Building a PiGrrl 2
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Building a PiGrrl 2

Back in the earlier days of the Raspberry Pi, there was a project going around called PiGrrl. It's of course, a play on the name "Game Boy". It's essentially just a Raspberry Pi in a GameBoy like housing. I built one back in 2021. I don't think I ever really posted about it because beyond building it, I never really used it much. If anything this is a bit of a discouragement to anyone else looking at a similar project. It never worked real great, and shortly after I just, bought a Retroid Pocket 3 which does, basically the same…
Blaugust 2026 is Coming
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Blaugust 2026 is Coming

I wasn't really planning to do Blaugust this year, what with barely making a post a week these days, but I think maybe in honor of it's creator Belghast, I will at least throw my hat in the ring. I am making no real commitment to any number of posts mind you. Though I did, maybe 31 days for the previous two years I participated. Once on [Blogging Intensifies] and once on Lameazoid. Because BI is gone though all those posts are here on this blog now. There is a whole mess of information and a sign up form over…
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…
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…
#Mayllennial – Toy Craze
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#Mayllennial – Toy Craze

Ironically, perhaps, I am not real sure what this prompt is asking for, but also, I have a huge toy collection and am pretty well suited to ramble on about toys, in general. So I am mostly just going to do that. Its not even going to be the first time I have written about collecting specifically. Plus I write about it all the time on this blog. Its one of the two core focuses. The short is, I started buying toys as a hobby in High School when I started working and had money to buy things. I have…
#Mayllennial – Doomscrolling
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#Mayllennial – Doomscrolling

I think I have gotten worse about it more recently, but despite that I will admit that I am hopelessly addicted to the internet and computer use, I feel like I generally do not "Doomscroll". Doomscrolling kind of feels like it has connotations of negativity. Like you are scrolling looking for negative. Or just scrolling like you would gawk at a car wreck. Its admittedly hard to not get caught up in it these days. There is so so much bull shit these days. On the other hand, I try to put purpose to my online activity. Even with social…
#Mayllennial – Playing Outside
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#Mayllennial – Playing Outside

You sometimes hear older people complaining about how kids are not outside enough, and how parents are too helicopter parenting and all that. And while there are benefits to keeping track of your kids more, its also very clear where this comes from, because a lot of the stereotypes about kids running all over are pretty accurate. They say the TV would ask "Do you know where your children are" to get parents to remember to check on their kids. Its definitely true. When I was young, my friends and I definitely just sort of, wandered all over. We had…