It's great you've been motivated to write the book again! What helped you get back into it? Your prior comment on how the craft of writing is undervalued in this digital age left an impression. I feel we are on the cusp of an era promising some wild, alarming possibilities. It's easy to feel anxious or lose hope. I worry my approach to making a living will be rendered obsolete in the next decade, and be forced to adapt to a new world using old skills. I always did prefer paper books to digital.
Generally speaking, my tried-and-true method of working through any mental block is to develop a bigger and better perspective. Yes, we are on the cusp. When a dramatic change descends upon people, it's normal for the first reaction to be an overreaction, especially if you are among the directly impacted such as writers/authors.
Looking back at similar historical moments, the early predictions were rarely accurate because they were anxious overreactions. No matter how big the potential for change, the process of change eventually runs up against a wall of stasis, in the form of people's deeply ingrained memories, beliefs, values, and habits. (You've brought up a great example as one of many people who still prefer paper books despite the convenience, cost-savings, and widespread availability of ebooks.) Thus, in the end, though change is inevitable, it is never as fast and dramatic as people fear.
Additionally, modern culture has a short attention span, and the novelty has already started wearing off as people get more familiar with the flaws and limitations of AI. AI is not something you can rely on and trust for final answers on important matters. Mostly, it is there to remove the burden of tedious mental work, which frees up time and energy for more meaningful tasks. One reason human beings still dominate the world is their ability to "domesticate" and neutralize threats, and the process has already begun with AI.
Yes, generative AI threatens to flood society with meaningless content at best and harmful misinformation at worst. The answer to the false and the meaningless isn't to give up on truth and meaning, is it? If you believe it is a matter of grave existential importance, then the answer is to do more to ensure that truth and meaning prevail.
very excited for this event!
This blog finally has a banner and tumblr icon! What do you think Donald and Gyro are talking about under the stars?
Be sure to put :iconDonro-Week: in your bio to use this stamp!
Banner and icon were made thanks to the efforts of @sikyurame and @dandyfelines
since a lot of people are getting into indie web stuff nowadays, I figured I'd post my collection of webmastery resources I've accumulated here!
full list under the cut, you can also view the list and other resources on my resource page (which contains resources for other things too, not just webmastery or programming). This post will probably be updated when I find more stuff too
Font selector code HTML - the HTML portion of code I made to implement a working font selector on my website
Font selector code JavaScript - the JavaScript portion of code I made to implement a working font selector on my website
freeCodeCamp - free coding courses and certifications
The Odin Project - full stack web development curriculum, open source
Developer Roadmaps - community-made roadmaps for self-taught developers
GTmetrix - shows how fast your site loads and gives recommendations on how to improve load times
Cappuccicons - free icons, alternative to Font Awesome
XP.css - CSS framework mimicking the look of Windows XP operating systems
Indieseek.xyz - an indie web directory
Archetype - experiment with font and spacing options and see a live preview of what they'd look like on a webpage
Porkbun - cheap domain and web hosting provider with free WHOIS privacy (not having your private information publicly available and linked to your domain name which normally happens when you buy a domain unless you pay a fee) included with every domain
Whatruns - free browser extension for Firefox that tells you what a website uses to run
Inclusive Components - a blog about designing inclusive and accessible web interfaces, with example code
WAVE Web Accessibility Tool - scans a webpage and identifies potential accessibility improvements
ACA 80x15 web badge maker - make a web badge
Sadgrl's 88x31 button maker - make a button for your website
A Field Guide to Web Accessibility - an informative guide about web accessibility
Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools List - huge list of tools that assist in helping create accessible websites
SCM Music Player - customizable music player for your website
Resources - Bechnokid's resources, tutorials, and code snippets, including making an RSS feed reader for status.cafe and implementing Freezeframe JS (so animated GIFs don't play by default until hovered over or until the user clicks a button, important for accessibility)
Mobile Friendly via CSS - a tutorial by Dannarchy on making your website mobile-friendly
Website Carbon - calculates your website's carbon footprint, recommend pairing this with GTmetrix for specific recommendations as optimizing how fast your website loads will generally reduce its carbon footprint
Native Neocities Hit-Counter - a tutorial by Dannarchy on making a native Neocities hit-counter for your website
Cbox - free chatbox for your website
You Don't Need JavaScript - a collection of ways to do things typically done with JavaScript, without JavaScript
Creating your own website - a guide by 32-Bit Cafe
Zonelets - a simple, free blogging engine
Melonking's intro to the web revival - a series of blog posts on building a website for beginners
Code snippets - useful HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code snippets from Kalechips
sadgrl.online
Yesterlinks
Tinytools directory
32-Bit Cafe's massive resource list
awhe's cool links
30 seconds of code (free code snippets)
Milan's ultimate resource list (not just programming)
doqmeat's links
the garden of madeline's web resources page
Okay, I think that's all the links for now! If you have any questions on this stuff feel free to send me an ask btw, I'm happy to help :D
been a while since I drew some wigglytuff n chatot, sketched out some backstory headcanon things. I think Chatot started out working for the Pokemon Exploration Federation in a back-of-house role, as a cartographer or some other detailed work processing lots of information. he met Wigglytuff on an excursion for work, and Wigglytuff, being the affable person he is, convinced Chatot to team up for the day. They hit it off well, and Wigglytuff didn't want to let go of this connection. So, he approached Chatot and convinced him to form an exploration team together. Chatot was quite a stickler to his duties and refused at first, but as the days passed by, he realised his heart truly belonged out on the field with Wigglytuff, not stuck inside.
i'd like to expand on it later but for now, this is what i got.
tldr: drawing my adoptive gay grandparents
The opening theme for Parvey: The Interdimensional Singer! (An indie cartoon coming in the far future...!)
movie night
QOTD: Of course the Duck and Gearloose families will support this relationship. HDL probably are hyped that Donald has a tech bf who can show them how to build cool stuff. And while they seemed to be somewhat indifferent towards Daisy (who was very hot-and-cold to Donald), they like that Gyro makes their uncle genuinely very happy. Scrooge would be all for it, so he can score a "family discount" from Gyro's workshop. As if he doesn't pay the poor guy enough. Newton enjoys this arrangement since he's buddies with HDL at school. They get to carpool! And hang out a lot! Plus, he is probably a huge Paperinik fan and Donald is "Paperinik's best friend"... so...
Day 5: Family for @donro-week
co-hosted by @delladucker + @quantwigmania !
here’s the super important form to fill out if you’re interested in participating — we will use this to determine pair-ups and when we’ll send those pair-ups out! the form will close in two weeks (october 15)
> you will be notified of who you get through tumblr messages!
ALL types of duck media are allowed, don’t feel restricted to just ducktales 2017! please refrain from ocs though, just to make things simpler
asks will be opened so if you have any questions, let us know! otherwise, this post will be updated as we go C: hope to see y’all participating!
goodnight everyone (:
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spreadsheet of families in Gaza you can help today
donate to:
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MOLLY'S FUTURE MISHAPS: THE FULL TRAILER!!
In a world where sea slugs evolved to live on one of Jupiter's moons, one sea bunny's mistake causes the time travel adventure of a lifetime...! A 460 page comic, a plush, and more!?
Merry Christmas @writebackatya from your Secret Santa for the @duckblrsecretsanta2023 :)
I come bearing gift art. :O Day 7, Gift for @donro-week
Each graphic is inspired by a different creator!
For @sikyurame - A family night up on a hill to stargaze, set in the Paralyzed AU. With a special someone. ; ]
For @gyorslab - You had me at "apple farm donro!" Originally proposed a donro week much earlier on in the DT fandom, so I hope you don't mind me making a tribute to you! Would not have had the idea to run this donro week if not for you :)
For @owlsong74 - Inspired by "A Pancake-Sweet Morning". Sweet fic with a very slow, domestic donro dynamic that I adore.
For @endtr0ducin - Gyro Beats Up an Ableist, Part 2: Electric Boogaloo. Sorry Pete, someone had to play the villain for this. tw blood just in case.
If you would like to be untagged/unmentioned in this post please let me know.
QOTD: Which donro creator/fic do you recommend?
Aside from the people mentioned here, @wacky-nameless-inventor-24 and @shychick-52 write Donro fanfiction I enjoy!
Level 7 On the Danger Scale (AO3 account req.) is another fun story with DT17 Donro. As is A Nudge in the Right Direction.
There were many people who came and went making donro art and fic, and I appreciate every one of you. Also, thank you to everyone who participated in the Donro Week; you made this week full of gaiety and, well, gay birds. Two positive things!