iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

by the way one of my most perverse, intimate fantasies is that apple and/or google finally take the gloves off and write it into their rules that apps that continually beg for contact access/notification access will get thrown off their stores man what a dream.

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Xodium @xodium.net · 13h

oh jeebus C’mon Apple you were supposed to be one of the good ones!

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Xodium @xodium.net · 18h

uh great, I guess “rebuild the local media library” is on the agenda tonight because holy shit what happened

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Xodium @xodium.net · 22h

deltarune is a game

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Xodium @xodium.net · 29/09/2026

I keep seeing this Bloomberg report that Ternus is going to enshittify Apple and like, part of me feels something is weirdly off. Like this is the guy who ran the hardware division which is one of the best parts of Apple, I don't think that he'd just...wrecking ball Apple like people are claiming.

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Xodium @xodium.net · 29/09/2026

Posted this on the other place that I usually don’t post to and forgot to share it here

gods damn it I told them to keep Rootie away from the telecom equipment. I'm dreading this month's Shadytel bill. Sigh. Fuck.

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Xodium @xodium.net · 29/09/2026

so yeah it happened The plan was originally “rough it” until a good friend slid into my DMs and was like “you want to go up a storage tier, and I’m due for an upgrade, and I really want a 17 Pro Max. Maybe we can work something out.” Sure enough, the numbers were agreeable, and…yep. So much room.

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Xodium @xodium.net · 29/09/2026

Hey look, a cameo. (Also a good video obviously I’m totally not biased)

youtu.be

A New Modem for Old Macs?

YouTube video by GutBomb Industries

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Xodium @xodium.net · 29/09/2026

Changing up devices, one of the things I vehemently hate is “Would you like to use Face ID to log in to this app?” Yeah that sounds great, let’s do it- “Great, we’ve opened your password manager to sign you up for a passkey-“ THAT IS NOT WHAT I ASKED NOR WHAT YOU PRESENTED TO ME.

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Xodium @xodium.net · 28/09/2026

One of those blips in smartphone history that I like to revisit is when HTC was *the* shit in the Android space and around 2010 one of their designers had a midlife crisis and just…colored the insides of their phones in loud colors and I just LOVE this little bit of whimsy in phone design

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Xodium @xodium.net · 27/09/2026

So of course AB2047 passed. Thankfully I think a lot of the teeth of the bill got knocked out but still. Glad to know one of my bad decisions from earlier this year (the P2S) just got validated. If you already own a printer, keep that shit running. Forever.

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Xodium @xodium.net · 27/09/2026

Really hating this new wave of AI company advertising that’s basically suggesting you offload your thinking to this shit

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Xodium @xodium.net · 27/09/2026

So after watching the one Pokemon episode with Shellos in it I am loading up my Platinum save, and Team Galactic is getting the wall

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Xodium @xodium.net · 27/09/2026

Kinda thought we moved past the smartphone OS tribalism thing since Android and iOS seem to be becoming more alike rather than different and we settled on “these days, pick the least shitty one in your personal opinion and roll on” Like, I’ve had multiple peeps hit me with the “iPhone? Ew” recently

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Xodium @xodium.net · 27/09/2026

Since these are doing the rounds again...

My 9 games:
Expedition 33
Skies of Arcadia
Chrono Trigger
Horizon Zero Dawn
God of War 2018
Diablo II
Unreal Tournament 99
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Pokemon Alpha Sapphire

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Xodium @xodium.net · 26/09/2026

I’m almost at that point where I am so desperate for local businesses to stop using AI for food/menus/etc that I want to walk in and be like “if you need a photog for this shit and you legit cannot afford to do it any other way I’ll do it pro bono” Because c’mon, man.

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Xodium @xodium.net · 26/09/2026

So yeah, I traded my old 98 box for this. Been a while since I rode a bike, gonna be fun to pick it back up.

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Xodium @xodium.net · 26/09/2026

*sigh* welp. Never say you’re done with bad decisions because your friends and the universe have a fun sense of humor.

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John Riney III @8bithe.art · 25/09/2026

#vcf needs to get on board as well. There were a small but prominent number of tables with slop posters and AI-developed products without acknowledgement at #vcfmw.

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Xodium @xodium.net · 25/09/2026

GUESS WHAT DAY IT IS

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Xodium @xodium.net · 25/09/2026

Dumb photo of the Cube but… I’m doing some fixins in anticipation of SoCal and maybe Mactoberfest and I want to know: should I change the outer LEDs to red, or keep them purple?

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Xodium @xodium.net · 25/09/2026

This has been making the rounds in my circles and I vehemently hate it. It feels like a vibe-coded “ha, gotcha, you can’t tell AI from reality” all because it puts six images in front of the user and then puts them under pressure to tell if it’s AI. It’s not representative of reality at all.

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Xodium @xodium.net · 25/09/2026

Damn this is good. It also makes me incredibly sad that SEGA seems to be embracing it these days. I spent so long hoping for some form of an Arcadia port or remaster but now I’m worried they’ll slop it up if they ever tackle it.

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Xodium @xodium.net · 24/09/2026

Since VCF is locked in for next year I gotta start working on projects I’ve been putting off and that means finally fixing up my OG iPhones. One of which suffered a NAND failure I’m guessing and the other which is working but cosmetically trashed. Going to combine them and make a single good one.

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Xodium @xodium.net · 24/09/2026

I’ve seen some people comparing this iphone launch to 2017, and likening the Duo to the iPhone X. Interestingly though? The iPhone 18 Pro series is seemingly selling out, at least my carrier can’t seem to keep them in stock. In 2017, the iPhone 8s were very much not selling out.

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Xodium @xodium.net · 24/09/2026

well uh I was about to go to sleep and I get a notification uh well At this rate VCF SoCal is happening, the only thing that can stop me is if El Niño goes HAM and physically stops me from getting there

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Xodium @xodium.net · 24/09/2026

So it looks like housing is secured for VCF SoCal which moves this to “it is very likely I am going”. *however* it’s still gonna be a bit rough financially so I will definitely be pimping my ko-fi in mid October. Maybe do some livestreams to try and Make Content™ to help too.

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Xodium @xodium.net · 24/09/2026

I’m telling you the game knew something Also realizing there was a missed opportunity to make this Lumiere Island

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Xodium @xodium.net · 23/09/2026

actually doing some Content(tm) figured why not just click the "go live" button and dick around in ACNH for views /s

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we're gaming like it's 2020 again (Animal Crossing)

YouTube video by Xodium Labs

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Xodium @xodium.net · 23/09/2026

Putting out feelers once again: If I know anyone nearish to Anaheim and is going to VCF SoCal and doesn't mind someone crashing on their couch (and I know you or one of my mutuals can vouch for you), please get in touch, as that's the One Big Holdup to SoCal for me next year.

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Xodium @xodium.net · 23/09/2026

Also not me going and finding the episode Shellos appears in and watching it because hell yeah (Also Piplup is awesome too)

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Xodium @xodium.net · 23/09/2026

owwwwwwwwwwww. Driving a small 90s econocar in a city full of gigantic American trucks certainly is an experience

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Xodium @xodium.net · 23/09/2026

I can't be the only one that feels this unending urge to click off a video when they decide to put in BIG BRIGHT, MOVING TEXT that just repeats what the person narrating the video says, right? Like it feels very TikTok-ish and makes me groan.

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Xodium @xodium.net · 22/09/2026

Quote post with your favorite water type? Oh this is easy because it is one of my favorites. East Sea Shellos.

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Xodium @xodium.net · 22/09/2026

From a DM with a friend and I’m just gonna post it here without context

“You sir are the revolver ocelot of gender”

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Xodium @xodium.net · 22/09/2026

one of those dumb intrusive thoughts is seeing the exceptionally low (I mean like $7/mo) lease option for the new iPhones and thinking to myself if I should take it not because the 17 Pro Max is a bad phone (it's actually great!) but because I feel like I'm gonna hit the wall on storage soon

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Xodium @xodium.net · 22/09/2026

hell yeah brother

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Xodium @xodium.net · 22/09/2026

finally got that shit done

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Xodium @xodium.net · 21/09/2026

I know some people are gonna still be angry about this but finally walking back the vaulted content thing definitely addresses a pain point of mine. When I dropped into Destiny 2 I felt like I was missing a LOT of context despite overall enjoying the gameplay itself.

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Xodium @xodium.net · 21/09/2026

I’m a simple guy. If it’s a stuffie with a smiley face like this, I’m in.

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Xodium @xodium.net · 21/09/2026

Was going back through my photos to find some images of A Hell Of A Goddamn Project I took on back in 2022 and found this screenshot and I know I sent it to my friend all like "look, our table, it's on a thumbnail!" and now going back over it...oh hey, that was @xar.ph's channel! LMAO.

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Xodium @xodium.net · 21/09/2026

So yeah I’m gonna have my work cut out for me. Not sure how I’m gonna proceed with making this look presentable, either try to get someone to model it and make it 3D printable, or lean into the damage and do something wild with it. Decisions, decisions.

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Xodium @xodium.net · 20/09/2026

Places like this make me wish for a function that allows one to blanket block anyone who has ever posted here because holy shit lmao. (Heard of this place and went to go look and it’s as bad as you think.)

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Xodium @xodium.net · 20/09/2026

I guess with Taito remembering they own Lufia I'm running out of old-ass RPGs to want ports for. The last two remaining at this point are Mother 3 and Xenogears. Reminder that I would have wanted Skies of Arcadia but given SEGA has gone all in on AI slop that's better off left in the past.

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Xodium @xodium.net · 20/09/2026

Taito actually remembered Lufia exists? Holy. Fucking. Shit. Like it looks to be pretty much a port but given how much Lufia tends to fly under the radar much like Terranigma, I’ll take it.

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Lufia 1 & 2 The Sinistrals Saga world premiere trailer - PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct

YouTube video by PC Gamer

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Xodium @xodium.net · 20/09/2026

Y’know, a good thing to keep in mind: if there’s a plushie you like and they’re decently cheap, buy multiple. Don’t hog them all, but definitely get more than one. Because like, Rootie and her friends? They were on clearance at Five Below when I got them and now they’re effectively extinct.

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