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Dee Culp
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I've always heard the phrase "use it or lose it," but it always came across as a word of warning, a cautionary thing. Nowadays, it feels like a threat, and one I'm taking seriously. I'll address the changes I've made to fix things in another video, but for now, here's me, refusing to go gently into that dark night.
Update: I'm still here! Surf skateboarding with lower back pain
Posted a new short about getting back on the skateboard following a minor back injury.
Skating some real kook shit for a kook video with some kooky music on a kooky Casio keyboard.
First real sesh of Spring 2023, two days after a huge blizzard dumped a few inches of snow on the area. Today it was 57 degrees and sunny — a perfect day for getting outside to cruise around the block, carving and shredding. #skateboarding #skate
First skate sesh Spring 2023 - a wee stretch of the legs before St. Patrick’s Day
I just don't understand why this particular version of Arch is bootable from USB. I've tried, Mint, Ubuntu, vanilla Debian, and a few others. This MacBook just stubbornly refuses to accept anything else. It will not see the drives! And to get as far as actually installing the OS only to end up with a hard disk that won't boot because the firmware doesn't see it is frustrating as hell.
Maybe someone in the #retrocomputing or #linux community can help me?
I have a MacBook from 2008 that I tried putting Arch Linux on. It booted from the USB into a live environment and ran the default archinstall settings. Everything went fine, but after rebooting the disk I installed to doesn't come up when I hold down option.
I've tried manual install, copying files directly, etc, etc. The MacBook just does not see the drive.
Further, I can't get any other live USB environment to boot. WTF?
So, next step is either drawing a bunch of my own assets to fill the map (furniture, dungeon ephemera, other items to add more rpg elements) or finding a good, royalty free asset pack to import and edit so they'll work with what I've got here. But the point is, I'm having fun!
I followed a tutorial on using GIMP to make a #ttrpg map. The example in the video was a cavern, but I wanted to make an indoor setting, so I altered it and came up with this. What's cool is how I can change settings just by adding/removing layers with different textures.
Why use GIMP? Well, I know Dungeon Scrawl exists, but I'm currently using a 2009 Macbook running Linux (don't ask how I ended up here) and DS just refuses to load in Firefox. And yet, GIMP runs very well on this elder Mac.
However, I absolutely LOVED drawing up the map and setting up the encounter.
By far, I spend a lot of time dreaming up plots for over arching story lines with plenty of adventure and character interactions. I just don't know if I'd be in such a hurry to GM a larger session any time soon... especially with everyone watching my every move as I sweat and try to keep track of everything.
So, make sure your GM knows how much you appreciate them, because that ain't easy.
Eh, well... I'm not so quick at math, and trying to control several characters while learning a new one was pretty overwhelming.
I was only playing with my roommate, so it wasn't like a whole session of an actual game, but the anxiety was high. I kept losing track of whose turn it was, what they could or couldn't do, and all of the little rules and procedures to keep things moving smoothly. Like herding cats while spinning plates.