#Mayllennial – Torrents
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#Mayllennial – Torrents

I kind of thought about doing a srs bns joke where I go into the mechanics of how torrents work. Or maybe one where I just talk about heavy rainfalls and how much I dislike them versus nice light showers. But that seemed silly, and boring, so instead I will just, sort of follow the proper idea of the topic. I really don't want to veer off too much into general talk of piracy, but also, everyone knows torrents are often used for piracy. I probably allegedly have used torrents for piracy, but also, not really? Most of my "hardcore"…
#Mayllennial – Pet Parenting
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#Mayllennial – Pet Parenting

I kind of basically already wrote about my cats a few years ago during Blaugust. Not much has changed, really. I suppose instead I could just give a more general, state of the pets address. The sad update, Scarlett is no longer with us. She had been dealing with kitty diabetes for a while and was doing pretty good. But quite suddenly one day she started having serious trouble. She couldn't stand up or get around. We tried a few things, finally we took her to an out of town emergency vet. They gave some suggestions but conformations were all…
Duolingo Chess
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Duolingo Chess

Or, I did four months of Duolingo Chess so you don't have to. I have a long ass streak on Duolingo. This involves doing it, every day. Am I learning? Mi español es un poco bueno, posiblemente…o posiblemente no. But I am not here today to discuss Spanish, I am here to talk Chess. Part of having a long ass streak is that sometimes I want a break. I find its actually useful to let it sort of sink in, then when I go back, it helps reinforce if I have learned anything, or if I have just been memorizing…
#Mayllennial – MS Paint
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#Mayllennial – MS Paint

Its Day 6! Also PS, I am still pre writing these out. Just, in the groove, pounding silly nonsense while the muse is here. Today's topic is MS Paint. The simple drawing program included with Windows. A program I used to use to make labels for VHS tapes in. Among other things. Eventually I ended up with a copy of Photoshop, and after that just moved to Affinity Photo. But growing up Paint was surprisingly entertaining. I am sure others are familiar with things like, drawing random lines the filling them in, and drawing random.circles, then filling them, or… drawing…
#Mayllennial – VHS
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#Mayllennial – VHS

Oh boy, a topic I actually can talk about! VHS tapes. I had a pretty big VHS obsession going on in the 90s, both purchased tapes and recorded tapes. Hell it may have indirectly had an influence on why I work sort of indirectly with TV these days. It definitely is partly responsible for why I am such a digital packrat. Once I started working, I took regular trips out once I got paid to buy movies on VHS. My friend and I would spend a ton of time.browsing around deciding just which movies we wanted to buy this week.…