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posts from january 2026



dumping digital clutter
2026 Jan 1

I wasn't intending on deleting a bunch of internet accounts to be my New Year's Resolution, but that's just how things ended up happening. While going through the account list in my password manager, I found some seriously old and crusty stuff there, and it was long overdue to do some jettisoning. True, I could […]

gamers have been screwed for years
2026 Jan 4

I recently talked about deleting accounts to get rid of digital clutter in my life. I've made progress, but out of curiosity, I wanted to know the answer to a question: Who has it the worst when it comes to having too many online accounts? Answer: Gamers. I thought my total number of accounts was […]

retro things that aren't anachronisms
2026 Jan 8

A lot of stuff being sold as "retro" ends up being a pile of suck because it's nothing more than an anachronism. An example of that is , a CD player made to look like a record player with fake wood grain, fake tone arm and all. Yes, really. That audio player misses the mark […]

my insane way of dealing with email spam
2026 Jan 12

I've pretty much been through all the standard ways of filtering spam. After a lot of research, I found a way that works for me that I'll detail in a moment. Everybody's spam experience is different based on which companies are selling off account data and absolutely not giving a shit otherwise, where an email […]

vhs sucks, don't do it
2026 Jan 15

I recently watched one-and-a-half YouTube videos of some guy who decided hey, wouldn't it be cool if I put out some videos using nothing but broadcast quality video equipment of the '90s. Being I actually have a college degree in Video and Radio Production, I thought okay, sure, I'll watch this. I got through the […]

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