Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

I've been on Mastodon a little over two years, but I've never done an Introduction, so in keeping with the tone of driveinsaturday.org, an intro:

#didntsayitwasmine #introduction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhxDQ1g964U

Three weeks of carbs.

Quote of the Day:

"The best thing about being a werewolf is that it's taught me a lot about time management."

Clickbait Title Correction: "will PROBABLY never appear...."

I would hope "Ranma's Declaration of Womanhood" gets done. While the new Ranma series is hewwing incredibly close to the manga, this anime original episode of the series is probably its best episode and deserves the fresh look.

https://screenrant.com/ranma-12-anime-original-remake-episode-49-am-i-pretty/

So there's been a lot of love for David Lynch since his passing. I was big on the whole "if you don't like his supernatural stuff or horror, go watch The Straight Story."

He also did a thirty minute comedy sketch called "The Cowboy & The Frenchman." It's funny. In a David Lynch way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhRFbaTJiV0

4K HDR television is the best way to watch multi generation thirty year old video tapes. LOOK AT THE DETAILS AND COLOR!

I got the 4K AND 5.1 working from the PC! It's a nightmare hack but it worked. I ended up plugging an Displayport to HDMI cord into the TV. Boom, 4K at 60Hz. There is another cable from the HDMI to the audio splitter. Boom 5.1.

So, after all that, I'm still not getting HDR from the PC but at this point I'm happyish. I get 4K when I need it, 1080p when I don't, and 5.1 all around.

It works well enough....

If I was to do another "Movie Archeology" site, like I did for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, which movie should I do?

The 60s/70s Planet of the Apes Series
Superman (1&2)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Wars (New Hope)

They're a slog to do, so I'd rather do one people would like.

David Lynch
1946-2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD1tQjb46N8

4K HDR TV. 5.1 Surround Sound System.

Playing Atari 2600 ET. As punishment.

Thanks to the Great American Healthcare System, I won't know if I cracked a tooth, chipped it, or just lost a filling, until March when my insurance kicks in. I have medicare, but it doesn't cover vision or dental.

Thankfully doesn't hurt but it doesn't feel right. FUN TIMES.

A question for my fellow Hispánicos.

One of the hard lessons of live once I left Texas was realizing what I called Mexican food was actually Tex Mex and my beloved flour tortillas were the exception, not the norm.

Because I hate corn tortillas. Like with the passion of a thousand suns.

But then I moved away, and found out even the corn tortillas were different and quite tasty. Which makes me wonder, which corn tortillas are the most authentic to you? The first (which I don't like), or the second (which I do?) I'ven ever had the second type of corn tortillas till I moved out of Texas.

I signed the offer letter. I start March 3. 🙂

When my lack of pinched nervepain , lack of blurred eyesight and lack of personal drama all come together, I still draw.

This is a sketch of a concept for one of my stories...the mental image of a person who gives up their cognition to another "identity" so that one can live for a short while.

Maybe I'll tell that story one day. It's taken me 25 years to tell two stories. Only 2083942390470293 more to go.

After a month of Sick->Vacation->Parents->Sick I'm finally catching up on stuff. I played with my TV trying to figure out what was broken on it when it comed to my HDMI setup and finally got everything set up I as best I could.

The TV now detects every device hooked up to it, so that's good. The Wii U and Switch play fine at 1080p and 5.1 sound.

The PS5 won't play at 4K for some reason. It maxxes out at 1440p, although the TV goes up to 2160p. It also won't play HDR. The TV doesn't detect it, and if the PS5 tries, it just shows a white and pink distored screen.

Oddly, Linux works fine with it. All the way up to 2160p. And while it's notorius for having issues with HDR, it seems to be playing it fine. The downside? OMG EVERYTHING IS TINY. SO TINY. I can scale the screen, but it also scales the graphics, so you lose the benefits of 4K. Which is fine - I cna scale it for computer use (Rare) and unscale it for media use (which I do 99% of the time).

Color and sound are really nice - although the sound wasn't an issue with the new TV (I just turn the sound off on the TV and let the 5.1 do its job). I use the Transformers Movie to calibrate color, and the Wormhole Sequence of ST:TMP 4K for sound. They went nuts with the sound mix there.