iOS 16 is right around the corner, and one of the big features I’ve been messing around with is Apple’s Passkeys (developer.apple.com), which they claim will “end the password” as we know it. Password management is frustrating and I have more passwords than I can keep track of, but I don’t think that they will die any time soon. I thought I’d share my experience using Passkeys in a few places, and sort out exactly what they are and why at this point it’s not a primary authentication method. Read more...

If you’ve been wondering where I’ve been, don’t worry, I’m not dead. I’ve just been distant from the internet for some time now, preoccupied with health, housing issues, finding work, and getting back to finishing my degree. Despite everything, I feel a lot better than I was before my world was turned upside-down. My diet has improved, but still could be better. I’ve been pushing through anxiety to take care of myself better, and I’m starting to see the results. Read more...

I’m finally done with college, sort of, and moved out for good. I’m not sure what happens next, but I think I deserve a break from work and exams and stuff. Going through this pandemic, getting my knee injured and not fully recovering even now, and losing my home, pets, and most of my things while going through college courses was hell. It’s over now, apart from a senior project that got put on hold during all this, but I have no classes and no on-campus life after this. Read more...

My life has been moving at a breakneck pace for the past couple months now, and a lot has happened since my last update. I’ll try to break it down by topic in no particular order. Housing Situation The “post-pandemic” (in quotes because it’s not over but businesses and the government are treating it like it is) housing issue is horrible. People in my area are getting forced out of their homes en masse now that the eviction moratorium is lifted in New York State. Read more...

I always love making trips to Poseidon IV. It’s one of those touristy destinations that a lot of people shy away from because of water worlds, but it’s my favorite spot to go to. Luckily a cargo run brought me into this sector, and the ship was due for some maintenance on its sub systems. Not systems within systems, I mean sub systems. Like submarines. People thought I was nuts for buying an old deep space science vessel to run a small shipping business but the fun exotic planets pay the good money too. Read more...

Sigh… Please, try not to laugh at my voice while you listen to this. I know, I know, you’re probably wondering, “Sierra, how did you mix up the air tank hookups again”. It’s hard! There’s no difference in the wall ports! Cut me some slack will you. Wait no, if I’m still up here when you see me next, do not cut the slack. I don’t want to float away! Read more...

Content Warning: This story is directed at you, the reader, and features an experience of diving underwater deep in the ocean. Reader’s discretion is advised. You’re in your haptic suit, browsing people’s captures over the subspace network. You come across one titled “Personal Log: 2422-04-06” and open it out of curiosity. The countdown prompt begins as the haptics spool up, gently easing you into the alien sensations. 3… 2… 1… Read more...

I… I never thought I could wear out. The past few weeks I’ve been struggling to shift, each form more solid then the last. But now, I think, I can’t change anymore. It’s been, what. No… My chronometer can’t be right, it’s been 5,000 years? How have my memory banks not been filled yet? Of all the forms I’ve chosen over the centuries, I think this, this is the best one to stick with for however long I can go. Read more...

Today I reminisced about the day I went through my nanite conversion. I was very disoriented at first. Going from my original broken human body into this was not an easy transition. I’m just glad nobody recorded me struggling to build a coherent form… … …well I did, for, uh, reasons. Look, I just wanted to be able to look at the process happen okay? It’s not every day you can see an actual transformation take place in the real world! Read more...

I stopped by in the Rigel System to go to the big magitech expo and take a look around. It didn’t seem much like an expo, there were a lot of performers around. Of course, I walking around as basically a big balloon animal, got mistaken for one of the props. They didn’t believe me when I said I was just a nanite synth, they didn’t bother scanning me until after the act was over to validate my ID. Read more...