Here's the kicker. Micro Center had an affordable AM4 bundle that we went in on (*with RAM*), and that was *still* cheaper than the 14 TB HDD that we took home! 😮‍💨

I have been lost in the sauce regarding the media server. The vast majority of the films Tab (💍)and I own have been ripped, and we're deep into the 4K BDs now.

My spreadsheet tracker is a sobering reminder of the vastness of our collection, and I'm starting to fear running out of drive space. 😖

Friday at last…

My build backlog may be small, but I should tackle it at some point. 😅

A Dumb Description of Transformers #twitchclips #envtuber YouTube video by Plum Nemui 〖 EN VTUBER 〗

Good morning and happy timezone, Plum Champs. 💜

I edited a clip from the Valentine’s stream. I hope you found this moment as funny as I did. 🌹

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Lately, I've been slowly cobbling together media for a personal media server. The process has been intense, and it's made me come to terms with how much physical media I own. 😅

It's bad enough that I have started a spreadsheet to track things. 🙃

Discord is out of their goddamn minds.

They literally had a big info leak of like 70k users 5 months ago- PROVING why this shit is a bad idea, and now they're rolling this out GLOBALLY?

What an absolute clown show over there.

An image consisting of every red ranger from Super Sentai's fifty year history, in a line across the middle of the screen, running away from the camera across an empty wasteland towards a cloudless blue sky. Some of them are jumping and waving their hands as if in celebration.

The final episode of Number One Sentai Gozyuger was broadcast in Japan this morning.
After 2461 episodes (I think?) across 50 years, Super Sentai has gone off the air for the final time. ✌️😢

High-fiving every SUPER SENTAI Red Ranger - As the series marks its end after 50 years and 2,457 episodes

#Television #Japan #SuperSentai #PowerRangers #TVSky #Retro #Nostalgia #Tokusatsu #RedRanger

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Tommorrow, the tokusatsu world will be bidding farewell to not just Gozyuger, but Super Sentai as a whole.

Save for maybe certain soap operas, The Simpsons, and SNL, seeing such a franchise go dark will be bittersweet.

50 years is a hell of a run.

Until we meet again, heroes.

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A win for today: I didn't fall into a snow drift digging out my car today.

The twist? Having to dig out my car (with help) out of a foot of snow. ><;

You win some, you lose some, I guess.

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It's been snowing like crazy where I live (we beat the two-day accumulation record🙃), and I ended up streaming Helldivers 2 with my buddy Classichomer.

The stream scuf was rough, my skills rusty, but I sorta made it work. ><;

Maybe one of these days I'll finally get back into regularly streaming.

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Can't think of a better way to ring in 2026 than by watching a bunch of scientists with nuclear proton packs and supernatural goo pilot the Statue of Liberty to up the good vibes.

They then smashed through a glass dome of an art museum to send a medieval tyrant back into a painting on NYE.

Another year has passed. While it's definitely been a *year* for us all, I find myself counting my blessings for the positive things that are currently in my life.

I know I didn't stream much this year, but I'm happy for those times I did.

I'm trying to accept these gifts more next year.

Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.

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Speaking from the void between Christmas and New Years:

We seem to be turning into a house that builds gunpla.

I may or may not have picked up more than 0 kits for @tabsempai.bsky.social to build for Christmas. Ones from her favorite Gundam shows, at least.

Least she has her own nippers now. 🤷

SHADOW OFFLINE

We made it to the Greenpath, and I was happy to get back in the stream saddle.

I may pick it back up in the next couple days, but it just felt nice to get back behind the stream mic.

Thanks to those who came in and hung out!

I'm live! Time for some dimly lit platforming and difficult combat!

Come hang out!

www.twitch.tv/ecshadow

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Hey, y'all.

A friend of mine has thrown down the gauntlet and encouraged me to give Hollow Knight a try on stream.

Guess I'll be getting back in the stream saddle. Just not comfortably so, it seems.

11/29! 2p EST!

twitch.tv/ecshadow

STREAM NEWS:

Starting in December, my schedule at work will shift my days off.

This means I have a static weekend of sorts, but it's going to be a Sunday/Monday thing. Which means more static days to stream!

Gunpla builds, Backlog Bustin, and other stuff is on the table.

Stay tuned.

YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????

Plum standing against a purple background with text that says: You're Invited! Plum Nemui 35th Birthday Stream Thursday, November 13th 6pm EST | 3pm PST | 8am JST twitch.tv/PlumNemui

It's officially November, which means I've been told that I *have* to stream for my birthday. I know some Plum Champs have been plotting. 👀

So come join me for a short birthday stream on Thursday, November 13th at 6pm EST! Maybe this year I'll remember my mic and headset. 😅

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BY THE WAY

If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.

There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.

Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."

TURN IT OFF.

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Reading the sentence "Rush to tour in 2026 " was not something I was ever expecting to read.

Am I happy to have another chance to see them live again? Yes.

Am I conflicted about them doing so without Neil (skill of his successor notwithstanding)? Also yes.

Regardless, the news is welcome.

I literally cannot contain myself right now!

I've waited 16 YEARS to hear ACT III is coming!!

PROTOMEN FANS ARE EATING GOOD.

THERE WILL BE LIGHT!

It’s October 3rd ✨⏱️💗

Which classic media reference do you think of FIRST on this iconic day? 👀

#October3rd #FullmetalAlchemist #MeanGirls

I used to see Weird Al all the time in the aughts. I really fell off seeing him somewhere in the '10s

Finally saw him this week, and it's genuinely impressive that a man in his mid 60s can maintain the frantic energy for a whole show. Much less a whole tour.

Puddles was also great, too. ❤️

Happy 26 years Dreamcast! 🌀 🎂 🎈

Share some of your most memorable moments with us—we'd love to hear your stories!

man buying a sega dreamcast at the launch in japan on 9.9.1999

sega dreamcast turns 26 today

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26 years ago today, @sega-west.bsky.social released their final console in the US.

I refuse to let the impact it had on the gaming market fade away, because it laid the foundation for things modern gamers take for granted.

Keep thinking, Dreamcast.