You would think Meta being out for about an hour would be a godsend for someone like myself, but.. I have no friends irl and I’m out of soldering project kits to deadbug together.

Internet's broke at work, so we hotspot.

Look, I'm not an artist, but... So, I have a couple of Model 600 microphones, the ones you see in stock configuration with the Canon XL2 camcorder. I wanted to patch together an adapter to make it work with my Canon XF605.

Had a nice little seizure at work (absolutely horrifying and the auras are setting in just now like an hour after recovery).

I'm old enough to remember when being outside in the height of summer was tolerable here in Iowa.. It's not even July, it's going to get worse. Right now, walking outside feels like moving through soup.

I mean, obviously you and I are here with the same grievances, but I am rather physically limited (er.. okay, it's metabolic, but it limits physical availability), so mostly I'm just ensuring things will be remembered accurately in 80 years.

Using Final Cut Pro on an iPhone 16 Pro SoC.. I mean, if I was doing serious work, this would probably suck, but uhh.. it.. it did the math. I'm surprised.

People like Kane and many many others that do care about human art and the creative process have been a beacon of hope while trying to navigate making art in this current climate.

Given that this computer is literally running on a slightly derated iPhone chip with effectively no cooling (literally the heat sink is a sheet of graphite paper), I'm expecting this to go incredibly poorly, but uhh.. I got Final Cut Pro to install on here.

Shit, now I'm writing again with this here computer, because it's a laptop with a keyboard that doesn't suck (yes, I wrote up a lament on modern laptop keyboards). Maybe I should consider fiction like I used to do back when I did roleplay (except back then, I wrote on an iBook G4 from 2004).

omg it's meeee 😭

new computer who dis I'll get Linux figured out eventually (when StackOverflow users stop telling me to just ask AI), but for now.. I bought the el-cheapo MacBook to use as a YouTube machine (it's pink, and it's the perfect size, they shouldn't even make laptops bigger than this).

This creature does not like generative AI. If you use generative AI, she thinks you're dumb and smell like old gym socks.

Full contact video nerd here. End is right, AI makes everything look like shit.

*Witchfinder General by Witchfinder General playing in the background*

This is still cool to see.

I like snails.

Whaddya mean I'm not allowed to play with the mean bastard electrical wires? WORK LETS ME MESS WITH THEM!! I AM NOT GOING TO EAT YOUR HIGH VOLTAGE SUPPLY LINES (I might eat your high voltage supply lines).

I like my soldering station, but it’s a tad bulky for my current situation (I have a LOT of cardboard I need to dispense with.. Ben from Oddity Archive would appreciate having this many additional boxes—iykyk). As such.. this oughtta suffice as a stand-in given my space constraints.

Evelynn meets a mouse. “Heh, you’re short. Let’s go steal some politician’s tires and swap the position of the oxygen sensors on their catalytic converter.”

One of the guys at work wants the whole electrical crew to get this so we can all co-op. I'm down.

“Aerospace grade” designations on phone protectors are a fucking joke. Do ya know what all that designation entails? I tossed my capture card up in the air without supports, therefore its chassis is now made of aerospace grade aluminum. I’m not even joking.

Is there a mechanism to being sick (say, with the common cold or allergies, something minor) that increases insulin sensitivity? For context, I’m type 1 diabetic and for a while, my insulin ratios have been pretty stable, but I also (inexplicably) haven’t had minor illnesses to tend to in a while.

The microphone in question is a Sony ECM-S930C. Not super rare, but it was made and sold back when videotape was the most practical medium for which to record digital video, so they’re not exactly common as dirt either.

So, the tree in the front yard reached out to pet the hedge bush.

Kinda want to write and film stuff like I did in high school, but I got work in a few hours (every day, forever, no weekends).

More cheap UHF radios.. I have a problem and can’t make it stop.

I gotta see if this stacked sensor crap is really all everyone cracks it up to be. Long shot, but anyone in the Council Bluffs/Omaha area wanna go take pictures of cars? I don’t reckon I can get this into any sporting events (I’m not media, I’m an electrician) so.. cars going vroom.

Updating firmware on a glass tube. We’re in danger as a species.

I own too damn many cameras now.. Actively considering making an attempt at a news publication with the headlining core value of "we don't use AI to generate images, we employ photographers". Only problem with this idea, I live in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Nothing ever happens here.

Making Me Nervous by Brad Sucks is about the same vibe I got out of 2004-2006 (which is weird because that song is from 2003).

I kind of want to slap a 50mm lens on my camera and walk around town. Now, I have a 50mm lens, but I’m always tired after work. I don’t have a physically difficult job (it’s physically demanding, but it’s within my capability), but the burnout leaves me mentally exhausted.

So, HEVC files aren't supported on here again.

I got my hands on a PBX.

Christ, what sort of food borne illness am I setting myself up for? Also, the R6 mk III in line skipped mode surprisingly doesn't suck (though my ability with color grading leaves a lot to be desired and I refuse to burden myself with carrying an extra microphone.. this one has a stereo scratch).

Let’s see.. pursue bachelor’s in electrical engineering, or buy a bunch of pretty looking dresses for when I can finally get HRT going…

Might do something cool, might fuck up, but I’m finally getting my lazy ass into gear and applying to study electrical engineering for realsies this time. Might be a more productive use of my money than buying a bunch of cameras.

Had an impromptu fire drill at work. I've seen plenty of shit across multiple jobs, but "sanitation sprayed the fire alarm" is a new one for me.

I need something to actually look forward to, man.

Here’s another “I don’t get paid enough for this”. Yes, this is legitimately a thing they wanted rebuilt (instead of revised as it VERY clearly needs to be—cabinet with an DIN rail and some contacts).. I don’t know why, man, I just work here.

I need a day off so I can fix or replace the central air conditioning at home. Taking a day off will cost me $640 though.

Fucking GoPro is making a Micro Four Thirds camera.. I hope the lack of pins is a prototyping oversight. The specs, on paper, are really ambitious and I may try and get my hands on one for the lulz.

The ammonia training at work changed. Now, you don’t check the wind sock and move away from the ammonia, you go to the designated assembly spot (even if that spot is in the wrong spot relative to the wind). I didn’t need to get relevant licensing to know this ain’t okay, but I did that so…

Hello, burnout, my old friend…

Attempting to edit video at work on my overpowered Gameboy Advance stand-in. It's not using any discrete GPU, but allegedly AMD SoC-ified a passable GPU core into their 395 thing that got crammed into the GPD Win 5.

Oops. Allegedly, its built-in microphone array is pretty good.

I can't help you make your content better, that's actually a you problem (*YOU* are the center point of your content whether you realize it or not), but if you're already there and just need a hand with the visuals, I do outright own three cinema cameras now.