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The IT Wizard


Volunteer and professional IT services since 2013.
Digital privacy advocate since 2018.

Composing ๐ŸŽถ original music since 2008 in a wide range of styles and genres!
All music (2020 onward) is released with a creative commons license.
Music should be free to consume and enjoy!

Amateaur graphic designer, photographer, typographer, and videographer!
๐ŸŽจ Art should be done soley for the sake of having fun, not social commentary or money.
There's no deep purpose or meaning to my art other than it's fun making it.


๐ŸŽจ 2024.10.13
[The Royal Game] : Ur.... part 1
Royal Game of Ur Board


๐Ÿ“ 2024.10.11
[Internet Archive Breach] : This makes me wonder why organizations don't just encrypt and salt usernames/emails used to login, then just have a table of emails to spam folks with stuff? Yeah, it's complicated, but yeah, you have an obligation to protect customer data. If a hacker has an email, the data is NOT safe.


๐Ÿ“ 2024.09.26
[A Legandary Wife] : You know your wife is a wife of legend when she secretly buys you the new Zelda game on its release date!
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Nintendo Switch game


๐Ÿ“ 2024.09.23
[Tubi] : If you want a free, streaming idea of what I grew up watching, you can find 47-60% of it on Tubi


๐Ÿ“ 2024.09.20
[My Religious Bias] : It's important to read source texts in their original language.


๐Ÿ“œ 2024.09.19
[AI is for Lemmings] : /Aษช/ am Done with AI, A'ight?


๐Ÿ“œ 2024.09.17
[ITS is a Bad Thing] : If people know you exist, then you're doing your job wrong, they should never need you!


๐Ÿ’ฌ 2024.09.17

Always adapt


๐ŸŽ‰ ๐Ÿ“ 2024.09.16
[Hatty Sim Week!] :


๐Ÿ“ 2024.09.14
[SSH and SFTP] : The ultimate cloud setup for minimalists!


2024.04.28
[The New Abnormal] : The fringe is becoming the norm


2024.04.11
๐‘›๐‘ต ๐‘ข๐‘ฉ๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฒ๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘ฒ ยท๐‘œ๐‘ช๐‘› ๐‘‘๐‘ต ๐‘ณ๐‘ž๐‘ผ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ฟ ๐‘ข๐‘ฆ๐‘ค ๐‘ฃ๐‘จ๐‘ ๐‘ค๐‘ฒ๐‘“ โ– ๐‘š๐‘ณ๐‘ค๐‘ฐ๐‘ ๐‘ž๐‘จ๐‘‘ ยท๐‘œ๐‘ช๐‘› ๐‘ข๐‘ฆ๐‘ค ๐‘ฎ๐‘ง๐‘Ÿ๐‘ผ๐‘ง๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ฟ ๐‘ค๐‘ฆ๐‘’ ยท๐‘˜๐‘ง๐‘–๐‘ต๐‘ฉ ๐‘ข๐‘ฉ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ฟ ๐‘ข๐‘ฆ๐‘ค ๐‘ฃ๐‘จ๐‘ ๐‘ฐ๐‘‘๐‘ผ๐‘ฏ๐‘ณ๐‘ค ๐‘ค๐‘ฒ๐‘“ โ–


2024.02.05
[Magical World] : We drive metal chariots that move themselves, communicate across the world through glass boxes, and can turn text into images. We live in a literal world of magic!


2023.12.31
[Starting the New Year off Right] : Futurama is the only show to ring in the new year


2023.12.26
[Hatty New Year!] : 🎩 that tree!


2023.09.02
Simplicity sires success!


2023.08.30
[Hatty Burfday 2U] : Because every day is someone's birthday!


2023.08.30
[ๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž] : ๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชžใฏใจใฆใ‚‚ๅ„ชใ—ใ„ใงใ™ใ€‚ It's the most polite language to ever exist!


2023.08.24
[Polski] : Polish is the only language where you can beatbox and it still be a valid scentance.


2023.08.17
[Good Ghandi!] : Ghandi once said "Be the change you want to see in the world!" No wonder it stinks, nobody wants to change! I at least change my clothes once a day, sometimes 0.468 times a day.


2023.08.07
[fsck] : I do not see the point in fsck without -p, it simply bricks your filesystem no matter what. It should be called fsbrick instead...


2023.06.01
[כשר לפסח] : How can juice be considered "kosher for passover"?! Is the pulp secretly a filler made of leavened bread?
What <strong><em>exactly</em></strong> is in your orange juice? The ingredients, dates, and countries of origin were the exact same between the kosher and no-added-sugar bottles...


2023.04.04
[That Squatchy Stank] : Look out Elon, there's a new musk in town


2023.02.10
[FadGPT] : ChatGPT is highly overrated. It's your typical corporate chatbot but is verbose enough to trick you into thinking it's highly capable. It's practically me from college.


2023.02.08
[Bigger Tech] : OpenAI is the new Google


2023.01.10
[Chocoholics Anonymous] : Life is like a box of chocolates .htmash; dark and saturated with sugar


2023.01.07
[Milking Honey] : Talk about flowing with milk and honey....


2022.12.09
[From BS to MS...] : I have been re-admitted into the asylum of my own free will; may the Lord keep me from getting PhD, or "pretty high and deep"


2022.12.09
I don't submit to peer pressure, peer pressure submits to me...


2022.11.09
[Election Results] : High income = Low information voter


2022.10.11
[Not So Super, Bro...] : Saw the 2023 Super Mario Bros movie trailer. I'm not impressed...


2022.10.03
[Colourful] : Of Colour is still one of the best bands ever


2022.09.23
[Home] : I might get back...


2022.09.22
[It' Dangerous to Go Alone...] : You see the links? Copy them to share some crap you find worth linking to!


2022.09.19
[Remember...] : Terry, I do this in rememberance of thee!
Diet Shasta: The Search is Over


2022.09.16
[Gone with the Schwinn] : Finally had to fix up my bike. New tires, inner tubes, gear shifts, and brakes. I can ride in more than 2nd (4th) gear now!
Updated Bike


2022.09.12
[Beware] : Those that can, do. Those that can't, teach. Those that suck, preach. Beware those that preach whilst they teach.


2022.09.09
The official founder of the word "substrival"


2022.09.09
[Substrival] : I have created the derivative word "substrival", an adjective meaning "possessing the traits of under-striving". Example: "Most people in today's field of research are substrival at best and a waste of government funds at worst."


2022.09.01
[Wow] : I can't see how people are surprised that Google spies on people. I mean, the name is literally comprised of the words "Go" and "Ogle"...


2022.08.16
[Murry Khan] : Corporations corrupted me, republicans ruined me, and democrats destroyed me. What am I?


2022.08.10
[Mucho Burro En Los Tres] : The "los tres amigos" restaurant has a history of having their underage children working registers and serving alcohol, whilst charging a $0.25 takeout fee for each item you order. Please, go to a more reputable joint for your food...


2022.08.07
[Bloated] : Debloating your phone is only something that you can do with Android. iPhones whon't let you do that. Flip phones are the best.


2022.07.08
[Sayonara] : Saddened to hear that Shinzo Abe, a great leader, was murdered while giving a speech. He was a great inspiration not only in Japan but among the world. He was taken too soon and it weighs heavy on my heart.


2022.07.03
[Anon] : Anonyminity isn't about being invisible, it's about hiding in plain sight!


2022.06.28
[Vote] : To my local Jersey County folks: I disrespectfully announce my candidacy for whatever positions are available on your ballot. Please remember to write-in a vote for me wherever possible! A vote for me is a vote for ~~tyrrany~~ MEdiocraty!


2022.06.27
[Politics] : Politics is the worst form of mental illness


2022.06.18
[Deviancy] : Pride is sin, humility is virtue. Merit should be celebrated.


2022.06.17
[Optimal Stupidity] : Human reproduction should be viewed as gross negligence


2022.06.15
[MD -> HTML -> MD??] : W-wait... what about a CSS library to make Markdown-parsed HTML appear like Markdown? But Y tho?!


2022.06.12
[Session] : Like Signal, but with a green-black color theme, no need for phone numbers, built atop its own onion router with a side of blockchain technology for running an alleged sybil-resistant network... so Signal++


2022.05.18
Keep Pushing, You're Closer than You Think...


2022.05.18
[Southern Hospitality] : Southerners are much kinder, more outgoing, and generally more hospitable than Northerners, which is most unexpected and a breath of fresh air. Southern Hospitality is definitely a thang, y'all...


2022.05.11
[SUSE hassen der Juden] : Some things never seem to change, unfortunately... Das ist schlimm


2022.05.10
[Polocaltics] : Nothing like coming home to an unwanted, unsolicited, and unannounced political sign being shoved in your yard


2022.05.09
Consummating...


2022.05.09
[7 Minutes in Heaven] : I was recently pronounced a heavenly guy, certified by clergy


2022.04.28
[Squirrles] : Squirrels are like the kleptomaniacs of the small animal world with how they battle with birds over random seeds


2022.04.27
[Pain in the Gas] : Can't tell what's worse, hellzburg dieamonds (sic) or the moron that approved the modern gas can design...


2022.04.27
Making People Paranoid Since...


2022.04.26
[Tox] : End-to-end encrypted and peer-to-peer messenger


2022.04.25
Spanning the Globe...


2022.04.25
[OpenBSD] : Minimal, Secure, UNIX-like Operating System


2021.02.03
My, how the internet has changed...
Shanties for All


2021.01.29
Alt-App of the day: Mastadon, a federated alternative to micro-blogging platforms like facebook and twitter. The git repo's code of conduct is cringe, but if that's the only fault then it's worth a shot!
https://joinmastadon.org


2021.01.28
Alt-App of the day: FreeNet, an open-source, P2P-based concept for a personal internet between all FreeNet clients or specific ones that you know and trust.
https://freenetproject.org


2021.01.27
Alt-App of the day: Minds...
https://minds.com


2021.01.26
Alt-App of the day: StoryFire, a closed-source alternative to YouTube that merges familiar concepts with cryptocurrencies and twitter feeds. It will go offline on 2021-02-01. Stay Lit, Firebugs!
https://storyfire.com


2021.01.25
Alt-App of the day: Jitsi, an open-source video conferencing app like Zoom that can be done via Java-based client, self-hosted, or used on the web for free.
https://jitsi.org


2021.01.24
Alt-App of the day: LBRY, a blockchain-based and decentralized app that acts as a protocol for multimedia content, giving you cryptocurrency for interacting with the platform.
https://lbry.com


2021.01.23
Alt-App of the day: Session, a decentralized, encrypted private messenger app like Signal but works without a central server or phone number.
https://getsession.org


2017.03.02
A Home to Rest Your Hat!

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