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It really is that good, though. You should buy one. + + + Ada + + + The Incontinent AC Saga + fuckass_air_conditioner + + 2026-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 + 2026-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 + Complaining about my messy portable air conditioner and what I had to do to contain its secretions. + + + + + Ada + + + 100 Questions for Webmasters + 100webmaster + + 2026-07-01T00:00:00+00:00 + 2026-07-01T00:00:00+00:00 + Haven't you heard? Doing the equivalent of 2010's Tumblr ask games on your blog instead of actually writing posts is the new hotness! + + + Ada + Trying to Escape Discord: 2026 Edition discord2 - + 2026-02-09T00:00:00+00:00 - 2026-02-19T00:00:00+00:00 + 2026-05-10T00:00:00+00:00 In light of recent developments, here's this knee-jerk and ever-evolving write-up on every alternative to Discord I could come up with that's halfway worth considering. + Ada duckduckgo.com Custom Cans Single 4 Pin Mini XLR Pinout customcans_4pin_pinout - + 2026-01-18T00:00:00+00:00 2026-01-20T00:00:00+00:00 In which I once again suffer the consequences of my decision to buy custom headphones, and document my findings this time so as to suffer a bit less in future. In other words, I reverse-engineered the connector pinout my modded DT770 uses, made a diagram, and posted it here. Hi, future me! @@ -33,11 +80,12 @@ + Ada Building a Cooler Body or: How to Get Estrogen In Alberta 2026 Updated Guide (No AHS) building_a_cooler_body - + 2026-01-10T00:00:00+00:00 2026-02-02T00:00:00+00:00 A log of the process I went through to get estrogen in President's Choice Brand Texas, with a lot of gritty details that I would have liked to know going in. Obvious content warning for medical topics in this one. Also, the original publish date is my HRT anniversary. @@ -45,86 +93,94 @@ + Ada How to get Rosy Maple Moths in Skyfactory 5 sf5_estrogen_moth - + 2025-11-26T00:00:00+00:00 2025-11-26T00:00:00+00:00 Documenting a janky, incomplete solution I came up with to integrate the Create: Estrogen mod with Skyfactory 5's bespoke nonesense to get some moths in my world "legitimately". + Ada Building a Very Regular Bed building_a_regular_bed - + 2025-08-25T00:00:00+00:00 2025-11-04T00:00:00+00:00 I just moved and the new digs are kinda lacking in square footage. In this one, I design and build a loft bed from scratch to try to fix that. + Ada Revealing All My Deepest Blogging Secrets (Blog questions challenge) blog_questions - + 2025-06-12T00:00:00+00:00 2025-06-12T00:00:00+00:00 In probably the least challenging challenge I've ever been challenged with, I answer a list of blog-centric question prompts that's been making the rounds in the blog-o-sphere. + Ada Revisiting "AI" ai2 - + 2025-06-11T00:00:00+00:00 2025-11-04T00:00:00+00:00 I'm still not very fond of the subject of the current tech hype cycle, but my thoughts on the matter have developed some nuance since I last posted about it. + Ada Fighting LLM Scrapers With Nepenthes And Fail2Ban grow_spikes - + 2025-05-12T00:00:00+00:00 2025-05-12T00:00:00+00:00 A comprehensive explanation of (and guide to replicate) my new and improved anti-scraper defenses. + Ada I've Just Moved Hosting Providers renting_an_unremarkable_server - + 2025-04-29T00:00:00+00:00 2025-06-12T00:00:00+00:00 I've just migrated all my self-hosted stuff onto a new type of hosting solution with a new provider, and apparently I had a lot more to say about it than I thought. I promise my next post will be about something other than a computer. + Ada Holiday Special: My First Computer toshiba_chromebook - + 2024-12-25T00:00:00+00:00 2024-12-25T00:00:00+00:00 Reminiscing about the first computer I ever owned, which taught me everything I know, and in a just world would be turning 10 years old this Christmas. + Ada Building a Relatively Sensible Server building_a_sensible_server - + 2024-10-03T00:00:00+00:00 2024-10-03T00:00:00+00:00 The wacky DIY NAS I built out of my old gaming laptop last year isn't working as well as I hoped. Follow me as I strip it for parts and construct a better one, properly this time. @@ -133,11 +189,12 @@ + Ada How to Set Up Pi-Hole (On a Le Potato) guide_pihole_lepotato - + 2024-09-20T00:00:00+00:00 2024-09-20T00:00:00+00:00 How to set up Pi-hole, a network-wide DNS-level ad-blocker, on the particular discount Raspberry Pi I did it on. @@ -145,11 +202,12 @@ + Ada You Should Learn To Make Cables make_your_own_cables - + 2024-09-09T00:00:00+00:00 2024-09-14T00:00:00+00:00 I saved $140 by splicing together my own audio cables, and you can too! @@ -157,22 +215,24 @@ + Ada Admins Can Read Your DMs fediverse_dms - + 2024-05-09T00:00:00+00:00 2024-05-09T00:00:00+00:00 Yes, the admins of your fediverse server can read your DMs. No, that's not actually a problem. + Ada Building a Completely Normal Server building_a_normal_server - + 2024-02-28T00:00:00+00:00 2024-02-28T00:00:00+00:00 I spent the past few months making full use of all my physical engineering talents to build a NAS that is completely normal, and not weird at all, and involved an amount of 3D modeling, 3D printing, and hacksawing that is entirely typical of most home computer builds, all in the name of reusing an old laptop. @@ -181,118 +241,129 @@ + Ada My Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Distro Hop my_terrible_distro_hop - + 2024-02-25T00:00:00+00:00 2024-07-06T00:00:00+00:00 A chronicle of my brief journey from EndeavourOS to Fedora to back to EndeavourOS, and wrestling with a VPN client that sees itself as above such trifling matters as "functioning". + Ada How to Make Youtube Videos Buffer All The Way Like The Old Days (In Firefox) guide_fix_youtube_buffering_firefox - + 2024-02-13T00:00:00+00:00 2024-03-18T00:00:00+00:00 Alternate title: Common Firefox W + Ada I Don't Like AI Art ai_art - + 2024-01-03T00:00:00+00:00 2024-01-03T00:00:00+00:00 My actual thoughts on AI, in case seeing an AI-generated article in your RSS feed didn't get the vibe across. + Ada The Invaluable Contributions of AI Tools to Humanity: A Look at the Unparalleled Benefits invaluable_contributions - + 2024-01-02T00:00:00+00:00 2024-01-02T00:00:00+00:00 AI tools offer unparalleled benefits to humanity, enhancing efficiency, healthcare, education, environmental sustainability, customer experiences, scientific research, and social accessibility. Despite ethical concerns, responsible development ensures that the positive impact of AI far outweighs potential downsides. + ChatGPT The Unity Runtime Fee and Proprietary Software unity_runtime_fee_and_proprietary_software - + 2023-09-15T00:00:00+00:00 2023-09-23T00:00:00+00:00 Unity's new Runtime Fee is yet another data point on the pile against ever trusting for-profit software companies. + Ada Blacklisting Websites in SearXNG guide_blacklist_websites_searxng - + 2023-09-02T00:00:00+00:00 2023-09-02T00:00:00+00:00 How to permanently banish geeksforgeeks.org from your search results in the event you're using a self-hosted SearXNG instance and can't just install uBlacklist. + Ada Stop Using Chromium stop_using_chromium - + 2023-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 2023-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 An article about why you should quit using Chromium-based browsers, originally published as a standalone website for the purpose of automatically redirecting Chromium users to it. + Ada Discord - So Your Favourite Chat App Sucks Now discord - + 2023-06-28T00:00:00+00:00 2026-02-14T00:00:00+00:00 Why Discord sucks, and how to find something that doesn't. + Ada How to Automount Drives On Boot in Linux guide_how_to_automount_drives_on_boot_in_linux - + 2023-04-26T00:00:00+00:00 2024-09-10T00:00:00+00:00 How to configure a Linux system to automatically mount drives on boot by editing /etc/fstab. + Ada How to Block User Agents With Nginx guide_blocking_user_agents_nginx - + 2023-02-23T00:00:00+00:00 2024-09-10T00:00:00+00:00 How to configure Nginx to tell Cloudflare and their shitty centralized Fediverse server to go fuck themselves. And other unwelcome stuff too, I guess. + Ada
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Show me a 10ft paywall, I'll show you a 12ft ladder.
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3DS Hacks Guide
A comprehensive guide for modding 2ds and 3ds consoles. I know it's legit because I used it on mine.
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audio & music gear

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Headphones — Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (Modified)

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After a lifetime of losing headphones to frayed cables and the inevitable failure of poor quality materials, my top priority when getting my next nice pair of cans was durability, and Beyerdynamic's products fit the bill nicely. I've sat on these without damaging them, which for me is saying something. As a bonus, they also have excellent sound quality and are supremely comfortable.

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The only issue with these headphones is the non-removable cable, which is an automatic deal-breaker for me. I purchased mine through a modding company that replaced that cable with a 4-pin mini XLR jack, which has proven to be a bit of a double-edged sword as finding sanely priced replacement cables for it with the right pinout is nigh impossible, forcing me to start making my own. I think the new models have removable cables, though, which is nice.

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I'm also rocking aftermarket cat ears. I just don't trust the quality on the cheap novelty headphones that come with them built in.

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Microphone — Audio-Technica AT2020 XLR

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This is the microphone I use with my computer(s). I'll be totally honest with you, I used to have the USB version of this exact microphone and replaced it with a used XLR variant to exchange an XLR input on my audio interface for a free USB port. Both versions are equally very good, probably as good as I'll ever need. The sound quality on this sucker is so good that my friends in voice chat complain whenever they hear me on anything else.

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In what is becoming a running theme, it sits on a perhaps unbefitting $20 no-name mic arm from Amazon, with matching cheap shock mount and pop filter. They work, though. The springs on the arm are loud and, as my friends are keen to point out every time, quite audible through the mic.

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Also, free bit of advice from me to you: for audio hardware, buy used professional or music gear, not gaming stuff. The sound quality and build quality is almost always way better.

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Audio Interface — Behringher UMC404HD

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This replaced an Arturia Minifuse 2 that I slowly came to fucking despise because it had a loose headphone jack that I tried and failed to solder back in place and the MIDI interface functionality didn't work under Linux. I landed on Behringer for an upgrade because my Behringer Model D, a circuit-for-circuit clone of an analog synthesizer from 1970, did have this feature under Linux. I figured if they can make their synth do it it should be no problem one of their actual audio interfaces.

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So far, it's nothing to really write home about. It's a perfectly functional audio interface, so it's already a strict upgrade from the Arturia. It has twice as many inputs, which is nice, and it's exactly the right height to be rack-mounted, which I did immediately.

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The one thing I miss about the Arturia is that it had the phantom power toggle switch on the front, whereas with the UMC404HD it's on the back. It was nice having instant access to a hard off switch for my microphone, although I suppose there's nothing stopping me from just turning the volume knob all the way down. Or unplugging it. Although I've heard you're not supposed to hot-plug phantom power devices like that.

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Synthesizer — Behringer Model D

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$300 circuit-for-circuit remake of a synthesizer that Moog still thinks they can get several thousand for 56 years later. I like it an amount that sits between those two extremes. I probably wouldn't have been willing to pay any more for it than I did, though.

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They'll kill me for my truth, but I think this synth is strictly better than the one it's ripping off, mainly for the modern luxuries it affords like USB and MIDI connections, decent eurorack compatibility (not like I can afford any more eurorack gear right now though LOL), and the addition of a built-in overdrive circuit.

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Of course, I wouldn't have bought the thing for its creature comforts if I didn't also really like its sonic character. Rather than describe it to you in flowery prose like some kind of dweeb, here's some examples of things I've managed to make it do (not including the percussion, unfortunately):

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Check out deeptwisty.com for more sorta like this, btw.

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MIDI Controller — Akai MPK Mini Plus

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37-key MIDI keyboard with eight drum pads and a bunch of other fancy shit. It's perfectly fine. Lots more functionality than I've ever managed to take advantage of. Not much to say here. My only gripe is that for some reason it can't output MIDI over USB and the MIDI ports at the same time for some reason.

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My main PC is an ever-shifting, questionably arranged agglomeration of components selected as if at random, initially designed and assembled by yours truly circa March of '22. Apparently, I have a lot to say about it.

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My main PC is an ever-shifting, questionably arranged agglomeration of components selected as if at random, initially designed and assembled by yours truly circa March of '22, and last upgraded before the RAMpocalypse. Apparently, I have a lot to say about it.

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Mouse — Logitech MX Vertical

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These are mounted on a pair of cheap Amazon special gas spring wall-mount VESA arms because I fucking hate monitor feet on my desk.

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Headphones — Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (Modified)

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After a lifetime of losing headphones to frayed cables and the inevitable failure of poor quality materials, my top priority when getting my next nice pair of cans was durability, and Beyerdynamic's products fit the bill nicely. I've sat on these without damaging them, which for me is saying something. As a bonus, they also have excellent sound quality and are supremely comfortable.

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The only issue with these headphones is the non-removable cable, which is an automatic deal-breaker for me. I purchased mine through a modding company that replaced that cable with a 4-pin mini XLR jack, which has proven to be a bit of a double-edged sword as finding sanely priced replacement cables for it with the right pinout is nigh impossible, forcing me to start making my own. I think the new models have removable cables, though, which is nice.

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Drawing Tablet — HUION Kamvas Pro 12

Perfectly cromulent 12-inch display tablet. It doesn't completely work out of the box, but the proprietary driver program is at least available for Linux, or there's OpenTabletDriver, which in my experience seems more reliable but is missing one feature from this specific model. I like that the stylus is completely passive and doesn't need to be charged, which, having grown up using a Nintendo DS, feels like an absurd thing for a stylus to require.

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Webcam — Logitech C925e

It's a USB webcam. The picture is good enough — better than most laptops — but it does some annoying auto-adjustment stuff that makes chroma-key shenanigans difficult at times. Standout features are the privacy shutter, indicator light when the camera is in use, and screw mount. I'm sure the microphone is adequate in a pinch, but I have no reason to use it.

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Microphone — Audio-Technica AT2020 XLR

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I'll be totally honest with you, I used to have the USB version of this exact microphone and replaced it with a used XLR variant to exchange an XLR input on my audio interface for a free USB port. Both versions are equally very good, probably as good as I'll ever need. The sound quality on this sucker is so good that my friends in voice chat complain whenever they hear me on anything else.

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In what is becoming a running theme, it sits on a perhaps unbefitting $20 no-name mic arm from Amazon, with matching cheap shock mount and pop filter. They work, though. The springs on the arm are loud and, as my friends are keen to point out every time, quite audible through the mic.

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Also, free bit of advice from me to you: for audio hardware, buy used professional or music gear, not gaming stuff. The sound quality and build quality is almost always way better.

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Audio Interface — Arturia Minifuse 2

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The more I have to live with this thing the more I hate it. The MIDI ports don't work at all under Linux for some reason, and the headphone output has started making weird buzzing sounds. Luckily the inputs seem fine (for now), but replacing this thing is currently priority numero uno for setup upgrades.

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Overall, this thing is pretty ambitious for the price point it's at, and from that perspective I can't complain, but I also understand completely why a Pebble with fewer features can get away with costing 3x as much — its more limited suite of capabilities probably all actually work reliably.

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Audio & music gear

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I fancy myself a musician deserving of actual hardware in service of this hobby. I've got enough of it now that I felt it warranted a category of its own.

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DAW - Bitwig Studio

My primary motivation for choosing Bitwig is that it's available for Linux. My secondary motivation is that it has a lot less of the bizarre idiosyncracies and feature omissions that I found limiting when I was using LMMS, and a lot less of the instability, unreliability, and general UX jank that I found limiting with REAPER. It's a bit more expensive than REAPER and about infinity% more expensive than LMMS, but what I've come to realize is that, frankly, you get what you pay for.

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See also: audio & music gear

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