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My name is Brad Root and I'm an artist, software engineer, tech enthusiast, music aficionado, video game junkie, weird coffee person, and occasional unicyclist. Find out more about me at my portfolio site.

I blog mostly about technology and video games over here. If you're interested in music, ſtaires! an adventure in listening may be up your alley.

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  • The Varying Levels of Getting Started with "Uncensored" LLM-Powered Chatbots (4439 views)
  • Zip Multiple Files for Download from AWS S3 (2982 views)
  • Mustang Micro & iRig HD 2 Comparison (for iPad users) (1724 views)
  • Making PICO-8 Development Easier (988 views)
  • Fixing ASUS ZenWiFi AX 5Ghz Uplink Mode (752 views)
  • AeroPress Flow Control Filter Cap Review (471 views)
  • The Varying Levels of Getting Started with "Uncensored" LLM-Powered Chatbots (2024 Update) (441 views)
  • Automating Python Lambda Deployments with Docker (394 views)
  • Introducing Ealain (319 views)
  • AI Horde Text Worker - Quick Start Guide for Windows (212 views)
  • Why Does Everything I Like Suck Now? (134 views)
  • How I Build Apps (And So Can You) (128 views)
  • S3stat - Stats for AWS S3 Downloads (107 views)

December 9, 2021

dotBeat Internet Time

This week on stream I built a small macOS menu bar app I’m calling dotBeat Internet Time. It’s a small, focused app with two features: 1) It displays the current Swatch Internet Time in the menu bar, and 2) It allows you to figure out how Internet Time corresponds to your local time, as well … dotBeat Internet Time

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December 5, 2021

What I’m Up To – Week 48, 2021

What I did over the past week: streamed learning Laravel.

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November 28, 2021

What I’m Up To – Week 47, 2021

What I did over the past, uh, week? Year? Who knows. It’s been a while.

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December 28, 2020

Cyberpunk 2077

Why I think Cyberpunk 2077 is a great game, with pictures.

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December 17, 2020

Making PICO-8 Development Easier

A quick guide on how to make developing games on PICO-8 a bit friendlier for established developers.

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