[–] 9 points 3 weeks ago

oh, mid-40 front end webdev here, i resigned this summer and i'm never looking back, moving into pastry. I haven't touched my computer since mid september, all i do is whatever can be done on my phone or ipad (mostly entertainment, social and artistic activities).

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    it's quite mesmerizing to see people fling around like gravity doesn't exist! I would never have thought this was something for me, but there is someone with a big big heart giving away his time and skill for free lessons twice a week.

    i've been stoked from the moment i saw him and his students move like that, 7 days later there was a pole in my playspace, and i've been doing it for three months months now.

    The opportunities to learn things in VRChat are incredible, so many avenues to get better at something: languages, singing, yoga, dancing, chess, photography... and then all the skills needed to make your avatar come to life the way you want with Blender, Substance 3D Painter, Unity Editor, VRCFury...

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    It was high time to get on board the furry train and stop just watching from the platform :)

    My character is based on the Egyptian God Anubis, obviously, an anthropomorphic Jackal, with Ankh ornaments on the back and the clothes.

    Speed Paint: https://youtu.be/Byey9rOX1PI

    My account on Mastodon: @morgunkorn@mastodon.social

    The Artist's page: https://lumiap2l.carrd.co/

    Reference Sheet of a character based on the Egyptian God Anubis, anthropomorphized Jackal, fully black the with gold accents, wearing a blue and gold pagne, ornamented with the Ankh symbol. The character is view from the front and the back, and two headshots with a loving and an angry mood. The background has warm colors and flames.
     

    Hi everyone!

    A slow week went by, with daily heavy rains it's not always easy to find the motivation to work outside.

    We installed a 50 square meter fleece and pond liner on top of the build, and started backfilling with dirt.

    It's a lot of work because we have to dig the overgrown pile of dirt that's been sitting for 5 years on our lot, first getting rid of the roots in the top soil. But we have to do this manually as the back is only reachable through a narrow path in our neighbor's garden.

    My partner also installed the electrical panel with 24V circuits for RGBW LED strips, a PoE WiFi access point and connected the wall outlets to the 230V main. It was temporarily connected to test how bright the strips will be. They will later be mounted in metal railings across the whole length of the lower brick line, with a wood cladding.

    We will then have to dig a 20 meter trench from the house main electric supply, lay a PVC pipe and pull a 3-phase copper line to the cellar. This will be the garden hub to provide electricity to the future outdoor kitchen.

    The next few days we will work on the mortar joints, using the multitool diamond blades that arrived in the mail to finish the cleanup before grouting all the joints cleanly.

    Have a great week and keep on doing it yourself!

     

    Hi everyone

    It's been a while, I skipped a couple of weeks to get things going on our project!

    Last time I wrote we had finished 3 slices of the roof. In the meantime, we finished the 4 next ones and completed the roof.

    Eventually we were able to do a complete layer in one day, the second one on top the following day, and move the wooden structure the third day.

    We held off laying the last slice to finish the front wall (and be eventually able to attach the ceiling to it), making a door lintel out of cinderblocks and reinforced concrete.

    The suspense was high whether we would have enough bricks to finish the project and it turned out we had just 3 extra at the end!

    One of the bricks revealed a handwritten signature which turns out to mean "Ludwig Herman". We are still investigating who and when :)

    Next, we will spend many hours cleaning the grout from the inside to free the bricks and make nice regular joints. Then we will insulate the outside with a pond liner and cover the root cellar under a thick layer of dirt.

    See you soon!

     

    Hello everyone! Thank you for all the positive comments last week.

    We managed to double the length of the vaulted roof, laying the 3rd and 4th slice, in four 3 to 4-hour sessions.

    The bricks are from old dismantled buildings, still covered in lime cement and need to be submerged in water and brushed individually. My SO is doing the laying, and I'm cleaning + assessing each brick.

    We also get better with putting a smaller amount of grout to avoid spilling, because it's going to be a lot of work to clean all the joints.

    This week, we expect to be able to lay 2 additional rows, and next week do the last slice, finish the door lintel (new word!) and front wall.

    Lastly, a picture of me, because you know, we're getting familiar in the c/Do It Yourself family <3 Have a great week everyone!

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