Life Update #4
On getting used to things.
On getting used to things.
The last one before I move to California.
On momentum and wave function collapse.
On starting a newsletter, and on bittersweet life changes.
For October, I want to re-post this flash fiction short story I originally wrote on 3 September 2018, called “Wish Fulfillment.” I share it here in its original form. I was probably rewatching a lot of old Twilight Zone episodes around the time I wrote it, because I have a
I have a pretty clear idea of the writing app I want, and I don't think it exists. What I'm looking for is an app which lets me control a document's content, structure, and presentation separately from one another, at composition time. Usually, content,
It's cold, dark, and wintry just now, so obviously I'm watching old Twilight Zone episodes (from the original series run) to feel cheery and festive. In any case, I was watching the episode "Escape Clause" when I thought to GIF this brief reaction. video2gif
Back in September, I rewatched Severance. I had intended to make more GIFs from this rewatch, but in the end, I only made a couple of Irving from the episode “Defiant Jazz.” I've included these below so you can download and reuse them. (Hotlinking would be rude, though.
I've officially made something in 3D for the first time. I'm posting just to commemorate the occasion because I'm bizarrely proud of getting started finally with Unity. Unity is a framework for making video games, and the first thing I've done is
Social media chaos reigns. The center cannot hold. Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. Anyway, this post is just to update on where I am attempting to have a social media presence of any kind: * Website: emily.news * Bluesky: @emily.news * Mastodon: social.emily.news (rarely used) * Twitter: emilyst
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a wonderful movie for a hot summer night. I'm astonished at how well Steven Spielberg was able to capture the vibe. Making GIFs from the movie is especially hard, given the limited color palette I was working with. video2gif commands video2gif
Not sure if or how I want to try to use this website, but I am going to add a list of my current hyperfixations to the site. "Hyperfixations" is probably not exactly the right word. This is more about my ever revolving Lazy Susan of special interests.