Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

Why Jenn Keeps Meticulous Backups:

So one of the things I've been doing is copying my CD-ROMs to ISO files and away from the proprietary MDF/MDS files that aren't always usable in Linux. However, ISO isn't good for CD-ROMs that are a mix of Data and Music. So I used Alcohol 120% to rip those to a BIN/CUE pair.

Today I got nostalgic for some DOS gaming, only to find that every BIN/CUE file's music was ripped wrong. A few web searches later and it turns out that Alcohol 120% has had a long term glitch where BIN/CUE files don't rip accurately.

Rather than re-rip the discs again, I loaded up my archive from 2022 (and then 2021 when the files I needed weren't in 2022), and pulled the original MDF/MDS files from the archive.

The files work in the DOSBox application I use, so I can just keep those files as is. Quick and easy recovery because I kept multiple backups. :)

We're back above freezing! If I can send some feedback up the chain, please no cold weather without SOME snow, please.

Music Before Bed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuSDPHhfv-Q

So I boiled up some tea for making iced tea...but I need to cool it down before I can have any.

It's 20 degrees outside (-7C)...colder than my freezer. I'll just leave it outside like I used to in Pennsylvania. :)

@Alairthephoenix - Happy belated birthday!

@ami_angelwings - This sounds like a podcast I would gladly listen to.

@Alairthephoenix - It was! More info in a direct message. :)

@socketwench - Yeah, I'm doing that already. There's a first rise, then they're shaped and a second rise. Because the air is so cold in Seattle, I set my oven to 200F for two minutes, then leave them in there for a full hour. They rise, but rise into that mound shape.

Seeing the other comments, I'm starting to think it's the wrapping them too tight bit. The one time they came out right was the one time the rolls "unravelled" because I was making a whole bunch on a time crunch and just went with it.

Question for the bakers out there.

I've been trying to make cinnamon rolls for a while now, and except for one time, they've all come out like this...where the rolls swell, but only at the bottom and they come out less like rolls and more like "mounds."

Can anyone tell me where I'm going wrong here? The bread is good, and the rolls are tasty...they're just shaped badly.

Advice?

@theartlav - Big fan, actually. I love that they're going for a more realistic style to the animation, like we had back in the 80s.

From about Ren & Stimpy to Steven Universe, there was this trend for super stylized animation that kind of lost some of that real-ness.

Not that that was a bad thing (a lot of those STYLES are really well done). But we lost something for a few decades we're starting to get back.

@theartlav - For me, the quality of the animation is part of enjoying the shows. It's why I like anime far more than Western animation, because they put far more care into it. But I don't hate Western animation. It's just not done with as much care (but often with as much style).

Spent the evening with some online friends watching some 80s and 90s afternoon animation. While I really really love Japanese anime, my real love is animation in general. I get as much fun from an episode of Macross or Ranma as I do from Batman: The Animated Series or Tiny Toon Adventures.

I haven't had much of a chance to share that love with anyone since the C/FO fell apart waaaay back in the 90s, but I'm glad to have an outlet to do so every so often now.