lodronsi

joined 2 years ago
[–] lodronsi@beehaw.org 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Along with other suggestions above, I’ve really enjoyed Travel Man - travel show with Richard Ayoade (IT Crowd, and many other credits).

[–] lodronsi@beehaw.org 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Upvote for BlackBerry. I really enjoyed that film!

[–] lodronsi@beehaw.org 4 points 4 months ago

Pretty much all the major news outlets still publish to RSS. I use RSS for my news and was able to find feeds from my preferred news sources. I’m sure not all publish, but CBC does for sure.

[–] lodronsi@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

I picked up a used Latitude 7300 (I think?) last year and am quite happy with it. I appreciate that I can replace the ram and ssd myself for repair / upgrade.

I’m running Mint on it and haven’t noticed any problems.

[–] lodronsi@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For me it’s also about reducing my reliance on my mobile. Teaching my kids by example that life isn’t only on my phone is easier when I can more clearly demonstrate what I’m doing. To listen to music I get my music device. When I want to take pictures, I grab my camera.

[–] lodronsi@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had considered this. I still may at some point. I wanted to play with the original interface and experience that. Plus my car connects well to iPods (it’s an older car) and that’s pretty handy. I’m pretty sure it’ll get the audio from rockbox but less confident playlists and such will work.

[–] lodronsi@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I’ve been using a gen 5.5 for about 10 months and am quite enjoying it. I bought a refurb with a fresh battery and SD card replacement. Sounds great, nostalgia moments on point, and can enjoy music without my phone.

On Linux it’s been a bit cumbersome to get content on, and the podcast experience is subpar by modern expectations, but I still appreciate the tactile interface. It’s nice to interact with things that aren’t all glass touch surfaces.

[–] lodronsi@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

This was my experience about a year or two ago. I was really impressed with how polished it was in ecosystem. Using Firefox, Typora, Plex and a bunch of other things that solved my user needs better don’t quite fit in right. When the update came that required me to wipe my system, I switched to Mint. I’m happy where I am now, but don’t believe Elementary was a bad thing - just clearly wasn’t aligned with what I needed.

[–] lodronsi@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I personally like the True Tiles system. They print fast and don’t obstruct as much of the game. However they are also less immersive/ impressive.

ShipWorks (by Dragon Workshop) if you want to print some epic ships.

Yasashii minis if you want to punish your FDM printer (or reward your resin).

Brite Minis for FDM friendly minis.

[–] lodronsi@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Fantastic! I that’s what it’s all about, making sure everyone has a fun time.

I ran my first game ever last week. I used some TrueTiles for some buildings, and took some other models and modified them to fit the True Tiles philosophy.

The party likewise enjoyed it.

[–] lodronsi@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Looks great - did the party enjoy the experience?

[–] lodronsi@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you for pointing this out. I never noticed before, but also couldn’t figure out why I’d struggle so much to find what I was looking for when I signed into proton. This explains it.

 

I’m curious what everyone here is using their worlds for? Are you creating them for a tabletop game experience? Are you using them as settings for your creative writing? Are they a world for video game or film? Are they an activity to escape this world for a little bit?

my story

I’m not sure I qualify as actively world building, although I’m working on finding some time for it. My focus is to build a world in which I can run dungeons and dragons campaign(s). I’m not focused on defining new races, animals, or flora. I’m reusing what is already available in that world but focused on the social/political/geographical constructs. I’m creating land for them to live, towns/cities/villages to inhabit, religious and political orders to inevitably cement disagreements, and a history of such events to motivate current affairs.

I’m maintaining it in a self-hosted dokuwiki to enable high level of cross linking all this content together.

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