Now wait just a cotton picking minute. That's not the celebratory .swf I usually see you use!
The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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GasBandit
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You must have not been clicking them for a while. I use a different one each week.
Heh, no, I don't click them every week. The only one I ever remember seeing is the girls clubbing or something.
GasBandit
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Well, not to tell a trade secret or anything, but they're numbered, after the first one. The one you're probably thinking of is http://gasbanditry.com/flash/ItsFriday.swf . However, if you are curious about the others, they start at http://gasbanditry.com/flash/ItsFriday2.swf and go up to ItsFriday53.swf .
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What is going on. In this thread. Jesus pants
GasBandit
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Oh no, that was quite a while ago. For a few weeks in the beginning I did just post the same one over and over, and then there were a few weeks around Christmas where I posted videos instead of swfs.
It's better not to ask.
Sauna Pants!
You know that list of awesome writing tips I dropped the other day?
I made a full article on it and posted it on Buzzfeed after someone suggested I try there.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/armadilloguy/10-bestest-writing-tips-ever-2xru6?utm_term=.fxwO3j1L2
I made a full article on it and posted it on Buzzfeed after someone suggested I try there.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/armadilloguy/10-bestest-writing-tips-ever-2xru6?utm_term=.fxwO3j1L2
I miss chapterless Terry Pratchett books.
I only finally started reading his books in recent years. I think the first one I read - Color of Magic - was either shortly before or after his death. Since then, I've enjoyed Mort, Reaper Man, and Guards! Guards! Next will be either Moving Pictures or Men at Arms.I miss chapterless Terry Pratchett books.
That happened to me!I miss chapterless Terry Pratchett books.
I was reading Stasheff's "The Warlock in Spite of Himself," and I was liking it, but it was late, so I thought, "I'll just read to the end of the chapter."
Maybe a hundred or so pages later I realized that there weren't any and I was either going to have to finish it or put it down and back away slowly.
--Patrick
If I headbutt people, will it make me more Sherlock-like? This is a crucial consideration regarding whether I'll embark on a career as a headbutting writer.
Some of you may have seen this tweet making the rounds today...
The replies have been epic.
Upon further review, however, it's discovered this is not the first time he's publicly humiliated himself in front of a worldwide internet audience.
I've really got nothing more. The kid is a complete waste of space.
The replies have been epic.
Upon further review, however, it's discovered this is not the first time he's publicly humiliated himself in front of a worldwide internet audience.
I've really got nothing more. The kid is a complete waste of space.
That pic makes them look like the grayest boyband ever.
GasBandit
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Trying to talk myself into/out of getting a shuttle wheel. On the one hand, it would really make video editing more convenient and efficient. On the other hand, dropping $60 on a single-application peripheral curls my toes.
I think what will ultimately nix it is I've already spent hundreds of dollars this month on discretionary spending (the pistol and its accessories). And if I can do without it for another month, maybe I can do without it entirely.
I think what will ultimately nix it is I've already spent hundreds of dollars this month on discretionary spending (the pistol and its accessories). And if I can do without it for another month, maybe I can do without it entirely.
I may be misunderstanding that product, but isn't it essentially a dedicated 5-switch keyboard running AutoHotKey with IfWinActive? If so, you really don't need it
GasBandit
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The thing in the middle is the draw, it's a scrub/jog wheel. The inner wheel (the part with the finger indentation) lets you scroll kind of like a mousewheel (set to spin freely, no "notches), and it is linked to the timeline of whatever video/audio you are editing. The outer part of the wheel (the rubber part with the hashmark tread) is a different, self-centering knob that only turns a quarter turn in either direction, and works like an analog fastforward/rewind. The farther you twist it, the faster you move in the timeline, and when released it returns to center on its own (unlike the first wheel, which stays where it is when released).I may be misunderstanding that product, but isn't it essentially a dedicated 5-switch keyboard running AutoHotKey with IfWinActive? If so, you really don't need it
Thus, using these two wheels and the buttons around them, I could move through the video timeline in a dynamic, analog fashion, adding keyframes and performing other functions without having to move my mouse from the element I'm trying to edit.
It's kind of hard to explain if you haven't used one before, but it saves a lot of time and hassle once you're used to it.
The Amazon description really undersold itself, that does sound more useful.
GasBandit
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Yeah, it's pretty much a niche product, made for people who already know what they want and why. When you get right down to it, it's just a nostromo speedpad with fewer buttons and a couple analog wheels instead of a directional thumbpad, but there are a lot of professional video/sound editing people who swear by them.
But that's like, a year or more of YouTube income!
As someone who has done video editing, jog wheels rule.
This sort of functionality is one of the things Apple is pushing with their new touchbar Macs, since the touchbar adds a way to jog/scrub, apparently even through the "unskippable" YouTube video ads (until Google Nerfs it, of course).
--Patrick
This sort of functionality is one of the things Apple is pushing with their new touchbar Macs, since the touchbar adds a way to jog/scrub, apparently even through the "unskippable" YouTube video ads (until Google Nerfs it, of course).
--Patrick
Anyone notice that for almost every commercial these days, there's a gender-swapped version of it for the same product? Such a weird gimmick.
Gender swapped sure, but role reversal? Never.
@Denbrought, the internet has gone nuts photoshopping that tweet and making the kid look like the tool that he is. And he's not taking it well.
@figmentPez - what the heck is going on with your Twitter feed?
figmentPez
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Since I haven't actually used Twitter in more than a year, I now use it to enter giveaways on Amazon. I've been winning stuff. Thus far: bluetooth headphones, a pair of flashlights, water brush pens, a USB C cable...
That explains why you didn't reply on twitter when I told you I thought your account was hacked.