I think this is the luckiest shiny pokemon I will ever get.. after watching multiple shiny hunters catch hundreds if not thousands of dunsparce to hunt the 1/100 three segment dudunsparce, I saw an outbreak and decided to try it on a whim.. AND THE FIRST ONE I CAUGHT AND EVOLVED WAS A THREE SEGMENT

I just wanted to get a picture of this vaporeon outbreak for the bit and got a random shiny

glad I got my vr dancing in last night, as meta pushed an update today that seemingly broke the native streaming function for ALL of their headsets.. I cannot overstate how much I am looking forward to tossing this thing in the bin once the steam frame comes out

had a lovely night of dancing in vr; even though I was not feeling well when I got on, people sharing a space and their energy is always so joyous and uplifting, and I ended up dancing for three phenomenal sets 🐾🦊🎶

need someone to hold me like this

girl dinner

I made some pasta today 🦊🍝 there is enough for two hehe

a flock of mareep and ampharos on a sunny day to bless your timeline

to the kind, poor soul who shared their special interests with me in vrchat tonight: I'm sorry I kept you on for two hours eagerly listening to every detail of the unity render pipeline and the perfect dark decompilation project, it *will* happen again

inside of me there are two me

a new DLSS model was released that improves the image quality of ultra performance mode (33% internal resolution), it's incredible to me that this is 720p upscaled in real time to a reasonably good looking 4K output

I got my flights sorted and am officially going to nordic fuzz con! who will I be seeing there? 🦊❄️

I drawed a bit

kinda feel like drawing... a good thing to feel in the new year I suppose hehe

my new years resolution is to commit to the bit as hard as when I drew a photorealistic bottle of heinz kranch for a single panel punchline like some sort of spongebob gag

I did it! I beat the finale level of baba is you, with 191 levels completed in total. I still have a fair few of the very difficult/hidden levels left, but I am very pleased with myself 🌻🦊🌷

had a good, long night of dancing in vr; it's so centering to feel the shift from people dancing and enjoying themselves, to winding down and philosophizing on what it means to be present and how we express and celebrate our identities. we're all a bunch of animals here but nothing feels more human

accidentally overclocked my dog

they also just like me fr

we DO have switch 2 at home! 🦊🎮 this is my modded OLED running lineageOS android, using the moonlight streaming client to stream fortnite from my desktop at 1440p 60fps. the frame pacing and latency are fantastic (though perhaps difficult to tell from a 30fps video). now any game can be handheld 🦊👍

it works! I didn't damage my switch by drilling into the PCB, and my method for relocating the status LED to the light sensor port worked as well. result 🦊👍

a PSA for fortnite's winterfest: the daily presents don't seem to stack this year.. starting today until Jan. 5th, you can redeem one per day, resetting at 9 AM ET. glacial dummy unlocks after 7, and cheeks the hamster unlocks after 13. the mobile version can be used to redeem if you are travelling

I've mentioned that the modchip install process for the OLED switch is quite exacting; two of the necessary signal lines are obfuscated, with one method requiring drilling into the PCB and cutting away part of the CPU shield frame to get at sub-millimeter targets.. very delicate and risky work

fortnite really said rtx on for the kitsune sidekick

some fix fox fun today; I am workshopping a method to relocate a modchip's status LED to the light sensor port on the OLED switch. for testing the RGB LED is just getting random data to turn on white, but since it turned on at all I think it will work 🦊👍 not a super useful mod, but a fun one hehe

never get between a man and his floatie

can we go to wacdeneled

he just like me fr.....

I hadn't actually counted until now, but I have repaired or refurbished about 40 switches since the start of november. I still admittedly think of myself as a hobbyist but like.. that number big

I got my license!! #vket #vrchat

would you like a steppa? #vrchat #vket

what the helly

I had a dream that I went to a big arcade/amusement center 🦊🕹️ the foxes yearn to play..

one of those energy drink into nap into post-nap energy drink kind of days.. 🦊💤

after my way over odds shiny stunky hunt recently (and another way over odds hunt that I haven't mentioned yet..), I wanted to take a break and go for a shiny I wanted back when pokemon sword and shield first came out.. a shiny nickit! 🦊 and I found her in only 310 encounters!

not exactly a fox fix today.. this switch was booting to a black screen, and I found that somehow the firmware update fuses were overburnt. the os checks the number of burnt fuses to prevent downgrading.. so, this unit is technically functional, but it can't boot without a modchip until like 2029

today's fox fix is a water damaged switch that was failing to initialize the system storage; I removed the emmc chip from its module and found a lot of corrosion underneath. I cleaned up the pads, reballed the chip, and reflowed it back onto the module, and that got it booting again 🦊👍

extremely lucky fox fix tonight.. the switch's system storage is encrypted with per-console keys *and* detachable... a switch without its paired emmc is basically unfixable. one of my units had an emmc/key mismatch, and on a hunch I swapped its module with another from that lot.. and it worked 🦊🙏

reminiscing about how the first place I saw proper wire splicing visualized was in the gorgeous install manual for the USBemani, a usb conversion board for the PS2 beatmania IIDX controllers by @jaesond.cc. this is my own install from 2014 🦊💿🎹

I picked up some protein bars at the store on a whim; aside from being rather tasty, they also are taking me back to the only time I usually get them, which is for the flights to/from sweden for nordic fuzz con. I'm feeling very motivated and looking forward to seeing my friends 🦊🐺🐶🐱

today's switch repair is a video! 🦊🎥 a video about a unit with no video..

a modchip can be a tool; this switch had parental controls, which means it could not be formatted for reuse even after repair. an unlock code can be generated, but it requires dumping the console's encryption keys and retrieving a device ID. one temporary mod and this console is now fully working 🦊👍

low energy fox fix.. I wasn't feeling well and planned to use this unit's housing for a working board instead of troubleshooting it. I saw the fuel gauge was damaged, so I replaced it and now it works. that orange parental controls icon on a non-hackable switch is a story for another post though..

uh oh

my least favorite "simple" repair on the switch is replacing a scratched digitizer or cracked LCD.. between the absurd adhesive on the digitizer, the LCD floating in the housing with no firm alignment, and needing zero dust or fingerprints on either.. it's near impossible to get a factory result

it's time for vket again, a virtual creator marketplace/exhibition and one of my favorite events in vrchat! I wonder what fun worlds I will scamper and what cool things I will see 🦊🐾