Had a blast with my second country set last night, and I dressed up my sharkboi in my favorite cowboy outfit. 🦈🤠 I'm excited about the next two Fridays. On the 21st, I'm playing Latin-infused music, and on the 28th, I'm celebrating my first year as a returning DJ at Fauna. I can hardly wait! ❤️

After 10 years. I built up the courage to reopen my store on Second Life Marketplace. My store was formerly named "Rin Elyran's General Store," and though I currently only have just one gesture listed, I'm still getting back into the swing of things. marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/127331

Been taking a lot of photos and videos on my iPhone using this gimbal that I recently bought on Amazon. I’ve been waiting for it to go on sale for a number of years instead of paying the full $76 for it. So when I saw it on sale for $38, I went ahead and bought it.

This week’s Micro_Monday project is a clock that uses the LCD keypad shield with the relatively common data logging shield available for the Arduino Uno, a shield that accepts regular size SD cards and has a DS1307 real time clock (RTC) chip on board. A 3V CR1220 is used for battery backup.

Today is 808 Day, a day where we show appreciation for the Roland TR-808 programmable drum machine from 1980. The TR-808 is used extensively in rap and hip hop music. In 2019, I uploaded a test track of the 808 to my FurAffinity profile: www.furaffinity.net/view/32582878/

15 Classic TR-808 Patterns - For 808 Day by Rin Elyran

Apologies for the aliasing in the overall sound.. . In celebration of 808 Day, I've decided to whip up a quick demo containing fifteen c ...

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I've had my little Rezz Room fox Yuki for a few years, but every time I bring her out, I still feel that initial thrill of bringing her out that very first time. Yuki is such a cute little fox, and if there was a way to do so, I'd really love to share her with all of Fauna. ❤️

This week’s Micro_Monday project demonstrates the use of a four-way directional pad on the DFRobot LCD keypad shield. This very versatile shield will work with just about any Arduino board you can think of, including the Mega 2560 like in this example. Also, Konami code for the win. 😉

A little late to the party, as far as Shark Week is concerned, but L$800 later, I finally added my first marine avatar to my already diverse palette avatars. I'd like you to meet my new sharkboi, Marlon. :3

Last night's Journey, REO Speedwagon and Styx set was most certainly a rockin' good time. I really enjoyed sharing my memories - in musical form - of the first rock concert I ever went to back in 2003, at Value City Arena in Columbus, OH.

Just a reminder that any bots or AI generated posts will be exterminated, so don’t be surprised if I delete and repost my responses.

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This week’s Micro_Monday project demonstrates the use of an Elegoo TFT LCD “shield” with an Arduino Uno R3. Shields are essentially expansion boards for microcontrollers. I’m sorry for getting this out to you guys later than usual. 😅

I'm starting to feel like writing intro and outro speeches for DJing is a good thing. Every speech I write for Fauna helps me to build up more confidence and courage to stand in front of the microphone. And there's no better way to master my fear of public speaking than to do it in good company. ❤️

Really had a blast last night keeping the EDM goodness going during Colehusky's birthday tour this weekend. I opened with Armin van Buuren, concluded with Robert Miles, and played all kinds of classics in between. I can hardly wait to hear what Colehusky and Nuku have to offer tonight. ❤️

Unpopular opinion: with Shark Week coming up on Sunday the 26th on the Discovery Channel, I feel like the whole thing is just way too over-promoted and overhyped. Maybe it’s because it’s no longer has any educational value and is now just strictly entertainment. …Or maybe I’m just getting old. 😂

This week's Micro_Mondays involves features using a poteniometer to control how many LEDs are lit in a two-color bar graph array. I mixed the red and green channels to create the three amber segments in the middle.

Really enjoyed playing my 1978 set last night, which was Sergal Night at Moonlight Rollerway, and we celebrated the 48th birthday of my sergal OC Ian Elyran. I began the set with Journey, and finished with Joe Walsh, because life's been good to me so far.

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Friday Jul 17 @ 7p-9p SLT it's Sergal Night! Celebrating Ian Elyran's Birthday! (Ian is an OC of DJ @rinbeast.bsky.social who will be bringing us tunes from the 1970s! This is an OOC event but light RP is always welcome!) Come as you are even if you don't have a #sergal avatar. ♥ #secondlife #furry

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“Verify your age.” Using our ‘87 Ford Aerostar as our primary mode of transportation, my family and I did our back to school and Christmas shopping at Rolling Acres Mall in Akron. We frequently shopped at Sears, JCPenney, and my personal favorite, RadioShack. Rolling Acres was closed in 2013.

This week's belated Micro_Mondays project involves using the SPI mode on the ST7920 128x64 graphic LCD. The code won't work on my Arduino Mega 2560, so I used my Arduino Uno R3 instead.

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Micro_Mondays will be postponed until tomorrow due to family commitments today. I will resume my Monday upload schedule on Monday, July 20th. Hang in there, everyone. ❤️

My new audio toys: the Volca Sample and Volca FM, both by Korg. The Volca FM is an easier-to-program, more affordable, fully compatible alternative to the legendary Yamaha DX7 from 1983, and the Volca Sample is a digital sample rhythm machine onto which you can load your own samples via micro USB.

I haven't made any posts about my DJ sets in a long time, so here we go. 😅 Last night was Crux Night Part 3 at the rollerway as I played all kinds of 1980s and 1990s goodness. The set was a real blast, and I truly enjoyed sharing it with all of you. ❤️ (1/3)

Had an early start this morning because Elly needed to go to work today, but we’re nevertheless back from our trip. It’ll feel so good to sleep in our own bed tonight. ❤️

My usual lament applies: the only bad thing about a good time is that the fun has to end at some point. And yet, every fun time's ending always gives me something to look forward to. ❤️

After talking with Elly about my finances, we saw that I had enough money to buy a second Korg Volca, so to go with my Volca FM2, I ordered a Korg Volca Sample 2. It's a sample-based rhythm machine that I'll be loading up with all my favorite 1980s drum sounds. I can hardly wait for it to arrive. 😄

I hate to sound unpatriotic, but this Fourth of July feels like any other day. I know it's America's 250th birthday, and I admit I used to be excited about celebrating it with my fellow Americans. But now, I'm just not feeling it anymore. o.o

Pocky and ramune, my most favorite summertime Japanese food and drink of all time. 😁

I'm helping Elly get through her depressive spell tonight, and she could really use a lot of love right now. I just want to mention that these happen suddenly and randomly; nobody - and I mean nobody - is ever at fault for these depressive spells. I know this from having lived with her since 2014.