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  • 9.1 km 🏃 in 65 minutes. Was enjoyable and needed, because they started with major renovation of the houses in my neighborhood, to make them future-proof (low carbon footprint), as required by law. It’s rather noisy, so a break was welcome 🙏😊

  • I wondered why some of the art on Sketch a Day looks so polished. One artist linked to two artworks on their YouTube channel, 1 and 2 weeks ago. Yes, you can create polished art in a week, and claim it’s a daily sketch. I call that cheating, though, since likes can be gotten.

  • Quick and dirty (unedited) self-portrait, based on a rapid 2-minutes pencil sketch. Pixel 🎨 Gameboy (160x144px, 4 colors).

    For the Sketch a Day app, prompt “portrait.”
    👾

  • The little shop of horrors (1960). Pixel 🎨 Gameboy (160x144px, 4 colors).

    For the Sketch a Day app, prompt “shop.”
    👾

  • After having it given some more thought, the idea of possibly leaving micro.blog and stopping blogging is probably instigated by all the change since April. I’ve l̶e̶f̶t̶abandonned two social networks (Facebook and Strava), which I found to be time sinks. Change begets change.

  • Second consecutive day 🏃 9 km in 62 minutes. I even had a walk break of 500 m. I certainly was less tired than after each daily 15 km run a week ago. So an hour is doable, it seems.

  • I guess I’m a bit rusty…

  • 15 km per day proved to be too hard, so after a proper recovery I aimed lower, 9 km per day? 🏃

  • GET TO DA CHOPPA! Pixel 🎨 Gameboy (160x144px, 4 colors).

    For the Sketch a Day app, prompt “helicopter.”
    👾

    GET TO DA CHOPPA

  • So before getting into the weeds too much, I should reconsider micro.blog. Is it worth the money? Aside from monetary considerations, it also has a single point of failure, only one developer. Not a problem with an app, big problem with a service.

  • Cobra Bubbles from the Lilo and Stitch movie. Pixel 🎨 160x144px, 12 colors.

    For the Sketch a Day app, prompt “bubble.”

  • 🎧 MuppeTrek, a podcast (mostly) covering an episode of the Muppet Show and of Star Trek TOS.

  • Lavender Castle - Supernova. Short SF puppet episode by Gerry Anderson. Most memorable for 2021: “Don’t call me Trump!” I laughed when I heard that!

  • Karaoke in the desert. Pixel 🎨 160x144px, 8 colors.

    For the Sketch a Day app, prompt “karaoke.”

  • Sun bather.

  • It’s pollen season. Pixel 🎨 160x144, 6 colors.

    For the Sketch a Day app, prompt “microscope.”

  • 🎧 The Incompetable 563: When Harry Met Sally (With Monsters)

  • SF ray. Gameboy pixel 🎨 160x144px, 4 colors.

    For the Sketch a Day app, prompt “ray.”

  • I even received a compliment during today’s 15 km run in 109 minutes.

  • Trying to understand game development using Pythonista on my iPad. It isn’t my first attempt at Python, nor at programming games.