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.
2026
January
2026-01-01 - Quickie - Annual Review 2025 and a Brief Look Forward
Reflecting once more.