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***Blog posts that were made in 2023 have been archived and moved HERE.***
Crash Logging (NEW!) - August 6, 2024
As of today, I will start logging all the crashes and other events that cause any one of my computers to shut down unexpectedly. It probably won't be updated TOO often, since crashes aren't typically a thing that happens to me on the regular, but I guess we'll find out! ;) Link is on the navigation bar!
7 years on... - June 25, 2024
My Roblox account turned 7 years old this morning! (yes, I know it's a bit late. I'm writing this at like 10:00PM...). Crazy to think that's it's already been 7 years; time flies by way too fast!
...And that's all for now! (New stuff coming soon hopefully?)
VMware Workstation is now free to use! - May 20, 2024
Last week, VMware announced that it's WMware Workstation Pro and VMware Fusion products would be made "free for personal use", with commercial use still requiring a license as before. I guess this makes sense, as I assume they weren't making much revenue from personal users anyway (either because they never actually paid for it by pirating it for free, or by buying those cheap enterprise volume license keys from random eBay sellers, which is also pirating it). Now whether or not this will result in the addition of more data-grabbing or privacy-impicating practices in the software at a later point is anyone's guess at this point, but this is still a good thing in the end nonetheless!
Awesome domain hack available!! - March 29, 2024
Edit: Someone apparently registered the frutigerae.ro domain name on April 8th, but the website's just a parked domain landing page, so I'm not sure who bought the domain or what it's going to be used for.
Someone should totally go and register the frutiger-ae.ro (or frutigerae.ro) domain name. It's available, and an awesome domain hack!!
If someone ever registers the frutiger-ae.ro (or frutigerae.ro) domain in the future, maybe turn the site into a hub or discovery engine of Frutiger Aero-type content or something? Maybe make a cool Fruitiger Aero-designed website or landing page? Idk, the possibilities are seemingly endless with a cool domain hack!
eepy Definition - March 28, 2024
eepy: Shortened (clipped) form of sleepy. Often used jokingly as a slang term, or when you're too tired to type sleepy in it's entirety.
Based off of eep, the shortened form of sleep.
Usage examples:
"I'm so eepy this morning..."
"I've been eepy all day today... why!!!"
"I want to fall a eep, but I'm not eepy right now..."
"My cat is looking very eepy."
Weird MSPaint bug in Windows 11 - February 23, 2024
Edit: The bug was fixed after an update to the app sometime in April.
So I accidentally came across a weird bug in Windows 11's MSPaint app last night, where if you remove the background from a solid white image when the image resolution is set to 1536 x 960, it will remove most of the white color in the image, but shows a few random brushstroke-like parts of the image that aren't removed. Even more weirdly, this bug only occurs if the image is solid white (even if the image resolution remains unchanged from 1536 x 960). If you fill the image with a different color other than white, the background removal feature removes all of the visible solid color in the image.
This bug works even if the solid white image is created in another image editing program like Paint.NET with the 1536 x 960 image resolution, and then opened in MSPaint and has it's background removed. I haven't tested other apps, but I assume it results in the same or similar behaviour. Weird...
Windows 2000 VM Setup! - January 31, 2024
Started playing around with Windows 2000 again (in a VM anyways, I don't have any old enough hardware to test it properly on). Probably one of my favorite Windows UI designs for the time (even though I was born well into the Windows XP-era). The wallpaper used on the desktop can be found here. The UI colour scheme used is called "Storm (VGA)" (you can change to the colour scheme in Display Properties > Appearance > Scheme then choose "Storm (VGA)").
Happy 2024! - January 1, 2024
Well, a little late (it's 8PM where I live as I'm posting this), but it's 2024 now! I'll probably post something more cohesive about my plans and other misc. stuff later whenever I can.
Plase enjoy yourself!