Email or username:

Password:

Forgot your password?
431 posts total
R E K

We see peafowl almost everyday here in Beacon Hill Park (they roam freely), but yesterday we saw the peacocks courting peahens for the very first time, with their tail trains all fanned out.

They stand in front of the peahens, and then start spinning, while 'rattlling' their fan tail, moving their wings to show off their golden color.

It is very impressive.

R E K

Ginger paradise 😍

Photo by N-double-u

many MANY ginger roots stacked next to a  building in Myanmar
R E K

I'm having some grated ginger root tea right now. I'm on theme.

R E K

At the very southern end of Victoria(BC), you can walk all along the log-strewn beach. You can usually log-skip for a long while. During times of the year where there is less driftwood, walking on the stone beach is also nice (love the sound of waves retreating from a stone beach).
Parts of the shore is lined with rocky walls, and some bits can be challenging to cross (esp at high tide), but it's a good way to fight restlessness.
Thankful to have this place just a short walk away :>

Mike McCabe

@rek I love the focus of log skipping! Just enough concentration needed — for the body — to free the mind, for being in the moment.

Avi Bryant

@rek I walked the Dallas Rd beach for the first time just recently and it hugely improved my impression of Victoria.

R E K

Added back some of the corrected chapters(1-7) for Wiktopher online. Still correcting chapters 8-16. 🏜️ ⛵

wiktopher.ca

A dithered illustration of a fictional creature with long parabolic easr called a Hyroo.
R E K

When i gatta reach for hand holds to get around the boat while at a dock, means it's hella breezy out there~

[DATA EXPUNGED]
R E K

ALMOST done with re-drawing all of the assets for Oquonie :rek_omnicat_wah: *phew*.
All I've got left to do is the idle animations for the wizards, and other NPCs, and to correct some small errors in some of the walls and floors.

Veeeeeeeeery excited :>.

Some context for Oquonie:
kokorobot.ca/site/oquonie.html

a screenshot of a pixel art pachycephalosaur wizard with a top hat with its eyes closed, in Gimp.
Show previous comments
Alexander Cobleigh

@rek the sprites are super good!! i didn't realize you were redrawing the *entire thing* until dev wrote it and then i was like "oh shit, those are chunky pixels??!!!"

Sketchwhale

@rek I have such fond memories of Oquonie, so it's wonderful you're finding ways to keep it alive/"bring it back".

R E K

Waaaah I'm done! It's DONE!

All of the assets for Oquonie are finished 🎉 🥳 !!!

R E K

Working on a short sequence about tracking and counter-tracking :>... this is a WIP, page 2 of 5.

Context: from a comic following a group of monkeywrenchers.

Project page:
kokorobot.ca/site/tracking.htm

WIP of a comic page showing how to track.
First panel: Walk a straight line of tracks fo 10-15 m and circle back to where you started
2nd: Now take your stick and lay it next to the first track.
3rd: Put the top end of the stick at the heel of the first track, and tie 2 strings, the first where the second track begins at the toe, and the second at the heel.
4th: This gives us two things, the length of the stride and of the track.
5th: Move to the next tack by putting the stick alongside of the route of travel to the next track, lining the strings with the heel and toe. Near the tip of the stick you'll find the next track. Repeat this process for the rest of the tracks.
[DATA EXPUNGED]
ndpi

@rek what is a “monkeywrencher”? Haven’t heard that one before 🙂

Show previous comments
[DATA EXPUNGED]
R E K

HA. Figured out what went wrong: the rubber seal was bad, and so oxygen found its way in.

Tested the seal by putting water in the jar today, and flipped it upside down. Water flowed out.

Always test the seals :blobhaj_reach:

🐡 la ninpre 🍄
@rek when something like this happens i always say to myself "well, now the contents of this can have been sacrificed to the almighty fungi, it's alright", haha
Show previous comments
inscript

@rek the artwork for Oquonie is just so gorgeous. I love how well it translated to lower-res.

Pixoshiru

@rek i still have the Oquonie book, you’ve made such a precious world, there ❤️

R E K

A very handy Ohm's Law graphic when calculating the value of components in a circuit.

Think I'm going to re-draw this and keep it near my desk :>.

a sort of pie graphic showing how to calculate the value of components in a circuit, showing. Each pie(watts, amperes, volts and resistance) has 3 sub-divisions, showing 3 different formulas, either multiplying or dividing values.
Show previous comments
R E K

A better version of the graphic :>, sourced from my textbook.

Source: Canadian Amateur Radio Basic Qualification Study Guide by Coax Publications Inc.

a photo of a ohm's law wheel in a text book
opfez

@rek oh that wheel seems very complicated! i prefer the equations here and just rearranging for what i want to find

R E K

I *think* I've found the right adapter to connect our old regulator to a paintball tank for making fizzy water :>!
This tank will be far more convenient to carry/refill than our old 5kg tank. If one paintball tank isn't enough (say we go though it too fast, we can easily get another one).

John Kaniarz

@rek what’s your setup? I’m using a paintball tank adapter in my Soda Stream now, but I hate how it wastes gas by using it for agitation.

My original setup was an automotive valve stem mounted in a soda bottle top, but it wasn’t reliable enough.

R E K

Having fizzy water is a great way to drink less alcohol :>. Been lessening my intake lately, and this will help.

R E K

Last fall I worked on some tanuki characters for my friend Chase's kanji-learning app for Android: Kanji Study.
The update was released last month. There's a dark version with b&w assets, and a regular one with colored versions :>. (There are 11 tanuki in total)

kokorobot.ca/site/kanji_study.

black and white illustrations of tanuki, gradually becoming older, wiser, each one sporting a different accessory. A small plant on their head gradually bloom.
color illustrations of tanuki, gradually becoming older, wiser, each one sporting a different accessory. A small plant on their head gradually bloom.
Show previous comments
Gosha

@rek the four on the right look so cheeky 😁

Dustin Swan

@rek I loved seeing this cute monster pop up in Kanji Study! Thanks for making it

R E K

When Dev & I first made Oquonie, we based a lot of assets on things we had around us when living in Tokyo.

We used to grow avocado plants from the pits and kept them in little umeshu glasses (pictured on the right).
We also would sprout potatoes and grow plants with them for fun (little plant up front).

In Japan a lot of houses keep PET bottles full of water in specific spots on their property (nekoyoke 猫よけ, to scare away cats) so this is what I drew here too :>.

When Dev & I first made Oquonie, we based a lot of assets on things we had around us when living in Tokyo.

We used to grow avocado plants from the pits and kept them in little umeshu glasses (pictured on the right).
We also would sprout potatoes and grow plants with them for fun (little plant up front).

some pixel art assets featuring nekoyoke, a potato plant and some avocado pits in glasses with a long leafy stem sticking out from their tops.
Show previous comments
Tim Serafin

@rek I loved Oquonie back in the day, especially the artstyle! It's great to hear more about the origins of the game :)

Alexander Cobleigh

@rek thanks for sharing this snippet, super cozy to know some of the history :~~

daria björn

@rek Why someone need a pet bottle full of water to... scare cats? :)

R E K

Released the list of changes to the HundredRabbits projects for January 2023 :>!

100r.co/site/home.html#jan2023

a photo of the game Oquonie running in Uxn
[DATA EXPUNGED]
R E K

Whenever Kurenai by X Japan comes up in my cmus playlist, I have to stop what I'm doing to focus on singing it aloud. :goose_honk:

R E K

This thing is so large that I couldn't hold it up with one hand to take a photo XD...

R E K

Really loving our long stay on Cortes Island. We really didn’t expect to stay here this long, but it is crazy beautiful... the trails are nice, the water is warm enough to swim in, and there’s so much room that it never rly feels crowded when other boats come.

I hear bald eagles everyday (such a unique cry). I also always hear the resident seal before I see it (it breathes so loud when it surfaces).

R E K

We had planned to be more north at this time, but plans change :). Especially if we discover a place on the way that we really love.

Devine Lu Linvega

@rek we got a friendly neighbor seal that comes to say hi if you're napping in the hammock.

R E K

One of my favorite dishes these days is scrambled chickpea flour (just-milled chickpea flour mixed with cumin, a bit of tahini and water), served with some strips of nori and some spiced lacto-fermented carrots.
I sometimes add a splash of soy sauce and some sambal oelek over top too!

#thegalley

R E K

Drew some Adelie penguins for Adelie, a little slideshow program ^____^

wiki.xxiivv.com/site/adelie.ht

Photo of a sketchbook page featuring several drawings of Adelie penguins.
Go Up