iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 03/10/2026

Mentally overwhelmed. Sinking into this box set with some coffee and the season 2 OST. I need to start breathing again.

fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 02/10/2026

As an anime fan, people don't understand how different things are compared to the 90s. I am listing to the Tomoyo After OST on Roon, of which there is a high res version on Tidal, and here are some suggestions Roon has for me to try. I could not imagine such a thing back in the 90s.

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 01/10/2026

Welp, looks like we are choosing "let's go ALL IN for the most dystopian science fiction nightmare future AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE!!!" version of the future. Lovely. I wonder what kind of shotgun load will be needed to disable these things. (goes to read some dystopian science fiction for answers)

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 28/09/2026

Today's ride. These things are fun to drive. Seriously, they are.

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 28/09/2026

Jack finally had his Eagle ceremony tonight, we are so proud of him.

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 20/09/2026

There have been an unbelievable number of Kanon music releases (especially if you take into account all the doujinshi releases) but my overall favorite is still the tracks i ripped from the original game CD back in 2000.

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 20/09/2026

Sometimes i feel like Megumi radiates how i feel about things more clearly than anyone in the comic sometimes... [600 dpi from the original comic attached (mangled by bsky image crunching of course)] #feels #mood

"Feh. My problems never go away, they just evolve into new problems and multiply"

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 20/09/2026

Ok, I'm going to attempt to do something I haven't done in 12 days: I'm going to draw. All set up at my desk - finally got some time, pencils, some music and Ruri to RAWR at me and make me work harder.

photo of my desk, RuriDragon figure, Weishi 1900 chronographic timer, lots of mechanical pencils, my Schiit Magni headphone amp and Buf Tube buffer stack.

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 18/09/2026

I feel like I walked into a brick wall seeing this.

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 18/09/2026

Ok. That was fun. These guys are great.

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 18/09/2026

This should be fun :) (happy dance) (Sarah and I are in Cleveland to see Mariach El Bronx. Really excited for this :)

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 15/09/2026

Me, more often than I'd like to admit...

Chokky: "yeah, none of you Fulkerson are impressing me."

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 12/09/2026

you guys DO know that this is a *fabulous* soundtrack, right?

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 11/09/2026

Ok... i have to say, i am wondering deeply about where i am going in life, as i am recently listening to a LOT of jazz trios that look like this: (examples shown: Helge Lien Trio and Kari Ikonen Trio)

Helge Lien Trio - from the Roon page (playing the 96khz 24bit 2ch FLAC from Qobuz)

Kari Ikonen Trio, from the Roon page (i purchased high res 96khz 24bit 2channel FLACs of this album)

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 07/09/2026

While digging around and getting my Blade Runner OST stuff organized for listening...

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 06/09/2026

I feel like i've done an archival service buy updating my old MP3 rips of this album with a more accurate FLAC rip. If you know, you know (we are talking ancient Megatokyo lore here :) Device High - Let's Re-Install (from 2000) VGMdb info: vgmdb.net/album/140340

Device High - Let's Re-Install CD from 2000

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 05/09/2026

Oh yeah, sure Dropbox. I remember when it used to work on my computer too, and in what universe do you think this is ok? Come on.

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 04/09/2026

I don't think this was the Prokofiev i was looking for...

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 27/08/2026

What would Largo do? He'd say, we all have MASSIVE amounts of computer hardware all just laying around - we should make our OWN internet, with Japanese 60s' horror and research on sock fetishism. What are you young people waiting for? Us olds built the first one, it's your turn.

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 27/08/2026

I'm sorry, Internet, but you is less useful and more empty than ever. Why do i say this? In this day and age if i can't find and watch chunks of this movie from the 60s through simple searches, what the hell good are you? When did you stop being about OUR random curiosity?

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 26/08/2026

New school year here at UofM, added yett another layer of stickerage to my clipboard to make those People of Culture on campus who see my bus grin ever so slightly:

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 23/08/2026

And when Khufu is NOT there... firing up Procreate while setting up some sorta working structure for comics again. We'll see how the setup for this fall works.

my desk with my ipad, running procreate, start of a sketch of Piroko on the ipad.

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 22/08/2026

Oh, and here's a picture of Khufu. Gotta contribute to what makes the internets work.

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 22/08/2026

I have been actively trying to compartmentalize the chaos of things that whirl around my old head. When i was younger i could blaze my way through it and there wasn't so much. These days, i think this old man gets overwhelmed a lot and can't get near my maladaptive daydreaming headspace easily. :(

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 20/08/2026

I think someone's gonna die in a few moments...

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 16/08/2026

drawing to try to get somewhere with something...

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 13/08/2026

Also, dont know how many of you use Roon, but I started using it a few days ago in interest of trying to get better management of my, um, collection of digital music files. (there are a bunch of duplicates in there, so its not really 3.7k albums... not really.

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 12/08/2026

OMG, look at this, my last Last.fm scrobble was in 2022! Just reconnected this to my Roon stuff. Look at this picture of me, omg.

Screenshot of my Last.fm page before i started scrobbling again, last scrobble was a Loscii track from 2022

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 09/08/2026

It's kinda sad listening to this now...

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 09/08/2026

Been listening to the Frieren Season 2 OST this morning... it's very chill compared to the first season OST (which is really wonderful) but that meandering quality to it makes sense since season 2 did involve a lot more wandering around :) Frieren has the best OSTs.

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 09/08/2026

One problem with having just OK audio stuff for years is you never realize how much BETTER music sounds through a GOOD Digital Audio Converter (DAC). The goddamn Yamaha A-S801's built-in ESS Saber chipset sounds BETTER than my Schiit Modi 5! Built-in stuff NEVER sounds better, right? -_-

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 06/08/2026

Better view of my Near-field setup: With an optical connection that JVC player sounds good thru the A-S801. I have two tape decks, an old Technics RS-BX828 is from the early 90s (stellar deck) and the OLDER Pioneer CT-F2121 from the 1970's for that REAL LoFi sound :) (equipment list in alt text)

Pioneer PL-500, JVC XV-N55, Technics RS-BX828, Yamaha A-S801, Pioneer CT-F2121, Schiit Modi 5 DAC, Schiit Buf tube buffer, KEF Q3 Meta speakers (KEF Cube 8 subwoofer under desk).

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 06/08/2026

Yeah, most of the Metrics use the quartz hybrid chronometer movements by Seiko, but this is a really pleasant and nice manual wind Stellita movement (with a customized bridge plate). Sarah got a Metric Light (few Microbrands make sizes she likes) and I got this one so we'd match. Silly, i know.

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 06/08/2026

Anyways, I'm sitting here listening to the Celeste soundtrack as i try to get some drawing practice in and get drawing to feel more natural. It's taking a little time here, but i'm getting there as i pleasantly listen to music and try to draw old lady Piroko...

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 06/08/2026

But, well, imagine me being hyper-focused and obsessing about things wrong with me. Some benefits... after adjusting the tracking force to 2.0 grams and verifying adjustments, the Celeste vinyl box set sounds really, really, really good so who cares. :)

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 06/08/2026

Earlier this year I realized i had lost some hearing in my left ear - not much, i can hear just fine, but i was alarmed when i realized i could hear a mechanical wristwatch ticking with my right ear... but not my LEFT ear. I lost the hearing of some frequencies in my left ear. This spooked me.

Brew Metric Manual Wind Copper watch - Stellita SW210-1 b movement

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 28/07/2026

What's kinda going on here is The Blackout from Blade Runner 2022 but without any of the cyberpunk cool factor. This push to digitizing everything and destroying the originals to take it out of our control is just a different. In this future, this age will have no memories, no images, just remixes.

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 19/07/2026

"Don't MESS with me, pal. I've been drinkin' wit FOXGIRLS."

Piro with a sake cup and bottle in a good mimic of a classic Hellboy BPRD panel :)

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 13/07/2026

Of course, i had to reply (Sarah's dad had a 1950s era JLC Powermatic that i need to get in for repair) :

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 13/07/2026

Oh this is fun: Spice and Wolf sighting in Deep Horological Insanely Expensive Watch Space: A rather nice Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso with Spice and Wolf Anniversary Collection Edition:

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 12/07/2026

I do wonder sometimes if my playlist is actually some sort of cry for help...

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 11/07/2026

My burner watch for painting. This watch is older than Megatokyo, had it forever.

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fredrin @fredrin.megatokyo.com · 10/07/2026

When you fiddle around with actual LOFI and want to process it with the highest fidelity... it is like an allegory for how Largo processes Piro's emotional ramblings...

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