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.
Burritos
35mm film with picture negatives on it
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.
I have a comic that I work on if I got the time and energy (I usually don’t).
I also DM and I make stories and maps for my table
Disappointment
My body is a machine that turns caffeine into uptime.
Various 3d printed items, Last week I sewed some dust covers for my HOTAS peripherals, scripts to help manage my media library, nonsense comments on Lemmy.
Resin dice, novels, 3D prints, paintings, video games, wooden furniture, RPG scenarios. I have way too many hobbies and maybe two hours per week to work on them, so in reality I create very little. But making something physical is incredibly helpful for keeping the worst of my depression at bay.
Duct tape and cardboard solutions to questions like “How do I get these two pieces of photography equipment to work together?”
I recommend you try gaffer tape instead of duct tape.
Advantages:
- Remains flexible and removable forever.
- Looks nicer, a cool matte black or manynother colors.
Where I get off making this recommendation:
I needed a light-excluding bellows for a photographic project. I made one using black illustration stock and gaffer tape. It worked extremely well on the first version and held up to hundreds of cycles of extension/compression. My application was sensitive to pinhole light leakage and there was none.
It would have lasted longer but that was the end of that project.
My two cents. I love DIY stuff!
Fair comment. I used gaffer tape a lot at the beginning of my journey because it was convenient and available, but everything I built fell apart eventually, so I started using cloth duct tape. I recently discovered aluminium duct tape which is genuinely amazing. It’s like regular cloth duct tape, but it can be shaped really precisely, and it holds it’s shape even if everything else falls apart around it.
Also a fair point. My devices did not need to last indefinitely and I found the gaffer tape to be very forgiving when prototyping, allowing removal and replacement as I worked out the kinks.
Tools that are used to create human misery on a mass scale.
MS office software engineer?
Nope. I’m going to stay vague so I won’t DOX myself, but the only stable job I could find in years is for an organization that doesn’t have the best intentions for humanity (or profit strangely enough) and actively hurts people.
I was in the same boat. When I couldn’t take it anymore I quit. I have been unemployed for just under two years now. Whatever you end up doing, stay strong.
doesn’t have the best intentions for humanity (or profit strangely enough)
Reverse filantropy. Quite remarkable indeed!
I had a shop that made flaming nipple tassels, though I just closed down until the future is more certain. I also create sideshow and fire performances. My most recent one involves a drill and my skull.
And finally, a lot of D&D content, such as an entire world setting inspired by the tarot deck
an entire world setting inspired by the tarot deck
This just makes me so happy!
I like to create software tools for people smarter than me to create bigger and better things.
Waste that I expell in the bathroom.
I create hastily designed lumber creations that are used to organize and store things.
Every couple of years I create a world for friends to play tabletop games in for a shared experience.
Some days I get paid to create written documentation and shared understanding of complex systems used to collect and report data that someone else will hopefully analyze and use for improving the educational opportunities of children.
I love the reframing of the question.
I draw angels mostly, but I do draw fanart from time to time as well! I’ve uploaded progress pictures, timelapses, and files associated with my work, too!
Huh. I’ve never considered the IA as a place to upload my pictures.
Really cool work - you don’t happen to be on BSky or tumblr, maybe?
Thank you so much!! And I am! I’m on Tumblr and also Bluesky!
As a welder, I create a ton of shit. Today, I created a new handle for a lathe, cut off the old one, and bolted on my part so the lathe functions (mostly).
