Project Motivation: Navigating The Streaming Explosion As we unwind at the end of each day, the promise of streaming services like Netflix beckons us with a vast array of entertainment options. Ye...

Job Search Problems The job search process has always been a grueling experience for me. Maybe I should be better at it by now, but quite simply, I’m a programmer, not a marketer. It’s an exhausti...

Android long term support is DIY (preamble) My phone is Android based, it was first released on June 2017. I got it in spring 2018 and planned to hold onto it for a long time. Unfortunately as wi...

Needed a good mic I was looking to replace a free microphone I’d been using for a while. It had quite a bad sibilance effect as I was trying to record something in Audacity. The harshness of the r...

Why replay Final Fantasy X I found myself watching a streamer who was playing the game for the first time. I figured I’m enjoying this and hey I own the game, so why not relive the nostalgia. I st...

Background info I have feet with hight arches and one day I had some pain that if not related was exacerbated by a lack of arch support. Looking around online or in person it was hard to find some...

Problem Before a cold snap I got booties for my dog and to my surprise they were $14 repurposed balloons. It was one of the cheapest and effective solutions to such a novel problem. Respect to the...

Lost desk surface During early covid I ended up moving. The desk surface was too big to take with me but I kept the overall frame. DIY desk upgrade I had heard of plenty of people renovating a d...

Background info I’m a developer who has used Linux machines in my normal day to day. For years I have dual booted Windows and Linux in the same system. That was until Windows 10 came around and Mi...

Curb Alert! An apartment of mine had a well known area where people would leave things next to the dumpster. Usually someone would be moving out and leave a few things behind. I would walk my dog ...