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I also updated the Commissions section, mainly cleaning up the requests page a little. It links to the rest of the site now. https://pixelglade.net/artwork/commissions/commissions.html

pixelglade

1 year ago

I finished the Cornelius Quartet today (last book Condition of Muzak) and I am very sad. Going at the top of my favorite science fiction books list. https://pixelglade.net/misc/favorites/favbooks.html

pixelglade updated Pixel Glade Splash Page

1 year ago

Pixel Glade Splash Page

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pixelglade updated Pixel Glade Splash Page

1 year ago

pixelglade 1 year ago

Felt bad for leaving the runner up for Caress of Steel blank so I put the Necromancer in.

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pixelglade

1 year ago

I should just set up a Shrines section under Misc and shove a bunch of really obsessive Rush stuff there.

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pixelglade 1 year ago

Except maybe call it something other than shrine, something that doesn't imply deification.

pixelglade

1 year ago

Made a favorite Rush songs page with some explanation for why I picked them. https://pixelglade.net/misc/funstuff/jukebox/favoriterushsongs.html

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arkmsworld 1 year ago

Great band. I've seen them 3 times in concert. I also played bass guitar in a rock band in high school with an amazing drummer who was totally into Rush so we played a bunch of their songs. He went on to play for a reasonably famous professional band.

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arkmsworld 1 year ago

What can this strange device be? When I touch it, it gives forth sound.

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pixelglade 1 year ago

OMFG I wish I could have seen them in concert, but I only got on the bandwagon after they had retired and Neil Peart died :( Do you have a favorite song or album (I'm guessing you love 2112 too haha)?

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pixelglade 1 year ago

It’s got wires that vibrate, and give music What can this thing be that I found?

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pixelglade 1 year ago

Do you have any recordings of your music / bass guitar? would be so cool to hear it

arkmsworld 1 year ago

I think I first heard them on the radio with their Moving Pictures album. Unfortunately, I didn't really get to see them the first time in concert until their Power Windows tour. I love all of their music from Rush up through Signals, after that, not as much. They were always amazing in concert, though, no matter what album they were on tour for. One of the best sounding live bands I've ever heard.

arkmsworld 1 year ago

Favorite song....I dunno, maybe Red Barchetta, Limelight, 2112, or this..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEuOoMprDqg

arkmsworld 1 year ago

I don't have any recordings of our old stuff anymore. I wish I did but it's been years. We actually made a demo tape of three original songs our guitarist wrote the lyrics and guitar part for...then we each added our own parts. Don't have that either anymore. :( I've moved around a LOT in my life and possessions go their own way over time, lol.

arkmsworld 1 year ago

Neal took alot of inspiration from dystopian Ayn Rand novels, which of course inspired me to read them. Anthem and The Fountainhead were my 2 favorites. Anthem is short, about 100 pages as I recall, and was the first one I read.

arkmsworld 1 year ago

Oh, I almost forgot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jm4LoOaAWI Take off, eh!

pixelglade 1 year ago

Xanadu is a great song! I ended up reading Anthem and The Fountainhead because of Rush too. I considered Atlas Shrugged but it is extremely long and I struggled through the second half of The Fountainhead because characters increasingly went on several page ranting monologues. It's a shame your recordings weren't saved - do you still play? Maybe you can make some new recordings. :)

pixelglade 1 year ago

Also I've had Take Off on repeat for awhile haha even though I'm not from The Great White North. Ten bucks is ten bucks!

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arkmsworld 1 year ago

No, I haven't played bass since maybe my first year of college. I sort of picked it up because I wanted to play music and that's what the bands I played in needed (bass players were always in short supply). But listening to people like Geddy Lee, John Paul Jones, Stanley Clarke, and others instilled a love of the instrument in me. It's something I wouldn't mind exploring again someday. Still, I've always been a bit

arkmsworld 1 year ago

more into guitars - especially acoustic guitars. I have an old Fender that I dabble on occasionally. Even more than that, though, I've always been a singer, though never professionally. That's where my true love is. :)

arkmsworld 1 year ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UeGt2DcPHk As a tangent, this guy makes some really in depth videos about songs and bands he finds extraordinary. Here's a list called "What makes this song Great?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynFNt4tgBJ0&list=PLW0NGgv1qnfzb1klL6Vw9B0aiM7ryfXV_

arkmsworld 1 year ago

I'm not from the GWN either, but it's a beauty, eh? :)

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pixelglade 1 year ago

Thanks for the YouTube links, I'll check those out :)

pixelglade

1 year ago

Added a black bean burrito recipe and a coconut oil mocha recipe. It's winter here atm so I would highly recommend the mocha for cold weather! https://pixelglade.net/resources/veganrecipes/blackbeanburrito.html https://pixelglade.net/resources/veganrecipes/coconutoilmocha.html

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pixelglade updated Pixel Glade Splash Page

1 year ago

Pixel Glade Splash Page

space-bar pixelglade

1 year ago

I am lovin’ all your artwork!

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pixelglade 1 year ago

Thank you!

pixelglade space-bar

1 year ago

Hey space-bar, thought the pixel art and retro aestethetic was cool. I also really love your Jukebox - the they/them non-binary resistance song is pretty neat.

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pixelglade 1 year ago

also thanks for the follow!

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space-bar 1 year ago

Thanks for visiting my site! I change the jukebox song every so often :D

solaria pixelglade

1 year ago

could have sworn i was already following you! well i am now ^^ i never got as deep into the research feild as you had, not going past a bachlors in chemistry, but the research competition put me off from the beginning :/ i feel like it leads to research teams fudging data so they are more likely to get published (which they need in order to make a living)

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pixelglade 1 year ago

Hey solaria! I agree, actually I saw a case of data fudging and they got fired. But yeah, I focused the science page mostly on positive stuff because I don't wanna drag down the web with drama and sadness. I basically burned out and couldn't go on with it. There's a lot wrong with academia. I did really enjoy exploring the fields of psychology and neuroscience though. What area of chemistry did you study?

solaria 1 year ago

@pixelglade i didnt get far enough to get into a particular area, i was in my senior year of my chem degree and ended up dropping out because i couldnt see a future for myself in it. part of the problem was that i couldnt come uo with a research project. my gut feeling was to do something with colors, but i felt like i had so much to learn before i could come up with my own research

pixelglade 1 year ago

all research is effectively based on what came before, but colours sound really cool. totally understand not seeing a future in science though

pixelglade

1 year ago

My Rush obsession is taking form on the internet. To share some more tunes I'm sharing my most played songs: https://pixelglade.net/misc/funstuff/jukebox/toprushsongs.html

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pixelglade updated Pixel Glade Splash Page

1 year ago

Pixel Glade Splash Page

pixelglade shwintykat

1 year ago

Hey there, thanks for the follow! I like your website it feels very retro and whimsical

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shwintykat 1 year ago

Aaaa thank you!!! ^_^ I love yours its got such a chill vibe to it <3

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pixelglade 1 year ago

Thank you shwintykat :3

pixelglade

1 year ago

pretty big update! Re-organised the navigation and added some Spotify Playlists with prog rock and electronic music! More details on the homepage. Listen to some tunes 😊: https://pixelglade.net/misc/funstuff/jukebox/spotifyplaylists.html

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lostletters 1 year ago

Thanks for the tunes! Did reorganizing the navigation help with fully capturing yourself?

pixelglade 1 year ago

Well not fully (don't know if that's possible) but it helped balance some of the navigation I think to something where I can give greater emphasis to the music section which I plan on filling out a bit more in future! Find any songs/bands you like?

pixelglade updated Pixel Glade Splash Page

1 year ago

Pixel Glade Splash Page

pixelglade

1 year ago

It's been awhile but I'm going to try get back in the habit of updating my site. I'm in this weird point where I feel like neither my current site or scope filter site fully capture who I am but such is the problem of "branding". They'll have to only capture a piece of me. Comments aside, enjoy a vegan lasagna recipe: https://pixelglade.net/resources/veganrecipes/veganlasagna.html

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lostletters 1 year ago

Reworking my site navigation categories helped me feel more comfortable with continuing my site in a way that better reflected more of my interests after feeling like I’d painted myself into a corner. I hope you can find a way to make the sites work for you in a better way too.

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pixelglade 1 year ago

Thank you, lostletters. So do I! Won't lie, I have been considering an overhaul of the sites and finding a way to merge them. Not sure if it's the smartest thing but I hate feeling digitally fragmented. Something simple like reorganising the navigation bar or altering a colour scheme or something like that could be a good compromise.

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mirage-island 1 year ago

sometimes i'm tempted to delete my site and start again. i've done that several times actually - but now, i regret the writing and memories that i threw away. a change of site aesthetic can be a breath of fresh air for a site that has existed for a while. our personalities and tastes change faster than we can update our sites after all. my own taste has gone from gothic to more cutesy over the last few years.

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mirage-island 1 year ago

i think this is the first time i've commented on your page even though you've followed me for a while - so hi!

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pixelglade 1 year ago

Hi mirage-island :3 yeah websites are imperfect capsules of time but I guess that's why they're cool. I ended up reorganising the navigation and some of the sub-categories so I can give more emphasis to other areas like music

pixelglade updated Pixel Glade Splash Page

1 year ago

Pixel Glade Splash Page