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Kelson
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Techie, software developer, hobbyist photographer, sci-fi/fantasy and comics fan in the Los Angeles area. He/him. More often at @notes.kvibber.com or my website https://kvibber.com
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I drop in here from time to time, but usually if I'm on social media it's in the Fediverse, where I'm @kelson@notes.kvibber.com

Thanks to Bridgy Fed, though, you can see (most of) my Fediverse posts here in Bluesky at @notes.kvibber.com
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New ★★★★★ comic review on my website!

I recently re-read the original iZombie graphic novels for the first time since watching the TV series.

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iZombie (graphic novels) - Review
A horror/comedy that ranges from Scooby Doo to Lovecraft by way of Moorcock, featuring thinking zombies, vampires who run paintball, ghosts, secret societies, and a were-terrier. Off the wall concepts...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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New book review on my website!

Vaster Than Empires And More Slow, Ursula K. Le Guin

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An intriguing story of a dysfunctional crew dealing with each other and a planet that, at first glance, appears to have no sentient life, only plants.
Vaster Than Empires And More Slow - Review
An intriguing story of a dysfunctional crew dealing with each other and a planet that, at first glance, appears to have no sentient life, only plants.
hyperborea.org
November 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Weird: Sometime in the last few days, my profile images and bio just disappeared. I'm still logged in, I can still read and post, my post history is still visible. Just... reset to a default profile.

Fortunately I'm a digital packrat so I can just re-upload the images.
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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I drop in here from time to time, but usually if I'm on social media it's in the Fediverse, where I'm @kelson@notes.kvibber.com

Thanks to Bridgy Fed, though, you can see (most of) my Fediverse posts here in Bluesky at @notes.kvibber.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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New post on my site: Recommended Web Browsers.

Vivaldi, Orion, Waterfox and Zen are my current favorites. LibreWolf & IronFox are good for everyday privacy, Tor for advanced scenarios. Falkon & Dillo are good for slow hardware.

https://hyperborea.org/reviews/software/web-browsers/
November 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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New book review on my website!

The Birding Dictionary, Rosemary Mosco
★★★★★

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A delightful collection of comedic 'definitions' of various terms one might encounter while watching birds (or interacting with people who do), filled with the style of h…
The Birding Dictionary - Review
A delightful collection of comedic 'definitions' of various terms one might encounter while watching birds (or interacting with people who do), filled with the style of humor and illustration the author...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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alenxa.bsky.social
Tsubasa: DELTARune CHRoNiCLE!

Syaokris & Doriimaa-kun, Sakurelle (with Mokonace Spadeoki), Ralfai, and Susiegane. Hopefully you can tell which is which even if they get shuffled wrong.

Also at www.tumblr.com/alenxa/79913...

Happy belated Halloween!
Two versions of Kris, the human protagonist from the game Deltarune. On the left, they have light blue skin and midnight-blue spiky hair that shows only their left red-hued eye. They are standing holding their pink-toned sword point-down, pointing with the other hand at the other version of themself, wearing a chestplate, gauntlets, pauldrons, and boots in shades of light gray-blue, midnight-blue pants with a henna-like hot pink design on the right leg, and a scarf striped in hot pink and gray-blue. On the right, they have golden-yellow skin and dark brown spiky hair that shows only their right red-hued eye. They are standing looking down at a banana suspended in front of them between their hands, and wearing a sleeveless lime green turtleneck with a yellow stripe around the middle of the body, a pair of tan protective goggles hanging around their neck, and baggy brown pants tucked into tan boots. Each is drawn in the style of the character Syaoran from the anime/manga Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle by CLAMP. Noelle from the game Deltarune, a humanoid reindeer with brown fur/skin and yellow-blonde hair, blue eyes, short antlers, small semicircular ears at the sides of her head, and black cloven hooves, drawn in the style of the character Sakura from the anime/manga Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle by CLAMP. She is standing with one arm extended, wearing a pale blue under-layer of a sleeveless blouse and baggy pants, and a cream-colored short-sleeved overdress fastened at the collar with a light blue snowflake brooch. The overdress is decorated with a stairstep border striped diagonally in red and green, with narrow bands of red and green around each sleeve, and small Christmas-light bulbs in red, yellow, green and blue hanging from the edges of the sleeves. She also wears a wrapped belt of two strands of the same Christmas lights, beneath the overdress. In the top right corner, the small long-eared magical rabbit character Mokona Modoki, also from Tsubasa, is drawn with the colors and decorations of Lancer from Deltarune, including blue ears, mouth, and paw tips, a black card-suit spade panel on the forehead, a blue spade design on the belly, and a tiny spade earring on the right ear. Ralsei from the game Deltarune, a fluffy white-furred humanoid rabbit/goat with purple eyes, long floppy ears, and short pink forehead horns, sitting down and waving with one hand, wearing a tailored light green short-sleeved overcoat, dark green short pants, a hot-pink bulky scarf, and glasses, drawn in a style resembling the character Fai D. Fluorite from the anime/manga Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle by CLAMP. Susie from the game Deltarune, a pink-skinned humanoid-reptilian monster with shaggy deep magenta hair, standing up and holding a halberd that glints blue, wearing purple splint armor, a purple-trimmed black sleeveless vest, baggy magenta pants, gold-spiked black armbands, and black boots, drawn in a style resembling the character Kurogane from the manga/anime Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle by CLAMP.
November 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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I reviewed Fred Fordham's graphic novel adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea.
★★★★★

Fordham's watercolor-style art is absolutely gorgeous. The adaptation plays to the medium's strengths, allowing the visuals to tell the story...
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#Earthsea #comics
A Wizard of Earthsea (Graphic Novel) - Review
Fordham's watercolor-style art is absolutely gorgeous. The adaptation plays to the medium's strengths, allowing the visuals to tell the story when possible, keeping Le Guin's prose when needed. Wide seascapes,...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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An actual human-drawn version of the HOP design as a T-Shirt? Sign me up!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2019846827/hop-shirt

#hop #nokings
October 21, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Some people just didn't get the memo that the narrator of "The Future Soon" isn't the good guy.

https://www.theverge.com/transportation/805247/tesla-q3-earnings-elon-musk-robot-army-pay-package
Elon Musk says he needs $1 trillion to control Tesla’s ‘robot army’
Do we even want this guy to have a robot army?
www.theverge.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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On Threads, the usual suspects are telling ppl about to lose SNAP benefits to just start a garden. As a gardener, I had to laugh. You need at LEAST an acre of land to feed a family of 4. Start-up costs are enormous. But yes, subsistence farming on the balcony of your rental apartment is the answer
October 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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New book review on my website!

Usurpation, Sue Burke
★★★★☆

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A different sort of book than Semiosis and Interference, taking place entirely on Earth long after the second Pax expedition returns. Can the bamboo keep humans' chaotic conflicts in chec…
Usurpation - Review
A different sort of book than Semiosis and Interference, taking place entirely on Earth long after the second Pax expedition returns. Can the bamboo keep humans' chaotic conflicts in check? Where do the...
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October 19, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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New book review on my website!

A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
★★★★★

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The Earthsea series is one of my regular re-reads. It starts here, with the tale of how a goatherd grew into a wizard in a world where magic is woven through everything …
A Wizard of Earthsea - Review
The Earthsea series is one of my regular re-reads. It starts here, with the tale of how a goatherd grew into a wizard in a world where magic is woven through everything from the poorest village to the...
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October 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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It’s the Portland way.
LA: we will fight you. Chicago: we will fight you. PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.
October 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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RFK fired the CDC official (w/decades of experience) leading the measles outbreak response. It's been decades since we've had such a large outbreak. And just to ensure they they can spread the measles outbreak even farther, they also fired the leadership for the center focused on immunization.
Figure showing the largest measles outbreak in the US in decades. There are over 1500 cases as of October 7 2025
October 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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New tech tip on my website!

Windows Update is a bit flaky about making the offer to enroll an Windows 10 system in an extra year of security updates. If it's not showing the offer, this can make it re-check whether your system is eligible and show you the offer.

#windows #windows10eol
Unhide the Windows 10 ESU Offer
Windows Update is a bit flaky about making the offer to enroll an Windows 10 system in an extra year of security updates. If it's not showing the offer, this can make it re-check whether your system qualifies:...
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October 11, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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New tech tip on my website!

Downgrading a Microsoft Surface Device to Windows 10

#windows10 #windows10eol
Downgrading a Microsoft Surface Device to Windows 10
You can reinstall Windows on a Surface tablet or laptop using a hardware-specific recovery image and a USB drive. Microsoft will want you to log in and provide the serial number of the device you want...
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October 11, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.

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Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
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October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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New app review on my website!

Fread
★★★★☆

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Another Bluesky/Mastodon/RSS Combo app like OpenVibe, a bit less polished but considerably more useful. Handles multiple accounts per type, plus custom feeds.
Fread (Mastodon/RSS/Bluesky App)
Another Bluesky/Mastodon/RSS Combo app like OpenVibe, a bit less polished but considerably more useful. Handles multiple accounts per type, plus custom feeds.
hyperborea.org
September 30, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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New book review on my website!

Automatic Noodle, Annalee Newitz
★★★★★

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A short but joyful tale of creating the future you want out of the present you've been stuck with, told by robots who would rather make noodles than war.
Automatic Noodle - Review
A short but joyful tale of creating the future you want out of the present you've been stuck with, told by robots who would rather make noodles than war.
hyperborea.org
September 20, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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leguinbot.bsky.social
What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?
September 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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It seems that the only trans person known to be in the orbit of this horrific Kirk assassination saga expressed shock and horror, and immediately cooperated fully with law enforcement.
September 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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New book review on my website!

Interference, Sue Burke
★★★★☆

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An intriguing followup to Semiosis that weaves several drastically different sentient species (both plant and animal) into a story about factions, community, freedom, communication and war.
Interference - Review
An intriguing followup to Semiosis that weaves several drastically different sentient species (both plant and animal) into a story about factions, community, freedom, communication and war.
hyperborea.org
September 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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filbi.bsky.social
"I saw 150 of my past lives and they all died before age 9 of measles."
September 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
September 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM