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I’ve made a few drafts this week

Didn't type a single word into any of em. I'm feeling tired, not exhausted, just tired. I'm absorbing so much information at work and in my studies my mind is abuzz. JS and CPP are too similar, it's breaking my brain. Work is surprisingly easy stuff mostly, so far at least. I've been doing a...

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Ok so I have to use Windows for work

And like, I don't mean in the "I use apps that only run on windows" kind of way. I mean I'm installing windows onto laptops and interacting directly with the OS. So like, why does it take 4 hours to reinstall windows? I'm not even mad it's kind of amazing? Like I've been using linux...

Hey there beautiful party people

It's been a minute. Actually I think the last time I posted was just because I felt like I had to, I didn't really have anything then I wanted to share, so ignoring that I don't think I've ever gone this long writing a post. At least since I made this silly little website. I...

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I’ve been struggling

I got hired at my college. I've got an interview for an internship tomorrow. I should be doing well, I should be feeling better, but I'm not. I've been neglecting my blog. I've been neglecting a lot of things actually, I'm behind on my homework (and it isn't even hard homework). I'm behind on my...

I’m beginning to go greybeard mode

I'm tired of relying on other peoples soft. I just wanna roll my own and be done with it. Fix bugs as they become important. Otherwise don't touch it. I've got a retro machine here next to my desk, it's hooked up but I haven't used it in a bit. I think I'm gonna drop...

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Mmmmm Fresh Veggies

Joelle and I went to the local farmer's market yesterday over at the railyards. Got a bunch of produce and a loaf of organic sourdough. Today for lunch, I made a grilled tofu and veggie sandwich on an everything bagel with vegan cream cheese (made of beans) and sriracha. It had beansprouts, arugula (and various...

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Sometimes things are too good to be true

My friend's father got scammed. He purchased an external SSD from some unknown website for some absurdly low price. It was a supposedly a 16TB external SSD. Now, I've been around the block a few times, I was immediately suspicious when I was handed a red brick smaller than my cellphone and told it would...

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I love queer art

Spoilers Ahead for "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma" Last night my partner took me to see "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma". Its a autoparodic slasher film that addresses much of the queerphobia of it's forebears in a comedic fashion. It serves as a hokey bloodbath revenge fantasy for anyone who has...

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Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse…

18 years ago I was sitting in my 7th grade English class and my teacher told us that while we were roughing out our work we should always, 100% of the time, be writing. I, always the antagonist and forever unwilling to take things at face value, of course questioned my teacher. "What if we're...

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I’ve been offered a job

I'm super excited. I'm nervous though. I can't say why I'm nervous, but I'm nervous. I've gotta pass two background checks to get the job. It's with my college, which has a high school attached, and I've gotta pass a background check for both. I can't see a single reason I wouldn't pass (other than...

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I made a few more wallpapers the other day

Created with GIMP, Licensed CC-BY-SA-NC, Nora Bell 2026

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Diagnosing Wifi and Bluetooth issues on Linux

So first we need some information Let's find out what hardware you have first. Start by entering this command, it's safe to paste into a terminal (but remember you normally shouldn't do that) lspci | grep Network && lsusb | grep Bluetooth && rfkill This runs 3 commands, and pares their output down to be...

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