blog

  • Started
  • Last post
  • 75,527 Responses
  • drgs0

    Business idea: internet router with pedals, like a bike. The faster you turn, the faster the internet

    • didn't had to check the name to know who posted this :Dsted
    • I see you are familiar with my last business idea about t-shirts made out of eyeglasses cleaning cloth?drgs
    • I love it

      https://www.qbn.com/…
      scarabin
  • shellie2

    Man, I am so close to locking in a massive project for my new production company but they're really putting me through the ringer to get this budget approved. If they don't approve tomorrow the shoot is not happening this Sunday. Stress.

    • Need to sign a licensing contract myself tomorrow, fingers crossed! Good luck!grafician
    • Yup, contract confirmed, this week is filled with good luck!grafician
    • I like part 2 of this story better.stoplying
  • autoflavour1

    just had 2 weeks holiday from work and wifey and I spent the entire time building a new kitchen ourselves..

    needless to say I am so broken from 10 hour days building Ikea flat pack furniture, actually being back at work is a welcome change of pace.

  • doggydoggdog0

    How much money would you want in the bank before you quit your job?

    • Quit temporary, for a while? Maybe 6 months of expenses. Quit as in retire, at current lifestyle, a couple milli would last about 100 years at least lolgrafician
    • As in take a break, maybe look for a different job you like better.doggydoggdog
    • 6 mo to be easy, 1 year to really don't give a fuckgrafician
    • ^same as going freelance for goodgrafician
    • 6mo is a good safety net.deathboy
    • how much money for 6 months? Somewhere between 7500€ and 9000€ would be nice for 6 months without having to work.oey_oey
    • That's like 1200 to 1500 a month. I live in Germany so I think I would manage pretty good.oey_oey
    • Depends what you mean by quit and what your life would look like afterwards. What duration? Living/ rent costs? Next income?NBQ00
    • @oey: 1200-1500 € a month in DE?! Christ, in Munich, you pay that much in rent alone for a 2-Zimmer.Continuity
    • @Continuity: that's a shit loads of money! I live with 5 more people in an "apartment" in a wohnprojekt. I pay 280€ for my 16m2 bedroom plus 45€ costs...oey_oey
    • ...for my daughter. Then I pay 181€ for a 38m2 working place/atelier. With that comes one bathroom, a toilet, a small kitchen for 6, a 44 m2 living room and...oey_oey
    • ...a guest room. Plus all the stuff in the building and the garden etc...so that's around 500€ a month. Food we have a pot and each gives 5 to 7€ a day.oey_oey
    • That makes around 200€ a month more so now we are by 700€. Plus phone 20€. So I still would have around 500€ for other things left if I have 1200€ a month.oey_oey
    • Wow, that’s a life, man! Shared dinners and all!nb
    • OK, that's next-level WG. We're talking commune, now!Continuity
    • in Los Angeles, 4k a month in expenses including food and utilities 6 months plus doing stuff and one sizable trip. Total 28k and I'd pay golf 3 times a week.shellie
    • Yesterday I hit my goal of paying my last 8 months on my lease in advance. Not taking a break though, time to save for a house hoping pandemic work shortageshellie
    • doesn't ruin my plan.shellie
    • Everyone should have 6 months already, ffs.monospaced
    • @continuity: yes sort of. I was responding according to my reality.oey_oey
    • @nb: yes man!oey_oey
    • @nb and @ continuity: but it's time for a change for me. I would prefer to live or in a smaller project. we are 70 in total. would prefer up to 30.oey_oey
    • Is it one of these Genossenschaften? They're notoriously difficult to get into, as I understand it.Continuity
    • no datacanoe
    • @Continuity: yes but here it's not so difficult, the deposit is only 1500€.oey_oey
    • I mean the shares, we are like shareholders. In Sieben Linden it's like 25000€. https://siebenlinden…oey_oey
  • Hayzilla-5
  • shellie48

    Started out my morning with a soft rejection from an agency after 3 interviews. "We found a way to cover our production needs with existing resources, " they said, "Check back at the top of the year. We'd love to possibly see you first quarter."

    Then, holy shit i just got the email from Interscope Records. The budget for a project I bid on last week has been approved and we shoot this Sunday. Time to bust my ass for the rest of the week preparing. This is going to be my biggest, most expensive music video production in my portfolio. I am thrilled! What a rush!

    I'm really hoping this leads to some great commercial work next year. It will definitely lead to more music videos (it's been a few years).

    And then, a different large agency reached out today for a Senior Content Producer position. "Would you consider relocating to Austin late next year?" You mean to a place where houses are actually affordable? Yes! Can't wait to have that conversation.

    I've got to remember to keep my head up. When one door closes, another door or two opens.

    • Niiiiiiice, get in there!Continuity
    • sweet!moldero
    • Cool!! And yes, last paragraph is hard to remember in daily basis, good riddance ;)OBBTKN
    • Killing it :)Gnash
    • Austin has a thriving film industry. Lots of automotive work gets shot down there.brandonp
    • That's awesome!!Melanie
    • I think we're kind of addicted to the rush of the roller coaster. Seriously, how else could we survive? Congrats on the ExtraDope client!canoe
    • get it girl!!sea_sea
    • Congratulations. My experience lately has been once one door closes, the next several remain locked.CyBrainX
    • Awesome.. great newsautoflavour
    • fuck yeah. crush it!bezoar
    • +1pango
    • very nice to read_me_
    • lol Cy, and props shells.garbage
    • Ace. Great story and good luck with it.MrT
    • That's awesome :)Maaku
    • Good attitude to have. I’ve been on a roller coaster the past 3 months as well and have just let go of the reigns. What will be...ben_
    • Radical!thumb_screws
    • Congrats Shellie!utopian
    • Welcome to Austin!jbasnight
    • Interscope? Wow!oey_oey
    • Just a month ago, I was basically fired for not performing well in a sales role in production of all things during a pandemic when everything was shut down.shellie
    • When I got that job in February, I literally got the corona virus in Seattle during my interview and struggled with side effects of that for 6 months.shellie
    • I felt so defeated when that shit fell apart. I didn't even want to post about it. It was all bad. So I was like account side is not for me. Back to production.shellie
    • But I also spent a lot of years wallowing in a bad relationship that ruined my business and took me out of the game. I was having trouble reentering the market.shellie
    • I'm so grateful it's finally clicking. I'd love to get back into a position where I can hire some of you talented motherfuckers.shellie
    • well done youhans_glib
    • congratulationsd_gitale
    • niceee! Do you wanna stay freelancer or work for a company?milfhunter
    • This is really awesome, Shellie. You showed 2020 what we call in French, 'le doigt d'honneur.'Continuity
    • Congrats! Kill it!formed
    • @milfhunter I want an agency job and take 4 or 5 freelance gigs a year. I'm down to overwork myself for a few years for a house and savings for a bebe.shellie
    • Congrats!mg33
    • girllllllllllllll!

      Good things come to those...
      Big up!
      grafician
    • dude i didnt know you got the covid, fuckmoldero
    • Grats Shellie!mort_
    • ^5s!instrmntl
    • Congrats!!showpony
  • drgs5

    Working from home is growing on me. I have a web meeting tomorrow at 09:00
    Alarm: 08:55

    • signs you're getting old, i mean signs your job is gettin old?canoe
    • ^ guilty of projection #selfawarenesscanoe
    • How old are you canoe?OBBTKN
    • Ha my morning but woke up without an alarm. Got coffee. Sat down and was like oh shit... Oh 4min to dial indeathboy
    • circa74canoe
    • You?canoe
    • I'm similar, my first standup meeting is 9.30 so usually alarm set for 9 but more than likely snooze gets hit a few times :Pmicrokorg
  • section_0140

    Does anyone use their phone without a case? I used to not use them, but now I'm paranoid that the camera will be destroyed since they all extend pass the thickness of the phone.

    The new iPhone is a perfect example. It's an extruded lens, on an extruded base. I think most every case is hideous, but I don't see a way around it.

    • I have never owned a phone case. It's fine. The lens cover is probably coated glass, it's actually pretty difficult to scratch the camera.nb
    • Fingerprints all the time, though.nb
    • cover no doubtgrafician
    • i do not use a case on my se 2. no screen protector, just the phone.imbecile
    • Since I dropped one, it's always in a case. No screen protector though. It doesn't feel the samemisterhow
    • Bought a case for the first time this year. My old Samsung would survive a nuclear blast, my Google 3a had two cracks and a scratch within a week.i_monk
  • grafician-3

    can we get some email addresses like forwarded to our email of choice?

  • grafician-9

    can we get some email addresses like [user] AT qbn.com forwarded to our email of choice?

  • Nairn1

    I use Fastmail's web client for my business email, so every time I open up the browser I press Ctrl+D and then type 'fas' and hit enter to get it up. If I'm a bit too quick at this, I'll occasionally end up instead googling for 'FAS', or Foetal Alcohol Syndrome.

    Google must think I'm *really* worried about my kid.

    • I say 'occasionally', I mean about once a week.Nairn
    • you should get it up more than that lover boycanoe
    • or just typing "fa" for facebook but you're too fast to hit enter and end up with Fa - the soap websitegrafician
    • https://adssettings.…drgs
    • I don't use facebook.Nairn
    • It's Google... See if you can find "Parental Status..."drgs
    • Oh so they ARE all the categories it has me under? haha, I thoght so from the first couple, but then the rest didn't make any sense. I mean, Jazz?!Nairn
    • What in sweet shit is an 'exposure ninja'?Nairn
    • I have Unwanted Body & Facial Hair Removaldrgs
  • doggydoggdog0

    Want a job that doesn't require me to sit at a computer for 8 hours.

    Rather work in a print shop or something.

    • Work standing up?OBBTKN
    • j/k

      But yeah, for my part, 25 years in "this sector", doing way more than 8 hours in front of a screen... Looks a bit much :(
      OBBTKN
    • I feel your painOBBTKN
    • Grass is always greener. Dude at the print shop probably wishes he could sit at a computer rather than repetitive printing all day ;)microkorg
    • Do some furniture? Paint?grafician
    • Get your work done in 7 hours?nb
    • No, you don't want to work at a print shop.Nairn
    • Why not?doggydoggdog
    • Because it's mostly manual by rote and tediously duplicative work. What you want is to spend ~12 hours a month fucking around with a press of some kindNairn
    • Then spend the other 29½ days skipping in nature, sticking daisies into your asshole.Nairn
    • ^ what is that job?bainbridge
    • Research test subject?Nairn
  • misterhow3

    Cobra spends a lot of money on infrastructure. There’s always a new base/castle shaped like a snake. Imagine the architectural and engineering fees and the crazy timeline to build them. Almost every episode the 'Joes' blow the thing up. I'm just saying, someone in the organization should suggest a change or two to save money.

  • pango0

    still fucking weird seeing your dead friend on TV commercial...

    • Vaguebooking, on qbn?i_monk
    • would you like to know more?
      a friend passed away 3 yrs ago and I still see that person on commercial.
      pango
    • Skittles commercial?utopian
    • how does it make you feel pango?oey_oey
    • National commercial?doggydoggdog
    • It was a car commercial. Not sure if national. It's just weird being reminded outta nowhere this person has passed away.pango
    • What happened to him?zaq
    • To see pictures of passed friends is already strange and sad. But commercials? Must be even weirder...Longcopylover
  • Nairn1

    I've finally come around to watching docs and shit on YouTube in 1.5x speed. I've read of people doing it for years now and thought it a bit ridiculous, but having done it on quite a few docs over the last few weeks, I've come around to its value.

    So.

    What if I raised my child on 1.5x speed YouTube videos?

    Would it make her brain quicker?

    • The weird thing is that you really notice the differing speeds that people speak at. People who speak quickly anyway are comically incoherent.Nairn
    • Life is better at normal speed, mateOBBTKN
    • Don't you think that we already live quite fast?OBBTKN
    • I don't watch everything at 1.5x - just certain types of docs. Right now I'm drinking cider and watching a video at 0.5x and laughing my ass off.Nairn
    • ..it makes everyone drunk. It's fucking hilarious.Nairn
    • https://i.redd.it/14…nb
    • if you take speed or cocaine you can watch at 3x speed. not recommended for children.oey_oey
    • I do this a lot. Just wished youtube adjusted the pitch betterscarabin
    • I use 1.5 for skillshareHayoth
    • @Hayoth: yes, some are really too zen...oey_oey
    • I like to read. It's is different than video and develops more important parts of the braindeathboy
    • i do this too. sometimes even 1.75 speedmicrokorg
    • i've watched 1.5 for years. this year bumped it up to 1.75. watching videos at 1x seems so slow but normal interaction doesn't seem affectedimbecile
    • I use 1.25 for anything longer than 15–20 minutes.i_monk
  • oey_oey0

    I rarely check the Picture Association thread now.
    It went downhill for me, just like that rock.

    • but when i do check I enjoy the good ones.oey_oey
  • BusterBoy3

    Back on my yoyo diet again. Got down to 82kg about 18 months ago and then went on a 16 months food bender...got up to 99.6kg. 5'11 fat bastard. So I'm back on the low carb diet...not the greatest way to do it, but I need to get rid of a shit load. Want to get to around 85kg.

    Down to 92.3kg. Not easy but I have a method for weight loss that works every time for me. Just need to learn how to moderate when I go off it.

  • Nairn2

    I've just been butt-dialled by a number I don't recognise so have left it on speaker and am listening to a bunch of drunk people.

    • Their chat's shite, but I'm curious to see how much I can cost him.Nairn
    • 12 minutes now. Quality's terrible, sadly. They've discussed none wine-based alcohols and Star Trek.Nairn
    • are they local? what's the accent?Fax_Benson
    • Ooh, it's getting bitchy now - Indian-sounding girl is laying into English-sounding guy about "an inability to self-analyse".Nairn
    • Would be funny if it was somehow someone on QBN, who's sat in the corner quietly, reading this going "What in the Lord's fuck?"Nairn
    • Ooh, something 'is better on Ketamine'.Nairn
    • @fax- it'll be an LDN-based number, likely a client. Ooh, I think I'm getting cut off. Or.. no, haha, this is so weird. I think they've gone for a walk.Nairn
    • My man's singing to himself, flolNairn
    • What if he got murdered whilst I'm listening to him?

      20 minutes now.
      Nairn
    • 32 mins.Nairn
    • Noooo. 38 mins. Off.Nairn
    • record it and post it all on hereKrassy
    • Too late. I had been thinking about installing some call-recording software as it happens. Regret.Nairn
    • call them back, see what happened.Fax_Benson
    • ask them what's better on ketamine? they'll think they're on ketamine.Fax_Benson
    • Next time someone booty-calls you, record it!futurefood
  • imbecile5

    QBN Sticker Exchange attempt #2?

    I tried one a couple years ago, only 9 people signed up so it went nowhere. Any interest? This form is set to capture 25 recipients then cut off.

    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/…

    • done!maquito
    • Me tooOBBTKN
    • i have stickers ready to go, might make moreimbecile
    • I’m in.ben_
    • Signed.PhanLo
    • I’m in. Got some sweet new holo stickersscarabin
    • Hmm I have some qbn stickers left..sea_sea
    • Oh, sea! I can haz?Continuity
    • sea_sea, I left you on the list as you had signed up and remain active here.imbecile
    • Definitely done!D4W33D
    • we need 2 more to get to 20 (18 actually, there are 2 dupes), maybe we should just do that?imbecile
    • I still have some original QBN logo stickers, I'd be happy to part with someBaskerviIle
    • We oughta do another run of QBN ones. Stickermule.com is cheapscarabin
    • My response has been recordedbezoar
    • thanks imbecile, cool cool, anytime there's stickies i'm in. @Cont did I never send you any? I got u.sea_sea
    • @sea, not that I know of ... I'll check with you on FB messenger and send you my addyContinuity
    • So how’s it work?ben_
    • once full, i will email entrants to verify participation. after i get a response, i'll share addresses.imbecile
    • That part I get. Do I have to make my own qbn stickers and send them out?ben_
    • you can send out whatever you want. i think people just enjoy trading the old qbn stickers. I'll be sending non qbn stuffimbecile
    • Ah okay got it. So many old stickers here.ben_
    • I signed up. I've got a shoebox full of old stickers from 1995-2005 era somewhere. I'll see if I can find it and share some good ones.nocomply
    • sea_sea - I still owe you and Shellie stickers, I think? I just found 'em the other day, alongside a load of The New Cows (which is now on my laptop, hans)Nairn
    • nairn, join.imbecile
    • I don't have enough, unless y'all want 'fragile' stickers.
      https://imgz.org/iz5…
      Nairn
    • i'll take itimbecile
    • hands up those who are into skateboarding... (nocomply is assumed) I've got some speeeeshal stuff to send.ben_
  • pango3

    btw i'm all moved into my new condo.
    and while I was reading the previous strata meeting minutes, this came up. LOL

    welp, there are idiots in my building.

    "...There have been incidentS* of residents accidentally locking themselves on their balcony and becoming
    trapped. In all incidents, the building manager did not have a key on file to access the unit. A locksmith
    was contacted at a cost to the owner...."

    • Have a one-way balcony door, so I keep a hammer on the balcony in case the wind decides to shut the door and trap me outside...grafician
    • https://www.youtube.…grafician
    • all that blaa blaa and still no date for the party, cmoon'sted
    • we have sliding doors to the balcony. and you can only manually lock it from the inside. no idea how he locked himself out lol.pango
    • COVID PARTY! THIS SATURDAY! i'll get pizza and nachos.pango
    • Sweet! I'll bring beer and COVID!!PonyBoy
    • there will also be a cheese fountain.pango
    • Cheese fountain?? I'm in! I'll bring a squid paellaOBBTKN
    • Don't get too much drunki_was
    • pony will personally chew up all the food and feed you all like a bird.pango
    • https://i.imgur.com/…PonyBoy