jade@vandor.sx

Microblog

Welcome to my microblog — my place to share quick updates and musings in a tweet-like fashion. Externally, my microblog is available as a JSON feed. In addition, I make an effort to cross-post to Bluesky.

I somehow only now noticed my car has small kilometer-per-hour markings on the speedometer gauge.

Helpful for if I ever drive up to Canada, which I’d like to do someday (it’s only a day’s drive)!

Google deactivated my account that had the 15-month student trial of Gemini Pro — and I’m a bit bitter about that :p

Snippet of an email from OpenAI. It reads, “You’ve successfully subscribed to ChatGPT Plus.”

📷 I’ve been curious about the view from the skywalk of this building, and the other day I got the opportunity to check it out! Though I must admit, it looks more impressive from the freeway outside.

A black and white photo looking down a long, enclosed skywalk. Large windows line both sides of the hallway, showing trees and buildings outside. The perspective creates leading lines that draw the eye to an elevator at the end of the hall. A folded package delivery tote lays against the left wall.

It is with a heavy heart that I must announce I have purchased an Adobe license. This follows my decade-long spree of pirating and manipulating free trials 🤫

In all seriousness, Newegg (of all places) is selling a bundle license for Lightroom + Photoshop for $95, which I think is quite reasonable.

I just ordered an expensive pillow, but I’m fully prepared to return it if it doesn’t meet my high expectations.

There’s nothing I particularly dislike about my current and long-standing cheap pillow, but I feel like something better has the potential to be a huge QOL improvement.

📷 A photo I took on my delivery route today. It was cool to see the storm clouds slowly roll in through the evening.

A single, large white wind turbine stands tall against a dark, stormy grey sky. The turbine's three blades are angled, suggesting it's moving slowly. The lower third of the image shows a line of vibrant green treetops, contrasting with the dramatic sky and the stark white of the turbine.

I just watched a 32 minute AI-produced video and I didn’t realize until I read the comments. I’m shocked, disgusted, and embarrassed!

It wasn’t overtly obvious as it used real stock footage, but in hindsight the script and thumbnail are clearly AI.

“Unseen New Hampshire” is the video. I just wanted to learn about NH while I ate dinner :((

There’s nothing quite like starting a new Minecraft world on a hot and sunny summer day.

A first-person view of a desk setup shows two monitors, a keyboard, a mouse, a laptop, and a microphone. The left monitor displays the Minecraft world creation screen. The room is brightly lit, with sunlight streaming in from a large half-covered window.

My 2-month ChatGPT Plus trial expired, so now I’m onto the 15-month Google AI Pro trial. 15 months is a pretty insane offer.

I watched the movie Take Out (2004) last night. I’m really drawn to Sean Baker’s filmmaking style (since watching Anora), and I’m finding his earlier work is just as compelling.

I stopped by my local camera store to get a feel for the Sony A7CR w/ the 24-50 2.8 G lens, and I’m left thinking that’s probably the right kit for me…

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