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Daniel Dislikes: Razer Leviathan V2: Multi-Driver PC Gaming Soundbar with Subwoofer
If you're in the market for a nice soundbar to shove beneath your monitor to keep things nice and tidy, may I recommend you stay the hell away from the Razer Leviathan. Yes, it sounds fine. Yes, it has pretty colors that dance along to the music. But
Newsletters
Vinestead International Employee Bulletin
Issue #98-01 | January 1998 | For Internal Distribution Only Hello Team, Welcome to another edition of the Vinestead International Employee Bulletin, your official source for updates, reminders, and a few friendly words to help guide us through Q2 of FY98. As always, we remain committed to transparency, efficiency, and the continued
Flashes From the Verse
An Oral History of the Margate MESH
by Frank Gattis, Junior Aggregator, Banks Media Productions The more things change, the faster they change. At no time in our history was that more true than in the years between 2018 and 2026, when America and most of the civilized world were almost brought to a technological standstill by
Flashes From the Verse
A Return to Anonymity
Pattrn itself is not the problem. It’s social media as a whole that needs to go. Every network that has come and gone in the last two decades has promised to revolutionize the way we connect with people. Instead, they’ve degraded an instinct that is vital to our survival as a species.
Flashes From the Verse
An Oral History of the Calle Cinco de Mayo Massacre
by Frank Gattis, Junior Aggregator, Banks Media Productions Living in America means taking things for granted. We assume there will always be water to drink, food to eat, and electricity to keep the lights burning. We expect roads to be in good repair, buildings to remain standing, and VNet to
For My Fellow Readers
State of the WIP: March 2025
For My Fellow Job Seekers
Note to Self: How to Find Your Next Role
Congrats, Daniel. You landed a sweet new role at a tech company in Austin. That's great to hear because you were kinda losing your mind there for a minute, and by a minute, I mean for the last six months. But that's all in the past
For My Fellow Readers
The Vinestead Anthology is Leaving Kindle Unlimited
Cool Daniel has a problem with Kindle Unlimited (KU), and as a result, he has decided to pull the entire Vinestead Anthology from the KU program over the next few months. Most titles will disappear on March 24, 2025, with a couple of stragglers following on in May. After that,
Black & White Stories
Catch the Air
I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.
Pixelfed - Like Instagram, but Not Owned by Billionaire Lizard People
I'm really pulling for Pixelfed. The app is lacking, the community is small, but it has an air of... not Meta to it. I've been wanting to write a blog post about how YOU MUST DELETE INSTAGRAM, using all my powers of persuasion and piety to
Writing
Daniel Recommends: Micomlan LED Desk Lamp
It would be embarrassing to tell you how many desk lamps I've purchased in pursuit of the one that would make it easy to see my printed-out manuscript and mark it up, but I'm going to tell you an abridged version anyway. I'm not