BOLL
@boll.social
🥼 Professional app/web/backend developer
🧪 Hobby VR and streaming tools: github.com/BOLL7708
💥 VR/desktop games and coding streamer: twitch.tv/BOLL7708
🧪 Hobby VR and streaming tools: github.com/BOLL7708
💥 VR/desktop games and coding streamer: twitch.tv/BOLL7708
What happens when work has been very stressful and suddenly that project is finished and I'm left completely brain dead? Abusing my PC in stupid ways of course.
November 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
What happens when work has been very stressful and suddenly that project is finished and I'm left completely brain dead? Abusing my PC in stupid ways of course.
In anticipation of the Steam Frame, I tried just how it is to use the game theater in SteamVR. The game itself has a nice reflection, but any other spawned overlays do not. Overlays cannot be easily moved away either, it's 1:1 only, and windows off screen can be displayed but not interacted with. 🙃
November 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
In anticipation of the Steam Frame, I tried just how it is to use the game theater in SteamVR. The game itself has a nice reflection, but any other spawned overlays do not. Overlays cannot be easily moved away either, it's 1:1 only, and windows off screen can be displayed but not interacted with. 🙃
A screenshot of albums registered in Winamp. Problematic names:
1. None
2. MP3
3. Soundtrack
4. WAV
This is one of the main reasons that motivated my open letter. I'm creating a soundtrack harmonizing solution now, it just relies on a pull request to Depot Downloader that hasn't been approved yet.
1. None
2. MP3
3. Soundtrack
4. WAV
This is one of the main reasons that motivated my open letter. I'm creating a soundtrack harmonizing solution now, it just relies on a pull request to Depot Downloader that hasn't been approved yet.
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A screenshot of albums registered in Winamp. Problematic names:
1. None
2. MP3
3. Soundtrack
4. WAV
This is one of the main reasons that motivated my open letter. I'm creating a soundtrack harmonizing solution now, it just relies on a pull request to Depot Downloader that hasn't been approved yet.
1. None
2. MP3
3. Soundtrack
4. WAV
This is one of the main reasons that motivated my open letter. I'm creating a soundtrack harmonizing solution now, it just relies on a pull request to Depot Downloader that hasn't been approved yet.
Working on a new logo thing... not sure, this has been in my head for a while, it's pretty simple and hopefully explains what has become my username in various places.
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Working on a new logo thing... not sure, this has been in my head for a while, it's pretty simple and hopefully explains what has become my username in various places.
I have eight soundtracks that are completely empty. Five out of these will get files if I turn on downloading of high fidelity files, not otherwise even if verifying.
The last three, I've checked with DepotDownloader, does not even have any depots. Two of these are still sold on Steam, baffles me.
The last three, I've checked with DepotDownloader, does not even have any depots. Two of these are still sold on Steam, baffles me.
October 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I have eight soundtracks that are completely empty. Five out of these will get files if I turn on downloading of high fidelity files, not otherwise even if verifying.
The last three, I've checked with DepotDownloader, does not even have any depots. Two of these are still sold on Steam, baffles me.
The last three, I've checked with DepotDownloader, does not even have any depots. Two of these are still sold on Steam, baffles me.
This is _nine_ soundtracks all installing into the generic folder /Soundtrack
Five of them at least have sub directories but four have their files straight in the root. This screws up enqueuing by folder, and default files like cover.png/jpg can then be conflicting between albums.
Bonus: Soundtack
Five of them at least have sub directories but four have their files straight in the root. This screws up enqueuing by folder, and default files like cover.png/jpg can then be conflicting between albums.
Bonus: Soundtack
October 18, 2025 at 5:03 AM
This is _nine_ soundtracks all installing into the generic folder /Soundtrack
Five of them at least have sub directories but four have their files straight in the root. This screws up enqueuing by folder, and default files like cover.png/jpg can then be conflicting between albums.
Bonus: Soundtack
Five of them at least have sub directories but four have their files straight in the root. This screws up enqueuing by folder, and default files like cover.png/jpg can then be conflicting between albums.
Bonus: Soundtack
Oh searching worked! Will be hard for artists like Danger though, love the Haven soundtrack ✨
October 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Oh searching worked! Will be hard for artists like Danger though, love the Haven soundtrack ✨
The other one that stood out to me. For obvious reasons.
October 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The other one that stood out to me. For obvious reasons.
Hah, the current Steam sale has some funny stickers you can get by going through the discovery queue, that I will never use as I basically never use Steam chat, but they are neat to see anyway.
I feel like this is an inside joke for the developers. It's not... overflow, but close enough.
I feel like this is an inside joke for the developers. It's not... overflow, but close enough.
October 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Hah, the current Steam sale has some funny stickers you can get by going through the discovery queue, that I will never use as I basically never use Steam chat, but they are neat to see anyway.
I feel like this is an inside joke for the developers. It's not... overflow, but close enough.
I feel like this is an inside joke for the developers. It's not... overflow, but close enough.
This soundtrack comes with one hidden track and two .wav mixes. These will never be seen or played if you use the player in the Steam client, but would get picked up by enlisting in a third party media player.
This showcases how chaotic the file delivery can be, it seems like anything goes. 🙄
This showcases how chaotic the file delivery can be, it seems like anything goes. 🙄
October 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This soundtrack comes with one hidden track and two .wav mixes. These will never be seen or played if you use the player in the Steam client, but would get picked up by enlisting in a third party media player.
This showcases how chaotic the file delivery can be, it seems like anything goes. 🙄
This showcases how chaotic the file delivery can be, it seems like anything goes. 🙄
This soundtrack installs to the Steam root folder on C: while Steam itself says it is on my data disk E:
The browse button still opens C: and it will play in the Steam client.
This fills up my system drive, and excludes the files from my media player, as they are not in the expected music folder.
The browse button still opens C: and it will play in the Steam client.
This fills up my system drive, and excludes the files from my media player, as they are not in the expected music folder.
October 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
This soundtrack installs to the Steam root folder on C: while Steam itself says it is on my data disk E:
The browse button still opens C: and it will play in the Steam client.
This fills up my system drive, and excludes the files from my media player, as they are not in the expected music folder.
The browse button still opens C: and it will play in the Steam client.
This fills up my system drive, and excludes the files from my media player, as they are not in the expected music folder.
Oh right I should take a look at this during the sale... oh yeah, never mind.
October 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Oh right I should take a look at this during the sale... oh yeah, never mind.
This might become a long series, we'll see. This soundtrack doesn't report the right track lengths.
Here something that is listed as 24s is more than 2m when played back, I am guessing faulty meta data that is still used instead of checking media length. Happens for multiple tracks.
Here something that is listed as 24s is more than 2m when played back, I am guessing faulty meta data that is still used instead of checking media length. Happens for multiple tracks.
October 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This might become a long series, we'll see. This soundtrack doesn't report the right track lengths.
Here something that is listed as 24s is more than 2m when played back, I am guessing faulty meta data that is still used instead of checking media length. Happens for multiple tracks.
Here something that is listed as 24s is more than 2m when played back, I am guessing faulty meta data that is still used instead of checking media length. Happens for multiple tracks.
Guess I can fill this place with soundtrack issues. I think I finally bumped into one that doesn't even work in the Steam client player. No tracks are displayed, no total time, not which file is currently playing, although it does play and progress through the files! On disk things looks OK... ? 🤔
October 4, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Guess I can fill this place with soundtrack issues. I think I finally bumped into one that doesn't even work in the Steam client player. No tracks are displayed, no total time, not which file is currently playing, although it does play and progress through the files! On disk things looks OK... ? 🤔
I'm still trying to figure out OSS licensing. I figured I'd ask /r/opensource for feedback. Oh yeah, this is not working out. Automod blocked the post as I mentioned ChatGPT, even if it's not about a solution connecting to it. I'm told to contact mods, but Reddit removed the messaging system. 🙃 Yay.
September 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I'm still trying to figure out OSS licensing. I figured I'd ask /r/opensource for feedback. Oh yeah, this is not working out. Automod blocked the post as I mentioned ChatGPT, even if it's not about a solution connecting to it. I'm told to contact mods, but Reddit removed the messaging system. 🙃 Yay.
I'm checking out VR tools on Steam, I found a familiar interface. I just posted to their forums to ask if they are following the AGPLv3 license or if we had a prior agreement that they could fork and sell my open source project. OpenVROverlayPipe is mine, they published before I added the license. 🤔
September 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I'm checking out VR tools on Steam, I found a familiar interface. I just posted to their forums to ask if they are following the AGPLv3 license or if we had a prior agreement that they could fork and sell my open source project. OpenVROverlayPipe is mine, they published before I added the license. 🤔
I just ended development on a custom SteamVR settings page system, as it's just too limited, even if I got it working.
Has anyone built a GUI for a SteamVR overlay/app in C# without using a game engine? I'm looking at @avaloniaui.net but not sure if it will work. Guess I'll just have to try it out.
Has anyone built a GUI for a SteamVR overlay/app in C# without using a game engine? I'm looking at @avaloniaui.net but not sure if it will work. Guess I'll just have to try it out.
September 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I just ended development on a custom SteamVR settings page system, as it's just too limited, even if I got it working.
Has anyone built a GUI for a SteamVR overlay/app in C# without using a game engine? I'm looking at @avaloniaui.net but not sure if it will work. Guess I'll just have to try it out.
Has anyone built a GUI for a SteamVR overlay/app in C# without using a game engine? I'm looking at @avaloniaui.net but not sure if it will work. Guess I'll just have to try it out.
Signing into the Soundbooth Theater site, I can only see the first book, this is making me very confused.
I guess Audible are trying to maintain a monopoly or something. It's seemingly difficult for me to break away if I still want my audio books... 😑
I guess Audible are trying to maintain a monopoly or something. It's seemingly difficult for me to break away if I still want my audio books... 😑
September 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Signing into the Soundbooth Theater site, I can only see the first book, this is making me very confused.
I guess Audible are trying to maintain a monopoly or something. It's seemingly difficult for me to break away if I still want my audio books... 😑
I guess Audible are trying to maintain a monopoly or something. It's seemingly difficult for me to break away if I still want my audio books... 😑
Chrysalis book 6 is out, I just last week quit Audible, as I found out about their 75% share, and exclusivity requirement for the Plus catalog, and sharing profits from sold books with the Plus catalog.
The book is narrated by Soundbooth Theater, they just link to Audible, not even listing book 6…
The book is narrated by Soundbooth Theater, they just link to Audible, not even listing book 6…
September 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Chrysalis book 6 is out, I just last week quit Audible, as I found out about their 75% share, and exclusivity requirement for the Plus catalog, and sharing profits from sold books with the Plus catalog.
The book is narrated by Soundbooth Theater, they just link to Audible, not even listing book 6…
The book is narrated by Soundbooth Theater, they just link to Audible, not even listing book 6…
Needed to book a hotel, they said register and you get €5 off! Sure, I'll do that, fight their password requirements for a bit, verified my email, and then, even with the member discount, the hotel room was €10 more expensive.
I feel like I was just bamboozled, this is too classic to be random. 😑
I feel like I was just bamboozled, this is too classic to be random. 😑
August 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Needed to book a hotel, they said register and you get €5 off! Sure, I'll do that, fight their password requirements for a bit, verified my email, and then, even with the member discount, the hotel room was €10 more expensive.
I feel like I was just bamboozled, this is too classic to be random. 😑
I feel like I was just bamboozled, this is too classic to be random. 😑
This is chocolate. Impressive attention to detail.
July 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
This is chocolate. Impressive attention to detail.
And to celebrate the fighting, I also asked for a vampire character, to complete the pair. Honestly, I stopped doing local image generation some time ago, I kind of burnt out on endlessly tweaking prompts, but just doing random things with ChatGPT (limit 3 per day I think) is much more relaxing. 👍
June 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
And to celebrate the fighting, I also asked for a vampire character, to complete the pair. Honestly, I stopped doing local image generation some time ago, I kind of burnt out on endlessly tweaking prompts, but just doing random things with ChatGPT (limit 3 per day I think) is much more relaxing. 👍
I usually avoid politics, but my feed does not, and I saw a side shot that reminded me of something. So I asked AI to generate what I imagined, and the result was so spot on that I had to share. From a single ChatGPT generation, themed as a Nordic forest troll, straight from childhood nightmares. 😅
June 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I usually avoid politics, but my feed does not, and I saw a side shot that reminded me of something. So I asked AI to generate what I imagined, and the result was so spot on that I had to share. From a single ChatGPT generation, themed as a Nordic forest troll, straight from childhood nightmares. 😅
It arrived today, the box was 25kg, I live on the third floor, my poor nerd physique was drained of all energy carrying this up. Now then, I'll have to see if this was a huge waste of money or not 🫣 Me and my obsessive ideas. 🙄
May 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It arrived today, the box was 25kg, I live on the third floor, my poor nerd physique was drained of all energy carrying this up. Now then, I'll have to see if this was a huge waste of money or not 🫣 Me and my obsessive ideas. 🙄