Somnius @somnius@merveilles.town

#introductions

Hey there! I'm Somnius, a white tiger living in SF. I code websites, play indie & rhythm games, love all kinds of music, and turned vegan in the middle of this year.

Things I advocate for: furries, non-monogamy, sex positivity, gender identity, LGBT+ rights, democratic socialism.

All of you here inspire me so much with the amazing things you create. I have so much to learn!

Have a sleepy city cat :3

Holy fuck the bass on this https://lorn.bandcamp.com/track/kold-mirage-3 #theStudio

I already contacted support, gave them my feedback, and I'll be sending them back tomorrow. Ah well. More places should list the materials that these things are made of, this is important for people to know!

Man I was so excited to get a pair of the Snapchat Spectacles (V3) because they looked so nice, but as it turns out, it only comes with a cow leather charging case that you have to use in order to use the device.

They don't note this anywhere on their site, though external product reviews do mention this. Still feel pretty let down, I was excited to use them but I can't do that if that's the only option available.

I'm trying a new thing to reduce my stress: tracking fewer things.

Since 2015, I went pretty nuts tracking my location, weight, food, program usage, and it's all a little too much to keep track of. Hopefully by eliminating that requirement, I can have more time to just live!

Update: I rush-ordered some clothes to wear in place of my wet ones and they have now arrived. Now I just need a warm beverage to feel a little less frigid 🍵

I'm cold, wet, and miserable this morning. It's making me think about how I got here and what I can do to make myself feel better overall.

I think I should reduce the things that make me stressed out like this. Unsure what, but doing less overall sounds like a good place to start.

However, the instance has been around for a full year!!! Super psyched about that :D

I've also gotten the instance costs way down since I deleted the old external assets that had been around for ages. To keep costs down, I'll continue to do that each month.

Thanks a bunch to all the donors, and to all of you! I have a few things I need to work on, like opening up to more ways of donating and other smaller things. I'll keep you all posted!

One thing I forgot to correct last time: I got 25 cents less in Patreon donations than I reported last month, but the "Money left over" amount this month is the exact same as what's in the bank account for the instance!

Donations
$87.99 via Patreon

Total: $87.99

Infrastructure Costs
Amazon S3: $19.09
DigitalOcean: $24.68

Total: $43.77

Donations to Date
$960.69

Infrastructure Costs to Date
$712.06

Money left over
$248.63

Whoops, just realized I haven't posted the Merveilles.town financials post just yet! I'll be doing that later today :3

Server maintenance is happening on DigitalOcean! Times are:

Start: 2020-01-07 21:00 UTC
End: 2020-01-08 01:00 UTC

This is out of my hands, but there will be some packet loss during this time while DO shifts things over!