Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

Gene Hackman
1930-2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQDiQoQ8oxE

I have had a rough day, but we had a nice moment. After testing every 5.1 codec I had for this new and expensive surround sound system (and failing), I was considering sending it back when a friend suggested another use for it.

You office has stereo PC speakers, right? Put the sound system in there. It's still just gonna be stereo, but with some high end speakers a decent subwoofer. Gonna make it sound nice in there.

I hooked it up, and sure enough, it's still just stereo, but a nice beefier stereo that fills the room since the rear speakers are also pushing out sound.

So not a complete waste. Just a big one.

Controversial Opinion Before Bed

The Nintendo 3DS makes a better portable than the Nintendo Switch. Despite having beefier hardware, Switch is too big. 3DS, particularly the XL form factors are juuuust right.

My living room is still a wreck from the emergency move out, but the first major milestone was finally hit today. The video game shrine is FINALLY unpacked!

Hay guys, remember this?

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152737195573830.1073741828.528578829&type=1&l=df460bbea0&__tn__=R*F

Today was a virtual world kind of day. I not only spent a ton of time world hopping in Resonite, showing off the worlds we all built during Creator Jam (which you can see here), but I also spent some time in Second Life attending a Japanese Tea Ceremony.

That's something I've always wanted to experience. I've seen a few on TV, but never attended one in person. This was virtual, but just as intricate and solemn as any tea ceremony. It was really lovely.

Maybe if I go to Kyoto, I'll see one in person.

Controversial Opinion: Dots are not gumdrops. Gumdrops are gumdrops. Dots are Dots. AND THEY ARE BETTER.

Discuss.

This is some good stuff. Critical Thinking is important. THINK critically about what you're seeing and hearing. Don't just take the spoonfed news you're given, by any news source or algorithm. THINK.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJpZjg8GuA

Getting started on the Wrath of Khan script comparisons.

I always buy green bananas so they last through the week, but these are like unnaturally gamma ray irradiated green.

Sadly, the holy basil plant has given up the ghost. It survived longer than any of my other plants. And tastier, too.

Where I am now.

October 2024: Your coverage doesn't end until September 2025!
November 2024: Your coverage doesn't end until September 2025!
December 2024: Your coverage doesn't end until September 2025!
January 2025: You coverage has ended.

Transmissions: What It Means to be a Distraction

https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=News&sc=Commentary&id=338021&title=transmissions:_what_it_means_to_be_a_distraction

I can't share the "Long Live the King" image from thje Official White House Twitter. This is disgusting.

But it's what they wanted.

Great Maker, help us.

I'm thinking its a pierogies kind of day.