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An ADHD brain literally cannot form habits. Habits are not routines. Habits become instinctual. For example to brush your teeth you just “don’t even think about it.” With ADHD, everything has to be thought about beforehand to initate action, even if you’ve brushed your teeth 25,550 times before. It never feels easier. If sensory issues cause brushing your teeth to “feel weird” then it’s even harder to motivate yourself to complete the task. Yes, for something so simple. It is always the simple things.

You can be neurodivergent with both ADHD and Autism. Both of them are expressed on a spectrum. Variability if you will. You can also have Autism without ADHD, which means Executive Function is not impaired.

February 2, 2024

Fix Your Facebook

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Ways to make Facebook better, less cluttered by suggested posts, and actually focus on your friends.

  1. Download Firefox for Desktop.

  2. Install Facebook Container extension.

  3. Install Multi-Account Containers extension ( optional )
    Still download the Facebook Container extension as it will auto-detect Facebook, Instagram, etc for you.

  4. Install F.B. Purity.
    F.B. Purity lets you hide all the Suggested Posts / Related Posts / Stories / Sponsored Posts / Upcoming Events / Games your Friends are playing / Games You May Like / Similar To / Related Articles / etc

  5. Install uBlock Origin.

You’re done! You should have a much cleaner Facebook that will show your friends’ posts.

August 1, 2023 Tools Browser Plugins

Mac User’s Guide to Installing GarlicOS on the Anbernic RG35XX

You can find the Anbernic RG35XX on Amazon here. ( or here )

It’s your best bet for fast free shipping, returns, and the prices are similar to ordering it direct from China.

Now that you’ve ordered the RG35XX, we’ll customize it.

If you prefer video, I made a version of this guide on Youtube:

GarlicOS for Anbernic RG35XX

This is how to install GarlicOS on your RG35XX.
Do not skip any steps.

  1. Make sure you have The Unarchiver for Mac.

  2. Make sure you have 2 SD cards. These work fine.

    • SD Card Slot 1 = for system files
    • SD Card Slot 2 = for ROMs, and other files
    • I would keep SD1 at 32GB or less. SD2 can be larger.

  3. Download these archive files from here:

    • RG35XX-CopyPasteOnTopOfStock.7z.002
    • RG35XX-MicroSDCardImage.7z.002
    • RG35XX-MicroSDCardImage.7z.001
    • RG35XX-CopyPasteOnTopOfStock.7z.001
    • ↑ These are at the bottom of the post.

  4. Download and install the Balena Etcher app.

  5. After having installed The Unarchiver, right click on RG35XX-Garlic-MicroSDCardImage.7z.001 and choose extract.

  6. Insert SD1 card into your computer, and open Balenca Etcher. Choose the image file that was in the archive file from Step 5. Then flash the SD1 card with that image.

    If that works correctly, you should have 2 partitions created and mounted from the SD1 card.

  7. On a Mac, go to Disk Utility and you can rename the partitions to whatever you want. I named the first smaller partition ‘sys’, it is formatted by default as FAT16 - do not change that - and the second one, formatted as FAT32, we will name ‘misc’.

  8. On SD1 sys, you should have the system files. Leave as is for now. On SD1 misc, you can delete the BIOS folder and delete the Roms folder. Leave the CFW folder in place.

  9. Insert the original 64GB MicroSD card that came with the Abernic RG35XX into the SD Card reader on your Mac. Copy the Roms folder and BIOS folder temporarily to your Desktop.

    SD2 card, if 32GB or larger in size, should be formatted as FAT32. Then copy over the BIOS and Roms folder from your Desktop to SD2. This will contain the BIOS folder, Roms folder, and Saves folder ( auto-generated ) as you use the RG35XX.

    BIOS files allow certain emulator cores to function. They are copywrited, and if need be can be found elsewhere online. A list of their names, but not files, and corresponding systems can be found here.

    Add ROMs to the Roms folder. You should create sub-folders for each system name. For what to name them, visit this Emulator page.

  10. Insert SD1 into the first slot on your RG35XX and SD2 into the second slot. Power on the device and enjoy!

Bonus Round

  1. Change the GarlicOS Theme. You can browse them here. I installed the SimpleOK theme. Very minimal. On SD1, back up the files to your computer, and then replace the files from your theme that correspond.

  2. Change the GarlicOS Boot Logo. You can browse them here. Similar to the above step. On SD1, backup the file to your computer, and then replace it with the file from the boot logo that corresponds.

Note: When creating a custom boot logo, it should be to the following specifications:

– .bmp File, 640×480 pixels, RGB, 8bits. Filenamed “boot_image.bmp” gzip compressed and with Filename “boot_logo.bmp.gz”

July 17, 2023 Retro Gaming

Tools and Flexibility

Since around 2005, I’ve used WordPress as a blogging platform. It has served me well on client projects. Useful as a blogging platform and as it evolved turned into a decent content management system. I want my blog to be a place where the muse can flow and hopefully inspire or guide my future self.

I wanted more simplicity out of a blog.

Bringing blogging in line with my note taking, I decided that I wanted to have something that met these ideals:

  • Ownership - it’s 100% my data
  • Exportability - I can get my data out
  • Flexibility - plain text file based, everything works with this format
  • Frictionless - I can easily blog

Workflow

Byword → Dropbox → Blot → Live

It really is that simple. Every post is saved as a .txt file and has Markdown formatting. I use Byword to edit those files, they are stored in Dropbox as plain text, and upon sync Blot will publish it to the web.

I love it.

March 29, 2022 Process