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Now Saving: You will Grad in 5 days.

Alright, so I kinda fell behind on writing this thing. This is that post that I owed! Which is kinda being written more because I feel that I should than out of a need to record tasks which have been completed recently.

Something something something PIX

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  1. On Friday, I:
    1. Met up with Ben. Recorded video and audio for The Seas Have Eyes postmortem presentation. Did something akin to pair-programming with another unrelated project. We didn’t switch roles though. I was observer and helped troubleshoot some errors with GetComponent<>() and using doubles where floats were needed. That made up a large portion of the day. Also, we talked about MLPFiM.
    2. Washed clothes.
    3. Played a bunch of Brave Frontier in the downtime.
    4. Drew a bunch of Sandy from Fallout Equestria: Better Days. (Those sketches above.)
  2. On Saturday, I:
    1. Tried to work on the LLD for Resonance. Ate incorrectly for breakfast. Spent most of that time lazy and lethargic.
    2. Played a bunch of Awesomenauts.
  3. On Sunday, I:
    1. Tried to auto-generate a documentation for Resonance using Sandcastle. Took me a few hours to figure out I needed to run it on existing XML documentation, then a about another half hour to figure out MonoDevelop can also generate such documention and that I had to enable it via checkbox in the project (not solution) settings menu. Then to build it. Then took another hour to realize I had to explicitly tell Sandbox to include the global namespace in the generated docs. And once I figured all of that out, I got a very thoroughly outlined website with lotsa cool pre-made themes for the website and everything! …Which I couldn’t turn in, as the assignemnt wants a standlone doc file, not a full website.
    2. Wrote up the LLD portion for the status indicators. (Just in case anyone is wondering, the High Level Design and Low Level Design documents are supposed to be written BEFORE coding, not after. So this was backwards and a pain and felt largely redundant.)
    3. Played a freaking ton of Awesomenauts and Brave Frontier
  4. On Monday, I:
    1. Got hype for tacos! Unfortunately, they were fish tacos. On the other hand, they were serving fairly-tasty nachos and really-tasty taco-pizza. But I didn’t want to hurt myself on the pizza part of the taco-pizza, so I didn’t get too much of that. Also, BALLOONS!

      TACOS AND BALLOONS TACOS AND BALLOONS wait what do you mean it's supposed to be bubbles
      TACOS AND BALLOONS TACOS AND BALLOONS wait what do you mean it’s supposed to be bubbles. OH. And. The Mayo thing. This is that Mayo thing.
    2. Asked a friend a bunch of silly questions on Tumblr.
    3. Spent about 4 hours pouding out about a third of the LLD for Resonance.
    4. Picked up my Cap, Gown, and Tassel. Hung it up for the folds to fall out. It looks cool.

      Cap, Gown, and Tassel package.
      Cap, Gown, and Tassel package.
    5. Watched God Burns Down Equestria for Insurance Money. It was weird, but mostly-OK Youtube Poop. Above Average, but not quite there in terms of being a remix-content new story.
  5. On Tuesday, I:
    1. Spent about 6 hours pounding out the remaining third for the LLD for Resonance.
    2. Played a lot of Brave Frontier. Finally figured out that the best time to attain Idol unit is to grind them in the vortex in that map that’s only available on Tuesdays. Also figured out that grinding the same map over and over doesn’t work too well in BF because of the ‘Energy’ mechanic. Successfully evolved Shock Bow Loch to Thor Bow Loch. Got a bunch of idols of different types stored up in prep for evolving my other units.
  6. Today, I:
    1. Looked at pictures on the internet. It was fun.
    2. Had a rant and ramble about why demanding people on the internet to not do something becomes a challenge, whereas sometimes things left well alone might seem offensive but were done out of affection. Yes, fiction authors. When I draw those pics of your characters, it’s because I like those characters. Not because I want to ruin them. And while I know you might say “don’t do that” to me specifically, it doesn’t mean that I won’t. It means that instead of posting it to my usual galleries, I try to keep it to smaller circles of friends… Or sometimes it means I completely lose interest in the thing I was fawning over in the first place and stop following it, but that’s not too common.
    3. I’d kinda like to commission some work from b0rn-t0-die and see their interpretation of Sandy. Probably on an inexplicable balloon-bursting spree. I’m afraid I’ll end up being unable to afford them, though, but the only way to find out is for me to write up some specs and ask. I’ve got time today, so maybe I’ll do that.
    4. Comfirmed plans with family to move out on Sunday and turn in key just before the graduation ceremony and whatnot
    5. I plan to resume work on Super Bunny Bounce to see if I can get the core mechanics working with some placeholder objects. I’ll probably remake it using Unity 3D’s new 2D tools instead of trying to make these objects just kinda work otherwise. I’m also thinking I’ll use Ribbons Bunny as the feature character.  If I do that, I’ll probably change her color scheme to use Carrot-Orange, Glitter Gold, and Taffy Teal instead of Grass Green, Bark Brown and Lemon Yellow. The contrast should make her easier to follow and less likely to be lost in any particular background. (And I kinda favor warm colors when given an option.) You can kinda get a vague idea of that kind of contrast with this image, but it’s not exactly what I meant either.  I’ll probably also get rid of her pants (or make it optional) simply because I think it’s sillier and more entertaining that way. Kinda like how Donald rarely wears lower-body clothes, or how Sonic characters are typically nude except for shoes… Though come to think, the latter case draws attention to the fact that they run a lot. Ribbons will hop,  bounce, and rebound a lot. What clothes are good for that? (The jist of what I’m thinking of for the game is to toy around with the idea of the ‘homing attack self-projectile’. Also, since Ribbons has ribbons, she may grab things with those ribbons and pull herself to them. I’m not sure yet.) I’d also like to add joystick support for that, in addition to touch.
    6. I’d like to write a fic or so about Pokey Pierce / Pinprick. I’ve got a lot of built up headcanon about the guy, and I’ve seen some pics of Scootaloo and her implied family that are just dumping more fuel on the fire. And it especially helps that there’s so many episodes of FiM in which he or his apparent family seems to show up as well. Would be fun. Would be a long term project though, not a single day. And would probably go freaking slow. If I do it, I’ll do it in first person.

Quicksave: 11 Days to Graduation

  • Briefly experimented with C# Sockets and tried to write a basic IRC client. (Also, nearly fell asleep in Srn. Soft Eng. peer presentations today. I need to work on this sleep pattern, but it’s a bit late to care.) Thinking of making an IRC->MUSH hook. Or custom server. Either-or.
  • Watched peer Digital Multimedia presentations.
  • Gave brief presentation about Soft Robotics.
  • Turned in final TSPi spreadsheet for Srn. Soft. Eng. Started  revised LLD.
  • Played lots and lots of Awesomenauts and Brave Frontier. Both were cases of 2 victories to start, and then absolute crushing back-to-back annihilation drawn-out-desperate losses. Was ‘fun’ but not satisfying by the end.
  • A bunch of my stuff on dA was added to a new group.
  • Memo: IRC Excerpt.  If others want view permission, may click the request button.

Quicksave: 12 Days to Graduation

  1. Woke up at 10:40ish AM.
  2. Went to class. Syd (a peer) stepped class through how to develop AR games in Unity 3D with Vuforia.
  3. Ate omelette and some other stuff. Felt not-good similar to how I felt late last night. Suspecting I may be sick, or I may be way overdoing the sodium. Currently: Slightly fuzzy-headed.
  4. Found a bump in an awkward spot. Will ask family about it if it persists.
  5. Played Awesomenauts and Brave Frontier
  6. Slightly edited and shared response to early draft of PH66. Memo: Originals are attached to the email if you ever want to reread them.
  7. Wrote this.

Now Saving: 13 Days to Graduation

Tornado warning via phone around 4ish AM. Spent 2 hours in a bathrub with a blanket, pillow and mattress. Was fine, no obvious damage.

Cherry Pie, why are you in a cup!? Silly pony, that's not safe! The cream looks good on you, though. *Lick.*
Cherry Pie, why are you in a cup!? Silly pony, that’s not safe! The cream looks good on you, though. *Lick.*

Ate Frito Pie and Cherry “Deadshot” Pie for lunch/breakfast. Mm Mm yum.

Presented Resonance for Senior Software Engineering. Also saw another group do CSU Risk on the Microsoft Surface with custom tagged die, and a home automation solution with a web-based frontend. All that’s left are spreadsheets and the dreaded documentation. Yay. :n

Presented Stable45 for Digital Multimedia. Got mostly good response the peers that actively watched the presentation. I’m still disappointed that I never got the game done up quite like I wanted. Watched a buttload of other projects, from a Unity-based virtual museum, to a video mini-documentary, to a Batman fansite all about how dark and not-for-kids Batman is. (Which I think is mistargeted focus: focusing on it being ‘not for kids’ rather than ‘this is how these themes resonate with the nature of being an person in the real world without the safetys of family and friends ever watching’ but maybe it was intendeed to be shorthand?)

For Dinner, ate a variant on the Frito Pie with cheese sauce replacing the chili. I didn’t like it quite as much, but it was still fairly nice. Also had chicken nuggets and chicken quesadilla.

Took the Major Field Test. I scored 84% Games track. The second highest score of the same track was by the person who is currently working as my partner for the Games II Project.

Found an old NSFW F-List page I made. Not linking it here. Memo: F-List, not flist. Also might post a set of NSFW doodles up elsewhere on the net. Or not. Not sure.

Arrived at PnP 2.5 hours late. Found PC had shutoff at some point around 3PM ET for unknown reasons. Rebooted and joined in relatively blind. Party attacked by snakes. Party killed snakes before Bonus did much of anything. Another snake hid with one of the EPs that picked up animal training and was afraid and stuff.  Multiple members poisioned. Now camping.

Listened to the new PH chapter about 6 times since it came out. Good stuff.

Speaking of fic, I stll need to ask fic’s author if I can post my preview notes around or not. But I have to get in contact with them again.

Quicksave: 14 Days to Graduation | Hyperbound

Slept late. Woke up later.

Based on these, I made this.

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Also played Brave Frontier, wrote about digital ponies and holoponies for about two and half hours, and started trying to make a 3D model of a catlady but then got all frustrated.

Tomorrow: Documentation for Resonance must be completed. Day after: PnP day. Day after:  Continue trying to get job. Two days after that: Major Field Test.  Three days after that: Meet the dean pre-graduation.  Week later: Graduate.

 

Quicksave: Presentations Begin in 2 days

Spent all of today working on Stable 45. Due to it being a class assignment, there were a number of checklist items that were required that wouldn’t benefit the site in any way whatsoever. SO I DID IT ANYWAY. Now there’s video on the index, animated gifs on the fun page, svg embedded in the Blow Ups story page, and I ended up posting my ABCs of Fallout Equestria story early on the site as well. I’m still waiting on the completed project to go live before I repost that story to fimfic though.

And stuff. And now I’m gonna go answer at least one Tumblr question! Maybe more than one!

Quicksave: Maybe Yes No Maybe

Uber

Pro: $20 of free taxi credit to get to (potentially misinterpreted and nonexistant) job interview in style! Yay!

Con: The app required to use credit crashes on my phone. The ability to get pickup via SMS was retired. And the webapp version of site was disabled.  But the customer support responded within the hour… to ask for screenshots. Which have been sent.

Pro: Finally got in contact with those other people about their job offer! YAY

Con: But since I’m graduating in 17 days, I am no long eligable in any meaningful way.

Now Saving: Walk the Line

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This Napkin Note has been on my desk for weeks. Old random jotted down ideas for FoE sidefics.

Emailed some folks. Called other folks. Was called to meet and discuss terms of a potential job doing some web dev redoing of an existing website. Meeting later in the week, gotta go to a place I’ve never gone to before. It’s out of my comfortable walking distance. Borrowed some money from family to catch a cab.

I got that butterflies feeling when I found out I had to go some place I’ve never heard of until recently on my own. I almost never get that feeling. I hated it. Still get more than a little nervous when I think about it, but it’ll work out. Probably.

I’m fairly certain I’ve found a theme/topic I want to write about.  Not sure I want to deal with the stigma/baggage that will come with it if I do. And I’m not known for keeping my accomplishments secret, so if I commit to the project, I won’t ever be able to take it back if it blows up in my face. For as much as I say I don’t like fiction about criminals and whatnot, that’s almost exactly what I would be writing. About fictional would-be and actual criminals, bound only by the crimes and trying to live their lives.

‘Course, if I misrepresent it, I will be loathed. And if I represent things to accurately, I would be accused. Yay.

Okay time to go to a different meeting now bye.