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The best way to contact me
With the collapse of Twitter and ongoing service issues with other socmed, the usual avenues of direct contact have changed. The most reliable way is via DM on Fediverse, followed by Tumblr and Fur Affinity (all links below). Friends and SNS mutuals may ask for my Discord and Second Life details, which are my most preferred contact methods.
Places Where I Hang Out (Public)
Places Where I Post Art
All of my work is intended for an 18+ audience.
Support
Update Log
JAN 20 2024. added a few tapes to my VHS tapes page
AUG 30 2023. ritch text format page launch (nothing there yet), updated links, added RSS feed, made things more responsive for mobile
JUL 24 2023. updated links again, added header nav, now self-hosting font
JUL 02 2023. updated links
JUN 13 2023. VHS tapes page launch
MAR 02 2023. college essays page launch
FEB 10 2023. site launch, still under construction
Someday List
build pages for: how to make a simple booklet in LibreOffice, overview of drawing keypad/shortcuts, move tools to its own page, make a 88x31 button
ritchie (he/him) · trans guy · sag sun/cancer moon & asc · 30+ years old
I have several hobbies, but I don't discuss all of them in a single location, and not always publicly either.
But here is a taster anyway:
- Art: I draw digitally and post some of it on my social media. Check the links section above. I also know how to crochet but that's more of a personal handicraft to me.
- Writing: I have a project I've been slowly working on for the past decade (comprised of two books/novellas), which I will self-publish someday. It's very embarrassing and I talk to myself a lot in it. I have also written three short stories published in various college and university lit mags (not available online, sorry). And, there is some short smutty stuff up on Toyhou.se.
- Publishing: I have experience with organizing small anthologies for a queer nonprofit and laying them out for print. The process is stressful but I enjoy it.
- Studies/education: English and Sociology
- Video games: Deep Rock Galactic, Satisfactory, Tower Unite, Breath of the Wild, Genshin Impact, etc.
- Anime
- Second Life
This section is a list of various tools, softwares etc. that I use.
Tools for Art
Software: Clip Studio Paint EX. I got this when it was on sale.
Hardware: XP-PEN Innovator 16 (anniversary edition). Parblo PR-100 stand. One-handed gaming keypad with 0.5" square labels (trimmed to size) for drawing shortcuts.
Writing
Software: LibreOffice, mostly for formal or academic writing.
Also: Google Docs for writing on my phone.
Publishing
Software: Affinity Publisher.
Also: LibreOffice, if you want something less fancy and more free. It is good enough to lay out a zine, and you can easily print booklets from it too.
Print service for booklets: Mixam.
Misc Tools
- Sumatra PDF, a PDF reader.
- Calibre, e-book manager.
- Mullvad VPN, don't use any other VPN but this.
- Media players: MPC-HC x64 (video), foobar2000 (audio and radio streams).
- VB-CABLE, virtual audio device. Most useful for when you want to stream and exclude your voice chat/music/etc. audio, although OBS on Win10 allows you to capture audio from specific applications now.
- Workrave, for reminders to take breaks (mitigate eye strain, RSI, etc.)
- Brackets, open-source HTML editor.
- Neocities, free static website hosting.
- Todoist, so I don't carry a massive to-do list in my head.
- Feeder, RSS feed aggregator for Android.
- Sengi and Tusky, Mastodon clients for web/desktop and Android, respectively.
Useful Websites
Convert Case, eponymous utility.
Tip of My Tongue, god what was that word again?
Citation Generator by Scribbr for MLA/APA/Chicago/etc. papers.
Links | Don't Like; Don't Read, a bunch of fandom resources and links to various tools.
switching.software, ethical alternatives to well-known software.
cobalt, save anything from social and media websites.
RSS Guide, a simple, to-the-point guide on making a RSS feed for your website by hand.