I just decided to start asking this instead of ‘what do you do?’ when meeting people. Figured I’d try it out on you folks.

  • meyotch@slrpnk.net
    14·
    4 days ago

    I’m living on an old farm with lots of junk.

    So naturally I am building an 8 foot tall wind-driven kinetic sculpture of a Wendigo.

    I bought a welder and a cutoff saw. All the materials are retrieved from the trash gully that every respectable high desert property must have.

    It’s a form of cope and even ritual magic for me. Embody the spirit of hoarding and greed so it is vulnerable and can be imprisoned, that sort of vibe.

    It will take all winter to finish it. The rebar armature is flexible and bobs in the wind. I will add sun bleached oak branches to give it flesh.

  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
    8·
    4 days ago

    A bunch of FOSS hardware and software. https://twystlock.com/ was my latest creation. My next is a suite of modular open source home automation sensors including everything from air quality to mmWave presence.

    In a more “professional” FOSS sense I just presented a new federated identity management system at IIW based on ActivityPub and OpenID Connect: https://fedid.me/.

    I also make a lot of behind the scenes algorithms.

  • Monster@lemmy.world
    21·
    5 days ago

    I’m working on an audiobook of a novel I wrote. I have another recording session today with voice actors who play my characters!

    • Menschlicher_Fehler@feddit.org
      8·
      5 days ago

      Oh, that must be exciting and nerve wrecking at the same time, seeing your characters come to life. How do you convey what you imagine the characters to sound and act like?

      • Monster@lemmy.world
        8·
        5 days ago

        Oh yeah, its amazing to hear the voices for these people but, as you say, it’s scary. Since I’m the director and creator it all falls to me to decide everything. I mean EVERYTHING from inflictions in their voices, how a line is delivered, scheduling, payment etc. Of course, I give my actors freedom to interpret how they see the characters. You have to have a fine balance between making decisions but also letting them be creative with what they do during directing sessions.

    • insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      Me: “If I make a new mascot platformer (gratis) with vertex colors, maybe someone would get me out of here? What are the chances and outcomes? Would I even have enough time to make something decent with current conditions?”

      The entire scene is low-poly with colors defined using the mesh itself, also the image is optimized for color to reduce data, resulting in dithering patterns. In a gray room with black and white triangle tiles, there are 6 badgers of various sizes standing and facing the viewer. Similarly, there are 5 eyes floating in the air one of which is not fully opaque. There is 1 banana on the floor.

      Blender, Godot 4, player controller in Nim-lang via gdext-nim, and on top of the 3 hats I need to learn I don’t have many viable ideas.

      Also somewhat related to the social isolation thread in showerthoughts, I live on the edge of nowhere and don’t even want to drive.

  • hperrin@lemmy.world
    15·
    5 days ago

    I created an email service called https://port87.com/

    It’s got fancy features that help you stay organized and spam free.

    I also create loads of open source software, which I use for it:

    https://sveltematerialui.com/ - A UI library for the Svelte framework.

    https://nymph.io/ - An object relational mapper for Node.js and the browser.

    https://github.com/sciactive/nephele - A WebDAV server with encryption, deduplication, and S3 support.

  • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    10·
    5 days ago

    I create stupid jokes and sarcastic comments on Lemmy.

    But mostly just a lot of CO²

    And a lot of um… excretions, liquids and soilds, ya know…

    I wanted to do worldbuilding and write a story but my depression kinda derailed that 😓

    • dubyakay@lemmy.ca
      2·
      5 days ago

      Time to get off lemmy. Go for a run/jog/walk in the cold to the nearest stationery store and buy some pen and paper. Then get home and get to writing.

      You can do it!