Alexander
@xandersthoughts.bsky.social
31, gay, techhead and terminally tired. Amateur anime podcaster, even more amateur musician. Still surviving. Go Niners.
A bit of positivity in this world of bleakness and despair.
Since my ER trip two weeks ago I’ve dropped around 20 pounds off my weight.
It won’t hold by Thanksgiving for obvious reasons but I’ll keep working to hit 199 however I can.
Since my ER trip two weeks ago I’ve dropped around 20 pounds off my weight.
It won’t hold by Thanksgiving for obvious reasons but I’ll keep working to hit 199 however I can.
November 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A bit of positivity in this world of bleakness and despair.
Since my ER trip two weeks ago I’ve dropped around 20 pounds off my weight.
It won’t hold by Thanksgiving for obvious reasons but I’ll keep working to hit 199 however I can.
Since my ER trip two weeks ago I’ve dropped around 20 pounds off my weight.
It won’t hold by Thanksgiving for obvious reasons but I’ll keep working to hit 199 however I can.
THE IPOD SAGA UPDATE:
I didn’t need to buy a replacement logic board after all. I had *another* 160GB iPod classic on hand, tore it open and harvested its logic board (and click wheel for a two-tone look), put it into the broken one’s casing, and…
VOILA.
I didn’t need to buy a replacement logic board after all. I had *another* 160GB iPod classic on hand, tore it open and harvested its logic board (and click wheel for a two-tone look), put it into the broken one’s casing, and…
VOILA.
November 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
THE IPOD SAGA UPDATE:
I didn’t need to buy a replacement logic board after all. I had *another* 160GB iPod classic on hand, tore it open and harvested its logic board (and click wheel for a two-tone look), put it into the broken one’s casing, and…
VOILA.
I didn’t need to buy a replacement logic board after all. I had *another* 160GB iPod classic on hand, tore it open and harvested its logic board (and click wheel for a two-tone look), put it into the broken one’s casing, and…
VOILA.
This has some big “Mike Piazza in 2002” energy.
November 17, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This has some big “Mike Piazza in 2002” energy.
Fingers crossed…
November 15, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Fingers crossed…
Hooray.
Now don’t raise your prices again, YouTube TV - and don’t do this crap with anyone else again, Disney.
Now don’t raise your prices again, YouTube TV - and don’t do this crap with anyone else again, Disney.
November 15, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Hooray.
Now don’t raise your prices again, YouTube TV - and don’t do this crap with anyone else again, Disney.
Now don’t raise your prices again, YouTube TV - and don’t do this crap with anyone else again, Disney.
Skye Blue invoking the Muta scale and Harley Cameron dressed as Tifa for the occasion.
Blood & Guts is where dreams are made.
Blood & Guts is where dreams are made.
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Skye Blue invoking the Muta scale and Harley Cameron dressed as Tifa for the occasion.
Blood & Guts is where dreams are made.
Blood & Guts is where dreams are made.
Yesterday here in Charlotte it was 75 degrees and sunny.
Right now it’s 35 degrees and we have snow flurries.
That’s Charlotte weather for you - don’t like it one day? Wait 24 hours and it’ll change.
Right now it’s 35 degrees and we have snow flurries.
That’s Charlotte weather for you - don’t like it one day? Wait 24 hours and it’ll change.
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Yesterday here in Charlotte it was 75 degrees and sunny.
Right now it’s 35 degrees and we have snow flurries.
That’s Charlotte weather for you - don’t like it one day? Wait 24 hours and it’ll change.
Right now it’s 35 degrees and we have snow flurries.
That’s Charlotte weather for you - don’t like it one day? Wait 24 hours and it’ll change.
A sad update from the “operating table” as I was doing a bit of maintenance today - the battery connector got nicked out and it’s completely stripped.
It’s dead and I now need to get a replacement motherboard.
It’s dead and I now need to get a replacement motherboard.
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A sad update from the “operating table” as I was doing a bit of maintenance today - the battery connector got nicked out and it’s completely stripped.
It’s dead and I now need to get a replacement motherboard.
It’s dead and I now need to get a replacement motherboard.
The for-sure "surgery" was also a success, even if modern macOS is a bit buggy when trying to restore a device 16 years older than it.
But it worked with an older 400GB microSD card and I've got over double the original storage in this thing now.
Now to try and fill this sucker up.
But it worked with an older 400GB microSD card and I've got over double the original storage in this thing now.
Now to try and fill this sucker up.
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The for-sure "surgery" was also a success, even if modern macOS is a bit buggy when trying to restore a device 16 years older than it.
But it worked with an older 400GB microSD card and I've got over double the original storage in this thing now.
Now to try and fill this sucker up.
But it worked with an older 400GB microSD card and I've got over double the original storage in this thing now.
Now to try and fill this sucker up.
The surgery was a resounding success.
And the test playback works perfectly.
And the test playback works perfectly.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The surgery was a resounding success.
And the test playback works perfectly.
And the test playback works perfectly.
It’s a big night tonight.
I have prepped my miracle $70 7th gen iPod classic, “Golden Boy”, for what I call “iPod brain surgery” - and prying this thing open with its aluminum faceplate today was PAINFUL.
But I did it. And now the work begins to replace its (presumably) dead hard drive.
I have prepped my miracle $70 7th gen iPod classic, “Golden Boy”, for what I call “iPod brain surgery” - and prying this thing open with its aluminum faceplate today was PAINFUL.
But I did it. And now the work begins to replace its (presumably) dead hard drive.
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It’s a big night tonight.
I have prepped my miracle $70 7th gen iPod classic, “Golden Boy”, for what I call “iPod brain surgery” - and prying this thing open with its aluminum faceplate today was PAINFUL.
But I did it. And now the work begins to replace its (presumably) dead hard drive.
I have prepped my miracle $70 7th gen iPod classic, “Golden Boy”, for what I call “iPod brain surgery” - and prying this thing open with its aluminum faceplate today was PAINFUL.
But I did it. And now the work begins to replace its (presumably) dead hard drive.
Sigh… I’m going to bed.
Yell at and maul each other on your own time.
Yell at and maul each other on your own time.
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Sigh… I’m going to bed.
Yell at and maul each other on your own time.
Yell at and maul each other on your own time.
Perfectly balanced, as all things should be… for a moment, anyway.
Also, hi.
Also, hi.
November 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Perfectly balanced, as all things should be… for a moment, anyway.
Also, hi.
Also, hi.
Had to do a double take but my eyes are not fooling me.
Star Wars… on AMC. Turns out they can air good movies on the channel after all.
And when did AMC get those rights from Disney?
Star Wars… on AMC. Turns out they can air good movies on the channel after all.
And when did AMC get those rights from Disney?
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Had to do a double take but my eyes are not fooling me.
Star Wars… on AMC. Turns out they can air good movies on the channel after all.
And when did AMC get those rights from Disney?
Star Wars… on AMC. Turns out they can air good movies on the channel after all.
And when did AMC get those rights from Disney?
So, uh… Pluribus is kinda absolutely crazy insane and I already love it after just half of the first episode.
Apple TV continues their trend of being “the better HBO” with this one.
Apple TV continues their trend of being “the better HBO” with this one.
November 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
So, uh… Pluribus is kinda absolutely crazy insane and I already love it after just half of the first episode.
Apple TV continues their trend of being “the better HBO” with this one.
Apple TV continues their trend of being “the better HBO” with this one.
Behold: a relic of a bygone era.
The sacred text of people who used to rent things from video stores.
The sacred text of people who used to rent things from video stores.
November 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Behold: a relic of a bygone era.
The sacred text of people who used to rent things from video stores.
The sacred text of people who used to rent things from video stores.
Well, either way, people in Charlotte can get their fix of ballroom dancing later at… *1:07AM* tonight.
Makes me curious to know how many people watch DWTS on Disney+ instead of ABC.
Makes me curious to know how many people watch DWTS on Disney+ instead of ABC.
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Well, either way, people in Charlotte can get their fix of ballroom dancing later at… *1:07AM* tonight.
Makes me curious to know how many people watch DWTS on Disney+ instead of ABC.
Makes me curious to know how many people watch DWTS on Disney+ instead of ABC.
So.
YouTube TV and Disney are beefing over ESPN fees, and as part of it EVERY single ABC affiliate is pulled, regardless of it’s an O&O or not.
Here in Charlotte, it’s not. But there’s a secondary independent station that airs ABC shows as an overflow for local preemptions.
Except tonight?
YouTube TV and Disney are beefing over ESPN fees, and as part of it EVERY single ABC affiliate is pulled, regardless of it’s an O&O or not.
Here in Charlotte, it’s not. But there’s a secondary independent station that airs ABC shows as an overflow for local preemptions.
Except tonight?
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
So.
YouTube TV and Disney are beefing over ESPN fees, and as part of it EVERY single ABC affiliate is pulled, regardless of it’s an O&O or not.
Here in Charlotte, it’s not. But there’s a secondary independent station that airs ABC shows as an overflow for local preemptions.
Except tonight?
YouTube TV and Disney are beefing over ESPN fees, and as part of it EVERY single ABC affiliate is pulled, regardless of it’s an O&O or not.
Here in Charlotte, it’s not. But there’s a secondary independent station that airs ABC shows as an overflow for local preemptions.
Except tonight?
You bet I’m tuned in for the big fight tonight in New York City:
An early season hockey game between the Hurricanes and Rangers.
An early season hockey game between the Hurricanes and Rangers.
November 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
You bet I’m tuned in for the big fight tonight in New York City:
An early season hockey game between the Hurricanes and Rangers.
An early season hockey game between the Hurricanes and Rangers.
#86. Chainsaw Man (Part 1 - ch. 1-97)
Cheating for a log entry? Maybe. But when you spend two hours reading masterpiece fiction like this it’ll change you.
Also, you can probably sink it all up the album In Absentia by Porcupine Tree and that’s neat.
Cheating for a log entry? Maybe. But when you spend two hours reading masterpiece fiction like this it’ll change you.
Also, you can probably sink it all up the album In Absentia by Porcupine Tree and that’s neat.
November 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
#86. Chainsaw Man (Part 1 - ch. 1-97)
Cheating for a log entry? Maybe. But when you spend two hours reading masterpiece fiction like this it’ll change you.
Also, you can probably sink it all up the album In Absentia by Porcupine Tree and that’s neat.
Cheating for a log entry? Maybe. But when you spend two hours reading masterpiece fiction like this it’ll change you.
Also, you can probably sink it all up the album In Absentia by Porcupine Tree and that’s neat.
This football game right now is so bad that I’ve started reading the Chainsaw Man manga.
Lesson learned: don’t get attached to ANYONE in this series before they… well, you can figure it out.
Lesson learned: don’t get attached to ANYONE in this series before they… well, you can figure it out.
November 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
This football game right now is so bad that I’ve started reading the Chainsaw Man manga.
Lesson learned: don’t get attached to ANYONE in this series before they… well, you can figure it out.
Lesson learned: don’t get attached to ANYONE in this series before they… well, you can figure it out.