Sunday, June 30, 2019

YT: Feminist Frequency 3

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

can I remember the details? lots of violence towards women.  they are often literally asking for it, usually to be killed.

i think that was this video?

as usual, some interesting looking games were recommended


YT: CR Update Preview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXyCpm_Jdss
melee rework is going to change a lot of cards.  new seasons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4AmkFBJFTA

flooded arena, new card. fish slap action.  what does it all mean

Saturday, June 29, 2019

YT: Feminist Frequency 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toa_vH6xGqs

games make women look bad, yes

here are a few other take aways:

violence as the only game mechanic limits the scope of the story, the game, and the experience

lots of stories are just hacked together.  there isn't much attention paid to being original or telling a good story.  maybe these people don't see themselves as artists?

a thought provoking piece.  yet i wonder how many people play through all these games, as one individual?

YT: how to paint a guitar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP3dx8a-iDA
uses car paint

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RhIK2x1JKg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1n9d5txPPE

i dunno what i learned from watching these

use 800 grit sandpaper?

lacquer paint?

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Film: Black Caesar 1973

alright so there's a black gangster that takes over new york, maybe all of the U.S.  he's big, but there's a personal thing with someone who happens to be powerful and ends up in the same line of work.  story arc.  you know, where at the end, it goes down

the best scenes were the chases, they captured the chaos, the intensity.  the love scenes were too rapey.  gross.  the rest seemed all too close up.  like, i don't need to see this guy up close, or at least light him well.  people were often sweating

the sound track was by james brown, and was rad. 

don't chase paper so hard you lose everything else in your life

Monday, June 24, 2019

YT: Feminist Frequency 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6p5AZp7r_Q

alright so the damsel in distress is in a lot of videogames, and this trope promotes a toxic culture

i did watch this at 1.5x

its cool to see a lot of games

i think she makes an excellent point, generally

she could have also mentioned that using the same tropes is boring

Thursday, June 20, 2019

Film: Rubin and Ed

The film explores the corners of entertainment: boredom, absurdity, nothingness.  There were some disgusting moments.  The characters are crazy; the characters make sense. 

Visually there are some excellent moments where I felt like I was riding shotgun with the director's third eye.

The dialogue was stilted at times, killing momentum, at other times prompting laughter.

Who is the main character?

Who is the king?

Its hard to say what this film is about, I love it.  It was largely unpredictable.

There were a few asswipes.

Monday, June 17, 2019

YT: Honest Trailers Startrek Next Generation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Zc8Co2H3w

really points out some of the terrible lines, and the tropes, and the acting that results.

i might actually watch the episode where the doctor has sex with a ghost.  what is that about?

it was cool to see the scenes where the two picard memes came from

YT: 2017 european aeropress champ brew method

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

the coolest part is that she only uses the first 1/3 of the extraction.  by cool i mean incredible wasteful, but it also gives my coffee the lightest flavor.  i will use this from now own as my default

Film: Good Will Hunting

robin williams does a pretty good job.  so does matt damon.  ben affleck does decently.  the rest of the cast I don't know about.  why is this movie over two hours long?

I think they really had something and then, around the 90 minute mark things started to be melodrama sitcom without any of the entertainment or jokes. 

did i learn about attachment disorder? what really did I take away from this film?  well, mat damon does propose eating caramels as a first date. 

ok, and i learned about the fields medal.  cool, cool.

now its time to read roger ebert. ok, he made a good point about the parallel between the two professors and will hunting, trying to reconcile themselves.  but it was a bit of a spoiler and i'm not convinced he really believed it was worth 4 stars.  he even says the ending was completely predictable and that the beauty was in the small moments.  I still think something happened with this film, it must have been cut at the last minute, or ran into budget problems,  something.  It changes direction too radically and pointlessly.

Friday, June 14, 2019

yt: the isochronus curve

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBc827pwKf0

I had never heard about this thing.  The way to make it is interesting, and its properties are, too.  What a fun science experiment.

YT: Can you swim in shade balls

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

this video was surprisingly good.  i noticed it had a lot of views despite being very new.  the shots underneath the shade balls, of the filtered light on the bottom of the pool, really looked neat. 

also it was fun to watch the guy struggle to swim in a pool filled with shade balls.

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

YT: A few clips from the wire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNEj2cMPTvQ

the hitman tells avon about someone trying to scheme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q2LWHZ6O_M

omar plays prop joe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrE3iVO3Rmc

omar meets prop joe and stringer



i dont really remember much from these scenes, even though I watched and savored this series.

YT: 9 best Godot Games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF60CfSLjew

some cool games.  Godot is free and open source.  seems neat.  I might look into it a bit more.

YT: Tech lead sells us peripherals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh264YV5Ci8

tech lead has a decent set up.  i dont understand how his lamp can change colors, but cool

YT: A Few Simspon Clips

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

who could forget the sound of that whale that Moe carries across the golf course

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-GxcejOlFA

homer puts a crayon in his brain to make himself stupid


Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Sunday, June 9, 2019

YT: Homer's Brain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Juj0yeI_9Fg

he talks to his brain as if it is an individual, suggesting some unique psychology

some of these made me laugh, some of them made me feel sorry for how stupid he is, for the struggles we all face.  thank you danielle steele

YT: Techlead makes a game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7kvrvtpdYg

tech lead makes a maze game

i learned about firebase.  it looks like a fun way to make a game.  maybe later i will learn more about it

YT: Trailer for halo infinite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=ZtgzKBrU1GY

I guess I thought this was something else.  I'm not sure why I watched this.  The graphics look good, the voice acting is bad, and I have no idea what the game play entails.

Thursday, June 6, 2019

YT: Epicurious has a coffee pro

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

this guy seems to be good at guessing which one is more expensive

he never seems to get too surprised

i learned that long beans indicate certain special varieties

also i am not drinking coffee today but i was not inspired to drink coffee from watching this guy talk about some delicious coffee