bev! @TonicBH@computerfairi.es

Open question to folks who archive old TV from VHS and such:

Is it a good idea to digitize something of which there's already a better quality version out? Or is it a waste of time and resources?

Because I think that's why my VHS tape archiving has slowed down, because I stumble upon stuff in my collection that's already available elsewhere.

been kinda thinking about trying a new mastodon instance

maybe get a fresh start or something

thinking about the music to Waterworld on the SNES again

here, despite everything

after putting some in a cup today, I must ask: why do they still make powdered coffee creamer? this tastes terrible.

New Secret Area post: I talk about Desert Crisis, a mostly forgotten Half-Life multiplayer mod, and the eclectic soundtrack the team selected. Hope you like Aphex Twin.

Shares and comments appreciated, as always. https://asecretarea.com/2025/09/08/desert-crisis-half-life-mod-soundtrack/

New on Patreon: I nerd about an old Half-Life mod, Desert Crisis. But not just the mod itself, the eclectic music choices chosen. Hope you like Aphex Twin.

Available now if you subscribe, will be on the Secret Area in a few days: https://www.patreon.com/posts/138207877?pr=true

late night thought: yacht rock, but made by trans people

...I think I might write a full article about all this mod's soundtrack, heh

Guess it's silly hyperfixation time once again

shoutout to Desert Crisis, that Half-Life 1 mod that introduced me to Aphex Twin and Amon Tobin because there's like a bunch of their songs featured in that mod

Now that it's September, I'm thinking about that "September" Family Feud moment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuhwWMO02xc

*of course* I'd get show biz kids by steely dan stuck in my head

stupid freakin' catchy refrain

damn I'm at four years of HRT already, what the hell

upside of having coffee is using it as a way to curb my soda habit

downside is it gives me excess energy that I don't know what to do with yet ​