_^15/10/2024

Ahoy Townspeople #003

Ahoy, ahoy, ahoy! Third time’s the charm. This two weeks have been a bit of a blur, time flies when you’re in the integration hell.

Findings

• Arabic speakers mix numbers with their letters when writing. I’ve always wondered why. In short, it’s because the Arabic script is an abjad, a writing system where each symbol represents a consonant, the numbers represent sounds not easily expressed with the Latin alphabet. Here’s a longer explanation.

• You can hear your own voice as other people hear it by putting two pieces of paper (or your hands) in front of your ears and talking. Very strange.

• I was struggling to get the mechanical escapement mechanism to work in my clock design. While I was battling the integration hell, YouTube taunted me with a beautiful electronic clock design. I’d highly recommend checking it out.

• Speaking of escapements, I found a great resource that explains the different types of mechanical escapements. I mean, look at them! They’re beautiful.

• Also, while I was messing around aerosolized bleach for my bleach fabric dye experiments, I figured out I can use halftone patterns to create a gradient of colors instead of a solid color. I found a great tool that generates halftone patterns from images.

• Theres nothing more permanent than the temporary fix that works. - Chris Boden

Miscaellanea

• This god damn game ruined 3 days of my life. Territorial.io.

• Worked on a mechanical clock escapement mechanism. Will write about it soon.

• Bought Hell Let Loose. Oh boy, it’s a good game especially when you find a squad that communicates. You can hear the bells of the church in the distance, the artillery shells whizzing by, the machine guns rattling, the tanks rumbling. Would recommend - if you love seeing “Killed in Action” on your screen every 3 minutes. :^)

• Still didn’t finish Silo. Making progress here and there though.