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December 2025

12 December
   • Added a new blog post ("Digging tunnels, shaking trees, and collecting rings")

1 December
   • Added a new blog post ("Welcome back to Westfold!")


November 2025

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October 2025

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31 October
   • Did some code cleanup on the About page
   • You shouldn't notice anything has changed

29 October
   • Added rusty-bytes' "Ass Ween" blinkie to the homepage

27 October
   • Added a new questionary to the About page

26 October
   • Added a narration track to "The worst enemy is fear"

23 October
   • Added a new blog post ("Cancelled before the first episode")

20 October
   • Returned GoldenEye 007 and Super Mario 64 to the active section of the Game Log

19 October
   • Added a new song to Tina's Tunes: Synth ("Celebrity Sex Tape")
   • Added instrument data for "Celebrity Sex Tape" to the Instruments by Track page
   • Added a new blog post ("Celebrity Sex Tape: About the Song")

18 October
   • Added a new blog post ("I've got 400 followers! Ask Me Anything!")

17 October
   • Added a list of N64 games I owned to the Nintendo 64 Shrine

15 October
   • Added Bob's Burgers to the video log

12 October
   • Added a new blog post ("Regrets of a Datahoarder, part 2: No More Regrets")

10 October
   • Added instrument data to Mint in Box

8 October
   • Added a Recipes section

6 October
   • Added Rocko's Modern Life to the video log

5 October
   • Released Deal With It on the LCI Mini-site

3 October
   • Added Scooby Doo, Where Are You! to the video log

2 October
   • CSS refactor on the 15 Essential Games series pages to make them more accessible for all devices
   • If all went according to plan, you won't even notice anything has changed

1 October
   • Restored the rotating 3D candycorn banner to full height because it's October
   • Made a small edit to "The Worst Enemy is Fear"


September 2025

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30 September
   • Added a new blog post ("The worst enemy is fear")

29 September
   • Took down the Nintendo 64 Day banner from the homepage
   • Just because it's not N64 Day anymore doesn't mean you shouldn't play Super Mario 64 on M64Py!
   • Added the All My Sims series bible

26 September
   • Gave a complete overhaul to How To Quit Spotify Right This Second
   • Despite the page's filename, NewPipe has been downplayed because of the recent announcement that Google will start limiting Android phones to Play Protected apps, muscling FOSS apps like F-Droid and NewPipe completely off the platform
   • Removed links to Invidious and NewPipe from the homepage because of the monopoly
   • Removed the link to Javatari from the homepage, because the Internet Archive's Console Living Room is, quite frankly, better
   • Removed the dead link to Floodgap's gopher proxy from the homepage
   • Reformatted all of this year's blog posts

24 September
   • Added a new blog post ("An interesting side-effect of ex-democratic fascism")

22 September
   • Added a list of songs that I've cried at
   • I'm not real sure where it would be appropriate to link to this page though...

20 September
   • Updated a few games' availability information on the 15 Essential Games lists
   • No, I will not be making a 15 Essential Games for Virtual Boy page (because there were only 14 games released for that system in the first place and only 1 of them is worth anyone's time)
   • Removed several outlinks from the homepage...
      -Neocities main site
      -My Neocities profile page
      -My Tumblr account
   • Neocities has been getting some troubling backend updates that are making me seriously consider a permanent move to a different host. Also, Tumblr is complete shite and you've needed to log into the service to view people's blogs there for at least the past 3 years.

18 September
   • Added a new blog post ("Is it really a roadtrip if you have an appointment?")

17 September
   • Moved my Neocities Neighbours button wall from the homepage to its own page

15 September
   • Added a new song to Tina's Tunes: Acoustic ("Final Boss")
   • Added instrument data for "Final Boss" to the Instruments By Track page

12 September
   • Added a new blog post ("Some real seed-foraging music!")

11 September
   • Added a new blog post ("Wrong target"? Are you sure about that?")
   • Edited unluckychucky.html to include a blurb about decorticate responses and also a link to a related post by Riza @ gremlin.neocities

9 September
   • Added a blorbo shrine at last!
   • Now i feel like i actually belong on this host


August 2025

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25 August
   • Added narration to the blog post about SEGA delisting their games
   • The info about SEGA's delisting is a bit dated, but the rest of the entry is still pertinent

24 August
   • Added datasheets for all 5 top earners on the N64 Shrine

23 August
   • Made a Dream diary and a homepage button for it
   • Finished the Emulation page on the N64 Shrine
   • Finally added screenshots to the Banjo-Kazooie game log page

22 August
   • Added a button for the N64 Shrine to the homepage

21 August
   • Added a Nintendo 64 shrine page

15 August
   • Added Cartoon Planet to the video log

14 August
   • Added a new blog post ("On boycotts and loopholes")

13 August
   • Added narration to the 15 Essential NES games page

10 August
   • Added a new blog post ("Made in the USA: The problem no one wants to talk about")

9 August
   • Added a new blog post ("I don't like playing The Sims 4")
   • Added a new blog post (Content Warning. Sexually explicit text. "My 2nd year as a girl!")
   • Deleted What's New? entries from 2024, as they were just slowing down the code editor

7 August
   • Shut down my account on itch.io
   • Changed my Ko-Fi banner so it won't autoscroll to Fenna's boobs anymore
   • Teased a new album on Ko-Fi

4 August
   • Added a list of standout episodes to the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine video log
   • Added a new blog post ("On Neocities as a social network")
   • I swear if I type "netowrk" ONE MORE TIME...

3 August
   • Removed all references to itch.io from my licensing and commissions documentation on the LCI minisite
   • Removed all download buttons from my album pages on the LCI minisite
   • Added M*A*S*H to my video log


July 2025

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31 July
   • Added Banjo-Kazooie to my Game Log
   • Added Star Trek and Star Trek Voyager to my Video Log

28 July
   • Added Super Mario 64 and GoldenEye 007 to my Game Log
   • Added 2 Stupid Dogs and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine to my Video Log

25 July
   • Re-making my neglected Video Log page, using the Game Log as a model
   • The problem was the episode list; this is stuff you can find on Wikipedia, and reviewing every single episode was slowing down the work
   • Only pointing out exceptional episodes of television will free up a lot of time, plus it will also allow me to list films and non-episodic video of other kinds

24 July
   • Added a new blog post ("Bigger,faster, stronger, more")

23 July
   • Added a new blog post ("Postmortem: 'Daddy's Selectric'")
   • Changed a few more instances of "Firefox" to "Librewolf" on the How to Use a Computer section and dephoning guide

21 July
   • Added a new blog post ("An important message for media pirates")

19 July
   • Added a new blog post ("Emulation is good, jailbreaking is better")
   • Added narration to the Nintendo 64 15 page

17 July
   • Added a new blog post ("Mint Emulation Station: New Leaf")

16 July
   • Added narration tracks to a few pages

15 July
   • Added a new blog post ("The 'Old Web' wasn't that great")

10 July
   • Added a new blog post ("Linux Mint: a surprisingly good emulation station")
   • Changed name initial from "R" to "M" on LINUXGAMING.HTML when i remembered that i already assigned that letter to someone else
   • Added an aside to LINUXGAMING.HTML also

1 July
   • Ended my recommendation for Mozilla Firefox on the How to Use a Computer guide
   • Reworded How to Use a Computer, Part 4 to apply to LibreWolf instead of Firefox
   • Added a link to my own damn IA collection on Part 9 because the last one got termed by some overzealous mod who never heard of "abandonware"


June 2025

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29 June
   • Added a new blog post ("New ain't always better, spud")

23 June
   • Changed the screenshot for Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen on the 15 Essential GBA page
   • Added narration to "AI Sucks: An Examination"

22 June
   • Added screenshots to the Pokemon LeafGreen and Blackthorne gamelog pages
   • Made a slight edit to the Super Mario Land 2 gamelog page

20 June
   • Added a new project to the LCI Minisite: Midnight in the Garden of Grant & Enya
   • Added a new song to Tina's Tunes: Acoustic— "Booster Pack"
   • Added a new questionary to the About page

19 June
   • Added Pokémon LeafGreen to the Game Log
   • Demoted Wario Land to "Done for now"
   • Re-elevated Super Mario Land to "Now Playing"
   • Added a new blog post ("Yep, this one's getting me arrested...")
   • Added another new blog post ("Quantity over quality is not preservation")

16 June
   • Added a new blog post ("Voice, over: Why AI Sucks, part III")

15 June
   • Realised that I forgot this page was here...
   • Amended this page with data from previously missed days
   • Maybe doing RSS on this page isn't such a good idea after all

14 June
   • Finished table reformat of the 15 Essential Games series (including Easter egg pages)
   • Added Nintendo Classics availability data for the 15 Essential GameCube games
   • Replaced "Nintendo Switch Online" and "Nintendo Switch Online+Expansion Pack" with "Nintendo Classics" on the 15 Essential Games pages

12 June
   • Added a new song to Tina's Tunes: Synth ("Orbital Mind Control Lasers")
   • Added instrument data on "Orbital Mind Control Lasers" to Instruments by Track
   • Added a new blog post ("OMCL: About the Song")

1-11 June
   • Did other stuff


May 2025

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28 May
   • Added a new blog post ("A demonstration of unity from a red state")
   • Highlighted the timestamps in the microblog so it's easier to visually separate them
   • Highlighted the microblog pinned post's timestamp in cyan so it stands out more
   • I will not be changing the microblog archives because there's too many of them

25 May
   • Added information on how to update LibreWolf on Debian-based Linux distros to the LibreWolf blog entry

23 May
   • Added a new blog entry ("The Big Beautiful Bill is a Big Stinky Turd")

22 May
   • Removed the expired countdown from the entry page

20 May
   • Moved the homepage to HOME.HTML and added an entry page
   • Used the entry page to display whyishoudini's 48-hour Gaza Blockade countdown script
   • Special thanks to ultra-tetra for bringing it to my attention!

13 May
   • Added a new blog post ("I haven't quite gotten over this")

12 May
   • Added a new blog post ("I wasn't going to, but I switched to LibreWolf")

9 May
   • Added Super Mario Land to the game log
   • Moved Animal Crossing: New Leaf to the "Done for now" section of the game log

4 May
   • Added a new blog post ("May the Fourth be With You: Several things rather more important than Star Wars")


April 2025

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29 April
   • Added a new blog post ("More Super NES style James Bond music")
   • Added a new blog post ("Boy, some people just can't be arsed")
   • Added a new song to Tina's Tunes: Synth ("Feminine Presenting Computer Glitch")
   • Added a new song to Tina's Tunes: Acoustic ("It's Hard to Draw Blockletter S'es")

24 April
   • Added a new blog post ("300 Followers Special: No more fun facts about the site")

20 April
   • Edited "The burden of change is on us now" to reflect recent events in the United States
   • Replaced The Hobbit with Pikmin on the 15 Essential GameCube games page
   • Special thanks to JaidenLE for writing the Pikmin recommendation for me 🧡🧡🧡

19 April
   • Added a new blog post ("I don't much care for Frutiger Aero")

16 April
   • Added a new blog post ("The burden of change is on us now")

12 April
   • Added a new blog post ("The seder hits different now")

9 April
   • Added the results of a questionnaire I took to my About page

7 April
   • Added a new blog post ("On writing game music in the '90s")

4 April
   • Added a new blog post ("Pictures of cats and motorcycles?")

3 April
   • Added a help banner for gremlin to the homepage

1 April
   • Conducted major code maintenance on the homepage, but you can't tell I did it because it didn't visibly change anything
   • Specifically what? Replaced all the archaic P tags with CENTER tags since the P tags weren't doing anything anymore except cluttering up the code editor. Replaced the equally-archaic inline styling elements with a single unified stylesheet, a change which is getting slowly implemented site-wide.
   • Also returned the homepage to normal from April Fool's Mode (did you miss the change? Wayback Machine)


March 2025

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29 March
   • Added a new blog post ("DOOMBOND.FLP: 3rd anniversary of "Imps in the Facility")
   • Added another new blog post ("ACNL: Office/House progress report")

25 March
   • Added a new blog post ("How to Make Windows 11 Work for You (SPOILER: you can't)"

24 March
   • Added a new blog post ("Establishing an online support network")

22 March
   • Changed the aesthetic of the microblog from "ASCII terminal" to "Blue Screen of Death"

21 March
   • Added a new blog post ("New Leaf Update 2: What's Going On in Westfold?")

20 March
   • Added a new blog post ("Gregor Samsa's got nothin' on being a kid in America")
   • This one started out as a diary entry, but I decided it was too important to just hide it there
   • Discussed LineageOS and GrapheneOS on How to Use a Computer: Breaking Up with Google
   • Clarified Mozilla's new terms of service on How to Use a Computer: Getting Started with Firefox

19 March
   • Added a new blog post ("Scare Tactics: Tina's accidental ableist moment")

17 March
   • Changed my Nintendo Network friend code to my Pretendo Network friend code on my About page

16 March
   • Added a new blog post ("I guess it's time for scare tactics")
   • Delisted Google Earth from How to Use a Computer, Part 7 (cos I forgot until just now that I was recommending it)

15 March
   • Added a new blog post ("Recent Jailbroken 3DS Adventures")

14 March
   • Added a new blog post ("That's a lotta games!")

13 March
   • Made insignificant code modifications to this page that you won't even notice

12 March
   • Added a new blog post ("Giving The Sims 4 more of an earnest go")
   • Moved EarthBound and The Urbz from Now Playing to Done for Now on the Game Log page.

11 March
   • Added a new blog post ("Not a review of CID The Dummy")

10 March
   • Added a new blog post ("Oh...it's not all that different, actually")

7 March
   • Added a new blog post ("Linux Mint makes short work of CD to ISO")

6 March
   • Added a new blog post ([PERSONAL] I can't listen to "Kiss Sim Me" anymore)
   • Added an icon legend entry for the [PERSONAL] notation on the blog index
   • Discovered something fun about Majora's Mask 3D the other day ;)
   • Added Cory Appell's story to All My Sims (though it's not finished yet)

2 March
   • Added a new blog post ("March 2 2025 Walking Journal")


February 2025

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25 February
   • Added several missing blog entries to my Sims pages directory

21 February
   • Put all of my MTS uploads onto the Internet Archive
   • Put a blank neighbourhood template for The Sims 1 onto the Internet Archive

20 February
   • Added a skinning tutorial to The Sims 1 section

19 February
   • Added Breaking Up with Google to How to Use a Computer
   • Ceased recommending DeepL as an alternative to Google Translate (reason: trains AI on user searches)

18 February
   • Made some aesthetic changes to the About page

12 February
   • Added an introductory page for The Sims Legacy Collection & The Sims 1 Starter Pack

6 February
   • Added a blog post ("New Leaf: What's Going On in Westfold")

4 February
   • Added a blog post ("Trump & Elon: Kayfabe II Electric Boogaloo")

2 February
   • Removed links to the Fraggle Rock, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Courage the Cowardly Dog videolog pages until I can catch up on the backlogs and add screenshots

1 February
   • Added a game log page for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
   • It still needs screenshots, though...


January 2025

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25 January
   • Added a new blog post ("I jailbroke my 2DS for some reason")

24 January
   • Realised that most of the month went by and i failed to list ANY of the updates I've made since the 5th.
   • Some stuff I've done at times I don't remember have been...
      ‣ Added several blog entries
      ‣ Added a Game Log page for Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
      ‣ Added Video Log pages for...
         ‣ Bob's Burgers
         ‣ Courage the Cowardly Dog
         ‣ Fraggle Rock
         ‣ SpongeBob SquarePants
      ‣ Added MP3 versions of the MIDI files on my Tumblr music uploads page
      ‣ Added a force majeure clause to my LCI commissions contract

5 January
   • Moved the Video Log to the "shrines" directory so I could add pages about all the shows I watch
   • Added a Video Log page for Star Trek: The Next Generation

1 January — Hanukkah night 8
   • Added a blog post ("RE: beef stew and country bread")
   • I guess my promise to not talk about politics this Hanukkah was unrealistic...
   • Archived the blog posts from 2023 and 2024
   • Made some minor code changes to the blog index; you shouldn't even notice anything has changed
   • Added 6 more screenshots to the Animal Crossing: New Leaf Game Log page


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