Neocities

1 week ago

Okay I lied, I did write the address to Neocities around the Dealer's Den at TFS yesterday and Friday lol. I'm at home resting but another great con this year, will be going back next year and (very likely / hopefully) Harmonycon in Feb n_n

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hardmachine 1 week ago

I'm writing a journal to cross-post on various art sites+probably DW, but I've accepted the internet has changed. Last time I went to a con, people still used LJ. But I've been using my Bsky account even though I'm waffling on a handle (don't feel like using NC url). If I'm going to interact with local stuff I have to not be a complete lunatic, LMFAO

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hardmachine 1 week ago

I'll probably change the username because I legit don't know which username to pick, but here strongshalldevour.bsky.social - I will play nice!!!

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hardmachine 1 week ago

Side note, I'm not a Hazbinnie but there was a lot of Hellaverse stuff there... Which reminds me that even though I'm on hiatus / have creative block, a review of Hazbin season 2 is something I can confirm will happen when it drops LOL

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hardmachine

2 weeks ago

If you're at TFS and noticed neocities.org was written down in various places in the Dealer's Den... I'm not saying it was the Capy, but...

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hardmachine 1 week ago

Sike. It was me.

hardmachine updated HARDMACHINE

3 weeks ago

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art/artfight.html

art/2020original.html

art/capyart.html

art/2020fanart.html

links.html

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hardmachine 3 weeks ago

I took the review I did for Game Change (HBO drama based on the 2008 election) offline for a few days because I finished the book last week and thought deleting it would motivate me to update with how I felt about that. It didn't, I have such little interest in upkeeping this site. Not a loss because I really want to forget about this political climate.

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hardmachine 3 weeks ago

I'm really not feeling the love creativity-wise anymore, and the past 15 months on top of how much of a pain it is to upload/update my art, I'm really tired. This is why I've been slow to respond to emails, I'm really frustrated and tired of this sphere lately.

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hardmachine 3 weeks ago

If I wasn't such a workaholic I'd take this as a cue to look into Github push updates, but I don't even care at this point. I'll upload art drawn for me last month some other time. Most of it is on Toyhouse minus one OC I've been hiding. https://toyhou.se/ratacombs

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hardmachine 3 weeks ago

https://scumsuck.com/resources/deployneocities/

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hardmachine 3 weeks ago

(The updated version of my Game Change review will go back online, I just want to post other things first...)

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hardmachine

4 weeks ago

A note about this year's Artfight: https://www.side7.com/u/ratacombs/journal/2423

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hardmachine 4 weeks ago

TL;DR: I drew too many things to repost on 4 different art sites, anyone I drew art for is free to repost it and if you use Toyhouse you can credit my account: https://toyhou.se/ratacombs

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hardmachine updated HARDMACHINE

1 month ago

links.html

runes/rainedog.html

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hardmachine 1 month ago

I really don't have the energy to go back and make my site completely accessible with alt tags or images disabled, but I tried to fix the latest rune anyway. Also there was a glaring typo I missed.

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hardmachine updated HARDMACHINE

1 month ago

HARDMACHINE

art/2020original.html

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hardmachine 1 month ago

Organizing the original and fanart galleries makes me want to blow my brains out. Unfortunately that urge isn't enough to make me start those OC galleries I said I would do for over a year.

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hardmachine 1 month ago

Main focus: https://hardmachine.neocities.org/art/artfight.html and https://hardmachine.neocities.org/runes/rainedog.html

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hardmachine

1 month ago

It's capybara appreciation day! n_n

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hardmachine updated HARDMACHINE

1 month ago

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hardmachine 1 month ago

I'll probably upload AF attacks for me at the end of the month, I am... Very tired lol. My hours will be normaler next week.

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hardmachine 1 month ago

I also need to look into a different Javascript gallery because the one I currently use is annoying as fuck... Sigh...

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hardmachine

2 months ago

I've noticed most people I've followed have updated less in the last year... Have we all just been collectively busy lol?

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hardmachine 2 months ago

I admit I've had no energy to browse or comment etc. myself, same with other "old school" sites I used to invest in like Dreamwidth :( It's just work, work, work and I also have just wanted to log off more lately.

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hubbardian 2 months ago

I also noticed that. Why has it's become little bit harder for us maintain and get started personal web by technology advances? =(

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mrszenigata 2 months ago

I've been noticing that as well, and figured I accidentally followed a bunch of dead sites or something. Similiar to other comments, I have been also getting increasingly more exhausted by modern internet lately, to the point I feel that I need to tread carefully when exploring. Any more my personal computer is a resource to draw and write, but not connect with others. It's very disheartening.

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daughterofbilitis 2 months ago

yeah, personally, it's partially that i've gotten a job at the beginning of the year and thus had less time for ~activities~, but also a bit of burnout mixed in. it is very sad the social media has just made it so much more difficult to actually connect with other people or want to do much of anything, at all... [typo, rip]

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hardmachine 2 months ago

When it comes to online, I'm just tired of the atmosphere. I tried to use my Facebook account in my "log off" quest, ran into bots. Tried to make an art blog on Tumblr, my only note currently was a bot reply. Everything is fake and just bloated with this new tech. Even more obscure spaces I used to enjoy I notice act similar to the rumored Russian troll farms from 2016...

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hardmachine 2 months ago

I've lost a lot of interest in coding even if I wasn't spending the last year as a workholic due to circumstances. It currently doesn't feel worth investing in when so much of it is the same insanity or surface-level aesthetics as the "bad" mainstream sites. Even if you leave those sites, the behavior carries over since most users online are zoomers and young millennials under 35 who had that as their normal.

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hardmachine 2 months ago

I'm not going to leave or delete anything, but I just need to blow off steam and it feels like genuine activity here and other hosts really has dipped in the last year :(

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amivicky 2 months ago

I've definitely felt burnt out, but I'd like to get back into my site! I have ideas for a new layout, it's just a matter of time and inspiration ;_; I definitely agree with you on the atmosphere of being online, too. It's so boring.

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hardmachine updated HARDMACHINE

2 months ago

runes/butistitreally.html

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hardmachine 2 months ago

I feel like a traitor because wagie antics and real life have led to spending less time on NC, and more time on Tumblr, Dreamwidth, Furaffinity, and Discord because it's "low energy"... I'm sorry!!!

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hardmachine 2 months ago

I forgot to upload an image to "But is it really?" - Refresh if you saw it with a whole ass missing part...

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hardmachine

2 months ago

Well, this year's Artfight teams were announced. Here's mine for July: https://artfight.net/~capywins

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hardmachine 2 months ago

Just as a note, my work schedule has been driving me crazy so while I plan to branch out with attacks this year (I only drew for people I knew in 2024), I can't predict the future lol 😭

hardmachine

2 months ago

I found out that Moshi Monsters is apparently coming back on the 16th. Did yall know there was a movie? https://hardmachine.neocities.org/runes/moshimonsters

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hardmachine updated HARDMACHINE

2 months ago

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art/2020fanart.html

art/sparkler.html

art/2020original.html

runes/ratphobia2.html

runes/index.html

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hardmachine 2 months ago

I really miss updating here often and writing runes, but I've just had such little drive and time after work :(

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hardmachine updated HARDMACHINE

3 months ago

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runes/acrylicmarkers.html

art/2020fanart.html

art/2020original.html

runes/index.html

links.html

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hardmachine

3 months ago

Happy 23rd birthday, Charizard1246! We love you! https://hardmachine.neocities.org/shrine/charizard1246#23

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americasdecline 3 months ago

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Tell him congrats/shame on him for quitting drinking.

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hardmachine 3 months ago

I logged back in my account to get his birthday cupcake, and I was required to read the new rules that require no drug discussion. So he may be a square in real life standards but a good citizen in Neopia.

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hardmachine updated HARDMACHINE

3 months ago

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hardmachine 3 months ago

I'd be lying if I said that I'm self-concious of the 2020s gallery formats. I just don't want to split it into more pages, and I really can't promise anything like separate OC galleries anytime soon.

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hardmachine 3 months ago

*** NOT self-concious, how did I not notice that typo for 3 days?!

hardmachine updated HARDMACHINE

3 months ago

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art/2020fanart.html

art/capyart.html