The Jukebox Blog @ Loveshock.xyz Blog posts from The Jukebox. https://loveshock.xyz/blog Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:15:00 -0400 5000 Self-Hosting Our Music: A HomeLab Adventure Begins We started homelabbing! As we continue to get ever-more frustrated about the current music landscape, let us walk you through our personal setup for collecting, organizing, and enjoying it all. https://loveshock.xyz/blog/2024/12-12.html Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:15:00 -0400 https://loveshock.xyz/blog/2024/12-12.html Spotify Wrapped is Everything Wrong With the Modern Music Industry The depersonalization of music, the quantification of art, and capitalism ruining everything. https://loveshock.xyz/blog/2024/12-06.html Fri, 06 Dec 2024 17:30:00 -0400 https://loveshock.xyz/blog/2024/12-06.html A Syncing Ship - The iPod vs. Modern Software A long, twisting tale of trying to get an MP3 player from 2005 to work on a new computer. Plus, some side tangents about metadata, various artists, and consistency. https://loveshock.xyz/blog/2024/05-10.html Fri, 10 May 2024 07:45:00 -0600 https://loveshock.xyz/blog/2024/05-10.html How To Build A Local Music Library You should build a local collection of your favorite music - here's how. https://loveshock.xyz/blog/2024/04-27.html Wed, 20 Mar 2024 19:00:00 -0700 https://loveshock.xyz/blog/2024/04-27.html The Lost Time System's Guide to Fixing Windows 11 Our personal go-to routine for setting up Windows 11 on any new machine. https://loveshock.xyz/blog/2024/04-21.html Wed, 20 Mar 2024 22:00:00 -0700 https://loveshock.xyz/blog/2024/04-21.html No Boilerplate Has A Laptop Problem A response to No Boilerplate's "Developers Have A Laptop Problem". https://loveshock.xyz/blog/2024/03-20.html Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:50:00 -0700 https://loveshock.xyz/blog/2024/03-20.html Apple Music vs. Spotify: Welcome to the Social An evaluation and comparison of Apple Music and Spotify as competing products, from the lens of social features. https://loveshock.xyz/blog/2023/12-04 Mon, 04 Dec 2023 12:00:00 -0700 https://loveshock.xyz/blog/2023/12-04 Graduation: Thank You, Kilobytes Saying good-bye to KODA, one final time. https://loveshock.xyz/blog/2023/08-04 Fri, 04 Aug 2023 12:00:00 -0700 https://loveshock.xyz/blog/2023/08-04 Streaming Service Showdown Throwing a bunch of streaming services into the ring to find out who takes the crown (and our money). https://loveshock.xyz/blog/2022/11-24 Thu, 24 Nov 2022 12:00:00 -0700 https://loveshock.xyz/blog/2022/11-24 VRChat: Easy Anti-Consumer Tackling VRChat's addition of Easy Anti-Cheat to its client. https://loveshock.xyz/blog/2022/07-29 Fri, 29 Jul 2022 12:00:00 -0700 https://loveshock.xyz/blog/2022/07-29