Music Monday – Featuring Aurora Edition
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Music Monday – Featuring Aurora Edition

So I've been doing album write ups on Fridays, but sometimes I do still listen to singles and one offs and songs not on albums. So here's a new series, starting here in Blaugust, where instead of doing albums, I just talk about videos and songs I enjoy. Also I'm calling it "Music Monday" because it's not very original and I am a sucker for alliteration. The Chemical Brothers - Eve of Destruction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYsXKhBknyM Look at me, cheating already by just doing Aurora videos (well not all of them). I once made a comment on the Aurora Discord that my…
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…
Weekly Wrap Up (07.30.2023 to 08.05.2023)
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Weekly Wrap Up (07.30.2023 to 08.05.2023)

Who knows how long this one will last, but I've decided to try something different for Saturdays. Basically, just a sort of, rambly, weekly wrap up of... life. No structured requirements, maybe nothing happened and it ends up being short. Basically just sort of, straight regular journaling. What I've been doing, what I've gotten new, any major events, that sort of thing. I won't discuss work really, except in vague terms, for a variety of reasons. Something little I've been wanting to do, I added some outside speakers to my music set up, so I can listen to music outside…
Aurora – A Different Kind of Human
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Aurora – A Different Kind of Human

I figure I should just continue on from Infections of a Different Kind with the follow-up album, A Different Kind of Human. These are, in theory, two parts to a greater whole, though it's not clear if there will every actually be anymore of that whole, I personally hope so. Aurora's fourth album, The Gods We Can Touch, has grown on me since it was first released, but I still don't enjoy it as much as her previous albums and it definitely has a slightly different feel to it overall. Of the pair, I think overall I prefer A Different…
Arduboy FX
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Arduboy FX

I recently picked up a neat little device called an Arduboy FX. It was a bit of an impulse buy after someone posted about getting one on Threads. It turns out it's not actually particularly new, the community goes back quite a few years, but it's still pretty cool none the less, and I am happy with my experience with it. So what is it? It's a small credit card sized handheld based on the Arduino. On a related note, it's "credit card sized" in footprint, not so much in thickness. I wouldn't trust putting this in a wallet at…