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1/29/2025 MyRetroTVs: A Skeuomorphic Old TV Website
I just found out about this website from a spacehey forum on old internet revival projects. It has webpages for different eras of TV. The webpages look like this:

As you can see, it not only lets you select the era of TV, but also the genre. My fav are the music channels. But some of the other stuff is interesting. There's one talkshow clip where they're talking about people who think they're werewolves? for some reason.

They also were able to make light bounce around the rim of the screen for the 60s TV.

1/28/2025 Switching Back to Tubular After It Updated
I had switched back to Newpipe over its fork Tubular after it stopped working & didn't update for months. However it finally updated. So I'm gonna redownload Tubular & hopefully I'm have the motivation to reorganize my subscription feeds.
1/28/2025 Firefox Themes I Think Are Cool
Glossy Tab Contours

Moonshine Wood

Night Swim Animated

Purple Starfield Animated

Rainbow Blur Evolution Light

Rosé Pine Moon

Shiny Purple Cubes

Skeuomorphic Dark Gradient

Spooky Woods Animated

Translucent Purple Galaxy

Trippy Triangles Animated

Vista Aero Glass

Y2K/Cybercore/Scifi Themes

[Animated] Blue Plexus

Animated Neutron Stars

Maker Theme

Matrix Purple Animated

Melancholic Y2K

1/27/2025 Considering Language Learning (Again)
I'm thinking about getting back into learning languages. The problem is I don't know what to learn & last time I burnt myself out by learning too many. I think American Sign Language would be the coolest one to learn. But I can't ultilize SMPlayer's dual subtitle feature for that. Plus I have no one to converse with. Same problem with Bengali (another language that sounds cool to me). I could relearn Greek again. But it's hard to find media for that. I could learn Spanish. It'd be good for looking for work but most of my practice would be online. I'm nervous about all these languages.
1/26/2025 How to Guide: Pirating on a Budget: What if I Don't Have the Money for a Good VPN?
This post is inspired by easyussr's piracy guide. For a more general understanding of torrenting, look at easyussr's post.

For torrenting, I personally switch between I2P+ and 2 not-so-ideal VPNs. For VPNs with a limited data plan, I recommend you split tunnel it to reduce the amount of data that it uses up. But be careful because you wanna check to make sure if it's inclusive tunneling (includes selected apps) or exclusive tunneling (excludes selected apps).

I2P is a little more complicated. I2P is technically not a VPN. However I2P not only encrypts & masks your IP address, but is a free & open source closed network. That means it's less likely to get a corpo snooping on you through seeding because it doesn't interact that much with the regular web. The entire network is also peer to peer. Unlike Tor, it's designed with UDP & P2P traffic in mind. Depending on which version of I2P you get, you might have to install a java program onto your machine to read the html files. So research each version. These html files give you access to a torrent client & end to end encrypted email. To set up I2P, install java 1st (unless you're using i2pd), then set up a browser profile with 127.0.0.1 as the ip address in your proxy settings. You can also use an extension for configuring the proxy settings, like Foxy Proxy.

Torrenting over I2P: I2Pd comes with its own browser, but you still need to set up the samsbridge & proxy settings for an external torrent client. I recommend qBittorrent, but some use BiglyBT. BiglyBT has the ability to torrent clearnet or regular internet torrents over I2P. To do that with I2PSnark (the Java I2P torrent client), you need to copy the torrent file over to your I2P snark folder (found in your I2P profile folder), then you use the Torrent Creator (the wand button) to copy paste the infohash/magnet link. To torrent files specifically meant for I2P, either download it into your I2P snark folder OR press the plus sign and copy paste the magnet link. I2P is slower than regular torrenting, especially in the beginning. But like regular torrenting, it can be sped up by a lot of seeders or a small file size. To find sites on I2P, I recommend using the directory notbob.i2p which tags nsfw & offensive content. To find torrents, I recommend tracker2.postman.i2p.

Recommended Videos on I2P & I2PSnark:

Try I2P: Download Torrents Anonymously With I2PSnark by (RTP) Privacy & Tech Tips

Anonymous Torrenting With I2P by Mental Outlaw

Introduction to I2P by Mental Outlaw

I2P Tour: Search Engines, Free Anonymous Email, Interesting Eepsites by (RTP) Privacy & Tech Tips

Other options: a direct downloader or meta search engine like Hatt or Sonar

1/26/2025 Vent? Dysphoria, Perception & I Saw The TV Glow
I just saw the film "I Saw The TV Glow" today. While I get why it's popular, I'm not sure how much I connected with it personally. I feel like if this came out earlier in my life, I'd feel "seen." Owen's problem is she doesn't wanna accept her transness. My problem is I'm ready to transition, but I'm not currently in a safe environment. A lot of transphobia doesn't phase me as much as it used to. I'm not sure if it's because I'm starting to care less about what others think, or if I do the same amount, but it's manifesting differently. I've just accepted that a lot of people aren't willing to understand trans identity outside of their pre-concivied notions. It seems the less I care, the more I want to transition. That said, I'm hairy & missed my periods for like over a year which is probably closer to transitioning than a lot of people can get. I always felt uncomfortable when people called me "cute" or "pretty" or expressed attraction to me. Not because I disagree, but because I know these same people can't comprehend me genuinely liking my bodyhair and yet they have the nerve to act like THEIR opinion of me is the right one. Those people only want me to have confidence in my femininity but not physical traits outside of that. I could see Owen being the same way in that regard because she's not sure if she's attracted to anyone, but she could also just be aroace or a late bloomer etc. I guess maybe it didn't work for me as a horror film because it is a more simplified version of my lived reality. I still liked it though for the character drama & vibes.
1/26/2025 Changed the Webpage Theme
Self-explanatory. I wasn't sure if I could actually do it or if it was gonna end up like my idea to make the art page tv-themed. But I did it!!! :)
1/23/2025 Vent: Sensitivity, Strength and Weakness
I feel overly sensitive a lot of the time, especially lately. I've been through worse stuff yet I can't let go of this one trauma. I don't know how much of that is those worse past traumas influencing my perspective and how much is me caring too much about others' opinions. I'm told I'm "stronger than this" but that would imply I'm being weak right now.
1/20/25 New to Neocities
I decided to keep the blog page simple with a dark mode & light mode. I'm still figuring out how to code. But I'm getting the hang of it. I like neocities so far. The website or collection of websites feel different from just blogging on social media. Not only is it more rewarding to make your own site, but it's also interesting to see what aesthetics people like. Half of the sites I follow on here don't even have the same interests as me, but I follow them because the design's pretty or impressive. I almost never do that with social media. It's a really unique experience.