Hi, fellow peeps!

I am Lemonheep, a queer nerd who is mainly a hobbyist 2D artist and aspriring system administrator, but often also a home cook and a gamer. I've mostly been doing small projects here and there in my free time, though I hope to get better at things like making comics, 3D art, and webdev in the future.

This web-space by itself is nothing too special. It's a dedicated space for my artworks and other creative works for anyone to browse through (and not just those with a Smigglo/Bidjen account or whatever). However, I feel that more and more of us need to get back into making personal websites. It's honestly the best representation of your online self, where you're free to present you and your creations in any style and layout you want!

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05.01.2026 - My (Almost Rocky) First-Time Mac Experience

Recently, I've gotten a fairly cheap Macbook Pro (specifically a mid-2010 model) in order to both sync music to my iPhone and learn what using macOS is like, and there were serious issues I had to solve with it along the way, though I have gotten to settle with it by the end. When I first got it and opened it up, damn it was gross inside. There were dust bunnies all over the logic board and crevices, and it took a while to (almost) clean that all up. At least the thermal paste wasn't too dry to remove, though, as it just needed a bit rubbing alcohol and scraping with a plastic card. There was also the issue of it not turning it on for a while. Even though I read that it should power up after waiting, I was waiting hours with no signs of life, and I was checking logic board connections multiple times (along with disassembling things multiple times) to make sure things were connected. Worst of all was that I tried to boot into the recovery, with nothing but a blinking folder as a result. I had to do digging to find out that since I added in a new SSD, it had no recovery. Instead, I had to create install media for the Mac, then boot into the boot menu. Here's the kicker, though: Creating install media was Mac only officially. What!? I had to install TransMac to install the boot media, but then it turns out that just using the "Restore Media to Disk" option was broken, as the Mac would not recognize the installer media I used with it (while it would recognize other, non-Mac installer media). So, I had to manually insert the macOS install's files into the installer media, then wait longer than it takes for the universe to undergo heat death. Still, by the end, that other method worked, and the rest of the installation process wasn't a struggle.

OpenCore was almost as messy to deal with as the recovery itself, too. Obviously, I wasn't going to just leave it on the officially-supported El Capitan, a literal 10-year-old version of macOS. Still, it was multiple minutes of waiting for the macOS installer to finish up, then learning too late that OpenCore needed High Sierra to install Sonoma, then waiting some more minutes of waiting for the Ventura install to pop instead before starting up the OpenCore install process itself. Plus, installation also took a long while, and it was nearing 3 to 4 AM in the morning while it did so. After that, though, it wasn't too bad. Apple killed USB 1.1 support, but I used a hub during the install and it was patched back up after installation finished. Also, while Wi-Fi wasn't working initially, the post-install scripts got it up-and-running again.

Now, after settling in with it over this morning, the only major issues are with its Caps Lock key and SD card slot being iffy, Blender frying after install, and with the battery being dead. So, I will need to look into how to fix the SD card slot and Caps Lock key, find an older Blender version that still works on my non-Metal GPU, and find a good deal on Macbook batteries. Otherwise, it's been smooth sailing at least based on first impressions, and it's certainly going to be a nice side computer for syncing music to my iPhone, writing, and other on-the-go laptop work that my tablet cannot really do. Having to manually bypass security settings to install unverified apps is annoying, but thank god doing so is still quite easy (lookin' at you, Google). Plus, as another Unix-like OS, its UI been fairly easy to adjust to, with most gestures already being ones I've learned from GNOME desktop over on Linux. Last, I've already known how old hardware can still handle modern tech, but I'm still surprised to see this 16-year-old Core 2 Duo keep up. It's certainly slower than the HP shittop that fell apart on me a while ago, but it certainly also keeps up much better than Overall, although it's a behind-the-scenes change, expect to see more updates made with this laptop soon!