Grab Bag for Week Ending December 14, 2025
Scopique
December 15, 2025
A bit of World of Warcraft, some development and project lamentation, and the usual Star Citizen editorial.
Category: Software
Scopique
December 15, 2025
Whether to Stick It or Get Stuck To
Scopique
December 6, 2025
It burned twice as bright for 1/4 as long and while it showed promise, it was just too expensive in too many ways compared to selling my soul to the Evil Empire.
Grab Bag for Wednesday, October 15th
Scopique
October 15, 2025
Random garbage from me to you: 3D printing, Home Assistant, Streamdeck setups, and a pretty good Star Trek game demo.
My Music – Late Breaking Addendum
Scopique
September 29, 2025
From Crates to MediaMonkey, and from smart-ass VPN to popular workhorse Plex.
Private Music Streaming
Scopique
September 23, 2025
I think I've managed to cobble together a solution which will let me run my own streaming service. I just need to get off my own home wifi to try it out.
Desktop Media Players – What Will I Use?
Scopique
September 19, 2025
My takeaway from trialing several desktop media players, and ultimately, which one I'm going to use.
Desktop Music Players – AIMP
Scopique
September 17, 2025
I guess if you have media you need to play, AIMP will work, but it's one step above Windows Media Player and only just.
Desktop Music Players – MusicBee
Scopique
September 16, 2025
MusicBee is simple yet offers a decent array of tools for organizing your media library.
Desktop Music Players – MediaMonkey
Scopique
September 15, 2025
Looking at MediaMonkey, a powerful tool for managing very large media libraries, and a pretty good player to boot.
Desktop Music Players – Helium 17
Scopique
September 13, 2025
Helium is a clean looking media player seemingly geared towards file maintenance, but doesn't look to offer as many bells and whistles as some of the other players.