If you’re using Android, check out xmanager. It’s basically a free cracked version of Spotify Premium.

A mini PC is the way to go if you want to self host a media server such as Jellyfin. You have to do a little research, but you can find mini PCs with Intel chips that have Quick Sync for transcoding for around $100 on Amazon.

Ah a fellow victim of the doorway effect.

Holy shit, I laughed but felt guilty after.

Their spyware probably doesn’t work on Linux.

I got into birding this spring as a hobby, thinking to myself “it’s free, you just need to use your eyes and ears”, withing a month I bought a $350 pair of binoculars. I’ve managed to fight off the temptation of a decent camera so far, thankfully. I found a great park at the tail end of spring migration about 10 minutes from my apartment, and the dawn chorus was almost sensory overload, the was so many different species singing and calling. I’m looking forward to what new birds I’ll see during this fall migration and especially next spring migration.

It’s pretty great, there’s also Cornell’s companion citizen science app called eBird that you can use to count birds around you which is useful to ornithologists to track bird population density and migration patterns!

Did you ever use Launch (predecessor to Yahoo Music) in the early 2000’s? It was pretty decent.

I waited months for Google to release a firmware patch to unlock Bluetooth. Eventually, I got tired of 4 mostly bricked (could still use them wired) controllers laying around and tossed 3 of them. I wish I would have kept them all now, Stadia controllers are some of the best, I may have to pick up another one online.

You rockin’ Hannah Montana Linux?

Fucking LOL

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You done goofed.

This recipe is pretty good, but you don’t have to get that fancy. I usually just fry the spam up in a pan until it’s crispy, put a slice between two layers of rice, and wrap it up in the nori (seaweed). It also tastes really good if you dip it in Bachan’s Japanese BBQ Sauce, they sell a big bottle at my Costco.

Search up “musubi mold” on Amazon, they’re great if you’re making a bunch of them.

Was gonna say, wayyy ahead of you OP. I just paid one off, I should probably max it out again just in case.

My dumb brain read “brand names” (I guess that still makes sense, since a band’s name is their brand) and I was thoroughly confused.

Have you tried out Firefish? It’s another micro-blogging site like Mastodon, but the UI looks better in my opinion. You can follow Mastodon users on there and a bunch of other Fediverse content as well. They’re still working on an official app, but the PWA works quite nicely.

I consider lemm.ee my home, and you guys my internet family. @sunaurus on a somewhat personal note, I saw you mention in one of your updates a week or two ago you were getting let go from your job, which coincided with some much needed home repairs. If you haven’t landed a new job yet, I’d like to throw some cash your way for personal expenses, and I’m sure others would too. I don’t want you working on keeping the instance running smoothly from the coffee shop down the road because your power or internet got turned off. If you’re in a rough spot, I kind of like the idea of doing a fund raiser on, let’s say 8/18 - 8/19 (UTC) where all one time Github and Ko-Fi contributions get aside for you and your family.