El Stevo

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went on another walk with my IR camera from my previous thread. Even managed to catch a few rays of sunlight in between the otherwise grey week.

It continuous to be a lot of fun and I slowly get the hang of focusing correctly! There are some image artifacts and out-of-focus regions at times, but that is okay with this 2011 camera.. :D

The resulting photos also just keep blowing my mind, this is sooo good! Also there are some interesting observations, the concrete in the third photo does not reflect much, if any IR, while the foliage does. This is also something you can feel in the summer, while streets are incredibly hot, trees and grass usually are pretty chill as they do not absorb a lot of IR!

#photography #infrared

I've been trying to play through the space pirate quest line in Starfield without committing any crimes, which usually involves heavy bribery and frequent apologising. I thought I was thwarted because there's a bit where you have to steal a disguise (+1 stolen item stat) or trespass (+1 stat), but... luckily?... there's a bug where if you auto-equip the disguise rather than pick it up and then equip it, it doesn't count as a theft. I promise I will leave the disguise at the base when I leave.
Have recently discovered Don't Hug Me I'm Scared and I am loving it. Very clever and funny, and great twists on familiar techniques and show structure. I want to like the red string guy more than I actually do, and I want to like the green crow thing less than I actually do. The yellow guy is just right! And too relatable.
To management, I say "I use AI techniques to ___". It's just my shell scripts from 2001 that still run perfectly everyday. I don't tell them that AI in that sentence actually stands for already implemented.
Enjoying the nostalgia of looking forward to Starfox 64 again and Ocarina of Time again. Obligatory "What year is it??" meme here ><. Played the Star Fox demo and loved it actually - it feels good and looks amazing, though I feel they have toned down the melodramatic line reads of the 64 version quite a bit. Still quite melodramatic though, so that's ok. Excited for the full game. Gears E-Day really wowed me as well, though I seem to be in the minority there amongst my friends list. Good not-E3.
Worrying about a payment not going out led to a real deep dive through my mound of paperwork, only to discover that the year is split into 10 monthly payments and this is month 11. Phew for that. Though it has made me realise that I maybe need a bit more structure in my filing system. Or any structure at all really. And a system. Ahh, I'm sure they'd email me about anything important...
And then there were two
I’ve been playing through Duke Nukem 3D and I think it’s interesting playing through something set in the ‘present day’ from the 90s, to compare. But also, there’s something interesting about the game that I’m still trying to put a finger on, but the world that Duke is saving from aliens is awful - full of crime and corruption and social problems. Usually the world to be saved is presented in a way that makes it seem worth saving, but Duke’s world is awful! It’s just his home after all, I guess.