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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 10/10/2026
*spooky organ music intensifies*
Grainy, low resolution photo of a brick building at dusk / night with fancy architecture and spooky lighting.

The building is lit brightly from below, but the architecture blocks the light from reaching the top, shrouding it in shadows. From within the shadows is green light visible in the various windows, further accentuated by slightly green tinted fog obscuring part of the building. 
There is a digital watermark of the date in orange in the bottom right of the image: 2026 10 09
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 09/10/2026
welp. I guess it gives the software some more time to mature :/ oh well. it's probably for the best since I'm still on the hunt for a job anyways lol
Screenshot of Steam Frame reservation queue:

Steam Frame 256GB Kit reserved
Your estimated order availability: 2027
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 30/09/2026
I've wanted a metallic/chrome look to my (eventual) custom Mandalorian cosplay, and this video by @tested.com shows the model builders for the Razor Crest using metal duct tape (for HVAC) instead of a chrome paint. I'm now wondering how effective it would be for armor instead graphite and polishing
Screenshot from @tested.com's video about the Razor Crest's chrome finish.
It shows a piece of adhesive metal tape being placed on the Razor Crest physical model next to a piece that was pressed firmly against the model to show the panel lines and detailing.

Video link (timestamped):
https://youtu.be/j8Uc4vVOVGM?t=761
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 17/09/2026
LET'S GOOOOOOOO
screenshot of Steam Frame reservation queue email

You're officially in the reservation queue for Steam Frame 256GB Kit


When your Steam Frame 256GB Kit becomes available, we will send you a separate email with the option to purchase. You'll then have 3 days to complete the purchase before we cancel your reservation and move on to the next person in the queue.
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 28/08/2026
:3
senko saying "poggers"
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 24/08/2026
It's a bit overwhelming to have 100x more options (Skimmia -> Shinano body swap)
A screenshot showing the total available items for two VRChat Booth avatars from the VRCatalogue website.

15,282 - Shinano
149 - Skimmia
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 20/08/2026
This was an absolute blast. I think this will 100% win Steam's Better With Friends category, and honestly it has a pretty decent chance for overall Game of the Year with how accessible it is.
In game screenshot of Big Walk, showing 3 players posing in the mirror. Each has a metallic paint applied to a different section.Steam screenshot showing the game Big Walk at 100% completion, with all achievements collected with 19 hours of playtime.
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 14/08/2026
this is the best way I've ever seen a remote podcast style interview executed
Still from a classic podcast set, with two chairs facing each other and the main camera, but one chair has a TV propped up on it with a pair of stuffed pants placed below it.
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 21/07/2026
All I can think of is the "noooo, my 2 genderinos" comic when this bs happens
Comic showing a side by side comparison of basic vs advanced topics, showing that the basics oversimplify to make it easier for people to understand. 

Basic math: no square root of -1
Advanced math: the square root of -1 is "i"

Basic physics: only 3 states of matter
Advanced physics: not 3, not 4, but 7+ states of matter 

Basic biology: 2 sexes, male and female 
Advanced biology: sex ≠ gender and isn't clearly defined between the classic male and female labels 
The student only now complains, saying "Nooooooo!!! My 2 genderinos"
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 09/07/2026
I'm really glad I've been preserving old family photos and videos on my NAS. One of my brothers is going through the files for the first time and has found a bunch of memories that we both had forgotten about, like the dirt stunt track we made for our tiny four-wheeler (photo of smol me mid-air)
Photo of myself from about 20 years ago on a small red four-wheeler mid-air after hitting a tiny dirt jump.
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 26/06/2026
✌ #VRChat #VRChatPhotography
my vrchat foxgirl avatar smiling at the camera while sitting in a chair sideways, with my right arm on the backrest and the left raised in the peace hand symbol. I'm wearing my regular outfit with a red sleeveless top and black shorts with a brown satchel on the side. there is a bright background that has some visible bloom that spills onto my avatar, casting a warm glow across the picture despite the plain environment.
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 18/06/2026
So I heard... #vrchat
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 11/06/2026
I've realized I'm building up a bit of a collection
Photo of part of my workspace, showing four different 3d printed mandalorian helmets in various states. 
From left to right:
The closest is black PETG plastic, temporarily assembled with masking tape and facing the camera head-on while propped up on a roll of shop towels. 
The second is properly painted with a metallic silver base and satin red for the front and accents. 
The third is black and yellow PLA with my navy blue wizard hat resting on top of it. This helmet is partially blocked by the second and fourth helmet.
The fourth is the same black PETG plastic and the model as the first, but with the front disassembled and resting a few inches from where it should be attached. (Additional information: This one warped during the printing process, rendering it unusable and prompted the first helmet shown to be printed.)
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 06/06/2026
unfortunately my twitter account has been restored
Screenshot of Twitter support email

Hello,
 
We have reviewed your appeal request for account, @virus_of_doom.
 
Our support team has determined there was no violation and has restored your account to full functionality.
 
Thanks,
X Support
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 06/06/2026
I'm not "mindlessly binging anime", I'm babysitting my 24-hour print (that's starting to come loose from the print bed 😅)
The interior of my 3D printer, with a partially completed mandalorian helmet and a bunch of masking tape holding a part of it to the print bed
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 27/05/2026
help I'm old(er) today
vrchat photo taken of my avatar pointing at myself with a confused look on my face
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 16/05/2026
ears moment
Blender screenshot, showing the massive ears on my avatar clipping through a rough 3d model of a wizard hat on top of the head. The ears poke out the top, REALLY obviously. I'll have to go out of my way to make it look good with ear cutouts or something since they basically go straight up.
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 10/05/2026
"QuickSearch"
Unity game engine loading dialog:

Hold on (busy for 08:36)...
[infinite loading bar]
QuickSearch.MouseDown
Waiting for Unity's code in UnityEditor.CoreModule.dll to finish executing.
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 14/04/2026
Capstone project demo day complete o7 Now to pass out for 16 hours straight
University branded lanyard with badge that reads:
Senior Design
 IT EXPO
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 02/04/2026
reminder: not reading the docs can save you from hours of not debugging :)
screenshot of a function in TypeScript with a git diff highlighted. The function is supposed to parse a date from a string according to a format, and the difference shows "yyyy-mm-dd" being changed to "yyyy-MM-dd" (capital MM)
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 02/04/2026
what if... it was just a dream? #VRChat #VRChatPhotography
VRChat photo of my avatar (blonde hair with red ribbons, red sleeveless shirt, satchel strap going across the torso) posed with a pleasant smile in front of a colorful background with streaks of color in the sky against a sunset.

But wait, something is missing? I'm no longer "all ears" as my avatar's tall ears are gone! You can't see it in this photo, but the tail is also missing?

Alas, what am I without my fox ears and tail? I am no longer the cringe fox, but instead just cringe and the April Fool.
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 01/04/2026
gotta love checking facebook marketplace
screenshot of Facebook Marketplace listing showing black and red shoes, listed at $100 under the listing name of "Racism shoes"
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 13/03/2026
@vrchat.com transmission received
SSTV image from the VRChat developer stream on 2026-03-13, depicting the community team on the moon with the American flag being held by one of the members. The quality is very low and has multiple rows of rainbow distortion on the image, before ultimately becoming completely unintelligible.
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 04/03/2026
I set it for 4 minutes
Discord screenshot showing 2 notifications from Healthchecks.io, a down notification and then an up notification 4 minutes later, conveniently the same time I set my microwave.

"UptimeKuma Ping" is DOWN.
Reason: success signal did not arrive on time, grace time passed.
Period: 1 minute
Total Pings: 441101
Last Ping: Success, 4 minutes ago

"UptimeKuma Ping" is UP.
Period: 1 minute
Total Pings: 441102
Last Ping: Success, now
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 13/02/2026
Big thanks to @techconnectify.bsky.social for pushing his furnace video into my feed years ago so I could diagnose and fix my furnace without needing a service call ❤️ I just had to clean the carbon buildup off my flame sensor and now it's operational again :nodders: youtu.be/lBVvnDfW2Xo
Close up photo of the flame sensor (metal rod with ceramic base) against a white background. Some pale white carbon buildup is visible towards the end.Close up photo of the flame sensor (metal rod with ceramic base) against a white background. The end is slightly darker, but is free of the carbon buildup visible in the other photo.
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 04/02/2026
I'm seeing it again because it was fantastic and also to support my boy Markiplier :nod:
Photo taken from in the theater showing the movie Iron Lung on screen with a photo of Markiplier held up on the side
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 31/01/2026
It's time to Iron my Lung
Photo of the Iron Lung movie poster at a Regal movie theater
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 14/01/2026
not again... #3DPrint #Skyrim
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 04/01/2026
I love finding old screenshots from @ultraomegawolf.bsky.social :)
Screenshot of a voicemail transcription from Ultraomegawolf.

"It's either I beat my dick or you beating my dick get the f*** on"
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 22/12/2025
I don't think the physbones liked me mirroring the hair lmao (wip avatar, but I'm almost at a stopping point)
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 12/11/2025
I just hope that they have a first party add-on to enable it, similar to how the Vive Cosmos has a replaceable faceplate that enabled external tracking capabilities. If not, I'm sure people can just slap a Vive or Tundra tracker on top of the headset and use SpaceCalibrator or something similar.
Vive Cosmos with the External Tracking faceplateMeta Quest 3 with 3d printed tracker mount

Image from https://www.etsy.com/listing/1691944986/meta-quest-3-tracker-mount-vive-3020
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 12/11/2025
I do wonder if the foveated streaming is what will allow the displays to be driven to 144Hz (with how the BSB has a reduced refresh rate for full resolution) or if their fancy streaming dongle bypasses those hardware limitations.
Screenshot of the Frame's "A high quality streaming-first experience" section. This includes the wireless adapter and foveated streaming subsections
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 12/11/2025
The optics look really promising, with pancake lenses *and* a FOV that should come close to the Index. I really like the Index FOV, and a lot of other headsets have fallen short of it even with better optics. BSB2 is the closest I've seen as my own upgrade path but this adds a new contender for me.
screenshot of the Frame's section on using pancake lenses, with an image of the lens assembly
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 12/11/2025
I like that it has an SD card slot for expandable storage and the IPD lock is great, especially with how the Index's IPD can sometimes move on its own during intense movement. Also, native eye tracking + foveated rendering/streaming is awesome. I really hope they expose it to users and devs.
screenshot of the hardware diagram for the inside of the Frame's headset, showing eye-tracking cameras, a proximity sensor, IPD lock, magnetic face gasket, and SD card slot
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 12/11/2025
Ok, initial freakout aside, this looks *really* cool. I'm curious to see if there will be any first party add-ons that use the expansion port under the nose. My guess is that it's intended for lower face tracking (like the Babble mouth tracker), but we never got anything official for the Index.
screenshot of the Frame's hardware diagram showing the outside front view, including volume controls, cameras, IPD adjustment, input buttons, and an expansion port just above the nose cutout
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 09/11/2025
oops, I had File History turned on for my .vscode folder and was wasting 44 GB of my NAS storage on just old extensions lmao
Windows File explorer window discovering files to delete, currently showing 41.1 GB with 627,386 individual files
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 22/09/2025
one thing I have always wanted to do is to figure out how to fit an HTTP 418 status code into one of my projects
Photo of the Utah teapot, yoinked from Wikipedia

By Marshall Astor (http://www.marshallastor.com/) - https://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=352811902&size=o (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeontheedge/352811902/), CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1743696
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 17/09/2025
Assembled and ready for testing! My very first bucket is also *finally* getting fixed up after getting melted years ago, so now it won't be in half-finished purgatory for much longer.
Painted silver mandalorian helmet on the left, with light brown patches on the top right side and reddish brown Bondo at the center. 
Yellow and black unfinished mandalorian helmet on the right, fully assembled.
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 16/09/2025
ngl I completely forgot I had printed a whole other Mandalorian helmet before I moved it's a bit beat up and broken in places, but I think I'll use this as a test for some finishing techniques before printing a new "proper" version
yellow and black 3d printed Mandalorian helmet partially assembled laying on a table
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 16/09/2025
it is important to be inclusive for all who desire to ponder orbs in @vrchat.com
YouTube Shorts comment from recent VRChat video:
@GTPancake: PEOPLE OF VRCHAT WHERES A QUEST WORLD WHERE I CAN GOI TO POUNDER APON A WIZARD ORB

(replying)
@the_virus_of_doom: I just updated my world "Orb Pondering Simulator" with quest support just for you, fellow orb ponderer <3
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 15/09/2025
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 18/08/2025
OMG I FOUND THEM #SpiceAndWolf
Two Spice and Wolf books, side by side:
Spice and Wolf: Anniversary Collector's edition
Spice and Wolf - The 10th Year Calvados
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 15/08/2025
I was reorganizing my maker space and forgot that I can be funny sometimes
Top of my sewing machine, with an additional label placed near the Brother company branding to change it to "oh brother"
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 07/08/2025
7 seconds over my max video submission length? just slightly bend the fabric of spacetime to fix it!
video editing software UI showing speed being set to 1.03
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 05/08/2025
This is the funniest way I've ever received a release notification I want all my software release notifications to come via VRChat mobile notifications going forward
VRChat mobile app notification announcing Proxmox VE 9.0

Proxmox Virtual Environment: Proxmox VE 9.0 released!
A new release has been posted, view more at (link)
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 17/07/2025
I feel old now
VRChat notification awarding a "7 Years" badge for having joined VRChat 7 years ago
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 12/07/2025
what could go wrong with deploying on the weekend?
Android error message: Galaxy Watch5 Manager keeps stopping
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 17/06/2025
I'm experimenting with some LoRa radio communication and Meshtastic nodes! Some quick testing isn't showing anyone nearby, but I'm hoping to get better reception with the other nodes.
2x Heltek v3 Meshtastic nodes with batteries
1x SenseCAP T1000-E card node
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 02/06/2025
It's a typo, but it's not wrong
Screenshot from an assignment's requirements: 
Note: Do not use AI tools to submit your reply for the assignment or share opinions on fellow students replies. AI plague will be checked using third-party tools.
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virus 🦊 @thevirusofdoom.xyz · 05/05/2025
Final grades are in for my game project, now I can go back to it and clean up some things before I share it here
Screenshot of grades for my web game development final project. 

Final project proposal: 10/10
Final project peer evaluation: 10/10
Final project - presentation and game: 105/105
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