A weird thing for which to have sudden nostalgia: Listening to Aphex Twin on a really low bit rate Real Audio stream on terrible headphones in a university computer lab
@bjst yeah, really i just want a rather dumb thermostat that's just smart enough to take orders from a smarter system like home assistant. It can just be an ugly box on the wall
Weird: Been getting like 3 second long power outages on an almost nightly basis over the past month here in northeast (not north, doh) Portland. Just had another one. Very annoying. Just enough to make a bunch of computer and house stuff mad. #pdx
@justbob I've been slowly accumulating some batteries & an inverter in my basement for emergency backup, but at some point I need to actually get a real energy system together for the house :thinkspin:
@randomgeek Usually you don't have to do a take-home exam for the PC, so there's that going for ya
Oh, dang! The @mistfunk ADVENT calendar is a BBS DOOR?!
I might have to tinker with that tonight
@jalefkowit oof, I may never allow another software update to my Subaru Outback again after this
@justbob I've wondered sometimes what it would be like to totally rewire a house with low-voltage DC and save the AC for just a few rare appliances
Oh hey, they're selling the Lament Configuration from Hellraiser on Aliexpress. That seems like a fun and wise thing to purchase!
@requiem Every now and then, I want to go on a Lazer Tag acquisition spree on eBay. I used to have a few Starlyte pistols and the Starlyte Pro rifle. Always hated that they turned the rifle white, though.
I haven't really bothered paying much attention to Sabrina Carpenter. But, I've seen a bunch of tiktoks using clips of "Manchild" - to the point that I've been going "heh, oh boy" all day as a lil verbal stim noise.
So, I finally looked up the song on YouTube... I think this might be one of the absolute best music videos I've seen in a very long time :apartyblobcat: