Just getting my mind back. Have been busy prepping last few weeks and now I can take a breather. Be bored and let my mind go places. Aluminum extrusions vs Wood french cleats. Can’t decide.

Started watching Chernobyl HBO mini series today. I know the history vaguely enough but it was before my time. The series itself feels like a masterpiece in cinematography. Will write a review later when finished. I think there is also a new PBS special about Chernobyl as well that I will check out and report back.

I like all the features that the Shapr3D team is adding to the software. Please bring back custom thumbnails. I want to position the camera wherever I like in the project and it just remember it in the thumbnail. It’s a mind history thing. I last saw what I was working on at that angle… please just keep it there. It’s a tiny paper cut. This feature disappeared and it is a major workflow break for me. I will admit that I use the software somewhat unconventionally. I have a master file with sometimes hundreds of versioning in the same project file. It looks like noise in the thumbnails now.

I was wondering where was this $6 per gallon gas and now I know. It’s all in california. pricey

Watching these rockets fly over and over again is still not getting old. Love the work from the people behind all of this. Not Elon.

Another company is getting into the foray of making keyboards. This time it is Framework and I am very interested. Not because it is better than the Logitech wireless keyboard with a trackpad. It’s because I own a 3D printer and I want to mod this keyboard. I will design something warm led lights and make a whole project out of it. Also I need to bring back projects on my website for my own sanity.

M1 iPad pro is the most portable computer I have. Running into an issue to be able to post to bearlybakes from anywhere. I want to use my phone but wordpress backend is not really optimized for a smartphone. I was going to look at any new OLED Macbook replacements that might be announced this year…so expensive T.T

I have started a habit of reminding myself ‘How can I do this now without spending more money’ Just carry around the iPad I have and run it into the ground. Use it a lot. Type on the expensive keyboard it came with and be flexible.

Honestly it already feels great because I am writing this from a iPad right now. I just need to clean it and move forward. This is my creating machine and it will be until no more OS updates. The battery is already shot but I have a usb-c wire everywhere in the house. It’s heavy but a laptop is heavier. It doesn’t have an OLED screen but it does have a mini-LED screen. Biggest HDR screen I got.

Just make more things.

I have been pretty happy with my Nuphy Field 75 keyboard. I always thought that I needed to switch from a 100% to 75% because I am always moving my fingers to the left of center to type anything. But now looking at my setup I have circled back to a almost 100% keyboard again…just in pieces. Nothing so far is meeting want I want and what I want is a solid good orange glow under my keys. Not a dim looking color rave.

Sad to see the ‘Avatar Aang The last Airbender’ movie got leaked before a release. I am sure that the people who worked on it will get paid. Paramount will write off the movie as a loss. All that said the thing that saddens me the most is how much this will hurt the Avatar brand. Nickelodeon was never the best steward for the show and now paramount is going to fudge it all up. Anyways looking forward to the future Avatar show regardless.

I hope the movie gets a Theatrical release now more than ever. It might help salvage it all.

Humans are floating near the moon 🌕 want to walk outside right now and wave at them and the moon 🤗

I started to do some research on what is possible today when thinking about M series macs and linux. Time will come when apple stops supporting older M series devices with newer OS updates. Asahi Linux to the rescue. I have limited knowledge about linux so now I am on a learning journey.

I like using Macs and MacOS but I want to be able to still use them later in life. Another hurdle is if the software that I want to use is available for linux or not. Generally I feel it’s fine to run older OS on the older machines. I do worry about security vulnerabilities for older macs. It seems though apple will send out an update to even older machines if it is a high tier security issue. Regardless am excited to see future updates on Asahi Linux variant. Watched a informative video by Veronica Explains about Asahi to get more familiar.

Also iPAD bootlock issue is dumb, specially because it has a M series chips in there.

It still is amazing and crazy to think some humans came together to send other humans through space with science. Truly out of this world lol. #ArtemisII

I am a bob’s burger nerd among other things. I will be filling this site with bob’s burger memes frequently. Might even make some custom discord emojis.

I streamed a movie from my Plex server that is running on a M1 Mac Mini. While waiting for car to get serviced for a couple of hours, I connected to the provided wifi on a VPN and watched a movie from my Plex server. Felt seamless and amazing with no hiccups with 4K HDR stream. Felt amazing.

mac pro is being discontinued by apple 🍎 wonder if they will ever bring it back RIP

I have a storm drain in the yard that needs some help. I am wondering if my tax dollars can take care of it 🤔

It’s interesting to see how Predator as a brand has traveled from something distant and scary to something familiar enough that the audience feels empathy for Dek the alien. The VFX tech has gotten really good and that gives the production permission to tell a story about the predator where we see and feel the emotions from a very alien main character. Previous renditions of predator had to hide behind a mask for production cost reasons so the story was more centered around a human actor. Now we can go to Yautja home world and learn about them intimately. And follow them throughout the movie as the main character.

Badlands is an extremely refreshing take on the predator genre. It feels equal in my mind James Camerons Avatar movies in a way. We travel to a world with a ecosystem that is very foreign yet our main character has to learn to adapt and become one with nature. Sounds familiar and I loved it.

Felt entertaining to watch throughout the whole ride. Not overall gory movie which was surprising for a Predator movie. Don’t get me wrong there is gore but felt motivated by story rather than just because they can. I am interest in finding more behind the scenes and studying the VFX work that went into this movie. Framestore did put a video breakdown for some parts of the movie. Still wondering if there were other VFX houses that helped out.

Interested in seeing where they take the sequels in the future. Not sure if they can do better but I will hold out hope.

Overall I give the movie 8/10. Will watch it again when I have a larger OLED screen.

Learning more and more everyday ✏️ Today’s lesson is Dethatching and Aerating the lawn. I don’t have much of a lawn but I do have tough soil that needs to be managed.