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hey hold this for me (gif I made for a thing)

#crunchcore #gif

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The first annual Justin Long Film Festival is live for this weekend, February 10th and 11th! Score your tickets now and show up early to get good seats! No appearance from Justin this year, but who knows what the future holds.

Plain text programming and more info below the cut:

Longheads of all kinds will have something to look forward to this weekend. Each day starts with a comedy, leading into a romantic comedy, and rounding the evening out with something a little scary. At the end of day one you may also enjoy a palate cleanser in the form of iconic Justin Long as the Personification of a Mac Computer Ad Campaign. Highly recommend sticking around for that sleeper hit from the mid 2000s.

Schedule:

Saturday Feb. 10

10:00 am – Waiting (1hr 33)

12:00 pm – Literally, Right Before Aaron (1hr 42)

2:00 pm – I have to go to work (6hr)

8:30 pm – Jeepers Creepers (1hr 30)

10:30 pm – PC Mac Commercials (38min)

Sunday Feb. 11

10:00 am – Accepted (1hr 33)

12:00 pm – He’s just not that into you (2hr 9)

3:00 pm – Programming break (4hr)

7:00 pm – House of Darkness (1hr 28)

9:00 pm – Tusk (1hr 41)

**This is my curatorial debut so be nice to me. Scheduling errors and event mishaps are expected.

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fluid check

#Thriving #I love skipping school to drink tea and chillax #I am the problem #Crunchworld #ms paint #mspaint #go drink something #And blink #And straighten your back

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catch me doing dishes instead of my homework because I don't have to present my sink to the class.

#possibly maybe will be doing more crunch drawings again? #I have ideas for them all the time. I just don't get around to drawing them #really struggling with the mortifying ordeal of being known lately #like always for my whole life. but it's easy to ignore it when you're not trying to push past it #it's when you try to face a fear that it gets scary #I guess that means I'm doing something right #but holy shit I was literally sitting on the couch with my fucking heart pounding at the thought of sharing my next project with my class #even though it literally doesn't matter!! #but it's ever so slightly personal so I'm dreading it #and because I'm dreading it I'm not working on it #hhhhhhh #afraid to do a bad job so I'm not doing it at all #I can't even explain it #ms paint #crunchworld #mspaint

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Here's another ask for you to ignore /lh

I am looking away.

#this was sent july 2022 so I very much did do that #sorry teehee #crunchquestions

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the switch is not a portable console. not anything like the 3ds...

#mecore #mspaint #ms paint #nerd shit #crunchworld

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Ah fuck it, I lied! I won't be migrating to pillowfort completely. I just do not have the brainpower to maintain two things at once. I would still encourage people to sign up and at the very least snag your current username because I *really* think Automattic has a good chance of ruining tumblr or shuttering it because they can't make money off of it.

For now it's just going to be crossposting when I remember.

#I'm staying here until it really sucks on the off chance that it turns arounf #but I'm not exaggerating when I say I really believe automattic could straight up kill this site #either by gutting everything we like about it. or literally killing it #like they're being so whiny about money because this company is NOT going to keep operating at a loss forever. They will shut it down #mr mattic bought it because he's a white man entrepreneur who thought he could make a big splash by fixing the famously unprofitable site #sorry matty turns out it's unprofitable for reasons other than just you not being in charge!! #I fully believe if this doesn't go the way he wants in the next few years it will resort to really scummy shit to pay the bills #(which it is already. cough cough tumblr live) #or it will just shut down. I dont know who's going to buy this dumpster fire next tbh #anyway! I hate to bail on pillowfort so soon 😂 setting a pretty bad example #but I really don't have the ability to keep track of multiple things at a time #It's one or the other and I've been on tumblr for too damn long

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i think kids online should really get back to making internetsonas instead of whatever fuckshit this is with putting their entire real faces, names, ages, and such everywhere. you're not gonna realize how nice internet privacy is until you dont have it anymore and no chance at getting it back. make up a guy and a name and just be that online. make up conflicting details about your completely made up backstory. make a fursona or something

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Better late than never! As part of my ongoing crusade to prove that the internet isn't actually 5 websites with screenshots of the other four, here's a big ol list of random forums and sites that I or my friends have used:

Console hacking:

cfw.guide – Homebrew guides

wiki.hacks.guide – Wiki for above site

3dbrew.org – 3DS Homebrew wiki

wiibrew.org – Wii Homebrew wiki

mrmario2011 – Youtube channel for xbox hacking

https://forum.xda-developers.com/ - Android rooting

https://www.psx-place.com/ - All things PlayStation

Video Games:

gbatemp.net – General gaming forum

https://tcrf.net/The_Cutting_Room_Floor - Wiki of unused content from games

https://chao-island.com/ -Chao wiki (sonic)

https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/ - Kerbal Space Program

Pokemon:

https://www.dragonflycave.com/poll/52

https://serebii.net/

http://www.psypokes.com/index.php

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Main_Page

https://www.smogon.com/

Tools:

https://youtube-playlist-randomizer.bitbucket.io/ - YT playlist randomizer

https://feedly.com/ - AI driven RSS feed?

https://jisho.org/ - Japanese to English dictionary

Misc:

https://forums.ilounge.com/ - Apple stuff

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/ - Unbuilt military/aerospace projects

https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php - Audiophile

https://www.discusscooking.com/ - Cooking

https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/ - “Conversations for America’s mineral owners.”

https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/ - Mineral enthusiasts

https://www.treasurenet.com/forums/ - Treasure hunting

https://www.findmall.com/forums/rock-mineral-forum.65/ - Rocks and Minerals

https://www.mindat.org/discuss.php - Rocks and Minerals

https://www.diyelectriccar.com/ - Make your own electric car

https://www.watchuseek.com/ - Wrist watches

https://highvoltageforum.net/index.php - Electronics

http://www.bzpower.info/ - Lego

https://www.bricklink.com/messageTopics.asp -Bionicle

https://www.discogs.com/forum/ - Music/CDs

Thanks to everyone who sent links :) Consider this a proof of concept. I won't be keeping it updated, but bookmark the ones you like and find your own!

#honestly I hate that ''the internet is 5 sites blah blah'' quote #so fucking annoying I hate that it became a soundbyte that people don't examine #if this is what you think the internet is. you haven't been using it very well #like 6 million people on earth or whatever. most powerful communication technology we've ever had that only gets easier to use #you think they're all using 5 american sites? touch digital grass. go register for an independent forum #nerd shit #resources #also sorry if you sent me a link and it's not on here I lost track #normally I'd do a read more for something like this but I'm mad. look at it. look at all the sites that aren't reddit . wow. imagine. #long post

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Bookmarks: More Useful Than You Think (FireFox Edition)

RSS feeds are great, but more often than not I don't really want to subscribe to a website, just save the link. This is where bookmarks come in. You're probably already using them for some things, but I tend to see bookmarks treated as messy and impractical.

This is only as true as you make it! There are really great built in tools that allow bookmarks to be organized and easy to access. Better yet, they don't impact performance! You can have a ridiculous amount of bookmarks. This is basic stuff, but I've seen a lot of people not know it's there so:

If your bookmarks look like a digital landfill and you want them to look like this ⬇

You're probably used to navigating bookmarks like this, or directly from your toolbar. It works, but it's annoying.

There's a whole bookmarks sidebar built into FireFox for a cleaner, more useful interface!

This guy! Opens and closes with the click of an icon. If you don't already have it, add it like this:

Just drag it wherever you want it on your toolbar. (And change anything else you want while you're in there.)

Now that you can open the sidebar, you can start organizing your bookmarks however you like. It's as easy as managing files on your computer. Right click for new folder then drag and drop bb.

Folder before and after organizing. Took about 30 seconds.

If the sidebar isn't ~advanced~ enough for you, you'll be pleased to know there's a whole other UI you can access for even easier editing.

0o0 !! love this thing. You'll notice the bookmark I highlighted has a vague ass title. Directory of what? You can quickly edit titles and tags here to make them easier to navigate. The name and the url are separate, so you can title them however you want. You can also export(backup) bookmarks to an html or json file that you store locally. Something you should do every once in a while just in case. It means you can also share these with other people, or transfer between different browsers.

You can also edit bookmarks on the fly by just right clicking them.

Why complain about the lack of resources on the internet when you can start hoarding them in a clean and orderly fashion?

#I actually started doing this because of work lmao #there's tons of shit I need immediate access to all the time and I work in 3 different departments #so my shit needs to be really organized #also our account syncing is trash so backing up bookmarks is useful #idk if anyone wants it but I will not be sharing my bookmark file #at least not my personal one #I'd have to go through it and take out all my work and school shit etc etc #but the point is like. It's easy to make your own Epic Bookmark File if you just bm as you go #get in the habit and you'll thank yourself later #crunchcore #crunch world #reddit blackout #reddit boycott #firefox #nerd shit #there will not be a chrome edition I don't use chrome and I'm not going to

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Shilling for Pillowfort:

Hey, what's that? It's a new site that is basically designed to be improved tumblr, and got damn I think it is.

It has a ton of cool (and more importantly, USEFUL features) that are exactly the kinds of things longtime tumblr users have been aching for.

But it's not just a tumblr clone, it borrows from other sites (like amino) to create something interesting and new. The developers have spent a lot of time picking the best bits of different platforms and crafting something that I find very promising.

But there's a catch. Nobody is using it 😂 It's dead as fuck, which is going to deter most people who use this stuff for... you know. The social media.

Howmever. If you're stubborn and way too invested in the health of the internet at large, this is a project that's worth your time. Even if you don't stay using it forever, it would be a great thing to have another option.

Reddit and twitter fall, they come here. Tumblr falls... where do we go? This is one answer to that question. So if you're annoyed by tumblr or just in favor of having options, you should check it out and start drumming up some activity over there. Don't be scared off by the wait list, no one's signing up. I got my link in like 10 minutes.

NOW GET IN THERE BEFORE ALL THE GOOD USERNAMES ARE GONE

#I don't know enough about it to say it's amazing this or that #but I am sick of the hellsite bullshit and would like to at least see a viable alternative #also yes. they let you post hole #tumblr alternative #reddit boycott #reddit blackout

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Did you move your blog somewhere else crunch?

Sort of!

I'm hesitant to call it official for now, but I've made a Pillowfort account under the same name. I'm not happy with the way tumblr has been operating. I'll spare us all the rant here, but you get it. WordPress' priorities have been made very clear.

I will still use this account, but I've decided that Proper New Crunch StuffTM will go on Pillowfort for now. My interests aren't in brand loyalty, but in using the platform that it makes the most sense to use.

Right now it's unclear what that is, but tumblr ain't it.

Unfortunately! Pillowfort is a ghost town 😂 I want to change that, which is part of why I'm doing this. Even if it doesn't end up being The Thing for me, I'd like to see it grow. It's good for everyone if we have options other than mainstream social media.

Right now though, you're not missing much. I've not been up to anything postworthy lately (tired 😖) but when that changes I'll let you know!

#right now I'm posting some reruns and some art I never posted here #but there's not been a ton of interesting stuff #I need to figure out WHAT exactly I want to be doing rn 😂 #but I have many ideas. good things in store >:) #eventually.....

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Hello, please send me the forums and online resources you've used. I want to make a big list.

Criteria: You've found it helpful at some point. It's relatively specialized. Any category. "Online resource" is purposely vague. Magazines, wikis, blogs, etc. They don't have to be obscure.

#thank you #this will hopefully be helpful to other people #but it will also be helpful to me >:) #this is what we have to do. this is how this works #if we want to find things that are not on ''the front page'' we have to share these things #it'll be a lot easier if people get used to the word of mouth thing #I'm not sure how I'll do it yet. a tumblr post with a billion links would be really unwieldy. maybe a spreadsheet idk #but I've got adhd and this is the thing my brain wants right now so send me those links bb #reddit blackout #reddit boycott #forums

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There are Other Things on The Internet Than Reddit

Here's a Lego forum

Here's one for CDs

Here's one for Bionicle

Tech Support and Repair

The blog I used to set up a virtual machine

Anime Anime Manga

Like, anything technical

These are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head and is nowhere near an exhaustive list of just the forums that I have personally used to find valuable information. This isn't even including wikis, independent archives, blogs, magazines, etc etc etc.

Reddit actually isn't the only place on the internet to get information it was just the easiest :)))) The entire rest of the internet didn't die because you stopped using it. :)))

I've never found it anywhere near as helpful as any of these other sources, largely because of the low barrier for entry, lack of specialization, and dogshit culture. People who spend all their time on sites you've never heard of actually know more about the shit their website is dedicated to.

#I almost included a link to a google search for ''cool forums'' #idk how reddit users act so smarmy when the site apparently neutered their ability to like #find anything that isn't left directly in front of them #reddit blackout #reddit boycott #are these places as active as reddit? #no. but think about that for 2 seconds before using that as a reason to stay on reddit #I genuinely feel like I'm going crazy watching people get bent out of shape over one website not even going down. but just being worse #when there are alternatives #there always have been always will be #the internet wasn't built on algorithmic feeds #it was built on people who were willing to look for solutions

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These were just what came to mind but. Forums are not fucking dead, so help me-

#I literally cannot describe how insane it's driving me that people are treating reddit like the only thing on the internet to get info #literally. type what you want. into a search engine. #that's why. those exist. #forums #reddit blackout #reddit boycott

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"The internet’s best resources are almost universally volunteer run and donation based, like Wikipedia and The Internet Archive. Every time a great resource is accidentally created by a for-profit company, it is eventually destroyed, like Flickr and Google Reader. Reddit could be what Usenet was supposed to be, a hub of internet-wide discussion on every topic imaginable, if it wasn’t also a private company forced to come up with a credible plan to make hosting discussions sound in any way like a profitable venture.

We are living through the end of the useful internet. The future is informed discussion behind locked doors, in Discords and private fora, with the public-facing web increasingly filled with detritus generated by LLMs, bearing only a stylistic resemblance to useful information. Finding unbiased and independent product reviews, expert tech support, and all manner of helpful advice will now resemble the process by which one now searches for illegal sports streams or pirated journal articles. The decades of real human conversation hosted at places like Reddit will prove useful training material for the mindless bots and deceptive marketers that replace it."

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hey look I made a thing. I had a whole spiel but tumblr ate my post or whatever. It was a project for school that I put together in unity from a bunch of assets I found/modified.

It's not much of a game, and it's pretty janky, but I learned a lot and I'm really happy with it as a first attempt.

Zip Of Current Windows Build if you want to do some walking around

It was an intro to unity, so the scope of the project was just to create a navigable 3D environment. It was intended to be really basic, but I'm not good at following instructions so I spent a lot of time messing around with textures, lighting, and a shader I found to create a cohesive atmosphere. It was a lot of fun.

The work I did was really just putting it all together. Besides screwing around with a first person controller that I ended up replacing anyway, I didn't do any coding. All of the textures and models were grabbed from wherever I could find them online and used as is or crunched down to fit the theme. Except those crispy crosswalks. I made those ;)

There's no real gameplay right now, but perhaps some day. I don't have the energy to work on it rn, and I'd have to completely restart anyway. Knowing what I know now, it would be much better (and faster) and I'd need to replace the stolen assets anyway. I'm really not sure what kind of game it would be! Feel free to leave ideas if you don't mind me using them later.

bonus video of what it looked like before I got all the lighting and effects worked out.

#nerd shit #crunchclass #unity engine #psx games #also the ''trial version'' in the corner is apparently a bug lmao #I couldn't figure out how to get rid of it #this ended up being a lot easier than my OTHER unity project #which you may see later #it's called downgrade because I fucked up and forgot the shader wouldn't work with the URP so I had to redo some stuff lmao