Posts
2023
October
2023-10-30 - What's in a Logo?
Musings on shared logo design.
November
2023-11-06 - First Steps - Uploading to VRChat (not on Windows!)
In which 'Red' attempts to explain the Unity basics in a written article - and in doing so, discovers why most people make videos.
2023-11-09 - A New Chapter
So hey, this place is live now.
2023-11-21 - Just a Computer
In which we gush about the openness of the Steam Deck for a bit.
December
2023-12-09 - First (Dance) Steps - Your VRChat Avatar in Synth Riders
Because if you're going to dance the night away, you've gotta be you.
2024
January
2024-01-01 - 2024 - New Year, New Theme
Discussion of our yearly theme for 2024, as well as why themes in general.
February
2024-02-15 - Keep it Really Simple, Silly
On RSS, and its continuing place in our lives.
March
2024-03-16 - Islands in the Stream
On local music streaming, and the grass not always being greener.
2024-03-30 - Doctor Jekyll and Mx. Eleventy - Part One
Migrating ❤️'s website from Jekyll to Eleventy.
April
2024-04-18 - Welcome To Our Twisted (Second) Mind
On personal knowledge management, atomicity, notes, and Obsidian.
2024-04-23 - Mini Essay - On "junk food" media and time well spent
Reacting to reaction videos.
2024-04-24 - Mini Essay - Showing Up
One area of our lives with consistency.
May
2024-05-05 - Version Control and You(nity)
Getting started with version control... with probably a bit too much of the theory.
July
2024-07-04 - Xenia's eXtended Reality - VR and Linux
Detailing our experiences after a few weeks trying to use VR on Linux rather than on Windows.
August
2024-08-26 - Depths of Obsidian
Tales from the vault.
September
2024-09-12 - Vision, Professional?
So... we bought a Vision Pro.
2024-09-15 - Cohost
On the death of a place a lot of critters called home.
2024-09-19 - Quarterly-ish review - Last Call
Assessing what we've done this year so far.
2024-09-21 - I Hope We All Make It - One Path into the Tech Industry
Dropping down a ladder. Or at least attempting to.
2024-09-29 - Now You WebC It, Now You Don't
A foundation for other sites, but probably not for this one.
October
2024-10-17 - Llandudno
Of rambling and reunions.
2024-10-23 - But You Can't Go Back
On the negative aspect of nostalgia.
November
2024-11-10 - Fulfilling The Stereotype
Work-in-progress genderqueer creatures with a work-in-progress laptop. (Of course, it's a ThinkPad).
December
2024-12-05 - Alright Fine, We Give In (Temporarily)
Like every other technical blog, it's time to talk about large language models. (Less positively)
2024-12-18 - Hardware Audit
Taking stock of our array of (active) devices.
2024-12-31 - Annual Review 2024 and Looking Forward to 2025
That was the year that was, and this is the year that might be.
2025
January
2025-01-04 - (Almost) Everything We Wish We'd Known About Adding an Animation to a VRChat Avatar - Part 1
So, once again, we got nerdsniped!
February
2025-02-09 - (Almost) Everything We Wish We'd Known About Adding an Animation to a VRChat Avatar - Part 2 - Animator Controllers
A thorough examination of why a lot of tutorials about these end up as videos.
2025-02-13 - Multiworld of Metroids
Or - How I Learned To Stop ('N' Swop) Worrying And Love Banjo-Tooie
2025-02-14 - Cheating Yourself
A small rant about the fundamentals. And calculators.
March
2025-03-25 - Book Review - A System for Writing
More notes on notes.
April
2025-04-01 - Quarterly Review 2025 Q1 - Spoon Shortage
Welcome back to the no-judgement zone.
2025-04-20 - Mini Essay - Metaverses (plural) and Freedom
What it means to own your stuff.
2025-04-30 - Quick Capture
Capturing notes while out and about.
May
2025-05-30 - Retexturing VRChat Avatars, The Hard Way
On vectors and very flashy lights.
June
2025-06-22 - Quarterly Review 2025 Q2 - Nights into Dreams
Containerizing some thoughts.
2025-06-29 - Furality, WWDC, VisionOS 26, and Going Further Beyond
It's time for more justification of a big tech purchase!
July
2025-07-06 - Convention-al Carry-On for Canada
What's in our bag? (Or was, four months ago)
August
2025-08-23 - Quickie - Scheduled Storage vMotions Using PowerCLI
Gluing bits together.
September
2025-09-20 - Quarterly Review 2025 Q3 - External Factors
Surviving, but not thriving.
November
2025-11-22 - Book Review - Eat That Frog
Easing back in with a book about doing the hard things.
December
2025-12-06 - 50 random things we've learned or observed in 2025
It is the time of year for clickbait videos with lists of things, so we decided to do our own version.