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Too Awesome

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This is just too awesome. Picture request from a mate, kanon147 on Twitter (open the journal entry to actually see the thing):

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...and good riddance.


Well, what a s**t of a year. Between the same pandemic and general state-of-the-world related issues as everyone else, plus a somewhat personal run-in with cancer (Hodgkin's Lymphoma. 0/10 experience, do not recommend), that's a year I'd rather forget. As, I suspect, would a lot of people. There was a joke going around about some angel accidentally scheduling a decade's worth of history into that single year, and it seemed reasonably apt. Let's just hope 2020 wasn't being dished up as a sort of entrée to 2021. Still, on a personal level, things could have been a lot worse. Had the luxury of taking six months off for chemo, both financially and with work's blessing, with plenty of support from friends and family. Now I am, at least preliminarily, in remission (though not counting chickens etc. until I've a few more test cycles under my belt) and back at work in an industry which is, for now at least, fairly stable. Touch wood. Sounds like there should be plenty to do next year as well so... take it as it comes I guess.

How's everyone else faring?

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Eclipsed

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So, it finally happened: I hit the wrong button and wound up on Eclipse. Now, these days I try not to be instantly mad at change and, honestly, having given myself a half hour or so to rearrange my home page and get used to it, the actual look isn't too bad. I don't mind it.

The actual functionality on the other hand... bloody hell what a mess. Inputs are slow and laggy, assuming it recognises your inputs at all. Input responses are inconsistent, particularly on mobile and touch devices. Basically it's just not a pleasant experience right now.

The bit that ultimately ended in me switching back to the old site though was trying to schedule a submission. This is something I do regularly, both for the sake of consistency with Monday Musings, or so I can write the comment in advance if I'm intending to submit something whilst out of town. Either way, asking it to schedule the submission redirects you to buy core membership... despite the fact that I'm already paying for that.

I get it's still very much in Beta (at least I hope it is), and bug report submitted etc, but since being able to schedule a submission is kind of a core [sic] functionality for me... yeah, I'm out for now.

EDIT Oh, also looks like journals created on Eclipse don't show up as journals on the old site... and the formatting's rooted. Seriously, get your s**t together dA. You're a site that relies on members submitting content, so if you can't get the basic submission/posting process right what's the point?
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There's a tag going around Twitter at the moment which asks you to pick four of your </span>favourite bits of work for the year. It goes around every year, but trying to select four drawings for 2019 I couldn't help but have the thought that I've not had a great year for getting anything polished done. Yes, the Monday Musings have been consistent, but anything coloured and polished... not so much. In some respects that was a little disappointing, but the reality is that this had definitely been a more work/career focused time for me. On that note though, things I'm going to use as excuses:
 - Put about 40,000km on the BMW driving to and from work.
 - Bought a watch.
 - Caught on fire (twice).
 - Helped turn "worst project on the alignment" into "best project on the alignment".
 - Finished major editing on stupid novel.
 - Took a holiday.

As frustrating as not being able to draw as much as I would like has been, taken as a whole I can't really complain about 2019 on a personal level. Guess we shall see what 2020 brings.

Anyway, how did 2019 pan out for you mob? However it was though, happy New Year, and here's to hoping this one is better than the last.
Wednesday Musings - 20200101 by wraith11

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EDIT: Well, as those who follow along on Twitter would already know, we wound up back at work on Monday. Sort of. Bit on and off as the fires threaten then retreat again. That being said, as problematic as the whole thing is for everyone involved, I must admit the aero-nerd part of me is having the time of its life.</span>

Well, we finally ran out of luck at work. Closed the highway, evacuated the job site, then retired to the pub to work out what we were all doing about getting home (seeing as it's Friday, and closing the highway meant no way to head north). Once it became obvious the road wasn't going to be re-opening any time soon, decided to call it and took the long way home. Added a solid 4hrs to the trip but, frankly, it's also a far more pleasant drive.

Guess I'll find out what the actual damage is come Monday.

How is everyone else?

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