I wanted to make some pixel art and having been introduced to Blender pixel art before, and loving how such a catch-all program Blender is, I decided that that’s what I wanted to do, but now I have to re-learn how to do that. Well, it didn’t take long to find this video from Soyaa that is a fine tutorial, but more importantly has references in its description to learn every step in the process. Wow. I wish this wasn’t the last day of my weekend to go through this stuff.

edit: As good as the tutorials are, Mezaka’s plugin is awesome. Especially if you add the extra features he goes over in his video:

Once again an ad on Facebook outed itself with a good idea that I could do much cheaper by myself.

Chickpea Pasta

Made up the same as regular pasta: 3/4 cup of chickpea flower, an egg, and a dab of oil and salt.

It needs to be made much thinner than what I did though, as it really takes its time to cook through. On the plus side it’s also very difficult to overcook, which is my main peeve with regular pasta. It does have a noticeable chickpea taste, which is also a perk in my opinion.

Might be time to invest in a cheap pasta roller.

I’m glad I never gave up on Channel Zero after that rough first season, though I probably should have said something about the other seasons as I watched them.

I enjoyed them.

This last one, which admittedly came out a while ago, was probably my favorite, though they’ve all had their high and low moments. I loved Pretzel Jack, he’s adorable and Twisty Troy is amazing, and I remained amused even when the last episode devolved into synthy, contstruction area b-movie. A great show.

And I do believe my intuition was kicking in for me to finally finish Channel Zero, as I’ve learned that Nick Antosca’s newest show, Brand New Cherry Flavor, is set to premier in a couple weeks. Looking forward to that.

I’ve been addicted to The Exploring Series for a while now, especially for sleeping to. I can wake up at anypoint and follow along with something interesting or just be soothed back to sleep.

The bulk of the videos are curated and explained SCP Foundation stories. I’ve tried to get into SCP before, and while I love the ideas, it can be a slog to try and find the good stuff. TES makes it easy and is so well versed that they’ll make you quickly feel like you have an actual grasp on the universe. If only.

This particular tale I’ve chosen to start with presents the more goofy side of SCP, while still containing the Lovecraftian hallmarks. It follows the adventurous Lord Blackwood as he fights religion in another dimension.

Jacob Gellar Touches and expands on a couple of my current core beliefs. The fact that we do live forever as a community consciousness, and how our desire to postpone individual death is one of the most narcistic disservices that we can do to ourselves and our world.

… Jacob doesn’t really come close to talking about that, but that is what I wanted him say in this exploration of individual identity through immortality.