This week mine was homemade soda. Fermented sodas, citric acid + bicarbonate sodas, different juices and flavors like lime + lemon + cherry and pomegranate or mango peach or cola (homemade knock off)
An entire fucking fantasy world that started about 4 months ago and now has evolved into a trilogy. I’ve been writing several stories of key moments working on my writing style. I’ve never written anything before.
This is why I DM. I love world crafting and having a party of PCs keeps me focused on growing the world.
Ah, a fellow ADHDM
do not read the comments in this thread if you want any hope of achieving anything today
Too late. What’s yours?
Job search. Wish me luck!
I wish I could force internship applications as my hyperfocus right now. If I could pick what becomes hyperfocus (to a more specific degree) that would be a superpower.
Edit: good luck in your job search!
Damn I wish I could get this one.
I got angry at my cell phone bill and started researching switching. But then it was time to go home from work, so I might be over it. if anyone has suggestions for wireless service, or something else that’ll help me waste some time, throw them at me!
I went down that path about 2 years ago. Working from home and generally being a homebody, I’m basically on wifi all the time. I made the switch to Ting (from Sprint) and pay $15/mo, maybe $20 if I go over my 1GB data on 5G (I have alerts set up). It’s not ideal if you drive a lot and stream music on Spotify or whatever (or if internet/power goes out), but if you literally have no life, don’t go anywhere, and basically have nonstop wifi, Ting is pretty cool. It uses T-Mobile towers, so your mileage may vary. There’s a few places it gets a little fucky, but it’s been pretty reliable overall. I thought about looking into Mint recently, but decided not to even dive down that rabbit hole.
Well this week starts Inkttober sooo
Photography has got me pretty good. Specifically old interesting concrete, graffiti, decaying structures, that kind of thing. Been at it for a good while too, this is one I can hopefully string out to just become a long-term hobby!
I’m rooting for you, just don’t fall too deep into the rabbithole that is vintage lenses^^
But if you do, here are my personal favourites:- Minolta MD Rokkor 50mm 1.4 (Or the 1.2, if you find one at a good price)
- Pentacon Auto 50mm 1.8 Multi Coating
- Helios 44-2 58mm 2.0
I imagine old lenses in general would work wonderfully with the motives you mentioned, with all their little quirks and design flaws that give the image extra character
Ha, that rabbit hole yawned right in front of me almost immediately! I’ve ended up with a few, but I’ve sort of stuck on a couple - the Helios 44-6, and a Helios 28mm that turns out to be a Tomioka in disguise (and about 1/5th the price!), and a Nikkor 50mm 1.2, and Nikkor 300mm. The 300mm especially is phenomenal, easily the nicest manual focus I’ve ever encountered, it’s a joy to use and takes absolutely awesome pics. There are a couple still itching at the edges of the irrational-craving container, but I think I’ve managed to rein the gear acquisition in, in general, and am trying to focus on composition, and learning FOSS editing tools like Darkroom.
AI. For some reason I’m looking at taking a degree on it next year like I’ll still be interested then.
As someone who studied data science up until a year ago: Consider that carefully. The whole space is moving so ridiculously fast that half the stuff you learn will be outdated in 2 years.
If you want to get a job in the field right after getting that degree, it makes sense. But if you already know how to program, learning AI stuff for 2-3 months can also get you that job. It’s quite a new field, so the requirements aren’t formalized yet. That path would probably make more sense for ADHD.
Fountain pens and the band Talking Heads.
Yay fountain pens! Watch out for their close friend, watches, though.
I think I’m safer from that one being a woman. I love my Apple Watch - it helps me find my phone 😂
Haha I am too and still got sucked in
Whats your favorite one currently? I think mine is a new one, from Motor City Pens
I just got into them so I’m using Lamy Safari and China pens from AliExpress right now. Want to see if this lasts or passes before I sink some serious money into a good pen haha
Lamy safari is great! If you wanna try out bottle ink, look at the twsbi eco too. Same price range, real great writer
This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody) may well be my favourite love song of all time.
Same 😍
I bought a gaming computer. I made spreadsheets comparing the parts and prices and everything.
Congrats, don’t forget to actually play games with it now!
By games, you surely mean benchmarks?
spins up a 25 year old point and click Java rpg
This week: my depression.
Next week: probably the same.
The all too relatable negative feedback loop of self obsession whose only function seems to be to make me increasingly more depressed until the heat death of the universe. I’d say thank goodness for drugs except sometimes they make it even worse…
Dragon Ball Z. I finally watched everything I missed as a kid, all the way to the end. Just started watching Super and the new animation is great, but I can see why people miss the old style.
Watching the silly Arale episode and the baseball episode, I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard watching DBZ!! Highly recommended, if you haven’t seen them!
Geology. I found a professor on youtube (Nick Zentner) who puts up lecture series and seminars. There are so many mysteries and amazing things to learn.
I just moved and won’t have home internet until tuesday, so I downloaded his entire geology 101 to watch while unpacking.
that rocks
Emulating Switch games on my phone. I’ve got a Switch, and I’m emulating the games that I own, but because it didn’t immediately work on the phone, it’s started that little obsession.
The most relatable thing is this thread.
And once you get them working flawlessly, you’ll never play them again, right?
How did you know?! 🙈🤣
Because I just spent hours configuring and troubleshooting NixOS to make a perfect little Steam box for my TV.
Works great, feels like a game console. Couldn’t ask for better.
Zero desire to actually play anything on it.
I always set things like this up fully expecting to actually use them. Somehow it just doesn’t happen.
Building the LEGO set is more fun than playing with it when it’s done.
And you know what? That’s perfectly fine^^
That’s a good analogy, I like Legos as well. Perhaps I am more of a builder and tinkerer than a player. Unless it’s Cities Skylines, I play the shit out of that!
I had no idea that was even remotely plausible. Super cool.
It’s plausible, but slow so far. I can get some of the games running, but slowly. Others crash, and I have no idea why
Getting hold of my Elvanse medication
Have you tried other medication before? I wonder how it compares. I felt like Concerta didn’t help me with a lot of the things I’d hoped it’d help with.
CALISTHENICS
i just achieved my first pretty clean free standing handstand pushup
i also just planched for like 2 seconds yesterday but i havent replicated
and i did 10 muscle ups in a row (8 strict 2 shitty) among some other fun stuff
