Jimmie Rodgers

I have uninstalled the @bsky.app app from my phone, as there was no resolution to this issue. Fix your shit @bsky.app

I've been having issues with the @bsky.app app logging me out every day, sometimes multiple times a day, and I'm tired of logging in again with my long password. So I guess I just won't use this on my phone, which to be honest, is half the draw.

All in all, I love these headphones. The OpenRun Pro 2 are a great step forward, and I highly recommend them for anyone looking for open ear headphones that use bone conduction.

My second issue with the Aeropex was just how loud the notification sound was. It was max volume no matter how loud you were listening to things. The new pair allows you to turn it down in the app, making it a sane volume level.

My main issue with the Aeropex was how uncomfortable they became after a few hours of wear. I addressed that by adding some leather to the ear rests. The new pair has been on my head all waking hours since they arrived, and after a few days they seem good. No pain, looks like they addressed it.

A new pair of Shokz Aeropex headphones in red, held in an outstretched left hand. The hand is floating above a laptop. The headphones have been modified with strips of leather around the upper ear portion.

A well worn pair of Shokz Aeropex in red, with well burnished leather around the upper ear portion. The headphones are sitting on a wooden table.

A pair of red Shokz Aeropex headphones next to black Shokz OpenRun Pro 2 headphones. The red headphones have been modified with strips of leather, while the black ones have not been modified.

My Shokz Aeropex of the past five years finally died, so I upgraded to their newest model, the OpenRun Pro 2. Other than the color, they are better in nearly every way, and the app is actually helpful and worth installing for the settings alone.

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7 large jars full of honey, and a slightly dirty looking cake of bees wax.

My friend Carly brought the hive over and processed it with me. For a dead hive we had a good yield. 15lbs 8oz of honey and 2lbs 3oz of wax. We pasteurized the honey since the hive had died. Lots of work though, and what's not pictured is the mess. Everything is sticky, and/or covered in wax.

Neat fractal pattern just getting started, with yellow wax starting to show in a dark brown liquid.

Fractal pattern has continued to grow in size and complexity.

The pattern now touches the sides of the pot.

Final pattern is almost cloud like.

Awesome cooling pattern in some rendered bees wax from a hive we tore apart(it had died).

A small bundle of tree seedlings held in a left hand.

Listing of all of the trees included: American Redbud, Sargent Crabapple, Washington Hawthorn, White Flowering Dogwood, Norway Spruce, and Fragrant Purple Lilac.

Ok, so this is 10 trees and two lilacs, that just came in the mail. I am not ready for this project, but it looks like I'm planting trees tomorrow.

Just got an email that my trees are being delivered next week, & I was very confused. Followed it up, and it was from a survey I filled out for the Arbor Day Foundation last year. I thought they were trees to be planted in a forest in my name, but nope, here they come. No clue what all I'm getting.

A beautifully browned rösti on a white cutting board.

Made a rösti for brunch. I love them, but it did take me an hour and a half. Low and slow gives such a deep crunch.

A random zoom from a Mandelbrot Set. It is dynamic and vivid in coloring.

Got a Mandelbrot Set zoomer and the Game of Life running in godot. Feeling slightly more confident about my possible abilities as a fledgling game designer.

Image of nested circles segmented into 504 sections, with 50,000 dots all connected through a loose web of lines. This is all shown in the godot IDE.

Took a fresh start this morning, pointed out the issues with ChatGPT, and managed to get this running in the godot IDE. With the godot IDE being significantly more powerful than the processing.org IDE, I'm going to try using it for my visual sketching more.

Lol, tried to use ChatGPT to generate the image in GDscript for godot, and it kept hallucinating to the point that I gave up in frustration. Guess ChatGPT isn't well versed in godot.

A circle divided into 504 segments, with 50,000 nodes that are sparsely linked together. The segments form rings radiating out from the center.

I'm still using processing.org for my generative image sketching even today. I should learn how to do such things in godot now. This is what a map in my game might look like, though the colors are currently randomly selected each time it's generated.

The lessons are well organized, the code is well structured, and the exercises were challenging but do-able. I couldn't recommend it enough if you're looking at getting into Godot 4.4

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Laid off in January, & I've been looking for work since. I got a Udemy gift card as part of my severance, but I had already taken all of the job-related courses on there, so I decided to learn game development. I just spent the past 17 days working on an amazing course: www.udemy.com/course/jumps...

just thinking about the job hunting process for no particular reason

An image of a savory waffle, piled with sour cream and salsa, topped with a drizzling of olive oil. The waffle is on a colorful plate, with a fork hanging off the right side.

We made savory waffles for brunch today. They had a mix of farmers cheese, shredded cheese blend, herbs from the indoor garden, and some pepper. I've topped mine with sour cream, tomatillo salsa, and a drizzling of nice olive oil.

And it looks like there are now only 2/4 still alive and feeding. That's a bit sad, but the way of things.

Literally just saw a muppet feeding. They are so awkward and cute.

YouTube video by FOBBV CAM Big Bear Bald Eagle Live Nest - Cam 1

We've been watching this eagle nest cam: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4-L...

There are currently three very muppet-like baby bald eagles. We got to watch a live feeding of them the other day.

Balatro win screen.

Finally got my first win. Only took 17 hours.

Balatro game over screen on ante 8 final round, only 12k short of winning the round.

Might have literally spent half of my time playing Balatro since purchasing it yesterday. I regret nothing, it's a great rogue like, and I've yet to win a run. This was my closest attempt.

A purple spoon breaking through the crust of a dirty rice done tahdig style, sitting on a decorative plate.

Today I finally got to make a fusion dish of tahdig and dirty rice, I'm calling "dirty tahdig". It came out so well that this is how I'm doing my dirty rice moving forward. The crust is nothing short of amazing.

A spoon breaking through a tahdig with perfectly crispy crust on a decorative plate.

Last week I made my first tahdig, and I'm damn proud of the crust I managed. While we were out of saffron, we made due and it was delicious.

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Exhausted Friends Slowly Realize They Were Playing Board Game Wrong Entire 6 Hours