laserllama's blog

December 2025

A Slight Espresso Retraction

In a recently now-deleted post I talked about my new home espresso sidequest.

Dec 10, 2025

October 2025

September 2025

Random Thoughts On Plugins And Synths

I guess my musical tastes are changing a bit, I just spent some time sorting through a lot of things in Ableton and decided I might as well share the…

Sep 12, 2025 • laserllama

LEGO Up Close

LEGO’s Tranquil Garden was a pretty fun build.

Sep 9, 2025 • laserllama

July 2025

Sunflowers

Below: Dix Park’s sunflower field in Raleigh — in peak bloom today, and probably all of next week.

Jul 18, 2025 • laserllama

Lighting Setup: More Power with Genaray LED Panels + Additional Shots

I really didn’t need to do this, as they were still very new, but I felt I wanted a bit more power than those CFL softboxes I shared earlier and decided…

Jul 9, 2025 • laserllama

Canon R3 + New Lighting Setup

I recently bought a Canon R3 and I really like it.

Jul 3, 2025 • laserllama

May 2025

First Experiences with the Ubiquiti UNAS Pro

This is a bit of a convoluted review, so temporarily pretend I’m not a computer person!

May 9, 2025 • laserllama

March 2025

Robot Vacuum Funness: Roborock s8 Max Ultra

I for some reason decided to get a pair of robot vacuums recently, this was perhaps a way to somehow distract myself from the imminent doom and ignore…

Mar 6, 2025 • laserllama

February 2025