WindyDays

IT's late and I'm both hungry and tired from shooting Scrapyard Wars (which by the way is an LTT series and will be airing ad-supported on YouTube very soon for your viewing pleasure).
 
But there are a few points to address and you've already been patient enough.
 
I said LMG content would always be free. This was poor wording on my part. There has always been content produced by me and my team that was not necessarily available on a free platform like YouTube.
 
These "The Boost" videos that we make on contract as a sales training resource for Intel, for example:
 
 
 
In much the same way, Vessel has contracted LMG the production company to create an original series for their platform. They bankrolled the whole thing, giving us an opportunity to make something that otherwise would have been too costly, and per the licensing agreement they own the right to exploit this content. It's their show until such time as they decide it's not anymore.
 
We played more of a "production company" role in this than we're accustomed to.
 
This could, and SHOULD have been communicated better, and for that I'm sorry. The community should have heard about this from us FIRST, and not from a random email newsletter, but I've been (and so has the whole team) absolutely busting ass to not only get Nerd Sports produced, but also make sure that we're keeping up with everything else that we've got going on including not having missed a single day of LTT uploads for something like 5 years..
 
With that said, quantity isn't everything, and I've noticed that not everyone has appreciated the LTT content as much as usual lately, but it's hard for me to tell if that's because they don't like our new direction (fewer reviews, and more exploratory or experimental videos) or if they just saw a video or two they didn't like and raised hell in the comment section - it wouldn't be the first time.. And I will say, too, that honestly if a couple of the videos felt rushed then it's probably because they were.. HOWEVER, the primary reason for the rushed videos was  the entire week we're taking off this week to film Scrapyard Wars Season 4, which will be premiering on Vessel sometime in the next few weeks or so, followed by a release on YouTube 1 week later, which is the standard agreement for OUR content that is paid for by LMG or our sponsors.
 
Nerd Sports was shot 40% during evenings and weekends with employees taking time in lieu later on when we hire some more staff or when things slow down a little. We were careful to avoid disrupting any of our other commitments because imo you guys deserve the best we can deliver.
 
Which is another point that was brought up in this thread - "How will LMG keep its commitment to maintain the pace and quality of the other content if they're making Nerd Sports or other contractual content?"
 
We couldn't. We're hiring.
 
I've never shied away from investing in more staff or better equipment or a better facility to make sure that we're doing our best for ourselves, each other, our sponsors and our viewers. If we play our cards right, absolutely everyone wins.
 
Nerd Sports has been a fantastic learning experience for us, and whether we continue the series with Vessel, create other completely different web series in the future, or just say "fudge it" and flip burgers from now on, we'll be able to do those things better than we could have without having done this.
 
So bottom line is this. I screwed up the way I communicated "LMG content", which was meant to be content funded BY Linus Media Group rather than content funded entirely by and licensed to a 3rd party, and I screwed up in a MUCH bigger way the LACK of communication about this project. Sorry guys.

This is a really good format for non-review/informal videos (but then again everything is informal at LTT...)

Already on Pc Case Gear

I'm about to do a blue/black themed build and dat blue H440 would be absolutely perfect, but not sure how long it'll take for it to get to Australia  :wacko:

Well it's not really news, but I had a laugh when I saw what was typed.
 

 
I'm skeptical about typing on smartwatches, but if you really need to type a short note/message on your watch instead of your phone for some reason then maybe this is viable? Or is it too different and not worth learning?
 
What keyboards are used on smartwatches now anyway? Full QWERTY? Numpad/cellphone style? What do you think the best way to implement typing on a watch?
Can you even think of a scenario where you would type on your watch instead of your phone?
 
It's currently available as an app for smartphones on the play store.

How many understand that title?

You don't. You keep it bottled up inside you for the rest of your life.

Better question would be: after how many frames/second would we stop noticing tangible improvements to fluidity? (I have no idea)

Hey brotha, I actually just got my Shine 3 today, YOTS. Months/weeks back I was asking the same question and found out that PBT(I think either thick or normal PBT)keycaps, which have a diff feel to them, will create a nice backlighting effect.
Here is one that someone posted on my thread. "Any black keycap[PBT] will do."

Currently looking for one but to no avail.
Ducky has a black blank set but it's sold out. I heard that they restock stuff but need confirming.
IDK about your other questions tho, sorry.

Better question would be: after how many frames/second would we stop noticing tangible improvements to fluidity? (I have no idea)

Better question would be: after how many frames/second would we stop noticing tangible improvements to fluidity? (I have no idea)

Oh right, I didn't even know firefox was blocking content. Thanks!

I want to write a short article for the economics society at my school, preferably something that is related to technology so that I can enjoy research a little more. Does anyone have any ideas? Anything related to economics is fine, though Bitcoin has already been taken haha. It's not very important, but I'd still appreciate all of your answers!

Windy days in late spring/summer/early autumn.
Or rather, the feel of cool wind on my body when it's warm.

I think the predominant reason backlighting exists is for aesthetics rather than functionality, although there are cases when it is actually useful.

Since being a goldsmith has not so much to do with making a computer, I have been busy making a piece of jewellery I could wear at the computex ;) . A silver keyboard ring with my initials on it. If you would like to see how I work as a goldsmith....again.... just scroll down ;) !

 

I made a wax ‘Ideal’ keyboard key and casted in brass. Then I made a rubber mould and made more wax keys.

These keys were casted in silver, so you can mass produce silver keys ;) !

 



 



 

Here you can see the casts. 

 

This is what I want to engrave.

 



 

First finish the keys.

 



 

My logo.

 



 



 

I still had 3 tiny diamonds which I will set in the ring.

 



 

Here you can see different surface techniques.

 



 

I have enneald the silver so I can bend the material easily

 



 

Then bend the silver and solder it together.

 



 



 

To make the ring round you have to hammer it.

To make the backside of the ring more interesting I have stamped my initials in the silver plate. 

 



 

First I started with drawing on my logo. I made a ‘light’ engraving with my milling tool (sort of dremel). 

 



 

To cut away the logo I used a engraving tool.

 



 

These 2 elements will be the frame of the ring, I will have to solder them together.

 



 



 

A silver plate that goes across the gap so the keys will stay in place when I lay them on, and solder them.

 



 

After you solder the silver there are a lot of oxides, so I always use a chemical to clean the material. It makes the silver look snow white.

 



 



 

Cut away the extra material.

 



 



 

One of the diamonds, they are so tiny!

 



 



 

Soldering everything together. 

 



 

I wanted the letters and my logo to stand out more, so I used a chemical which makes the silver go black. If you sand the material afterwards the lower parts will not be schratched so will stay black.

 



 



 

Now only finishing and than set the stones.

 



 



 



 



 

And the final result!!!!

 



 



 

Hope you like it!

 

I also made a few goodies with me to Taiwan to hand out to people there. It was a very interesting day ;) !

 



 



 

The lasercutter.

 



 

First a few testplates.

 



 



 

The real stuff ;) !

 



 



 



 

The lasercut goodies :)

 



 

Interesting day :D !

 

I’m very happy with how the build turned out! If I would have had more time and knowledge that I now have, I would have perfected it.

But I’m already thinking about my next project, so maybe soon there will be a new buildlog ;) !

What I want to know is. Why is Adobe Flash CS6 so darn expensive?!

Well I voted index finger but then I realised I actually use both...

It's my name in Japanese...
 
Richard becomes Richaado with Katakana.

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