Kivy

Picture of a keyboard with the right hand row of larger keys showing their stabilizers glued on with dabs of CA glue.

Picture of my HyperX mechanical keyboard showing the Cherry MX stabilizers for the space bar being glued to the metal plate using drops of CA glue.

I tried an older mechanical keyboard to test if the stutters were input-related, and was shocked at how quieter the space bar was. Turns out Keychron stabilizers are screwed in, whereas HyperX loosely clips on. So I did the only reasonable thing and Crazy-Glued them on, no more rattling! 🤩

Picture of the back of my motherboard, showing 3 tiny 1cm cube heatsinks stuck to the back of the mobo on the other side of the VRMs.

Picture of the inside of my PC showing two tiny 1cm cube heatsink stuck to the VRMs above the CPU. Those chips had no cooling at all! I also added an intake fan on the top of the case to push cold air straight into the VRMs.

In an ongoing effort to combat micro-stutters in games, I learned that not all motherboards have the same power delivery, and that my mobo is the worst of them all... so I added some cute little heatsinks to my VRMs. They look stock! Hope this helps. 🤞

#Gaming #PC #Computers #DIY

Yes! I have some multivitamin gummies in there too! So much over-processed food these days, gotta supplement that crap lol

Picture of a medication organizer with each daily container spread on a kitchen counter, open and full for the week. Each day has a different color and it forms a rainbow. They all fit in a bigger box that holds all 7. Each daily box has 3 tiny compartment, one for breakfast, mid day and bed time.

I finally got a proper pill organizer a couple months ago, and my friend doubted it'd stick, but honestly it's been such a boon. No more constant stress of "did i take my meds". If you're on the fence about getting one, DO IT. Just make sure its got enough slots, for me it was 3 per day.

Color picture of a lake shore covered in dry yellow bushes and trees, with a Canadian flag flying high on a pole at the tip of a land point. The sky has white clouds streaking through, and you can see sun rays through them.

Vibrant picture of a lake shore covered in very bright yellow bushes and leaves. Dry dead leaves cover the ground in the foreground. The distant sky is mostly blue with a patch of bubbly grey cloud overhead.

It is a gorgeous 14C & sunny Autumn day here in Montreal. The leaves are turning yellow and it smells like fall. Perfect time of year to go out for a walk in a light jacket and not feel too hot or too cold, and not having to wear a bra lol! 📸🌅🍂🍁

it really tasted as good as it looks! kinda low effort too, just bottled rose sauce with frozen pasta. i still had to cook the pasta in boiling water tho, which i dont even have energy for some days.

A large pasta bowl filled with cheese tortellini in rose sauce, on a gaming desk with RGB keyboard in the back.

Surprisingly, today is actually a good day with enough energy to cook myself a hot meal, even tho this whole week was overly draining on me. So I treated myself to some tortellini in rose sauce. It was delicious. 🥰🍽️

Hey I get it, being forced to login to a m$ account just to use your pc sucks, and i dont do it either, but where was that rage when google hijacked smartphones and forced everyone into google accounts? 🤔

Hey this might sound weird but has anyone tried a cup of matcha green tea while munching on naan bread with salsa sauce on it? or did i just start ww3

he really is the cutest little furball. I cant wait for his coat to turn all white again! It's starting to change already.

Color picture of a winter dwarf hamster holding a baby carrot in his front paws and munching on it. His ceramic food and water bowls are in the foreground, with a chew stick at the back. White paper bedding covers the bottom of the cage. The hamster is mostly grey, with patches of white creeping up as summer makes way for winter and his coat changes from all grey to all white.

Hey look, one of those rare pictures of Geoff that isnt a blurry mess! 📸

I got carrots with my groceries today, so he's a very happy hammy. Look at how he's holding it in his paws! 🥰

#PetPics #Hamsters

Thanks Marina 🫂

You know i've been trying to focus on the little positive things but some days it feels like climbing up an avalanche of negativity.

Maybe I should get a new Lego kit...

Anyone else really struggling emotionally? With all the hate, division, and late stage capitalism bs going on in the world, there just isnt much to look forward to. hecc even video games have been enshitified so hard all the fun was sucked out of them 😭

@zelaira.bsky.social this ever happened to you? 🤣

Color picture of a gaming setup, with Guild Wars 2 running on the main monitor, some whispers asmr on a small laptop to the side, and lots of rgb out of the pc case. A smoky scented candle burns in a frosted glass pot, a fresh coffee is staying warm on a mug warmer, and a window behind the desk shows a dark sunset with shadowy trees outside.

It's getting cold and the sun sets early, time to turn on the heating, light a smoky candle, brew a fresh americano, and play some GW2 while watching wholesome ASMR on the side laptop. Bring winter on, i'm ready. 🥰☕🕯️

Why is it that every time new content is added to the current MMORPG i'm playing, and the playerbase is buzzing with excitement, i get overwhelmed to the point of crying in pain? Is it the social phobia? Being afraid of new things? Changes to my daily routine? I wish I knew so I could seek help. 😭

color picture of a lake with a black backpack on a park table in the foreground and colorful trees on the side. The sky is bright blue with a bit of a fog on the horizon.

color picture of a boat ramp leading down to calm waters, with a dock on the side and bushes in fall colors. The sky is bright blue with streaks of white.

color picture of a beach in a bay with redish bushes in the foreground and a canadian flag flying far at the back on a prominence into the lake. The sky is blue with streaks of white and a bright sun hanging low causing long shadows over the beach.

Leaves are turning, Shadows grow long, And this feels like the last T-shirt weekend of the year. 🍂🍁

#Photography #October #Canada

a dirty mechanical keyboard with the keycaps removed, showing lost of nasty stuff on the backplate. The keycaps are all in a plastic container ready to be washed.

Said keycaps in the container, filled with extra soapy water, and a brush to move things around to dislodge the dirt on the keys.

the keyboard on my workbench under better lighting, all cleaned properly and the keys ready to be manually re-installed one by one. I used a picture i took with my phone before pulling the caps to know where everything goes.

Yearly reminder to clean your keyboard! Those things get nasty!

(i ended up having to change keycaps anyways, these were worn out to a shine and causing keys to feel sticky under my skin)

#Gaming #PC

a tiny wooden log cabin sitting on a workbench. about 15x20cm, made of pale soft wood. "Geoff", the name of my hamster, is penciled over the door. a 4x4cm hole was sawed into the front of the house as a door for the hamster. Everything is held together using non-toxic water-based glue.

Back after a 1mo break from social media, it was much needed and did me good.

Have a wooden hamster home i built while i was away.

Nothing fancy, it was a 2$ kit from the dollar store, glued together using Mod Podge and a door sawed in.

#DIY #Woodworking #Workshop

Half built LEGO kit on a workbench, with the instruction booklet open at the page where it says to open book 3. The kit is a red Ferrari supercar 6 inches in length. LEGO used some borderline illegal building shenanigans in this tiny model!

Received some heavy news from a close friend, and needed me-time, so I opened the 2nd bag of that LEGO kit. Because in moments like these all I wanna do is keep my hands busy to try to clear my head.

Did you give yourself a me-moment today?

Random BattleStation Snap. Really happy with my custom footrest, it looks good in my setup, and is perfectly comfy for me. I do wish my phone would capture the purple from the RGB, instead of making it look pure blue. Still looks great tho! 🕹️ 🎮

#GamingSetup #Gaming #GamingPC

You ever think about cooking your favorite food or going to bed early and it gives you an emotion in your belly because the thought it so comforting? Or have I simply gained the power of being able to enjoy the simple things in my life. 🥰

Picture of an Americano in a red mug on a cup warmer surrounded by gaming keyboard and mouse. The coffee has a thick layer of crema from the espresso shot i brewed directly into the cup.

Aaaaah look at the crema in this coffee! Happy Saturday everyone, wishing you all the best weekend. ☕

in-game screenshot of Guild Wars 2 showing my commander tag and a full squad of 50 players with even more people outside the squad just bonking the last boss of a End of Dragons meta. I only started EoD a week ago and havent even gotten halfway through it yet.

Me: *Ends stream because it's getting late and I need to cool down for the night*

Also me: *Tags up and commands a full squad for a meta I only did twice*

#Gaming #GW2 #GuildWars2

You know what really sucks? Freaken vacuum cleaners. Gods they suck.

I just had to use command line to uninstall micro$oft bloatware that would always force-install itself back every week when m$ shoved another "system update" and now i'm thinking maybe windows isnt that easier to use than linux if i still need to tinker with it to make it work like i want...

straight-down pictures of an open cardboard box with a grey winter dwarf hamster in the middle of it, looking up at the camera. He's in time-out while i clean his cage.

Sideways picture of a freshly cleaned hamster cage, with a pile of hay in a corner, a running wheel in the opposite corner, two small homes in the other two corners, a pile of chew toys in the middle, and food and water bowls to the side. A hamster is sitting in his food bowl and raiding it.

Sundays are made for cleaning hammy cage, and that's just what they'll do!

I got a new bag of hay and this one is grown in canada, it looks less artificial, i hope Geoff likes it!

#Pets #Petpics #Hamsters #Critters

YouTube video by Kivy VODs Today We Craft Frenzy (And other GW2 shenanigans)

It's been a while since I uploaded a VOD to Youtube so here's one from last Monday's Twitch stream where I played Guild Wars 2 and built the legendary harpoon gun Frenzy. :3

www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-N8...

Kivy - Twitch Just Going With The Four Winds...

Going LIVE on Twitch with more Guild Wars 2, going wherever the Four Winds blow... :3

#Streams #Gaming #Twitch

www.twitch.tv/kivy

Ok but you don't have to watch! You can leave them some privacy! 🥺