bugwo.men bloghttps://bugwo.men/blog/2026-08-16T00:00:00+00:00Ada Isopodhttps://bugwo.men/me/METhe IKEA LITOSFÄR Battery Charger is Literally Perfectlitosfar2026-09-13T00:00:00+00:002026-09-13T00:00:00+00:00Glazing a $20 product from a furniture giant for 593 words. It really is that good, though. You should buy one.AdaThe Incontinent AC Sagafuckass_air_conditioner2026-08-16T00:00:00+00:002026-08-16T00:00:00+00:00Complaining about my messy portable air conditioner and what I had to do to contain its secretions.Ada100 Questions for Webmasters100webmaster2026-07-01T00:00:00+00:002026-07-01T00:00:00+00:00Haven't you heard? Doing the equivalent of 2010's Tumblr ask games on your blog instead of actually writing posts is the new hotness!AdaTrying to Escape Discord: 2026 Editiondiscord22026-02-09T00:00:00+00:002026-05-10T00:00:00+00:00In 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.Adaduckduckgo.com Custom Cans Single 4 Pin Mini XLR Pinoutcustomcans_4pin_pinout2026-01-18T00:00:00+00:002026-01-20T00:00:00+00:00In 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!AdaBuilding a Cooler Body or: How to Get Estrogen In Alberta 2026 Updated Guide (No AHS)building_a_cooler_body2026-01-10T00:00:00+00:002026-02-02T00:00:00+00:00A 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.AdaHow to get Rosy Maple Moths in Skyfactory 5sf5_estrogen_moth2025-11-26T00:00:00+00:002025-11-26T00:00:00+00:00Documenting 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".AdaBuilding a Very Regular Bedbuilding_a_regular_bed2025-08-25T00:00:00+00:002025-11-04T00:00:00+00:00I 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.AdaRevealing All My Deepest Blogging Secrets (Blog questions challenge)blog_questions2025-06-12T00:00:00+00:002025-06-12T00:00:00+00:00In 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.AdaRevisiting "AI"ai22025-06-11T00:00:00+00:002025-11-04T00:00:00+00:00I'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.AdaFighting LLM Scrapers With Nepenthes And Fail2Bangrow_spikes2025-05-12T00:00:00+00:002025-05-12T00:00:00+00:00A comprehensive explanation of (and guide to replicate) my new and improved anti-scraper defenses.AdaI've Just Moved Hosting Providersrenting_an_unremarkable_server2025-04-29T00:00:00+00:002025-06-12T00:00:00+00:00I'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.AdaHoliday Special: My First Computertoshiba_chromebook2024-12-25T00:00:00+00:002024-12-25T00:00:00+00:00Reminiscing 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.AdaBuilding a Relatively Sensible Serverbuilding_a_sensible_server2024-10-03T00:00:00+00:002024-10-03T00:00:00+00:00The 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.AdaHow to Set Up Pi-Hole (On a Le Potato)guide_pihole_lepotato2024-09-20T00:00:00+00:002024-09-20T00:00:00+00:00How to set up Pi-hole, a network-wide DNS-level ad-blocker, on the particular discount Raspberry Pi I did it on.AdaYou Should Learn To Make Cablesmake_your_own_cables2024-09-09T00:00:00+00:002024-09-14T00:00:00+00:00I saved $140 by splicing together my own audio cables, and you can too!AdaAdmins Can Read Your DMsfediverse_dms2024-05-09T00:00:00+00:002024-05-09T00:00:00+00:00Yes, the admins of your fediverse server can read your DMs. No, that's not actually a problem.AdaBuilding a Completely Normal Serverbuilding_a_normal_server2024-02-28T00:00:00+00:002024-02-28T00:00:00+00:00I 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.AdaMy Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Distro Hopmy_terrible_distro_hop2024-02-25T00:00:00+00:002024-07-06T00:00:00+00:00A 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".AdaHow to Make Youtube Videos Buffer All The Way Like The Old Days (In Firefox)guide_fix_youtube_buffering_firefox2024-02-13T00:00:00+00:002024-03-18T00:00:00+00:00Alternate title: Common Firefox WAdaI Don't Like AI Artai_art2024-01-03T00:00:00+00:002024-01-03T00:00:00+00:00My actual thoughts on AI, in case seeing an AI-generated article in your RSS feed didn't get the vibe across.AdaThe Invaluable Contributions of AI Tools to Humanity: A Look at the Unparalleled Benefitsinvaluable_contributions2024-01-02T00:00:00+00:002024-01-02T00:00:00+00:00AI 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.ChatGPTThe Unity Runtime Fee and Proprietary Softwareunity_runtime_fee_and_proprietary_software2023-09-15T00:00:00+00:002023-09-23T00:00:00+00:00Unity's new Runtime Fee is yet another data point on the pile against ever trusting for-profit software companies.AdaBlacklisting Websites in SearXNGguide_blacklist_websites_searxng2023-09-02T00:00:00+00:002023-09-02T00:00:00+00:00How 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.AdaStop Using Chromiumstop_using_chromium2023-08-16T00:00:00+00:002023-08-16T00:00:00+00:00An 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.AdaDiscord - So Your Favourite Chat App Sucks Nowdiscord2023-06-28T00:00:00+00:002026-02-14T00:00:00+00:00Why Discord sucks, and how to find something that doesn't.AdaHow to Automount Drives On Boot in Linuxguide_how_to_automount_drives_on_boot_in_linux2023-04-26T00:00:00+00:002024-09-10T00:00:00+00:00How to configure a Linux system to automatically mount drives on boot by editing /etc/fstab.AdaHow to Block User Agents With Nginxguide_blocking_user_agents_nginx2023-02-23T00:00:00+00:002024-09-10T00:00:00+00:00How to configure Nginx to tell Cloudflare and their shitty centralized Fediverse server to go fuck themselves. And other unwelcome stuff too, I guess.Adadeeptwisty.com 2nd anniversary - A History of This Bullshitdeeptwistycom_2nd_anniversary_-_a_history_of_this_bullshit2022-09-19T00:00:00+00:002024-09-10T00:00:00+00:00An abridged history of my presence on the World Wide Web, from my first customized Tumblr pages to now.Ada