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- Gardener5
RIP of the day
Steve Cropper : Guitarist, Songwriter and shaper of Memphis Soul Music - 84
"play it Steve"
- Nairn12
drum n bass
Funny to see this pop up now as I've just randomly put this on
- +1 amazing trackfuturefood
- one of the best labels..first 10 or so releases all classicsdee-dubs
- +1canoe
- The 90s were the best time in electronic music... Good Looking, Goldie, Tricky, Portishead, Massive Attack, the list goes oncanoe
- pumpspumppumpsmilfhunter
- i picked up the debut Lamb LP in a charity shop the other day and it's so goodscruffics
- +1OBBTKN
- One of the greatest tracks EVERnecromation
- Never heard this before but me LIKEYstoplying
- @scruffics - Lamb! :..)Nairn
- these ‘heroes’ just sampled jazz‘ OGs, cranked the BPM and subwoofer, and called it a revolution.. OGs in the back: ‘Nice beat... that’s my solo tho!‘;-)uan
- I lesrned that from youtube docs 30years later;-) I still love them and think it was revolutionary...and the OGs still have their own legacy! take notes AI hatetsuan
- Gardener4
RIP of the day
UK's first multi-screen cinema in Milton Keynes to be demolished to make way for flats, I worked there for 2 years when it opened in '85 - R.I.Pieces
- Dude, when's your memoirs going up for preorder? I'm in (like sin)!
; )ideaist - haha yeah I should do something, I left to travel in Asia for over a year when I left this job too, such debauch in Thailand & Burma!Gardener
- for your viewing pleasure on the opening weekend : https://images4.imag…Gardener
- Fantastic.ideaist
- Bummer! Hope the cinema closures arent a trendtoemaas
- The UK's first multi-screen cinema, in '85?
You sure?Nairn - yes! https://en.wikipedia…Gardener
- I remember one in Long Island about 10 years before that. Yes, I am old. I saw Young Frankenstein there.CyBrainX
- People have multiscreen homes now, so it mustve been hard for them to compete ;-)Ianbolton
- Ah,*mulitplex :)
New, fangled 80s terminology.Nairn - born in 67-68?robthelad
- Dude, when's your memoirs going up for preorder? I'm in (like sin)!
- palimpsest8
- w
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fhans_glib - I'm weirded out because I read this paper this week and did not expect to see it here.garbage
- Is this the new woke?ApeRobot
- That's my boi, garbage!palimpsest
- ʕ•́ᴥ•̀ʔmaquito
- ฅʕ•̫͡•ʔฅpango
- (◔_◔)grafician
- Is it a method to make me feel stupid? Very effective.jagara
- 6-7utopian
- ^ApeRobot
- ^palimpsest
- The self-fulfilling prophecy.palimpsest
- https://sites.socsci… For the bored.garbage
- Dude!palimpsest
- w
- canoe6
Grafician Hate Why?
Timeless confesses and confides in QBN by letting us know that it's been a tough 9 months trying to find something worthwhile in his field.
Grafician's first response: "username doesn't check out" because he's a black-hearted troll... and that's why so many people hate him.
- c'mon... let's be honest with ourselves... we all thought it, didn't we?scruffics
- ^ no ... ?Continuity
- yeskingsteven
- nocanoe
- Definitely did not.monospaced
- wtf are you even talking about!??!grafician
- looking forward to you posting your shitty album so we can have a laughgrafician
- it's going out on one of the most respected underground electro labels in the UK,,, fuck do I care what you think? xoxocanoe
- he doesnt want sympathyand therefore no friends.. he is and underevolved human when it comes to emotion + he doesnt care if he lies = full on lunaticneverscared
- This post is cringe overload. I’m here for it.mort_
- #truecolorscanoe
- cringe as you are cringe overlord canoe!grafician
- I'd rather have mort_ with his questionable morals call me cringe than shitpost on every last member like you. Dirtbag. Your entire life is cringe!canoe
- Questionable morals? What did I do?mort_
- lol so now @mort_ do you see what I have to deal with :))grafician
- Well, maybe I didn't understand why you said cringe mort. I read it, that me calling out someone who kicks Timeless while he's down, is cringe.canoe
- Maybe you meant that graf kicking Timeless while he's down is cringe.canoe
- Stop acting like a victim graf, you earned all the downvotes you get from more than just me. xoxocanoe
- oh god jesus fuckkingsteven
- lolmort_
- wow lolgrafician
- timeless7
RIP of the day
My career as a designer.
Been out of work since June 2024. What do you think I can do for the rest of my working life (15/20 years)?
Wrong/right/sarcastic answers only.
- https://s.abcnews.co…dbloc
- Maybe you can retire early in a lower cost economy, like Somalia? Average annual income is under $600 USD, for $6k you're good for a decade.everyangle
- OnlyFanspalimpsest
- We've all been through those ups and downs, as long as you keep learning skills and kickstarting your own projects you will bounce back for sure. Hang in there!spl33nidoru
- I'm in betwixt career(s), freelance, etc. as well @timeless. it's shit some days, BUT other days? Less so...
...Hang in there!
XOideaist - AIutopian
- username does not check out
but anyway, what kind of design do you do?
Plenty of jobs for UXUI designers everywheregrafician - Maybe plenty of jobs but even more applicants. Been looking for something new since March. Getting interviews and making it to final few but not the final cut.microkorg
- Where do you want to work?
What are your former colleagues doing?bainbridge - Looker Studio... there's still an element of design in those.canoe
- Agreed about how many UX/UI jobs there area but they seem so vastly different from what I do - motion design, even though they use the same job title.CyBrainX
- I was in the same position...
but thankfully, a good buddy of mine that's a project manager had recently moved to work at a local electric utility ...exador1 - i was talking to him, and got an offer to join him there as his UI/UX guy...contracting, but it's full-time contract, and he has YEARS worth of projects coming.exador1
- so that's worth exploring...not sure where you are, but look into gigs at unlikely places like utility companies, medical companies etc...exador1
- also, what saved my ass was KNOWING the right people, and them knowing and valuing me...exador1
- not sure what your network is like, but basically hit up every single person you've worked with, co-worker to client...exador1
- and see if there's any stones you haven't turned over yet so to speak...exador1
- Timeless, whatever you end up doing, don't quit on yourself.utopian
- Any hobbies / interests you can turn into a sustainable (money and mind) thing?canoe
- I hate to say it, but I agree with utopian re: AI. It's a whole new realm.
For a while, at least.Nairn - I completely pivoted ~8 years ago. Started saying yes to any “building” work. Ended up making sets for SNL and other shops, & now run the floor at one of them.hardhat
- ^ username chks out...
OP>I'm in the same boat... i'm making ends meet freelancing and helping out brands here and there but its not so sustainable... yes toAI_me_ - flipping burgers? doing something with your hands? something AI cant replace for the upcoming 10 years at least..milfhunter
- Enlist!garbage
- LOL @flipping burgers :)))grafician
- When somebody can't find a job in this plentiful industry I call it "skills issue"grafician
- "I'm not here to make friends, I'm here to win."palimpsest
- @pali do you have a new job or still coding scripts for your tourism client after 20 years?grafician
- mort_9
- The Kama Suturepalimpsest
- ^ lolmort_
- flol pali!
_niko's been mentoring you!Continuity - Haha excellent, my work here is done_niko
- I'm not even worthy of your gaze, master.palimpsest
- :):):)_niko
- stick to the Hoist or the Ramp.
Zimmer if you're feeling frisky.Fax_Benson - Hip Hip Hooray?sab
- Oh no wait half this forum is fucking old :)))grafician
- Eat. A. Dick.palimpsest
- What age are you graf?mort_
- all of you are older than me so I will post last and close the lights around here bitches :))grafician
- futurefood3
UFO of the day
Yooooo! Captured two bright, fast moving objects in formation similar to the last post. This time, I was monitoring the camera directly when I noticed them in the top frame. Filmed in infrared on December 01, 2025 @ 23:08
I immediately looked up to visually see them and NOTHING was there! Nothing but black sky and the moon. Trippiest thing ever.
I tried finding them again in-camera, they were gone.They made zero sound and seemed invisible to naked eye. WTF?
Confirmed they were not satellites. Screenshot below
Objects circled in red
https://imgur.com/a/cNvPG9JVideo clip here:
- damn, forgot to add proper image links to display.futurefood
- +1utopian
- I don’t see anything in the videomonospaced
- ^
Beginning of the video, top left corner.ApeRobot - Ah.monospaced
- how far is the closes milbase?sted
- *closeststed
- so probably satellitesgrafician
- bainbridge2
Punches For:
Food venues and shops where the staff shout something like "welcome in" to the air every time someone walks in the door.
Rather than just saying hello when you make eye contact.
It's like they've been forced to say hello to people.
- They are being forced to say itcanoe
- It seems like a "policy" but does any customer really appreciate it?bainbridge
- Ask Karencanoe
- I hear you, but I'll take fake over-zealous greetings over screw-faces any day_niko
- Irasshaimase!Squiddy
- @Squiddy my first association. BTW, read "Convenience Store Woman" novel. It's great.jagara
- Right?! in izakayas it's part of the vibes. Thanks for the novel suggestion, looks interesting.Squiddy
- @Squiddy the novel is a pretty dark depiction of Japanese society. Kind of a dark comedy.jagara
- canoe0
blog
Client needs 25 books printed, probably 52 pages or so, full color... has anyone had any luck with this?
- Printers is what I'm looking forcanoe
- Online printers or local, doesn't matter, just needs to be hard boundcanoe
- https://www.blurb.co…utopian
- Thanks utope!canoe
- I take it, you used them before?canoe
- Yes, good quality, pricing is reasonable for short runs. Pay the extra money to have their logo removed from the binding.utopian
- +1 on blurb, at least from past experience. I've got a bunch of photo books done through them and quality has been excellent.monNom
- Had mixed results with Blurb. They botched the cover on a proof to the point that I didn't feel confident with the initial design and had to pivot a full...duckseason
- ...bleed approach. Also, the binding started falling apart on a lot of books. I don't necessarily fault them for this, as they were getting used heavily...duckseason
- ...as menus at a bar. I more so blame the client for skimping on a budget printer, but just putting it out there.duckseason
- But they are good in a pinch and decent value for the money.duckseason
- I had great success with them 10 years ago for beautiful photo books we made for our clients. I recommend them but mostly because they are the only ones.monospaced
- Any on demand printer can do small short run books, but blurb is good if you want hard bound and custom.monospaced
- These guys do an awesome job and you can customize with matte finishes for the cover and interior, with different weights, very good pricing: https://mixam.comdavey_g
- Thanks!canoe
- ArmandoEstrada5
If you sub to Adobe CC
if you try to cancel and go through the 5 "are you sure this is what you want" screens you'll get to the last boss. this one will give you $29m US.
- PonyBoy3
blog
haha... apparently Bullwinkle's my local weatherman...
- hacanoe
- Randy Newman made a career changefuturefood
- omg, I can't hear anything else.Akagiyama
- "Hey Rocky, wanna watch me pull a weather system outta a hat?"dedlaast
- wordtbgoodwillie
- mort_15
- PonyBoy4
lunch =
A tasty IPA by Maine Beer Company called 'Lunch' named after a local whale often seen / easily noticeable by what appears to be a bite taken from her fin (thus the nickname 'Lunch')
- Love that beer - never knew the history of the name.stoplying
- One of my favorites too... pricey thoPonyBoy
- there's a "Dinner" as well, probably the better of the two beers IMOmxhxr
- I will look for it... curious tho–What’s that one cost? A pint of Lunch at the grocery store is $9... and usually between $12 & $15 on draftPonyBoy
- work from home kinda job?milfhunter
- PhanLo5
- hahahhahahaahahaha love itAQUTE
- buy buy buyAQUTE
- I have a pretty good story/experience about XRP I gotta tell here one day, long story short, my coinbase wallet said I had like 50B for like 7 minutesYakuZoku
- I was checking my wallet during a team call on slack because I was bored, then my boss, since he got me into crypto, I interrupted the meeting and shared m scrnYakuZoku
- And the whole team was like SELL THAT SHIT NOW!
It was a damn glitchYakuZoku - My coworker was like How much would you have given me? I was like $50M and he was like That's it? I was like fuck dude that's a shit ton of moneyYakuZoku
- If anyone wants to give me 50M I'll gladly take it, you can even tax the shit out of me with what Bernie would tax me, I would gladly take acceptYakuZoku
- ^haha! Fucking glitches.
Please make a postfuturefood
