tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414TitleCocoaCocoa2024-03-11T16:04:40Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:481184Interest Check - nib holders2024-03-11T16:04:40Z2024-03-11T16:04:40Zpublic2I mentioned that I bought a mini lathe (still pending set up downstairs...). One of the first thing I'd like to try to make is dip pen nib holders, because frankly like 90% of the available ones are boring at best and actively bad at worst (the paint started to chip off my current Brause one after <10 uses).<br /><br />Initial runs will probably be like, cost of materials + shipping, and I'm planning on getting <a href="https://www.johnnealbooks.com/product/stainless-steel-pen-inserts">these stainless steel nib inserts</a> and probably starting off with some like, 'get ten random blanks for $15' type deals.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://www.dreamwidth.org/poll/?id=30904">View Poll: #30904</a></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=481184" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:481016Solar Eclipse2024-03-07T01:22:36Z2024-03-07T01:22:36Zpublic5So I was not really paying attention to solar eclipse stuff other than a vague sense that it was happening sometime this year somewhere in the US, and then I looked up the path and realized I'm less than a three hour drive from the path of totality (it's like, 3-4 hours to get really close to the center line), and I have now become the obnoxious person checking driving times and trying to get my local friends to do a road trip with me, etc etc, because my two settings are 'indifference' and '200% in'.<br /><br />(it is also a week after Anime Boston and like three days after a concert that was supposed to be last fall and got postponed, so that'll be exciting, lol)<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=481016" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:480402New hobby acquired2024-02-24T03:16:34Z2024-02-24T03:16:34Zpublic10So! My dad usually gives me money for Christmas, and this year I ended up spending it on two things: 1) a mini lathe from Rockler that was on sale (and is still sitting boxed up because I don't have basement space to set it up right now) and 2) a 24" Kromski rigid heddle loom.<br /><br />I've done some tablet-weaving in the past on an inkle loom that I got for free (and my mom got for like $10 at a yard sale), and I enjoyed it but warping for tablet weaving is kind of a pain, and you're somewhat limited in what you can weave that way (warp-faced bands up to ~2" or so). For a long time I'd resisted going any deeper, because weaving gets expensive and space-consuming very quickly, but people on the DW discord (you know who you are ;) ) are horrible enablers, and someone had a local-ish listing for a secondhand loom along with extra heddles, the stand, and a carrying bag, for a very good price. Rigid heddle looms aren't quite as versatile as a larger table or floor loom, but they're cheaper and more portable, and still pretty flexible in terms of what you can do (definitely more flexible than the inkle loom, heh).<br /><br />I'm on to my second 'real' project - the first was trying out some sampler ideas from a book I got out from the library, and the second was two short pieces using stash yarn which I'm going to turn into zippered bags for all the little accessory bits that came with the loom. Current project is some dish towels in a mock-waffle weave! I'm still struggling some with tension but at least on dishtowels that doesn't matter quite so much.<br /><br /><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/file/112671.jpg"><img src="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/file/320x320/112671.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a> <a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/file/112519.jpg"><img src="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/file/320x320/112519.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a> <a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/file/113012.jpg"><img src="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/file/320x320/113012.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a> <a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/file/113269.jpg"><img src="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/file/320x320/113269.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=480402" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:480066CSS as DRM2024-02-03T19:36:53Z2024-02-03T19:43:57Zpublic17From the site that brought you <a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/457971.html">webfonts as DRM</a>, and also some very cursed obfuscated Javascript cryptography that I haven't written up here yet.<br /><br /><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/file/111652.png"><img src="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/file/111652.png" alt="" title="" /></a><br /><br />"Are they... composing the chapter text partially out of snippets in ::before and ::after CSS pseudo-elements?" Yes they are.<br /><br />"Doesn't that fuck with auto-translate and/or screenreaders?" It sure does! But so does their webfont shit so no surprise there.<br /><br />"But why?" As an anti-copying measure and because they hate me, probably.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=480066" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:479937momijizukamori @ 2024-01-30T21:07:002024-01-31T02:13:54Z2024-01-31T02:13:54Zpublic5I posted this on fedi, but I feel like I may as well crosspost here, too - threw up some half-assed photos of the 'modern street fashion' Hua Cheng I did (with Andy as He Xuan) at D*C 2022. Eventually I'll get better photos but a lot of 2023 was like 'well we could put on fancy costumes and go take photos, or we could sit in our hotel room drinking and playing Mario Kart' ahaha.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/479937.html#cutid1">Behind the cut for size!</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />Coming eventually: the actually-nice photos I got of canon Hua Cheng.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=479937" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:47957720232024-01-01T18:49:21Z2024-01-01T18:49:21Zpublic16(I am ditching my year-range format for the date because I just end up confusing myself when I look back at <a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/tag/new+things+this+year">past ones</a>)<br /><br />- learned how to lay brick (and decided, as soon as I'd finished the little 3.5' x 6' landing, I am never doing it again)<br />- first visit to the vet ER which worked out fine in the end but was very stressful for all involved<br />- learned how to do metalwork for jewelry!<br />- actually had a resist-dyed silk project work out properly<br />- finally built the media PC I've been wanting to build for YEARS.<br />- passed the rough-in electrical inspection for my basement reno!!!<br />- kept my Duolingo streak<br />- learned how much throwing your back out sucks (answer: a lot)<br />- was part of the dev team for a new product launch at work<br />- Fiona has occasionally let me touch her without bribery! After a couple of pets she tends to be like 'no I don't like this actually' and gets up, but - progress!<br />- finally filled up the notebook I started at the beginning of 2021 as one-spot note storage.<br /><br />Goals for the next year:<br />- get insulation and drywall done on the basement reno<br />- read something in Japanese at least once a month - I'm hitting the point where I know I need to be reading more to cement stuff, but it's always kind of a slog.<br />- practice something creative at least once a week. There's a bunch of stuff I'd like to learn or get better at, but I am Too Aware of how trash I am at them, which makes me not want to do them, even though I will only get better by doing the thing. I am going to try to brute-force bootstrap this until I can get a habit going like I did with Duolingo and kanji practice. We'll see how it goes, I guess?<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=479577" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:479405crabixing2023-12-06T00:53:13Z2023-12-06T00:53:32Zpublic17So 'giant stuffed crab' tied for top of the poll, which is convenient for me because it's one of the shorter write-ups, lol.<br /><br />The backstory to this is the convergence of two things: 1) reading priest's novel Can Ci Pin/The Defectives, in which one of the two leads (who, to be clear, is an adult man, and also very relatable ADHD engineer vibes) has a 1m long stuffed crab he uses as a pillow sometimes, and 2) getting into Rust, a programming language that has <a href="https://www.rustacean.net/">an adorable crab named Ferris</a> as it's unofficial mascot.<br /><br />And <a href="https://edunham.net/2016/04/11/plushie_rustacean_pattern.html">someone had a pattern for a DIY stuffed Ferris</a>. What if, I thought, I made a stuffed Ferris at the scale of Lu Bixing's giant crab plush. So I did.<br /><br />I started by tracing the pattern to a vector in Inkscape, which I then scaled so that the bottom piece was 1m wide (though I forgot to account for the fact that stuffing things makes them taller but also narrower), and then printed it out tiled across a bunch of sheets of paper that I had to tape back together. The main body is cut out of Minky (in the color 'rust', appropriately). The biggest challenge for this was leaning to use <a href="https://inkstitch.org">Ink/Stitch</a> to create embroidery files for the eyes and for a little hidden nod to Can Ci Pin on his belly (陆林, the hanzi for the main ship in the novel). I opted for solid eyes rather than adding the highlight, both because it was easier for me to digitize and also looked cuter to me.<br /><br />He's 'only' 80cm instead of the full meter, but the spirit is there, and he now lives on my bed - I haven't used him as a pillow yet, but it would be possible.<br /><br /><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/file/109687.jpg"><img src="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/file/600x600/109687.jpg" alt="Close-up of the underside of a giant orange plush, with the text 陆林 embroidered on it" title="" /></a> <a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/file/109372.jpg"><img src="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/file/600x600/109372.jpg" alt="Giant orange crab plush with black eyes sitting in a chair" title="" /></a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=479405" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:479041momijizukamori @ 2023-11-21T21:35:002023-11-22T02:39:30Z2023-11-22T02:39:30Zpublic2I have a bunch of different projects I keep meaning to write up, and then not doing so. Help me pick which to tackle first!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://www.dreamwidth.org/poll/?id=30234">View Poll: #30234</a></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=479041" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:478491Interview meme2023-11-14T02:01:38Z2023-11-14T02:01:38Zpublic1Questions from <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://yhlee.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://yhlee.dreamwidth.org/'><b>yhlee</b></a></span> - much as I would like to be a cool person who pays memes forward, the fact that it has taken me three weeks to get around to answering these is a sign that I unfortunately am not reliable enough for that right now.<br /><br /><b>1. What is your favorite underrated fountain pen?</b><br />So my dirty fountain pen secret is that... I have not actually tried all that many pens. I found a few really like and then just went straight to buying way too much ink. I do really like the Moonman/Majohn A1 though, even if it is largely just a VP clone.<br /><br /><b>2. How did you get into comics?</b><br />This one I can blame on Andy and LJRP - she played a number of Western comics characters, and did so compellingly enough to make me want to read their source material. I think Stormwatch was the one I started with, and it spread from there. I had read some stuff before that - Sandman for sure, and maybe Transmetropolitan by that point? But Stormwatch was the start of like, actually buying single issues and keeping up on new releases and stuff.<br /><br /><b>3. If you could manifest the ereader of your dreams with every feature you wanted (including magical ones), what would it be like? Does it already exist?</b><br />Hmmm. I think the big things that aren't quite there yet are:<br />- a built-in browser with like, reader mode and pagination.<br />- easy to sync files/articles to (I know Kindle kind of has this, but they've got other drawbacks)<br />- comfortable to hold for long periods of time - the Kobo Libra 2 is pretty good on this, but I feel like it could be better.<br /><br /><b>4. What is the naughtiest thing a cat has ever done to you?</b><br />Storm, my last cat, loved food, including people food. She was usually not super aggressive about it, but once she jumped up in my lap and took a big bite of the BBQ pork bun I had in my hand and was in the process of moving towards my mouth.<br /><br /><b>5. What's the most hilarious and/or impressive cosplay or sewing feat you've ever pulled off?</b><br />I think the closest to hilarity, in that I was absolutely clowning myself, was <a href="https://pinned-together.net/costumes/tieria-erde-mobile-suit-gundam-00-s1-casual">knitting the worst sweater</a>. I think at the moment 'most impressive' goes to either finally getting silk painting right, or convincing my embroidery machine to do fake jacquard, both on Shokudaikiri Mitsutada, which I don't have good photos of yet because I have been extremely disorganized this year.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=478491" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:477854momijizukamori @ 2023-11-03T20:34:002023-11-04T00:43:17Z2023-11-04T00:43:17Zpublic0A pen post for <a href="https://www.fountainpenday.com/">Fountain Pen Day</a>, consisting of things which I meant to post like a month ago and forgot. <br /><br />Pilot Iroshizuku swatches, and my new setup for swatching - putting the nib from a Pilot Metro in a dip pen holder, and using a sculpting tool for a big smear.<br /><br /><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/file/104083.jpg"><img src="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/file/600x600/104083.jpg" alt="Paper swatches of Pilot Iroshizuku inks - kon-peki, ku-jaku, chiku-rin, yama-budo, and Murasaki Shikibu, along with two dip pen holders and a metal sculpting tool with an angled round head." title="" /></a><br /><br />The pronged holder works better with the nib but the cork wants to soak up any ink like crazy so I may get another one.<br /><br /><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/file/104281.jpg"><img src="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/file/600x600/104281.jpg" alt="Close-up of two dip pen nib holders without nibs." title="" /></a><br /><br />(I really need a fountain pen icon, I think)<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=477854" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:477572Halloween 20232023-11-02T22:55:37Z2023-11-02T22:55:37Zpublic4I managed to get my Halloween decorations up a whole week ahead of time this year! Major improvement on my part, though I think I need to get some more lighting. We had a sizable turn out, despite it being a chilly Tuesday night here - I'd guess somewhere in the 120-130 range in terms of kids. I've decided mini Nerds are the ideal intersection of 'candy kids like' and 'candy I like'. I also got a cheap pack of plastic bugs for kids with allergy concerns or who just really like plastic bugs, and they proved more popular than I was anticipating. Best moment was when a small child held up a neon yellow plastic scorpion and excitedly declared 'Look, I got a lobster! I got a lobster'. To which I just kind of nodded like, yep, that sure is a lobster all right!<br /><br />I also got a lot of compliments on my outfit, which was supposed to be 'Skeleton Grill Dad' but I think mostly just came off as 'Skeleton'. Proud that the make-up is remotely okay, because I decided on this last-minute and then discovered that I had neither black nor white greasepaint, and was forced to use a very old container of MAC creme eyeliner and a Nyx white eyeshadow pencil.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/477572.html#cutid1">I did, however, glow in the dark.</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />I think my favorite costumes of the evening where a pair of teen girls dressed as the sun and the moon, or day and night - I didn't think to ask. Metallic skirts, fancy makeup, fancy hair pieces - one was in gold and white, and the other was in silver and black. Really pretty and creative!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=477572" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:477125Pen post!2023-09-24T17:56:44Z2023-09-24T17:56:44Zpublic5Inspired by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://yhlee.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://yhlee.dreamwidth.org/'><b>yhlee</b></a></span> though I have far fewer pens than he does so this will be a much more occasional series, heh. <br /><br />Pen: TWSBI Vac700r Iris<br />Ink: Pilot Iroshizuku Momiji<br /><br /><img src="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/file/102051.jpg" alt="A clear fountain pen with iridescent metal trim, filled with bright red ink, and a writing sample of said ink." title="" /><br /><br />This is one of my two favorite pens, and was the one I carried around with me until I got the frankenpen. The feed can be a bit leaky with some inks, though.<br /><br />(I need a fountain pen icon, I think....)<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=477125" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:476692Dragon*Con 20232023-09-09T19:57:50Z2023-09-09T19:57:50Zpublic7- I managed to lose my Kobo... somewhere? Did not realize it was gone until I was packing my bags at the end of the trip. There's some hope it accidentally ended up in one of my hotelmates' bags but unlikely (there were no irreplacable files on it so mostly it's just me feeling stupid about it).<br />- Going to Vendors on Friday was, perhaps, a mistake, in that I ended up with three different blisters on my right foot, BUT I did get a super cool cyberpunk tarot deck<br />- Vash was basically the only cosplay I wore that really got recognized, which is about what I was expecting (everything else was obscure and/or casual fashion AU stuff)<br />- Con was, unsurprisingly, heavy on the Barbie, followed I think by Star Wars in second place.<br />- Masquerade was less painful to watch than in past years, though there were still a handful of... rough acts (the D*C masq is best described as 'talent show for nerds' and is frequently about the same level of cringe)<br />- Only made it in to one panel, but it was a neat one about advanced fabrication techniques and machines in cosplay! Turns out you can do dye sub stuff at home for... not all that much money, relatively speaking.<br />- Went to Margaritaville for the first time which uh also ended up being Jimmy Buffet's last day on this mortal coil. I know we did not kill Jimmy Buffet by going to Margaritaville in Trigun cosplay but MAN.<br />- Every convention my portable Switch setup evolves, and I think the next addition is going to be a portable speaker, because we discovered that the tv was permanently set to max volume (the remote instead only controlling the volume on the magic hotel box).<br />- The mattresses in the Marriott kind of suck. Too firm, and no movement isolation.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=476692" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:476593Top surgery question2023-09-07T00:38:47Z2023-09-07T00:38:47Zpublic5Because I know some of my mutuals have gone through this already, or are further along in the process than me! Basically - I am at the point where I have to pick a surgeon and I am very 'how the fuck do I even do this???'. Like, I am going to try to get insurance to cover this which automatically narrows down the field somewhat, but I have no idea what a reasonable amount of research is or where to do it, and it's a bit paralyzing.<br /><br />(comments screened, feel free to let me know it's okay to unscreen your's - I figured I'd play it safe. And this is fine to signal boost etc)<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=476593" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:47622030 Days of SPL: 26-302023-07-30T22:41:45Z2023-07-30T22:41:45Zpublic0Last batch! Review of the 7S English translation to come... soon.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/476220.html#cutid1">26) SPL as quotes or scenes from another media?</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___2" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/476220.html#cutid2">27) Underrated charater</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___2" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___3" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/476220.html#cutid3">28) Best Gu Yun moment</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___3" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___4" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/476220.html#cutid4">29) Best Changgeng moment</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___4" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___5" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/476220.html#cutid5">30) Songs that make you think of SPL</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___5" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=476220" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:47594930 Days of SPL: 21-252023-07-25T00:49:46Z2023-07-30T22:42:04Zpublic0<span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/475949.html#cutid1">21) Funniest scene</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___2" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/475949.html#cutid2">22) Saddest scene</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___2" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___3" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/475949.html#cutid3">23) Any modern AU SPL headcanons?</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___3" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___4" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/475949.html#cutid4">24) Pick an outfit for your SPL fave</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___4" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___5" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/475949.html#cutid5">25) Any AU you want to see SPL characters in</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___5" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=475949" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:475800Ao3 Kobo reader app (v2023)2023-07-23T17:55:25Z2023-07-23T17:55:25Zpublic3After a bunch of digging through compiler errors, I finally managed to pull in the upstream Plato updates and rebuild my app. No new features, this is just support for new devices.<br /><br />If you do <b>not</b> have a Sage, Libra 2, or Clara 2E, I recommend installing <a href="https://seam.rip/reader.zip">the previous version</a>. There's some minor bugs in the new one I haven't had time to work out yet, name:<br />- rotating the display makes the app crash<br />- works aren't getting proper styling for title/author/etc so all the text looks the same.<br /><br />If you are willing to go forward with that, you can grab the <a href="https://seam.rip/ao3reader.zip">'one-click install' file</a>.<br /><br />The <a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/458412.html">original install instructions</a> work for both versions.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=475800" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:47555430 Days of SPL: 16-202023-07-19T23:33:20Z2023-07-19T23:33:20Zpublic0<span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/475554.html#cutid1">16) Favorite platonic ship</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___2" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/475554.html#cutid2">17) Impersonate a SPL character</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___2" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___3" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/475554.html#cutid3">18) Favorite changgu design</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___3" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___4" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/475554.html#cutid4">19) Any headcanon you really love?</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___4" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___5" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/475554.html#cutid5">20) First ever SPL photo you saved</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___5" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=475554" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:47530530 Days of SPL: 11-152023-07-17T00:20:23Z2023-07-17T00:20:23Zpublic0Look there is a reason I am not doing these daily, lol.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/475305.html#cutid1">11) Favorite official art!</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___2" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/475305.html#cutid2">12) Favorite antagonist</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___2" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___3" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/475305.html#cutid3">13) Favorite changgu moment</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___3" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___4" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/475305.html#cutid4">14) Favorite romantic ship</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___4" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___5" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/475305.html#cutid5">15) Favorite fan artist/writer/fic</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___5" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=475305" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:47505330 Days of SPL: 6-102023-07-10T22:32:08Z2023-07-10T22:32:08Zpublic0<span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/475053.html#cutid1">6) Favorite quote</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___2" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/475053.html#cutid2">7) A location you want to visit</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___2" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___3" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/475053.html#cutid3">8) If you could add a scene/extra</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___3" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___4" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/475053.html#cutid4">9) Your favorite character + why</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___4" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___5" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/475053.html#cutid5">10) Pick a side character!</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___5" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=475053" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:474841Thirty Days of Sha Po Lang2023-07-04T19:29:30Z2023-07-04T19:29:30Zpublic0<span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://twitter.com/shapolanq'><img src='https://p.dreamwidth.org/e0caa790ec10/-/twitter.com/favicon.ico' alt='[twitter.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/></a><a href='http://twitter.com/shapolanq'><b>shapolanq</b></a></span> posted a 30 day SPL question challenge meme she created, and I figured that given the first volume is due out in English at the end of this month, I might as well give it a whirl. Probably in batches, because I am crap at daily posting, and most of the questions are fairly short answers.<br /><br /><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/file/98184.jpg"><img src="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/file/640x640/98184.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/474841.html#cutid1">Masterlist of questions</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___2" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/474841.html#cutid2">1) How did you discover SPL?</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___2" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___3" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/474841.html#cutid3">2) First impression vs current</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___3" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___4" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/474841.html#cutid4">3) Favorite thing about SPL</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___4" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___5" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/474841.html#cutid5">4) Favorite arc & favorite scene</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___5" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___6" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/474841.html#cutid6">5) One scene you want to see in the live action</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___6" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=474841" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:474174comm promos!2023-06-29T01:15:35Z2023-06-29T01:15:35Zpublic31) People who've been around since Ye Olden LJ Dayes may remember <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://little-details.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/></a><a href='http://little-details.livejournal.com/'><b>little_details</b></a></span>, which was a fantastic resource for weird nitpicky writing fact questions. It lives again, now at <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://little-details.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://little-details.dreamwidth.org/'><b>little_details</b></a></span>, run by the main mod of the LJ version!<br /><br />2) Prompted by some Discord and FFA discussion, I created <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://fancoded.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://fancoded.dreamwidth.org/'><b>fancoded</b></a></span> as a place for people to share, collaborate, and ask for advice on fannish programming projects, with a fairly loose definition of both 'fannish' and 'programming'.<br /><br />I'm not great at promo and don't have a huge reach so please help me get this to like, more than just me shouting into the void XD<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=474174" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:473889OTW and other things2023-06-19T00:54:28Z2023-06-19T00:54:28Zpublic8Man, the OTW stuff is really just like, a fractal constellation of awful, huh? On multiple sides and levels, honestly. <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://niqaeli.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://niqaeli.dreamwidth.org/'><b>niqaeli</b></a></span> made the very apt metaphor the other day that OTW is like the Centralia coal fire - it's been burning for a long time even when it's not visible on the surface, and generally making the place miserable.<br /><br />(I've seen people say they feel betrayed by these revelations, but I've been vaguely aware of organizational dysfunction for nearly as long as the OTW has been active, which is why I don't give them money, lol)<br /><br />I have mostly been taking time to work on other things in the midst of this - working on my basement reno, getting Lolibrary set up for translation, working on some little personal projects, and getting a bunch of Dreamwidth work done which hopefully will go live Soon. And I've ended up with friends-plans the last three weekends - two weeks ago I went to Six Flags for the first time, last weekend was Pride, and today a friend had a little backyard brunch because she wanted to see people after finally coming out of the haze of the first month of New Baby.<br /><br />Also been reading a bunch of books! Last finished was <a href="https://rebellionpublishing.com/product/new_suns_2/">New Suns 2</a>, which had a lot of really fantastic stories in it - I'm going to have to check out longer works by some of these authors in the future. I'm now back to slogging my way through Stendhal's <i>The Red and the Black</i> which I am... largely not enjoying, but I'm bad at abandoning books midway through, and there's enough little gems to keep me going. Next will probably be back to some modern SFF though I haven't decided what yet.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=473889" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:473491Some (Belated) Notes on Justice in the Dark2023-05-27T22:58:44Z2023-05-27T22:58:44Zpublic0Basically all spoiler-free - I very deliberately did not go back and re-read the novel arc before watching it because I knew that would probably just make me more nitpicky.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/473491.html#cutid1">General notes</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___2" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org/473491.html#cutid2">My few major gripes</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___2" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />Overall verdict: a solid procedural, even though it doesn't really surpass that to become something greater the way the novel did.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=473491" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:189414:473234momijizukamori @ 2023-05-23T21:52:002023-05-24T01:56:05Z2023-05-24T01:56:05Zpublic4I am very sorry for everyone who has made well-reasoned posts on the 'End OTW Racism' thing and accidentally flipped over the rock under which all the past Ao3 organizational drama had been hiding (of which I can only personally speak to the technical side of but I have Heard Things from other people).<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=momijizukamori&ditemid=473234" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments