menga

skype is shutting down

Tue 2025 Mar 4

Skype is set to shut down this year, and this made me think of all the internet specific communications stuff I've used over the decades. Yes, it's decades at this point.

In some respects, I miss how internet communications used to be, but it's not like I'd go back to the old ways.

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creating an audio cd in 2025
Thu 2025 Feb 27

Oh yes, we're going here. I've been going all-in with learning how to do things with optical media lately, so I went ahead and acquired some CD-R discs.

You might be asking why I would even bother with this. I'll answer that.

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dvd+r dl discs are the best thing for long term data storage?
Tue 2025 Feb 25

In '23, I copied a lot of data off a big pile of old (some ancient) discs I had, both CD and DVD. After getting everything copied over and backed up, I vowed I would never return to optical media storage ever again.

Well, that's changed.

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is it weird i feel nostalgic for cfl bulbs now?
Thu 2025 Feb 20

There's a shed where I live. It has electricity (ooh, fancy) and in there is a lone CFL bulb that's been in there for... 7 years or close to it? When turned on cold, it takes a good solid minute for the gas to charge so it achieves full brightness.

But once that gas is charged up...

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fender standard stratocaster... yikes
Tue 2025 Feb 18

This new guitar from Fender is not going over well, at least from what guitar players on YouTube are saying.

Yes, if you look up Fender Standard Stratocaster, this is a new model at the time I write this. You will see Fender on the headstock, and a price tag below that of a Fender Player Stratocaster. So what gives? Why so cheap?

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