Been teaching myself Taekwondo lately through YouTube. I started lifting weights and wanted to include martial arts to keep things interesting. I did Taekwondo when I was a kid but quit after getting to yellow belt because it was too difficult for me at the time. Now, I like the challenge.
I bought a 1964 Shasta Astrodome that I’m gutting and converting into an off-grid capable tiny home. It’s not a full restoration but I am keeping as much of it a close to original as possible.
My husband showed me how to solder yesterday ! (although I only did the soldering for the piece we used to test whether our pinout was correct, he did the two final solder points so that it’s not as jank as my attempt)
I’ve been working on setting up proper terrarium lights with all the fancy bells and whistles - zigbee controlled, waterproof, and everything is covered so that my snake can’t meddle with it. Got one side of the terrarium done already so I’ll be working on the second one later today ^^
GDScript for the Godot game engine. I’m passable in Python and Lua for some basic things, but I’ve been obsessed with a game idea. I refuse to use AI for anything more than maybe prototyping, so I’m essentially learning what I need to as I go since I’m a one-man-band.
Riding road bikes in a group at a faster than I’d move alone speed. It’s a ton of fun even if my entire body is sore the next day.
Only like 3 long weekend rides in the last month and my body already feels significantly stronger than at the start of the season. Specifically I got dropped on the hills 3 weeks ago, now I can mostly keep up.
My wife and I recently went to Spain to stay with our friends and we just signed up for some Spanish classes at our local community college.
So many things. Got my bloodworks done, severe Vitamin D defficiency and mid-low Vitamin B12 (normal, but Claude told me I should take supplements anyway).
Got a psych exam scheduled in 2 months from now, have to survive increasing hostility at work until then, my father’s delusional bullshit, and not quit or off myself.
Trying this experiment with an overly elaborate system I designed. I’m trying to juggle these 4 mental loops, to try and artificially force myself to be aware and to function optimaly. So far, I’m always undersleept, I can’t really juggle even one.
I don’t understand how normies do it. I just want to do what I’m supposed to, and get out of everyone’s way.
are you vegan, b12 is more found in people who dont eat meat, or have celiacs, or somehow tapeworms. vit D is pretty common if you are not living in the equator. i had pretty low vit d as well for a number of years, but the last one had was skewed to “normal” because i had taken vitd vitamins before the test. you probably checked AI1C, glucose , choesterol and triglycerides too?
No, I didn’t. I just did the bloodworks to see if there is something impairing me besides whatever diagnosis I will have once I’m examined.
B12 and tapeworms is concerning. It would be quite hard to check for tapeworms right now, and our cats could just bring it in.
I am not vegan, though that is a future goal. I eat meat basically every day, the canned stuff.
My B12 is still above defficiency range, but I decided to take B12 anyway. My D-Vitamin is several times bellow defficiency range.
Something very much is horribly wrong with my guts, might be celiacs, might be something else, but everything I eat just comes right back up my throat, even water. I have a constant cough, and upset guts often.
So what can I say? It will take forever to accumulate enough money to get it all checked out.
FreeCAD. I have a 3D printer and it’s nice to make my own models for things. I learned a bit of Blender, but have found that’s a lot better for me just to edit existing STLs I find online. For making things from scratch FreeCAD gives me better tooling to make changes and iterate design, while also being a lot more easy to stay precise with measurements.
FreeCAD is so fun! I recently learned it because I finally found one use-case where 3d printing a part makes sense AND there isn’t any pre-made model available online. It was a tunnel to connect my snakes two terrariums and it needed to have very specific sizing, spacing and for aesthetics I wanted it to be hexagonal.
I really hope I find another reason to 3d print something soon. Because I don’t really have fun in 3d modeling things just for the sake of it haha
I want to switch from taking pictures on a smartphone to using a small DSLR, which has brought me into a rabbit hole of photography. So, now I’m seriously considering taking up photography as a hobby and learning all there is to know about taking pictures.
Careful now. First couple hits of photography are cheap. Then you’ll want new lenses, and eventually find yourself becoming semi-pro to feed your new addiction.
I really like my old canon 700D. It wasn’t top of range 10 years ago when it came out, but it’s reliable. Ive kept my spending on it low-ish. Mostly focusing on macro photography. I’ve been thinking about getting a 400mm lens for it but I decided I really ought to do more with less, if I can.
Oh I am right behind you on this journey I think. I love hiking and have found myself taking more and more pictures when I do. The more pictures I take though, the more dissatisfied I am with my smartphone camera.
Just watched a very funny animated sketch about photography as a hobby and it sums up exactly all my fears about buying a camera.
interesting, I found that for landscapes, my phone was simply so much easier and roughly as good as my DSLR
I brought my DSLR on trips for high shutter speeds, zoom, and low light. taking wide photos during the day? just snap with the phone while the canoe is on your shoulders
I’ve gotten back into exercising. I’m starting to see some results in strength and endurance. I’m also a lot more physically tired because my body isn’t used to this kind of exercise.
i recently finished my electronics engineering capstone project! it’s a scratch-built midi keyboard heavily inspired by the moog model D. i got a 93% :)
Hand tool woodworking, refurbishing antique tools and furniture, building a home lab server, learning Ubuntu/Debian/arch, welding/soldering eyeglasses, 3d printing, milling rifles, lockpicking, cooking Indian, Japanese, and Cajun food, building custom furniture, fixing clocks, rebuilding engines, removing rust and japanning metal, playing piano, identifying specific architecture, being more supportive to friends, building a community action group, sharpening blades, trusting others to make decisions, sign language, and raising a daughter to be an assertive mastermind.
This was not a: “tell me you have ADHD without telling me you have ADHD” haha.
Sounds awesome with all of these projects. I am the same way.
Some of the projects have to be isolated, since they’re so drastically different. I don’t totally understand it, but I can’t woodwork and homelab in the same evening. It’s like they use such incompatible parts of my brain they have to be separated by several hours, or I’ll just stare at the terminal or workbench and not know what to do.
I’m impressed that you can keep track of all of these projects. I can never find my tools. Some tools are in the shed, because i most often need them there, but sometimes I need those tools inside, so I have my tools scattered between inside and outside and in between. So before I get started on a project I’m burned out by searching for tools and suddenly I’m too hungry.
I use a modular toolbox setup. Each chest or box has everything I need for one task. One box for electrical work, one for plumbing, one for painting, welding, simple repairs, power tools, etc. I also have a modular tool belt, and the most used tools in pouches on the outside of the box. On top of that, I have a small drawer with my inside tools in the house, screwdriver set, multitool, tape measure, utility knife, markers and hammer.
It helps immensly
Damn, that’s the dream. Which toolbox(es) do you have? I’ve been looking for something to organise my tools, but I’ve hit analysis paralysis wall every time I’ve started looking into it.
Side note for your analysis paralysis, I’ve used a few box sets and can give opinions. Milwaukee is too expensive and the connection system is irritating and overcomplicated. Klein and stanley are both a lot more flimsey than the major sets, but I still haven’t broken my stably box after several years of abuse. It just bends a lot. The FLEX toolboxes seem like the highest quality of the bunch, but I have no idea how much they cost. If I recall correctly, they’re also slightly smaller than the toughbuilt and Milwaukee, in a way that makes them seem more convient.
I looked at some clones by Keter, but the quality seemed like a major step down for not much of a discount.
I got a killer deal on toughbuilt boxes when Lowes first got the stacktech. They’re great. Heavy as hell, but I’m big so I don’t mind it. With how expensive they are, I’m not sure i would get them again if they were normal price, though. I also lucked out when the toughbuilt modular belts were being clearances out through menards a year or two ago. Got way more pouches than I’ll ever need for 3 or 4 bucks each. Again, at the regular price, I’d stick to my leather apron belt. 50 bucks for a tool pouch? Get fucked.
Menards just recently got stacktech stuff in, but it’s regular price at the moment. Anything that ends up there will eventually be on clearance though, so if you live near one, keep an eye out.
Who are you, the fucking Renaissance man? Goddamn.
I’ve been trying to be for 20 years. You’re the second person in that time to call me that, and you made my day for it.
I’ve been learning how to take care of the exterior of a car better.
I got to a stage now where I can clean it without messing up the clear, polish out defects when necessary and protect it with a bit of sealant.
God I wish I had a garage. It would be so much easier.
If you guys are interested, the Forensic Detailing Channel on youtube is a gem. Jon has loads of experience, no BS sponsors at all, and he’s really chill.
Also I wish birds would stop shitting on my car!!! 😭
I’m a terrible drummer, but I’ve been getting out of my comfort zone and working on learning to produce full tracks. It’s been an adventure focusing on more of music than just hitting things with sticks.
Ay I’m a terrible lead guitarist. Finally learning to open up the fretboard and play over backing tracks in whatever key
Plus, learning some crowd pleasers rather than obscure folk punk songs so maybe I can play a gig one day
I made a slow game where you get 12 action points twice a day to go slay monsters and stuff. It’s coming together nicely but I have no idea what to do with it.
Screenshot per request (it’s really sort of clean clean, with lots of information. Only graphics is the map that your character can see) I’m not at home ATM.
Screenshot please! I’m curious what it looks like.
Thank you mysterious_cake!
Here’s the intro screen where you connect:
and the game page:
I have 4 classes with actions and spells, guess I might put it online to see if there is interest for such an oldtimer game style.
It definitely longs for some more CSS but I like an idea of an online game which is not designed to take up as much of its players’ as it is possible.
😁 I’m no web coder but I think you’re right, but for that I probably have to rewrite the whole map, it’s a mess bleeding over in all other <table> stuffs.
