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image of four of the main characters from Banner Saga. One is a red headed girl in green cloak, another a man with long hair in a red cloak and beige clothes, another a woman with black hair in a blue cloak with raven feathers, and a large varl character

Banner Saga Crashing and Data Import from 1 to 2

A step by step guide on how to transfer your save data from Banner Saga 1 to Banner Saga 2 on the steam deck. Read More

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Common Computer Terms and Shortcuts.

A list of common computer terms and shortcuts that I think are useful in day to day life. Read More

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DW Service

Not too long ago, I wrote this post about Tailscale, and mentioned there is a way to use it so that you can access your computer via RDP. If you just need to do things where a bit of lag isn't an issue (grabbing a file, starting an upload, etc.), there are better tools that aren't so intensive to setup. In this post, I'll be talking about one option called DW Service. Read More

image of the freshrss logo. A central dark blue dot which is surrounded by two circles, which are missing their bottom left hand sides. The top right part of the circles are the same dark blue as the central dot, while the rest of them are light blue. Then its just the word FreshRSS in dark blue next to the symbol

FreshRSS (Docker)

So I made a post here about what RSS Feeds are, and mentioned a few online options like Feedly and This Old Reader. Since making that post, I've since switched over to using FreshRSS and wanted to make a post on how to get that up and running, or at least, how I've done so. Read More

image of the freshrss logo. A central dark blue dot which is surrounded by two circles, which are missing their bottom left hand sides. The top right part of the circles are the same dark blue as the central dot, while the rest of them are light blue. Then its just the word FreshRSS in dark blue next to the symbol

FreshRSS (Manual)

After running into issues with Docker, I installed Freshrss manually. This post might give you some help or insight if you're hoping to install Freshrss manually too. Read More

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How To Use YT-DLP

YT-DLP is a piece of software that will download YouTube Videos in a variety of formats including MP3s (audio files) and MP4s (Video Files). It works on Windows, and I have not tested it on other operating systems. It can be pretty... confusing on how to use/ how to setup. At least for me, I often forget which commands to use, or where exactly I saved the files to. In this article, I'll be going over how to download and setup YT-DLP the long way, and a simpler way I've figured out. I'll start with the long way so you can see the background steps, and then explain the easy way. Read More

image of the Internet Archive logo. It looks like the entrance to the Greek Partheon - stairways leading up to 4 big pillars holding up a roof. The internet archive logo itself though is much more simplistic, with simple black rectangles making up most of the image. The words Internet Archive are also along the left and top of the image.

The Internet Archive and Wayback Machine

The Internet Archive and Wayback Machine are great tools to find old webistes or pieces of technology. Read More

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Messaging Apps

The goal of this post is to talk about some options for Messaging Apps, what makes them different, and some other factors that go into which ones you should use. It's worth mentioning that there are many, many different messaging apps out there, and I am not familiar with all of them. I did want to get my thoughts out on a few of them though. Read More

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Multi-factor Authentication (Two Factor Authentication)

Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) is a security feature that is at least an option for almost anything online now a days. It's sometimes referred to as Two Factor Authentication (2fa). It works by typically pairing an app or your phone number to the website or service you're using so that when you login it sends a code to your phone. Read More

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NFC Chips

NFC stands for Near Field Communication. You might've used this technology without knowing if you've ever used Apple Pay or Android pay, or paid with a card that taps. It's the technology behind making all of those systems work. Read More

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Passwords and Password Management

What makes a good password? Well, generally, the longer the password the better. Adding in special characters, capitals, and numbers certainly help with complexity, but it's better to have a longer password with a few twists here and there, than a short password with only special characters. Read More

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Pi-Hole

Network Wide Ad and Tracker blocking. Read More

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Power Automate: Automatic Reply When Out of Office

The issue with this, from a quick Google, is that you can only set this up one at a time. So it's not a great idea to setup the auto reply that far in advance, given you'll probably have to set auto reply for something else in the mean time. This seemed odd to me that automatic replies could not just enable itself by referencing my calendar, which would have the data when I'm "Out of Office" already. This is where I thought about Power Automate. Read More

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Power Automate: Sick Message

How to use Power Automate to send a message saying you're taking a sick day Read More

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Reverse Proxy and Foundry VTT

So, how do we get it so people can connect to a server on our home network from anywhere in the world, as well as making it so we can access Fittrackee and Freshrss as well? This is where DDNS ( Dynamic Domain Name System) and a Reverse Proxy comes into play. Read More

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RSS Feeds: How to Create with Neocities.

A step by step guide on how to make an RSS feed using Neocities Read More

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Screen Resolutions

What does it mean when someone says something is 4k? or 1080p? Read More

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Social Media Sites

A brief description of a handful of Social Media Sites Read More

image of the tailscale logo with the word tailscale next to it. The logo is 9 grey dots, with the entire center horizontal row instead block dots, and the center dot on the bottom row is also block, making a little T

Tailscale (Personal VPN)

Tailscale is a VPN that you can setup to connect to your home network. Read More

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VPNs

A VPN is a Virtual Private Network, and what they typically do is encrypt your network traffic as well as make it seem like you're in a different location than where you are. Read More

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What are RSS Feeds?

RSS feeds provide information based on what's being posted, to an RSS reader. Technically, you could just look at RSS feeds yourself and figure out the information, but it's much easier/ nicer to use a program that will format things nicely such as Feedly. Read More

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What to Look for in a Computer?

In this post, I'm going to go over the basics of what to look for when you're trying to buy a new computer, as well as explain some of what the different parts of a computer does. Read More

Products

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Audio-Technica ATR2100x-USB Microphone

I wanted to talk about this microphone because I've had a fair amount of conversations witih people where the topic of "What is a good mic?" has come up, as well as the podcasts I listen to will mention mics. I've usually not heard people talk about this one much at all, but I think it's fantastic and so wanted to sort of spread the word I guess. Read More

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Camp Snap Camera

A reusable digital camera that mimics the photo quality of a disposable camera Read More

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Coral Vision RX 10

The Coral Vision RX 10 is a "Portable Smart Screen". It's basically a 10 inch screen on a stand that allows you to connect to it to use Android Auto or Apple Car Play in your car. Read More

image of person using the tascam mixcast 4. The Tascam Mixcast 4 has 8 audio sliders for the 8 different inputs it can have. It also features a digital screen, as well as 8 colored buttons. There are also knobs along the top right for headphone volume.

Tascam Mixcast 4

An audio mixer made by Tascam which is designed for Podcasters, even coming with podcast editing software. Read More

Rant

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Cohost

Cohost is a social media website created by the Anti Software Software Club. Read More

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Save Cohost

It's pretty dire times over at Cohost. They released a financial update, and things aren't looking good. With the current amount of funding they have left, the site will either be shut down or changed in ways they explain in that post in order to stay afloat starting as soon as April. Read More

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Cohost is Shutting Down

Cohost is my favorite website. It will be missed. Read More

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Gregory and the Hot Air Balloon Nostalgia, and a Day of Going Down a Rabbit Hole

So, today I was reminded of a game I used to play all the time as a kid. Gregory and the Hot Air Balloon. Someone even uploaded the game to Internet Archive and it seems to work. This led me into a rabbit hole, that I want to share with everyone so follow along: Read More

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Watcher and YouTube

Thoughts on Watcher Entertainment Leaving YouTube, and the future of YouTube in general. Read More

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Working on my own Website

An update about leaving Wordpress Read More

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Website Transferred and How it Went

I'm putting out this post to mention that at this point the site has been fully brought over to neocities. I also wanted a place to sort of talk about how it went, and any pieces of advice I could mention for those looking to do the same thing.

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Why You Should Have Your Own Website

Having your own dedicated website means you have a place where you can post whatever you want, and it'll never go away (well, for as long as you're paying for the sites). This not only will give you peace of mind, but any dedicated follower/ reader will now have a place they know they can get updates about you and your projects from, should something ever happen where they follow you. Read More

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Instructional

image of four of the main characters from Banner Saga. One is a red headed girl in green cloak, another a man with long hair in a red cloak and beige clothes, another a woman with black hair in a blue cloak with raven feathers, and a large varl character

Banner Saga Crashing and Data Import from 1 to 2

photo of two people at a desk with two laptops in front of them. You can only see from their neck down to about where their bellybuttons would be. They look to be in the middle of a conversation, and there's a notepad between them with writing on it.

Common Computer Terms and Shortcuts

logo for DWS which consists of just their letters in a fancy font with remote control underneath it

DW Service

image of the freshrss logo. A central dark blue dot which is surrounded by two circles, which are missing their bottom left hand sides. The top right part of the circles are the same dark blue as the central dot, while the rest of them are light blue. Then its just the word FreshRSS in dark blue next to the symbol FreshRSS (Docker)

image of the freshrss logo. A central dark blue dot which is surrounded by two circles, which are missing their bottom left hand sides. The top right part of the circles are the same dark blue as the central dot, while the rest of them are light blue. Then its just the word FreshRSS in dark blue next to the symbol FreshRSS (Manual)

a screenshot of the download page for YT-dlp How To Use YT-DLP

image of the Internet Archive logo. It looks like the entrance to the Greek Partheon - stairways leading up to 4 big pillars holding up a roof. The internet archive logo itself though is much more simplistic, with simple black rectangles making up most of the image. The words Internet Archive are also along the left and top of the image. The Internet Archive and Wayback Machine

image of two chat bubbles. Created by Symbolon from the Noun Project Messaging Apps

image of the microsoft authenticator app saying approve sign in request Multi-factor Authentication (Two Factor Authentication)

image of an nfc chip. A small circluar item with metal rings going around it NFC Chips

image of a cell phone on a desk with the surfshark logo on it with the word secured and a check mark on it Passwords and Password Management

image of the Pi-Hole logo, which looks like a hollow red diamond, with green leaves coming out of the top
Pi-Hole

image of the power automate logo and the outlook logo. Power automate looks like a multicolored blue arrow pointing right, and outlook looks like a blue envelope with a letter coming out of it Power Automate: Automatic Reply When Out of Office

image of the power automate logo and the outlook logo. Power automate looks like a multicolored blue arrow pointing right, and outlook looks like a blue envelope with a letter coming out of it Power Automate: Sick Message

image of a flag that says we do this not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy Reverse Proxy and Foundry VTT

image of the rss symbol. Orange background with white quarter circles going from the bottom left of the image towards the top right Rss Feeds: How to Create with Neocities

image illustrating the difference between resolutions in the form of rectangles.
Screen Resolutions

A brief description of a handful of Social Media Sites
Social Media Sites

image of the tailscale logo with the word tailscale next to it. The logo is 9 grey dots, with the entire center horizontal row instead block dots, and the center dot on the bottom row is also block, making a little T Tailscale (Personal VPN)

techy looking image with a person holding out their hand and the word VPN floats above it with other misc computer looking symbols VPNs

image of the rss symbol. A central cirlce with three curved lines going towards the top right What are RSS Feeds?

image of a woman using a laptop with code on it What to Look for in a Computer?

Products

image of the Audio Technica ATR2100x-USB Microphone on a small mic stand Audio-Technica ATR2100X-USB Microphone

a picture of the Camp Snap Camera. it looks like a disposable camera, with a rectangular body and simple lens and viewfinder Camp Snap Camera

image of the coral vision rx10. It's showing off apple car play which has a map open as well as a song playing. It's a rectangular screenthat is more long than tall Coral Vision RX 10

image of person using the tascam mixcast 4. The Tascam Mixcast 4 has 8 audio sliders for the 8 different inputs it can have. It also features a digital screen, as well as 8 colored buttons. There are also knobs along the top right for headphone volume. Tascam Mixcast 4

Rant

image of the cohost logo and eggbug. An orange background with an oval shaped shape the color of purple with co in orange on it. Next to it, is the sites mascot eggbug. Eggbug is a purple oval with simply drawn wings, legs, two eyes, and a mouth Cohost

image of Cohosts Mascot eggbug, which is a purple oval with black dots for eyes and a smile face and two fairy like wings, with a realistic human hand pointing towards the viewer Save Cohost

drawing of a bake sale table with a banner half folded over on itself. It looks abandoned Cohost is Shutting Down

image of gregory and his pet lizard newt in a hot air basket, with a storybook like border around it. It's an image from the games user guide that would've came with the CD Gregory and the Hot Air Balloon Nostalgia, and a Day of Going Down a Rabbit Hole

image of the Watcher Entertainment logo. A black W in a white circle. The W is a little messed up but hard to describe Watcher and YouTube

a bunch of people around a table looking at a construction diagram Working on my own Website

Neocities Icon. A cartoon face of an orange cat in a hard hat holding a wrench in one paw, and a paintbrush in another. Website Transferred and How it Went

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Why You Should Have Your Own Website