This week mine was homemade soda. Fermented sodas, citric acid + bicarbonate sodas, different juices and flavors like lime + lemon + cherry and pomegranate or mango peach or cola (homemade knock off)
This week I decided I was going to re-create the shared spreadsheet to my investment club portfolio, which quickly turned into writing a Python investment tracker
I’ve lost several nights to writing it so far, but it feels a little at the brink of disinterest now. There’s only like a 5% chance I finish either the spreadsheet or the tracker at this point
–UPDATE–
I’m moved on to researching how car infotainment systems work and if it’s possible to make your own. Guess it’s just one of those weeks.
It is possible to make your own! You can use an old tablet, or even better a raspberry pi and touch screen. Then you add a hat with a better dac and send the audio to an amp. It’s really cool, but I’m pretty sure just buying an actual aftermarket unit will get me a better unit for less money and much less work…
Those are a massive security problem if you connect them to the internet though because they never get updated and we tend to use them for much longer than any phone.
True, I was never going to do that though so it didn’t matter for me. I just want a receiver for Android Auto and my phone will do all the connecting and thinking.
An entire fucking fantasy world that started about 4 months ago and now has evolved into a trilogy. I’ve been writing several stories of key moments working on my writing style. I’ve never written anything before.
This is why I DM. I love world crafting and having a party of PCs keeps me focused on growing the world.
Ah, a fellow ADHDM
Fountain pens and the band Talking Heads.
Same as it ever was, amirite?
@Thrillhouse @xkforce if you look at talking heads lyrics through a lens of autism it grooves harder. I feel seen by David Byrne more than any other musician.
Fountain pens and the band Talking Heads.
Whats your favorite one currently? I think mine is a new one, from Motor City Pens
I just got into them so I’m using Lamy Safari and China pens from AliExpress right now. Want to see if this lasts or passes before I sink some serious money into a good pen haha
Lamy safari is great! If you wanna try out bottle ink, look at the twsbi eco too. Same price range, real great writer
You can also buy a converter for your Safari that will let you use bottled ink. I have like 7 Safaris. Love them.
This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody) may well be my favourite love song of all time.
Same 😍
Yay fountain pens! Watch out for their close friend, watches, though.
I think I’m safer from that one being a woman. I love my Apple Watch - it helps me find my phone 😂
Haha I am too and still got sucked in
Ebikes. I’m in the middle of building one
I already have a pair of nice Road Bike and MTB, which I have neglected for a while. Now I want to buy a cheap MTB in OfferUp to convert using one of those bafangs wheel hub motors.
I don’t need another bike, but it would be nice. Let me know of your progress/setup. I think I’ll jump on buying once I find a good candidate.
Emulating Switch games on my phone. I’ve got a Switch, and I’m emulating the games that I own, but because it didn’t immediately work on the phone, it’s started that little obsession.
I had no idea that was even remotely plausible. Super cool.
It’s plausible, but slow so far. I can get some of the games running, but slowly. Others crash, and I have no idea why
The most relatable thing is this thread.
And once you get them working flawlessly, you’ll never play them again, right?
How did you know?! 🙈🤣
Because I just spent hours configuring and troubleshooting NixOS to make a perfect little Steam box for my TV.
Works great, feels like a game console. Couldn’t ask for better.
Zero desire to actually play anything on it.
I always set things like this up fully expecting to actually use them. Somehow it just doesn’t happen.
Building the LEGO set is more fun than playing with it when it’s done.
And you know what? That’s perfectly fine^^
That’s a good analogy, I like Legos as well. Perhaps I am more of a builder and tinkerer than a player. Unless it’s Cities Skylines, I play the shit out of that!
I got angry at my cell phone bill and started researching switching. But then it was time to go home from work, so I might be over it. if anyone has suggestions for wireless service, or something else that’ll help me waste some time, throw them at me!
I went down that path about 2 years ago. Working from home and generally being a homebody, I’m basically on wifi all the time. I made the switch to Ting (from Sprint) and pay $15/mo, maybe $20 if I go over my 1GB data on 5G (I have alerts set up). It’s not ideal if you drive a lot and stream music on Spotify or whatever (or if internet/power goes out), but if you literally have no life, don’t go anywhere, and basically have nonstop wifi, Ting is pretty cool. It uses T-Mobile towers, so your mileage may vary. There’s a few places it gets a little fucky, but it’s been pretty reliable overall. I thought about looking into Mint recently, but decided not to even dive down that rabbit hole.
I was just looking at Mint, I’m kinda leaning that way, but I still have quite a bit to pay off on one of my phones, so the big question would be keeping that one on Verizon for a while and switching the others or just hold off.
I was able to shave a bit off my current bill by changing plans, but these new VZW plans really suck.
I’m quite happy with US Mobile. Runs on Verizon towers (I think there’s an option to do T-mobile instead?). We have 3 lines sharing 12 gb for $41.
Painting minis with an airbrush, also powerlifting.
Well this week starts Inkttober sooo
trying to get my shitty ratbike running again
Geology. I found a professor on youtube (Nick Zentner) who puts up lecture series and seminars. There are so many mysteries and amazing things to learn.
I just moved and won’t have home internet until tuesday, so I downloaded his entire geology 101 to watch while unpacking.
that rocks
Job search. Wish me luck!
Damn I wish I could get this one.
I wish I could force internship applications as my hyperfocus right now. If I could pick what becomes hyperfocus (to a more specific degree) that would be a superpower.
Edit: good luck in your job search!
Marvel Champions. Excellent game I can play solo or with friends. Tons to collect without feeling like I’m getting ripped off. And I weirdly enjoy organizing it while ignoring how messy my office and the rest of my house are.
The Walloon language! The historical and almost extinct language of the region I’ve been living in for some time but from which I don’t really have ancestry (more from the other region of the country).
The language has a really bad reputation (it’s supposedly rude, so different from city to city that it’s useless to communicate, etc.) Almost nobody is left speaking it and the overwhelming majority thinks its good thing.
It’s fascinating, there’s a small group of people trying to standardize it. There’s some drama because the other promoters of the language are academics who want to preserve the local varieties, the opposite to standardization.
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