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  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    LeatherGryphon said:
    Kulay Wolf said:

    This is Edward.

    OMG!  He's exploding! surprise

     

    wow Edward does look cute in an asplodey kinda way :)

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited April 2016
    kyoto kid said:

    ...ugh, rain and chilly weather are back and I can feel it.  Stayed in bed late today because all my joints were stiff and achy. 

    Supposed to be 39º and stormy Sunday morning   Really want to cancel out on the session I am supposed to attend and just stay in.  In the area of town I need to go to, the sidewalks flood and become useless when it rains, so I have to walk in the street with cars often speeding by me for about 8 blocks (and in this area of town people tend to drive really stupid).

    This is why I could never live in the burbs here.

    IT rained here a few days ago and I didn't get to enjoy it :(

    Post edited by ps1borg on
  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,268

    I found an audiobook read by David Tennant and listening to it.  He has such a sexy voice.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    ps1borg said:
    MistyMist said:
    jestmart said:

    Having to use a thermometer to test the water for yeast!  What is that sound I hear?  Oh it is my mother and her mother and her mother and so on turning over in their graves, kids now days.

    Now for a useful tip.  Don't use tap water as that often has too much chlorine in it and that is far worst for the yeast than getting the temperature a bit off.

     

    i used 1% hormone free milk this morning heated in sauce pan.  hoping wasnt too hot  >.<  will see soon, lookin in the lil breadmachine window

    2 more hours to go to nommms

    Bread machines make house smell goooood :)

     

    welcome back smiley

    wish i could bottle what my place smells like lol
    bread flour, cake flour 

    makin french toast from it for dindin later 

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    Kulay Wolf said:

    This is Edward.

    handsome.  lives in 55 gallon?

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,861
    edited April 2016
    ps1borg said:
    Serpent said:

    Just FI, when I get bored and frustrated I tend to do radical things to fix that situation.

    So, to make sure my reputation as running off to ruin my life doing wildly crazy things, I've decided to buy Houdini Indue and get a copy of Nuke non-commercial and learn to be a visual effects artist to augment my writing and music income. indecision

    Been waning to work in VFX for years.. known a few travelling VFX/video editor types in my life and it will pay the bills if I can get a steady stream of jobs.

    This will mean an investment in hardware and software, along with time, and I'll be learning and cranking out portfolio projects while I continue to contract out as a programmer, write, and compose music. surprise

    I want to be out of programming, forever, in 5 years.  That is my plan. devil

    I always wanted to be a tram driver, you always know where you're going and when you get there you just drive right back :)

    ...I wouldn't want to do that where I live with all the clueless drivers who don't know their car has turn signals, self righteous cyclists who run stoplights and dart in and out of traffic, and pedestrians who text while crossing a street (often in mid block downtown).  Steel wheels on steel rails are not known for short stopping distances, especially when the vehicle you are piloting weighs 55 tonnes empty and is nearly a city block long.

    Also, it doesn't pay much better than driving a bus, and you need seniority for the position.

    This is what you would be operating.

    ...all are two car trainsets.

    Post edited by kyoto kid on
  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,268
    MistyMist said:
    Kulay Wolf said:

    This is Edward.

    handsome.  lives in 55 gallon?

    No he lives in a 3 gallon tank.  The goldfish will be in the fifty five soon.

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,337
    ps1borg said:
    Serpent said:

    Just FI, when I get bored and frustrated I tend to do radical things to fix that situation.

    So, to make sure my reputation as running off to ruin my life doing wildly crazy things, I've decided to buy Houdini Indue and get a copy of Nuke non-commercial and learn to be a visual effects artist to augment my writing and music income. indecision

    Been waning to work in VFX for years.. known a few travelling VFX/video editor types in my life and it will pay the bills if I can get a steady stream of jobs.

    This will mean an investment in hardware and software, along with time, and I'll be learning and cranking out portfolio projects while I continue to contract out as a programmer, write, and compose music. surprise

    I want to be out of programming, forever, in 5 years.  That is my plan. devil

    I always wanted to be a tram driver, you always know where you're going and when you get there you just drive right back :)

    No adventures, though...unless something unexpected happens.

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,337
    ps1borg said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ...ugh, rain and chilly weather are back and I can feel it.  Stayed in bed late today because all my joints were stiff and achy. 

    Supposed to be 39º and stormy Sunday morning   Really want to cancel out on the session I am supposed to attend and just stay in.  In the area of town I need to go to, the sidewalks flood and become useless when it rains, so I have to walk in the street with cars often speeding by me for about 8 blocks (and in this area of town people tend to drive really stupid).

    This is why I could never live in the burbs here.

    IT rained here a few days ago and I didn't get to enjoy it :(

    Aww...I hope it rains again, so you can enjoy it!

    Dana

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,098
    edited April 2016
    DanaTA said:
    ps1borg said:
    Serpent said:

    Just FI, when I get bored and frustrated I tend to do radical things to fix that situation.

    So, to make sure my reputation as running off to ruin my life doing wildly crazy things, I've decided to buy Houdini Indue and get a copy of Nuke non-commercial and learn to be a visual effects artist to augment my writing and music income. indecision

    Been waning to work in VFX for years.. known a few travelling VFX/video editor types in my life and it will pay the bills if I can get a steady stream of jobs.

    This will mean an investment in hardware and software, along with time, and I'll be learning and cranking out portfolio projects while I continue to contract out as a programmer, write, and compose music. surprise

    I want to be out of programming, forever, in 5 years.  That is my plan. devil

    I always wanted to be a tram driver, you always know where you're going and when you get there you just drive right back :)

    No adventures, though...unless something unexpected happens.

    Dana

    Um... isn't that the definition of adventure? angel

     

    Post edited by LeatherGryphon on
  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776

    Morning. Sun drenched big blue sky day to lift the spirits and make stuff feel good here so far :)

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,337
    LeatherGryphon said:
    DanaTA said:
    ps1borg said:
    Serpent said:

    Just FI, when I get bored and frustrated I tend to do radical things to fix that situation.

    So, to make sure my reputation as running off to ruin my life doing wildly crazy things, I've decided to buy Houdini Indue and get a copy of Nuke non-commercial and learn to be a visual effects artist to augment my writing and music income. indecision

    Been waning to work in VFX for years.. known a few travelling VFX/video editor types in my life and it will pay the bills if I can get a steady stream of jobs.

    This will mean an investment in hardware and software, along with time, and I'll be learning and cranking out portfolio projects while I continue to contract out as a programmer, write, and compose music. surprise

    I want to be out of programming, forever, in 5 years.  That is my plan. devil

    I always wanted to be a tram driver, you always know where you're going and when you get there you just drive right back :)

    No adventures, though...unless something unexpected happens.

    Dana

    Um... isn't that the definition of adventure? angel

     

    Some adventures are purposely embarked upon...perhaps not knowing the outcome, but still, planned to some extent.  ("Let's go that way!")  Others happen to us, entirely unexpectedly.

    Dana

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776

    ...

    DanaTA said:
    LeatherGryphon said:
    DanaTA said:
    ps1borg said:
    Serpent said:

    Just FI, when I get bored and frustrated I tend to do radical things to fix that situation.

    So, to make sure my reputation as running off to ruin my life doing wildly crazy things, I've decided to buy Houdini Indue and get a copy of Nuke non-commercial and learn to be a visual effects artist to augment my writing and music income. indecision

    Been waning to work in VFX for years.. known a few travelling VFX/video editor types in my life and it will pay the bills if I can get a steady stream of jobs.

    This will mean an investment in hardware and software, along with time, and I'll be learning and cranking out portfolio projects while I continue to contract out as a programmer, write, and compose music. surprise

    I want to be out of programming, forever, in 5 years.  That is my plan. devil

    I always wanted to be a tram driver, you always know where you're going and when you get there you just drive right back :)

    No adventures, though...unless something unexpected happens.

    Dana

    Um... isn't that the definition of adventure? angel

     

    Some adventures are purposely embarked upon...perhaps not knowing the outcome, but still, planned to some extent.  ("Let's go that way!")  Others happen to us, entirely unexpectedly.

    Dana

    Yeah that's the thing about tramlines and I guess rail lines for me, they look safe where everything else can be sooo unexpected and I guess fraught is a good word for it :)

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    kyoto kid said:
    ps1borg said:
    Serpent said:

    Just FI, when I get bored and frustrated I tend to do radical things to fix that situation.

    So, to make sure my reputation as running off to ruin my life doing wildly crazy things, I've decided to buy Houdini Indue and get a copy of Nuke non-commercial and learn to be a visual effects artist to augment my writing and music income. indecision

    Been waning to work in VFX for years.. known a few travelling VFX/video editor types in my life and it will pay the bills if I can get a steady stream of jobs.

    This will mean an investment in hardware and software, along with time, and I'll be learning and cranking out portfolio projects while I continue to contract out as a programmer, write, and compose music. surprise

    I want to be out of programming, forever, in 5 years.  That is my plan. devil

    I always wanted to be a tram driver, you always know where you're going and when you get there you just drive right back :)

    ...I wouldn't want to do that where I live with all the clueless drivers who don't know their car has turn signals, self righteous cyclists who run stoplights and dart in and out of traffic, and pedestrians who text while crossing a street (often in mid block downtown).  Steel wheels on steel rails are not known for short stopping distances, especially when the vehicle you are piloting weighs 55 tonnes empty and is nearly a city block long.

    Also, it doesn't pay much better than driving a bus, and you need seniority for the position.

    This is what you would be operating.

    ...all are two car trainsets.

    ooooh and all shiny as well. I would want a hat to go with that :)

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    MistyMist said:
    ps1borg said:
    MistyMist said:
    jestmart said:

    Having to use a thermometer to test the water for yeast!  What is that sound I hear?  Oh it is my mother and her mother and her mother and so on turning over in their graves, kids now days.

    Now for a useful tip.  Don't use tap water as that often has too much chlorine in it and that is far worst for the yeast than getting the temperature a bit off.

     

    i used 1% hormone free milk this morning heated in sauce pan.  hoping wasnt too hot  >.<  will see soon, lookin in the lil breadmachine window

    2 more hours to go to nommms

    Bread machines make house smell goooood :)

     

    welcome back smiley

    wish i could bottle what my place smells like lol
    bread flour, cake flour 

    makin french toast from it for dindin later 

    I should do that more often :)

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,861
    edited April 2016
    ps1borg said:
    kyoto kid said:
    ps1borg said:
    Serpent said:

    Just FI, when I get bored and frustrated I tend to do radical things to fix that situation.

    So, to make sure my reputation as running off to ruin my life doing wildly crazy things, I've decided to buy Houdini Indue and get a copy of Nuke non-commercial and learn to be a visual effects artist to augment my writing and music income. indecision

    Been waning to work in VFX for years.. known a few travelling VFX/video editor types in my life and it will pay the bills if I can get a steady stream of jobs.

    This will mean an investment in hardware and software, along with time, and I'll be learning and cranking out portfolio projects while I continue to contract out as a programmer, write, and compose music. surprise

    I want to be out of programming, forever, in 5 years.  That is my plan. devil

    I always wanted to be a tram driver, you always know where you're going and when you get there you just drive right back :)

    ...I wouldn't want to do that where I live with all the clueless drivers who don't know their car has turn signals, self righteous cyclists who run stoplights and dart in and out of traffic, and pedestrians who text while crossing a street (often in mid block downtown).  Steel wheels on steel rails are not known for short stopping distances, especially when the vehicle you are piloting weighs 55 tonnes empty and is nearly a city block long.

    Also, it doesn't pay much better than driving a bus, and you need seniority for the position.

    This is what you would be operating.

    ...all are two car trainsets.

    ooooh and all shiny as well. I would want a hat to go with that :)

    ...those are our newest tram cars, though each only has a single cab instead of one at each end. hence they have to be run as dual car sets. It does however leave more room for passenger seats. The older ones have a cab on each end of the car so they can be operated as single units.

    Sadly, our bus and tram operators here no longer wear hats or blazers like they used to do, haven't for some time now.  I liked it when they did, made them seem more important. They still wear a uniform (sort of), but also are now required to wear those garish day glow high visibility vests when driving.  Always makes me feel like it's someone from the maintenance department who is at the wheel instead of an actual driver.

    Post edited by kyoto kid on
  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    woes, allergy headache 

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,268

    I am sick of difficult people in my life and cannot seem to get rid of them.  Maybe I should treat them how I want to be treated verses how they deserve or how they treat me.

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    kyoto kid said:
    Serpent said:

    Just FI, when I get bored and frustrated I tend to do radical things to fix that situation.

    So, to make sure my reputation as running off to ruin my life doing wildly crazy things, I've decided to buy Houdini Indue and get a copy of Nuke non-commercial and learn to be a visual effects artist to augment my writing and music income. indecision

    Been waning to work in VFX for years.. known a few travelling VFX/video editor types in my life and it will pay the bills if I can get a steady stream of jobs.

    This will mean an investment in hardware and software, along with time, and I'll be learning and cranking out portfolio projects while I continue to contract out as a programmer, write, and compose music. surprise

    I want to be out of programming, forever, in 5 years.  That is my plan. devil

    ...I hear Houdini is a PITA to learn.

    Houdini is a nightmareish mix of programming and art, you need to be a bit of an engineer to understand its procedural process but if you can get past that, it's insanely powerful.  Houdini artists ae hard to find, bt if ou want the best fluid dynamics/particle systems on the planet, you need Houdini.

    It runs great on my quad-core i7 with the NVidia GTX850, glad I coughd up for the 4GB of VRAM... indecision

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    ps1borg said:
    Serpent said:

    Just FI, when I get bored and frustrated I tend to do radical things to fix that situation.

    So, to make sure my reputation as running off to ruin my life doing wildly crazy things, I've decided to buy Houdini Indue and get a copy of Nuke non-commercial and learn to be a visual effects artist to augment my writing and music income. indecision

    Been waning to work in VFX for years.. known a few travelling VFX/video editor types in my life and it will pay the bills if I can get a steady stream of jobs.

    This will mean an investment in hardware and software, along with time, and I'll be learning and cranking out portfolio projects while I continue to contract out as a programmer, write, and compose music. surprise

    I want to be out of programming, forever, in 5 years.  That is my plan. devil

    I always wanted to be a tram driver, you always know where you're going and when you get there you just drive right back :)

    If my eyes were perfect and my foot worked, I'd go to truck driving school and do long haul cross-country truck driving!  Since I have no kids, no wife, no girlfriend, and no significan other it would be the perfect fit.  Modern semis have Internet, integrated smartphones, and a sleeping cab that's better than some flophouse hotels I've stayed in!!

    Alas, I have to play he hand I'm dealt... indecision

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    ps1borg said:

    I'm OK and back but a bit weak, had a nasty bug we had to clean and disinfect every surface in our house to get rid of it hopefully :)

    You stay well or I'll fly out there and cuss you out, lol!  Glad you're feeling better!! laugh

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,098
    Kulay Wolf said:

    ...  Maybe I should treat them how I want to be treated verses how they deserve or how they treat me.

    Many wise people have said that.surprise

     

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,098
    ps1borg said:

    I'm OK and back but a bit weak, had a nasty bug we had to clean and disinfect every surface in our house to get rid of it hopefully :)

    Nasty bug! surprise

     

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  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075

    Monday, blech, ecch, barf, feh.  indecision Overcast and muggy, hunderstorms off and on throughout the week.

    So far no serious fallout from announcing my intention to clean up and leave.  With any luck Friday will be my last day playing Mr. Book Report and I can get to finding a job where I actually DEVELOP SOFTWARE. I get the feeling that nobody really cares and that it was just a token attempt to deconstruct things, being stuck in a desk in the hall is always a sign that you're just a tiny cog in a big machine.  Feh.

    One resume' out for a contract in Peachtree City, GA. - one for a contract here in Austin - and one for a contrct in Woodland Hills, CA.  I'm bad, I'm nationwide, as the ZZ Top song goes.  Need to get that 2-page summary resume' done in a few days, I don't plan on going full court press in the job search until next week.. in fac I'd love to take a week and do nothing at all!! surprise

    Friday on the way home, I'm going to find some way to get into a boozeatorium and get a bottle of top-end wodka for my "end of contract" party.  Normally I'd go to the strip club, but I can't get the scooter into the place (no ramp up the stairs) so it'll be party at home all weekend. devil

    Tying clean-up notes and final documents this week while setting up my job search, downloading some tools so I can code at home to keep my skills sharp, general prep for several weeks of looking for work.  Stress level - fairly low now that I don't feel the crush of an impossible job! laugh

    ps. Houdini is a bear to learn - it's not like any other 3D app I've touched.  Wild stuff, though..

     

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,337
    Kulay Wolf said:

    I am sick of difficult people in my life and cannot seem to get rid of them.  Maybe I should treat them how I want to be treated verses how they deserve or how they treat me.

    That was suggested once, a very long time ago, by someone we've all heard of.  wink

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,337
    Serpent said:

    Monday, blech, ecch, barf, feh.  indecision Overcast and muggy, hunderstorms off and on throughout the week.

    So far no serious fallout from announcing my intention to clean up and leave.  With any luck Friday will be my last day playing Mr. Book Report and I can get to finding a job where I actually DEVELOP SOFTWARE. I get the feeling that nobody really cares and that it was just a token attempt to deconstruct things, being stuck in a desk in the hall is always a sign that you're just a tiny cog in a big machine.  Feh.

    One resume' out for a contract in Peachtree City, GA. - one for a contract here in Austin - and one for a contrct in Woodland Hills, CA.  I'm bad, I'm nationwide, as the ZZ Top song goes.  Need to get that 2-page summary resume' done in a few days, I don't plan on going full court press in the job search until next week.. in fac I'd love to take a week and do nothing at all!! surprise

    Friday on the way home, I'm going to find some way to get into a boozeatorium and get a bottle of top-end wodka for my "end of contract" party.  Normally I'd go to the strip club, but I can't get the scooter into the place (no ramp up the stairs) so it'll be party at home all weekend. devil

    Tying clean-up notes and final documents this week while setting up my job search, downloading some tools so I can code at home to keep my skills sharp, general prep for several weeks of looking for work.  Stress level - fairly low now that I don't feel the crush of an impossible job! laugh

    ps. Houdini is a bear to learn - it's not like any other 3D app I've touched.  Wild stuff, though..

     

    I thought you needed longer to get and pay for the prosthetic and other related bills?  Well, good for you, then!  Stress sucks.  Literally, sucks the life out of you.

    Dana

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,339
    MistyMist said:

    woes, allergy headache 

    Feel better soonest.

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,339
    edited April 2016

    Okay that was weird. Anyone else's posts being held up "for approval"?

    Post edited by TJohn on
  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    DanaTA said:
    Serpent said:

    Monday, blech, ecch, barf, feh.  indecision Overcast and muggy, hunderstorms off and on throughout the week.

    So far no serious fallout from announcing my intention to clean up and leave.  With any luck Friday will be my last day playing Mr. Book Report and I can get to finding a job where I actually DEVELOP SOFTWARE. I get the feeling that nobody really cares and that it was just a token attempt to deconstruct things, being stuck in a desk in the hall is always a sign that you're just a tiny cog in a big machine.  Feh.

    One resume' out for a contract in Peachtree City, GA. - one for a contract here in Austin - and one for a contrct in Woodland Hills, CA.  I'm bad, I'm nationwide, as the ZZ Top song goes.  Need to get that 2-page summary resume' done in a few days, I don't plan on going full court press in the job search until next week.. in fac I'd love to take a week and do nothing at all!! surprise

    Friday on the way home, I'm going to find some way to get into a boozeatorium and get a bottle of top-end wodka for my "end of contract" party.  Normally I'd go to the strip club, but I can't get the scooter into the place (no ramp up the stairs) so it'll be party at home all weekend. devil

    Tying clean-up notes and final documents this week while setting up my job search, downloading some tools so I can code at home to keep my skills sharp, general prep for several weeks of looking for work.  Stress level - fairly low now that I don't feel the crush of an impossible job! laugh

    ps. Houdini is a bear to learn - it's not like any other 3D app I've touched.  Wild stuff, though..

     

    I thought you needed longer to get and pay for the prosthetic and other related bills?  Well, good for you, then!  Stress sucks.  Literally, sucks the life out of you.

    Dana

    I contacted my doc and he said if the insurance flakes, we can setup a payment plan.  I do have two more two-week paychecks coming up, so my cash pool for between jobs is goodly sized and my weekly expenses when I'm not forking over $300 per week for taxis to the office are around $250 at top burn rate.  I should be able to go 10-12 weeks before I feel the end coming, and I can't see it taking that long to find something that'll keep me in rent and food money - even if it's not programming work! devil

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