Middle-aged Canadian nerd, gamer and retro enthusiast, blogger, pet parent, IT ninja, @bigboxdb.com account runner and much more. Blog: https://geekbravado.com Discord: https://discord.pxa.ca Other Stuff: https://pxa.ca Check my lists!https://bsky.app/profile/pxa.cahttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3mvqgwy5v6c23Things you don't expect to see when leaving the office. 🤔17 Sep 2026 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqgwy5v6c23https://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3mvpszqkqlj2pTrying to get accurate web site stats is so weird. I used one platform (growblog) to track stats for Geek Bravado for a year and it showed numbers. Then I switched to Fullres and it's completely different, much higher stats, despite being in Google Jail. No idea who is right or if neither are?17 Sep 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpszqkqlj2phttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3mvnk5rvkhn2rHere's the AI blog post I promised. The industry had reached peak grifting stupidity and I am so damn tired of the media's failure to call out what's right in front of it. I've had enough. https://geekbravado.com/the-ai-grift-has-reached-a-new-maybe-peak-level-of-stupid/?utm_source=bluesky16 Sep 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnk5rvkhn2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3mvnk5rvkhn2rHere's the AI blog post I promised. The industry had reached peak grifting stupidity and I am so damn tired of the media's failure to call out what's right in front of it. I've had enough. https://geekbravado.com/the-ai-grift-has-reached-a-new-maybe-peak-level-of-stupid/?utm_source=bluesky16 Sep 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnk5rvkhn2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3mvm3uhj7gr2rJust wrote a very strong blog post about a lot of the recent AI insanity, how the industry is reaching what I hope it peak stupid and how sick I am of the people who continue to blindly defend it. Publishing tomorrow morning. I've had enough.16 Sep 2026 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvm3uhj7gr2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3mvepbwpjts2fI thought I understood what loud was. Nooooo sir I did NOT! I had ear plugs in and this was still loud as Hell. 🤘🤘🤘 https://photos.app.goo.gl/fg5UHTRfLA9t3RLq813 Sep 2026 03:57 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvepbwpjts2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3mvebdkpbms2rHot damn, Taylor Momsen can belt it as everyone knows but Ben Philips can friggin' SHRED b'y! 🤘🤘🤘12 Sep 2026 23:47 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvebdkpbms2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3mve423e6s22cLive gallery updating throughout the night for AC/DC and The Pretty Reckless at Parc Jean Drapeau in Montreal: https://photos.app.goo.gl/duT2UDs9iyv7egbG9 First time seeing them live and I can't wait! 🤘🤘🤘 https://photos.app.goo.gl/duT2UDs9iyv7..12 Sep 2026 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mve423e6s22chttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3mvbc2artlk2qOn the way to Montreal with a couple friends for the weekend to see AC/DC with The Pretty Reckless! Gonna' be an awesome weekend! 🤘🤘🤘11 Sep 2026 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbc2artlk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3mv6lv6n4hs26Well would you look at this! Nintendo's running a "customer appreciation sale" with their Tariff refunds, exactly like I told them they should do and got raked over the coals by their fanboys for suggesting. DAMN it feels good to be right! 💪 https://geekbravado.com/tariffs-are-not-free-money-for-corporations/10 Sep 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6lv6n4hs26https://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3mv4gm7zga222I will not be doing this, period. Not with how many of these verification companies have been breached, including the one Discord partners with. Plus this. If this restricts my account, so be it. If it restricts it too much, I'll find an alternative. I don't use Discord much these days anyway. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4gm7zga222https://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3munrw53gtz2oIn my life and IT career, I've dealt with bad customer support. Horrific customer support. Customer support that should be a violation of the Geneva Convention. Then I tried dealing with Roku to get my Mom's faulty Streaming Stick Plus replaced under warranty. I may literally be going mad. https://static.klipy.com/ii/e293a233a303a98e471f78d04e13a1b0/a6/bc/H6HT309n.gif?hh=373&ww=498&mp4=UgAj22K7710ao8TEKR&webm=3QF9py50pjFCb9xjv404 Sep 2026 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3munrw53gtz2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3mun4aj2v3y2gHad way more fun with the first one than I expected. Glad to see it's getting a sequel and that Chris Parnell is back! His narration added a ton to it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mun4aj2v3y2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3mumjpbx4tk26This is awesome! [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumjpbx4tk26https://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3mudbyqxe222xAll this glazing of GTA VI for having "no microtransactions" is so frustrating. Wasn't it like, a month or two ago when everyone was upset that you have to buy the deluxe edition to have all the shops in the game available? What is that then?!30 Aug 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudbyqxe222xhttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3mtypx5m2li2fThis has not been a good week in the department of being reminded how old I am getting. :( RIP to my favourite Space Communist [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtypx5m2li2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3mtwk3d7xfs2n@edzitron.com It's back up for me now! ghoststatus.org never changed from "Fully Operational" the whole time. @ghost.org, get your act together.25 Aug 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwk3d7xfs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3mtwhe65qqz2pI really wonder why companies bother with public status pages. I can't remember the last outage of a service I saw where the status page didn't show "Fully Operational" for sometimes hours after the incident began. Seeing that with @ghost.org right now. Just don't bother if it can't be accurate.25 Aug 2026 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwhe65qqz2phttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3mtwgsfoztw2f@edzitron.com I know it's not a direct line to anyone but you might want to try posting in the Ghost forums. Staff tend to pay attention to those and might reach out. I looked and there's no threads about issues right now. Their status page also shows all green but status pages are a joke.25 Aug 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwgsfoztw2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3mttyxdcldz2n@pixel-arcadia.bsky.social @clearrivergames.bsky.social Is there a link to the Truxton Extreme giveaway contest? That QR code was only on the screen a few seconds and I couldn't catch it in time.24 Aug 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttyxdcldz2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3mttuybwzot2fSomehow didn't know @pixel-arcadia.bsky.social existed until today and it's a new stream all about retro remakes and new modern retro releases. Curious to check this out! It's starting like, now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkQWXC7E2OY24 Aug 2026 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttuybwzot2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3mtlvmuyuqu2pTrying to solve an IT problem, I fed Gemini's "Thinking" mode an output log from TeraCopy and asked for a list of the folders files failing with a certain error were in. The prompt was detailed. Hand to the IT gods, this is what I got back. Fuck off telling me LLMs are the future. @edzitron.com21 Aug 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlvmuyuqu2phttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3mtko3wgyoo2tYou know you're burned out from work when you're testing some old external hard drives through DiskGenius and didn't notice one flaked out and removed itself from the list and you accidentally "remove all partitions" from the 4TB SSD that has all your Steam games on it. Good thing I keep backups.21 Aug 2026 02:01 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtko3wgyoo2thttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3mtca76xjld2iPeggle + Tetris Effect is an apt comparison but I'd also add Balatro in there too in terms of the massive dopamine scoring runs. This game's dangerous to productivity but an absolute delight to ADHD people like myself. :) [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtca76xjld2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3mt2qcwgfnu2e"Hi, I'm a people pleaser!" https://geekbravado.com/realizing-that-you-can-be-too-nice/?utm_source=bluesky [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2qcwgfnu2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3msqsw4woay2sNew blog post! This is a personal one about learning how there is such a thing as being "too nice", what happens when you are that and what you can do if you struggle with it. https://geekbravado.com/realizing-that-you-can-be-too-nice/?utm_source=bluesky Would love to hear from you in the comments if you share this struggle. #MentalHealth10 Aug 2026 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqsw4woay2shttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3msqsw4woay2sNew blog post! This is a personal one about learning how there is such a thing as being "too nice", what happens when you are that and what you can do if you struggle with it. https://geekbravado.com/realizing-that-you-can-be-too-nice/?utm_source=bluesky Would love to hear from you in the comments if you share this struggle. #MentalHealth10 Aug 2026 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqsw4woay2shttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3msqgfwwsm32eIs friends. ❤️10 Aug 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqgfwwsm32ehttps://bsky.app/profile/pxa.ca/post/3msqciufff22sPlayed a bunch of the #GearsofWar E-Day beta this weekend. As usual, The Coalition shows how well Unreal Engine can run when actual optimization work is put into it, something Epic should be doing a lot more of. Cranked at 1440p and it held 60 on my 9070XT and 110fps with FSR4 Quality. 👍 1/410 Aug 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:bcjfngdp4aj5dsawmuzzc3ws/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqciufff22s