Weekly Wrap Up (2026.07.04)
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Weekly Wrap Up (2026.07.04)

Happy 4th of July… I guess. It's the big "250th Anniversary" but it really doesn't feel like anything here is worth celebrating. I don't have plans. I might go watch fireworks later on the bridge around the corner. It's never crowded and it's got a nice view over the lake. I tried going tot he Zoo and Children's Museum area last year but it was more crowded and the view was not great because of trees and light posts and people. I want to throw out a bit of a send off. Almost two years ago exactly, I bought this…
Weekly Wrap Up (2026.06.27)
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Weekly Wrap Up (2026.06.27)

It's been an eventful few weeks. Mostly because of new work activities traveling some. Funny story, without too much detail. A coworker retired, so I am covering a second location. I met with my coworker before he left, for a refresher on where things were at the site. I got there a week later, without him, and had the dumbest problem. I could not figure out how to turn on the lights. In my normal location, everything is motion activated, at this location it's not. And when I met with him, the lights were on, so I didn't even think…
Weekly Wrap Up (2026.06.13)
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Weekly Wrap Up (2026.06.13)

Oh look, slacka lackin again. It's not even been that boring, just kind of uneventful. I've also had this vague annoaynce at the idea of AI slurping up all my dumb blog posts and using that data to make more dumb blog posts for others. Maybe I should stop trying to fix my typos to screw with it. Oh geeze, it's been 3 weeks, I thought it was just two. I've got a new temporary work thing going on which should liven things up on the work front. Basically, i get to cover another office once every week or two,…
Self Hosted Music and Scrobbling
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Self Hosted Music and Scrobbling

So, I love Last.fm. I love tracking what I listen to and getting those little insights into my music habits, even if they are not always that surprising. If I were "less broke" I would subscribe to their cheap monthly plan just to support the service. I don't plan to stop using them, but in this modern age where everything inevitably ends up enshitified I decided it would be a good idea to set up a self hosted scrobbling service. Some searching gave me Maloja, which feels like it is probably a word with a meaningful definition I am not…
LEGO Fortnite with The Mandalorian and Grogu
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LEGO Fortnite with The Mandalorian and Grogu

So, aside from Droid Tycoon, I have been spending some time in LEGO Fortnite. Specifically, the Odyssey mode, not Brick Life. Partly, because there are build parts and schematics to earn by playing. I actually started dabbling a bit with it again before the Star Wars drops with the Ninjago stuff from the Battlepass. Not so much because I care about Ninjago, but that pass includes 3 Airships. In short, what I have actually been messing with, is vehicles in Lego Fortnite. Because the Madalorian quests have added some more vehicles and new mechanics with the new Hover Brick. Before…
Mayllennial – Cereal Box Prizes
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Mayllennial – Cereal Box Prizes

Kids these days (shakes fist) don't know how much better it used to be with cereal, we got prizes, PRIZES! TOYS! Not some cracker jack nonsense… well, it kind of was the same idea, but it was better. Also for the unaware yoots, Crack Jack used to give prizes in their little boxes of caramel popcorn. Hell they may still, I don't eat Crack Jack, my wife is allergic to nuts, plus I can buy a whole bag of caramel corn for way cheaper. But no prizes. Also, the cereal prizes back then probably were not actually good. I remember…
Weekly Wrap Up (2026.05.23)
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Weekly Wrap Up (2026.05.23)

Its been another mostly slow boring week. Summers coming soon though, which means the occasional part concert or other activities in the community at least. Next week is the first game for the new local baseball team. I am not super into baseball, but I kind of want to go to the first game. Maybe more will happen. Video Games I have almoat finished the Droid-dex in Fortnite's Droid Tycoon game. I just need a Raindbow R7. If I want to "max out" my base I need like a dozen of them. The R7 is the top slot droid for…