The 13th Warrior

Common Side Effects was stunning. Absolutely recommend.

Haha yep inviting the wrong person was absolutely the big issue. I think I read something about it being an unofficial fork out of Israel though, but everything moves so fast these days it’s hard to keep up

Specially with all the recent scrutiny on it in the news, hackers are figuring out ways in.

I’m assuming you mean the US gov’t debacle? It’s already been proven that they were using a fork, not the genuine Signal app. The fork was built with a back door. As far as I’m aware (and please correct me if I’m wrong) Signal has yet to be hacked and is currently among the most secure options.

It’s almost like the US gov’t might benefit from convincing its citizens that the fully encrypted messaging app is dangerous so they should just go back to Whatsapp and Telegram.

I would watch the hell out of that haha. American Dad has a joke about the audio book of Plato’s Republic read by Gilbert Gottfried.

First, I made ‘Album Artists’ my landing page. 'Artists" includes everyone tagged in the metadata, ‘Album Artists’ only contains the primary artists. For me, the difference is 350 album artists vs 1412 artists.

I run everything through Picard when I add something to the server. Sometimes I have to change the metadata (for example I hate having an entry for ‘&’ like Elton John & Hans Zimmer and I’ll change it so the album is included in both Elton John and Hans Zimmer but theres no entry for them together). But generally it’s pretty simple and smooth.

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Makes sense thank you. I see what you guys are saying, and the more I compare the more I feel like I over-corrected trying to improve. I’m studying getting off auto and I think I should try and find a middle ground between the two. Thanks again!

Wow thank you for the advice! It all really makes sense and the more I compare the more it looks like I over-corrected I think. Going off auto is what I’m looking into next and I’ll read through your comment a few more times to get started. I really appreciate it!

I’m not really sure what I was going for with lighting haha. This was my first time putting a shot together so I kind of just winged it. I want to see what I can come up with having full control over the environment. The lighting I used were some cheap usb lights and I think I need to soften the light on them more somehow.

I’ll look into ISO next, I’m still using the auto function while I figure some things out. As for the strip of sewing I noticed after that I could have used it to “direct” the eye to a specific feature but honestly the backdrop was just a placeholder. I saw a blog about home studios on the cheap and am gonna get a black sheet, but stores were closed yesterday and I didn’t want to wait haha.

Thank you!

Wow, thanks for taking the time to write this up! This was continuous lighting, I’m hoping to get a better feel for creating my light source. There are a few out of focus points that I want to look at sharpening up, as it is I’m still using the auto feature so manual is next on the list for experimenting.

Completely agree on the backdrop haha. I saw some cheap home studio techniques online and wanted to try it out myself. I’m planning to pick up a black sheet but the stores were closed yeterday for the holiday and I didn’t want to wait so I grabbed the darkest material I had.

As for the dust/fuzz, I certainly noticed how much was being picked up but wanted to see if I could use it to get a bit of an older/weathered look. If I try this piece again I’ll remove it, I don’t think it did what I was hoping.

Thank you, it certainly has issues I’m sure but it was a blast to set up. Think I might have a new addiction.

Thanks so much! Honestly I loved every second of it

Max Brooks, Mel is his father. I’d expect a Mel Brooks-written Zombie guide would be a bit…different…

To paraphrase Dr. Who, this has always stuck with me: Never be cruel, never be cowardly. Remember – hate is always foolish…and love, is always wise. Always try to be nice, and never fail to be kind.

Yep

Hans Zimmer. Add collabs with Lisa Gerrard and Klaus Badelt for Gladiator and Pirates of the Caribbean. Honestly, just go through the whole range of emotions and watch/listen to his Live in Prague. Start to finish it’s beyond wonderful. His soundtrack to Madagascar has no reason to slap as hard as it does.

Not really a scam, he was pretty up front about it.

Imposter syndrome just limits you. Nothing wrong with fake it 'til you make it. If you’re not doing it, someone else is. Just base your opinion of them on what you see, and act the same regarding other’s opinions of you. Actions speak louder than words.

I too watched Death of a Unicorn