Author Archives: baudattitude

The Seasonally-Appropriate Games Continue

Posted on October 18, 2025 by baudattitude

OK, so since my last post I’ve played the modern remakes of both Resident Evil 2 and 3, after which I finally went through the story for the NIKKE collaboration.  It was probably 20 hours worth of controller time to … Continue reading →

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In which, I play seasonally-appropriate video games.

Posted on October 12, 2025 by baudattitude

I don’t normally treat “spooky season” as a reason to do anything other than eating my own weight in pumpkin spice-flavored snacks, so it’s not common for me to bust out the horror games this time of year. That said, … Continue reading →

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Why do I do this to myself? Adventures in Apple Mail.

Posted on October 11, 2025 by baudattitude

Sometimes, I manage to shoot myself in the foot badly enough that I feel compelled to document it, mostly out of the hope that someone, someday, will find themselves in the same situation and may be sent here by a … Continue reading →

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One more homelab post. It works, and I’m not sure why.

Posted on August 24, 2025 by baudattitude

There is a particular sort of despair that hits you when you have finally solved a problem, you are looking at all of the notes you took during the process and all of the sources you reviewed looking for solutions… … Continue reading →

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Practical Applications of Withered Technology

Posted on August 9, 2025 by baudattitude

Another day, another adventure / experiment in self hosting something. I’ve recently gotten a new job, so I’m faced with the bleak prospect of transitioning from a happy unemployed life into one where I need to at least pretend to … Continue reading →

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Cracking open the EDID black box.

Posted on July 28, 2025 by baudattitude

OK, so.  History time! I’m typing this while in front of a high-resolution monitor.  It displays a picture that is 5120 pixels wide and 2880 pixels high, and it can update the screen up to 60 times per second.  I … Continue reading →

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In which, I am annoyed by copy protection

Posted on July 20, 2025 by baudattitude

I’ve mentioned a few times recently that my wife has been coming up with reasons for me to create scripts.  Mostly, these are because she wants to have local copies of fan-translated Chinese novels. Personally, I don’t have a lot … Continue reading →

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Homelab updates: Bazzite is pretty cool!

Posted on July 6, 2025 by baudattitude

A few days ago, I mentioned that one of the services I was adding to my home lab was game streaming, with me repurposing a 5700U-based micro PC as a Bazzite box. Side note: Serious props to the Bazzite team … Continue reading →

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I am the alpha nerd

Posted on July 5, 2025 by baudattitude

I do not make this claim lightly. OK, I make it pretty lightly.  “Alpha Nerd” is a pretty high bar to hit, after all, and should really be reserved for people who hand roll binary patches for their custom linux … Continue reading →

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Prepping for the next homelab project

Posted on June 23, 2025 by baudattitude

So, my homelab experiment is running generally quite well.  I keep running into an annoying Proxmox bug that makes the ethernet controller hang up, and hopefully they will fix that soon, but I have a lot of self-hosted services now. … Continue reading →

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