Kate 'Too Many Synths' Lorimer

Another reminder that this place has become a cesspit of vile horrors and that there are better places now. Decisions of the knob who owns this now have cost us what was a great resource, place to meet new friends, and somewhere we could hold corporations to account. Join me:

Direct links: twitch.tv/thebozradio kick.com/bozradio Audio only: live365.com/station/BozRad… Music will be varied, expect swearing and a terrible attempt at a Neo-Future Southern Gothic vibe and accent.

A pal runs a radio and streaming channels, and after 4 year hiatus my terrible accented alter-ego "Scarlett o'Interfacé" returns tonight from 8pm (UK) to broadcast from her crashed spacecraft out on some terrible planetoid somewhere. (No, not this one) linktr.ee/whatkatedoes

ALSO: Fuck this place.

Quite bizarre watching the footage on the PC/monitor - the brightness is actually blowing out on the phone camera - it's not as bright as it appears in the video in RL, but it was still decent.

@PyramidHead76 Here you go. Running with and without moderate ambient light. It's pretty good. This was a reasonable throw ratio for size/brightness. Colour is good, contrast decent. In-built speakers are OK if you were travelling or going to use e.g. in garden.

But I'm spoilt a bit by the ubiquitous "light cannon" that is the Epson, shown here in comparison running in eco mode.

@PyramidHead76 Just a harmful freakin' laser. I might look at a laser based main projector in a year or so, but want an ultra short throw for the job that doesn't somehow end up less bright than the current Epson lighthouse thing I have.

@WhatKateDoes Amazon just waved this in front of me. I don't want it, but LOL at the claim that it doesn't emit harmful blue light.

@PyramidHead76 ... ordered the Halo+. Not due to be delivered for a week tho...

@WhatKateDoes I see. Interesting. *waits*

@PyramidHead76 Black Friday uninspiring me. Not quite ready to go down the 3D printing rabbithole, so thinking of splurging on a discounted Ankher Nebula Capsule 3 laser... I'm predisposed to naysay low lumens... but.. Laser.

@PyramidHead76 Lol. All week 😆 I'm definitely tipped in favour of the Halo+ (700 ANSI (not 900) vs the Anker laser 300 ISO)

@WhatKateDoes When does Black Friday end because I need you to get one so that I know whether or not to get one 😁

@PyramidHead76 Yeah I think the Xgimi at 900 lumens would be the better option, it's just not quite as cute a form factor.

@WhatKateDoes Remember I had this one second hand, until it broke? viewsonic.com/uk/products/sh… That claims to be 1,000 lumens, so if the laser really is 300 it might be not great... But they probably lied about the 1000 lumens given they also lied about the resolution. :-/

@PyramidHead76 Brighter alternative that is actually cheaper in the sale is the XGIMI Halo+ but it's not laser, and requires a power brick. Swithering between the two.

@WhatKateDoes I'm kind of interested in it to replace the 7820 I have on a coffee table pointed at a wall instead of a TV 👀👀

@GregzVR "whatkatedoes" ;) - yah, only doing replies here now.

@WhatKateDoes Have you ventured over to where the sky is blue? It feels like 2010 Twitter over there. 🦋

Welp, time to go I think. Maybe see you at one of the other places.

@PyramidHead76 ..but also about 24 hours to write to an SDcard :/

@WhatKateDoes o h n o

@WhatKateDoes Hmm, are you familiar with Exodos? And it's associated 638GB download? youtube.com/watch?v=WoNVxv…

@PyramidHead76 Still not the largest file I've downloaded yet. *cough cough* 1tb Batocera image :D

Lol that just copying it from one spinning disk to another's gonna take 2.5h.

@PyramidHead76 replaying it to create the videos above I marvelled I was able to figure anything out at all first time around. I was in about a walkthrough from the moment Brink gets killed.

@WhatKateDoes It really doesn't deserve the hate. Except maybe the turtle puzzle I have a vague memory of.

I talked about "The Dig: in my #20games list, emphasising a love of the sound design expanding the atmosphere beyond the low resolution pixels of the screen.  The music could be a bit aimless, but was still lush  The SFX tho, I could listen to all day with headphones.

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