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- imbecile6
Spent July 2-6 in Denver. Girlfriend had a wonderful idea I'd like to share.
I have a $20 WyzeCam, she suggested we bring it along. As we travel with a dog, anytime he can not accompany us, he needs to be in his kennel. I set up the camera on the AirBnb's wifi and connected to it through the app.
If we ever had to be out longer than expected, we could check on him. You can talk through that camera if you need to calm or confuse a barking / whining dog.
He was always lying there, but for the price, it should be in every traveling dog owner's bag.
- see all that seems liek more hassle than its worth. like tracking kids through phones. jsut accept some kids weill be dogs and soem dogs will be kidsdeathboy
- about paece of mind thoght isn't ti.webazoot
- fuck off deathboymonospaced
- You're such a fucking Karen.deadsperm
- mg333
I have a much-needed two days off today and tomorrow. Work was out of control last week - logged close to 60 hours due to a new business effort, so looking forward to some free time in which I plan to:
- shoot a bunch of b-roll clips for a company recruiting video I'm in
- Start and finish a Udemy course on mixing and mastering in Logic Pro
- Make a new CBD infusion / tincture
- Go for a bike ride and discover how out of shape I am
- Watch a few more episodes of ZeroZeroZero
- Work on final edits to some freelance portrait work I did recently
- Back up NAS and both computersI'm sure I will complete only one of these tasks, I just don't know which one yet.
- "two days off", eh?
I say "TAKE a CBD infusion / tincture" and "Go for a bike ride..."
; )ideaist - lazy as fuckutopian
- You make your own CBD, or you just mix existing CBD with something flavourful?Nairn
- Let the bike ride for the end, the delusion and those things, you know... ;)OBBTKN
- clone yourself.neverscared
- Never gorget your parasympaticus.SimonFFM
- forgetSimonFFM
- "two days off", eh?
- Nairn1
Been looking after the kid/working from home all this week - this evening is the first time I've been in to the studio since late on Sunday night.
The bar at the front of the building is open again, and it's fairly busy - like nothing's changed in n months.
I just popped through to go and check my mail and was hit by a miasmic fug of body odour (it's a bit humid in LDN today) and i started gagging a bit, stepped back, held my breath and ploughed through and back out again quickly.
I can practically see the fucking cloud of coronoids.
Eish.
- I'm guessing today is the first day it's been open - the other studio dwellers are glumly sat out front, realising the quiet days are gone and normality's back.Nairn
- For now, anyway.
*checks Calendar
14 day incubation time, no?
Should be back to quiet around 22nd July...Nairn - Was weird passing open pubs in the car last night on my weekly shop, all of them looked completely empty though, which made them look weirder.webazoot
- Then my mate messaged me from his London local, which he was in, and it was busier than an 'old' Saturday night.webazoot
- scarabin0
i have a friend who's looking for a designer to make stuff like this for web apps his team is developing. looks like it's a full-time gig?
More info here: https://www.facebook.com/DmitryS…
If interested, contact Dmitry Shapiro via that FB link. they're cool people with a cool platform https://withkoji.com/about
- sorry, that last link should be https://withkoji.com…scarabin
- More Visual design than UI?Maaku
- Nvm, just read the post on FBMaaku
- Yeah, all visualscarabin
- Nairn3
I've just realised that I'm playing a game.
I'm working, but I'm moving vector elements around to make the best use of space in material terms, for processing later.
The material is like A3 in size, and not particularly expensive, so I shouldn't really care. The forms are glyphs, and if I move them all around in a certain way - I GAIN 30% FREE MATERIAL!
PLUS PLUS MEGA WIN! BONUS POINTS!
15 minutes I've spent shunting things around and tessellating them into vaguely-satisfying formations.
And then I'll throw that 30% saved material into one of the many boxes of off-cuts I have, and it may perhaps be of its £1.45 or whatfuckever value some day.
Winning!
- There's an app in this.Nairn
- Send outline forms to the cloud as part of some game and use punters as pseudo-AI agents, solving complex problems.Nairn
- Fascinatingmonospaced
- You could use this to optimize code or other various things through gamified, guerilla crowd sourcing. Interesting.monospaced
- .. ? are you saying you just realized logisitcal optimization? this should be typical thought process of all operations... think yur drunkdeathboy
- yeah, Nairn, "yur drunk" ... lolmonospaced
- Nairn2
^
there should be some meta mark up language that sends complex problems to the cloud that are then stripped of context and used as base 'problems' that can be used to add dynamism to online games.
- scarabin0
Anybody got that gif where a suited man swivels around in his chair to face the camera and he’s wearing lingerie?
- Nairn0
Someone I don't know recommended me to someone I know even less for some design work - something I've not really focused on for a good few years now. Recomendee contacted me via WhatsApp, an app I loathe have installed solely to communicate with my partner, and which I thought I had locked down to prevent anyone from contacting me via it.
So weird.
I've tracked down recommender and they're based somewhere I used to be, so that's the connection, I guess.. but.. I don't know who the fuck they are or why they'd know me for my work.
- its fucking facebook isn't it? their grubby tentacles are everywhere reading and listening to everything, making unwanted connections without anyone's say-so.hans_glib
- I've managed to avoid facebook but everyone I know only seems to communicate with whatsapp. I've got clients using it instead of emailFax_Benson
- 'I've whatsapped you the files'Fax_Benson
- I've put the files in the dog-dirt bin in the parkFax_Benson
- Lol. Yeah, had a client emailing me, using whats ap, text and then sending files on wetransfer the other week, all in the space of about an hour.webazoot
- Makes me sound like a Luddite when I suggest to clients that I have absolutely no desire to use these means to commnicate.Nairn
- Also the overly enthusiastic language that comes with it. Shall we jump on a zoom so we can share your desktop?
No.Fax_Benson
- drgs6
I have aged like 5 years this year. Not because of stress, but the exact opposite -- decomposing at home.
I see it in my parents and other people who retire. They wither from doing nothing.
A little bit of stress is good for you.
- I setup a heavy-bag in my office, I kick the fuck out of it every day, don't let shit get the best of you mang!moldero
- https://i.kym-cdn.co…moldero
- Silver lining to a stressful year I guess.webazoot
- Inspirational!drgs
- drgs2
I've been talking a lot about about age lately -- which reminded me of another story.
Exactly 20 years ago, when I was 18 years old, I enrolled in CS studies at NTNU in Trondheim. The sophomore students organized some kind of bar-to-bar tour for us freshmen to get to know each other.
There was one older guy among us -- a 38 year old hairdresser by the name of Kolbjørn. I remembered it because he had a tip for us: "Think of me as a koala bear". He looked nothing like a koala bear. He had nose and ear piercings etc.
It was clear he was conscious about his age. 4 hours into drinking I'm hugging this guy and I say to him: "Dude, I think you're cool. When I grow old I want to be like you." I followed it with a hand shake.
Never seen him since. Today I am his age and I understand why. Sorry about this, Kolbjørn, hope hairdressing worked out for you.
- Signs your going to die?utopian
- https://www.qbn.com/…utopian
- now some kid will hug you in a bar and say the same :)renderedred
- I don't get it - he slept a lot? Ate eucalyptus leaves?Nairn
- Best thing to do would be to treat him as same age, ie. pretend as nothing unusual and to not talk about the age thing at all.drgs
- It's like the expression "the hell is definitely below", which implies some level of doubt.
"Dude, you're definitely cool" is the same.drgs
- Bennn-3
WHY? Nike is a huge company with lots of cash and one of the most recognize brand. Why would they approve this?
- Font weight, font size, swoosh size...
wtf NikeBennn - Brand consistency?monospaced
- Different teams/agencies working on different products...grafician
- it bugs meBennn
- At some point, people just have to stop giving a fuck.Nairn
- i actually don't see what's a problem here. both look fine. so fuck? Opposing contrasts shout with different voices.Nairn
- Also maybe Punches for, but not blog...grafician
- yah i didnt know where to post it graficianBennn
- Wait, you're bothered by the sizes of the marks being different? Dude, calm down.monospaced
- the fonts, the swoosh is more subtle but still, should be the same sizeBennn
- @mono this is serious, from a designers' povgrafician
- @mono lol nografician
- As a designer I understand. But as a seasoned designer I know things like this happen and it’s not always worth fussing over :)monospaced
- ^dont get lazy :P
Also, i can already tell that shit is not centered. few pixels off, sure, but still WTF!futurefood
- Font weight, font size, swoosh size...
- grafician1
2 months into summer, destroyed by mosquitos every night, I just discovered I had anti-mosquitos net or whatever you call it built into the windows frames...
I just activated that "feature" wish me luck
- NBQ0016
I’m getting tired of the internet, binge-watching YouTube and other web stuff or porn or whatever. It feels like I’ve seen and read everything.
Got rid of my laptop a while ago and thinking of getting rid of my iPad Pro too. So that it limits my screen time just to the smartphone when really necessary and makes it less convenient to be on the net so much.
I want to be more outside, maybe do more cooking and other activities.
Cheers
- thumbs up.pango
- I can send you my address, if you want to send me your iPad.Nairn
- it might be cheaper to send it to canada instead of UK.pango
- haha, shieet.Nairn
- Did you reach the end of the Internet yet?utopian
- I believe so. But I just noticed I suck at making pancakes. Can’t even imagine cooking more complex things.NBQ00
- watch ratatouille and try againdorf
- I have a script (which I made) which locks my admin password and internet connection. I "fast" a few days a weekdrgs
- What I have learned though, you can't quit internet altogether, but yes, you should seek to reduce screen timedrgs
- Start BBQ all your meals so your outside more. Even prep your food outside if you have too.Sellies
- How can you suck at pancakes? Mix egg with 100g flour, pinch salt, and add milk until right consistency. Fry in lard. Simple.shapesalad
- Current addiction is Bak Kut Teh. Blanch pork ribs. Warm pepper, star anise and garlic in dry pan. Add ribs and cover with water. Simmer for 2 hours.shapesalad
- Also buy a canoe. Or make one. https://www.gaboats.…
I really want to make one.shapesalad - It's a worry when you watch a porn clip...then think to yourself "oh I saw that a few months ago". :(BusterBoy
- move to Scotland, there's loads of stuff to do!Gardener
- Scotland? I would love to. Number one thing to do... stay in the EUshapesalad
- internet is addictive. its not gonna be easyBennn
- Make rice-maker pancakes!
https://cdn.foodbeas…jaylarson - Do it! Less whining about whining on here, like this. Sounds good though. Smartphone is the prob though, not the others.fadein11
- Yeah I will probably in about 2 weeks. But can’t get rid of the smartphone.NBQ00
- Sounds to me like you need a kick up the arse and a better routine. Mainly because I felt I could’ve written that post a few weeks ago. Cheer up bud, do someIanbolton
- Thing new. I can send you photos of my sister if you think that might help?Ianbolton
- Your sister? Because she's hot?NBQ00
- its never that easy on qbnpango
- Pango's right, there's always a catch ;-)Ianbolton
- scarabin4
i was poking around the pirate bay a few minutes ago and ran across this crazy, racist, sexist, incel rant
- very enthusiasticbezoar
- Dynamite! Interesting to see what Notch is filling his time with nowadays.face_melter
- "The time for WORLDWIDE INCEL REBELLION/INSURRECTI... UPRISING IS NOW!!!!"zarkonite
- ouch, it goes on: https://www1.thepira…zarkonite
- Good lord. Hope this dude finds some helpscarabin
- huh. who and why would people spend time looking for that shit?...deathboy
- Did you write this, deathboy?scarabin
- shapesalad0
I want to buy a car. It’s my first car. In Uk. London. With aim to explore outside London and find a decent commuter village to live in. So I’m thinking a used VW up. I’ve driven one before and found it totally ok and fine for my needs. Wife also prefers such a car rather than a Mazda Mx-5 or a used Saab or Lexus IS200 which is what I’d prefer to consider.
Road tax £20 and mpg is great. Used prices are around £3k ~ £4K.
What do I need to know / consider? How do you know if tires are ‘good’ - what are you looking for? Tread depth? Small cracks in rubber?
And why do people buy cars on finance, monthly payments of £150ish, over three years amounts to way more £ than the price of a decent used car. What am I missing. Is there something good about that? I can afford it but it just seems excessively expensive in the long term.
- Cars newer than 3 years dont need a MOT. Lots of folk dont want the grief of repairs etc.Doris_McSquirter
- Folk can get a nicer car on finance to show off to the neighours.Doris_McSquirter
- It's crazy, yes.Doris_McSquirter
- I'd look into zipcar or whatever - might be much cheaper for you in London. You really don't understand why some people use finance to make large purchases?Nairn
- ha ha, yeah I guess people can't budget and save. I use zipcar but this car will be used after move so good to have it now. Zipcar = concerned about covid.shapesalad
- Got a mx5-RF last year after years of motorcycles only, such a great car!dyspl
- In America most ppl can afford carsdeathboy
- Well for now. The EV mandates in the works is gonna fuck the poordeathboy
- PhanLo0
A pigeon fell down our chimney. Stuck behind the gas fire. Bonus
- A doo in the flooDoris_McSquirter
- Was rescued and let out into the garden once a gas fitter removed the fire. Then I think a fox ate it last night.PhanLo
- pango3
ugggh gained about 6 kg... in the last few months....
- Gardener2
took a trip on the Highway To Hell (A932) to visit the Bon Scott statue in Kirriemuir this morning
