Life Update
Life Update #5
A short update before the end of the year.
Emily S
Life Update
Life Update #4
On getting used to things.
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Life Update #3
The last one before I move to California.
Life Update
Life Update #2
On momentum and wave function collapse.
Life Update
Life Update #1
On starting a newsletter, and on bittersweet life changes.
Fiction
Wish Fulfillment
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
The writing app I want
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,
GIFs
Twilight Zone: “You’re the Devil!”
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
GIFs
Severance: “Let's burn this place to the ground.”
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.
Game development
Domino Effect
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
Where in the online is Emily?
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
GIFs
Close Encounters and Contact: “My God”
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