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Cake day: September 4th, 2026

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  • I use Picard, I never had a issue of it changing the actual file, just adding mp3 tags and cover images. I didn’t even know it could mess with the length of the song, maybe check your settings? Most issues I’ve had with Picard have been connection issues, but that usually gets fixed with clicking the refresh thingy.

    Anyway, I spent like a week doing 4-8 hours of “work” per day to get my existing music library tags and filenames sorted with Picard. Since then, all new music that gets added to the PC is put into a temp folder, ran through Picard and only then moved into the music library folder.

    For the file tags I use the defaults that Picard comes with, I also have a plugin that adds additional musician information into the song. Picard also changes the directory and filenames into /Artist Name/Album Year - Album Name/01. Title.flac, so for example /Björk/1993 - Debut/01. Human Behaviour.flac

    Recently I started adding lyrics as .lrc files, but that looks like its going to be more work than its worth. If I wanted all songs to have lyrics files, I’d have to go through most of my non-English language songs manually, the apps seem to have some issues with that. Also, for stuff like Kent, who have 2 albums in Swedish and English, the apps don’t seem to understand that and insist on using the English lyrics for the Swedish versions.


















  • I’m a introvert and hate dealing with people, but for some reason I don’t like using the self-checkout. I don’t know why. But anyway, I recommend moving to Finland. My interactions are as follows:

    A very quick eye contact with a nod as a hello.

    I pay, receive the change, say thank you.

    I go away.

    There is no small talk or push for registering for their bonus card systems, etc, here. You go in, do your thing, say thank you, go away. And saying anything is optional. I do it because I feel like that’s the least I can do for the poor person who has to deal with humans all day. But often I see people not even look at the checkout person, just stare at the register until it gives out a number, pay and bugger off.