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Month: September 2024

  • Helene came and went, and I’m still working on stuffs

    Helene came, dropped about a half inch of rain on us, hit us with 30 mph gusty winds, and left after a couple of hours.

    The worst part was the small branch cleanup in the yard. That’s covered by the HOA here, but I still collected the ones in my way and piled them next to their parent in the yard.

    In other news, I’ve been upgrading and migrating the website for YouTube/Twitch/Audio stuff. All content has been moved, I just have to go through each entry and make small corrections to things that didn’t copy over well.

    I’ve also adjusted my Stream schedule, and am revamping offerings. I will be updating my Patreon and Ko-Fi coming in the near future, so please check out the Half a Pound of Pixels site if any of that interests you.

    In working on that site and comparing it to this site, I’ve realized I’m going to have to learn Twig templating. That appears to be the “current” fad* in theming across multiple website engines. It doesn’t look difficult, it’s just worth multiple sighs and getting down to work. So, this theme might not be replaced/altered any time real soon. It depends on how quickly I can pick up Twig and run with it.

    The job search is/headhunters are still crap, so I’m going to get back to trying to make a living from the Half a Pound of Pixels stuff mentioned above. If you can, please use the Ko-Fi button below.

    Skåll!

    * “Current” as in, it happened but I was too distracted by adulting to notice until it had appeared, and now it’s been here for a while and now I gotta catch up.

  • Helene is coming

    Right now, she’s still far away, but she will probably make her way to my neck of the woods in about 24 hours.

    We started checking our emergency supplies on Monday, and by yesterday everything was set. All portable chargers and emergency radios are fully charged and ready to go. Six flashlights are ready to go. Enough canned food and water for a full week, and toilet paper/paper towels for two weeks.

    I’m really hoping this just turns into a few days of heavy rain/an extended excuse to stay inside and not go outside.

    I feel worried for people closer to the coast, as they will have to deal with storm surge, but here there is plenty of drainage – if waters rise to where I live, we should really be worried that Florida broke off and is sinking into the Atlantic/Caribbean.

    In other news: I’m continuing to post videos on YouTube and stream on Twitch. I’m also working on some other audio projects. Please check out my site: https://halfapoundofpixels.com for more information.

    Thanks for checking in.

    Skåll!!!

  • YouTube and Twitch work continues

    Hello all – long time, no post.

    I’ve been heads’ down lately to focus on job hunting and my YouTube and Twitch stuff.

    First – the job hunt – it’s dismal. I don’t have a car, so I need a remote job. All jobs I find online are hybrid, or the ones that are actually remote – I’m not qualified for. (Think marketing requiring degrees, or sales requiring degrees and experience, or technical that requires certs and knowledge I do not have,) I keep looking every day or two, but it’s just disappointing. Every recruiter that contacts me based off of my profile on one of the sites also doesn’t get the remote part – so I’ve had to politely decline jobs in other cities or even other states because they have an in-office requirement. The search continues for that.

    Regarding local jobs – I’ve applied at all the places locally/within a mile, and it has been radio silence for months. Other than two, one told me I’m too qualified for the position that I applied for, the other hired someone else. I did follow up on a few, and I was told “No jobs yet, sorry.”

    Regarding streaming/posting videos/posting podcast type things – I’m working on it. My YouTube channel has almost 50 videos available now, with more being posted almost every day. My Twitch has a new video every weekday, sometimes on weekends, and those videos are being copied over to YouTube after 20 days. I’m finalizing a Discord Server, and should be ready to open the doors next week. I’m still working out how to manage posting notifications to social media sites.

    But the streaming and videos are not monetized yet, and once they do monetize it’ll take a while for them to cover anything. I have a Ko-Fi and a Patreon, but they’re pretty quiet right now.

    And the end of month is looming. More bills will be coming.

    So, yeah, I could complain more, but I think I’ll get back to work on everything. Maybe I can get some sort of income soon, and take all the responsibility off of my brother’s shoulders.

    If you’re reading this and can help, please check out my channels (or the separate website devoted to them – HalfAPoundOfPixels.com) and my Ko-Fi or Patreon. I would really appreciate it.

    I have big ideas, but continuing habitation in a place I have Internet is pretty bedrock-level important in my version of Maslow’s pyramid.

    Thanks for reading.

    Skåll!!!