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The Garfie Zoneblong
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Oct 22, 2026
Canon XL1s
I stumbled upon and borrowed a Canon XL1s, a MiniDV camcorder from 2001. My only other MiniDV experience was a Canon ZR80, a (if I remember correctly) fairly cheap lil thing I got back in 2005. Not awful, it served me well! Digging it out in recent years though, absolutely underwhelmed compared to some of the older VHS based camcorders I have. Colors washed out, worst sound ever. But damn, I powered on this XL1s and it was beautiful. I didn't know MiniDV could look so pretty! The colors, the cla...
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The Garfie Zoneblong
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Jul 13, 2026
veggietarianizm
I am just over six months meat-free wahoo. I was a vegetarian for a long time, I wanna say 8 years without breaking it. But then I broke it! It was at a time in my life where I was rediscovering myself and experiencing change. I had moved out of my parent's house finally, I had a girlfriend I moved in with, I dropped out of school, I was becoming part of a new social group. Things were changing and I was re-evaluating. I dunno! I broke the vegetarianism thing because I felt stifled a bit. It fel...
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The Garfie Zoneblong
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Jul 11, 2026
phones
I hate phones. Anyway I'm gonna list the phones I've used. My last phone before smartphone was a LG Neon Gt365. Loved that thing, used it for years. Finally got me a smartphone in I think 2012. It was the iPhone 4. Loved it! Looking back on it, perfect size/shape for a phone. Then I jumped ship for Android. Got a Samsung Galaxy S6 in 2015. Permanent Android convert. Then I got a Google Pixel 2 in 2017. Remember that one. Great phone. Active Edges, a wonderful feature that lets you squeeze the ph...
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The Garfie Zoneblong
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May 12, 2026
Shoes That I Have
Realized I have Footwear Autism, or something. A few things came together to realize this. My sweetie runs a shoe store, so I've been getting the good shoe hookup for the past buncha years. A while ago, she got me some shoes for around the house, and I loved them. I think they were some Crocs with a fuzzy lining. Loved wearing those things. Which made me realize that I hate walking around barefoot! I don't really like just socks either. I don't like the sensation! I hate to feel the floor on my ...
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The Garfie Zoneblong
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May 4, 2026
I'm 35
A birthday is not so fun anymore. Sure, I didn't plan on doing anything, and instead I took a gig so I mostly just worked on my birthday. My fault, I could have planned something. I could have said no to the gig and went to the aquarium with my sweetie and invited my friends to the bar. Oh well. I can still do all that. But an opportunity to run sound for a jazz gig that also introduces me to new people who can hire me? Don't wanna pass that up! But even still, it was uneventful. And I'm 35 now....
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The Garfie Zoneblong
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Apr 14, 2026
Skateboarding
I've been wanting to skateboard for many years. Always too scared. I was a big ol' fan of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, since the first game came out, but that never really translated into an interest of skateboarding in the real world. I remember standing on a skateboard at Toys R Us when I was like ten but immediately didn't like it. Was scared of it. Also I think my parents discouraged it anyway. My brother was a skateboarder at the time and he'd occasionally come home all bloodied n shit, they did...
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The Garfie Zoneblong
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Mar 29, 2026
Moving my blog to pckt!
I'm finally moving my blog to pckt, something I've been wanting to do for a lil bit but never committed to because I really wanted a custom domain. And hey, they just introduced custom domains! So here we are! I was previously using Zonelets (https://zonelets.net/) for my website and blogging purposes, which I still do highly recommend!! Zonelets is more of a all-in-one thing with a landing page, archive page, custom pages, and blog, but I started a new site from scratch so the Zonelets blog did...
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The Garfie Zoneblong
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Mar 25, 2026
Custom Domain!1
Custom domains are here and that was the kick I needed to transfer my blog over here i'm very excited! Here have cat:
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The Garfie Zoneblong
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Mar 10, 2026
Linux Gaming: My Experience
Originally posted on my Zonelets blog I love to use Linux! I'm a Mac gal, I have been for decades, but I also like to toy around with Linux. First tried dual booting OSX and Linux on my PowerPC eMac, and I didn't really have any use for that, but it was fun to do! I'm also a gamer! Getting my first Intel Mac, I was able to dual boot OSX and Windows and have my first machine capable of running stuff! It was great! Then there seemed to be a Valve push to get games on Linux, as we see now with Stea...
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The Garfie Zoneblong
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Jan 5, 2026
2025 Things
Originally posted on my Zonelets blog Before 20205 ended I was going to write a post looking back on all the things I've done or that have happened in 2025 that I liked or whatever. A way to look back positively. And then I didn't write it. And then 2026 happened, and I woke up feeling really depressed and unaccomplished. And then I felt better. And now I'm going back to the idea of that post. So I guess here it goes, I hope there's actually enough to make me feel okay about the year. Oh boy, no...
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The Garfie Zoneblong
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Dec 13, 2025
Gosh I'm Tired
I have another blog post from a few months ago that I only just started, the title is The Austism Thang because I'm been thinking about that for a while. The whole am I austisic or not has been coming up every so often the past few years and then I read Unmasking Autism by Dr Devon Price (I highly recommend) and there was too much that I strongly related to so now I'm trying to go through life with the idea that I'm autistic and well that's just something that's changing my perspective on the wo...
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The Garfie Zoneblong
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Dec 13, 2025
tech code dev beep boop
Originally posted on my Zonelets blog I like compooter, I think code is neat, I think hardware is neat, I think hackin' is neat, I think websites is neat. I just don't know how to do any of it! I want to learn! I've been dabbling in websites forever but I never got more than basic HTML/CSS, barely got into JS. It's hard for me! And I don't know how to learn things, which is a problem in many areas of my life. What is study? I dunno! I never became a good musician because of it. I keep wanting to...
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