I’ve been sitting here thinking of what to write, and I’m not getting any reception. Feel free to leave mouthwords.
The new hip thing on the social media scene is GIFS!!!!!
If anyone reading this blog is familiar at all with self hosted WordPress sites they may know of a plugin called Jetpack provided by WordPress themselves. You connect your blog to WordPress.com which can be quite handy for more than a few items, such as spam protection, the option to syndicate your posts to social media websites the moment you make your blog post, and more where that came from. One thing they’ve been pushing with the newest version of WordPress is the new Gutenberg post editor, and they sent me an email to get me hyped about an all new feature that would totally be worth switching to Gutenberg for… FUCKING GIFS!!
Animated images — also known as GIFs — have become one of the hottest social media tools.
Whoa, you mean to tell me that GIFS… a picture format that was invented around the time I came into being…. is now a hot young social media tool? That’s oddly appropriate since most people in my age group at work happen to be tools on social media!
They tell a story, add humor and emotion, and can create a lasting impression on millions of readers.
The newest version of Jetpack adds a GIF block for the new editor, putting the world’s largest GIF library at your fingertips.
Perhaps I’ll give Gutenberg another shot at some point just to see the gif selection sometime in the not too distant future, if I’m bored enough…
Why say something with words when you can say it with a dancing turtle?
Wait, they taught Mitch McConnell how to dance? :morty: :rick:
Another weekend comes to a close
Good news! The video will be released next week! I have it pretty much done, in fact I even got some stuff lined up for other videos. I plan on editing down my NIGHT’S into Dreams Twitch/YouTube stream tomorrow; though I have a feeling that one will be pretty small too.
This has pretty much been my whole weekend. I would have done more but the weather sucked, and today I woke up feeling rather horrid. I think I might have a stomach bug from something I ate, or the stomach flu going around at work. I considered calling in, but I think if I’m careful about what I eat I’ll be ok. I normally don’t eat much at my lunch break anyways, mornings and my stomach don’t typically get along unless I wake up naturally.
After I release the last video for Brain4Dead next week I’ll be taking a bit of a break from releasing videos just to get everything organized again. Which means there is a chance that I might blog about something that doesn’t involve crafting game pr0nz… of course I’ll still be doing it, but I won’t be able to talk much about it openly. Video plans for later on in the year, some things are going to change.
Getting close to the final chapter
Well, it took almost a week, but the animation portion is all finished for the Brain4Dead finale! I’ll begin splicing it into the rest of the video tomorrow. I won’t be releasing it until next Monday though, the extra bits of polishing I need to do will make me miss my targeted Monday deadline. I also managed to take a break from animating to play a little Left 4 Dead 2 with a friend and his roommate. We made it through the campaign, and I may have more video fodder down the line.
Today was a good hobby day. We have a bad storm outside that has been pretty much been going on for over 24 hours. and I’ve been lounging, drinking some flowering oolong and enjoying some Mushu soup and some roast teriyaki pork and rice. It was leftovers from two previous dinner nights, but worked well together in smaller portions to make what seemed like a larger oriental meal. I might take the leftover pork tomorrow and make a homemade soba soup bowl for myself.
Evening Open Thread
Did more animation work tonight. This particular scene I’m working on is a little more elaborate than my Ronald McDonald or Batman ones mainly because I’m moving more parts and bodies around in one scene. I’m enjoying it though. I’m still uncertain if I’ll make my own personal deadline.
But for now I must surrender to the dark forces of sleep, and resume my double life in another world where everything is fabulous… or else.
Lifeflight
This was pretty much what I worked on today in SFM… I’m working on one hell of a scene at the moment and I’m not even half way through it yet! I have ti finish animating Yutram and myself the rest of the way PLUS another special guest.
We should really do something about these random office intrusions…
Touched by noodly appendage
After a busy work day I set aside special plans to make my own variant of dinner tonight. I originally planned to buy some smoked salmon for a salmon pasta dish, but there was none to be found. I also bought a potato rosemary loaf of bread that I made my own garlic butter mix for (unsalted butter, Italian herbs, garlic powder and a small pinch of sea salt).
I didn’t realize that I was nearly out of parmesan cheese, and had to resort to making a three cheese sauce instead consisting of the leftover parmesan, plus generous portions of danish bleu and smoked provolone cheeses.
It tasted good, though feedback afterwards suggested that I add something more to the sauce in the future… I might try using wine for additional tang next time. 😛
With the addition of a bunch of carbs I felt like a nice salad would be a good balance. This is a spring mix with a homemade raspberry vinaigrette using my own homemade raspberry vinegar! There are also grape tomatoes, danish bleu cheese, and mixed nuts crushed with a mortar and pestle for additional flavor and crunch.
Colder than a bitch’s tea
We’ve been having some really cold weather these last few weeks. In fact it’s the coldest in all the years I’ve lived here. I’ve been drinking Earl Gray for most of the day, staying by the computer under a poncho for warmth, finishing up my third episode of Brain 4 Dead. I just need to acquire one more thing for it and be done with it… I need a friend to lend me their voice. :v:
Like it never happened
I got Mint all sorted out. I’ve stuck with 18.3. For me stability is more important than testing the bleeding edge, especially since Linux lately has become my #1 OS to use for most things with Windows being still somewhat useful for certain games and programs. It didn’t take me long to get it all back up and running either despite being installed to an old 7200 RPM drive. I never did get to do much video work today though, mainly due to fatigue. I didn’t sleep well last night, and had an early morning of work. Fortunately it was short, but I ended up working on my computer and a little cleaning. I’ll probably sleep like a baby tonight, and hopefully it’ll give me enough energy to do other things tomorrow.