Library Monster - 7/9/2026
Omg just saw #Hillywood 's #StarWars #Fandom parody. At first I was like π they just wanted to cosplay karaokeThen Hilly started rly feeling those lyrics during intense scenes π₯Ί girl's got acting chops. I gotta rewatch now srslyAlso I loved they did the first 3 from the 70/80s. Those were the ones I grew up watching & loving as a kid. Hated the prequels even though I think I was in their target demo of 13-ish (or was it for younger audiences? idk)https://youtu.be/GbeYQuUEtwk?is=glHKEzjOyHrr5Bgi
Tags: #hillywood #starwars #fandom
Library Monster - 7/8/2026
Anyone else using #BiblioCommons Discovery Layer at their #Library ? Can I share my user profile publicly or is there a wall? Seems weird there'd be a wall, but then again people do tend to just put their whole entire names into the username field...
Tags: #bibliocommons #library
LM.io Collection - 7/8/2026
We recently had some summer stormy weather and we binged Twister and Twisters and Widows Bay and now I want a radar weather view in my homelab refreshing every 15 minutes. A spare monitor, this page, and the Firefox add-on 'Auto refresh page' c'mon now this is awesome...
Tags: #Weather #US Government Source #Access: website/web app
Library Monster - 7/8/2026
New post on my website! https://librarymonster.io/post/2026-3-28-sciteai A #Scite #AI eval for my MSLIS at UIUC assignment I did 5 months ago - FINALLY got around to posting it. It's likely outdated now, but probably not the thing that disturbed me most - web designers know EXACTLY what they're doing when they make it difficult to get to your free account dashboard upon account creation, and instead make it look like you have no choice but to pay for the premium version of the service #DarkPatterns #Internet
Tags: #Scite #ai #darkpatterns #internet
Library Monster - 7/4/2026
Tried to print 3 3D designs for my niece today. I think Birdie just doesn't like her??? This is the worst
Library Monster - 6/28/2026
Trying to see what ppl thought of the #PracticalMagic2 movie trailer on Reddit, accidentally stumbled upon r/boxoffice and didn't know I could be anonymously roasted so well. "This film only appealed to a very specific set of millennial women. It'll never make national, much less international, numbers to hit box office" & then there was one user like "not just millennial women, gay guy millennials too - don't forget us" π
Tags: #practicalmagic2
Library Monster - 6/28/2026
I feel like the #Fediverse is due another migration wave that'll finally overtake every other #BigTech platform on the premise it's not using #AI or #Algorithms. We just need one cool famous person to talk about it
Tags: #fediverse #bigtech #ai #algorithms
Library Monster - 6/28/2026
So, I turned my Linux laptop into a server (its screen was breaking) & it was really cool & I was proud I'd learned how to do it. It started with Wi-Fi issues today tho & I decided to give it a permanent Ethernet cable. More steady anyway, right? But this changed the IP address. Aaand my devices don't recognize the new IP. I can continue to troubleshoot it obvs but ALSO I'm like π€ I have an empty 2-bay HDD enclosure. Why keep this laptop vs just taking its storage...Advice welcome!
Library Monster - 6/25/2026
It's midnight and I should go to bed but I don't want to leave my homelab/art studio bc I'm so happy with it (it's a mess tho so no pics)
Library Monster - 6/25/2026
guys my fingers hurtin other news my dog, Tank, keeps pulling suddenly on the leash, I'm moving furniture a lot, and also worked carefully putting my 2 TB hard drive into my PC tower and bringing her downstairs into what's now my homelab/art studio super happy abt everything but yeah. my fingers hurt
Library Monster - 6/19/2026
π I want OP to keep going until it's like frankly I don't even know how you're still alive
Library Monster - 6/18/2026
My mom: "Oh that really famous Black director was here for Obama Presidential Center opening!"Me: Jordan Peele?Mom: No-Me: Cooger? Coogler?Mom: No.Me: Tyler Perry? Mom: YES!Me: Ryan Coogler! Nailed itAnyway, it's cool there's so many names that come to mind
Library Monster - 6/18/2026
Watching the trailer for #HeartOfTheBeast and it would be hilarious if Brad Pitt died in the plane crash in the first 20 minutes of this thing and the rest of the movie was the dog's survival adventure
Tags: #heartofthebeast
Library Monster - 6/17/2026
Omg omg on a lark I decided to try #Octoprint again using an old laptop I installed #Linux onto (the touchscreen flickers & breaks if you move it - restarts fine, but it became super fragile bc of this issue so I had to retire it) & I actually did it with step-by-step instructions from AI. This is so exciting I'll be able to send print jobs to my printer & monitor stuff from any device on my wifi network π€
Tags: #octoprint #linux
Library Monster - 6/17/2026
Between work and home, I've switched over to using #Firefox browser with default search engine #Ecosia because #Google's excessive #AI responses to simple word or phrase searches felt wasteful & shameful to me.I have noticed that Ecosia will trigger an AI response if it clocks a search that sounds like it could be a good one for #AI & I'm not sure how I feel about that. It's not terrible but also still not the pure web search all the time that I want.
Tags: #firefox #ecosia #google #ai
LM.io Collection - 6/16/2026
Just installed Jellyfin to access my stuff! Which includes an extensive home & family library of photography & videos that I'll be able to access remotely soon (as soon as I figure out how to do more with my VPN besides just turning it on and off)
Tags: #Sailing the Seas
Library Monster - 6/16/2026
I did very, very little today on my day off βMargs tho β
Library Monster - 6/14/2026
I'm so chuffed how easy it was to set up #jellyfin this is honestly the most exciting day \o/ I also feel so vindicated for standing on business and absolutely refusing to keep all my home photos & videos & relying on a #BigTech cloud storage/organizer app. I never wanted Amazon, Facebook, Apple, or Google to have access to all of that & now I finally have an interface that works like its own streaming platform, and there's metadata editing, etc. & it's all mine ππ«ππ₯
Library Monster - 6/14/2026
#PhotoThrowback I was 2006ing in college so hard omg π This was the year my CD mixes absolutely slapped (I still have them and listen to them) #Aughts #2000s #JustMillennialThings
Tags: #PhotoThrowback #aughts #2000s #JustMillennialThings
Library Monster - 6/13/2026
#Call4Artists #DigitalArtists Would anyone be willing to develop and create an avatar for me? No AI, obviously. My budget is $75 via Paypal. This would be great for anyone who enjoys making #cyberpunk & #solarpunk art.I think the process is to DM me with some work you've done & I'll let you know my concept to see if you'd like to do it? Also I promise I won't ghost you βπ»First time soliciting custom digital art so if I've missed a step, please let me know! Cheers π #PleaseBoost
Tags: #Call4Artists #digitalartists #cyberpunk #solarpunk #pleaseboost
Library Monster - 6/12/2026
Sorry I'm all about #TV right now but there's a lot of good stuff on & I don't have school so I'm enjoying my summer. I finished #ThePitt season 2 a couple days ago & it was okay; with Mel's sister gaining so much awesome independence in this season, it's setting stuff up for Mel's character development in season 3 and I CANNOT wait to watch that; discover who she is in addition to a doctor & a sister πππ Mel's my girl
Library Monster - 6/12/2026
I'd actually have fun creating triggers for my website to go down with custom messages, like a #meshtastic device picking up on bad weather & pulling it down with a specific note, or if traffic hits too high - "hug of death down time" (haha)
Tags: #meshtastic
LibraryMonster.io - 6/8/2026
After over 6 months trying to adopt #Apple phones with an iPhone 17 (and please be aware this is about my experience with Apple phones - I have an Apple iPad & I love it), I've moved back to #Android. P will get it for Father's Day!!! I'll take his old iPhone 12 so I can still have an iPhone for reference and tech help interactions at work though. Here's the good for me on iPhones: The iPhone 17 has an incredible automatic camera + filters to make every picture gorgeous. This feature makes such a huge difference in one's experience with their phone. iPhone widgets are awesome - Pressreader's top stories were great (their widget is there in Android but not working for me). Wikipedia had an iPhone widget of the most popular articles that doesn't exist on Android π And weirdly, the whole Hoopla app isn't working on my Nothing3 Android (login page just doesn't appear). The iPhone bad: I write creatively on my phone (long story short I quit smoking & the only way to write without triggering cravings was in bed on my phone, and I came to really enjoy the process!), and I basically stopped when I got the iPhone. I thought perhaps I would learn to love the keyboard; through osmosis & constant texting & writing, I would just pick up how it worked. Instead I came to rely on dictation, which sure is great for casual conversation but dictation is too much if you're worldbuilding or getting emotional over your own scenes. I didn't fiddle with the settings as much as I suppose I could've, and a tech ed colleague of mine indicated her iPhone wasn't as chaotic as my iPhone keyboard was, so perhaps I still just didn't customize it properly. But...
LM.io Collection - 5/25/2026
Similar to r/LiminalSpaces, this subreddit is full of atmosphere and nostalgia.
Tags: #Access: website/web app #Photography #Nostalgia #Online Community #Treasure Trove
LM.io Collection - 5/24/2026
Apparently this is supposed to be a wholesome AI option? Let's see how that plays...
Tags: #Access: website/web app #AI