In the last article we took a look at the first of my 2 Mac mini purchases, “MiniServ” which acts as my home Macintosh file server. To say that, following some natural upgrades, I’m pleased with that system would be an incredible understatement – for as basic as it is, just sitting there running Snow […]
In the late Summer of 2018 I was really getting into a big kick of collecting and using old Macintosh systems. It wasn’t long after getting the MacBook mentioned in a previous article (and thus becoming “current” in the Macintosh ecosystem) that I had an idea to get a Mac mini system and use it […]
Well, backlog week was kind of a wash – in those 5 days I only actually touched on one singular entry which was part of the backlog — the Japanese MacBook post. I wound up working more than usual last week (this week looks to be following the same pattern) and didn’t have time to […]
I can’t believe I’m having to write this one, but I wouldn’t feel comfortable ending this week without at least addressing this one. Earlier this week the Pentagon released footage of “UFO’s” they had procured over the past, oh, 20 years or so, from what I’ve seen online anyway, and naturally the internet was awash […]
Well, you can’t say April wasn’t a productive month here on Xadara. Hell, things almost felt down right normal the past month, especially when you consider everything going on globally right now. So, with one month ending and another beginning, it’s time for the “What’s Coming” article for May 2020. Right now I’m in a […]
Something I’m known for among friends, family, and co-workers is the fact that, since mid 2018, in any situation where I carry a laptop with me my go-to machine, 99 out of 100 times, is a 2010 MacBook from Japan. Yes, I’m completely serious — my main portable computer, of all the options I have, […]
I’ve got a bit of a habit of planning out articles but never actually writing them. Sometimes I just have to say “forget it” and let them go, as they wind up being too dated and no longer relevant, or I just have better things to cover. Still, other times I feel like they would […]
Moreover, remember when the motto of the site was “Broadcast Yourself?” I sure as hell do, and at this stage the platform is about as far away from what It was when it started as is possible — it went from being just a simple place to share videos, to a place to really be […]
Okay, I’m sure you probably didn’t or, at the very least could “take or leave them,” but regardless of how you feel on the subject that multi-year overdue goal I had of shoving the most obvious content of all on this website – classic video game reviews – is finally happening. Probably. Most likely. I […]
That’s right, the man himself is fully aware of the fact that I’m working to review every single AVGN episode. There’s a bit of a story behind it that’s at least somewhat worth sharing, so I felt today would be as good a day as any for that — gotta knock out that backlog sooner […]
Here’s a topic I’ve been long overdue on covering as I sometimes do get asked about it and some may find interesting; the origins my online alias “Kurisu Yamato.” At first glance most people just chalk it up as another weird Japanese styled name, probably from some “weeb” kid who’s really into some particular anime […]
I was intending to write this article a month ago, around the 13th anniversary of this sites founding, but given how much chaos last month was it got delayed while I worked on some other more critical tasks. Today, to finish off this week I figured now would be as good a time as ever […]
I’ve been saying for years I want to get to doing game reviews on the website. As damn near archaic as the idea seems — reviews are quite “old hat” as they say that very fact that they are seen as so old fashioned and aren’t as common now as they used to be makes […]
From a period around 2013 until maybe 2017 or 2018 at the latest, I tried my damnedest to have fun with a YouTube channel which focused on my various projects, interests, and the like, much like any other even remotely “geeky” person tends to do. For a while it was fun, but soon, thanks to […]
Since finally getting much of my vintage computer collection back into a usable location I’ve somewhat run back into a kick of playing around with the old machines and watching / reading media related to them, their operating systems, what have you. It’s been a nice break from work, current events, and music related studies […]