• Upgrade old Virtual Furnal Equinox worlds from 2021 through 2023 to newer Unity / VCC
• Godot lessons I purchased a while ago. I’ve finished most of the 2D ones, but job hunting…
• Job hunting keeps me busy a lot
• Re-writing my resume based on conflicting criteria from basically everyone
• Finding out it’s really the good old fashioned networking thing that actually gets the goods
• Electronics projects basically all the time:
  • Got a bunch of $80 giant caps from a friend (Mepix) which could be used for fun mischief
  • Got a relay and a bunch of super capacitors (3V 1f) from Mepix as well
  • 3D printing hat hangers for Biku
  • Set up a security camera so I can take fun timelapses out my window
  • Found a few 4K TVs being thrown out, and I like to try to diagnose them for fun
    • Gave a friend a 4K TV for his birthday that only needed a 90 cent part to fix
  • Made a battery bank out of 18650 cells that were perfectly good which someone threw out a whole box of
• Painted a cute little mural on our kitchen wall
• Re-decorating our apartment after the whole bed bug fiasco in this building
• Hung a lot of art while trying to give each room careful consideration
• Stared into the void because the ‘muricans voted that orange turd in again
• Laughing into the void because ‘muricans are all women now (actually non-binary)
• Took up doing some Brilliant lessons because the YouTube ads finally got to me (it’s fun!)
• Surpassed 1500 days of streak in Duolingo for Japanese! No I’m not fluent but much better!
• Took up Coddy because one unknown YouTuber talked about it and it sounded fun
  • The C++ coding challenges are fun since I haven’t touched that much since Trent University
• Read a book on React to sharpen my skills while looking for jobs
• Rewrote a lot of my personal website in React, then shelved that because I have too damn many projects!
• Helping out with and/or attending local furry events
• Working on 3D models for the next CozyCon event happening in September

There’s probably far more, but sometimes it’s helpful for me to write out what I’ve accomplished, so I don’t feel defeated by the brain worms.

What does your list look like?

While I’ve been struggling to find work for over a year now, I’ve been keeping fresh by doing tutorials in various computer related disciplines. I’ve been brushing up on my React skills by reading some great books mentioned in a previous post, but I’ve also bought a Godot tutorial pack from https://www.gamedev.tv/

I started the 2D tutorial a while ago before Cozy Cretaceous and put it down when I had to focus on that. But now that I have some time before Christmas, when it seems as if the job hunt can take a bit of a pause, I’m using my time to work on it again.

Overall the 2D tutorial is very simple, and the core concepts are of course all things that I already know, but having a guided tour through the Godot development experience is very nice. If I were to give it a rating, I would probably give it a 4 out of 5.

I only remove one point for not having a summary of the changes made at the end of each lesson like Unity has at the end of all of their in-house tutorials. I think that’s a nice touch and a way to keep things fresh for the learners.

So check it out if you are interested. I think it’s definitely worth the price of admission.

I need work

On the job hunt front, Toronto has been a desert of employment ever since the large swath of layoffs started last year. I picked a really silly time to give up my previous job, but I had my reasons why I needed to resign.

I’m hoping things start to look up in Ontario, but with how things are going, I feel as if it is only going to get worse before it gets better.

That said, does anyone have tips for applying to jobs overseas? Do you have any ideas for places that are starved for talent? Let me know in the comments!

Gotta Be Productive

Finally, I’ll leave you with this musical interlude by MattstaGraham.