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  • Maahir turned four today. Happy birthday, buddy!

    bengal cat being cute and all

  • SepPixel for September 14, 2023, theme: “Statue."
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    pixel art of stylized shark with knife, fork and napkin around neck, placed on a pedestal, titled SHARK

  • SepPixel for September 13, 2023, theme: “Glowing."
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    Pixel art of Pokémon's Pikachu glowing in the dark.

  • Pixel Dailies theme for September 12, 2023 is: “Rulebook."
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    No rules, no game.

    pixel art with 32 by 32 pixels frame with a rulebook

  • I thought the new micro∙blog photo prompts were quite challenging, but if you stop being literal, it’s actually not hard. In case someone wanted a challenge: “wabi-sabi.” I’m not suggesting it, though, since I’m not any good at suggestions, because of misreading woke individuals on the Internet.

  • SepPixel for September 12, 2023, theme: “Panic."
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    pixel art of Panic's Playdate gaming device

  • SepPixel for September 11, 2023, theme: “Retrospect.” If books like Animal Farm have taught us anything, it is that civil society is the only way to advance humanity from the notion that being different is a bad thing.
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    pixel art depicting a knight realizing what he has done, with a pile of bodies behind him

  • SepPixel for September 10, 2023, theme: “Cycle”, or perhaps “BiCycle."
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    abstract pixel art depicting something in which the letters b and i have been removed from the word bicycle

  • SepPixel for September 9, 2023, theme: “Language."
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    pixel art of three blocks with the letters A, B, and C

  • SepPixel for September 8, 2023, theme: “Yonder."
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    pixel art of the Yonder Mountain String Band, 4 musician playing blue grass and prog rock

  • There’s a new set of 7 prompts for the micro∙blog photo blogging challenge for September 2023. There was a request for more prompts, but I failed miserably by suggesting a very negative word. I was never any good at words or writing or narrative. Not for lack of trying, though. There was more than enough of the latter, just too few successful attempts to matter.

    Words, how do they even work?

    screenshot of iPad app Pixaki, showing several reference photos and a single stick figure

    As for my contribution in pixel art… Let’s say it’s a work in progress.
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  • SepPixel for September 7, 2023, theme: “Panorama."
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    animated panoramic pixel art painting of small artificial pool in nature, partially unrolled

  • Lifetime memberships seem to be the current rage, Wordpress hosting, watching Nebula, and probably many more. I think it appeals to those who hate the surreptitiousness of recurring subscriptions, and to those who despise venture capitalism’s firm hold on company strategy.

  • SepPixel for September 6, 2023, theme: “Well."
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    tiny 18 by 20 pixel art portrait of Claudia Wells as Jennifer Parker in the movie blockbuster Back To The Future

  • SepPixel for September 5, 2023, theme: “Forest."
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    pixel art of a forest

  • SepPixel for September 4, 2023, theme: “Orange."
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    pixel art of an orange fruit and orange cat sleeping

  • SepPixel for September 3, 2023, theme: “Precious."
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    pixel art of a mother cat hugging and licking a kitten, probably not her own

  • SepPixel for September 2, 2023, theme: “Buildup."
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    pixel art of brook with beaver and its dams

  • I just donated the money I saved today by carpooling to @thatkruegergirl Remember, the human capacity for compassion is infinite, despite what others say.

  • SepPixel for September 1, 2023, theme: “Abstract."
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    pixel art of abstracted portrait of Steve Wozniak