Author: rihahn
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Falling down…
After picking up a couple of sodas at 7-11 on the way in to work this morning, I stepped off of a curb into a pothole and unceremoniously face-planted right…
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Home Improvement
A few weeks ago I discovered that some of the local steak places are selling ‘you cook it’ steaks, chicken, pork-chops, etcetera to offset the lack of eat-in business. For…
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Unplugged, part two
While waiting for the new phone to arrive, I’ve been training myself to not rely on the iPhone quite so much; leaving it on my desk when I go to…
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Unplugged
I’m making the move to ditch my thousand dollar iPhone XS Max in favor of a $250 thing called the Light Phone 2. The move from a “smart” phone to…
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物の哀れ
Mono-no aware: the ephemeral nature of beauty – the quietly elated, bittersweet feeling of having been witness to the dazzling circus of life – knowing that none of it can…
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Working from home, day – I honestly don’t know…
With this being stuck in the house thing, I’ve realized how important the drive to and from work is… The drive serves as a line in the sand between the…
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Wide Open Space Therapy
I needed to get out of the house for a bit this morning; the lockdown thing is starting to wear on me. Fortunately I live on the eastern edge of…
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Extended lockdown…
Looks like I will be stuck at home for another couple of weeks. Yay…
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Notes from Second Life
With the economic downturn I’m shutting down Roanoak in Second Life once again. While I enjoy the fact so many other people enjoy the place, I really don’t need to…
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Welp…
Just for posterity: And yes, I do have a Unicorn as my lock screen — doesn’t everyone?
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Still going…
The last of the stuff from the old condo was hauled out on Friday, and this morning the cleaning crew I hired to ensure the place was in tip-top shape…
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New digs
In my last entry I mentioned that I was moving; and two days ago I picked up the keys to the new place. Initially I had planned to start the…
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Test for Echo
I like music, so much so that I’ve had some pretty stellar equipment over the years to reproduce it; signed-by-Bob-Carver Phase Linear stuff, prototype Adcom amps, speakers from such greats…
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Update…
It’s been a month or so since the last update, so I should post something simply for proof of life. I’ve been incredibly busy with work and have not had…
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Some new art…
The artwork this time is by Holivi, an artist from Finland! I keep thinking I should build a map that shows all of the neat places my commissions come from.…
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MacBookPro 16,1 – Update…
It’s been a few weeks since the last entry, so I should post something for posterity… The new MacBook Pro laptop is amazing, and I’m with the countless reviews at…
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MacBookPro 16,1 – More Laptop Shenanigans
I have this perpetual unwritten deal with Apple… Since the earliest days, every time I’ve purchased an Apple gizmo someone at Apple takes note of this and within a few…
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MacBookPro 15,1 – Computer things…
I’ve been using my MacBook Pro exclusively for about three months now, carrying it back and forth to work, using it at home, writing, building 3D models, texturing, doing art,…
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Update!
It’s been a busy month… First was Generation 4 MLP coming to a close after nine years, which prompted me to throw a bit of a party in SL. And…
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We interrupt this interruption with an important interruption…
It’s probably a sign that I’m getting old, but the level of momentary interruption in today’s world is starting to wear on me… Phone bleeping and blooping every few minutes…