You know, this begs the question: are there any Emacs folks who use Micro.blog and know of a package to publish to MB, possibly with images (and now, locations maybe)?
Emacs and OSM (Open Street Maps) are a natural match, so it just makes sense they work very well together out of the box.
Built-in search function, zooming in and out, and creating org-mode links with a single keystroke to locations. Amazing. If you’re an Emacs user, grab it now!
GNU ELPA - osm elpa.gnu.org
Reader: elpa.gnu.org
After a recent episode with my Chromecast and YouTube (more on this later), I have a question for movie lovers:
Some cult movies and the like are not available to stream anymore or even buy as DVDs. Is there a place where the discussion of these films and copyright laws are discussed openly?
Gamespot went to Poland and interviewed the people at CD Project Red about Cyberpunk. This is an eye-opening clip (about 30 minutes long) exploring how a gaming studio returned from the abyss of shame to the spotlights.
Baba Yaga, 1973 - ★½
For me, this was high hopes, low delivery. It goes to show that foreign doesn't necessarily mean sophisticated.
The story consists of a bunch of tropes mashed together. The bad: witches, BDSM, lesbians, and orgasms (combined with those). The good: men, vanilla sex, and orgasms (combined with those). Yes, it's from the 1970s, and I should expect the glorious age of knights in shiny armor who push themselves upon competent women who turn them away but somehow lose all ability of self-discipline toward the end and need help to be saved.
This would be boring enough, but see, Carroll Baker works well as Baba Yaga; her piercing eyes bewitched me, and fell under her spell. She has depth, the only one in the cast who seems to be more than a paper-cut character... but no. She's evil, she's a witch, and even though she seems to care about a lot of things (including the well-being of the women under her control, at least at the start), all of this goes to hell when (oh no!) the BDSM scene comes out. The poor lady, all she wanted was another plaything for her and her sub to have some fun with. Instead, she falls into a hole just when things get interesting, to the tune of "Here Comes Your Man" as our knight shows up to make sure all crooked, beautiful things break down to fit nicely into a happy, appropriate ending. Behhh.
Still, I enjoyed some of the cinematography going on. A few nice tricks in a movie lacking a budget for special effects show that you don't need to go far to get a nice spell-like story going.
With this avatar, I’m now a true member of Micro.blog! 🙂
I enjoyed Robocop last weekend. Oddly enough, I don’t think I ever set through the entire movie. Perhaps what I remember is Robocop 2. I still need to write a review.
I froze-frame and chuckled at this DOS-era computer system inside Murphy’s head… config.sys, command.com, I remember the days…
Exploring more AI-generated graphics. This one took more work and involved SD and Photoshop (I definitely need to work on my light reflection skills - the green screen looks way out of place). I like the concept. This is closer to what I had in mind.
I’m going to check in with an old friend to try and express a “splinter in my mind” that’s been bothering me for a couple of weeks. While this friend is more on the traditional end, I am also going to make plans to meet with my more liberal friends as well, as a balancing act. Life’s interesting.
About half of Bandcamp employees have been laid off
roughly half of Bandcamp employees have been laid off.
Old news now, but I didn’t hear about it. I signed off bandcamp and mourned its death the day it was purchased by Epic.