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May 18, 2021 8:15 PM

So many blog updates

Sometimes my life gets so busy and I go months neglecting my side projects and sometimes...

Sometimes ya need to roll with those impulses. I find that's when I can really get into something. Or be enthusiastic about it.

Yeah. So I have a bunch of site updates:

Did I break anything? We shall see...

#site-update

May 28, 2021 6:32 PM

Elite Beat Agents

Because one silly rhythm game quarantine goal wasn't enough, I decided that I would turn on my Nintendo DS for the first time in years and play some Elite Beat Agents. And the battery on that thing is amazing. I hadn't charged it in over 5 years and it still turned on and had plenty of battery left.

I've heard the gameplay is similar to osu! but what makes it unique is that each song you can play has a story. Each one has a similar structure: the main character has some sort of ordeal they need to get through, and they call for help from the agents, and the agents dance their way to success. How well you do on the rhythm game determines the outcome of the story.

         ,-.         ;    ____  ____    __ __   .
         \_ \     _-'   / ____// __ \  / // /  _,'
          \  \    `-.  / / __// / / / / // / ,'
       _ ,-\_ \   _-' / /_/ // /_/ / /_//_/  `.
   ,~,',' ,'\_ `. `-. \____/ \____/ (_)(_) _.--`  
   : ! ; .       `-~~~. ,.-'-._    ,-~-. .'
    \; ! +      _.---=' ,.---.  `.'     `
      \: ',_,.-'#      //-~-~-\\
        `-'    {      |'==-,-=='|
          \`==' \     ('=='/'==')
           \     \    :! _`w_  !;
            \     "-,__ |[___]| __
             \          t_____J    ``~-.
              \        (   ^   ) _/\_ | \
               }        \ /*\ /  >  < |  \

I first played this game...14 years ago? I remembered it being a lot of fun, but once I got to the Hard Rock! level I struggled a lot, and I was never able to beat the whole game. But this time, I was determined to finish it. And because I like to make things harder for myself, I also decided to try and get a full combo on every single song on all 4 levels.

Yeah, I don't know why I insist on full combo-ing everything. That definitely made this take way longer than I wanted it to, and I think I hate the song Survivor now.

But I did it! And I only had to charge my DS twice this whole time! This is a fun game. I definitely recommend, but I don't think I'll ever play this again in my life.

#game #review #accomplishment #ascii-art

May 30, 2021 7:59 AM

Fixing more of my ascii art

Back when I was coloring ascii art by hand, I hit this weird bug that happened when I turned my phone sideways. Well, it's been a while since I turned my phone sideways and I did it again, and noticed more weirdness. I had a few ascii art images that were slightly off on the first row, which didn't seem too bad, but then I saw this monstrosity.

Then I asked my sister to look at the pages on her phone (flipped) and...they looked perfectly fine. Hmm. I guess if my site is only-broken-on-my-device that's better than only-guaranteed-to-work-on-my-device.

Anyway, I analyzed the code, and I realized that this was an issue:

<span class="gray">    </span><span class="lightgold">,*

No, it's not the fact that that second <span> isn't closed. I did that on the next line. It's the first <span> that has nothing but whitespace in it. I don't know, my phone had issues with that. This is just a side effect of how my color-rizer tool works, and maybe I'll fix it one day. Maybe. For now I just modified the html directly. As of now, I've fixed it on the ascii art pages, but not in the individual blog posts. But maybe later.

#adventures-in-debugging

June 8, 2021 11:24 PM

Top 7 moments of my trip to the Pacific Northwest

in no particular order:
#personal

July 5, 2021 12:06 PM

I need a break

"You always say that"

Yeah, I know.

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