Cat Tax Day
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Cat Tax Day

I'm all off this week thanks to screwy work and an extra post and just a general chaotic time. So I'm going to do a bit of a filler day and fulfill the "Cat Tax" for Blaugust. Against my better wants, we have 7 cats. We have the space and the people, but personally, 7 is too many. Also, they don't always get along. At the moment, two of them we have to keep separate at all times, which is a pain, shuffling them between which is locked up in a room and which is not. If we don't they…
My Computing Journey – Part 2 – Franklin PC-8000
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My Computing Journey – Part 2 – Franklin PC-8000

Welcome to part 2 of my history with computers. Let's start getting to a much more robust part of my computer using history. The Commodore 64 certainly was the seed, but this machine was what really catapulted my interest. It's the first "Real PC" I used growing up. Technically, like the Commodore and the next chapter, this computer belonged to my parents, but my friends and I used it a lot for quite a few things, beyond just gaming. Though we did use it for gaming. Gaming Visually, it was actually kind of a downgrade from the Commodore. The C64…
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Code Project – Goodreads RSS to HTML (Python)

I already have my Letterboxed watches set up to syndicate here, to this blog, for archival purposes mostly. When I log a movie in Letterboxed, a plug-in catches it from the RSS feed and makes a post. This is done using a plug-in called "RSS Importer" They aren't the prettiest posts, I may look into adjusting the formatting with some CSS, but they are there. I really want to do the same for my Goodreads reading. Goodreads lists all have an RSS feed, so reason would have it that I could simply, put that feed into RSS Importer and have…
Blaugust 2023 – Introduction Week
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Blaugust 2023 – Introduction Week

There isn't a hard schedule or any real requirements for Blaugust, it's literally just an excuse that people can use to write blog posts. The timing feels really great though considering social media seems to be starting to collapse on itself and maybe people are more primed for "personal blogging". Week two is "introduction week". Since the month started last week on Tuesday and my post then pretty much met the "Welcome to Blaugust" theme, I figure today I could go ahead and keep up with that with an introduction post. I've written plenty of introductions in the past, and…
My Computing Journey – Part 1 – Commodore 64
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My Computing Journey – Part 1 – Commodore 64

I often offhand mention the idea of "I've used computers my whole life" but I am not sure I've ever really gone into a lot of detail on what exactly that means. (I probably have but my memory is pretty shit these days). I've decided it might be fun to do a sort of, reminiscing series on the various "key computer points" in my life. Maybe that's not quite the right way to put it, but basically, the eras' surrounding specific computers in my life and what I remember about my time using them. I'm considering doing something similar for…