Just recorded my first podcast in four years with the three older kids. It's going to take a few days to clean up and edit as I learn Ferrite, but once it's done I think it's going to be our best one yet!
NESmaker [thenew8bitheroes.com] is pretty neat. Stumbled across this NES game creation tool yesterday during my ongoing NES scene deep dive. Can't wait to watch the documentary [austinmckinley.com] that led to its creation.
Productive weekend with Pixitracker. The kids seem to think my new podcast intro song is better than the original I came up with in Garage Band 4 years ago. I'm not completely satisfied, but it's more complex and good enough to use until I come up with an improved iteration.
📺 Just learned that 52 year-old actor Luke Perry of Beverly Hills 90210 fame passed away from a stroke today. Besides the nostalgic impact from my late high school and college years, so weird to realize Luke was basically the same age as my dad was when he died 18 years ago.
🍿 Ralph Breaks the Internet definitely falls in the category of superior sequels (and I really liked Wreck-It Ralph)! Looking at the comments on IMDB there are clearly some insecure white male troll campaigns going on for this one because there are way too many low reviews.
🏀 They haven't admitted it, but on review it sure looks to me like UVa's miracle tying basket out of a missed free throw against Purdue to send the game to overtime was very much a called play. I think most teams need to practice this scenario and have a play ready for it.
Having fun with Pixitracker this weekend. It's a great way to fiddle around and experiment with song ideas and it's easy to export to SunVox (or other trackers) once you have something you want to refine.
🏀 There's no way Richland should have lost to this Mt. Si team. That regional loss cost them a top 3 finish at State.