Cassettes are a little *too* old school for me, but I still listen to my own mp3(/m4a, whatever) playlists and burn mp3 CDs for my car and don't intend to change that unless I have to.
for your holiday reading pleasure:
i wrote about why i’m getting back into tapes, and what we’ve lost by letting ourselves get addicted to platforms built around surveillance and instant gratification. 🎶 @404media.co
i wrote about why i’m getting back into tapes, and what we’ve lost by letting ourselves get addicted to platforms built around surveillance and instant gratification. 🎶 @404media.co
Why I Quit Streaming And Got Back Into Cassettes
In the age of Spotify and AI slop, tapes remind us what we’re missing when we stop taking risks.
www.404media.co
December 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Cassettes are a little *too* old school for me, but I still listen to my own mp3(/m4a, whatever) playlists and burn mp3 CDs for my car and don't intend to change that unless I have to.
Me, doing absolutely nothing for Christmas: Why is the internet so quiet today?! ...oh, right.
December 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Me, doing absolutely nothing for Christmas: Why is the internet so quiet today?! ...oh, right.
Today I am "read 'sage' (as in the herb) as sa-ge with a hard G" degrees of tired...
December 24, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Today I am "read 'sage' (as in the herb) as sa-ge with a hard G" degrees of tired...
I have an extremely long fandom history of Doing It Wrong (when it comes to not being into very popular characters/pairings/shows/etc.) and yet I'm still very confused Pikachu face every time I find myself staring at something trying & failing to have the "correct" feelings...
December 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I have an extremely long fandom history of Doing It Wrong (when it comes to not being into very popular characters/pairings/shows/etc.) and yet I'm still very confused Pikachu face every time I find myself staring at something trying & failing to have the "correct" feelings...
Today I am "called my cat-nephew by my human nephew's name two separate times" degrees of awake. (I don't usually do that.)
December 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Today I am "called my cat-nephew by my human nephew's name two separate times" degrees of awake. (I don't usually do that.)
brb adding the "Angst with a Hopeful Ending" tag to basically all my longfics 😅 That has been my thing for a long time
tag yourself I'm "right person wrong time"
December 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
brb adding the "Angst with a Hopeful Ending" tag to basically all my longfics 😅 That has been my thing for a long time
You don't say...
December 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
You don't say...
When you sit between two bored small children in a restaurant:
December 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
When you sit between two bored small children in a restaurant:
Please enjoy my nephew's beautiful masterpiece, Upside Down Dreidel With A Ribbon Moustache.
December 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Please enjoy my nephew's beautiful masterpiece, Upside Down Dreidel With A Ribbon Moustache.
I tried to make challah dreidels for my niblings... 😅
December 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I tried to make challah dreidels for my niblings... 😅
My cat-nephew is very cute.
December 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
My cat-nephew is very cute.
Nothing inspires me to write more than reading/watching some trope done badly (or just in a way that doesn't work for me personally) and thinking, "It would be better if it was like this..."
December 17, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Nothing inspires me to write more than reading/watching some trope done badly (or just in a way that doesn't work for me personally) and thinking, "It would be better if it was like this..."
Happy Chanukah, continued
December 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Happy Chanukah, continued
18 for sure, though I think I might have used the other 2 (waterbed & typewriter) briefly & forgotten.
Show your age
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
December 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
18 for sure, though I think I might have used the other 2 (waterbed & typewriter) briefly & forgotten.
I had fancy tea and a nice mini-hike today.
December 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I had fancy tea and a nice mini-hike today.
We drove out of town to see the Geminids & we had an amazing view of the stars & a respectable number of meteors...for like 20 minutes before clouds moved in super fast & hid all the stars. Oh well. Still worth it.
December 14, 2025 at 5:16 AM
We drove out of town to see the Geminids & we had an amazing view of the stars & a respectable number of meteors...for like 20 minutes before clouds moved in super fast & hid all the stars. Oh well. Still worth it.
I like my poppy seed cake black (like my soul). (Belated birthday cake for my sister)
December 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I like my poppy seed cake black (like my soul). (Belated birthday cake for my sister)
My sister and I made a fancy dinner, featuring filet mignon with homemade yuzu salt.
December 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
My sister and I made a fancy dinner, featuring filet mignon with homemade yuzu salt.
I started rereading Wicked for the first time in a lot of years after watching the first musical movie on my flight & boy, I forgot just how much the musical changed...
December 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I started rereading Wicked for the first time in a lot of years after watching the first musical movie on my flight & boy, I forgot just how much the musical changed...
I'm not sure Cookie Monster approved this message...
December 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I'm not sure Cookie Monster approved this message...
I'm enjoying being at my sister's where it's cold enough to wear cozy clothes inside & have lots of hot drinks, but it makes me want to subsist on a diet of tea and I should probably not do that.
December 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I'm enjoying being at my sister's where it's cold enough to wear cozy clothes inside & have lots of hot drinks, but it makes me want to subsist on a diet of tea and I should probably not do that.
My sister and I are doing a thing.
December 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My sister and I are doing a thing.
Well, I didn't manage to get falling snow but I did get hailed on today, which is almost the same. XD
December 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Well, I didn't manage to get falling snow but I did get hailed on today, which is almost the same. XD
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