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Please Stop Using Cloudflare
November 18, 2025 Rant
With the recent Cloudflare outage resolved, I suspect most websites are going to go back to normal, not thinking anything of it until the next time things go sideways. Still, I'm here to make a plea: please consider not using Cloudflare.
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Could This Be My New Daily Carry? - Miyoo Flip Review
November 17, 2025 Blog
Of the handhelds I've written about, none of them have really felt worthy of a spot in my pocket. Either the form factor didn't lend itself to being pocketable or the size was just too big. However, when I got my hands on the Miyoo Flip V2, it replaced my normal companion, the 2DS XL. The only question is if it's good enough to maintain its position or if I'll end up crawling back to the 2DS. Only one way to find out.
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Is Railgun Still My Favorite Anime? - Railgun Rewatch Reaction Part 1
November 15, 2025 Rant
Beware of "A Certain Scientific Railgun" spoilers
"A Certain Scientific Railgun" was one of the first anime I ever watched, and it has continued to hold up to scrutiny on every rewatch I've done. However, with how much of a masterpiece I claim that "BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!" is, can I still call it my favorite? There's only one way to find out, and that's to watch it again and give a play-by-play of my thoughts.
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Moving Search From Google To PageFind
November 12, 2025 Rant
I'm just enough of a narcissist to believe that people deserve to hear the things I have to say, so discoverability is very important to me. To that end, I've wanted to have some kind of search function on my site to make it easier to find older posts. Around two months ago, I added a Google Programmable Search Engine as a temporary measure, but I always had my eye on PageFind in the long term. Today, I finally took the time to implement the PageFind solution into the site.
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Iconic NASCAR Race Recap - 2021 Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway
November 8, 2025 Rant
I've been pretty vocal about my opinion on driving standards in NASCAR over the past five years or so. Races tend to devolve into guys running over each other as they go on, and that's only exacerbated at short tracks, where moving people out of your way is the only way to pass. Still, sometimes short tracks manage to put on a show. For example, the finish to the 2021 Food City 300, which I consider to be one of the greatest finishes I've ever watched. So, let's go back in time to recap if the race itself was as good as the finish.
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NASCAR Race Recap - 2025 Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway
November 3, 2025 Rant
Despite all the drama about the NASCAR playoff format, the Cup Series championship 4 was actually a pretty solid group. There's a solid argument to be made that each of them deserves a championship this season. However, we can only have one champion, so let's recap the 2025 championship race and all the drama within.
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NASCAR's Playoff Format Works Perfectly (Just Not For You)
November 2, 2025 Rant
NASCAR's current playoff format has been a target of ire among fans basically since its inception. These frustrations have only gotten more intense with how the 2025 Xfinity Series championship finished. The declarations of how the system is broken or doesn't work have never been louder. The problem with that way of thinking is that the system actually works perfectly. Or, rather, whether the system works depends on what exactly you're trying to accomplish.
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Return of the PSP Go? - Anbernic RG Slide Review
November 1, 2025 Blog
I've mentioned before my love of handheld computers. It's something of a problem for me. So, when I saw the Anbernic RG Slide come across my news feed, I felt like I needed to give it a test drive. Is this PSP Go lookalike worth the money, or is it doomed to share the fate of its doppelganger?
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Blatant Cheating - The TTY-Only Challenge Part 3
October 16, 2025 Blog
One problem with my TTY-only setup is that I don't have a way to link it into my blog workflow. That means that chronicling my adventures from within the TTY isn't possible yet. Today, I'm going to fix that by blatantly cheating.
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Mega Evolution Prerelease Recap
September 13, 2025 Rant
We are (maybe?) entering a new era of the Pokémon TCG with the release of the Mega Evolution set, and there are some interesting cards in it. While I don't have any insight on the set as a whole yet (although I hopefully will on the long-overdue second episode of the Nerd Out Podcast if and when that finally comes out), I did participate in a prerelease event, so I can speak to what I used and what I saw.
Read more...
Please Stop Using Cloudflare
November 18, 2025 Rant
With the recent Cloudflare outage resolved, I suspect most websites are going to go back to normal, not thinking anything of it until the next time things go sideways. Still, I'm here to make a plea: please consider not using Cloudflare.
Read more...
Could This Be My New Daily Carry? - Miyoo Flip Review
November 17, 2025 Blog
Of the handhelds I've written about, none of them have really felt worthy of a spot in my pocket. Either the form factor didn't lend itself to being pocketable or the size was just too big. However, when I got my hands on the Miyoo Flip V2, it replaced my normal companion, the 2DS XL. The only question is if it's good enough to maintain its position or if I'll end up crawling back to the 2DS. Only one way to find out.
Read more...
Is Railgun Still My Favorite Anime? - Railgun Rewatch Reaction Part 1
November 15, 2025 Rant
Beware of "A Certain Scientific Railgun" spoilers
"A Certain Scientific Railgun" was one of the first anime I ever watched, and it has continued to hold up to scrutiny on every rewatch I've done. However, with how much of a masterpiece I claim that "BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!" is, can I still call it my favorite? There's only one way to find out, and that's to watch it again and give a play-by-play of my thoughts.
Read more...
Moving Search From Google To PageFind
November 12, 2025 Rant
I'm just enough of a narcissist to believe that people deserve to hear the things I have to say, so discoverability is very important to me. To that end, I've wanted to have some kind of search function on my site to make it easier to find older posts. Around two months ago, I added a Google Programmable Search Engine as a temporary measure, but I always had my eye on PageFind in the long term. Today, I finally took the time to implement the PageFind solution into the site.
Read more...
Iconic NASCAR Race Recap - 2021 Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway
November 8, 2025 Rant
I've been pretty vocal about my opinion on driving standards in NASCAR over the past five years or so. Races tend to devolve into guys running over each other as they go on, and that's only exacerbated at short tracks, where moving people out of your way is the only way to pass. Still, sometimes short tracks manage to put on a show. For example, the finish to the 2021 Food City 300, which I consider to be one of the greatest finishes I've ever watched. So, let's go back in time to recap if the race itself was as good as the finish.
Read more...
NASCAR Race Recap - 2025 Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway
November 3, 2025 Rant
Despite all the drama about the NASCAR playoff format, the Cup Series championship 4 was actually a pretty solid group. There's a solid argument to be made that each of them deserves a championship this season. However, we can only have one champion, so let's recap the 2025 championship race and all the drama within.
Read more...
NASCAR's Playoff Format Works Perfectly (Just Not For You)
November 2, 2025 Rant
NASCAR's current playoff format has been a target of ire among fans basically since its inception. These frustrations have only gotten more intense with how the 2025 Xfinity Series championship finished. The declarations of how the system is broken or doesn't work have never been louder. The problem with that way of thinking is that the system actually works perfectly. Or, rather, whether the system works depends on what exactly you're trying to accomplish.
Read more...
Return of the PSP Go? - Anbernic RG Slide Review
November 1, 2025 Blog
I've mentioned before my love of handheld computers. It's something of a problem for me. So, when I saw the Anbernic RG Slide come across my news feed, I felt like I needed to give it a test drive. Is this PSP Go lookalike worth the money, or is it doomed to share the fate of its doppelganger?
Read more...
Blatant Cheating - The TTY-Only Challenge Part 3
October 16, 2025 Blog
One problem with my TTY-only setup is that I don't have a way to link it into my blog workflow. That means that chronicling my adventures from within the TTY isn't possible yet. Today, I'm going to fix that by blatantly cheating.
Read more...
Mega Evolution Prerelease Recap
September 13, 2025 Rant
We are (maybe?) entering a new era of the Pokémon TCG with the release of the Mega Evolution set, and there are some interesting cards in it. While I don't have any insight on the set as a whole yet (although I hopefully will on the long-overdue second episode of the Nerd Out Podcast if and when that finally comes out), I did participate in a prerelease event, so I can speak to what I used and what I saw.
Read more...
Jacen Sekai
IT wizard, wannabe coder, dub connoisseur.
