bit early! MP100, SxF, and Chainsaw Man… Damn!

Sep 13, 2022: I’ve determined I’m not very good at coming up with prompts for Stable Diffusion to chew on… Man with a chainsaw for a head …

Aug 14, 2022: Prey (2022) Amber Midthunder’s performance is spectacular!

Jul 31, 2022: Been trying to use Orion as my daily browser for the last week. It’s promise of using Webkit (and the clean UI look of Safari) with …

Jul 28, 2022: That feeling you get when your own blog entry is on the first search page for a question you still don’t have an answer too…

Jun 21, 2022: Summer 2022 speculation inbound! Notably absent here is Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer - literally everyone who was a fan of the manga has panned …

Jun 5, 2022: I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned it, but I love Setapp – I get so much value out of my monthly subscription. Every so often, I …

Jun 4, 2022: There are only so many seats open in my life, and I don't want to let my heart be swayed by anyone who's not sitting in one of them. Is that mean? Of …

May 18, 2022: Installed Nightfall – a simple menubar app to toggle between light and dark modes. Why something like this isn’t available by default …

May 17, 2022: A post from Josh Comeau’s blog, “The Surprising Truth About Pixels and Accessibility” – The truth is, if you want to build …

May 17, 2022: Vampire in the Garden The backgrounds are amazing and Wit Studio is on point with the action choreography. Definitely worth checking out (Netflix) …

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Apr 25, 2022: In light of recent events, might be worth revisiting this…

Apr 18, 2022: Spring 2022

Apr 3, 2022: Currently exploring if I can somehow have gatsby render textbundle packages out of the box. On the surface, as long as you obey the spec, it seems it …

Mar 29, 2022: EPS to SVG using only the tools you have on hand… brew install ghostscript pdf2svg ps2pdf -dEPSCrop image.eps image.pdf pdf2svg image.pdf image.svg

Mar 26, 2022: This smile must be protected at all costs. My Dress-Up Darling

Mar 25, 2022: Random Curiosity’s Spring Preview came out last night and oh boy is this a stacked season! So many sequels to series I loved the first (or …

Mar 23, 2022: Writing consistently... reimagined My first writing online some (checking the records) 19 years ago (yes, my “first post” was on April 29, 2003) predated the first Wordpress …

Mar 23, 2022: First post Experimenting with micro publishing from Ulysses to Micro.blog. Testing out the update flow. Still need to figure out how to “organize” …

Jan 3, 2022: The new season of The Witcher dropped and I waited for the holidays to binge it. Absolutely loved it. It’s not the books — it’s not the video game. It …

Nov 21, 2021: Arcane: League of Legends is the surprise hit of the season and season 2 has just been confirmed. Don’t let the fact that it’s based off the game …

Jan 12, 2021: Steps to write a new static micro post: yarn newPost micro # Edit index.md in Caret yarn start # Verify git add . git commit -m "new micro …

May 20, 2020: What with the whole SIP COVID situation, I decided I wanted to be able to noodle on some music ideas and wanted to get my home studio functioning …

Jun 17, 2019: prisma.io seems to fail very quickly on even the most basic SQL types. I think if you are doing a project from scratch and you have a very vanilla …

Jun 9, 2019: Took advantage of the PS Days of Play sale to pick up God of War and Marvel’s Spiderman. Been meaning to play both games for quite a while, so …

May 18, 2019: With Final Fantasy XII - The Zodiac Age being released on the Switch, I realized that I never finished it on the PS2 (wow that was a long time ago). I …

Mar 29, 2019: Fragtime A pretty good (but short) yuri story that is getting an anime adaptation this year. At only two volumes, I suspect the adaptation will be a …

Mar 27, 2019: Pen to Chocolate Ending felt rushed… Ironic given the subject matter. The first chapter has a very rough translation, but it gets better so …

Mar 21, 2019: Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. 3rd Season Well this is a an unexpected surprise! I never thought this day would come!