Category: Ramblings
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The Copic marker search begins
Although I have very little familiarity with the product, my wife is very much interested in a complete set of Copic markers, for her artwork and crafting. The only problem is the very large investment – individual markers run at the $7 or $8 range, with 300 or 400 different colors (not really sure how…
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Missing post
Missed my regularly scheduled post, thanks to a series of distractions. Most notably was playing Total War: Warhammer with my son, but I am also dealing with the tail end of a sinus infection, and the gout in my foot seems to have returned. Overall, a rough day, though I should be thankful that at…
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Life Skills
Those who know me know that my ability to deal with car maintenance is limited to oil and washer fluid, or adding air to tires. My son however seems to have a knack for it though, as he quickly and easily replaced the tire on the back of the car. Perhaps this might be a…
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Laptop upgrade
Spending the evening working on the wife’s laptop, to upgrade the factory stock SSD drive from 512 GB to a new 1 TB SSD drive. Most of the effort is relatively easy (cloning the drive), but the real challenge will be the actual replacement. For various reasons, laptops these days no longer have the “easy”…
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Beaver nooooo!!
Today I went and got my beaver and accidentally killed it. So there was a update that gave a tranq dart turret. So I built it up then when out to find a beaver. I found this one place out in the woods that had beavers so I placed it down and it took me…
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YouTube progress update
Over the weekend, I spotted a notification that YouTube was altering the monetization process (how you make money on YouTube). Specifically, until a channel has 10,000 views or more, they simply won’t play advertisements or monetize – the channel is too small. By all means, I don’t blame them, they need to make sure that…
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Troubles at work
So I had a grand plan to start my painting miniatures series last night, and even organized, packed up, and hauled all the gear out to my location so I would be ready. Miniature primed and ready to go, camera charged and set. And then work develops an issue with one of my clients, with…