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…
Welcome to Blaugust 2023
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Welcome to Blaugust 2023

Welcome to Blaugust 2023, I guess, I'm not real sure what that means aside from, maybe, MAYBE, a bit more of an "intense posting schedule". I dunno, I subscribe to Tales of the Arrgonaut blog in my RSS reader, it's apparently something they psudo run each year and have done so for a while, and it seemed like an excuse to motivate more writing. Details on Blaugust are on his blog here. After signing up it seems it isn't required, but it's also sort of originally for MMO/game bloggers. I actually do of course have a games blog, but I…
Aurora – Infections of a Different Kind
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Aurora – Infections of a Different Kind

Technically Infections of A Different Kind is an EP and not an album, along with it's sister EP, A Different Kind of Human, they make up a complete double album. I also have heard that Aurora has plans to put out some addition "Step X" albums at some point, though I can't speak to any truth on that. I certainly wouldn't mind it. A Different Kind of Human carries on with a lot of the themes present in All My Demons... with tracks that are self reflecting and tracks that are more outward focused, and tracks that are both quite…