This weekend I'm picking up a project car I've been wanting for many years, a 1972 Opel GT. (The one in the photo isn't mine, but I may paint mine that color.) I've been keeping an eye out for...
This weekend I'm picking up a project car I've been wanting for many years, a 1972 Opel GT. (The one in the photo isn't mine, but I may paint mine that color.)
I've been keeping an eye out for years, and one finally came up that is almost completely rust free. Plus, it's not missing any of the hard parts to find. I'll probably spend most of my weekend tearing it apart.
I don't have a car, I don't drive, I've never even had a license, but I can still appreciate the aesthetics of classic cars. I really don't understand what happened to auto design in the past...
I don't have a car, I don't drive, I've never even had a license, but I can still appreciate the aesthetics of classic cars. I really don't understand what happened to auto design in the past 30-40 years but I do not like it. Cars all look the same, there's no personality, no individuality. You've got a gorgeous car there, and I hope you have fun with it. :)
Right? I love the classic curves man. I love the design of the Jaguar E-Type, the Toyota 2000GT, Nissan 240Z, things like that. Ferrari of the 60's were also some of the most beautiful cars ever...
Right? I love the classic curves man. I love the design of the Jaguar E-Type, the Toyota 2000GT, Nissan 240Z, things like that. Ferrari of the 60's were also some of the most beautiful cars ever designed, love the 246 Dino for example.
What happened (I think) is mostly pedestrian safety regulations. Bumpers and fenders have to be a certain height/shape to decrease injury/death of collisions with pedestrians/other vehicles. This forces manufacturers into narrower design limitations. Of course a manufacturer can get certain exemptions and what not for certain things.
Safety became a big part and form follows function. Combining safety and economics you get more or less what you see today. I think Tesla is a good example of fighting this as a. Electric car does...
Safety became a big part and form follows function. Combining safety and economics you get more or less what you see today. I think Tesla is a good example of fighting this as a. Electric car does not need a hood but people expect it so you get a.... fronk?
I wonder why pretty much all cars have incredibly boring single color paint jobs. Usually coloured some shade of white/black/gray. I really like how bikes usually come with some really nice and...
I wonder why pretty much all cars have incredibly boring single color paint jobs. Usually coloured some shade of white/black/gray. I really like how bikes usually come with some really nice and unique colors like this
Hey! It does! Mine isn't red, but it may be, I haven't decided on what to paint it yet. So light! I'm usually a purist when it comes to originality, but they made so many GTs that I'm going to put...
Hey! It does! Mine isn't red, but it may be, I haven't decided on what to paint it yet.
So light! I'm usually a purist when it comes to originality, but they made so many GTs that I'm going to put a different motor in it, a Chevy LTG ecoboost. It's got somewhere around 270hp, it's going to be way more than enough power for something that light.
Mantas are so neat! That would be cool. You are lucky down in Texas, I bet the Opels around there aren't completely rusted into the earth yet.
Yeah I've definitely got to figure out some dimensions. However, the Ecotecs are only a couple inches taller, and a lot wider. I think it will fit a little snug. But hey, if people manage V8s in...
Yeah I've definitely got to figure out some dimensions. However, the Ecotecs are only a couple inches taller, and a lot wider. I think it will fit a little snug. But hey, if people manage V8s in them (somehow), I think I can squeeze an LTG in there. What's great about the GT is the engine is behind the front suspension, gives a lot more room for tall motors.
Which 2.4 would you recommend? I like the idea of the LAF, it's got lots of power for an NA motor.
I just arrived in Los Angeles. Never been before. I'm visiting a friend for the weekend. I'll be checking out the local food, seeing a concert, and of course 4/20 is tomorrow so I'll need to do my...
I just arrived in Los Angeles. Never been before. I'm visiting a friend for the weekend.
I'll be checking out the local food, seeing a concert, and of course 4/20 is tomorrow so I'll need to do my duty and support the local weed economy.
It’s 4/20 today, so obviously I’m going to do my duty as a responsible citizen of a state that hasn’t legalized marijuana in any capacity and avoid all cannabis while helping improve my community...
It’s 4/20 today, so obviously I’m going to do my duty as a responsible citizen of a state that hasn’t legalized marijuana in any capacity and avoid all cannabis while helping improve my community and collectively work towards a utopian vision of tomor... yeah no I’m getting high and replaying Bloodborne.
Then on Sunday I’ll play D&D with my usual group. Overall, it looks like this will be a chill weekend. I may write a bit for a short story I’m working on, but that just comes down to whether I’m feeling like it. I have enough time during the week to finish it up, anyway.
Either playing more D&D or working on my own D&D stuff. I'm reading through Lost Mine of Phandelver (the adventure in the 5e starter box) and working on my own campaign. I have an okay amount of...
Either playing more D&D or working on my own D&D stuff. I'm reading through Lost Mine of Phandelver (the adventure in the 5e starter box) and working on my own campaign. I have an okay amount of detail for the start of the campaign, but need to tie some events together and put together some more encounters. I think I've got a good story, so I need to do the work of building out the detail.
Lost Mine is a pretty fun one! Had a bunch of friends over and were itching to play so one of us read over the DM manual real quick and had a great time. It's pretty long too. Whats the story for...
Lost Mine is a pretty fun one! Had a bunch of friends over and were itching to play so one of us read over the DM manual real quick and had a great time. It's pretty long too. Whats the story for your homebrew?
Glad to hear that LMoP worked out for you! It's definitely longer than I was expecting, but there's a lot of guidance so I feel comfortable with it. As for my homebrew... I'll try to summarize; I...
Glad to hear that LMoP worked out for you! It's definitely longer than I was expecting, but there's a lot of guidance so I feel comfortable with it.
As for my homebrew... I'll try to summarize; I just sent someone a 600 word overview ;). It's set in the Forgotten Realms. Lolth, the major drow deity, wants to usurp power from Eilistraee, the good drow deity, in a bid to eliminate her as a threat. Lolth is following a multipronged approach, both through rebranding as a deity of love and service and by making Eilistraee worshippers look bad. The latter will be done through forging fake holy symbols. The holy symbols need a mineral that's only found on the surface, which is fitting for a surface deity like Eilistraee. One specific drow house is jockeying for favor in this initiative and contracted some orcs to manage the mining. They "hire" some kobolds to do the work, who took over a mine that a local mining town used to use. This is where the PCs come in. There's a lot more detail, and I can go into much more detail if you're interested, but I figured I'd give you a summary first. :)
Going to a rave today then probably going to spend some time in the city or in Berkeley the day after with my friend. I have a meeting with another friend this Sunday (tentative) where we're going...
Going to a rave today then probably going to spend some time in the city or in Berkeley the day after with my friend. I have a meeting with another friend this Sunday (tentative) where we're going to try and workshop some more ideas around this startup idea that we've been working on. Hoping to be able to land some contracts and work for ourselves rather than a big corp entity that doesn't really give a shit about it's employees.
Unfortunately my wrist is injured, so I would like to say riding my bike and doing some filming and stuff... It will have to wait. Instead I am watching MMA fights and eating pizza. A noble...
Unfortunately my wrist is injured, so I would like to say riding my bike and doing some filming and stuff... It will have to wait.
Instead I am watching MMA fights and eating pizza. A noble endeavor, to be sure.
I'm relaxing most of Saturday, but I plan to bake some homemade blueberry scones & a blueberry cake for Easter breakfast and dessert. I must also work on typing a screenplay I wrote last July into...
I'm relaxing most of Saturday, but I plan to bake some homemade blueberry scones & a blueberry cake for Easter breakfast and dessert. I must also work on typing a screenplay I wrote last July into my script software.
Playing the first session of Invisible Sun with my wife and friends. I'm super jazzed for my character to come out and play. [Cut a whole lot of gushing about character concept] It's a really cool...
Playing the first session of Invisible Sun with my wife and friends. I'm super jazzed for my character to come out and play.
[Cut a whole lot of gushing about character concept]
It's a really cool system from Monte Cook, who's done some great concept-heavy, systems light RPG systems lately. Invisible Sun in particular is crazy heavy on physical props, which is a lot of fun. With the base game you get several hundred cards that describe different potential magical items and spells, while leaving you free to make up your own within the framework. It feels a bit like Mage crossed with Planescape, where everyone is a caster but you can go so many different directions with it.
It’s “Holy Week” (Semana Santa) around here – Catholic country. I should be with my family but I have three tests next week and haven’t studied squat. Among other things I have 6 days to learn...
It’s “Holy Week” (Semana Santa) around here – Catholic country. I should be with my family but I have three tests next week and haven’t studied squat. Among other things I have 6 days to learn basic Java. Wish me luck.
If you've got any programming experience, six days is enough time to become proficient in the basics. Java is something of a lowest common denominator, once you get past the verbosity. You can do it!
If you've got any programming experience, six days is enough time to become proficient in the basics. Java is something of a lowest common denominator, once you get past the verbosity. You can do it!
In no particular order: Wandering around with my wife and a friend to look for shiny Shuckles and Latios in PoGo. Spitballing my next couple chapters with the wife who proof of concepts my stuff...
In no particular order:
Wandering around with my wife and a friend to look for shiny Shuckles and Latios in PoGo.
Spitballing my next couple chapters with the wife who proof of concepts my stuff and does some light editing.
Playing around in Daz3D studio to hopefully finally get a accurate render of one of my main characters.
Getting to Sprint to take my old phone off the plan and put my wife on by herself to save some money.
I'm going to be spending my weekend taking ableton live and push 2 courses I recently got into music so it's all new to me. My peers that I talk to on a daily basis are all so much younger than me...
I'm going to be spending my weekend taking ableton live and push 2 courses I recently got into music so it's all new to me. My peers that I talk to on a daily basis are all so much younger than me but so far ahead I feel discouraged a lot of the time but I just gotta keep working at it. Also going to be getting Adobe CC to start up my art again. I fell out of it for many years and I want to get into it. Being IT for so long I've put my creative side off for so long it'll be a struggle and lots of practice to get it back up to par. I'm excited though.
This weekend I'm picking up a project car I've been wanting for many years, a 1972 Opel GT. (The one in the photo isn't mine, but I may paint mine that color.)
I've been keeping an eye out for years, and one finally came up that is almost completely rust free. Plus, it's not missing any of the hard parts to find. I'll probably spend most of my weekend tearing it apart.
I don't have a car, I don't drive, I've never even had a license, but I can still appreciate the aesthetics of classic cars. I really don't understand what happened to auto design in the past 30-40 years but I do not like it. Cars all look the same, there's no personality, no individuality. You've got a gorgeous car there, and I hope you have fun with it. :)
Right? I love the classic curves man. I love the design of the Jaguar E-Type, the Toyota 2000GT, Nissan 240Z, things like that. Ferrari of the 60's were also some of the most beautiful cars ever designed, love the 246 Dino for example.
What happened (I think) is mostly pedestrian safety regulations. Bumpers and fenders have to be a certain height/shape to decrease injury/death of collisions with pedestrians/other vehicles. This forces manufacturers into narrower design limitations. Of course a manufacturer can get certain exemptions and what not for certain things.
Safety became a big part and form follows function. Combining safety and economics you get more or less what you see today. I think Tesla is a good example of fighting this as a. Electric car does not need a hood but people expect it so you get a.... fronk?
It probably is needed for safety in a crash
I wonder why pretty much all cars have incredibly boring single color paint jobs. Usually coloured some shade of white/black/gray. I really like how bikes usually come with some really nice and unique colors like this
Hey! It does! Mine isn't red, but it may be, I haven't decided on what to paint it yet.
So light! I'm usually a purist when it comes to originality, but they made so many GTs that I'm going to put a different motor in it, a Chevy LTG ecoboost. It's got somewhere around 270hp, it's going to be way more than enough power for something that light.
Mantas are so neat! That would be cool. You are lucky down in Texas, I bet the Opels around there aren't completely rusted into the earth yet.
Yeah I've definitely got to figure out some dimensions. However, the Ecotecs are only a couple inches taller, and a lot wider. I think it will fit a little snug. But hey, if people manage V8s in them (somehow), I think I can squeeze an LTG in there. What's great about the GT is the engine is behind the front suspension, gives a lot more room for tall motors.
Which 2.4 would you recommend? I like the idea of the LAF, it's got lots of power for an NA motor.
I just arrived in Los Angeles. Never been before. I'm visiting a friend for the weekend.
I'll be checking out the local food, seeing a concert, and of course 4/20 is tomorrow so I'll need to do my duty and support the local weed economy.
It’s 4/20 today, so obviously I’m going to do my duty as a responsible citizen of a state that hasn’t legalized marijuana in any capacity and avoid all cannabis while helping improve my community and collectively work towards a utopian vision of tomor... yeah no I’m getting high and replaying Bloodborne.
Then on Sunday I’ll play D&D with my usual group. Overall, it looks like this will be a chill weekend. I may write a bit for a short story I’m working on, but that just comes down to whether I’m feeling like it. I have enough time during the week to finish it up, anyway.
Going camping for the first time with my gf and our dog. Supposed to rain and storm all day today so it should be a fun weekend!
I hope you rolled enough joints!
Three was the magic number, my damn vape pen leaked though and ran out after a day or two (usually lasts 5 - 7)
Either playing more D&D or working on my own D&D stuff. I'm reading through Lost Mine of Phandelver (the adventure in the 5e starter box) and working on my own campaign. I have an okay amount of detail for the start of the campaign, but need to tie some events together and put together some more encounters. I think I've got a good story, so I need to do the work of building out the detail.
Lost Mine is a pretty fun one! Had a bunch of friends over and were itching to play so one of us read over the DM manual real quick and had a great time. It's pretty long too. Whats the story for your homebrew?
Glad to hear that LMoP worked out for you! It's definitely longer than I was expecting, but there's a lot of guidance so I feel comfortable with it.
As for my homebrew... I'll try to summarize; I just sent someone a 600 word overview ;). It's set in the Forgotten Realms. Lolth, the major drow deity, wants to usurp power from Eilistraee, the good drow deity, in a bid to eliminate her as a threat. Lolth is following a multipronged approach, both through rebranding as a deity of love and service and by making Eilistraee worshippers look bad. The latter will be done through forging fake holy symbols. The holy symbols need a mineral that's only found on the surface, which is fitting for a surface deity like Eilistraee. One specific drow house is jockeying for favor in this initiative and contracted some orcs to manage the mining. They "hire" some kobolds to do the work, who took over a mine that a local mining town used to use. This is where the PCs come in. There's a lot more detail, and I can go into much more detail if you're interested, but I figured I'd give you a summary first. :)
Going to a rave today then probably going to spend some time in the city or in Berkeley the day after with my friend. I have a meeting with another friend this Sunday (tentative) where we're going to try and workshop some more ideas around this startup idea that we've been working on. Hoping to be able to land some contracts and work for ourselves rather than a big corp entity that doesn't really give a shit about it's employees.
Unfortunately my wrist is injured, so I would like to say riding my bike and doing some filming and stuff... It will have to wait.
Instead I am watching MMA fights and eating pizza. A noble endeavor, to be sure.
I'm relaxing most of Saturday, but I plan to bake some homemade blueberry scones & a blueberry cake for Easter breakfast and dessert. I must also work on typing a screenplay I wrote last July into my script software.
Playing the first session of Invisible Sun with my wife and friends. I'm super jazzed for my character to come out and play.
[Cut a whole lot of gushing about character concept]
It's a really cool system from Monte Cook, who's done some great concept-heavy, systems light RPG systems lately. Invisible Sun in particular is crazy heavy on physical props, which is a lot of fun. With the base game you get several hundred cards that describe different potential magical items and spells, while leaving you free to make up your own within the framework. It feels a bit like Mage crossed with Planescape, where everyone is a caster but you can go so many different directions with it.
It’s “Holy Week” (Semana Santa) around here – Catholic country. I should be with my family but I have three tests next week and haven’t studied squat. Among other things I have 6 days to learn basic Java. Wish me luck.
If you've got any programming experience, six days is enough time to become proficient in the basics. Java is something of a lowest common denominator, once you get past the verbosity. You can do it!
I agree... it’s just that I really dislike Java. But you gotta do what you gotta do, right? Thanks ;)
In no particular order:
As you can see some VERY riveting things. lol
I've got finals on Monday and Tuesday, so my weekend will be filled with studying. Can't wait for this semester to be over.
I'm taking my son to the University of Georgia spring football game. It's his first G Day game. I'm just hoping the weather isn't nasty.
I'm going to be spending my weekend taking ableton live and push 2 courses I recently got into music so it's all new to me. My peers that I talk to on a daily basis are all so much younger than me but so far ahead I feel discouraged a lot of the time but I just gotta keep working at it. Also going to be getting Adobe CC to start up my art again. I fell out of it for many years and I want to get into it. Being IT for so long I've put my creative side off for so long it'll be a struggle and lots of practice to get it back up to par. I'm excited though.
I've got an assignment for parallel computing, but I've also been working on increasing code coverage of a personal project.