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Products and Services

Achewood "walkin' around money" panel — detailed image description

A panel from Achewood.

**Roast Beef:** Why did you send a check for $10,000 to "Oreos"
**Ray:** I like their product! I wanted 'em to have a little walkin' around money!

Here are some things that I use, enjoy, and endorse. You might like them too! None of these have paid me, although in some cases I'm friendly with the staff. In fact, I generally pay them because I value what they make or do and I want them to keep existing.

Sound Retro co is a retro hardware repair and restoration shop located here in Seattle, but accepting shipped orders from all over the US. If you've got an old game console or audio equipment that you want to give a new lease on life, check it out!
Scarecrow Video is one of the last great independent video libraries. It was my local video store back in the 90s, and it managed to survive the mass extinction and go on to become a non-profit dedicated to preserving physical media. It offers rent-by-mail throughout the US (maybe elsewhere in North America too?), and has a truly massive collection. Down with streaming, up with preservation!
iBroadcast is a web music service of the sort that practically died out when streaming became big (there may be a theme here). Instead of renting listening time from a corporation that pays out pennies to artists, you just upload your own music files that you bought and own and listen to them from the web. It's a better way to enjoy music, and it's also free (although I recommend paying for premium because, again, I want them to keep existing.)
Weird Jewish Digest is a wonderful newsletter on all things Judaism written by my friend and metamour Meli. It's eclectic and charming and wonderful, and if you're Jewish or interested in Judaism I recommend subscribing.
Your local public library is a fantastic resource in ways you may not even realize! Checking out books is great, and if it's hard for you to find time to sit down and read consider listening to audiobooks while you take a walk or do some knitting. Many libraries also lend movies, and even hiking great or other tools. Librarians are also super helpful for finding any kind of information you might possibly want. Check it out!

Friends' Projects

These are cool things my friends are working on that I think could use a bit more visibility.

ALttpR Asyncs is a searchable catalog of The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past Randomizer seeds along with times from other players to compare against your own time.
CD-ROM Journal is my friend Misty's log of various interesting things she finds in her archival work and beyond. It's slow-paced, thoughtful, and it still works in Netscape 5.

Blogs

I don't like public "following" lists on social media, and having a list of links to my friends' blogs feels too similar to me. Sorry! But if you want to link back to this site, feel free to use this icon:

The avatar is by subspaceskater, Zandra did the layout, and I made the nettle leaf (with substantial help from a photo reference).