Nick64

I updated the website's visuals ONCE AGAIN

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:16:18 -0700

I have once again updated the website's visuals!

I wasn't completely against how I had it before (I'll come back to this later), but I wanted to have my website be a little bit more presentable and flexible, so I decided to give it a fresh new coat of paint.

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New

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Old

Structurally, not much has changed. I think besides maybe some small stuff in the future, I think this layout of the website is pretty good. It looks nice on desktop, but also works well on mobile.

About video game ports made with AI

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:51:38 -0700

As AI has become more capable and popular as a coding tool over the years, I've started to see more ports of games to various platforms, such as "DELTARUNE for PS Vita" or the "Animal Crossing PC Port", both of which contain disclaimers that AI was used in some capacity.

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How vague...

AI is one of those things that I don't have a concrete opinion on (maybe eventually I'll write a full opinion piece on it), but honestly these ports piss me off for a few reasons.

Asuka Langley Soryuu

Sun, 24 May 2026 13:10:38 -0700

Asuka. I think the hands are kind of fucked but oh well

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Ayanami Rei

Fri, 15 May 2026 12:30:51 -0700

Used some reference to redraw some Evangelion art of Rei Ayanami, pretty proud of how it turned out.

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Klonoa and Huepow at a Food Stand

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:33:37 -0700

I keep drawing Klonoa stuff because it's fun and I'm burnt out of drawing anything else.

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Klonoa in Phantomile

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:01:51 -0700

Klonoa and Huepow running through the fields of Phantomile

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4/4/26

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:31:23 -0700

idk what to title these anymore

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Santa Claus

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:52:15 -0700

Character design for a project I'm working on and off on. Hopefully I can actually get it done so I can do more with this.

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Cat Dude

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 23:50:55 -0700

Cat dude sitting on curb.

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Futaba Sakura

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 23:46:30 -0700

I got a new tablet, downgraded from the Samsung tablet I had to an XP Pen screenless, and I like it a LOT more, actually. I feel like my art is kind of stagnating though.

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I bought an old IBM ThinkPad T41!

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:03:11 +0000

I've said a few times to some of my friends that I always wanted to have an old laptop to mess around with and do cool random stuff on, preferably a ThinkPad, since they are very reliable and upgradeable. For a while though, I didn't have a lot of luck finding one (for a cheap price, or at all), so I didn't think much of it since I knew I wasn't going to use it much anyways. But that changed in early December, when I stumbled across a ThinkPad T41 at Value Village, and with a 20% coupon, I only got it for around 24 dollars. The part with me not using the laptop much at all didn't change though.

Unprivated some posts + new changes!

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 06:48:07 +0000

Update from my last site update post, I went through my old posts and unprivated a pretty big chunk of them. Some of them, I've decided to keep private and don't plan on bringing them back (but hey i mean the internet archive exists, so i wont stop you i guess).

Alongside that though, I've also added some new stuff!

Latest posts

This one isn't really new, since it's been a feature in the past, but I finally added it back to this new era of the site, so I'm glad to have that back, I think it looks nice :) You can see them now on the front page, or in the pics below.

T41 Replacement Rubber Feet STL

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 12:42:06 -0800

Created replacement feet for my ThinkPad T41 since the one I bought was missing half the feet. Should be pretty close to the originals. I printed them with TPU and I think they turned out pretty well. They look a little weird on my end, but they work well, and that's what matters.

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Privated a lot of posts

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 12:50:57 -0800

Decided that I wanted to have a fresh start with this website and what I write on it.

Originally, I held a somewhat strict approach on archiving posts and keeping up old posts, but I realized that this was kinda stupid because I don't really feel comfortable keeping up these old posts, because there's stuff I talk about in them that reflect a version of me I kind of want to forget, one that was more emotionally charged and willing to spill details on my personal life. Granted, these posts are probably still archived on somewhere like the Internet Archive, but on my personal website, I think it's best to take the old posts off and use this website less as a diary and more of a funnel for informational things or things I like discussing.

Abandoned Pools Konata Izumi

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:46:04 -0700

I don't know why I drew this honestly, random idea I had I guess.

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Futaba Sakura Again

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 10:10:28 -0700

I drew her again. Happy with it overall but it's painfully obvious I need to do more shading studies LOL.

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Junpei Skating

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 12:22:34 -0700

Junpei is riding that shit

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Observation about working on this website

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:28:44 -0700

Something I've begun to notice recently is that what I actually enjoy about this website is not forcing myself to write content for it, but doing the small random stuff on it, like uploading art, or now with the new Archive section in Misc, I post stuff I have lying around on my hard drives that I can't find online much, but that I find interesting or important. This revelation may impact what I do with this website from now on.

PSP Internet Browser Content Guidelines Documents

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:03:55 -0700

These PDFs outline information regarding the PSP Internet Browser and its capabilities.

Click the image to download the English version.

Click the image to download the Japanese version.

Lumines PV/CM from lumines.jp

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 12:24:58 -0700

These are CM/PV videos sourced from the Lumines JP website. Thought they were cool so I saved them here because no one has the original SWF files uploaded (you can find the uploaded videos on YouTube if you look hard enough.)

CM000

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CM001

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PV001

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BURNOUT GRAAAAHHHHHHH

Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:36:46 -0700

Feeling kinda burnt out right now, though I am writing this and publishing it in the middle of the night.

Feels like sometimes, I have so much, and also so little to do. There's a lot of projects I want to work on, but I only have so much time right now, which scares me a bit because I'm not even in school yet, so once I juggle school and work, it's gonna be worse. But besides that, I'm also just extremely lazy. I've been slowly working towards getting better at just doing things, but like most progress and growth, it's not steady. There are days where I do a lot of work and days where I do nothing. Today is a bit of both, I did do stuff, but I wasted my entire night, and now I have to wake up early tomorrow for work. Much to think about.

LowTierGod funny

Sun, 10 Aug 2025 13:31:48 -0700

I drew Dale.

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Looking back at my old posts

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 13:06:58 -0700

This is kind of a continuation of answering the question "Where have I been this whole time?".

I think the last time I made a video was like February (it was January, just checked wow), and the last time I made an actual post on this website was an even longer time ago. I sort of feel bad for being gone for so long, but at the same time, I feel like it's a good thing I didn't because I've gone through a bunch of random stuff the past half year, and I also had time to think about how I was in the past year or two.

Back Again (Maybe)

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 22:30:29 -0700

It's been a while since I've posted on here. If anyone visited this site before, you may have noticed that the website looks different. Let me talk about that.

Website Design Revamp

As you can see, the website looks much... duller. But also more retro.

The reason I did this was because I think the reason I didn't use the old website so much was because functionally, it wasn't very good, and publishing content to it was highly inconvenient. I was so focused on the aesthetics of it that I didn't actually bother giving the site substance in the form of content. So rather than prioritizing aesthetics, this time, I made the website very simple and I'm hoping to improve my publishing workflow so that it's easier to upload content to the site. I want to take advantage of scripting in order to make the publishing more smooth, since before, everything had to be manually done. I've already started working on this, so hopefully I can continue to improve on it.

Suited Girl

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 22:22:49 -0700

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Another Girl

Sun, 02 Mar 2025 11:03:46 -0700

I draw too many girls.

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Purple Girl Thing IDK What to Call This

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 15:12:19 -0800

Drew this a while ago, forgot to archive it

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Sword With Charms

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 15:58:33 -0700

Unfinished art piece from roughly February 8th I think?

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Klonoa and Huepow Walking

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:51:54 -0700

Drew Klonoa and Huepow. Proud of it.

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Klonoa

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 15:59:56 -0700

First time I drew Klonoa, the second attempt was better, but I liked doing this nonetheless.

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PSP Duty Calls Ad

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 11:08:42 -0700

Fake ad I made for the PSP as a joke.

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Pink Girl

Sat, 21 Dec 2024 15:03:55 -0800

Drew this a while ago and forgot to archive it here.

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Meowskulls

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:01:44 -0700

Unfinished piece of Meowskulls I drew on my phone.

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Old Fucker

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:05:29 -0700

Old dude, was trying to make more dynamic poses.

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Hiroshima

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 12:05:46 -0700

Drew this as practice for painting, posted a few days ago on Twitter, but yeah.

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Junpei and Chidori

Sun, 22 Sep 2024 16:08:15 -0700

Unfinished drawing of Junpei and Chidori.

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Pear baby (my first painting ever!)

Sat, 21 Sep 2024 13:42:42 -0700

Never painted before, digital or IRL, so I tried for the first time like a week ago, just forgot to upload it lol, i really need to upload more art here.

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Futaba Sakura 2

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 16:25:54 -0700

Drew for sticker printing uses, I like it.

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Rain is awesome

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 23:22:59 -0700

I actually meant to write this last night but I got lazy and eepy, so oops :P

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Some people that I’ve talked to in my life have complained about the sudden change in weather that has taken place around the Seattle area, mainly because of the frequent raining. However, as I may have stated many times already, I really like the rain.

Exploring the Wiiring

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 23:13:39 -0700

I explore some websites on the WiiRing and rate them and stuff.

Sites Explored:

Small website overhaul

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 12:15:29 -0700

It's been a while since I've really done much with the website, but today's the day that's gonna change... and then not update it for another year.

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The new homepage for nick64.me!

Some things might pop out immediately so I want to get them out of the way, starting with...

Added All My Art

Sun, 11 Aug 2024 13:44:45 -0700

I finally updated the Art section and added everything I forgot to add before so yay :D

That's all.

Sierra

Sun, 11 Aug 2024 13:01:01 -0700

kinda throwing shit at the wall with this one tbh but i like it

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Sun, 21 Jul 2024 23:34:50 -0700

fart

Another site overhaul and mobile!!!

Sat, 01 Jun 2024 21:03:37 -0700

It's been a sec since I've said anything here.

But I've been working on the site, and the fruits of my labor are showing. The site now has a mobile layout!!!!

...Plus other overhauls too.

Mobile support

Firstly, and most importantly, I made a mobile layout for my site. Before, the site was built for a strict 1024x768 screen in mind. However, this was not very practical since most people who would want to use the site at that resolution are assumedly using old computers with browsers that aren't even compatible with all the fancy bells and whistles modern CSS and HTML introduce. So now, I've recreated the layout to be a little more... not strict? I don't know.

Spraypaint Girl

Wed, 15 May 2024 11:01:47 -0700

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Summer Breeze

Tue, 14 May 2024 13:40:21 -0700

summer breeze

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Blinx (New Profile Picture)

Sun, 21 Apr 2024 13:30:05 -0700

New pfp yippeeeeeeeee

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Futaba Sakura

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 13:33:19 -0700

its futaba sakura from p5 wow

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19 years old

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 09:13:16 -0700

Happy birthday to me.

I am now 19 years old. I don't really feel much different from last year haha. It's kinda interesting to see what I wrote for my birthday last year and compare it to how I feel now. I can't BELIEVE it's already been 1 year since I rewatched The Muppets lmao. Also that Ko-fi never went anywhere, never got a single penny from it, but hey at least it's there I guess lol.

Parappa

Sat, 09 Mar 2024 13:27:11 -0700

parappa the rapper art i made (parappa 2 is peak plz play it)

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Random Phone Drawing

Mon, 04 Mar 2024 13:42:53 -0700

First time really drawing anything on mobile, it's kinda hard but I'm getting used to it, here's my first iffy drawing to come out of it (didn't really have a lot of inspiration)

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I bought a DSi

Sun, 18 Feb 2024 19:55:10 -0800

This happened a while ago, but I still wanted to write about it.

I think this was around the beginning of January, I was going thrift-shopping at Value Village, and I was looking at the small electronics section when I found a white DSi IN THE BOX (not sealed but still awesome), including some accessories and games, for $60 dollars. On top of that, I had 20% off, so I got it for like around 50 dollars.

What I've been doing since the last post

Fri, 16 Feb 2024 12:01:52 -0800

I'm back! ...For a second. I'm not sure if I'm going to be returning to the site long-term or what, but for the time being, here I am.

It sure has been a bit, two months, since my last post. I'm not really gonna drag this out longer than this needs to be, so I'll just say it now, the reason I haven't written here in a while is that I've just been busy and a bit burnt out on the website. I have a job that takes a lot of my time now, I have a webcomic I want to work on, and only so much time for anything else. And I don't really see this site as a top priority, so I decided that instead of forcing myself to write and do stuff that I didn't feel like doing, I would just wait for the right time, and I think now I feel like doing more stuff with this site maybe. Not a guarantee, but we'll see.

Fortnite, work, and Blip

Sun, 10 Dec 2023 12:56:58 -0800

Well, today's Sunday (editor note: as of writing), and I was going to type out a post, but I've decided to do another text to speech post again, so hopefully the text (and my thoughts) doesn't get messed up by the time I finish this.

My life's been... okay. Not really great, but not really terrible. The only thing I've really got going on right now is primarily just my job, and I've finally started playing Fortnite after abstaining from it for such a long time now.

First post of December: Festivities and Blip

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 09:50:59 -0800

It's been a few days since I wrote here, so why not catch up?

Working a job

I've been working at my job for the past few weeks now and it's been okay. I don't love it but I don't hate it. It's a food service job, which makes me surprised that I'm dealing with it fine since I've never done food service before and I've always stayed away from those sorts of jobs, but it's not that bad. This is a seasonal job, so I'll be let go by January, but it should be fine since I'll see if I can get rehired in the store, since it's not just food service. I'm glad I took this job since I definitely felt like I've been a little toughened up, which was my idea for taking this job.

Blip: my new webcomic!

Sat, 25 Nov 2023 22:11:42 -0800

I've been talking about this (and trying to work on it) for a very long time now, but it's finally here.

My new webcomic is titled Blip, and the first three chapters are out now to read on GlobalComix!

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I've been working on these first few chapters throughout the year, and despite the quality of the comic itself so far, I've learned a lot about the process of it all, and I have a clearer vision of the story for this project of mine. Although the focus of this project is to push past my perfectionism and create a project that may not be perfect (or even good, for that matter), I still want to do my best to make this as good as I can make it, so I would appreciate your support by continuing to read the comic after this, once new chapters come out.

One year of nick64.me

Sat, 25 Nov 2023 11:19:36 -0800

I almost forgot, but today my website (at least, as it currently is) is one year old! My first post was written on November 25th, 2022. It's interesting to think it's been a year now, it honestly doesn't really feel like it. But when I look back... yeah, ok maybe I feel it now.

Surprisingly, I have few screenshots of designs of the site over time, but I imagine some of them are on the Wayback Machine or something. Perhaps I should remaster some of them and try to use them again lol. But here's a look back at nick64 through 2022-now.

Happy Thanksgiving 2023!

Thu, 23 Nov 2023 10:37:44 -0800

I'm not gonna write much, but I just wanted to say happy Thanksgiving! I'm gonna be relaxing today and not doing a lot, just working on my stuff.

Speaking of my stuff, the first three chapters of my comic are basically done now! I plan on uploading them soon, so I'll make some update regarding that in the near future hopefully, the next hurdle is just converting all my Krita files to whatever I need for the website I plan to use.

Leelah (Fortnite)

Thu, 23 Nov 2023 09:55:26 -0800

Took me a few hours to work on, I posted a sketch of it the night before drawing it on Twitter and decided to finish it.

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Avalon (2001) and consuming obscure content

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 08:59:44 -0800

A while back, I found a song from YouTube, which was from the soundtrack of a movie known as Avalon. It seemed cool, so I decided to watch it eventually, and now I did.

Avalon

Initially, this movie was a lot harder to find than I thought. It's not on any streaming services, and finding a physical copy seemed to be impossible. So the only way to watch the movie was to... utilize my skills to locate a copy. And eventually I did. While I was looking though, I found some interesting information about the movie.

Halfway through November: Comic update and jobs

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 13:01:17 -0800

I haven't wrote here for a tiny bit, just been busy with life, but I have some time to write, so I want to just give an update now.

First of all, I finally got a job! It took a while (and many rejections too...), but it finally happened. However, I'm working in food service, which is a weird contrast from my old job doing retail work. I just started yesterday and I'll be going in later today to start a full shift, so I'll get an idea of how the job will be. I only work evenings, so I'm happy about that since I can avoid lunch rushes, but I still have to deal with dinner... I don't think it's that bad, though. I only tried the job a little yesterday, but it seemed alright, just need to be on your toes.

brawlers world merch

Tue, 07 Nov 2023 19:18:57 -0800

Got my keychain from brawlers world yesterday, pretty happy about it.

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Don't have much more to say other than that, I just really like brawlers world and I'm glad I got to get some merch.

Rainy morning + the FNAF movie review

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 10:58:51 -0700

This morning, I woke up to a really nice rainy sky. The weather is really nice right now, so I'm kind of in a good mood.

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With this new mood in mind, I'm setting myself to be more productive. And what better way to be productive than to write a review on the Five Nights at Freddy's movie?

Sketch (11-2-23)

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 10:56:10 -0700

Pretty proud of this one.

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First post of November: What's new?

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 15:32:42 -0700

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Now playing: Tama River from Umihara Kawase Shun

Feel free to pause if you want a silent read!

Well, for starters, my PSVSD FINALLY ARRIVED TODAY, but I wrote a post about it already, so check it out here!

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Besides that though, I guess it's good to reflect on the previous month.

The PSVSD finally arrives

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 15:03:09 -0700

It finally happened. After 48 days, the PSVSD finally arrived today.

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It came when I didn't really expect it to. I was working on some other random thing when my mom called me and said I had a package, and that she had to give a signature for it. I was a little confused why she called me up at first since she didn't tell me why, but she showed me the package and I just was kinda shocked. I kinda thought it just wasn't gonna arrive. And I know the shipping is supposed to take a long time, but 48 days is A LOT OF TIME.

Home server and shipping frustration, but other fun stuff too

Fri, 20 Oct 2023 20:50:41 -0700

I'm probably gonna post this the next day instead of tonight, so as of writing, it's currently October 20th.

The bad

Today was kind of an annoying day, and my head is kind of killing me right now, but some good things happened first, mainly me getting the motherboard for my server.

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Here's the board installed in my server :)

It's a nice little board, higher quality than I expected it to be, considering it's from AliExpress. I'm not really sure what to expect from items on there in terms of quality because I always hear bad stuff about it, but hey, maybe they do have some good things on there.

Walking around in Seattle and Pink Gorilla Games

Wed, 04 Oct 2023 16:04:31 -0700

Today, I went into Seattle to walk around and explore a bit.

It was kinda nice, I walked around University Village and I walked out to get to Pink Gorilla Games. It took about like 20-25 minutes to walk there though, but the route there was actually very nice and pretty.

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At Pink Gorilla

When I got to Pink Gorilla, I sorta took my time inside, looking through all the PS2, PSP, and Vita games. In the end, while there were games I was interested in, they weren't top priority for me, and I didn't wanna spend too much money, but one game did make me interested. It was sealed and 30 bucks, which for a Vita game, doesn't sound bad at all, so I bought it.

Sketch (09-28-23)

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 14:27:37 -0700

Haven't posted anything here in ages, but I still am drawing and stuff! Here's some sketches from today.

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Snickerdoo-disaster

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:54:59 -0700

Yeah, so I tried to make snickerdoodles yesterday.

I've been wanting to do more baking and cooking and stuff for the past while, so I've been ocassionally trying to make different foods, and after a cookie-related discussion with some friends, I got in the mood to make snickerdoodles. So I got the ingredients and tried to make it. I had no clue about the process of it all, so I went in blind and...

Wed, 13 Sep 2023 23:47:50 -0700

fart

I finally got a PlayStation Vita!

Wed, 13 Sep 2023 19:48:29 -0700

After shilling it for so long, I finally got one!!!

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I think I overpaid a bit for it, but I'll explain:

I was hanging out with one of my friends the other day, and we stopped at Another Castle Video Games, a game store that I'd been to before, but hadn't gone to in a while, and since we were in the area, I figured I'd stop by in my hunt for a Vita, since my visits to game stores in Arizona proved fruitless.

Ah screw it, I'll upload the revamp now.

Sat, 09 Sep 2023 11:51:44 -0700

Ok, so remember how last post, I said hopefully the new revamp would be coming in the future sometime?

Well, I thought about it for a bit, and it just pains me to keep working on the revamp, which is mostly done, and just be constantly working on small touch ups and other random stuff like images that I might not use and don't have the creative juices to make at the moment. So instead of delaying it more, I decided to wrap things up for the time being and just upload what I have now to show what I've been up to for the past while.

Oppenheimer: the movie where le bomb.... le killed people (in 70mm IMAX)

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 21:33:24 -0700

Yesterday, I watched Oppenheimer in theaters. And not just in any old theater. I watched it at Harkins in Arizona Mills, one of about 30 theaters in the entire world to have the equipment to project 70mm IMAX, which Oppenheimer was presented in. And I gotta say, it was quite an experience.

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My little memento from the theater :)

First, I went to the mall.

Arizona Mills is kind of a neat mall, it's great for walking around in and certainly has some interesting stores. I was particularly interested in the stores with figures and stuff, but I also saw some other neat places and things, and even ate the GOAT of mall food, Auntie Anne's. Here's some pictures:

Thrift finds + Barnes and Noble pickups

Wed, 19 Jul 2023 19:34:37 -0700

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Today, I went to Barnes and Noble and Savers, and picked up a few things. I first went to Barnes and Noble and got a One Punch Man volume to add to my collection, along with a Promised Neverland volume to replace my old one since it had some really bad misprints. I saw that they had Criterion Collection movies for 50% off, but I needed to conserve my spending and decided against getting anything else.

Fixing an old SONY Dream Machine

Wed, 19 Jul 2023 18:58:36 -0700

A couple of days ago, I went to Goodwill and found this SONY Dream Machine for 5 dollars, and decided to buy it simply because... well, it looks really neat. And hey, if it doesn't work, it'll serve as a simple repair project, so I bought it for 5 dollars.

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First of all, I tested it to see if it works, and it... sorta does? I couldn't change the time on the clock for some reason, and the radio only worked half of the time. So it was time to do some repairing. But before that, it needed a clean, because man, was it nasty! I don't have any pictures showing the grime up close, but it was baaadddd. So I gave the surface a quick wipe down and then got a screwdriver to unscrew the really deep screw holes (like 2-3 inches deep!). After I got in, I was a bit intimidated at first, since the internals look kinda like this:

Zenith's awesome website + PSP USB-C update

Mon, 17 Jul 2023 15:06:49 -0700

My good chum realjame showed me a new website this morning from this person named Zenith.

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The homepage of zencorner.xyz

I just love the aesthetic of it, it looks really cool. The colors, the dithering effects, the way things are LAID OUT is really REALLY cool to me. I've been thinking of redoing my About Me page, and after checking out Zenith's about me, I know exactly how to do it now, so I'm gonna steal their About Me (not really, but it's awesome and I'm gonna try a similar layout). And the icons!!!

New Shoes and Backpack

Sun, 16 Jul 2023 14:19:13 -0700

In the past two weeks, I've bought some new shoes and a backpack. I've been trying to make my fashion match what I like and overall just look better and more presentable instead of being super casual and lazy about my clothes.

A week ago, I got a Jansport Superbreak Plus backpack for 40 dollars. I saw this recommened a lot online, and it was small, but big enough to fit what I wanted to, so I bought it, and yeah, it's pretty great! I put all my silly pins on it too, and hopefully this will be their permanant place, since I was having a hard time finding a good place to put them.

The Linsoul 7Hz Salnotes Zero earphones

Sat, 15 Jul 2023 13:57:23 -0700

For Prime Day, I bought the Linsoul 7Hz Salnotes Zero earphones. That's sort of a mouthful, but yeah.

Before this, I had a pair of Moondrop Chus, which I liked a lot, but broke after a year of me abusing them at school by shoving them in my pockets, waving them around, etc. They were really good for their price though, right now they're 22 dollars on Amazon. But after they broke, I wanted to try something new just because. So I bought these earbuds. They're about the same price as the Chus, at 20-25ish dollars depending on if you get one with or without a mic, or with USB-C.

To ECC or not to ECC?

Mon, 10 Jul 2023 12:13:48 -0700

Recently, I've been pouring in a lot of time looking into what parts to buy for a new home server that I want to build soon, since the one I'm using right now is sort of power hungry and large. However, in my research, a debate I've noticed coming up a lot is whether or not to include ECC RAM in a home server.

In layman's terms, ECC RAM includes extra hardware that helps fix errors and corruption in memory. These errors are very rare, but can happen, and so ECC helps to fix those issues when they do happen so that the data doesnt leave from memory corrupted. I'm not the most knowledgable on this, so I hope that explanation is good. You could also say I shouldn't be writing this if I don't know what I'm talking about, but whatever.

My Sentai summer sale pickups

Sat, 08 Jul 2023 21:23:52 -0700

Today, I got my stuff I ordered from Sentai's summer sale. I bought these three because they were extremely cheap. The only one I bought with the intention of watching from the start was Flip Flappers, these other two were both 5 dollars each, so I bought them as a blind buy, and I'll be watching them soon sometime. My total spent was about 20 dollars, so I got out of the sale pretty good!

Going to game stores and not buying games (anime instead)

Wed, 05 Jul 2023 22:37:28 -0700

On July 5th, I went out with a coworker to check out a bunch of stores in the Phoenix/Tempe area. I was initially really nervous because I've never really went out with people outside of school or my family or stuff, this is just kind of... a guy. But it turns out I didn't get murdered and actually had lots of fun.

Goodwill

First, I went to Goodwill, where I found this monitor and video box thing for SONY VAIO PCs.

Making an Old Website Layout for Old Browsers

Sat, 01 Jul 2023 14:55:54 -0700

I've been working on an older layout for my website for old browsers. I wanna see if I can get my site fully working on a really, really old browser. It would be cool. Anyways, I'm trying to work on some parts of the site, like the About Me, so who knows how long it will take before I finish, we'll see. Hopefully soon.

Another cool girl but wearing cool clothes

Sat, 24 Jun 2023 21:51:04 -0700

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Cooking pasta (tasty pasta)

Sat, 24 Jun 2023 18:20:47 -0700

Today, I cooked some pasta. It was very good. I should learn to cook more, I don't want to rely on frozen food too much...

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Thrift finds (6-22-23)

Sat, 24 Jun 2023 16:37:02 -0700

Forgot to make this post. Whoops.

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Got a bunch of stuff a few days ago, added up to a total of about 124 dollars :((((

Mainly just bought to resell some stuff so I can afford a PS Vita, but I also bought the Dreamcast for realjame, I actually just shipped it out earlier, so J, if you're reading this, you're welcome and you better make a post about this on your site haha.

Thrift finds and vinyl

Sat, 17 Jun 2023 14:28:03 -0700

Yesterday, I went to Goodwill and I found some pretty cool stuff!

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I got some small stuff, like another PS2 DDR game for my collection, but most of what I got is music. I did get one CD, Travelling without Moving by Jamiroquai, so I'm really happy about that, but the biggest part of my find yesterday was finding a few D&B vinyls.

Receipt art collage (maybe Vol. 1?)

Tue, 13 Jun 2023 11:14:20 -0700

A compilation of art drawn on receipts at my work that I've put together into a small collage. May make another one of these as I still have more to show.

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Discussing the leaked Persona 3 Reload trailer

Fri, 09 Jun 2023 13:48:46 -0700

Yesterday, shortly after the first conference of the Summer Game Fest ended, where I didn't care, nor was expecting much to happen, the trailers for Persona 3 Reload and Persona 5 Tactica leaked online through ATLUS' Instagram. I couldn't really care less for P5 Tactica, but I was hyped for Persona 3 Reload. And after watching the trailer, I have some thoughts on what's been shown so far.

The 2D Graphics

In terms of 2D graphics and UI, I mostly like the improvements and new things they did with it. They refreshed the portrait art for all characters to line up with the modern Persona style, which is pretty neat and looks great.

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Across the Spider-Verse: A great sequel to a great movie

Sun, 04 Jun 2023 12:14:55 -0700

Yesterday, I watched Across the Spider-Verse. And my god, it was pretty great.

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Honestly, I don't like giving movies sequels too much. They can be good, but nowadays, most sequels are made as cash grabs, and don't meet the expectations the previous films set. But not only does Across the Spider-Verse meet those expectations, it goes beyond them in some ways.

First post of June: What am I doing?

Sun, 04 Jun 2023 10:26:40 -0700

It's been a little bit since I wrote, I sadly missed the first day of June... What have I been up to?

Across the Spider-Verse

Yesterday, I watched Across the Spider-verse, and it was really good! Really, really good! I won't be talking about it in this post, I want to write a separate post to compile my thoughts in, so I'll link it right here for you to check out (watch out for spoilers) :)

An update on the USB-C PSP

Wed, 31 May 2023 12:41:02 -0700

I got bored this morning and decided to redo the mod quickly. My main issue with it was that the big bulky wires I used were not that great, and I recently bought some thin 32AWG wire from Adafruit, so I thought it would be nice to redo it.

I basically followed the same steps from the original mod, though this time I did wire the data lines (but it ended up not working :/ oh well).

Graduation

Wed, 24 May 2023 11:33:30 -0700

Today, I graduate from high school. It's pretty weird to think about. It feels like life went by really quick, but when I really think about it, man have I been through a lot.

I'm not really sure what else to say. I guess it's nice that I have more time to myself now instead of at school, since I'm not gonna go to college for a year. I hope to put that time into my own personal projects, like working on my small comic project that I've brought up before. I've been working on it from time to time, but I struggle to find time in my day to work on it and I also have a hard time working during the day, so I hope to fix my bad habits and use my time wisely.

Building a USB-C Guitar Hero controller

Sat, 20 May 2023 11:15:21 -0700

I love USB-C. I love rhythm games. I also love building random things that I don't particularly need. This build fulfils all three of those things for me. And it's finally done.

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This won't really be a guide, more just me talking about my little journey of building my own Guitar Hero controller, though I hope it does prove to be helpful or cool to at least one person.

The weekend, Fullmetal Alchemist, old Roblox, and... more?

Sun, 14 May 2023 21:21:22 -0700

Sorry for lying about posting yesterday, I was too tired lol.

My weekend

This weekend was pretty good, I made progress on a few things, like exercising, comic stuff, etc. I also had some fun doing some random things. I set up Tears of the Kingdom on my Steam Deck, so I'm looking forward to enjoying that after I beat Persona 5 Royal eventually. I also finished painting my Guitar Hero guitar, and I also finally bought the parts needed to make the controller work on Clone Hero. Originally, I was going to make this post about the painting, but I decided to hold it off for when I fully complete the guitar.

Adding a mobile layout to my website

Sat, 13 May 2023 14:31:30 -0700

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Yes, I finally did it! I added a mobile layout to my website! It's not fully complete, but it's mostly done for the important aspects, like netlogs and the front page! Just uhh... don't go on the About Me page lol.

Initially, I was sort of against doing this because:

I was lazy
I thought it would not be able to capture the look and feel of my site properly
I was lazy

But after a while (and thanks to the encouragement of my friends who actually use this site thank you so much oh my god seriously), I convinced myself to do it, so after a couple of nights of work, I (mostly) finshed working on it. I will be fixing the rest of the site later on, but for now, I will be publishing it as is, since I finished the primary aspects.

Rei

Mon, 08 May 2023 20:43:20 -0700

Trying something new, I really like the idea of doing this paper scrap art thing, might do it more if I can think of more things to make.

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Painted my Guitar Hero controller (still work in progress)

Mon, 08 May 2023 18:00:13 -0700

I painted my Guitar Hero controller that I bought a while back (check out "Thrift Finds (04-25-23)"). It's not perfect, nor is the guitar itself close to being done, but I'm really proud of how it's coming along so far. Next, I'm painting the center part and I'm gonna install a Pi Pico so that I can use it on my PC (since this is a PS2 Wireless Kramer Guitar). Gonna post this and enjoy some mac n' cheese. Later, gater :P

Building a schedule, thrifting, and also my Windows ME desktop

Sat, 06 May 2023 19:15:21 -0700

Today, instead of doing random things, I decided to build a schedule for myself (and half-follow it).

I got the idea while talking to J and decided to implement it today. I started by waking up in the morning at around 7pm and having a good breakfast. Then, I finally painted my Guitar Hero controller shell and intermittenly checked on it throughout the day. From there, I went and practiced for my Japanese speaking final, watched some Regular Show, downloaded some psychoanalysis books on my Kindle and read a little, slept for an hour (which was not part of my schedule but good nonetheless) and walked to Goodwill and Target. I didn't get much from Target, but Goodwill was cool because I bought some graphic novels.

My New Pentium III Late 90's PC: the Sony PCV-LX800! ...And the Journey of Installing Windows ME.

Thu, 27 Apr 2023 14:47:24 -0700

Yesterday, I was walking to a thrift store near me and I walked into it, not really expecting to find much, until I walked into the electronics section. I didn't see a lot at first, they had some crappy mid 2000's prebuilts, random Blu-Ray players, and cables. But as I double checked, I noticed something that piqued my interest: a Pentium III sticker. I looked more and saw right above a Windows sticker with the 9x era logo. I darted my eyes around and saw the beige grey case, the dull blue lining down the center, the very unique and of the era 90s design, and on the side: the VAIO logo. On it was taped a piece of paper that read: "PC - NOT TESTED" and below that: "$5". I picked it up immediately. I had to walk a bit before I got a ride, but I got back home and placed it on the floor of my room, admiring it. I mean... look at it!

Thrift Finds (04-25-23)

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 22:11:09 -0700

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My thrift finds on Monday. I found a few things, went to a Savers and two Goodwills, and overall, spent about 90 dollars, more or less (the Savers stuff, like the i7, was all half off). Pretty awesome finds, I think I will probably do some stuff with the guitar since I want to get into Clone Hero but I also want to mod it for the awesomeness of it, and it will be fun :)

haircuts for men CD is here!!!

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 21:55:04 -0700

My new haircuts for men CD is here!!! Love their music, so I'm finally glad to own a CD of peak :D

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Small Drawing (04-23-23)

Sun, 23 Apr 2023 22:04:16 -0700

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LEGO Sonic the Hedgehog (21331) Build

Sat, 22 Apr 2023 11:59:06 -0700

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OK, my second post on the LEGO Ideas Sonic the Hedgehog set. Here's a pic of the box again. Let's open it up.

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Looks pretty cool, inside we have 7 different bags, manual, stickers, the usual stuff.

Nick Makes Poor Financial Decisions: Featuring LEGO Sonic the Hedgehog!

Fri, 21 Apr 2023 15:13:20 -0700

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Why do I keep doing this lol

I'm supposed to be saving money, but I just dropped 70 bucks on this after seeing the new Sonic sets, mainly out of fear that it was gonna go out of print soon. So, yeah. It was just 70 bucks, but I still feel horrible for buying it. Hopefully when I finish building it, that guilt will leave me.... I will make an update once I finish this set, but it might take a while because I have a busy weekend :(

Death of a Beautiful Creature

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 21:27:52 -0700

This beautiful soul has been brutally murdered :(

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Cool Girl (I Don't Have a Name For Her Yet)

Mon, 17 Apr 2023 22:47:46 -0700

I took a week to make this. It's not perfect, but I'm definitely making progress. Really happy with how this turned out. Wish she had a name though...

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Suzume: Oh Cool, Another Shinkai Film

Sun, 16 Apr 2023 22:35:56 -0700

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A few days ago, I watched Suzume in theaters. I think it was pretty good. However, I do have some things I'd like to talk about.

THE BAD

First of all, the main character romance couple thing is getting kind of old. The only Makoto Shinkai movies I have seen so far are Your Name, Weathering with You, and now, Suzume, his three most recent movies, and all of them involve a boy and girl duo who fall in love at the end after doing their whole supernatural thing. It is getting kind of old and I wish he would make something different. Not to mention, in this movie, the romance feels... off? I'm not going to go into the whole dynamic of a 17 year old wanting to get together with a university student, but it didn't really feel like they were together in a romantic sense, and yet the film sort of forcefully tries to get them together by making Suzume fall in love with him, which... I don't know. Anyways, yeah, this romance thing is getting old, to be honest.

The Past Week Has Been a Drain

Sat, 15 Apr 2023 22:46:55 -0700

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I have not updated this website in a week.

Oopsies :P

I’ve been kind of bogged down this week, mainly by school, but I’ve also been busy setting up Proxmox and pfSense on my server instead of just using Docker. It took a bit of learning and hours of struggling, but I figured it out in the end, and now my computer uses my home server as a network and has access to a full 2.5Gb connection to it.

Sketch (04-06-23)

Sat, 08 Apr 2023 20:17:44 -0700

Sketched a little using some reference, I think it's pretty obvious to tell what was and wasn't referenced, but yeah I'm starting to like the look of my art more :)

Progress, baby!

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Smokin' Korea

Sat, 08 Apr 2023 20:14:51 -0700

Posted on Twitter a long time ago (on my now locked account), but I guess I never got to posting it here for some reason... weird.

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Wed, 05 Apr 2023 22:25:08 -0700

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Went to see the Mario Movie today. It was good, not perfect at all, but it's still an enjoyable watch.

THE BAD

The movie's first half was okay, but think the pacing was a little too fast, but I'm not sure if it was because of the fact that the first half consists of pretty much all the clips they showed in the trailers or if it was just fast, I think it was both. Another criticism I have is that I think Mario is set up to be a more complex character than he really turned out to be. I don't expect Illumination to make the next Travis Bickle or anything, but their setup for Mario is inconsistent. I think they try to set him up as being a bit of a coward, but he doesn't show that in the movie at all until the very end, and even then it's just he's scared for 20 seconds and then comes out. His friendship with Donkey Kong is also very basic, like DK doesn't like him because he wins and then they talk about their parents a bit, nothing comes out of it except more fighting, and then they get out of the Maw-Ray and somehow they're friends now???? It's somewhat jarring, but oh well. I think that's honestly my biggest criticism of the movie, they set up stuff or there's scenes that have potential to be awesome, but they end up being very basic and by the book. Mario as a character had more potential, they could've given him at least a little bit of an arc, it seems like they were going to but just sort of forgot about it. I also wish Peach got more background or an arc, it seemed like they set up some stuff and did nothing with it, just like Mario... Seeing a pattern here.

Goodwill Hunting (Not the Movie)

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 19:14:58 -0700

Today is April Fools!

...and I have nothing prepared. Oh well.

Today, I went walking. I try to do this a couple of times a week, which sounds bad, but then again, I do go to school, so I'm not like a shut-in or anything haha. But yeah, today I walked. Went to Goodwill first. I really like the Goodwill near my area, because there's a lot of good stuff a lot of time. Today, I found 4 volumes of The Promised Neverland that I've been meaning to get, but never did, so this was a really nice thing to find. I got these for the price of a new volume, so I'm happy to add these to my collection of the first 3 volumes.

The Struggle of Good Writing

Fri, 31 Mar 2023 15:07:23 -0700

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Right now, I would not call myself a good writer. Not in the slightest. Recently, I’ve been working on a writing project with an odd premise, being a person who gets access to a large hub of camera feeds from around the world and his descent into that world of parasocialism. I think the concept itself is good, however, I’ve been struggling a lot with it. I think most of it might come down to the fact that I am writing at 11pm most of the time (which is something I’ve talked about before I think, I really need to fix that :/). However, there’s a few other things I’ve sort of come to see about my work on it:

A Tribe Called Quest

Tue, 28 Mar 2023 21:01:31 -0700

Been listening to their stuff for the first time recently. So far, this is my favorite song of theirs:

Hope to broaden my horizons to more music and different genres of music after only sticking to stuff like breakcore and drum and bass and stuff... man, I like them, but it makes me feel like I'm one of those quirky zoomers that like obscure things for the sake of it. I want to be an all-rounder. In other words... maybe a little more mainstream?

Dr. Pepper Cream Soda

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 21:14:40 -0700

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Today, I bought Dr. Pepper Cream Soda from Walmart, and I gotta say, it's kind of a nothingburger. I wouldn't say I necessarily hate it, it does taste a lot like Dr. Pepper, but the extra added flavor is something I don't really like a lot, I'd rather just get regular Dr. Pepper...

Switching My Home Server to Debian

Sun, 26 Mar 2023 13:33:38 -0700

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One day, my networking stopped working on my server. For context, I was running Ubuntu Server. I am not a big tech expert, so I could not figure out what was wrong, so I tried reinstalling Ubuntu Server, but even that didn't work. So Jame (realja.me) suggested I install Debian, so I did, and not much has changed so far, but it does help to have a desktop environment for troubleshooting. Apparently, my system will be more stable, so I hope so. I don't want to have to reinstall my OS again...

One Week With Steam Deck

Sun, 26 Mar 2023 13:07:06 -0700

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It has been a little over a week now since I got my Steam Deck, so this is how it's been so far. It's been...

...really good! Really, really good! I love the Steam Deck so far, I've been using it to mostly play Persona 5, but I also have tried other titles, such as Hi-Fi Rush, Resident Evil 2, and dabbled in emulation with Persona 3 FES (with HD textures and mods), and Breath of the Wild, and everything runs really well. Even more intense games, like Resident Evil 2, can run at 40FPS, which to me is perfectly acceptable. It's been making me want to play games more now, so I can finally use this to get through my backlog of games hopefully.

Writing (Both Narrative and Personal)

Fri, 24 Mar 2023 23:58:14 -0700

I want to write more. I remember having this sort of bias towards writing and reading over other forms of media because I was into the visual arts, so I wanted to make games or comics or movies or stuff like that. And I kept trying over and over again to make projects, and while I learned a lot, I also failed and never finished anything. I feel like writing sets the bar lower for me but lets me express myself a lot still.

Sketch (03-24-23)

Fri, 24 Mar 2023 23:52:13 -0700

Sometimes, I sit down at night and sketch (the best time for my productivity) and sometimes it feels good, and sometimes it feels bad. This feel really iffy tonight, leaning towards the negative side, but y'know what its ok i guess. I need to work on my writing more... Perhaps I will soon, I have been working on continuing my previous writing, I'm just thinking and writing as I go. I am on a tangent ok.

The Enigma of Constructing Human Hands in Drawing

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 12:28:59 -0700

Tried drawing at work. So hard, so confusing... how do people do this? It will take me a lot of practice to learn how to draw hands... oh..

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Drawing Scenery

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 19:41:43 -0700

My first attempt at drawing scenery rather than people, I think it turned out okay, but I will probably continue to work on this kinda stuff more.

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Building a HG Gundam Aerial

Sat, 18 Mar 2023 15:56:19 -0700

A while back, I bought this kit from Target to build. It looked really cool and I wanted to build it, even though I haven't seen the show.

The box itself looks really nice, it's got a somewhat simple but sleek look. Time to open it.

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Ooooohhh, colors.

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Stickers, too.

I Got My Steam Deck!

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:39:57 -0700

Hello, YouTube, this is Nick64 Tech Reviews, and today, I will be reviewing the Steam Deck! As you can see, I have it right here on my desk, so I will be doing an unboxing of it.

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Let's take the tape off of it... And inside, we see a sleeve with some pictures...

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Taking the sleeve off, we see the Deck itself in a case and a box on the left, assumably carrying the charging cable. Let's see the box.

18

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 22:03:01 -0700

Happy birthday to me!!!

I am now 18. Things do not feel too much different than yesteday. The weight of responsibility I now have has not set on me yet.

I didn't do too much today, I just went to a water park, ate some cheesecake at home, rewatched The Muppets (2011), and... yeah. That's kinda it, it wasn't super eventful, but I'm happy that way, I don't want to be overwhelmed or tired or anything, I just want to enjoy myself. I wish I had more to say about it, but that's all. I am an adult now, so that's neat...

Sketching (03-13-23)

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 18:00:08 -0700

Some sketches again, happy with some, and the others.... eh... its OK, though they don't need to be perfect or anything. I wonder if I should try to make proper full art pieces instead of just sketches and post them here...

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In Other News...

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 11:18:13 -0700

It's my birthday in less than 24 hours!!! So that's awesome...

This is more just an update on myself than a news thing, honestly. I've been good, not much has been going on. I did the USB-C mod, and also, oh...!

I ordered a Steam Deck! I'm selling my Switch off in order to buy it, but it should be here within this week if Valve doesn't take forever, so I'm really excited for that. I hope to do more gaming on the go with it and to get through my backlog with it. That, and I want to use my PSP more now that I have the USB-C mod. However, I could also just play all my PSP games on my Deck... oh well, it's fine.

ARK-4 Custom Firmware for the PSP

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 10:36:51 -0700

It was only last night that I actually learned about this CFW existing. It's apparently supposed to be a "new, updated, improved, and modern CFW for PSP and Vita's ePSP", so that's cool. It looks like it has some pretty nice improvements like plugins, Popcorn, which is for PS1 games, etc, but I didn't think much of it. At least, not until I scrolled down on their GitHub, where they mention:

A (Messy) Guide on USB-C for the PSP

Sat, 11 Mar 2023 20:26:46 -0700

As something of an update on the parts I got, I finished adding USB-C to my PSP 2000, and I wanted to make a small guide on how to do it, for anyone else that would want to do this.

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⚠️DISCLAIMER⚠️

I am NOT a modding expert, and this guide will show that very clearly, so follow as closely as you want to at your discretion.

My Stuff Came!!!

Sat, 11 Mar 2023 14:41:01 -0700

YIPEEEEEEEE IT FINALLY CAME, earlier than expected too. It said it was coming on Tuesday, so this is a very nice surprise. I will write something later today hopefully if I remember.

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Waiting Is Hard

Thu, 09 Mar 2023 15:39:30 -0700

Waiting is hard when there's nothing else to do or look forward to in your week.

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Buttons Are Fun

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 19:26:07 -0700

Adding more buttons to my website, finding new websites on the internet is really fun, and I really liked some of these sites, so if anyone actually checks this site out, please check out the others on the giant button section on the home page plz plz plz :)))))

Here's a couple of cool buttons I found that don't lead to anywhere, I just think they look neat. (courtesy of deadnet.se)

Selling My Quest 2

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 18:36:58 -0700

I listed my Quest 2 on eBay. I already discussed why I don't like VR (although how good that take was is debatable). But anyways, I'm done with VR, it's just not my thing. It was fun sometimes, but not enough for me to go into it more.

Sketching (03-07-23)

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 22:47:30 -0700

God why am I so much more productive at 10:48pm then at any other time of the day what the hell

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Sketching (03-06-23)

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 16:47:19 -0700

Attempting to do more poses and anatomy and stuff, I want to post more to start easing my way out of the mentality of not posting the bad stuff I make, because I feel that sort of mentality is a big part of what's keeping me from finishing things.

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Obscure Media Formats

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 22:09:31 -0700

I love obscure media formats.

Maybe I just like obscure things in general. But something about obscure media formats are so… I don’t know, alluring to me? There’s just something really fascinating about them and their history, I suppose.

For example, the LaserDisc. I don’t collect LaserDisc (but there are a couple I would love to own), but something about the format is so cool to me. Maybe it’s the fact that its literally just a huge ass silver platter with data on it, like a DVD (but not quite since LaserDisc is an analog format, unlike DVD). I don’t collect it, but I love looking into it and seeing the oddities of it and its history and whatnot.

Sandwiches

Tue, 17 Jan 2023 15:43:39 -0700

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Catching Up (Also Puss in Boots)

Mon, 16 Jan 2023 19:05:02 -0700

I haven't written here in a week. I don't really think it's a good or bad thing, I don't want to bloat my site, but at the same time, I also want to write more so I don't know. Anyways.

SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

I was sick for like half the week, still am a tiny, tiny bit, so that wasn't fun. But today was fun, I got to see the new Puss in Boots movie in theaters. I won't make a big long review, so I'll just make a quick summary of my thoughts here really fast:

Gurren Lagann

Fri, 30 Dec 2022 09:45:01 -0700

Wow, okay, it’s about time I finished watching this show.

Last night, I finally finished Gurren Lagann. I thought it was really good! I liked it a lot, and I’m glad I bought the Blu-ray set. I’m not gonna write an in-depth review or anything, just some quick thoughts I have about the show.

SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

First of all, I really like the style of the show and the atmosphere it sets up. I think the music is really good and the style of the art (except Episode 4) is really good, which I guess is expected, since this is the show that led to the creation of TRIGGER, one of my favorite anime studios known for their stylish and sharp artwork.

Stinky, Stinky VR

Fri, 30 Dec 2022 09:39:04 -0700

Ok, so I was going to write some big thing about why VR as a platform is bad, but the more I think about it, I think it’s just a matter of preference than anything. So instead of writing the worst criticisms possible about VR, I’ll just explain why I personally don’t like it.

The biggest one is more of a problem on my end than anything else, motion sickness. Some people have issues with this in VR, some don’t. I do, so actually using VR is kind of a pain in the ass for me.

Wow OK I Made This Site Much Nicer Overnight

Mon, 26 Dec 2022 00:19:17 -0700

Website overhaul again!?!?!? Yeah, I saw the cover art for a song and thought "Woah, OK my site needs to look like this", and here we are. I like it. I put a lot of work into it. I hope you like it too, reader :)

It's all yellow now, I added fancy CSS stuff, and I also added a newest posts section on the front page, so yipee!

Ok, good night.

Trying Out Fighting Games

Fri, 23 Dec 2022 16:05:43 -0700

When Smash Bros Ultimate preorders went live, I preordered immediately. I wasn't even into Smash Bros, I just really wanted to get into it, so I bought it in the hopes of finally fitting in with my friends who all played Smash Bros. And how did that go?

I haven't touched the game in years.

Fast forward to now, I've been wanting to get into it for the longest time. They seem really fun, and the kinda stuff I'd be into, but I was really intimidated by all the technical terms players were throwing around and their skills. It put me off of getting into them for a while, but today I checked Steam and said, "Hey, why not?", so I bought a couple of fighting games, but the one I'm mainly kinda hooked on right now is Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late. It's fun, but I really suck at the game, which is to be expected since I never played anything much prior. I think I'm finally beginning to understand a little and I've gotten slightly better at it. I'm just playing Hyde and I kinda learned the basics of the gameplay and moves and stuff. I finally got my first CPU win after like 30-40 minutes of playing around with it. It's fun, but I hope I can manage to make myself stick to playing them.

Should You Make a Website?

Thu, 22 Dec 2022 14:49:48 -0700

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It depends. That's a really unconclusive answer, sorry.

I think it's a matter of how much effort you want to put into it and what you want to use it for.

For me, I did it because I wanted a place to post whatever I wanted to, like stupid rants or art or whatnot. It also gives me an outlet to be more creative about my profile, instead of a place like Twitter where it's simply just the profile picture, background, and profile text, and that's it. It's not bad if you don't mind it, I just really wanted to have somewhere more open and customizable to let my thoughts out on.

MAKE A HOMELAB NOW!!!

Thu, 22 Dec 2022 11:35:59 -0700

YOU WILL MAKE A HOMELAB NOW!!!!!

YOU WILL BUY SEVERAL TERABYTES OF STORAGE FOR BACKUPS AND STORING TORRENTED MEDIA OR RIPS!!!!!!

YOU WILL SET UP PROGRAMS LIKE SEARX AND JELLYFIN TO DEBOTNET YOUR LIFE!!!!!!

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY....

YOU WILL HAVE FUN DOING IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Website Overhaul!!!

Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:29:14 -0700

As you can see now, the website has quite a different look to it. I'm not really sure if I'll keep it as the final one, but I'm really digging the look of it. It also took me like a week to make because I'm bad at HTML + CSS :(

Anyways, I hope whoever sees this enjoys it!

In other news, I have been playing other stuff like Persona 3 now, and also working on my short comic. I feel like I've been doing more stuff to distract myself, but in the end, I still feel not very great... Perhaps I should write about that. Maybe next time I get the motivation to write again.

Why the PlayStation 2 Is Awesome

Mon, 12 Dec 2022 19:21:28 -0700

The irony of me changing my profile picture to an Xbox character right before making a post shilling the PS2 is uncanny. Was just thinking about the PS2 because of how much I prefer it over the Xbox.

When I was a kid (2013-ish or smth), my parents didn't really buy new game consoles like the PS4 or the Xbox One, so when my dad got an old Xbox from someone he was working for, me and my older brother ended up using it a lot because that was all we had. I remember him playing Blinx the Time Sweeper on the Xbox and never being able to beat the final boss, and also messing around with Xbox Music Mixer... those were the only 2 games my parents had for that thing. The guy gave like 50 other games in the box but my parents donated them all because they were all rated M ;(.

A Fake Evangelion Adult Swim Promo

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 16:01:31 -0700

Made this promo while listening to the track in the video, thought of this, and made it this morning. Honestly pretty proud of it, but I don't know if it really fits in with the style of Adult Swim promos. Maybe a little. I don't know.

Enjoy.

My New Friend

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 19:56:47 -0700

Hey guys, today I was out and about and I found this little guy chilling around in my subconscious, so I put my finger wwaaaaaayyyy inside my nose until I could touch my brain and I picked him right out. Meet my new friend guys!

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My new friend

He's a little bit shy, so please be nice. He likes playing tic-tac-toe and drinking Dr Pepper!

Sketch (12-04-2022)

Sun, 04 Dec 2022 21:39:57 -0700

Made this sketch today, I think there are obviously some faults because I am in no way an expert at art or anything, but I'm honestly just proud of the progress I'm making. Granted, I did use a reference, but no tracing or anything, so I'm happy. I need to keep doing these so I can properly understand human proportions and draw better.

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More Rain

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 21:13:02 -0700

Today was a really nice day. It actually rained a lot more than I thought, I thought it'd only rain for the morning, but it rained the whole day, which was really refreshing and set a good mood for me. I also worked on the website and fixed some RSS stuff, worked on my new project (which I won't say much about right now hehe), and also got more letters from colleges. One college sent me a "handwritten" letter that was just printed for the whole message except for my name on the top. The address was written too, but they spelt my name wrong. How special. It was good though.

December

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 23:34:31 -0700

It is now Decemberrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is so awesome guys!!!!!!

Ok good nite

My Time Watching Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time in IMAX.

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 22:42:43 -0700

It was mid.

Let me clarify. I... like this movie. Not a lot, but I like it. I think watching it in theaters has made me appreciate some aspects of the movie a lot, some of the scenes were really cool to see in theaters (especially the scene of Asuka trying to penetrate Unit 13) and the music was really cool and epic to hear, but the IMAX presentation felt somewhat... lacking, I guess? It didn't feel as punchy as I had hoped. And all these things also don't help with the story of the movie itself and how things go, which I have quite a few issues with some parts, mainly the end.

I got the Gurren Lagann Blu-Ray box set.

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 21:16:18 -0700

Finally got the Gurren Lagann box set in my mail today after ordering it on the RightStufAnime Black Friday sale and waiting a week for it to arrive. Being my first Aniplex box set, DAMN was it expensive. But it was worth it, it's really nice. I haven't finished the series yet but I wanted it because it was fire. Will waste more moneyz on future box sets in the future.

Sex Album

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 00:34:37 -0700

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Genesis

Fri, 25 Nov 2022 14:48:48 -0700

In the beginning, I created this shitty website. Thus the homepage and the template were completed in their subpar looks. By the twenty-seventh day I had finished the work I had been doing; so on the twenty-seventh day I rested forever and ever from all this work. Then I blessed the twenty-seventh day and made it awesome, because on it I rested from all the work of creating I had done by watching anime and YouTube the whole day.