#iara

After vacation, i've changed jobs, finally. No more filling for several other people, now just a humble sysadmin.

Here's first call of crappy things that started happening since 2022.

At least, upgraded my sound setup with two identical cards on both computers (as one is typically used to render and master everything, and another is used for games and occasional work on WIPs of any kind)

B-day happened, and as i was busy as heck, i had nothing for either said bday or upcoming NY2026. So it all went silent.

And 2026 started with a bunch of disasters, some good things, and me catching a cold a few times. Here's hope that some of the projects that are still being tugged along won't die in vain.

And a new laptop, a MacBook Pro from 2012 with i5, that was gifted to me as a NY gift. Because i was meddling on wheter i should or should not spend money on it.

After that, managed to fix my iBook and moved it to workplace so that i can work on projects after hours. Mac Pro also recieved some upgradesa, and has become my creative machine that i do most of my editing, writing and whatnot.

And that's pretty much it! Here's hope some proper updates will be here soon.

Stay tuned, and thanks for reading!

Some images to continue about mp3 players for a while. Stopped hoarding them with that NW-A1000 that was FUBAR. And a screenshot of post with the first archive-dot-org upload. Noice. At least did not spend that much on those.

A fun comic of me and FSE, making content beside one another. It will happen again.

My cat also found it's way onto IARA by that time, as sometimes i posted his funny face.

A screenshot of post about that Zen Micro video. Still unfinished as noted in previous part.

Finally, a useful item! This was (almost) my first mac to work on. Used to wtite a lot of text things, and partially finish a Modding Guideline - hopefully, a good idea - a book on how to mod headphones properly.

Welp, here's a bleak look on all unfinished crap that i was tugging along like a tugboat. It's at this moment that i've asked myself "do i really want to work on 5+ projects at the same time when i work 9-5ers with barely enough time to take care of personal life and everything?"

A fun pic i've made at that time using samples from tumblr.

Started actively posting on main account here, haha.

End of year was near, and i've made an album. Another one. As JENDERMAD. Again. This time, using tracks that i've made in spare time and old things that didn't quite make it into [could be]. Here's backside and insert that are always there on any album to be able to print them on demand.

And yeah, re-used assets from NewMusicFinds. It's dead, Jim!

At the same time, 2024 was coming to an end. Yay! Tried to make a cool-looking NY card with little to none effort. At this time my creative powers were on absolute low after publishing an album.

Sold last of my big computers - before hopping onto SFF for everything, used to have several UATX cases full of parts. And this thing was with me since 2013? Idk when did i even bought it. But it was a good computer to work with older things. With money from this one, bought myself a HP NX6110 that is still used to make old hardware work again, and to work with ancient USB things that i have in my collection. Because apparently i've not only hoarded AV mixers, but also video capture cards from ancient times, in hopes of making a review about how did it all work and why you should not buy anything other than Pinnacle DVC100 in terms of old video capture devices.

Somehow managed to get reviews on .afterparty album and it even played on radio! Yipee! Was happy for a while.

And, this happened. SSD dies on my iBook, glad that at that time i've backed up everything religiously on flash drives. But now i'm creatively out of commission untill the start of 2026, when i fixed that laptop.

Still somehow managed to make a entirely new set of stickers for giveaway! At this point in time, AS3HII Studio became just AS3HII. These were made just before vacation to FSE's city!

Here's one of the overdraws from FSE from said vacation. Previously we made Initial G album with two other musicians. At this vacation we also made some music together. It will happen again.

At this time, i'm basically an obsolete media hoarder, a novice at that but still. Not a good look for a creative person that tries to make new and exciting content. So i start digitizing strange tapes that i happened to have on hand. Starting with this f%%king thing.

This is a tape with a snippet of some soviet television, recorded way back in 1986! It was a piece of edutainment for kids, and some melodies that played in technical mode (when station goes off for maintenance during the day and night)

New year, new ideas. Decided to start using early AI tools (VQGAN or something similarly named) and made several works as AS3HII. Some of them are still out there as square stickers that i was giving away on meetups with fans. Good choice on my part to drop AI as soon as it became more than just a fun tool to tweak around. And now it's everywhere which is disgusting.

The firts nine of them, Neural Patterns.

Second set, Mood Rhae. Can you guess the head in the picture? I swear it haunts me, haha.

Third set, Creep Creek. No commentary here. And then, this.

It's a picture that i've made on my bday, because i was lazy as heck back then.