From 3b606bcc096a6d9860672e6d0d003ca9e80c067e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hannah Isopod <me@bathynomus.xyz>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 22:42:27 -0700
Subject: THE BIG ONE

Total website redesign.
Multiple new blog posts.
Routine updates on several pages.
Too much to list, even if I remembered it all.
Remind me not to put this git repo on any portfolios.
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 My current main headphones are a model that doesn't come with a removable cable by default, that I purchased through a company that offers a service to add one aftermarket for you. They offered multiple different connector options, and I chose this one:
 
-![4-pin mini XLR male and female jacks. The pins are arranged in a Y shape.](4pinminixlr.png)
+<figure class="media">
+  <img src="4pinminixlr.png" alt="4-pin mini XLR male and female jacks. The pins are arranged in a Y shape.">
+</figure>
 
 This is one of two connector types that come up when you search for "4-pin mini XLR". I opted for this connector on the basis that it would allow me to potentially use the headphones with a balanced output in the future, because I had been researching headphones for probably several days and eventually you start to think that kind of thing is important.
 
@@ -11,25 +13,23 @@ So universally is this the case that there is seemingly essentially no market fo
 Instead of shelling out Intel Core i3-13100F money for what functionally amounts to 3 meters of wire and a couple of audio jacks, I lopped the connectors off of the old, broken cable and soldered on some new wires and saved myself $140.
 
 <figure class="media">
-  <div>
-    <img src="homebrewxlrcablefinished.jpg" alt="A 3.5mm jack to 4-pin mini XLR adapter cable with a shiny black braided exterior">
-    <figcaption>This braided sheathing can be had for cheap on Amazon by searching "braided cable sleeve". I used the 6mm variant here, and it comfortably fits the three 24AWG wires.</figcaption>
-  </div>
+  <img src="homebrewxlrcablefinished.jpg" alt="A 3.5mm jack to 4-pin mini XLR adapter cable with a shiny black braided exterior">
+  <figcaption>This braided sheathing can be had for cheap on Amazon by searching "braided cable sleeve". I used the 6mm variant here, and it comfortably fits the three 24AWG wires.</figcaption>
 </figure>
 
 This isn't the only time I've had to do this, either — I, through a bizarre series of events, happen to own a piece of musical equipment made in the 1960s, in the Netherlands, with weird output jacks to match:
 
-![Male and female 2-pin DIN connectors](2pindin.jpg "By boffy_b - Own work, Copyrighted free use, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1010205")
+<figure class="media">
+  <img src="2pindin.jpg" alt="Male and female 2-pin DIN connectors">
+</figure>
 
 These are 2-pin DIN connectors, from the same family as the 5-pin DIN connectors you may be familiar with from their use in MIDI ports. My device uses a pair of these for stereo output. I can only assume this was standard at the time, in the Netherlands, but where and when I live this type of connector is all but unheard of, to the point that there are *no* cables with it available whatsoever, only the bare connectors.
 
 In order to get this thing connected to my other equipment, I had to fashion my own adapter cable out of a stereo-to-dual-mono TRS splitter cable and two of those connectors purchased standalone from the internet.
 
 <figure class="media">
-  <div>
-    <img src="homebrew2pindincable.jpg" alt="A Stereo 1/4 inch TRS to dual mono 2-pin DIN adapter cable">
-    <figcaption>I wonder how far away from me the nearest other cable of this type is.</figcaption>
-  </div>
+  <img src="homebrew2pindincable.jpg" alt="A Stereo 1/4 inch TRS to dual mono 2-pin DIN adapter cable">
+  <figcaption>I wonder how far away from me the nearest other cable of this type is.</figcaption>
 </figure>
 
 I'm not going to attempt to teach you how to do this here — there's plenty of people on Youtube who are much more qualified to do that than me — but I think if you're at all comfortable messing with electronics this is a good skill to have. It's proven surprisingly useful to me, not just as a hobbyist who builds weird electronic gizmos for fun but as a casual enjoyer and maker of music.
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