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The best way to contact me

If you want to talk to me, I prefer DM on Fediverse, followed by Tumblr and Fur Affinity (all links below). If you're a friend, hit me up on Discord or Second Life as usual!

Places where I hang out (public)

• Tumblr: 49mp
• Fedi: @ritchie@yiff.life

Places where I post art

All of my work is intended for an 18+ audience.

• Fur Affinity: cado
• Tumblr: 0steo
• Toyhou.se: cado

Support

• Ko-fi: ritchie

ritchie (he/him) · trans · sag sun/cancer moon & asc · 30+

Some interests:

• 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 long-term spec-fic project 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). 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.
• Education focus: English and Sociology (finished), Library Technology (current)
• Video games: Deep Rock Galactic, Satisfactory, Tower Unite, Breath of the Wild, Genshin Impact, Honkai Star Rail, etc.
• Anime
• Second Life

This section is a list of various tools, softwares etc. that I use.

Art

Software: Clip Studio Paint EX ver. 2 (perpetual license).
Hardware: XP-PEN Innovator 16 (anniversary edition) + Parblo PR-100 stand.

Writing

Software: LibreOffice.
Also: Google Docs for writing on my phone.

Publishing

Software: Affinity Publisher 2.
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. Win10 allows you to adjust volumes of individual programs but I still prefer the virtual cable for convenience (e.g. sending all non-voice audio to it).
• 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. Google Tasks, or a block of sticky notes and a pen, also work fine.
• Feeder, RSS feed aggregator for Android.
• Tusky, Mastodon client for Android.
• Elk, Mastodon client for web.

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.

things to read

The Mystery of the Bloomfield Bridge by Tyler Vigen
We Don't Do That Here by Aja Hammerly
Finding a Home on the Internet by illuminesce
How Do I Know If I'm Trans? by Natalie Reed
Preface and Conclusion to Studies in the History of the Renaissance (pdf) by Walter Pater

things to watch

Kellys Apollo, Kelly's Apollo
Perspective and Place in Virtual Spaces (filmed in Second Life), a short video essay that I feel really encapsulates what sets Second Life apart from other virtual spaces
Farewell Etaoin Shrdlu, 30-min. docu about NYT's move from hot lead to digital press
Gate City Foundation Drainage, full bubble
post 10 clears blocked culverts for fun and more
Bob and Brad, the two most famous physical therapists on the Internet

as i am or not at all