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thanks for the lists of software resources! I'd been looking for a good OSM client for Android for a while since apparently OSMAnd paywalls downloads if you want to download more than 5 maps *eyeroll* and it looks like Organic Maps will work for that. Wouldn't have known it existed without you.
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I know that very few to none of you are here for my Escape the Fate / Falling In Reverse coverage, but I have an inquiry: I've amassed quite the collection of strange little video clips of Escape the Fate Ronnie, which tend to be hard to find. Would an archive of those onsite be something you think would be worthwhile?
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draggianuniverse
4 days ago
I can't be fully journalistic with them because many of them are little short bits that have probably been passed around socials for the past 15 years with all sources lost, but they deserve to be somewhere besides ticked tock, methinks. Plus part of the point of my EtF / FIR coverage, in principle, is so that folks who want information about the bands can get it from someone who's neither a fan nor hater.
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draggianuniverse
4 days ago
In that I won't either sugarcoat things or bite their heads off for having ever cared about him, which most Ronnie coverage tends to be either end of. FIR stuff is frankly almost too easy to find save what's in my research reports, but EtF Ronnie stuff is hard simply because it's old, so every little bit helps. Question is, do you think that belongs here.
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draggianuniverse
4 days ago
Now, in practice, I don't think any Escape the Fate and/or Falling In Reverse fans have ever seen my Neocities, because that isn't where they are. (and frankly, Ronnie fans seem to lack the reading comprehension to appreciate it. I might be the official FIR Loremaster, but I still dislike FIR fans since they are generally disgusting. Folks interested in the band who aren't "fans" enabling Ronnie, though, come hang.)
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New fanfic. No automatic site update post because, uh, I deleted it since it included edits to some pages you're not supposed to see yet. Dudesverse follow-up to Changing Scales with a similar focus on Pokemon biology, plus this one has actual game mechanic basis! (it's about trans Shadow Pokemon, to oversimplify it.) > https://draggianuniverse.neocities.org/fanfic/oots
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Message for all Bureau affiliates: The Dark Slime is rising. Log in here to access essential documents. (OOC: finally figured out a way to incorporate the Ronnie Slime paracosmic lore stuff. Trying to go for an ARG sort of vibe? Also love this terminal layout. Still very WIP.) https://draggianuniverse.neocities.org/bureau/portal/login
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draggianuniverse
1 week ago
new memo. get educated on what signs to look out for when dealing with The Slime. https://draggianuniverse.neocities.org/bureau/portal/files/recogniz
draggianuniverse
1 week ago
yes, I'm doing authentic DOS 8-character filenames. gotta commit to the bit
some videos just weren't meant to be html embedded. getting my hour+ entire album review to below 100 MB so I can upload a compressed version to Neocities is of course being a pain in the arse.
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draggianuniverse
1 week ago
ok the versions of videos embedded on the SAASP page might be staying on Catbox due to loading times, but don't worry, I have compressed versions of them in local site directories for backup purposes.
draggianuniverse
1 week ago
it is the year of our lord 2025; any file with size measured in megabytes should not still be a problem. seriously contemplating turning it into an AVI and letting my mom's long-suffering Windows XP netbook grind at it in movie maker for like a week since modern compressors ain't doing it
draggianuniverse
1 week ago
Also, anybody know how to get Windows XP Movie Maker-compatible codecs on Windows 10? I got MM sideloaded, but it can't open AVIs without the codecs it recognizes, and I don't see any way to download them within or outside the software. Latest support queries on MS's website are from, uh, 2011.
draggianuniverse
1 week ago
might just split the video in two for neocities backup purposes and keep the embed from Catbox. Is it possible to do a "playlist" setup with video playback in HTML where once one video file ends, another plays automatically in the same embed?
Dead Rabbitts (side project from Craig of Escape the Fate) dropped a new album today, so I recorded a podcast episode about it. Will get video on Neocities whenever it's done compressing (damn 100 MB limit) and CuddlyTube once it's done transcoding. https://draggianuniverse.neocities.org/musicscene/podcast
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draggianuniverse
1 week ago
PeerTube link. Not sure if you can watch while it's still transcoding or not? The Bad Guy webinar part took, like, 2 days to process so it may be a while. https://cuddly.tube/w/gpCtgQfAg19CrHKZaMztzS
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no problem