Author Archives: dotcomboom

About dotcomboom

Old technology enthusiast and solo software developer who somehow reinvented Jekyll from first principles with AutoSite. Windows Forms enjoyer and language acquisition fanatic. Last seen watching lots of intermediate-level Spanish content and equally dutifully training to become a competitive Bejeweled 2 player.

The Raven LTE flies again

Posted on September 6, 2020 by dotcomboom

A couple of years ago, I used an Alcatel Raven LTE as my main phone. It was a very cheap phone ($30 new, albeit locked to my carrier TracFone), ran Android 7 Nougat, and had an impressive 16 gigabytes of storage and 2 gigabytes of RAM; it was no slouch for the price. One day, the hard classroom floor almost got the best of it.

Even after the screen got cracked, it still worked, even touch; the trouble only came from what in the world to do with a cracked $30 Android phone. It was way too cheap for a trade-in, and I don’t think many charities or repair shops would bother with it either. And so, it sat on my shelf for several months gathering dust, because I didn’t know what to do with it. Surely, it wasn’t destined for a landfill? Continue reading →

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The mtlx Chronicle

Posted on January 21, 2020 by dotcomboom

“Is it even real?”

As real as you want it to be. Continue reading →

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Reflections (and Reveries)

Posted on December 14, 2019 by dotcomboom

It’s your local four-portraited lad, dcb. I’ve been here for a full year now, and it’s time to reflect a bit. Continue reading →

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AutoSite XL 0.9 release, and a retrospective

Posted on September 1, 2019 by dotcomboom

Tonight I released the first “stable” version of AutoSite XL, 0.9. I started this project just before school started about two weeks ago. Something I had always wanted to do since I started working on AutoSite alllll the way back in … Continue reading →

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Gopher is Not the Web

Posted on June 27, 2019 by dotcomboom

Every now and then, I see new Gopher clients and sites popping up. And that’s great—we’re keeping this protocol alive for the next generation. However, I can’t help but think some of the methods of doing so is restrictive, only … Continue reading →

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snake crashes in

Posted on April 25, 2019 by dotcomboom

Hellooooooooooo

The snake is here and ready to rumble, going to screech about Gopher, CCSO, Xfire, and AvantGo or something soon but until then see ya next time, gonna play some Billiards on Wii Play for now

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