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Saturday - went to town for a few drinks and met a really cool girl. She was repeating over and over that she recognizes me from somewhere... And at some point it clicked - I was one of her clients in the perfume shop she works in. She said she really liked me then and even checked me in the store's database, lol.
So, we had a really great time, talked for hours. But... She said that it sucks that we didn't met earlier as she already has something going on with another dude - nothing serious, they just talk and they plan to see each other this week? Something like that. She just wanted to be honest with that shit.
We exchanged numbers. I'm not planning to force myself, but it kinda fucking sucks because I really dig her and that other dude shit is so fucking unnecessary. Oh well.
- dude, you're upset about honesty? if you like her, be the better option. i mean that long term, not manipulate her to fuck her.imbecile
- quit being a baby, dick. ;Dimbecile
- Naah, I'm fine with honesty, I'm just upset about the unfortunate timing.********
- I'm not a type of person that will force himself into this, so I'm just here, waiting for her to text me********
- Nairn4
Went to a BBQ yesterday, took along the usual assortment of booze and meats and stuff. I realise that on the way there we'll pass by the shop where I get my Kimchi from, so I pop in and get a jar.
Get to the BBQ and put it on the table then open it up and I'm the only cunt who has any. Noticing the type of people that were there (one person aside, none of them are people I know) I mention that it's vegan kimchi - still no fucking buyers.
At the end of the food, the table's getting cleared up and I hazard another try to get people to have some - no dice. Seeing so much stuff just getting hoyed into the bin, I make a point of mentioning that the kimchi should be refrigerated, then just go and do it myself. When I get back home, I realise I didn't mention to my friend that she should open the jar every day or so to let gases expel.
What's the point?
That jar of kimchi is not going to get eaten, I can fucking tell. It's probably already been binned.
I'm so sorry, my little friend. I let us both down.
- Kimchi is not for everyone, sure isn't for mespl33nidoru
- YOU'RE WRONG!
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:)
Was just the 1st time I've wanted to bring food BACK from a BBQNairn - Now the other guests are probably texting each other, “who was that annoying kimchi guy. God he wouldn’t shut up about his kimchi. Mr kimchi kimchi kimchi”********
- Given that I only once mentioned it, in its being Vegan-friendly, probably not,Nairn
- I mean, fair enough - you guys can moan about it, given I've mentioned it an entire two times here on QBN.Nairn
- I had Kimchi once.
Once.DRIFTMONKEY - It's 20:08 the next day and I'm at work and slightly miserable and i could really do with that jar of barely-touched kimchi.
I'm so sorry, little friend.Nairn - What is it yous guys don't like about the kimchi? sourness? saltiness? spiciness? fishiness? I can't stand the fishiness, so I can only do the vegan shitNairn
- Um ... are you *sure* it was vegan-friendly? Typically, kimchi contains salted seasfood of some description, or fish sauce.Continuity
- The vegans might've thought you were taking the piss.Continuity
- And for the record, I love kimchi. With the fishiness (which is odd for me, cos I fucking hate fish and seafood).Continuity
- Having never tasted it I can only say the one thing i don’t like about it is the stench, that prevented further interest.spl33nidoru
- haha, yeah - when i first opened the jar it reaked of hell-anus and then inflated and spilt over the table, 'living organism' as it is. Stinky fucker.Nairn
- @cont - aye, it's labelled as 'accidentally vegan'. It's made in my manor here in LDN. Good stuff.Nairn
- Hm, well.
On a side note, I wonder if your friend didn't forget she has it, and hasn't detonated in her fridge by now.Continuity - Glass shrapnel and fermented cabbage EVERYWHERE.Continuity
- This is like the Seinfeld story of Kimchi. So fucking pointless, but moderately humorous.BusterBoy
- I was never much into Seinfeld (Curb, yes) but I'll take that! My life is all about trying to find interest in the mundane. It's all I have left :)Nairn
- @cont - 1st time I had kimchi years ago, I *loved* it .. for about 6 seconds and then the fishiness presented itself and I gagged. I literally cannot do fish.Nairn
- It's a pisser for me as lots of asian dishes use fish or oyster sauce. I can *just about* do italian stuff with a smidge of anchovy... sometimes.Nairn
- I relate 100%!BusterBoy
- Nairn0
By the way - if you're the sort of person who turns up to a 'bring food along' BBQ with a tupperware tub with four fucking 'shroomdogs' in, do us all a favour and choke yourself on a courgette.
- duly notedhans_glib
- I wanted to try one, but cheapo and her partner ate them in no time. I can't stand people who bring stuff Just For Themselves to do's like that.Nairn
- Especially as she seemed to quite enjoy the halloumi we'd brought along.Nairn
- Man, that kind of behaviour is unacceptable. I would have wiped raw sausage on the rims of their glasses/beer bottles. There's just no need for that shit.Morning_star
- That's just bad manners. And a big mushroom on the BBQ is delicious. Shroomdogs is blackface for food.MrT
- Beeswax1
I worked on this slide deck until 2am last night.
Today she sent it back for a minor update and I found that all the boxes have these diamond effects and all the text has shadowsI was busy with something and had to fix it all in a rush. I may have been a little harsh on her, why try to educate right? But still pissed that she thinks it's a viewpoint. Viewpoint of a 50yo lady stuck in 90s.
- I mean in fairness... they are both viewpoints.ben_
- Pick your battles, man.
It's just a PPT presentation.Continuity - Having said that, I feel your pain accutely.Continuity
- You did need to educate her but was a little harsh in the tone :)microkorg
- A bit harshstoplying
- I understand your frustrations, maybe do a basic style guide to stop it from creeping up again.sinjun
- Ouch. Props to Penny for maintaining her composure when you likened her work to something from the 90's hahahaSteveJobs
- Should have just increased the shadowing and added more gloss to the boxes, a few sparkles / lens flares too. She'd soon for it more toned down.shapesalad
- Nairn0
I really want to have a line in my invoices that says "fart-arsery".
- "Includes artworking & testing" is the more diplomatic entry.Nairn
- “Research”scarabin
- 'Discovery'Continuity
- How about "artsy fartsy" instead.utopian
- how about i meet you half-way?
'artsy fartsy fart-arrsery'?Nairn - temporizationimbecile
- Spline reticulationscarabin
- You the boss. Do itGnash
- turtle ticklinghans_glib
- 'Temporal mis-management and abuse'Continuity
- Continuity2
Last week, I signed up to be a creative mentor for a sort of video AMA set up by the head of strategy at one of the big network ad agencies, whereby they pair up strategic planners with creatives, and the strategy people ask the questions.
My session is this afternoon. I'm actually fucking terrified I'll have absolutely nothing of value to say to this kid that they didn't already learn in school or on the job, and I'll have both wasted her time and shown myself to be an absolute fraud in this business.
Ugh.
- relax - you know far more than you think.hans_glib
- if in doubt, just flash your willy.Nairn
- You undoubtedly know more than you think you do, and probably more than most planners about the real world. Good luck.ben_
- Imposter Syndrome is real. You’ll be great, though. When it doubt, remember that the fallback answer to every question is “Well, it depends.”********
- I’ve felt like a fraud every time I’ve spoken in public or as a consultant. And every single time I’m like “oh shit that was easy, I’m better than I think”********
- Just use big words, people love jargon.Maaku
- Thanks, lads.
Well, in the end, it went well. She messaged the guy who organised it that the talk 'made her day' on LinkedIn.Continuity - So you did flash her your willy?Nairn
- See we told you********
- @Nairn, no, no willy-flashing.
But I'd be an utter, utter liar of the first order if I said she wasn't cute.Continuity - In any case, I might as well humble-brag the shit out of this on LinkedIn. 'So honoured to have had the opportunity to ...' yadda yadda blah blah blah.Continuity
- Feed them beer(s).ideaist
- ben_3
Had an absolute gong show with work last week that bled into the weekend and yesterday. Covid has really revealed the people who can and cannot stay focused throughout a project. We're down 2 CD's, an ACD and 4 Designers but somehow keep pumping out he same amount of work (apparently the cost cuttings only impact our department). I went for a ride last night where I decided to turn off the nav, take a few blind turns and ended up on my bike for close to 6hrs - got home at 1am feeling destroyed, but refreshed. Wake up this morning to more work chaos - I'm leaving the creative department at the end of the month to head up our XD strategy department and couldn't be happier.
- Nairn0
Phwoar, I'm 103% Pure Man today - bought myself a jigsaw for prepping material for The Machine. Should have years ago!
Except.. my workshop/studio is all about girly-man materials and my main working area is absolutely and totally unsuited for jigsawing 6' wide pieces of plywood. Clearly I've not thought this through.
I had thought I could just get a load of polystyrene blocks to elevate sheets enough above the work surface so that it doesn't cut through it. That's it. That was my solution. Any of you who know anything about woodworking can probably already see how terrible an idea this was (to be fair, I conceived it when I was drunk last night, when I ordered the jigsaw).
Cutting is a knife-edge between getting a good cutrate so it cuts smoothly and then absolutely not and the sheet vibrating like a sinewave spastic on bathsalts.
If you don't hear from me in a while, I've cut at least one finger off.
Need to work out how to use my array of clamps to bind to the work surface.. going to be tricky.
- Maybe you should have bought a benchtop bandsaw instead.face_melter
- They're a lot more expensive, and a lot messier. I'll make this work, just the 'solution' I have now will inevitably lead to pain and horror.Nairn
- I'd also still have the sacrifice-sheet / elevation problem, *and* need to totally clear the relevant work surface. I can sort of ad hoc it with a jigsaw.Nairn
- Only worry is if your studio is really clean and you don't have extraction is the dust.
Jigsaw is always handy to have though.PhanLo - Ah, sorry - I was thinking you meant a plunge saw.
re: Bandsaw - I meant 6 foot, not 6 inches.Nairn - My studio is rarely 'very clean' but it's not the sort of place I can have a shit ton of ply and MDF dust settling on. Jigsaw has a vacuum attachment so :\Nairn
- Vibration will be an issue with thinner materials. Even 1/4 ply while shake like crazyGnash
- yeah. that's exactly it - most everything I need to prep is 6mm and under
WOBBLE WOBBLE BYE BYE THUMBNairn - the vacuum makes a big difference but dust extraction is a slippery slope - the harmful fine dust will just get pumped back in to the room...kingsteven
- you can pick up cyclone attachments that'll filter off most of the fine stuff in to a bucket, smart investment if you don't have good airflowkingsteven
- I have a net outflow of air in here anyway due to two huge extractor fans, and the vacuum i use is a henry with pseudo hepa filter bags. but yeah. not nice.Nairn
- Most of the stuff I actually cut is filtered by The Machine - this shit's literally so I can cut 6'x6' and 8'x4' sheets down to size, once or twice a monthNairn
- I had hoped I could take it home and use it to cut down a couple of bushes that need removing.. but I now realise that's an even worse idea. hahaNairn
- I've not used a jigsaw in anger for literally 22 years. I'd completely forgotten how they work.Nairn
- Depending on the shape of cuts, I picked up one of these. It can plunge cut, flush cut, and adjustable depth...Gnash
- https://www.youtube.…Gnash
- Jig saw won’t be ideal for what you’re cutting. Choice of blade, angle of cut (if your jig has adjustable angle), and variable speed will help a bitGnash
- Dremel makes a handheld scroll saw that is remarkably usable. But it has limitationsGnash
- hrmph, that dremel ultra saw does look like the sort of thing I need. oh well, next time. I'm surrounded by cunts with festool shit, so my perspective is skewedNairn
- Clamping will be your friend. And the right bladeGnash
- https://www.irwin.co…
all the wayNairn - It helps to clamp something all along cutting edge, sorta like this ...Gnash
- One side is good enough
https://i.imgur.com/…Gnash - i missed this last post, Gnash - that's exactly what I need to do and I'm a fucking moron for not realising, haha
Thanks! xNairn - :)Gnash
- mg331
Been watching a lot of Viva La Bam and episodes of the Jackass TV show the past few days. It's been years since I watched either but they're both just as hilarious now as they were back then.
Laughs are in such short supply these days... both of those shows are proving to be a fantastic distraction.
- You’d probably dig Wild Boysscarabin
- *wildboyzscarabin
- https://www1.thepira…scarabin
- https://www.pornhub...Nairn
- oh wow. QBN truncated my joke pornhub link? neat...?Nairn
- www.pornhub.com?sear…...Nairn
- I recently found some old CDRs with lots of cky and the Haggard movie. Always thought DiCamillo most likely to have a 'regular' comedy career.Fax_Benson
- he seemed to have more kids in the hall, tim and eric type potential than the others.Fax_Benson
- imbecile6
- What version of flash is it?!Nairn
- CS5.5imbecile
- Flashforlife.swfPhanLo
- Back before moms were on the internet, eh boys?
: )ideaist - back when we wanted to experiment and make something new or cool to share 24/7imbecile
- Not missing the days of Directer. CMD+B to keyframe? ewwjaylarson
- 2037 is the end of the Ancient Unix Calendar foretold by the Ancient Eunichs********
- Back when qbn was newstoday and actually sensible and relevant and not full of boobs, bums and trash NSFW....shapesalad
- https://gordon-flash…dbloc
- The ninth of fifteenuary.i_monk
- https://i.imgur.com/…prophetone
- Good old days!OBBTKN
- Fuck Apple for killing Flash! Yeah those were the days, creating and experimenting in your spare time cos it was fun and community etc...microkorg
- ..., was all excited when i could make things in flash and port the SWFs onto my media player with screen so had a 'mobile' showcase of toys i'd made...microkorg
- ... if apple hadnt killed flash we'd all probably be still having that fun and putting shit like that onto our and friends mobiles for them to play with :)microkorg
- Flash was an awesome visual way for a designer to dip their feet into coding. Used to love it so much, my first job out of college I was at a company...microkorg
- ..that had some crazy Flash (& Director) talent, some of whom went onto publish books, do Flash talks etc. You'd know who they were.microkorg
- Apple didn't kill flash.monospaced
- imbecile2
I don't know who got this for me, it wasn't one of you, definitely not sted. I have just received an etched stainless steel mug from BMW. (I'm pretty sure it was my girlfriend.) It has my two favorite things... Official box with BMW part number (80 28 2 446 015) and parts stock sticker... like this mug was in a parts bin next to a brake rotor or something. :D
- *flutters eyelids*i_monk
- Is it broken yet?ben_
- ooh that looks far better than most of the BMW merch. good choice keep that girl :D
may it serve you for long long years.
I mean the mugsted - lol @ all the notes!imbecile
- Lol @stedOBBTKN
- Has it got twelve turbos and a huge grille?Longcopylover
- Um. Cool.jagara
- https://www.autoguid…grafician
- fuglyneverscared
- Has the mug but not the car********
- i have two of the cars
¯\_(ツ)_/¯imbecile - haha, triggered
¯\_(ツ)_/¯******** - triggered? because you try to bait me and i tell you you're wrong? must be that twitter logic.imbecile
- you guys buy each other presents?drgs
- if it's 1 piece, very nicemoldero
- grafician0
Need to update my portfolio...with CASE STUDIES ugh!
Don't really get the need for other ppl in the industry to see "process" from us, it's like they still think we're just "artsy people" and need to justify everything we do visually, you know?
"I don't do wireframes and personas for a freakin' button Karen, I just make it blue!"
- Yup, people don't want to see just pretty pictures any more, they want to see case studies of your process, findings, pitfalls, outcomes etc.microkorg
- Had to do the same last year. Whilst it was a pain in the ass I found it made me think about these projects more indepth in this waymicrokorg
- ..so actually made it easier for me to talk about them in interviews - in the way that an interviewer wanted to hear about them not just me talking aboutmicrokorg
- the 'design'. Also for the interviewer it helps whittle out folks with 'fake' portfolios full of nice artwork and concepts that they had little involvement in.microkorg
- Ever hire anyone? You need to see process so you know a person can analyze and talk about their work in an intelligent way.********
- It shows they can reproduce good work. More importantly, talking about your work in meaningful ways is half the job.********
- @nb I only care about the final work, don't care about people fetishes with design process. I could also write a book about the BS in the design industry rngrafician
- @micro interviewer who? Donna from HR with no experience judging creative work?grafician
- Anyway process should be simple:
Thinking & Doing. You think for a week about a problem, then design it in a few days. End.grafician - Want to really hire somebody, put them on 1-3 months contract, let them do their thing, see the results, offer them a permanent position after.grafician
- Not to mention "DESIGN EXERCISES"?! Bitch I have 15 years experience, you work for a 3 month-barely-started... who are you?!grafician
- barely-started-start...grafician
- barely started startup*grafician
- Imagine HR Lakers asking Bron "what's your process" and Bron "well, I dribble the ball, crush their defence, then dunk it" HR "Wow, amazing, you're hired!"grafician
- Ok so you think you’re the Lebron James of design? LOL********
- If someone has case studies on their site, interview them and you’re good. Design tests are for people who don’t incl case studies on their site. :)********
- @nb well as the saying goes "bitch I might be!"grafician
- But no, I just find it ridiculous all this time wasted with case studies and design tests and all that BS for a 30 min discussion and a job bookedgrafician
- All this is because idiots not giving credits, or taking all the credits and doing shit and ppl not trusting a portfolio of works anymore.grafician
- Kids with 4-6 "case studies" in their folio where they did 2 pop-ups and 3 buttons over 2-3 years at Dropbox somewhere getting credit while veterans with...grafician
- ...hundreds of projects under their belt getting asked for design tests after 10 years working their butts in agencies common let's be real heregrafician
- But shut up nb, show me your case studies! Now! Let's see if I can hire you for my new shiny bullshit delivering-groceries startup!grafician
- No they aren’t. People who make decisions about hiring aren’t idiots. But I don’t have time to interview 20 to 300 people for every position. Case studies help.********
- We only interview people that are potential hires. I don’t want to waste your time or mine.********
- nb it would take me a few hours to get thru 300 folios and select my next 5 guys to interview and hire 1 in under 3 days, wtfgrafician
- I would even have time to offer portfolio & career advice in those 3 days for the 4 other poor souls that didn't make the cut and even recommend other jobsgrafician
- anyway, I'm ranting here, I need to make those f case studies by tomorrow, hit me up on instagram and show me your case studies, maybe I'll learn something newgrafician
- 300 portfolios in a few hours? If you spent only only minute on each, it would take 5 hours without a break. Not including time to compare, select and respond.********
- Anyway, I don’t need to argue with you, I’m just telling you how people hire. Just do one really dope case study. SPEND TIME TO WRITE WELL.********
- Don’t waste time on multiple case studies unless you have very specific things to show on each. One is best because they’ll read it. Focus on that.********
- Yes 300 is not a problem, I have 70-90 tabs open at all times man, I recommended interns that are now Brand Managers and others won Cannes Lions lolgrafician
- Also is not the writing, it's all the assets that need to be edited and presented, think 9-12 case studies, next job is with Fitbit mate lolgrafician
- @nb really appreciate your input mate, chill, no arguing here lolgrafician
- But if you need help with hiring next time, 300-500 portfolios in a day is not a problem for me I have ADHD lol, I can run them real quickgrafician
- Imagine I do font recognition for my designer friends, running thru hundreds of fonts in an hour, I'm just an AI super hive mind that does design on the sidegrafician
- /s ofcgrafician
- stoplying2
Just returned from a socially-distanced dentist appointment where they give your teeth a cleaning with only the METAL DEATH PICK for a solid 20 minutes. The woman was not very precise in her targeting and managed to stab my gums enough to cause me to squirm in the chair. "Are you alright?" "Uh yeah"
Then dropped the car off at mechanic about a noise. "Oh that'll be $1300 sir, it's your bushing bearings and pads and rotors." "Uh yeah okay"- Might as well head to your proctologist nextSteveJobs
- Fuck dentistsscarabin
- keef are oberakegi_monk
- fuck auto mechanicsmonospaced
- Date a dentist nurse, sell your car and buy a bicycle, problems solvedOBBTKN
- Dentist client pays me 5k a month, I love the dentist!canoe
- Uh bushings bearings pad and rotors all at the same time.... Either your car is not maintained or getting full replacement for labor gimmick********
- However it would be cheap if on all axles and wheels....something not quite right********
- Should do the brake job yourself. Have it bled. Boots and bearings easy. Get a local press bushings easier with a lift I pay for that********
- All u need is a jack and some wrenches.pull rotors and pay 20 to be turned or buy new. The bleed pay for. Boots is just wrenches boots and grease. Bearings********
- A couple cheap tools at harbor freight. Pull it pack it and a few bucks at a mechanic with a press********
- Easy work why pee pay people cheap money for it********
- kingsteven1
When I was out last night the kids came back and had another go at the street sign (under the cover of darkness this time), noticed it was more concave this morning, my poor wee neighbour in her 70s was telling me she saw them. The whole thing is kinda daft and feel bad for teenagers in general these days but won't somebody think of the Lindas!
- next time: manage to take a photo of those cunts and put out a poster on what's left of that sign.sted
- yeah, i mean the sign has still not been defeated :D so they may be back. i saw spaghetti boy in his school uniform earlier and he made a noise to his mateskingsteven
- like "oh fuck, it's the witcher"... closing the net hahahkingsteven
- Apply axel grease/anti climb paint on the back of sign.. mess up their clothes.Phrenological
- Smear dog poo poo on the sign and post. Vomit at the foot of it. Problemo solved.shapesalad
- zarkonite1
- I don't know why it abbreviated German-motor-company...zarkonite
- again!?!? wtf.zarkonite
- german motor company liquid containerzarkonite
- too many dashes... you jammed all your words together as one (like a link, QBN truncates these items)PonyBoy
- that's a nice tumbler +1imbecile
- "GERMAN MOTOR COMPANY LIQUID CONTAINER"
JERRY CAN
https://upload.wikim…Nairn - Um. Cool.jagara
- imbecile5
I came across an illustrator with a piece I wanted a print of. Looked around, found her store had shut down. I emailed last night requesting permission to produce a print along with an offer to pay a fee for doing so. She wrote me back stating she had recently found a few pieces leftover from the print run in 2018 and offered to sell me one of those, hand signed. Of course I said yes. Glad I asked.
- shellie15
I lost my job two weeks ago. Since then, I've attended two online conferences; I've been taking tons of e-coffees, networking, and lining up freelance gigs that should bear fruit in a few weeks or a month.
One of my best friends is leaving his staff Sr. Producer role at one agency for a staff Exec Producer role at another and put me forward to replace him. I have an interview on Friday with his boss, and I'm feeling good about it. She reached out to me in July for a freelance gig, but I wasn't available full time -- I was employed at the time. So, I already know they were considering me for jobs in the recent past. I know what they'll pay, but my biggest concern is insurance. Usually, I'd push for freelance, but, I'm anxious about insurance coverage during this pandemic, having some paid vacation time just I get laid off again (they'll have to pay that out), etc. They are going to let the lease lapse on one of their bigger office -- a pandemic driven decision because working from home is looking like a more permanent situation, at least for next year, and then they'll probably move in 2022. Their other office isn't set up for full-time work with everyone -- maybe occasional meetings once that's a safe activity. It's mostly a studio for shooting commercials and the live-action production staff that works on set. So, one thing I can count on is that working from home for 2021 is guaranteed. I hope I get this job. And I think I'll find out soon. Ideally, I'd like to overlap with my friend for his last week, which is at the end of the month, to pass off his projects.
- Good luck, hope you land on your feet with thisdee-dubs
- Good Luck!zarkonite
- Money Marge is saying you'll get this, best of luck girl!grafician
- Yeah, shoots are weird right now. New things are coming for the conditions. I think you are going to be solid :)toemaas
- fuck, good luck shellz!moldero
- Good luck! I’m sure you’ll kill the interviewGnash
- Break a leg. The insanity of 2020 is finding a new way to navigate literally everything all over again.garbage
- HR generally pays a freelancer 70% of their hourly rate. So in determining your rate, keep in mind the FT salary or your expected FT salary, then calculate yourinstrmntl
- hourly. Also, companies are lazy and will automatically assume your seniority based on your rate or salary, so don’t sell yourself short.instrmntl
- In other words negotiate high but not out of scope based on the role you seek.instrmntl
- Good luck, Shellie!
Also, did you do a status post on LI that you're looking for a new gig? Let me know when you do, and I'll share it and spread it like butterContinuity - Go on shelliestoplying
- Oh and add "Famous member of the QBN crew" in your CV, that always helps!grafician
- ********0
Who buys white sweatshirts and pants?
- ********-3
How hard is it to get a job these days? I see people online talking about unemployment running out yet not seeming to look for jobs.
- Depends on what kind of job you want.. My ex works in the airline industry and is on a shoogly peg re that.Phrenological
- Lots of work for delivery drivers/ pickers at the large supermarkets tho'Phrenological