Jonah Magar
@octopusjones.bsky.social
Serial iterator. Musical orchestrator. Library game collector / services promulgator.
Streaming the Game Studies Guild at twitch.tv/gsgmsu
Streaming the Game Studies Guild at twitch.tv/gsgmsu
How do you take a screenshot of ONLY THE ACTIVE WINDOW on Win11 with a single hotkey?
Win+Printscreen shoots THE WHOLE DESKTOP which means I have to either work 1-monitor or crop every image manually
GameBar and SnippingTool work, but at the expense of a bunch of fiddly steps every single time
Win+Printscreen shoots THE WHOLE DESKTOP which means I have to either work 1-monitor or crop every image manually
GameBar and SnippingTool work, but at the expense of a bunch of fiddly steps every single time
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
How do you take a screenshot of ONLY THE ACTIVE WINDOW on Win11 with a single hotkey?
Win+Printscreen shoots THE WHOLE DESKTOP which means I have to either work 1-monitor or crop every image manually
GameBar and SnippingTool work, but at the expense of a bunch of fiddly steps every single time
Win+Printscreen shoots THE WHOLE DESKTOP which means I have to either work 1-monitor or crop every image manually
GameBar and SnippingTool work, but at the expense of a bunch of fiddly steps every single time
How, honestly, should one share personal struggles with colleagues to excuse minor, out-of-character oversights—without bumming them out unfairly?
I don't want to make anyone else sad for my loved ones who'd recently passed away, but all that on top of an already overwhelming stack broke me.
I don't want to make anyone else sad for my loved ones who'd recently passed away, but all that on top of an already overwhelming stack broke me.
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
How, honestly, should one share personal struggles with colleagues to excuse minor, out-of-character oversights—without bumming them out unfairly?
I don't want to make anyone else sad for my loved ones who'd recently passed away, but all that on top of an already overwhelming stack broke me.
I don't want to make anyone else sad for my loved ones who'd recently passed away, but all that on top of an already overwhelming stack broke me.
Since Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 has some of y'all thinking it completely reinvented turn-based RPGs...Don't forget where we came from! lol
Super Mario RPG had active attack/block button timing in 1996.
Legend of Dragoon iterated further in 1999.
Lots more games have done it since.
Super Mario RPG had active attack/block button timing in 1996.
Legend of Dragoon iterated further in 1999.
Lots more games have done it since.
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Since Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 has some of y'all thinking it completely reinvented turn-based RPGs...Don't forget where we came from! lol
Super Mario RPG had active attack/block button timing in 1996.
Legend of Dragoon iterated further in 1999.
Lots more games have done it since.
Super Mario RPG had active attack/block button timing in 1996.
Legend of Dragoon iterated further in 1999.
Lots more games have done it since.
Songs that read like a ‘want’ ad…
…Other than Short Skirt, Long Jacket…
🤔
…Other than Short Skirt, Long Jacket…
🤔
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Songs that read like a ‘want’ ad…
…Other than Short Skirt, Long Jacket…
🤔
…Other than Short Skirt, Long Jacket…
🤔
Gamers know Killer Network Service is a blight. We've tried everything to get rid of it, but Killer won't be killed; it throttles our Steam downloads for absolutely no reason, eats our system memory, helps nothing.
Even fully disabled, it throws up this error every startup. How do I make it STOP???
Even fully disabled, it throws up this error every startup. How do I make it STOP???
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Gamers know Killer Network Service is a blight. We've tried everything to get rid of it, but Killer won't be killed; it throttles our Steam downloads for absolutely no reason, eats our system memory, helps nothing.
Even fully disabled, it throws up this error every startup. How do I make it STOP???
Even fully disabled, it throws up this error every startup. How do I make it STOP???
Sometimes I sit in the car and scroll after work to reset…
Other times I remember The Ave is bangin out tunes!
Other times I remember The Ave is bangin out tunes!
November 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Sometimes I sit in the car and scroll after work to reset…
Other times I remember The Ave is bangin out tunes!
Other times I remember The Ave is bangin out tunes!
Life hack before it’s too late:
A box of pennies costs the exact value of the currency (which is rolled for easy conversion back into bills) and is the perfect size for Magic: The Gathering cards.
A box of pennies costs the exact value of the currency (which is rolled for easy conversion back into bills) and is the perfect size for Magic: The Gathering cards.
Almost 10 years to the day after we begged to get rid of it, the final penny has been pressed by the U.S. mint. Farewell, penny! We're sure Americans will find something else to put in our pockets and up our asses soon enough. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tys...
Pennies: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Life hack before it’s too late:
A box of pennies costs the exact value of the currency (which is rolled for easy conversion back into bills) and is the perfect size for Magic: The Gathering cards.
A box of pennies costs the exact value of the currency (which is rolled for easy conversion back into bills) and is the perfect size for Magic: The Gathering cards.
Hey, Valve’s new “Frame” VR headset looks pretty slick!
Anyone know how much better this hardware is vs early stuff like the Vive with causing motion sickness?
youtu.be/b7q2CS8HDHU?...
Anyone know how much better this hardware is vs early stuff like the Vive with causing motion sickness?
youtu.be/b7q2CS8HDHU?...
Valve Steam Frame Virtual Reality Headset Hands-On!
YouTube video by Adam Savage’s Tested
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Hey, Valve’s new “Frame” VR headset looks pretty slick!
Anyone know how much better this hardware is vs early stuff like the Vive with causing motion sickness?
youtu.be/b7q2CS8HDHU?...
Anyone know how much better this hardware is vs early stuff like the Vive with causing motion sickness?
youtu.be/b7q2CS8HDHU?...
Library people are the best people. Sorry, for once I will not be taking questions on this!
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Library people are the best people. Sorry, for once I will not be taking questions on this!
Can anyone illuminate the quiet war apparently being fought between Google Maps and Apple Maps?
iOS doesn’t have a setting for default map app, so…are programmers duking it out on the back end?
Links from Google Calendar used to open in Apple Maps, but suddenly now they only open in Google Maps. 🤨
iOS doesn’t have a setting for default map app, so…are programmers duking it out on the back end?
Links from Google Calendar used to open in Apple Maps, but suddenly now they only open in Google Maps. 🤨
November 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Can anyone illuminate the quiet war apparently being fought between Google Maps and Apple Maps?
iOS doesn’t have a setting for default map app, so…are programmers duking it out on the back end?
Links from Google Calendar used to open in Apple Maps, but suddenly now they only open in Google Maps. 🤨
iOS doesn’t have a setting for default map app, so…are programmers duking it out on the back end?
Links from Google Calendar used to open in Apple Maps, but suddenly now they only open in Google Maps. 🤨
Allllright, Librarians and Library Staff!
Help us with 10-15 minutes of answers about ageism in your library experience, and we'll help you avoid 10-15m of whatever task you're dreading right now. Win-win! msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Help us with 10-15 minutes of answers about ageism in your library experience, and we'll help you avoid 10-15m of whatever task you're dreading right now. Win-win! msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Survey on Ageism in Academic & Research Libraries
The objective of this survey is to better understand how ageism affects librarians and library staff, where ageism appears in a library setting, and the consequences of that ageism, especially as age ...
msu.co1.qualtrics.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Allllright, Librarians and Library Staff!
Help us with 10-15 minutes of answers about ageism in your library experience, and we'll help you avoid 10-15m of whatever task you're dreading right now. Win-win! msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Help us with 10-15 minutes of answers about ageism in your library experience, and we'll help you avoid 10-15m of whatever task you're dreading right now. Win-win! msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Love teaching someone to find games in the catalog, and then immediately watch them teach others. Warms the cockles of the ol’ dark heart. 🫶
October 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Love teaching someone to find games in the catalog, and then immediately watch them teach others. Warms the cockles of the ol’ dark heart. 🫶
While we’re at it, what’s with Windows 11 now taking a solid 30 seconds to do basic things like CREATE A NEW FOLDER on a high-spec system?
The OneDrive-ification of everything??
The OneDrive-ification of everything??
October 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
While we’re at it, what’s with Windows 11 now taking a solid 30 seconds to do basic things like CREATE A NEW FOLDER on a high-spec system?
The OneDrive-ification of everything??
The OneDrive-ification of everything??
How does Windows still NOT have a setting to auto connect WiFi UNLESS plugged into Ethernet?
October 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
How does Windows still NOT have a setting to auto connect WiFi UNLESS plugged into Ethernet?
Every time a sucker is scammed, a bank account gets cha-chinged.
Deregulating everything couldn’t possibly make this…worse???
Deregulating everything couldn’t possibly make this…worse???
Ya know… you think maybe the Trump family has connections to all these scam calls?
October 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Every time a sucker is scammed, a bank account gets cha-chinged.
Deregulating everything couldn’t possibly make this…worse???
Deregulating everything couldn’t possibly make this…worse???
Love that point 1-2 years into a laptop’s life when it just…takes a full 5 minutes to start up absolutely minimal apps before it will allow any use whatsoever.
Feels just like my aging body!
Feels just like my aging body!
October 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Love that point 1-2 years into a laptop’s life when it just…takes a full 5 minutes to start up absolutely minimal apps before it will allow any use whatsoever.
Feels just like my aging body!
Feels just like my aging body!
What the fuck is “userworkspace.xml” and why the fuck does it constantly hang at 100% OneDrive sync, preventing OS restart?
October 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
What the fuck is “userworkspace.xml” and why the fuck does it constantly hang at 100% OneDrive sync, preventing OS restart?
Curious…
Couldn’t deal with Tidal as an alt (several-second delay before any track would play, too many tracks entirely missing, etc.), so Apple is the hopeful escape.
Really not looking forward to building a listening history from scratch again…😫Apple at least does new music discovery, right?
Couldn’t deal with Tidal as an alt (several-second delay before any track would play, too many tracks entirely missing, etc.), so Apple is the hopeful escape.
Really not looking forward to building a listening history from scratch again…😫Apple at least does new music discovery, right?
What apps are folks using to port Spotify playlists over to Apple?
I don’t care if it costs $$$, but I do care if it involves anything like side loading or ten steps listed in a Reddit post.
I don’t care if it costs $$$, but I do care if it involves anything like side loading or ten steps listed in a Reddit post.
October 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Curious…
Couldn’t deal with Tidal as an alt (several-second delay before any track would play, too many tracks entirely missing, etc.), so Apple is the hopeful escape.
Really not looking forward to building a listening history from scratch again…😫Apple at least does new music discovery, right?
Couldn’t deal with Tidal as an alt (several-second delay before any track would play, too many tracks entirely missing, etc.), so Apple is the hopeful escape.
Really not looking forward to building a listening history from scratch again…😫Apple at least does new music discovery, right?
Home alone? Listen to music on:
A. Headphones
B. Actual stereo setup
A. Headphones
B. Actual stereo setup
October 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Home alone? Listen to music on:
A. Headphones
B. Actual stereo setup
A. Headphones
B. Actual stereo setup
Hey, neat: I’ve developed some armor against common academic exploitation!
October 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Hey, neat: I’ve developed some armor against common academic exploitation!
Ah, my old friend: the mistake of sitting down after a long day, too tired to get up to make food to recover.
October 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Ah, my old friend: the mistake of sitting down after a long day, too tired to get up to make food to recover.
Anyone aware of a fair-cost supplier for a few-thousand retro handheld game cases? Or might 3D printing be cost-effective by now? 🤔
October 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Anyone aware of a fair-cost supplier for a few-thousand retro handheld game cases? Or might 3D printing be cost-effective by now? 🤔
Sorry to blast the misanthropy out here so often in the form of every UX gripe that rolls through this cursed dome.
Those of you actually here for it? Real.
Those of you actually here for it? Real.
October 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Sorry to blast the misanthropy out here so often in the form of every UX gripe that rolls through this cursed dome.
Those of you actually here for it? Real.
Those of you actually here for it? Real.
What the fuck, in the year of our larp 2025, is this shit?
We can't make a visual element perform a hotkey gesture? We have to instruct the user to perform it manually?
We can't make a visual element perform a hotkey gesture? We have to instruct the user to perform it manually?
October 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
What the fuck, in the year of our larp 2025, is this shit?
We can't make a visual element perform a hotkey gesture? We have to instruct the user to perform it manually?
We can't make a visual element perform a hotkey gesture? We have to instruct the user to perform it manually?
If I hadn’t spent 9,000 hours washing dishes in my life, surely by now I could’ve written more music
October 8, 2025 at 2:15 AM
If I hadn’t spent 9,000 hours washing dishes in my life, surely by now I could’ve written more music