Cadence's Weblog

This is a tutorial for anyone wanting to play Ren'py games on a platform that the author didn't compile the game for. In particular, I want to play on Linux for Nintendo Switch, an ARM device that nobody compiles for.This might also work for running Windows-only games on Linux, but I haven't tried it yet. Let me know if it works and I'll update the guide!Download the game and extract it. In my case I downloaded the Linux x86_64 version of Butterfly Æffect.Open the game/script-version.txt file.…

There are lots of things that affect the quality of photographs. The biggest one is the skill of the photographer behind the camera.I don't have any tips for that, so for the rest of this blog I'll be looking from an unfeeling perspective at camera hardware and technology.Perspective of this postA phone photographer is likely a tourist and family member who mainly wants to record memories, like landscapes they saw and people they know. They are not an artsy photographer using creative…

Since 2019, my phone has been a OnePlus 5T running LineageOS, and I've loved it.Unfortunately, it uses 3G for calls, and all New Zealand networks plan to turn off their 3G network in early 2026. I would still be able to use this phone for taking photos, playing games, and browsing the web on 4G data, but in theory I wouldn't be able to make or receive calls, because it lacks the somewhat recent VoLTE feature. I only need to do phone calls a little bit, but I do have to do them. So it seems li...