Notices by adiwan (adiwan), page 5

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I hammered the bell to an acceptable and functional state. It was not much but the slight oval shape and tilt dampened the tone a lot.
Also the bell was painted black and that paint was heavily scratched. So I had to "fix" it by using sandpaper and elbow grease which resulted into transforming a black bell to a brass bell that has still noticeable scratches but became less of an eye sore.

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Sub-freezing temperatures, rain, icy layer on road, bicycle, slick tyres, curve, moderate tempo, falling. I was already somewhat careful and yet it wasn't enough to prevent injuring myself. Nothing major, just some abrasion of the skin on my left arm. The biggest damage was the bell on my bike (made out of brass) as it deformed so that it won't ring anymore or loud enough after trying to bend it back. The bell was sub-par anyway. I liked the tone but it wasn't reliable enough.

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OK... The birthday present was a huge success. It was received very well. Too well... To my dismay I got a request to make Unown tiles (from the 3rd Pokemon movie) for their birthday.

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I went to the bakery by bike and wondered why my face hurt so much. Genius me didn't consider looking at the thermometer that said -8°C (-17.6°F). To my excuse the weather forecast said it'd be warmer today, however it didn't mean the temperatures in the morning.

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It's weird when acronyms have overlapping meaning. For example POS. I read it as Point Of Sales but the Internet abbreviates Piece Of Fluffle Puff that way. When the cashier is an asshole both can be applied.

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For a birthday gift for a friend, and a small pokemaniac, I crafted a Mew stone carving (from the first Pokemon movie) out of polymer clay. I used Adobe Illustrator to trace a screenshot and 3D-printed a cookie cutter and stamped it into the polymer clay and added additional stone texture with a ball of aluminium foil. After baking it at 130°C (266°F) for 40 minutes I used the crappiest acrylic paint I own. It did the job but the paint is darkening so much when dry that they turn almost black. With a liberal amount of white and other brighter paint (yellow, orange, red) I got to the end eventually. https://i.imgur.com/D7Nsjy5.jpg

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Hmm... The rabbit hole of machinist and woodworking youtubers. I've seen more youtube videos than I want to admit. It's just fascinating to see how things are done and how those people solve problems with great accuracy and f-up by doing something small.

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Got my materials to make my "whiteboard post-it notes" https://i.imgur.com/L1qTOfu.jpg https://i.imgur.com/FkZZd5j.jpg

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I just ordered a pack of blank ID cards. i want to use them as mini dry erase whiteboards for notes inspired by https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5772876 However I want to put magnets on the back so I can place and reorganize these notes on my whiteboard. I could write directly on the whiteboard but I'm quickly annoyed on how any bigger change needs to redrawn and thus rarely used. This is an effort to get more organized.

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The neon-colored spirograph end credits were visually appealing.

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I'm "watching" Morbius on the side as it is released on Netflix... Oh boy... I'm not giving it a lot of attention and the little attention it got was too much. It's dull and terrible.

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Finally watched the Scott Pilgrim animated series on Netflix... It's totally different than expected. While I like the message the show has it's told in a way only a hyperactive deranged nuthead can. The original comic and the film are straight-forward in comparison. Bryan Lee O'Malley is not the strongest writer I think. I read his comic "Snotgirl" and it was difficult to follow and empathize with the characters.
Do I like the show? Sorta in parts. It fixed some characters along the way. I'm not a fan of how it's told. Maybe 18-year old me would be thrilled by all of that but I think I grew way past it.

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<Insert yearly post on how annoying fireworks is>

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Glass fiber internet! It's a mild shock to handle the glass fiber cable and a CAT7 cable at the same time. In the one hand is a long thing with the consistency of a noodle and in the other hand something thick and hard. Definitely not gay.

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This track from Judgment just slaps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqcDtgqosiY

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AI image generation is dangerously addicting. It's like a loot box where one hope to get a good image or the perfect image. I've spent too much time yesterday generating portrait images for preparing to my D&D adventure. Also Bing's Dall-E has a content filter that makes it a little bit more tricky to make grotesque images. For example I wanted to create a fleshy and bloody amalgam of unicorn body parts that assemble into one giant and colossal unicorn. The background is that the heroes have defeated the wizard that used unicorns and their blood to fuse animals together. However the remnants of that magic and unicorn blood and the disposed bodies were tossed into the sewers and spread through the rivers. Now they have to "clean up" the whole mess and be some kind of Ghostbusters but with bloody unicorn blobs with veiny tendrils instead of ghosts.

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Finding good images of Giff is practically impossible.

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I'm not a big fan of AI-generated images but it is real handy when it comes to digital virtual tabletop as it enables me to create character portraits of characters that I imagine. Before I had to "hunt" for images that resemble my idea. Or the workflow was just that I had to develop a character from an image I found. Both valid. The next D&D adventure I plan has a ton of Giff. Giff are practically anthropomorphic hippos with a colonial British attitude, as they like to conquer and hunt. I want them to invade the unicorn world I used last time.

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Changed my avatar because I got bored with Komi, from the manga "Komi Can't Communicate". I AI-generated a cartoony image of a character from my last one-shot D&D adventure. https://i.imgur.com/v5QhrYZ.jpg

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In that case buying boardgames for half or third the price is a no-brainer.

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Also I have bought so many boardgames that I have gifts for the next year.

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It's easy to have boardgame loving relatives, even easier when most of the games were bought for dirt cheap on sale for 15€ a piece and have a decent rating.

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I listened to Iji Sakura from LAD Ishin way too often https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ESM0ckHSBY I like how it gets more intense with each repeat.