iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 25/09/2026

In GitHub's infinite wisdom they will auto-hide a lot of the file names attached to releases, this is where I've seen friends get stuck :/ The yt-dlp folks have a nice recommended list on the main README to help bridge that UI gap though!

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 11/08/2026

I have absolutely altered my vocabulary based on how likely the autocorrect on my keyboard will get it the first time around. This is because I am an insane person clinging to Minuuum, a keyboard last updated a decade ago, that I know how to type on. "required" instead of "necessary".

A screenshot of me typing this post on my phone, showing my Android keyboard. It's QWERTY, but smooshed down into one row, QAZWSXEDC etc. The keyboard is called Minuum and is more or less throwing yourself at the mercy of autocorrect. Fortunately its autocorrect was very good... At least it was in 2016 when it last received a software update.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 05/08/2026

With the warm weather lately the server rack has been running warmer than I would like. It didn't come with a cover for the top anyway, so some modifications to a sheet of plastic later now it does. I'll eventually add an esphome controller for the fans so I can do some smarts with them.

The underside of the custom top cover I made for our network rack. It's a sheet of black plastic with metal rails for strength. Four very large comouter fans blow air out the top.

The custom top cover now installed into the rack, quietly moving air to keep it cooler in there.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 04/08/2026

Hap burf! Does it count if they think they're tigers? Look at how hard they can nap!

Our tabby-striped cat Valérian curled up asleep in a box.

Our floofy cat Lauraline asleep and slowly falling off a person on a couch.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 02/08/2026

Behold the gremlin Lauraline, investigating to find additional mischief to cause.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 24/07/2026

That and the C-Max is friend shaped and super comfy inside, still waiting for someone to make something similar.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 21/07/2026

Oh boy, getting serious now. The labels on the boxes lie, this is a stack of ZD420d units. We've had enough revenue to do a fleet upgrade and keep our rental prices the same! I am once again very very limited on garage space. Time to sell the old stuff, yay.

A stack of 24 Zebra label printer boxes, with one additional unit on top just for show. They are taking up too much space in my garage.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 14/07/2026

3D printing success. Finally got around to finishing this drive array cage for an Intel backplane. The backplane board was like $40, but if you wanted the sheet metal that was $300. I figured I could do it myself and yes, I could. Unfortunately only 3 disks because they now cost $900 used...

A close up picture of the front of a server, showing an 8 disk drive array. The blue plastic of the array reveals this is a 3D printed part

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 05/07/2026

Fell asleep like this after toying last night, too comfy and tired to bother taking it off until this morning.

Lounging in bed wearing a smooth purple one-piece swimsuit, with the blanket strategically located to not reveal what's going on in the middle. That might be reserved for DMs on telegram if you ask nicely.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 04/07/2026

I've started a list of reference illustrations I need to commission a furry artist to redraw for me at some point. This is going to be an entertaining request for someone.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 03/07/2026

In solidarity with my East Coast friends scheduled to die of heatstroke this weekend, I have taken up the task of cleaning the garage floor. It's gotten quite the accumulation of gunk and grease, so I'm using the good stuff. It helped a bit. Time for a desperately needed shower.

A before picture showing a dirty and damp garage floor, tire marks and grease stains plainly visible.

The same section of garage floor, significantly lighter in color

A broader view of the cleaned and drying garage

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 02/07/2026

Absolutely floored that YouTube decided to replace the "watch videos on my TV" button with a "message people about what I'm watching" button. A UX that has been locked in for over a decade. The fact that suggesting a messaging feature doesn't carry the death penalty at Google is mind boggling.

A picture of the old YouTube app, prominently showing the "cast screen" button right at the top. Nice and easy to view videos using the app I pay for.

The latest YouTube app, having replaced the "consume content" button with a "chat with your friends" button that for some unfathomable reason they think I have any interest in touching.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 29/06/2026

And some better pictures as well.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 29/06/2026

Well for all the folks who were asking for pictures the local news crew got a picture of my butt along with Kobaj, @finfet.isdumb.org @nican.net and @zenith.pawgge.rs www.kuow.org/stories/phot...

A candid street picture of my butt in a purple cheerleader skirt, along with our matching skirts with, left to right, Reilly (Aka Fin), Kobaj, Nican, and Zenith peeking out around my shoulder.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 22/06/2026

I just dropped my car off for an alignment today after overhauling the suspension in my garage! Even on the short drive to the shop it feels much better for something with 175k miles. bsky.app/profile/cell...

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 22/06/2026

It took me over an hour to get this stupid little seal clamp properly installed. The shop manual makes it very clear that the tie rod boots *must* be *airtight* or it will cause problems. They literally say "zip ties won't work". Okay fine. Can't be that hard to do it right...

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 20/06/2026

Listen. LISTEN. You tell me that's not a dumptruck ass right there. Zebra knew what they were doing. It's even ribbed for your pleasure. Take a look.

The lovely Zebra Stripe S600, showing off its lovely curves against a loud yellow label and against a soft purple 90s style backdrop.

The rear view of the S600 printer, showing off all of its ports and a rear end that starts up high and curves way out until it comes right back in. The design team knew what they were about when they came up with this unit, the flat backsides of their competition wouldn't turn heads like seeing this thing roll by on a cart.

The two-tone front color isn't needed back here, we've got plenty of shape to work with. As an industrial printer it can handle some rough treatment, but that doesn't excuse abuse like dropping it. That smooth curve down the backside makes for a firm grasping point to get your whole paw around when you need to manhandle it to put it in its place. The classic beige color is unafraid of getting a little dirty, it'll wipe clean just fine with some TLC.

Unlike the cold hard metal exterior of other printers this one is wearing soft and warm plastic, lightly textured for just enough grip without being rough to slide your fingers gently over. Not that you'd need to much, you can push its buttons just fine from the front panel. Prefer a bit more control of your toys? Not a problem with its ZPL command set compatibility, letting you tell it exactly what you want it to do for you. This printer is built to serve.

Don't let the picture fool you though, it's teasing what it can do when it's closed up like this. That voluptuous contour back there can take in a full 8 inches round without breaking a sweat, at a girthy full 4" wide label print width. You can load it up full and leave it satisfied for quite a while that way, but if you prefer you can use smaller media rolls too. You'll just need to handle servicing its needs when it gets pouty at you.

Not that it's particularly needy, of course, it's a strong independent printer. You will still want to lift its top and slide your paws underneath to feel around. Maybe twiddle it's knobs gently to keep it purring along.

It's a fine machine.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 19/06/2026

Oh no bsky dropped the image! refsheet.net/Cellivar/cel... And here's some specific images showing off some pawbs :3c

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 18/06/2026

"Is that stuck rusty nut still causing you problems?" "No"

The remains of what was once a steel nut now cut into multiple small pieces to get it off.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 17/06/2026

This is the one I just pulled out of my car at 175k. If you look closely you'll see why. While the Global C-Car platform was pretty mature by the time my car was designed, my C-Max had a particular quirk of its own: it's a hybrid. This means both a lot more torque, and also regenerative braking.

A picture of the same part, as removed from my car after 175,000 miles. I'm pressing on the part with my fingers and it's clearly visible how the rubber is separating from the frame, making it useless at its job.

The same transmission part from the other side, also clearly showing how the rubber has separated.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 17/06/2026

This is what the transmission mount looks like. The transmission bolts to the open spot, and the main body of the mount has a bolt going through it into the frame. That's how it works: its rubber dampens the rotation of the transmission and without allowing vibrations through. This is a new one.

A picture of a C-Max lower transmission mount part.

An annotated picture of the transmission mount, showing how it fits into the car and and what it bolts to.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 17/06/2026

My Ford C-Max is a Global C-Car Platform vehicle, like the Focus. This vehicle platform was used by Ford for many years. It has quirks. One of those quirks is the engine mount positions, there are three. The engine "hangs" between two of them, either side of the engine bay towards the top.

My Ford C-Max parked on the beach at Pyramid Lake in Nevada

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 16/06/2026

Ow. The steering tie rod ends didn't want to come out, slammed my knee against the floor hard when it finally gave way. The last thing that needs to come out are the inner tie rod ends, they it's just installing all the new parts. And applying that rust converter I ordered over various surfaces...

The front right wheel well of my car, conspicuously missing a wheel and several other components.

A pile of parts, several shiny a new, several rusty and worn.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 14/06/2026

Had an excellent view of the city flying back in last weekend.

Looking out a plane window watching San Francisco go by.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 08/06/2026

On Sunday I plugged a little travel fan inflator thing into the USB port on my phone, thinking it might power it or at the very least my phone would refuse it. Turns out there's a third option: pretty sure it fried the port. This "detected moisture" alert is code for "something shorted bro"

Notification on my phone telling me the USB port has moisture in it. It extremely doesn't have moisture in it.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 18/05/2026

"torque at ride height" it says

The rear wheel area of a car lifted up, with a wooden board pushing the suspension up in the air so I can align the various bolts that need to be attached.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 17/05/2026

My partner was taking about me working on my car today to some friends. "Wow, he really loves that car" one of them responded, I'm told. I've got some interesting feelings rolling that response around in my brain. It's true in many ways, but nuanced.

The rear end of my Ford C-Max with the whole suspension pulled apart and strewn about the garage.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 08/05/2026

I don't want to hear the work escutcheun for the next six months. One of the screws broke off and I had to drill it out of the valve housing. Managed to not destroy it and it's sealed properly instead of slowly leaking like it used to.

A shower faucet handle, with very nice looking sealed escutcheun installed. I am flipping it off.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 29/04/2026

It is done. Grout sealed. De-scaled. Re-caulked inside and outside. Only messed it up twice. Escutcheun around the faucet is sealed properly this time, with a replacement on order because this handle is falling apart slowly. Couldn't get the mineral buildup off the glass, a problem for future me.

A very clean and very water sealed shower which hopefully will be much easier to keep clean after all the work I did cleaning it. Also I am flipping it off. I hate tile.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 26/04/2026

Here's a picture while I took a break. I don't know what this shower drain pan is made out of but I can't keep it clean. It collects gunk immediately, like it's some kind of porous composite material. Going to try to seal it with stone sealer this time.

Mid progress picture looking down at the bottom of the shower. The same power scrubber leans against the wall. The left side of the pan is visibly much whiter and doesn't have the dark streaks of hardended goop that the right side still has on it.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 26/04/2026

It is time for the deep clean. Scrubbing it down, using acidic grout cleaner, sealing the grout, and re-caulking the corners.

Me standing in front of a mirror weidling a large Ryobi power scrubber that I am about to mercilessly apply to our shower.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 13/04/2026

DING Forgot to catch it right as it rolled over to 175,000 miles. This summer I'm replacing all of the suspension stuff because hoo boy most of it is factory original. Everything with a bushing, springs, shocks, etc.

The dash of my 2013 C-Max showing the odometer with 175,009.5 miles

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 08/04/2026

I flipped the box. She is no longer purring.

A cat looking out from under an upside-down box. Her pupils are as wide as dinner plates.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 03/04/2026

I'm at an Italian restaurant that uses chopsticks

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 27/03/2026

This sign can't stop me if I can't read #furthemore

A sign on the wall behind the registration desk that says "No cellivar behind the reg table"

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 18/03/2026

I'm glad my day is going better than this person

An oil filter sitting in the road, in a small puddle of oil

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 17/03/2026

And like I suspected, that 50% only kicks in if the post-deductions total is over 30M It's much lower for most people, if you can't deduct your way out of it anyway with the new deductions. I don't know if it's the best approach, but don't let the shitty headline be your only guide on your opinion.

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Cellivar Kangaroorat @cellivar.dev · 17/03/2026

I found the original source of this hubbub and it's basically a two-line vague statement. I don't think there's enough substance to dig this deep into it. The state level estate tax has a long curve, the original text implies the *top* would go 16->50%, doesn't cover other levels or deductions.

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