The Mind Of OverlordTomala
Computing

Minor setbacks

I was going to do some more polishing on my video tonight, but tried to compile the latest RC candidate for OBS and totaled my Mint install. Rather than sort through what went wrong it would be faster for me to do a clean install and then follow it with an image. On the bright side I backed everything important off using my portable Linux drive. I’ll see about doing a reinstall tomorrow or maybe over the weekend depending on how the chips fall. I should have made an image before experimenting, but things have been running so smoothly when I’ve compiled other programs… Still, it was bad on my part. If I wanted to I could work on my project file under Windows, as I do have Shotcut installed between both OS’s… but it’s late. 😛 Well, maybe just a little trim. :v:

I’m not sure if I want to stick with 18.3 or if I want to venture into 19.1… I’ll probably stick to 18.3 for stability purposes. I guess Windows will be keeping me warm tonight…

This is why I have two OS’s. 😛

All in an Overlord's day

Valentine Open Thread

Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope everyone celebrating had a good day. I had a quiet day at work apart from the usual pervy old men that go around checking to see if women are married today. I celebrated it when I went home by accidentally taking a nap. I guess that counts as self pampering? I haven’t had a chance to take a good nap for a couple weeks now.

I’m almost done with trimming and editing. I had it refined to about 5:15, and now after adding additional elements I’ve trimmed it down to 4:36. I can’t wait to release it; Part 3 features my favorite part of the entire shit show of a campaign… the pool. I’m not sure if I’ll make it by next Monday, as I’m contemplating a couple more animated scenes to throw in or to just save it for the finale video. I have one idea with how to end the episode, but may consult my council first.

For now I’ll have some steak and lobster and ponder it in the dark abyss.

Computing

More data collecting… for safety

I was handed another hard drive today by a fellow co-worker to recover data from. Thankfully I got all the important stuff off of it, as it seems to be dying at an alarming rate… gotta love those Seagate Barracuda’s. This and the other drive make for a nice quick $50 job that can buy me some inspiration for a good few months.

I’m thinking I’ll lay back in bed and play a play a little more Crash before I crash. I don’t have much time left do do much else, and I feel like I need a little play break before I become too dull. If I have time I’ll start on Episode 3 tomorrow.

All in an Overlord's day / Animation / Gaming

Right on queue

I finished my project last night! I’ll be releasing it tomorrow as planned, and have also done some prep work for Episode 3. I’m hoping to release it next Monday, but we’ll see… My To Do List for that particular episode build isn’t as large as the previous two, and that’s mainly because the pool map in that entire campaign has to be the most entertaining.

Since I was already in Windows working in Source Filmmaker I decided to take a break and end the evening with some Yakuza 0. I haven’t played much of anything lately apart from whatever I can get away with during a lunch break, and according to my stats on Steam most of my time has been spent animating. All work and no play makes me a dull Overlord, and playing this gives me something else to write about. I’m really liking the game so far, quite a stress release. I’ll admit I was surprised by the Karaoke mini game; I’m about as good at karaoke in the game as I am in real life… I’ve never played a Yakuza title before, but I think I’m going to enjoy this. I like punching simulators… in fact this is reminding me that I still need to check out that MGR mod that replaces the sword with fists. I want to see how far I can get by punching my way through the entire game! I wonder if I should stream it…

All in an Overlord's day / Open Threads

Evening Open Thread

I had a nice sidejob today, a co-worker of mine wanted me to recover some files from a hard drive for him. He wasn’t sure if the drive itself was failing or if something just went awry in Windows. It turns out the drive itself is fine, despite being made a decade ago and having 50,097 hours on it. The only crime is that it was running Windows Vista when it choked. I got all of his requested files and some other stuff that may be of possible value off of the drive, and also made a mirror image of the drive just to be on the safe side. I’ll have to see if he’s still running Vista on his computer, as he told me that he hasn’t touched this particular drive due to issues. Perhaps I can get him onto Windows 10 Pro and make a little more money on the side, and also do a good deed in proper security. He says him and his wife like playing WoW and a few other games, and you really shouldn’t be surfing the web on OS’s that are past their prime due to numerous exploits and issues at both hardware and software levels. I’m glad I have an AMD system with primary Linux use.

It looks like I won’t be blogging about any food porn of my own tomorrow. I’ve been invited to a farewell party for a friend and former co-worker who is moving out of town. There will be margarita’s involved, and no I won’t be bringing a sombrero; that is only worn once a year… I’m sure watermelon margaritas will play a small role in the evening. I’ll also finish up my next YouTube release; assuming I don’t have one too many. 😛

Animation

Find the strange

Had a quiet evening to myself. I contemplated taking a nap, but ended up feeling the need to shed my creativity into the current video project, and when creative juices are ready to flow you’re a fool to hold them back. I should have a video come Monday, though I’ll have it done sooner if I have time tomorrow. I have one more thing to do in SFM and everything else can be finished up in Shotcut. This one scene I was animating tonight… I kept dying as I was trying to animate it. I had Yutram do his best Batman impression with some improv behind it, and it’s so stupidly amazing… my animation is ok as normal.

I’ll also need to take time to possibly make a meal ideas in order for Saturday. Not sure if I’ll do French, Italian, or something random.

All in an Overlord's day / Gaming1

Why yes, you can game during your lunch break

I’ve been taking a gaming laptop with me to work for about 5 or 6 years now, and it still amazes me how I can catch eyes while I’m enjoying my small escape from reality. Other people around me will shop, read a book, watch TV in the breakroom. I got into gaming laptops years ago when I got too bored during hour long lunch breaks. I tried reading, but that relaxes me too much. Watching TV in the morning is pretty boring for the most part, so I’ve had a gaming laptop at my side ever since. My choice of game today was the Crash Trilogy under my laptop’s Linux Mint install. I was enjoying 75 frames of smoothness per second when a fellow co-worker noticed me with controller in hand and seemed perplexed that of all things in the infinite universe I choose to play a game that I would normally enjoy in the comfort of my own home, with me during one of my allowed feeding times. She told me she preferred watching what I would call the murder porn channel. A channel that plays 24/7 murder stories. I can’t get invested in those shows, and you would think it would be the opposite as I have no problems killing people in a virtual space, but that’s just it. One involves the tale of someone actually being murdered and the other is some harmless venting or pillaging.

So I looked at her and went “Great.” then I gestured to the TV and said “See, you like to watch murder…” and then I gestured to my laptop and said “and I like to commit it!” In retrospect that may not have been my best choice of words, as she said “ok” and went back to doing her own thing… but I’m always amused by the reactions I get when I’m spotted with that laptop, or playing a particular game that they wouldn’t expect me to play. That said, it seems people don’t expect much of me. :trollface:

All in an Overlord's day1

Hard at work breaking the internet

Sorry for not writing these last few days. I’ve been kinda strung out from work, was out a little late for a birthday dinner (we celebrated my brother’s a little early), and of course I’ve been doing more animation work for the next video, and today I woke up feeling nausea and shakiness. Turns out I was dehydrated for once, while also being sleep deprived.. good thing I’m on my weekend.

I don’t think I’ll have the new video out this week, but I will keep working on it and possibly release it next Monday. I completed most of the scenes tonight. I have two more to work on tomorrow if my body decides to cooperate. I’ll be sure to brew some tea for my bed side.