[ { "id": 0, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I have been dissatisfied with how the Divoom community is run for some time now. The rejection of one of my pieces today was the drop that overflowed the bucket. I don\u0026rsquo;t like how the app logs your location and accesses your full image library, nor how AI art is promoted and using the app\u0026rsquo;s built in pixel editor is required for art competitions. There are other avenues for pixel art, and I can still use the app to display my own pixel art. Maybe I can now use a sketchbook to sketch from life, as I\u0026rsquo;m supposed to do, and have ample time for now the daily grind of creating a 64 by 64 pixels piece is gone.\n", "dateiso": "2026-07-17 08:17:03 +0200", "date": "8:17 p.m. on Jul 17, 2026", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2026/07/17/i-have-been-dissatisfied-with.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2026%2F07%2F17%2Fi-have-been-dissatisfied-with.html" }, { "id": 1, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I had to delete an episode of two separate podcasts this week. If next week’s episode is just as inappropriate, I’ll unsubscribe of the one that is. No 1-star review, though, since it’s my problem being subscribed to a free podcast that wasn’t meant for me anymore. People change, podcasts change.\n", "dateiso": "2026-07-16 13:23:23 +0200", "date": "1:23 p.m. on Jul 16, 2026", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2026/07/16/i-had-to-delete-an.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2026%2F07%2F16%2Fi-had-to-delete-an.html" }, { "id": 2, "type": "reply", "title": "", "text": "@manton You would think it was AI-generated. If true, it makes much more sense that it makes little sense.\n", "dateiso": "2026-07-16 07:41:44 +0200", "date": "7:41 p.m. on Jul 16, 2026", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/replies/2026/07/16/94086407.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/renevanbelzen/94086407" }, { "id": 3, "type": "reply", "title": "", "text": "@jgamet Do you have a recommendation for similar devices that are more affordable?\n", "dateiso": "2026-07-16 07:32:51 +0200", "date": "7:32 p.m. on Jul 16, 2026", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/replies/2026/07/16/94085973.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/renevanbelzen/94085973" }, { "id": 4, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I think it wise to check your security settings regularly, since some app updates will add features you may not want. E.g. why would a drawing app need to know my exact location, or even my location at all? Contacts and photos access are tricky too, since those can be harvested for obvious reasons.\n", "dateiso": "2026-07-16 07:26:31 +0200", "date": "7:26 p.m. on Jul 16, 2026", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2026/07/16/i-think-it-wise-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2026%2F07%2F16%2Fi-think-it-wise-to.html" }, { "id": 5, "type": "reply", "title": "", "text": "@manton Here’s my top 10 free apps (Netherlands):\n DuckDuckGo Claude by Anthropic Komoot (route planner for walking and hiking) HBO Max Buienradar (weather app) Learn Japanese Kanji Ice Cubes for Mastodon Amadine (vector drawing app) ChatGPT Geocaching So here there are two AI clients (three if you count Duck.AI). The Dutch seem more adventurous and non-committed to brands than Americans.\n", "dateiso": "2026-07-14 14:14:40 +0200", "date": "2:14 p.m. on Jul 14, 2026", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/replies/2026/07/14/93981589.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/renevanbelzen/93981589" }, { "id": 6, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I want to create a pixel art animation of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (out of copyright) playing the base guitar. I can\u0026rsquo;t play the base, draw Oswald on-model, nor know what a base guitar looks like. Trying nonetheless… (work in progress)\n", "dateiso": "2026-06-03 12:40:04 +0200", "date": "12:40 p.m. on Jun 3, 2026", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2026/06/03/i-want-to-create-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2026%2F06%2F03%2Fi-want-to-create-a.html" }, { "id": 7, "type": "reply", "title": "", "text": "@manton You should also look into Amazon buckets, since there was a flaw found in abandoned buckets being reused for evil, and Amazon made some initial changes in the global name space, though not nearly enough. Reuse by 3rd parties should be made impossible.\n", "dateiso": "2026-03-28 11:53:25 +0200", "date": "11:53 p.m. on Mar 28, 2026", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/replies/2026/03/28/87130492.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/renevanbelzen/87130492" }, { "id": 8, "type": "reply", "title": "", "text": "@manton Anything above version 1.17 throws me errors. Since I don’t know how to interpret—let alone write in—Hugo, I’d have to start anew and import an export of the old blog into a freshly minted new blog to fix things, if things can be fixed at all. TL/DR: If it works, don’t fix it.\n", "dateiso": "2026-03-28 07:35:25 +0200", "date": "7:35 p.m. on Mar 28, 2026", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/replies/2026/03/28/87122786.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/renevanbelzen/87122786" }, { "id": 9, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Finished reading: The Illusion of Life by Frank Thomas 📚\nI finished this tome, finally! There\u0026rsquo;s a lot of pointers in this book to help with studying animation concepts. You won\u0026rsquo;t find exercises, nor tutorials in here, though there are many examples of the thought process of seasoned animators.\n", "dateiso": "2026-02-22 07:23:10 +0200", "date": "7:23 p.m. on Feb 22, 2026", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2026/02/22/finished-reading-the-illusion-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2026%2F02%2F22%2Ffinished-reading-the-illusion-of.html" }, { "id": 10, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "On February 15 we celebrate those who are happily single, me included. There\u0026rsquo;s no need to explain one\u0026rsquo;s preferences, nor any need to conform to old-fashioned societal norms. 🎨👾\n", "dateiso": "2026-02-14 09:19:50 +0200", "date": "9:19 p.m. on Feb 14, 2026", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2026/02/14/on-february-we-celebrate-those.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2026%2F02%2F14%2Fon-february-we-celebrate-those.html" }, { "id": 11, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Here\u0026rsquo;s the finished fanart pixel art piece, I called \u0026ldquo;Avengers Assemble.\u0026rdquo; 🎨👾\n", "dateiso": "2026-02-10 10:22:38 +0200", "date": "10:22 p.m. on Feb 10, 2026", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2026/02/10/heres-the-finished-fanart-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2026%2F02%2F10%2Fheres-the-finished-fanart-pixel.html" }, { "id": 12, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Some pixel art pieces take a long time to make. Two done, still five to go. I might even do a pixel mini-series.\n", "dateiso": "2026-02-09 15:07:37 +0200", "date": "3:07 p.m. on Feb 9, 2026", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2026/02/09/some-pixel-art-pieces-take.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2026%2F02%2F09%2Fsome-pixel-art-pieces-take.html" }, { "id": 13, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I don\u0026rsquo;t like a root canal treatment, especially the after-pain is quite intense. There is a second sitting in one and a half week, with probably the same worrisome three days period of not getting much sleep despite painkillers. My marathon training is heavily influenced. I canceled my long run.\n", "dateiso": "2026-02-08 13:25:13 +0200", "date": "1:25 p.m. on Feb 8, 2026", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2026/02/08/i-dont-like-a-root.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2026%2F02%2F08%2Fi-dont-like-a-root.html" }, { "id": 14, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I have to remind myself, that some individuals are on social media to be mean, for lack of appreciation of social etiquette. If you block them they get furious, because in their mind they are the good guys. Mind you, even Al Capone thought he was a descent person. It\u0026rsquo;s those who doubt who often are.\n", "dateiso": "2026-01-28 17:26:31 +0200", "date": "5:26 p.m. on Jan 28, 2026", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2026/01/28/i-have-to-remind-myself.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2026%2F01%2F28%2Fi-have-to-remind-myself.html" }, { "id": 15, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Beautiful sign of pollution.\n", "dateiso": "2026-01-27 09:26:45 +0200", "date": "9:26 p.m. on Jan 27, 2026", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2026/01/27/beautiful-sign-of-pollution.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2026%2F01%2F27%2Fbeautiful-sign-of-pollution.html" }, { "id": 16, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "An art contest based solely on likes, is a popularity contest, which has little to do with art, nor technical quality, like concept, execution and presentation. You know, what results in commissions and hard cash. Those likes actually matter, the others by the general public, not so much. It\u0026rsquo;s lazy.\n", "dateiso": "2026-01-15 13:59:48 +0200", "date": "1:59 p.m. on Jan 15, 2026", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2026/01/15/an-art-contest-based-solely.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2026%2F01%2F15%2Fan-art-contest-based-solely.html" }, { "id": 17, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "A new sign for a 3-star restaurant with a rat as its master chef. Free after the 3D animated movie Ratatouille.🎨👾\n", "dateiso": "2026-01-15 11:19:28 +0200", "date": "11:19 p.m. on Jan 15, 2026", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2026/01/15/a-new-sign-for-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2026%2F01%2F15%2Fa-new-sign-for-a.html" }, { "id": 18, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I was (heavily) nudged by Apple to upgrade to iPadOS 26 from 18. It works quite differently and I\u0026rsquo;m slowly getting used to it. It\u0026rsquo;s much better at multi-tasking, or should I rather say \u0026ldquo;multi-apping?\u0026rdquo; All I need now is a bigger screen, because shrunken apps aren\u0026rsquo;t optimized for it, at all.\n", "dateiso": "2026-01-12 10:49:27 +0200", "date": "10:49 p.m. on Jan 12, 2026", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2026/01/12/i-was-heavily-nudged-by.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2026%2F01%2F12%2Fi-was-heavily-nudged-by.html" }, { "id": 19, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Taking more time, especially breaks between sessions, leads to great improvement, though there are still issues with these \u0026ldquo;eyesight copies\u0026rdquo; of photographs. I have no idea if—and how—this amount of detail could be captured in a 64x64 pixel art piece, and be animated as well. Maybe the head only.\n", "dateiso": "2026-01-08 13:12:02 +0200", "date": "1:12 p.m. on Jan 8, 2026", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2026/01/08/taking-more-time-especially-breaks.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2026%2F01%2F08%2Ftaking-more-time-especially-breaks.html" }, { "id": 20, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m starting to use CC photos of toddlers as references for my cat character. Problems mainly arise from not understanding the pose in the photo. Also real toddlers are four heads high, and I want to draw characters that are three apples stacked on each other in height.\n", "dateiso": "2026-01-05 13:11:40 +0200", "date": "1:11 p.m. on Jan 5, 2026", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2026/01/05/im-starting-to-use-cc.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2026%2F01%2F05%2Fim-starting-to-use-cc.html" }, { "id": 21, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Trying to solve drawing problems, and make this character \u0026ldquo;animateable.\u0026rdquo; Progress is slow, since I need to think things through. The aim is to simplify, and add more appeal at the same time. Still a long way to go, alas. Things will change radically.\n", "dateiso": "2026-01-04 08:22:38 +0200", "date": "8:22 p.m. on Jan 4, 2026", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2026/01/04/trying-to-solve-drawing-problems.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2026%2F01%2F04%2Ftrying-to-solve-drawing-problems.html" }, { "id": 22, "type": "post", "title": "My Most Popular Pixel Art On Divoom", "text": "On December 24, 2024 I received my Divoom Pixoo 64 and published my first pixel art design on the community\u0026rsquo;s servers. Since then I\u0026rsquo;ve made more than a thousand pixel art drawings, mostly at the Pixoo 64 resolution of 64 rows of 64 columns of colored LEDs for pixels. Not all were good enough (for me) to put on Divoom.\nI only recommend the Divoom app and its community if you happen to own a device that uses the app. The community has a lot of non-artists, who are just there to favorite art made by artists, as to display it on their devices. There have been some incidents with trolling, and there\u0026rsquo;s no age limit, so you have your teenagers who lack the social etiquette of polite society and the wisdom that often goes with adulthood. I wonder if this is going to change with the introduction of age verification, which seems imminent in most Western countries with a conservative government.\nTop 10 Most Liked Here is the top ten (in reverse order) of the designs that received the most likes. I\u0026rsquo;ve included the caption, date, and number of views and of likes.\n10. Nature Another experiment with muted colors #64x64 9 March 2025 - 64x64 - 1.3K views - 96 likes\n 9. Made With A.I. The design was based on a Dutch-language prompt: \"Gezelligheid kent geen tijd.\" Of course, I redrew the whole thing at 64 x 64 and added scrolling text, as you do. I still got my 10 points 🤪 and more importantly, credit for another pixel art drawing instead of just one a day. 24 October 2025 - 64x64 - 2.2K views - 98 likes\n 8. Knight DK Not quite what I had in mind, but there's a time constraint and minimum quota to keep the Divoom Master Pixel Artist badge. 22 July 2025 - 64x64 - 4.5K views - 99 likes\n 7. Star Another animation done in Callipeg, at 256x256 and scaled down (nearest neighbor) in Procreate to 64x64 pixels and then added the four red center pixels. 8 Frames at 25 fps, the fastest the Divoom app allows. All this to make a solid workflow. 12 November 2025 - 64x64 - 3.5K views - 104 likes\n 6. Squeaking Clean Edited Al art on the Dutch-language prompt: \"Zoals het klokje thuis tikt tikt het nergens.\" 27 October 2025 - 64x64 - 2.2K views - 105 likes\n 5. The Naked Gun Movie Poster Perhaps the funniest movie ever made. 12 September 2025 - 64x64 - 2.7K views - 113 likes\n 4. Cat on a Carpet A piece I made for the Pixel Dailies prompt of February 26, 2021. #64x64 #cat #flyingcarpet 31 January 2025 - 64x64 - 2.7K views - 150 likes\n 3. Bubble Bobble The little dragon from Bubble Bobble. I used 24 x 21 pixel art reference, presumably from the C64 version (found it through an image search). 2 September 2025 - 64x64 - 6.1K views - 256 likes\n 2. Oil Study Time lapse of an oil painting in ibisPaint X. I used a reference by Karen Wilson. It's just a proof of concept of using other media as the basis of pixel art. 25 July 2025 - 64x64 - 5.4K views - 298 likes\n 1. Star Wars movie poster What a little tracing can do. The animation of the title was so much fun! 18 August 2025 - 64x64 - 6.9K views - 381 likes\n Honorable Mentions Here are some additional pieces that didn\u0026rsquo;t receive the most likes, but are still worthy of mentioning in my opinion. The designs are in no particular order.\nPerspectively Rotating Cube I found a Reddit thread on how to rotate a cube correctly in two-point 3D perspective. I traced the example and gave it my own spin. Sorry for the dad joke. Now it could be done for any object that can be drawn in perspective inside a cube, or inside several cubes on top of each other. 3 October 2025 - 64x64 - 2.1K views - 76 likes\n Chibi Star Trek TOS l used the stick puppets in the outro of the Netflix anime series \"Qi Refining For 3000 years,\" and applied those on Spock, Kirk and McCoy of the 1960s SF series Star Trek (aka ST TOS). I hope you like it. 3 November 2025 - 64x64 - 1.5K views - 60 likes\n Commodore 64 Ultimate Thirty years after Commodore went bankrupt, someone has bought the brand and started producing official new 8-bit computers that are C64 in hardware, in which a field programmable gate array replaces the 1980s chips. That calls for a nostalgic celebration, since I owned several C64s in the 1980s and 1990s. 19 December 2025 - 64x64 - 2.3K views - 68 likes\n ", "dateiso": "2026-01-01 08:40:32 +0200", "date": "8:40 p.m. on Jan 1, 2026", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2026/01/01/my-most-popular-pixel-art.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2026%2F01%2F01%2Fmy-most-popular-pixel-art.html" }, { "id": 23, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I updated from 1Password7 to version 8 (payed account). Migrating the old version 7 vault to current was complicated, and hard to understand. I already knew that, and dreaded it so much that ending support for version 7 per 2026 was needed. It was as terrible as I feared, IOW, two hours of stress.\n", "dateiso": "2025-12-15 17:22:32 +0200", "date": "5:22 p.m. on Dec 15, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/12/15/i-updated-from-password-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F12%2F15%2Fi-updated-from-password-to.html" }, { "id": 24, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "While the original Wonder Woman was a great movie, with high rewatchability value, Wonder Woman 1984 not so much. I watched it on Netflix and often paused because I was too bored to keep watching. Even when the pace picked up, the action was predictable, and boring. I think you can skip this one.\n", "dateiso": "2025-12-14 20:42:18 +0200", "date": "8:42 p.m. on Dec 14, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/12/14/while-the-original-wonder-woman.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F12%2F14%2Fwhile-the-original-wonder-woman.html" }, { "id": 25, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "In the past 51 weeks I published almost 500 pixel art illustrations and animations to the Divoom community. Each took around 3 hours to create. So that is 1500 of the 10,000 hours (15 %) of intentional drawing, on my way to mastering the art of 64 x 64 pixel drawing, in about another six years?\n", "dateiso": "2025-12-14 18:09:04 +0200", "date": "6:09 p.m. on Dec 14, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/12/14/in-the-past-weeks-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F12%2F14%2Fin-the-past-weeks-i.html" }, { "id": 26, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m still amazed how many are on social media to gather likes and follows for status, and their interactions seem mostly performative, not genuine. I feel like being groomed to become these people\u0026rsquo;s follower. Luckily, not micro∙blog, which is much more relaxed and doesn\u0026rsquo;t expect user engagement.\n", "dateiso": "2025-11-23 09:19:53 +0200", "date": "9:19 p.m. on Nov 23, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/11/23/im-still-amazed-how-many.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F11%2F23%2Fim-still-amazed-how-many.html" }, { "id": 27, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Finished reading: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole 📚 This was supposed to be funny, but I never laughed, nor chuckled. Ah well, I can recycle the book now, so someone else can read it. Maybe he or she will get it.\n", "dateiso": "2025-11-16 07:07:44 +0200", "date": "7:07 p.m. on Nov 16, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/11/16/finished-reading-a-confederacy-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F11%2F16%2Ffinished-reading-a-confederacy-of.html" }, { "id": 28, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "WIP of today\u0026rsquo;s contribution to the Divoom community. The character is approximately 20 pixels high. There are supposed to be six poses, two extra per punch already drawn. It isn\u0026rsquo;t hard, just a lot of work. Enlarging the character would complicate things exponentially, though.\n", "dateiso": "2025-11-03 08:06:51 +0200", "date": "8:06 p.m. on Nov 3, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/11/03/wip-of-todays-contribution-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F11%2F03%2Fwip-of-todays-contribution-to.html" }, { "id": 29, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Between September 18 and October 20 this year my account\u0026rsquo;s level on the Divoom app shot up from 17 to 59. I managed to draw commemorative pixel art up to level 57, included, before the bug got fixed, and the level was demoted to 17. It feels a bit harsh, though.\n", "dateiso": "2025-10-23 10:42:27 +0200", "date": "10:42 p.m. on Oct 23, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/10/23/between-september-and-october-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F10%2F23%2Fbetween-september-and-october-this.html" }, { "id": 30, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The Ultimate Answer.\n…\nIf we only knew what it meant.\n(determinism gone mad, maybe)\n", "dateiso": "2025-10-18 08:21:51 +0200", "date": "8:21 p.m. on Oct 18, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/10/18/the-ultimate-answer-if-we.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F10%2F18%2Fthe-ultimate-answer-if-we.html" }, { "id": 31, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Had my first blocked user. They sent the same offensive message a second time on another of my drawings. Before 2021, you could be pretty sure it was some bored 12 yoa, but nowadays it equally could be a bot powered by an LLM. Those are equally inconsiderate, unless constrained.\n", "dateiso": "2025-10-14 12:41:05 +0200", "date": "12:41 p.m. on Oct 14, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/10/14/had-my-first-blocked-user.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F10%2F14%2Fhad-my-first-blocked-user.html" }, { "id": 32, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "When someone else reviews a new photo frame on YT and one\u0026rsquo;s pixel art is casually shown by the reviewer, one can\u0026rsquo;t but feel like proud of oneself. At least, I felt that way, searching for a review of the new 10.1 inch Divoom Time Frame, and found this video by Marc The Geek.\n", "dateiso": "2025-10-11 08:38:28 +0200", "date": "8:38 p.m. on Oct 11, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/10/11/when-someone-else-reviews-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F10%2F11%2Fwhen-someone-else-reviews-a.html" }, { "id": 33, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Rolling Down Without End, a Penrose staircase.\n", "dateiso": "2025-10-06 21:37:44 +0200", "date": "9:37 p.m. on Oct 6, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/10/06/rolling-down-without-end-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F10%2F06%2Frolling-down-without-end-a.html" }, { "id": 34, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Here\u0026rsquo;s the animation celebrating that I reached level 30 in the Divoom community yesterday. No other artist has reached this level yet, and some are on the platform since 2021 (I only 9 months). I suppose posting on average more than once a day, and being recommended by the staff a lot helped.\n", "dateiso": "2025-10-02 13:48:01 +0200", "date": "1:48 p.m. on Oct 2, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/10/02/heres-the-animation-celebrating-that.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F10%2F02%2Fheres-the-animation-celebrating-that.html" }, { "id": 35, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I removed my image archive with Pixoo64 gifs from micro∙blog, because it didn\u0026rsquo;t work for me. I\u0026rsquo;m moving them (slowly) to my Flickr account. Flickr has its problems with animated gifs, but management isn\u0026rsquo;t one of those; on micro∙blog there\u0026rsquo;s no management for large (100+) collections.\n", "dateiso": "2025-10-01 07:33:27 +0200", "date": "7:33 p.m. on Oct 1, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/10/01/i-removed-my-image-archive.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F10%2F01%2Fi-removed-my-image-archive.html" }, { "id": 36, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m about to reach level 30 in the Divoom community, higher than any expert artist of the app, much more skilled than me at pixel art. I suppose I happened to tick the right boxes with the algorithm, since I\u0026rsquo;m only using the app since Christmas 2024, and most experts since 2021 or so. Anyway, I made a rough animatic based on a rough sketch with all the key poses, and made a pixel animation from the frames.\nI will share the finished pixel animation if and when I\u0026rsquo;m awarded level 30.\n", "dateiso": "2025-09-30 07:28:33 +0200", "date": "7:28 p.m. on Sep 30, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/09/30/im-about-to-reach-level.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F09%2F30%2Fim-about-to-reach-level.html" }, { "id": 37, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "There\u0026rsquo;s a good reason to avoid cities when training for a marathon. There\u0026rsquo;s the well-meant, though unwanted advice. There\u0026rsquo;s also the occasional hatred from those who think you running is a statement. In nature, none of those interactions, just people enjoying life, the same as you, marathon runner.\n", "dateiso": "2025-09-19 16:41:21 +0200", "date": "4:41 p.m. on Sep 19, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/09/19/theres-a-good-reason-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F09%2F19%2Ftheres-a-good-reason-to.html" }, { "id": 38, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "To become a Divoom Ambassador you’d need 5000+ followers on social media, and regularly engage with your followers. I don’t qualify, not even by a long shot. I will try to grow my follower count, but doubt I’ll ever reach 5000+ with my pixel art. I’m now at 10 on Bluesky, 4991 to go 😬\n", "dateiso": "2025-09-12 11:22:22 +0200", "date": "11:22 p.m. on Sep 12, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/09/12/to-become-a-divoom-ambassador.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F09%2F12%2Fto-become-a-divoom-ambassador.html" }, { "id": 39, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Here is a process video of the sketch I did of the dragon from Bubble Bobble, and next the 64 x 64 pixel art animation of said sketch.\n\n", "dateiso": "2025-09-02 16:33:39 +0200", "date": "4:33 p.m. on Sep 2, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/09/02/here-is-a-process-video.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F09%2F02%2Fhere-is-a-process-video.html" }, { "id": 40, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I must say that the current MB blogging system has become worse than before. For instance, if you edit a shortpost the enclosed image will be placed outside the text and if edited the image will be duplicated. Also, the shortcut to my account only includes one blog not all blogs. An ugly mess!\n", "dateiso": "2025-08-30 20:08:37 +0200", "date": "8:08 p.m. on Aug 30, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/08/30/i-must-say-that-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F08%2F30%2Fi-must-say-that-the.html" }, { "id": 41, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Round and round they go. Wherever they land we’ll never know. They keep on flying from door to door. And quite soon there will be even more. It’s maddening, makes you cry. Because all they do is fly and fly and never die. 🪰\n", "dateiso": "2025-08-30 20:02:08 +0200", "date": "8:02 p.m. on Aug 30, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/08/30/round-and-round-they-go.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F08%2F30%2Fround-and-round-they-go.html" }, { "id": 42, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Since it\u0026rsquo;s inspired by his self-portrait, I call this one \u0026ldquo;Vincent.\u0026rdquo;\n", "dateiso": "2025-08-27 15:28:37 +0200", "date": "3:28 p.m. on Aug 27, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/08/27/since-its-inspired-by-his.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F08%2F27%2Fsince-its-inspired-by-his.html" }, { "id": 43, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole 📚\n", "dateiso": "2025-08-22 20:56:54 +0200", "date": "8:56 p.m. on Aug 22, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/08/22/currently-reading-a-confederacy-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F08%2F22%2Fcurrently-reading-a-confederacy-of.html" }, { "id": 44, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Finished reading, for the second time: The Chronicles of Narnia (Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7) by C.S. Lewis 📚\n", "dateiso": "2025-08-21 20:43:11 +0200", "date": "8:43 p.m. on Aug 21, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/08/21/finished-reading-for-the-second.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F08%2F21%2Ffinished-reading-for-the-second.html" }, { "id": 45, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ve made a page for my Pixoo64 pixel art. I didn\u0026rsquo;t get to add even half of the 280 images, because Microblog\u0026rsquo;s interface for adding images and putting them into a collection is rather cumbersome and error-prone for me. So, expect a slow and careful addition of new images over the next few weeks.\n", "dateiso": "2025-08-18 11:05:24 +0200", "date": "11:05 p.m. on Aug 18, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/08/18/ive-made-a-page-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F08%2F18%2Five-made-a-page-for.html" }, { "id": 46, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I wonder if I have to deal with age verification with an account created on 5 March 2006, so before Google bought YouTube in November that year. I hope not, but since AI logic is involved, I\u0026rsquo;m not so sure.\n", "dateiso": "2025-08-12 08:23:57 +0200", "date": "8:23 p.m. on Aug 12, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/08/12/i-wonder-if-i-have.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F08%2F12%2Fi-wonder-if-i-have.html" }, { "id": 47, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "A non-host read advertisement in a podcast means an instant unsubscribe, however much I enjoyed the show so far.\n", "dateiso": "2025-08-02 10:26:38 +0200", "date": "10:26 p.m. on Aug 2, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/08/02/a-nonhost-read-advertisement-in.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F08%2F02%2Fa-nonhost-read-advertisement-in.html" }, { "id": 48, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Oh my!\n", "dateiso": "2025-08-02 09:28:16 +0200", "date": "9:28 p.m. on Aug 2, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/08/02/oh-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F08%2F02%2Foh-my.html" }, { "id": 49, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I keep asking myself, why do I do this to myself at my age? My race results aren\u0026rsquo;t near to what they were only a year ago, because of reasons. Then I have to remind myself that it\u0026rsquo;s my health I\u0026rsquo;m dealing with. Staying fit doesn\u0026rsquo;t come on its own, and race results aren\u0026rsquo;t everything.\n", "dateiso": "2025-07-24 08:08:58 +0200", "date": "8:08 p.m. on Jul 24, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/07/24/i-keep-asking-myself-why.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F07%2F24%2Fi-keep-asking-myself-why.html" }, { "id": 50, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Heads are going to roll. No idea why.\n", "dateiso": "2025-07-13 21:06:15 +0200", "date": "9:06 p.m. on Jul 13, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/07/13/heads-are-going-to-roll.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F07%2F13%2Fheads-are-going-to-roll.html" }, { "id": 51, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "To get accustomed to some rough terrain in my half marathon race in September, I\u0026rsquo;ll run my 73 minutes run at base tempo on similar oneven footpaths coming Wednesday (see map). It won\u0026rsquo;t be as brutal as the Kustloop, but I suppose it\u0026rsquo;s a better preparation than only training on asphalt.\n", "dateiso": "2025-06-30 12:50:30 +0200", "date": "12:50 p.m. on Jun 30, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/06/30/to-get-accustomed-to-some.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F06%2F30%2Fto-get-accustomed-to-some.html" }, { "id": 52, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was written by C.S. Lewis in 1950, which is 75 years ago. Good enough reason for me to be rereading the entire book series The Chronicles of Narnia. I already read The Magician\u0026rsquo;s Nephew before going to sleep in the past weeks.\n", "dateiso": "2025-06-29 16:44:21 +0200", "date": "4:44 p.m. on Jun 29, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/06/29/the-lion-the-witch-and.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F06%2F29%2Fthe-lion-the-witch-and.html" }, { "id": 53, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Content piracy is on the rise, and Disney+ had a 4 billion loss. I think those two things are related through something called subscription fatigue. If you make it harder to watch content, and (young) people have less discretionary income, guess what they\u0026rsquo;ll do? It\u0026rsquo;s not hard to guess.\n", "dateiso": "2025-06-28 08:09:45 +0200", "date": "8:09 p.m. on Jun 28, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/06/28/content-piracy-is-on-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F06%2F28%2Fcontent-piracy-is-on-the.html" }, { "id": 54, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Serving smoothies endlessly on my Pixoo-64 64 x 64 pixel art frame. Drawn in Procreate on an iPad.\n", "dateiso": "2025-06-27 10:06:15 +0200", "date": "10:06 p.m. on Jun 27, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/06/27/serving-smoothies-endlessly-on-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F06%2F27%2Fserving-smoothies-endlessly-on-my.html" }, { "id": 55, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ll be running my own half marathon race, because the half marathon race later today has been neutered to a 15 km run (not race) because of the sudden heat. I\u0026rsquo;ll leave as soon as Maahir has eaten his veterinarian cat food in a few minutes from when I\u0026rsquo;m posting this message.\n", "dateiso": "2025-06-22 06:59:46 +0200", "date": "6:59 p.m. on Jun 22, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/06/22/ill-be-running-my-own.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F06%2F22%2Fill-be-running-my-own.html" }, { "id": 56, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It looks like my race next Sunday will be canceled due to high temperatures. I asked to the organizers if runners could run on their own and get credit for it, as in run your own race during the COVID-19 pandemic. I don\u0026rsquo;t expect a response, but I had to try. I can see the potential problems.\n", "dateiso": "2025-06-19 08:07:52 +0200", "date": "8:07 p.m. on Jun 19, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/06/19/it-looks-like-my-race.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F06%2F19%2Fit-looks-like-my-race.html" }, { "id": 57, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Finished reading: The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 📚\n", "dateiso": "2025-06-18 22:39:15 +0200", "date": "10:39 p.m. on Jun 18, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/06/18/finished-reading-the-complete-sherlock.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F06%2F18%2Ffinished-reading-the-complete-sherlock.html" }, { "id": 58, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It had been six months since I ran a sub-2 hours half marathon (and got a hip injury from over-training). I got a modest 485th place out of 739 runners. The goal for 2025 is a sub-4 hours marathon.\n", "dateiso": "2025-06-08 05:54:17 +0200", "date": "5:54 p.m. on Jun 8, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/06/08/it-had-been-six-months.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F06%2F08%2Fit-had-been-six-months.html" }, { "id": 59, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The thing with artificial intelligence based on LLMs is a lack of intent. Data, however comprehensive, has no personal goals to achieve. The question is then how to give—not seemingly, but verifiably—real intent to a machine, so it becomes more useful. Also, what\u0026rsquo;s \u0026ldquo;verifiable real?\u0026rdquo; I have no clue.\n", "dateiso": "2025-05-30 08:13:16 +0200", "date": "8:13 p.m. on May 30, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/05/30/the-thing-with-artificial-intelligence.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F05%2F30%2Fthe-thing-with-artificial-intelligence.html" }, { "id": 60, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I guess companies are slapping plus to their products to extract more money from users through subscriptions, following Apple\u0026rsquo;s questionable lead. Of course, they are reselling a free resource—their users' data—under the guise of being of use to paying users, while non-paying users are missing out.\n", "dateiso": "2025-05-24 07:24:17 +0200", "date": "7:24 p.m. on May 24, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/05/24/i-guess-companies-are-slapping.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F05%2F24%2Fi-guess-companies-are-slapping.html" }, { "id": 61, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I now have to take off my Garmin watch before I start drawing art, because when I come into a flow, the watch registers it as \u0026ldquo;asleep.\u0026rdquo; It messed up my training readiness, since a three hours sleep period is deemed \u0026ldquo;too short and detrimental.\u0026rdquo; That is computers judging personal health for you.\n", "dateiso": "2025-05-04 08:46:01 +0200", "date": "8:46 p.m. on May 4, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/05/04/i-now-have-to-take.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F05%2F04%2Fi-now-have-to-take.html" }, { "id": 62, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I drew this stylized head of B.A. Baracus of the 1980s hit series The A-Team, played by Mr T.\n", "dateiso": "2025-05-03 21:56:18 +0200", "date": "9:56 p.m. on May 3, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/05/03/i-drew-this-stylized-head.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F05%2F03%2Fi-drew-this-stylized-head.html" }, { "id": 63, "type": "post", "title": "Testing primality with Free Pascal", "text": "I refined my Free Pascal program to accept 64-bit unsigned integers, which allows up to 19 decimal digits. However, testing with Big Primes, it is only usable up to 15 decimal digits on my Raspberry Pi 4. Any bigger primes take forever to test, in human perspective. The problem seems to be in how primes are generated in the primality test. The prime number generator uses a simple algorithm of odd numbers greater than one, and less than the square root of of the number of which its primality is tested. For small numbers it\u0026rsquo;s fine, but for larger numbers testing with odd numbers instead of actual prime numbers is a bit of waste of precious CPU time.\nStill, being able to test primality with a relatively simple algorithm is rather awesome as a first attempt.\nThe slow-down in the algorithm is not caused by testing primality, but by the inefficiency of generating prime numbers. So I need a faster algorithm to do just that. I\u0026rsquo;ve looked around, but it requires me to learn new concepts in mathematics. I could do that, or, come back to it later when I\u0026rsquo;m more versed in writing in Pascal, or even stop here, since I don\u0026rsquo;t really have any incentives to create a full-blown efficient prime number generator, in other words, reinvent the wheel.\nprogram isPrime3; uses crt; const zero : qword = 0; one : qword = 1; two : qword = 2; three : qword = 3; var num : qword; again : char; function isprime(num : qword) : boolean; var iscomposite : boolean; test : qword; begin if num = one then isprime := false else if (num = two) or (num = three) then isprime := true else if (num mod two) = zero then isprime := false else begin iscomposite := false; test := three; while (test * test) \u0026lt;= num do begin if (num mod test) = zero then iscomposite := true; test := test + two; end; isprime := not iscomposite; end; end; begin again := 'Y'; while (again ='y') or (again = 'Y') or (again = chr(13)) do begin num := zero; while num \u0026lt; one do begin write('Give a whole positive number: '); readln(num); end; if isprime(num) then writeln(num, ' is prime') else writeln(num, ' is not prime'); write('again? [Y/n] '); again := readkey; writeln(again); end; end. P.S. I fixed a bug that caused a press on the Enter key to exit the program, instead of continuing it as I meant it to do. Checking additionally for the Enter key chr(13) was easy enough. There are still bugs, though, but it\u0026rsquo;s usable enough for now, as throw-away code, not meant for application in a realworld app.\nP.P.S.S. You can test this code on TutorialsPoint, which has a Pascal IDE, you could type the source code in, or copy and paste it from this article.\n", "dateiso": "2025-05-03 09:21:52 +0200", "date": "9:21 p.m. on May 3, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/05/03/testing-primality-with-free-pascal.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F05%2F03%2Ftesting-primality-with-free-pascal.html" }, { "id": 64, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I refined yesterday\u0026rsquo;s Pascal program to have somewhat more functionality, and found a way to turn the contents of a terminal window into a PNG. It is a bit unwieldy, though. I\u0026rsquo;m curious how Timeline will possibly balk on this. I suppose @manton will have to tweak things a bit.\n", "dateiso": "2025-05-01 14:16:41 +0200", "date": "2:16 p.m. on May 1, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/05/01/i-refined-yesterdays-pascal-program.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F05%2F01%2Fi-refined-yesterdays-pascal-program.html" }, { "id": 65, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "More Pascal programming in Free Pascal on Raspberry Pi OS. Apparently, the robot understands programming, since the alt description is spot on.\n", "dateiso": "2025-04-30 19:44:25 +0200", "date": "7:44 p.m. on Apr 30, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/04/30/more-pascal-programming-in-free.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F04%2F30%2Fmore-pascal-programming-in-free.html" }, { "id": 66, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Remember Pascal? It\u0026rsquo;s still around. Here I\u0026rsquo;m running Free Pascal in a RaspberryPi OS terminal window.\n", "dateiso": "2025-04-29 13:00:43 +0200", "date": "1:00 p.m. on Apr 29, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/04/29/remember-pascal-its-still-around.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F04%2F29%2Fremember-pascal-its-still-around.html" }, { "id": 67, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "A modest place to relax in the mornings. Most of this was given to me, both new and second-hand, except for the plants, which I bought a month ago for less than 30 Euros.\n", "dateiso": "2025-04-28 20:05:12 +0200", "date": "8:05 p.m. on Apr 28, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/04/28/a-modest-place-to-relax.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F04%2F28%2Fa-modest-place-to-relax.html" }, { "id": 68, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It seems the basis of good 2D animation is solid drawing skills. Without it, the result will be poor, or, at best, occasionally hit, but mostly miss. I know where to spend my time in the coming months. I only hope I don\u0026rsquo;t lose my Divoom Master Pixel Artist status with still images.\n", "dateiso": "2025-04-28 15:23:58 +0200", "date": "3:23 p.m. on Apr 28, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/04/28/it-seems-the-basis-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F04%2F28%2Fit-seems-the-basis-of.html" }, { "id": 69, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I made a rough animation in the Animatic app on iPad and traced the frames into a pixel animation with Pixaki. It took much longer than I expected, but I\u0026rsquo;m pleased with the (very rough) result running on my Pixoo64 LED panel.\n", "dateiso": "2025-04-28 09:51:08 +0200", "date": "9:51 p.m. on Apr 28, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/04/28/i-made-a-rough-animation.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F04%2F28%2Fi-made-a-rough-animation.html" }, { "id": 70, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I can’t escape the thought that BlueSky verification is another nail in the coffin of anonymity, which can be legit. Those up to no good just use identity theft to get around this trend of spying on people.\n", "dateiso": "2025-04-24 11:26:09 +0200", "date": "11:26 p.m. on Apr 24, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/04/24/i-cant-escape-the-thought.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F04%2F24%2Fi-cant-escape-the-thought.html" }, { "id": 71, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Not sure why servicing the connection to the Internet by one\u0026rsquo;s provider requires an outage, but I did have one of those for somewhat less than an hour. It was announced, but I missed it. Still, why the required outage?\n", "dateiso": "2025-04-24 10:58:27 +0200", "date": "10:58 p.m. on Apr 24, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/04/24/not-sure-why-servicing-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F04%2F24%2Fnot-sure-why-servicing-the.html" }, { "id": 72, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "While it\u0026rsquo;s fun to run races, it\u0026rsquo;s the training to prepare for those race which takes up most of the time. It also takes a lot of time to make one\u0026rsquo;s own training schedule that is balanced, tough enough to improve (or maintain) one\u0026rsquo;s fitness, yet flexible enough to appear recovered at the race.\n", "dateiso": "2025-04-20 11:47:24 +0200", "date": "11:47 p.m. on Apr 20, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/04/20/while-its-fun-to-run.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F04%2F20%2Fwhile-its-fun-to-run.html" }, { "id": 73, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m happy I ditched Strava in time, with their AI cr!$p. Now they\u0026rsquo;ve bought Runna as well, another AI-powered service. I\u0026rsquo;m sure free users will be bombarded with \u0026ldquo;promotions\u0026rdquo; to join Strava, because, guess what, the customers have to pay for all of that. The general consensus is Strava\u0026rsquo;s AI is bad.\n", "dateiso": "2025-04-18 12:19:56 +0200", "date": "12:19 p.m. on Apr 18, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/04/18/im-happy-i-ditched-strava.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F04%2F18%2Fim-happy-i-ditched-strava.html" }, { "id": 74, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I finished my marathon in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Despite the worst preparation in years, I beat the time Runalyze predicted by more than 3 minuten. My official nett time was 4h42m48s (6:43 min/km, 10:48 min/mi). Especially after the 32 K mark it became exceedingly hard to keep running.\n", "dateiso": "2025-04-14 08:35:11 +0200", "date": "8:35 p.m. on Apr 14, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/04/14/i-finished-my-marathon-in.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F04%2F14%2Fi-finished-my-marathon-in.html" }, { "id": 75, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "About task lists. Once I’ve finished a task, I’m done with it. I keep forgetting I’ll have to update the list constantly. This hasn’t changed since iOS 7 and before. I get no kick out of checking off items, and find it a bore.\n", "dateiso": "2025-04-12 13:52:52 +0200", "date": "1:52 p.m. on Apr 12, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/04/12/about-task-lists-once-ive.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F04%2F12%2Fabout-task-lists-once-ive.html" }, { "id": 76, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ll be running a marathon on 13 April 2025. It almost didn\u0026rsquo;t happen because of injuries, which only healed a week ago. To celebrate in advance I made this jumble of legs, arms, and a confused head. Its animation lives on the Divoom community, where I became a master pixel artist, also this week.\n", "dateiso": "2025-04-11 16:50:45 +0200", "date": "4:50 p.m. on Apr 11, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/04/11/ill-be-running-a-marathon.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F04%2F11%2Fill-be-running-a-marathon.html" }, { "id": 77, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Using Quick Poses I found a reference for a pose. After pixeling the nude I put some clothes on her to avoid flagging on the Divoom community. BTW, it wasn\u0026rsquo;t quick at all.\n", "dateiso": "2025-04-10 11:48:20 +0200", "date": "11:48 p.m. on Apr 10, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/04/10/using-quick-poses-i-found.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F04%2F10%2Fusing-quick-poses-i-found.html" }, { "id": 78, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "A larger piece, and Fate/Apocrypha fan art. I know I can do better, if I weren\u0026rsquo;t so out of practice. I also might have traced a little to get it done, after spending more than 12 hours on it today,\n", "dateiso": "2025-04-09 21:13:58 +0200", "date": "9:13 p.m. on Apr 9, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/04/09/a-larger-piece-and-fateapocrypha.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F04%2F09%2Fa-larger-piece-and-fateapocrypha.html" }, { "id": 79, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It\u0026rsquo;s been a while since I posted some pixel art on here, while I\u0026rsquo;ve been inundating the Divoom community with my creations, being mostly recommended by the staff. I don\u0026rsquo;t judge it high art, but I can see why they want to see more of it. Most don\u0026rsquo;t seem to post anything, or at best it\u0026rsquo;s low-effort.\n", "dateiso": "2025-04-08 08:58:06 +0200", "date": "8:58 p.m. on Apr 8, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/04/08/its-been-a-while-since.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F04%2F08%2Fits-been-a-while-since.html" }, { "id": 80, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Seen on my 8 km long walk today. This obelisk commemorates 75 years of independence of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 17 November 1813.\n", "dateiso": "2025-04-02 21:32:01 +0200", "date": "9:32 p.m. on Apr 2, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/04/02/seen-on-my-km-long.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F04%2F02%2Fseen-on-my-km-long.html" }, { "id": 81, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Great minds think alike in my timeline, by @roelio@micro.blog and @Phillipgerba@mastodon.art\n", "dateiso": "2025-04-01 07:50:16 +0200", "date": "7:50 p.m. on Apr 1, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/04/01/great-minds-think-alike-in.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F04%2F01%2Fgreat-minds-think-alike-in.html" }, { "id": 82, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The @pixeldailies.bsky.social #PixelDailies theme was #ladder Link has to climb the ultimate infinite ladder.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-30 12:53:18 +0200", "date": "12:53 p.m. on Mar 30, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/30/the-pixeldailiesbskysocial-pixeldailies-theme-was.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F30%2Fthe-pixeldailiesbskysocial-pixeldailies-theme-was.html" }, { "id": 83, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose if you always play it safe (read: draw for more likes), you will never learn new things, and keep repeating old things until you\u0026rsquo;ve bored and stop creating. For me, this is a place of experimentation, finding your artistic limits, go beyond them, then dial back a bit.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-29 19:33:05 +0200", "date": "7:33 p.m. on Mar 29, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/29/i-suppose-if-you-always.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F29%2Fi-suppose-if-you-always.html" }, { "id": 84, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I started a new project in Procreate for pixel art. I already made a rough sketch and applied base colors (white, green and light-brown). It will become a 64 x 64 pixels piece for my Pixoo64. It\u0026rsquo;s been a while since I did a landscape, so it will be a challenge to finish it. Here\u0026rsquo;s a WIP.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-29 09:57:49 +0200", "date": "9:57 p.m. on Mar 29, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/29/i-started-a-new-project.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F29%2Fi-started-a-new-project.html" }, { "id": 85, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Here\u0026rsquo;s the process video of the pixel portrait of Jean-Luc Picard.\n\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-28 19:28:09 +0200", "date": "7:28 p.m. on Mar 28, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/28/heres-the-process-video-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F28%2Fheres-the-process-video-of.html" }, { "id": 86, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I hand-made a pixel portrait of captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek TNG, using Procreate.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-28 18:31:53 +0200", "date": "6:31 p.m. on Mar 28, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/28/i-handmade-a-pixel-portrait.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F28%2Fi-handmade-a-pixel-portrait.html" }, { "id": 87, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I tweaked yesterday\u0026rsquo;s still pixel art thoroughly, so I think it got more \u0026ldquo;readable.\u0026rdquo; Next I did some simple animation, since that\u0026rsquo;s preferred, apparently, in the Divoom community.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-28 10:02:10 +0200", "date": "10:02 p.m. on Mar 28, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/28/i-tweaked-yesterdays-still-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F28%2Fi-tweaked-yesterdays-still-pixel.html" }, { "id": 88, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Here\u0026rsquo;s the finished version of a baby enthusiastically holding a puppy.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-27 14:45:55 +0200", "date": "2:45 p.m. on Mar 27, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/27/heres-the-finished-version-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F27%2Fheres-the-finished-version-of.html" }, { "id": 89, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "A little WIP. Yesterday I made this tiny 64 x 64 pixels baby head, based on reference.\nToday I gave the baby a torso. The dots are to easily scale between 64x64 and 1280x1280 pixels in Procreate. The latter resolution I use to sketch a new layer before turning it into pixel art, pixel-by-pixel.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-27 09:37:42 +0200", "date": "9:37 p.m. on Mar 27, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/27/a-little-wip-yesterday-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F27%2Fa-little-wip-yesterday-i.html" }, { "id": 90, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I keep deleting episodes of the Apple News Today podcast, because of some autocrat still very prevalent in the news, while he should do most of his duties in silence and secrecy. Maybe I should just unsubscribe and be ignorant of someone who seems to like to hear himself talking, nay, blabbing.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-25 16:50:25 +0200", "date": "4:50 p.m. on Mar 25, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/25/i-keep-deleting-episodes-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F25%2Fi-keep-deleting-episodes-of.html" }, { "id": 91, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I repurposed a previous pixel drawing for today\u0026rsquo;s pixel drawing for the Divoom community. The little guy is supposed to represent a nasty germ. We\u0026rsquo;ll see how it\u0026rsquo;s received. I like it.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-25 11:16:42 +0200", "date": "11:16 p.m. on Mar 25, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/25/i-repurposed-a-previous-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F25%2Fi-repurposed-a-previous-pixel.html" }, { "id": 92, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Sometimes a piece is just not worth sharing.\nI made it for the Divoom community, even posted it on there, but soon deleted it, because it was not making me feel happy with it.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-24 16:31:31 +0200", "date": "4:31 p.m. on Mar 24, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/24/sometimes-a-piece-is-just.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F24%2Fsometimes-a-piece-is-just.html" }, { "id": 93, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The @pixeldailies.bsky.social theme for 23 March 2025 was #jar #pixel_dailies\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-24 11:26:43 +0200", "date": "11:26 p.m. on Mar 24, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/24/the-pixeldailiesbskysocial-theme-for-march.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F24%2Fthe-pixeldailiesbskysocial-theme-for-march.html" }, { "id": 94, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I used this image as a reference for my contribution to March of Robots 2025. Though I didn\u0026rsquo;t design the robot, I did the color palette and animation.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-23 13:22:17 +0200", "date": "1:22 p.m. on Mar 23, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/23/i-used-this-image-as.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F23%2Fi-used-this-image-as.html" }, { "id": 95, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "If you assume you\u0026rsquo;re right, you\u0026rsquo;re probably aren\u0026rsquo;t. This is the self-deprecating idea that sprouted from using the import filter of the Divoom pixel editor wrongly. I thought it needed more pixels to avoid blurring them, like web browsers. Not so, just import 92 frames or less of 64 x 64 pixels.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-22 13:22:22 +0200", "date": "1:22 p.m. on Mar 22, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/22/if-you-assume-youre-right.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F22%2Fif-you-assume-youre-right.html" }, { "id": 96, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "According to the robot 🤖 this is a snow leopard, which seems fair considering the coloring, but I meant to draw a tiger 🐅 Ah well, it was from memory, and hence didn\u0026rsquo;t look much like the real deal anyway.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-21 15:32:19 +0200", "date": "3:32 p.m. on Mar 21, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/21/according-to-the-robot-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F21%2Faccording-to-the-robot-this.html" }, { "id": 97, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "In this time of glorification of autocrats it seems somewhat uncool to post a selfie, since it tends to narcissism, one of the traits of an autocrat. Nevertheless, it was a fun exercise in panning around a main subject, even if it\u0026rsquo;s me, represented in pixel art for the Pixoo64.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-21 10:46:28 +0200", "date": "10:46 p.m. on Mar 21, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/21/in-this-time-of-glorification.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F21%2Fin-this-time-of-glorification.html" }, { "id": 98, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I used a reference photo—downloaded a long time ago—of a tiger walking in the snow, and thought of animating it as such. It didn\u0026rsquo;t come to that, yet, because of lack knowledge of animal anatomy. The creation started in Pixquare, refinement in Procreate, and final touches in Divoom\u0026rsquo;s pixel editor.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-20 10:55:28 +0200", "date": "10:55 p.m. on Mar 20, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/20/i-used-a-reference-photodownloaded.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F20%2Fi-used-a-reference-photodownloaded.html" }, { "id": 99, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Dreaming at the dinner table when I was a preteen. We didn\u0026rsquo;t talk much, so I had to use my imagination to fill the silence. Vroooom-vroooom! And oh, it was todays theme #forklift from @pixeldailies.bksy.social #PixelDailies\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-19 20:09:02 +0200", "date": "8:09 p.m. on Mar 19, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/19/dreaming-at-the-dinner-table.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F19%2Fdreaming-at-the-dinner-table.html" }, { "id": 100, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "There\u0026rsquo;s room for improvement in my little garden. After all, spring\u0026rsquo;s still one day away.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-19 16:20:33 +0200", "date": "4:20 p.m. on Mar 19, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/19/theres-room-for-improvement-in.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F19%2Ftheres-room-for-improvement-in.html" }, { "id": 101, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I made a photo of a bunch of daffodils a few days ago, and made a 192 x 64 pixel drawing today, which I turned into an infinite panning frame of 64 x 64 pixels for my Pixoo64 Cloud LED display. I also entered it in the Bloom2025 competition of the Divoom community.\nHere\u0026rsquo;s the reference.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-19 14:40:40 +0200", "date": "2:40 p.m. on Mar 19, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/19/i-made-a-photo-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F19%2Fi-made-a-photo-of.html" }, { "id": 102, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The @pixeldailies.bsky.social theme was #castle #PixelDailies #Pixoo64\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-18 15:52:33 +0200", "date": "3:52 p.m. on Mar 18, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/18/the-pixeldailiesbskysocial-theme-was-castle.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F18%2Fthe-pixeldailiesbskysocial-theme-was-castle.html" }, { "id": 103, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This was constructed for the #64x64 pixels #Pixoo64 and #PixelDailies theme #RobotController @pixeldailies.bsky.social\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-15 09:23:24 +0200", "date": "9:23 p.m. on Mar 15, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/15/this-was-constructed-for-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F15%2Fthis-was-constructed-for-the.html" }, { "id": 104, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I made a pixel drawing of a #tiger refining it using this CC reference from Flickr. Thusly I didn\u0026rsquo;t mechanically copy the reference, and made my own version for @pixeldaily.bsky.social theme for 13 March 2025.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-14 11:38:50 +0200", "date": "11:38 p.m. on Mar 14, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/14/i-made-a-pixel-drawing.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F14%2Fi-made-a-pixel-drawing.html" }, { "id": 105, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "So, how should I deal with Tumblr, as it has not yet joined the Fediverse? Should I assume it joining soon, and use @ mentions to Fediverse users, or should I make an exception and link with the user\u0026rsquo;s permalink to their user profile on their prime Fediverse server?\nAny help is appreciated.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-13 10:05:32 +0200", "date": "10:05 p.m. on Mar 13, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/13/so-how-should-i-deal.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F13%2Fso-how-should-i-deal.html" }, { "id": 106, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The theme of Pixel Dailies for 12 March 2025 was #frame #64x64 #PixelDailies #Pixoo64\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-13 08:39:41 +0200", "date": "8:39 p.m. on Mar 13, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/13/the-theme-of-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F13%2Fthe-theme-of-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 107, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The theme of Pixel Dailies for 10 March 2025 was #OversizedClothing #64x64 #PixelDailies\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-11 11:59:07 +0200", "date": "11:59 p.m. on Mar 11, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/11/the-theme-of-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F11%2Fthe-theme-of-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 108, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "At least the robot 🤖 got the number right, otherwise putting candles on my humongous BD cake has become ridiculous, and a real chore. 🎂\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-10 11:52:16 +0200", "date": "11:52 p.m. on Mar 10, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/10/at-least-the-robot-got.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F10%2Fat-least-the-robot-got.html" }, { "id": 109, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I really liked this video by Asianometry about heat in IC\u0026rsquo;s, and how it complicates development of chips, because how heat behaves at the quantum level is still unknown. This is one of the reasons developing nanometer scale microprocessors is so expensive and time-consuming.\n ", "dateiso": "2025-03-10 08:46:07 +0200", "date": "8:46 p.m. on Mar 10, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/10/i-really-liked-this-video.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F10%2Fi-really-liked-this-video.html" }, { "id": 110, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "For when I\u0026rsquo;m too busy making pixel art…\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-09 18:34:49 +0200", "date": "6:34 p.m. on Mar 9, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/09/for-when-im-too-busy.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F09%2Ffor-when-im-too-busy.html" }, { "id": 111, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today I ran a half marathon race to determine my marathon goal five weeks from now. With 2h06m16s I could go for a 4h15m marathon, yet 4h30m seems a safer bet, especially because I was heavily injured for four month, in which I could hardly train, or only very slowly.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-08 21:04:16 +0200", "date": "9:04 p.m. on Mar 8, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/08/today-i-ran-a-half.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F08%2Ftoday-i-ran-a-half.html" }, { "id": 112, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Checking out specific details on the Marathon Rotterdam website, since it\u0026rsquo;s only five weeks and one day before I\u0026rsquo;ll be running my fifth marathon. No, the details aren\u0026rsquo;t there yet, so I\u0026rsquo;ll have to be patient. Probably will receive an email about those anyway.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-08 10:02:03 +0200", "date": "10:02 p.m. on Mar 8, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/08/checking-out-specific-details-on.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F08%2Fchecking-out-specific-details-on.html" }, { "id": 113, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Yesterday I failed at the day before\u0026rsquo;s prompt #CharacterGenerator of the Pixel Dailies daily challenge. The idea was a normally clad person stepping into the booth and coming out as another person wearing spectacular clothes. Alas, it will never be completed 😕\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-08 07:57:19 +0200", "date": "7:57 p.m. on Mar 8, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/08/yesterday-i-failed-at-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F08%2Fyesterday-i-failed-at-the.html" }, { "id": 114, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I made an isometric cube rotate in 72 steps. After importing it into the Divoom app\u0026rsquo;s pixel editor, I found a limit for the number of frames in an animation (60 for 64x64 pixels). So I had to be creative with 36 frames. After reuploading to the Divoom app, I tweaked it to get it even more perfect.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-06 15:07:25 +0200", "date": "3:07 p.m. on Mar 6, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/06/i-made-an-isometric-cube.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F06%2Fi-made-an-isometric-cube.html" }, { "id": 115, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "A pixel art depiction of a smiling orange cat with its tail raised, set against a green circular background. That\u0026rsquo;s what the alt text says.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-05 18:20:15 +0200", "date": "6:20 p.m. on Mar 5, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/05/a-pixel-art-depiction-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F05%2Fa-pixel-art-depiction-of.html" }, { "id": 116, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "When I notice my peripheral vision, besides blurring, I can see distortion in the perspective. I tried to illustrate that effect in a pixel animation. Not sure it\u0026rsquo;s because of my bad vision, or if it\u0026rsquo;s more general for all seeing humans. It could also be my imagination playing tricks on me.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-04 13:59:22 +0200", "date": "1:59 p.m. on Mar 4, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/04/when-i-notice-my-peripheral.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F04%2Fwhen-i-notice-my-peripheral.html" }, { "id": 117, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Can\u0026rsquo;t wrap my head around Tapestry by @iconfactory I want to keep my sanity by interacting less with social media. This app wants me to do the opposite. Even though the app seems to shield me from the worst, the people I\u0026rsquo;m interacting with aren\u0026rsquo;t, and so the worst gets to me by proxy. So why?\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-04 08:36:16 +0200", "date": "8:36 p.m. on Mar 4, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/04/cant-wrap-my-head-around.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F04%2Fcant-wrap-my-head-around.html" }, { "id": 118, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I made this for yesterday\u0026rsquo;s prompt of Pixel Dailies: #scale. It\u0026rsquo;s based on my pixel font at original and 300 percent scale. Rotating a plane is some kind of scaling as well. Note that I\u0026rsquo;m in favor of human made pixel art, as opposed to a purely (and copyright-wise questionable) AI-based version.\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-02 12:49:39 +0200", "date": "12:49 p.m. on Mar 2, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/02/i-made-this-for-yesterdays.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F02%2Fi-made-this-for-yesterdays.html" }, { "id": 119, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m trying to make putting text onto my Pixoo64 much easier with (possibly) a pixel font. The matrix is 4 pixels wide and 6 pixels high, so there\u0026rsquo;s room for 10 lines of 16 characters (64 x 60 pixels in total) on the 64x64 pixels screen. I can has a scroll like in Star Wars 😂\n", "dateiso": "2025-03-01 11:15:28 +0200", "date": "11:15 p.m. on Mar 1, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/03/01/im-trying-to-make-putting.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F03%2F01%2Fim-trying-to-make-putting.html" }, { "id": 120, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "When the clock strikes twelve…\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-28 18:02:37 +0200", "date": "6:02 p.m. on Feb 28, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/28/when-the-clock-strikes-twelve.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F28%2Fwhen-the-clock-strikes-twelve.html" }, { "id": 121, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This game is about getting the ball off the platform using the helicopter, yet without crashing it.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-28 09:08:18 +0200", "date": "9:08 p.m. on Feb 28, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/28/this-game-is-about-getting.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F28%2Fthis-game-is-about-getting.html" }, { "id": 122, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Didn\u0026rsquo;t expect to reach level 11 in the Divoom pixel art community so soon, so I had to put together something in a hurry.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-26 16:21:34 +0200", "date": "4:21 p.m. on Feb 26, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/26/didnt-expect-to-reach-level.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F26%2Fdidnt-expect-to-reach-level.html" }, { "id": 123, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "An imbalance of power between a teapot and a teacup.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-25 15:06:39 +0200", "date": "3:06 p.m. on Feb 25, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/25/an-imbalance-of-power-between.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F25%2Fan-imbalance-of-power-between.html" }, { "id": 124, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I imagined how Mega Man would look like sans armor. I can do a turn around of this character to learn more about character development. At least, that\u0026rsquo;s what I hope will happen. It could all end in disappointment.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-24 20:45:26 +0200", "date": "8:45 p.m. on Feb 24, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/24/i-imagined-how-mega-man.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F24%2Fi-imagined-how-mega-man.html" }, { "id": 125, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I ran my first long endurance run, seven weeks before I want to run the Rotterdam Marathon (April 13). As expected, today wasn\u0026rsquo;t easy, but I\u0026rsquo;m confident I will cross the finish line. The injury that was plaguing me since October 2024 seems to have cured itself, by reducing mileage and speed. Yay me!\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-23 18:05:15 +0200", "date": "6:05 p.m. on Feb 23, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/23/i-ran-my-first-long.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F23%2Fi-ran-my-first-long.html" }, { "id": 126, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Since I clearly don\u0026rsquo;t understand how to construct the head, all I can do is the next best thing, try to learn by osmosis, by doing it often enough. I might develop an intuition for it, while a clear mental picture how to proceed keeps eluding me.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-22 08:18:14 +0200", "date": "8:18 p.m. on Feb 22, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/22/since-i-clearly-dont-understand.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F22%2Fsince-i-clearly-dont-understand.html" }, { "id": 127, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Divoom has a RetroTime2025 art competition, for which this is (one of) my contribution(s), the MITS Altair 8800, which started the personal computer revolution. It was soon followed by the Commodore PET, Atari 400 and 800, and the Apple II, all computers I grew up with, hence \u0026ldquo;retro\u0026rdquo; for me.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-20 10:27:20 +0200", "date": "10:27 p.m. on Feb 20, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/20/divoom-has-a-retrotime-art.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F20%2Fdivoom-has-a-retrotime-art.html" }, { "id": 128, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My new colors are rolling along.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-19 16:00:27 +0200", "date": "4:00 p.m. on Feb 19, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/19/my-new-colors-are-rolling.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F19%2Fmy-new-colors-are-rolling.html" }, { "id": 129, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m still learning about color palettes, contrast and such. It appears that different mediums have different requirements. Pixel art is very different from, say, quilting. So I edited a piece I did yesterday, making some of the mini-drawings more clear. Five is better than three grades of a color.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-19 08:07:00 +0200", "date": "8:07 p.m. on Feb 19, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/19/im-still-learning-about-color.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F19%2Fim-still-learning-about-color.html" }, { "id": 130, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I made two noteworthy 64 x 64 pixel art pieces today. These are stills; the Divoom community got the animated versions.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-17 18:34:05 +0200", "date": "6:34 p.m. on Feb 17, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/17/i-made-two-noteworthy-x.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F17%2Fi-made-two-noteworthy-x.html" }, { "id": 131, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It\u0026rsquo;s clear to me from these two recent pixel art pieces, that I need to be more patient (and deliberate) with my art. Especially the edges need work, but also the shading, if approaching realism was the goal. It\u0026rsquo;s pretty much absent or \u0026ldquo;wrong\u0026rdquo;, as is the contrast in the overall image.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-15 08:12:43 +0200", "date": "8:12 p.m. on Feb 15, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/15/its-clear-to-me-from.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F15%2Fits-clear-to-me-from.html" }, { "id": 132, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m happy my contribution HUG got an honorable mention in Divoom\u0026rsquo;s winner announcement of Hug Day 2025 (link to pdf) on Singles Awareness Day.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-14 16:36:15 +0200", "date": "4:36 p.m. on Feb 14, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/14/im-happy-my-contribution-hug.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F14%2Fim-happy-my-contribution-hug.html" }, { "id": 133, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Just don’t forget to eat your eggplant, or it’ll become a rotten-egg-plant. Pixel art made for the Divoom community.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-13 16:59:36 +0200", "date": "4:59 p.m. on Feb 13, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/13/just-dont-forget-to-eat.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F13%2Fjust-dont-forget-to-eat.html" }, { "id": 134, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "So, the reason for Apple to maintain a closed App Store that\u0026rsquo;s completely safe for users has now been debunked. Review your iOS en iPadOS security features and remove any apps you haven\u0026rsquo;t used in a while and can easily redownload.\nApple Removed Apps Infested With Screen Reading Malware - MacRumors\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-12 11:07:53 +0200", "date": "11:07 p.m. on Feb 12, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/12/so-the-reason-for-apple.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F12%2Fso-the-reason-for-apple.html" }, { "id": 135, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "As I expected, going up a level in the Divoom community is getting harder with each new level. I\u0026rsquo;m not going to fall for the attempt of the service to make me put in more time than I already am. For me it\u0026rsquo;s a pastime, not an actual (non-paying) job. Other than that, I can\u0026rsquo;t make users like my art.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-12 09:58:07 +0200", "date": "9:58 p.m. on Feb 12, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/12/as-i-expected-going-up.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F12%2Fas-i-expected-going-up.html" }, { "id": 136, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m still trying teach myself coloring using color palettes based on human vision instead 19th century art philosophy. My idea that I should\u0026rsquo;ve mastered it by now was clearly over-estimated. Art as a subject matter is both wide and deep.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-11 17:23:59 +0200", "date": "5:23 p.m. on Feb 11, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/11/im-still-trying-teach-myself.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F11%2Fim-still-trying-teach-myself.html" }, { "id": 137, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "For all of you Whovians out there, I made this 64 x 64 pixel art piece for the Divoom community to celebrate me reaching level 10 on that platform.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-11 12:19:19 +0200", "date": "12:19 p.m. on Feb 11, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/11/for-all-of-you-whovians.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F11%2Ffor-all-of-you-whovians.html" }, { "id": 138, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My latest long-form blog post went different from what I expected. Bluesky flatly refused it, and Tumblr didn’t abbreviate it, but published it warts and all, which warts I had to remove manually. I need to be more mindful how I share long-form content.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-09 12:55:08 +0200", "date": "12:55 p.m. on Feb 9, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/09/my-latest-longform-blog-post.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F09%2Fmy-latest-longform-blog-post.html" }, { "id": 139, "type": "post", "title": "Grappling with color theory", "text": "I was taught color theory in high school, and did self-study when I became more serious about art. That old theory is clearly not taking into account how the human vision system works. It told me how to mix paint (oil paint, and other particle-based coloring mediums), and get a harmonious color palette that appeals to the observer. Then you mixed what seemed right, after a lot artworks in which these loose ideas about color were applied, so based on experience. However, it remained a lot of guesswork, and I never got good results, at least, not consistent good results. So I kept second-guessing myself, and thought I must misunderstand the theory I was taught. It turned out I wasn\u0026rsquo;t wrong, the theory was.\nBelow (and in articles to follow) are my first steps into getting to grips with colors and how they interact in the observer\u0026rsquo;s vision system.\nI used the accessible color palette generator at Venngage to create a random vivid color palette that contrasts enough with black text to be generally legible. The palette was based on the mid tone with RGB value #d0d57b.\n#d8c7c2, #000000 #d8c38c, #000000 #d0d57b, #000000 #92b17a, #000000 #92a89d, #000000 Next, I converted each color to OKLCH, to check if these colors were even in the range of human perception:\noklch(84.23% 0.0204 37.03) oklch(82.18% 0.0756 89.54) oklch(84.95% 0.1136 111.35) oklch(72.3% 0.0838 132.1) oklch(71.13% 0.0292 164.02) Next, I made a test animation at 32x32 pixels size to check if text indeed was legible with this color palette and black as the letter color, plus the reverse, this color palette as text color on a black background. It seemed to work, though I\u0026rsquo;m hardly a good judge, not having color blindness or poor vision, despite some astigmatism, which is (partially) corrected by my prescription glasses.\nThe AI micro∙blog uses could read it, so that\u0026rsquo;s a thing.\n Text with a pixelated font says Can you read this clearly enough? against a background of squares in muted colors.\n Though, the \u0026ldquo;muted colors\u0026rdquo; worried me a bit. Weren\u0026rsquo;t these supposed to be \u0026ldquo;vivid colors\u0026rdquo;? I suppose that\u0026rsquo;s the sacrifice one has to make in order for your creation to be have enough contrast to be legible. Of course, pixel art isn\u0026rsquo;t about text, like html documents clearly are, though readability plays an important part in what you want to convey to your audience, if you so wish—you might do this just for you own enjoyment, after all, as many seem to do. Not every artist is a professional, nor wants to become one.\nI sent this over to the Divoom community with the caption:\n I\u0026rsquo;m trying out new (to me) color theory. The old theory I was taught in school 50 years ago is out of date. This one is based on how our eyes perceive colors, rather than what some dude in the 19th century came up with. #colors #test #accessibility #oklch\n So, this color palette seems totally usable for reading, even reading outlined characters on a pixelated screen (read: pixel art). However, there are other ways to present your art than through outlining. Putting an outline around a shape accentuates, makes it stand out. Sometimes you don\u0026rsquo;t want that, you want your art to integrate into the rest of the image. You could do away with outlines, or be more subtle about outlining, for example by adjusting the color from black to a color that contrasts with the surrounding colors (read: colored outline), or some combination of techniques.\nSo, how to test that?\nI turned to Pixel Dailies for a prompt to use, and apply that with a color palette based on OKLCH, picking a color palette that suited (my interpretations of) the prompt. That day\u0026rsquo;s prompt was:\n AoE\n What the heck is that? I had to look it up, and found this on GameTree:\n AoE (or Area of Effect), in video games, is an ability or action that affects multiple targets within a specified area simultaneously, rather than a single target. Can apply to damage, healing, or status effects.\n Another meaning could be Age of Empires, which seems to be an online strategy game, which also abbreviates as AoE. Gotta love ambivalence! So, basically, I was \u0026ldquo;allowed\u0026rdquo; to do whatever I wanted, what usually is the case with Pixel Dailies; they\u0026rsquo;re are very flexible about interpretations, as long as the art is worthwhile looking at. Anyway, it was something to do with gaming, and I\u0026rsquo;m a casual gamer at best, certainly don\u0026rsquo;t own a gaming console or gaming PC. This seemed a disadvantage, but it really wasn\u0026rsquo;t, because I was free to use my imagination instead of some established gaming lore. I could think outside the box.\nRemember, this wasn\u0026rsquo;t about the prompt, per se, but about using the prompt to get an idea about color theory. Still, it\u0026rsquo;s always worth putting effort into your art piece, at least think about what you want to create before even grabbing a drawing or painting utensil.\nThe basic ideo of Area of Effect is that one action has multiple results, so it\u0026rsquo;s about unanticipated \u0026ldquo;collateral effects\u0026rdquo;, a typical trope of storytelling, which makes the reader pay more attention, since the unexpected usually does that. So the author/creator sets an expectation, and does that opposite to make any bored or distracted reader/observer pay attention, and commit to engage fully with the piece in front of them. At least, those were my thoughts about the whole thingamabob, what was it already? Right, AoE, Area of Effect. I\u0026rsquo;m clearly not paying attention myself.\nSo, false expectations, and how to depict that using a color palette. A clear example of this is the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz, with lead actor Judy Garland, which starts in black and white, and changes to full color when Dorothy steps into the Land of Oz. Another example, which clearly borrows from this movie, is the equally brilliant 1989 animated movie The Little Mermaid, in which in the prologue above the sea, muted colors tell us about a drab existence of sailors, while under the sea it\u0026rsquo;s so bright and vivid, that the contrast couldn\u0026rsquo;t be higher. It\u0026rsquo;s the Wizzard-of-Oz effect redone for the times, since moviegoers were accustomed to colors, unlike in the 1930s, when black-and-white movies were still quite normal.\nIt\u0026rsquo;s unfortunate I\u0026rsquo;m not a movie buff, but some knowledge has crept in through watching movies without even considering what thought had gone into it. I\u0026rsquo;m applying that half-baked knowledge to my current artwork, which has to be an animation, or an otherwise very clever juxtaposition in a still image, telling us a story we weren\u0026rsquo;t expecting. In traditional pixel art, we generally don\u0026rsquo;t have a lot of pixels in a frame, but we do have a lot pixels in consecutive frames we can use to tell a story. Of course, with modern computers, canvas size isn\u0026rsquo;t really a problem anymore, so limiting ourselves to it is more of a stylistic choice than a necessity, as it was in the 1980s with 8-bit computers and consoles.\nSo, my \u0026ldquo;trick\u0026rdquo; is to do a change in color palette, to aid in storytelling. The hero/heroine, after a failed attempt, has answered to the call, and is to embark on his/her journey to get (or remove) the idol, and bring it back/destroy it, to help those at home who are in need. Frodo will destroy the ring, and returns to the Shire a hero, broken, yet victorious, against all expectations. Yes, even in that movie (Lord of the Rings Trilogy) colors play an essential role in illustrating in what dire straits our hero is, almost dying in utter failure. Sorry for the spoilers if you haven\u0026rsquo;t watched those movies, which you really should in my opinion. And what does Dorothy bring home? Well, nothing good, but she is safe, for now, but clearly scarred by her experience and longing for Oz. Ariel is just happy to have her voice back, and live happily ever after with her true love. At least, that is what we\u0026rsquo;re supposed to believe, since Ariel must experience a culture shock after having lived \u0026ldquo;under the sea\u0026rdquo; whole her life, eating seaweed instead of animal flesh (fish). As far as I know that story was never told, but could be an interesting story to tell, more slice-of-life than the epic coming-of-age story of The Little Mermaid.\nNow I have more ideas than time to implement them. That\u0026rsquo;s the problem if you deep somewhat deeper into a subject than casually approaching it, as I usually do; how to get out with a result that is just possible to implement with the skills that are at my disposal (or can be learned in the allotted time)?\nAs usual, I have to adjust my expectations, and do my best. It might succeed, might fail, but I will have learned something, one hopes.\nI will let you know what I came up with, hopefully later today, or otherwise tomorrow. Stay tuned!\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-09 12:08:24 +0200", "date": "12:08 p.m. on Feb 9, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/09/grappling-with-color-theory.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F09%2Fgrappling-with-color-theory.html" }, { "id": 140, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Okay, web devs, artists, and other creatives who use colors, it\u0026rsquo;s time to rethink HSL color theory and adopt color theory based on perception! Here is what convinced me: YT video, blog read, web app.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-09 08:53:38 +0200", "date": "8:53 p.m. on Feb 9, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/09/okay-web-devs-artists-and.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F09%2Fokay-web-devs-artists-and.html" }, { "id": 141, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Such a tiny canvas to play with, yet I made something interesting nonetheless for the Divoom community.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-08 13:55:39 +0200", "date": "1:55 p.m. on Feb 8, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/08/such-a-tiny-canvas-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F08%2Fsuch-a-tiny-canvas-to.html" }, { "id": 142, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The Tenth Doctor gets a strange signal on his T.A.R.D.I.S. monitor: \u0026ldquo;What. What … WHAT!?\u0026rdquo;\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-08 09:44:36 +0200", "date": "9:44 p.m. on Feb 8, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/08/the-tenth-doctor-gets-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F08%2Fthe-tenth-doctor-gets-a.html" }, { "id": 143, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I hope you don\u0026rsquo;t mind I\u0026rsquo;ve used your avatar for my little pixel animation. @peterw\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-07 18:52:59 +0200", "date": "6:52 p.m. on Feb 7, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/07/i-hope-you-dont-mind.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F07%2Fi-hope-you-dont-mind.html" }, { "id": 144, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "In prep for reaching level 10 in the Divoom community (probably early next week), I\u0026rsquo;ve upgraded 🤖 yesterday\u0026rsquo;s Doctor. It\u0026rsquo;s a still from a 24 frames animation, running on my Pixoo64 as I\u0026rsquo;m typing this. Me happy 😊\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-06 11:26:32 +0200", "date": "11:26 p.m. on Feb 6, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/06/in-prep-for-reaching-level.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F06%2Fin-prep-for-reaching-level.html" }, { "id": 145, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Sneak peak of an animation I\u0026rsquo;ve been working on today.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-05 18:09:03 +0200", "date": "6:09 p.m. on Feb 5, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/05/sneak-peak-of-an-animation.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F05%2Fsneak-peak-of-an-animation.html" }, { "id": 146, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose even for pixel art it\u0026rsquo;s sometimes smart to do a sketch before putting little blocks on a canvas.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-05 11:53:19 +0200", "date": "11:53 p.m. on Feb 5, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/05/i-suppose-even-for-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F05%2Fi-suppose-even-for-pixel.html" }, { "id": 147, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I already made this pixel drawing in 2022, and I uploaded it to the Divoom community. Apparently, they\u0026rsquo;re having a lot of inappropriate artwork over there, since it has to be approved first, which takes a day or so.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-03 09:42:28 +0200", "date": "9:42 p.m. on Feb 3, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/03/i-already-made-this-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F03%2Fi-already-made-this-pixel.html" }, { "id": 148, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "If you\u0026rsquo;re rage-quitting from a service, and think that\u0026rsquo;s going to influence the maintainers, think who the service will be maintained for after you\u0026rsquo;ve left—spoiler, not you, who left and is of no longer a concern to anyone but yourself.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-02 13:10:37 +0200", "date": "1:10 p.m. on Feb 2, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/02/if-youre-ragequitting-from-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F02%2Fif-youre-ragequitting-from-a.html" }, { "id": 149, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It seems I\u0026rsquo;m on my way back from a hip injury. I may even run the Rotterdam Marathon this year, though with readjusted expectations. I couldn\u0026rsquo;t put in the hours and am seriously overweight now. Still, it\u0026rsquo;s nice to enjoy life again without constant pain. Against expectations, it made time fly.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-02 10:21:58 +0200", "date": "10:21 p.m. on Feb 2, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/02/it-seems-im-on-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F02%2Fit-seems-im-on-my.html" }, { "id": 150, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I made this 64x64 pixels portrait before, and I thought my skill has advanced enough to try to improve it. It\u0026rsquo;s for the Divoom community, titled Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-02 09:52:15 +0200", "date": "9:52 p.m. on Feb 2, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/02/i-made-this-x-pixels.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F02%2Fi-made-this-x-pixels.html" }, { "id": 151, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It isn\u0026rsquo;t hard to find articles on what to draw (drawing ideas). The hard part is to make a drawing that is as specific as possible, since anyone can draw a tree shape as an oval on top of a rectangle. Making it then more look like a tree like no other tree is the challenging part.\n", "dateiso": "2025-02-01 10:22:28 +0200", "date": "10:22 p.m. on Feb 1, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/02/01/it-isnt-hard-to-find.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F02%2F01%2Fit-isnt-hard-to-find.html" }, { "id": 152, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Listening to the series about sexual depravities and general mischief of Roman emperors in the The Rest is History podcast makes me think of the current (clearly) autocratic leader of America. I wonder, will he become the first US emperor?\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-31 22:54:18 +0200", "date": "10:54 p.m. on Jan 31, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/31/listening-to-the-series-about.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F31%2Flistening-to-the-series-about.html" }, { "id": 153, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "A shrunken and improved version of an earlier piece I did for Pixel Dailies, prompted \u0026ldquo;paperweight.\u0026rdquo; This one I did for the Divoom community.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-31 21:10:24 +0200", "date": "9:10 p.m. on Jan 31, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/31/a-shrunken-and-improved-version.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F31%2Fa-shrunken-and-improved-version.html" }, { "id": 154, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "For a contest by a user in the Divoom community. It\u0026rsquo;s my cat Maahir, a Muslim name which means skilled, skilful, proficient, experienced, clever, genius, and fits him perfectly. I used two photos as my reference, and the rest is drawn as in-betweens, with motion blur.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-30 17:07:20 +0200", "date": "5:07 p.m. on Jan 30, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/30/for-a-contest-by-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F30%2Ffor-a-contest-by-a.html" }, { "id": 155, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Only a week ago I reached level 7 in the Divoom community and told myself to pace myself with interacting with the app. How did that turn out? I\u0026rsquo;ve reached level 8 today. ’Nuff said.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-30 11:51:28 +0200", "date": "11:51 p.m. on Jan 30, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/30/only-a-week-ago-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F30%2Fonly-a-week-ago-i.html" }, { "id": 156, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My entry for Divoom\u0026rsquo;s 2025 Hugging Day, with the description:\n There are other ways to show love than through embrace. Not everyone is a hugging person. Love isn\u0026rsquo;t an emotion; it\u0026rsquo;s a promise to take care of one another, despite what feelings are at play right now.\n ", "dateiso": "2025-01-29 12:00:09 +0200", "date": "12:00 p.m. on Jan 29, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/29/my-entry-for-divooms-hugging.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F29%2Fmy-entry-for-divooms-hugging.html" }, { "id": 157, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "我在中国除夕夜获得了跑步锻炼的徽章！\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-28 15:31:25 +0200", "date": "3:31 p.m. on Jan 28, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/28/143125.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F28%2F143125.html" }, { "id": 158, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Seeing how much effort it took to make this animation, I gave it away as a free template to the Divoom community for use in someone\u0026rsquo;s own projects, with a requirement to mention my username in the description. We will see if this has any legs…\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-28 09:34:05 +0200", "date": "9:34 p.m. on Jan 28, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/28/seeing-how-much-effort-it.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F28%2Fseeing-how-much-effort-it.html" }, { "id": 159, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Some pixel art animation for the Divoom community I came up with in a few hours.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-27 22:13:59 +0200", "date": "10:13 p.m. on Jan 27, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/27/some-pixel-art-animation-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F27%2Fsome-pixel-art-animation-for.html" }, { "id": 160, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I can see where I went wrong here. I was trying to make my sketch look like the reference. I\u0026rsquo;m supposed to draw a generic head shape first, and only then modify it, adding its personality. I need to step back and squint, so the person goes away, and structure, generic building blocks, remain.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-27 09:10:37 +0200", "date": "9:10 p.m. on Jan 27, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/27/i-can-see-where-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F27%2Fi-can-see-where-i.html" }, { "id": 161, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m sure there are many out there who are not able to imagine the human head as a compound shape, e.g. a rounded plate attached to a sphere with its sides cut off, or a complicated construction. Why not simplify even more, and build a head out of that? It could be a good intermediate step.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-26 11:21:59 +0200", "date": "11:21 p.m. on Jan 26, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/26/im-sure-there-are-many.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F26%2Fim-sure-there-are-many.html" }, { "id": 162, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m trying to \u0026ldquo;get\u0026rdquo; the Loomis method of drawing heads from construction. I got as far as drawing a sphere, but still can\u0026rsquo;t see it as a three-dimensional object. It hasn\u0026rsquo;t clicked yet. I\u0026rsquo;m nothing but patient, though.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-24 22:10:22 +0200", "date": "10:10 p.m. on Jan 24, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/24/im-trying-to-get-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F24%2Fim-trying-to-get-the.html" }, { "id": 163, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I had to confirm for myself that in order to grasp how to render 3-dimensional forms onto a flat plane, one has to understand how to render 3D forms as flat 2D shapes, and add shading and shadows to those shapes. Drawing from life (instead of photos) helps, but it is key to stay open-minded.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-24 10:18:31 +0200", "date": "10:18 p.m. on Jan 24, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/24/i-had-to-confirm-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F24%2Fi-had-to-confirm-for.html" }, { "id": 164, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Yesterday was a bit awkward, and I still feel a bit uneasy. My central heating needed maintenance and the repairman had a few issues. First he misidentified me as woman (I need a haircut, badly). Then he criticized me for not having children, mentioning proudly his dad fathered 35 children. Ugh!\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-23 11:04:07 +0200", "date": "11:04 p.m. on Jan 23, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/23/yesterday-was-a-bit-awkward.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F23%2Fyesterday-was-a-bit-awkward.html" }, { "id": 165, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I probably should stick around level 7 on the Divoom community for a while, since being there causes me to neglect my portrait drawing skills. Priorities, priorities…\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-23 10:52:19 +0200", "date": "10:52 p.m. on Jan 23, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/23/i-probably-should-stick-around.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F23%2Fi-probably-should-stick-around.html" }, { "id": 166, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I turned a selfie into a 64x64 subpixel animation for the Divoom community.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-22 19:40:08 +0200", "date": "7:40 p.m. on Jan 22, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/22/i-turned-a-selfie-into.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F22%2Fi-turned-a-selfie-into.html" }, { "id": 167, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The attempts of YouTube to thwart anti-tracking plugins simply means I watch less YouTube, which seems a fair deal. A video ad every 2 or 3 minutes is just not worth it to me, and neither is serving some freeloader to YouTube. In return I get more time to reflect and create.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-22 08:39:11 +0200", "date": "8:39 p.m. on Jan 22, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/22/the-attempts-of-youtube-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F22%2Fthe-attempts-of-youtube-to.html" }, { "id": 168, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Loomis states that we best construct the head \u0026ldquo;by drawing a ball resembling the cranium, which is round but flattened somewhat at the sides, and attaching the jawbone and features to it.\u0026rdquo; This proved to be very hard for me, almost impossible, because drawing by constructing is rather alien to me.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-21 09:46:48 +0200", "date": "9:46 p.m. on Jan 21, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/21/loomis-states-that-we-best.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F21%2Floomis-states-that-we-best.html" }, { "id": 169, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I wondered what would be a good animation for my Pixoo64 LED cloud display? I guess a cute cat on a floating cloud. Maybe this is the direction I should be going. It should also appeal to a younger audience.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-16 11:37:19 +0200", "date": "11:37 p.m. on Jan 16, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/16/i-wondered-what-would-be.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F16%2Fi-wondered-what-would-be.html" }, { "id": 170, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Just three rapid sketches to keep at least some focus on portrait drawing. I can feel the New Year euphoria quickly fading. There are so many things that need \u0026ldquo;immediate\u0026rdquo; attention, since it\u0026rsquo;s a new year, and people like to try new things, so there\u0026rsquo;s a need to remind potential customers what\u0026rsquo;s up.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-15 16:49:37 +0200", "date": "4:49 p.m. on Jan 15, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/15/just-three-rapid-sketches-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F15%2Fjust-three-rapid-sketches-to.html" }, { "id": 171, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The state of self-checkout, as I experienced it, as a customer. I see more personnel for assisting (and policing) customers than in stores with human cashiers. Long lines are replaced by busy checkout areas; the waiting time in line is replaced by busywork with checkout tech. It seems a failure.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-14 09:11:23 +0200", "date": "9:11 p.m. on Jan 14, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/14/the-state-of-selfcheckout-as.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F14%2Fthe-state-of-selfcheckout-as.html" }, { "id": 172, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I made two pixel animations, one to note that I have reached level 6 (whatever that means) in Divoom\u0026rsquo;s pixel editor, another to celebrate the occasion.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-13 15:45:44 +0200", "date": "3:45 p.m. on Jan 13, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/13/i-made-two-pixel-animations.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F13%2Fi-made-two-pixel-animations.html" }, { "id": 173, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "One should often lower one\u0026rsquo;s expectations, since excellence isn\u0026rsquo;t sustainable. If your low-effort results are still \u0026ldquo;passable\u0026rdquo;, imagine what your maximum efforts will going to look like. So doodling has its place; it\u0026rsquo;s non-committal practice, here with the POSEmuse app.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-13 09:10:29 +0200", "date": "9:10 p.m. on Jan 13, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/13/one-should-often-lower-ones.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F13%2Fone-should-often-lower-ones.html" }, { "id": 174, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I thought I\u0026rsquo;d try some naive drawings according to Andrew Loomis. Clearly, I need more practice to be able to draw heads using his methods. The heads aren\u0026rsquo;t stick-figure quality, neither what a serious beginner-artist would do, but somewhere in between. I\u0026rsquo;m missing something.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-12 10:47:53 +0200", "date": "10:47 p.m. on Jan 12, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/12/i-thought-id-try-some.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F12%2Fi-thought-id-try-some.html" }, { "id": 175, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "An app called POSEmuse wants you to trace nude images. Since those are seen as NSFW by non-artists, I put some clothes on her. It\u0026rsquo;s playtime for her pets too.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-11 16:38:03 +0200", "date": "4:38 p.m. on Jan 11, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/11/an-app-called-posemuse-wants.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F11%2Fan-app-called-posemuse-wants.html" }, { "id": 176, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today something very simple, more like doodling. Circles are important, though, because they are so useful in designing a drawing from imagination, or drawing the \u0026ldquo;unseen\u0026rdquo; part of a head, so the seen part makes more sense to the artist.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-11 11:44:30 +0200", "date": "11:44 p.m. on Jan 11, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/11/today-something-very-simple-more.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F11%2Ftoday-something-very-simple-more.html" }, { "id": 177, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This was a lot of fun to do, but it also took a loooong time to make (several hours). Some are \u0026ldquo;better\u0026rdquo; than others, but the hard ones were the most fun ones to draw. I can see I need a construction method for the head.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-10 18:34:05 +0200", "date": "6:34 p.m. on Jan 10, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/10/this-was-a-lot-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F10%2Fthis-was-a-lot-of.html" }, { "id": 178, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Based on yesterday\u0026rsquo;s find that more is better, I created a new canvas in #pixquare to give me room to sketch eight portraits in ibisPaint X. I used the CC Search Portal to find creative commons portrait photos, of which I added eight to my reference window. Now the only thing left is… sketch.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-10 09:47:34 +0200", "date": "9:47 p.m. on Jan 10, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/10/based-on-yesterdays-find-that.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F10%2Fbased-on-yesterdays-find-that.html" }, { "id": 179, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It is said that if you\u0026rsquo;re not good at portraits, quantity goes over quality. Better to draw three mediocre rough sketches, concentrating on construction, than one failed drawing you never want to see again. Also, they increase in quality as I keep drawing. Maybe long sittings have a place too.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-09 17:52:31 +0200", "date": "5:52 p.m. on Jan 9, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/09/it-is-said-that-if.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F09%2Fit-is-said-that-if.html" }, { "id": 180, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Being broke scars a person mentally for life. I know this from personal experience, having been without money several times, living above my means.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-09 10:49:47 +0200", "date": "10:49 p.m. on Jan 9, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/09/being-broke-scars-a-person.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F09%2Fbeing-broke-scars-a-person.html" }, { "id": 181, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I solved the problem with fuzzy imported 64 x 64 pixel images into the Divoom pixel editor, by chopping up the original animation into four separate 32 x 32 animated GIFs, and per frame move each 32 x 32 layer into its correct position. It\u0026rsquo;s a real hack, and rather bothersome.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-08 22:50:34 +0200", "date": "10:50 p.m. on Jan 8, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/08/i-solved-the-problem-with.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F08%2Fi-solved-the-problem-with.html" }, { "id": 182, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s sketch is a digital portrait sketch converted into 3D perspective. I suppose I should\u0026rsquo;ve redrawn it with this sketch as a template. However I was short on time. It\u0026rsquo;s also my interpretation of today\u0026rsquo;s prompt in the Sketch-a-Day app.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-08 11:53:28 +0200", "date": "11:53 p.m. on Jan 8, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/08/todays-sketch-is-a-digital.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F08%2Ftodays-sketch-is-a-digital.html" }, { "id": 183, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Another day, another portrait sketch. This time I did try to pay attention to the whole torso of the person, and delay the drawing of the face. It still feels a bit \u0026ldquo;mechanical.\u0026rdquo; The face is posed differently from the reference, if that\u0026rsquo;s of any concern to you.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-07 11:05:02 +0200", "date": "11:05 p.m. on Jan 7, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/07/another-day-another-portrait-sketch.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F07%2Fanother-day-another-portrait-sketch.html" }, { "id": 184, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Redid face and overlaid the photo to check my proportions. There were a bit off. Worse than that, I had missed the foreshortening of the person\u0026rsquo;s right shoulder. I should\u0026rsquo;ve sketched an overall posture before dealing with the face. Other than that, I\u0026rsquo;m happy with the result, not perfect, though.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-06 15:00:32 +0200", "date": "3:00 p.m. on Jan 6, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/06/redid-face-and-overlaid-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F06%2Fredid-face-and-overlaid-the.html" }, { "id": 185, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "After 45 minutes of slogging, I noticed something was off, so I stopped to get some distance. Am I going into details too soon, or am I not understanding what I\u0026rsquo;m looking at, or both? I guess I\u0026rsquo;ll cheat by putting the photo underneath to compare. Then I\u0026rsquo;ll redraw the sketch with what I\u0026rsquo;ve learned.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-06 10:10:55 +0200", "date": "10:10 p.m. on Jan 6, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/06/after-minutes-of-slogging-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F06%2Fafter-minutes-of-slogging-i.html" }, { "id": 186, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I should return to drawing portraits instead of all this busy-work with the Divoom community, which feels to me like a popularity contest, similar to Instagram and the like. I\u0026rsquo;m getting only marginally better, which is to be expected. I\u0026rsquo;d rather improve at my skill than being inundated with likes.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-05 14:56:22 +0200", "date": "2:56 p.m. on Jan 5, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/05/i-should-return-to-drawing.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F05%2Fi-should-return-to-drawing.html" }, { "id": 187, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I drew Spyro the dragon, an old Playstation game character, in 32 x 32 pixels, which wasn\u0026rsquo;t easy. I both limited the color palette and animation, so I could do it within a day. Drawn in Pixaki on iPad, imported into Divoom\u0026rsquo;s pixel editor, and exported as a frame hanging on a wall.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-05 11:49:27 +0200", "date": "11:49 p.m. on Jan 5, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/05/i-drew-spyro-the-dragon.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F05%2Fi-drew-spyro-the-dragon.html" }, { "id": 188, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I did an image search on a Yorkshire Terrier as pixel art to find a better color scheme, after applying that, it actually looks like the dog.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-04 20:43:00 +0200", "date": "8:43 p.m. on Jan 4, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/04/i-did-an-image-search.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F04%2Fi-did-an-image-search.html" }, { "id": 189, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m always amazed how different a 32 x 32 pixel art piece looks from its reference. The color choice might not be the best, but I\u0026rsquo;m sticking with this pastel-colored palette, which probably demands a more stylistic approach than the realism I\u0026rsquo;m aiming for.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-04 12:49:40 +0200", "date": "12:49 p.m. on Jan 4, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/04/im-always-amazed-how-different.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F04%2Fim-always-amazed-how-different.html" }, { "id": 190, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s art project starts with a rough sketch of a Yorkie. The proportions are likely somewhat off, but it seems to me close enough for a 32 x 32 pixel art animal portrait, using the Sprinkle Cake color palette.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-04 10:39:54 +0200", "date": "10:39 p.m. on Jan 4, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/04/todays-art-project-starts-with.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F04%2Ftodays-art-project-starts-with.html" }, { "id": 191, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I found out that the Divoom pixel editor prefers 32 x 32 images for import. The 64 x 64 image import leads to fuzzy pixels. Of course, for animation this isn\u0026rsquo;t a big deal, since sprites are often smaller than 32 x 32 pixels. And I can import 32 x 32 as 64 x 64 pixels if I don\u0026rsquo;t mind the fuzzies.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-04 00:39:46 +0200", "date": "12:39 p.m. on Jan 4, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/03/i-found-out-that-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F03%2Fi-found-out-that-the.html" }, { "id": 192, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m learning how to get a color palette from an image in Divoom\u0026rsquo;s pixel editor. So I created an image in Pixquare and imported that, so I could pick and add colors, and created this post\u0026rsquo;s animation from that. Since it took so long, I guess I\u0026rsquo;ll stick with this palette for a while.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-03 14:12:17 +0200", "date": "2:12 p.m. on Jan 3, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/03/im-learning-how-to-get.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F03%2Fim-learning-how-to-get.html" }, { "id": 193, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I made the animation from scratch in Divoom\u0026rsquo;s pixel editor (the frame is from the app itself, of which on the display on top the tv set I changed 2021 in 2025). It took a really long time for such a simple 64 x 64 pixel animation.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-02 13:50:03 +0200", "date": "1:50 p.m. on Jan 2, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/02/i-made-the-animation-from.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F02%2Fi-made-the-animation-from.html" }, { "id": 194, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s sketch started yesterday, when I realized I wasn\u0026rsquo;t paying attention to my subject, forgetting to analyze it, and not visualizing how it was made out of simple shapes. So today I did just that—badly. It is the prelude to a sketch. Now I could draw it from another angle and perspective.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-02 10:46:10 +0200", "date": "10:46 p.m. on Jan 2, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/02/todays-sketch-started-yesterday-when.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F02%2Ftodays-sketch-started-yesterday-when.html" }, { "id": 195, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "When in Rome, do like Romans do, IOW, embrace the blurriness of the app that seems to have been slapped together to sell a product, judging by how poorly its features are implemented. Still, I imported my pixel art and retouched it a bit in Divoom\u0026rsquo;s pixel editor.\nHappy New Year, everyone! 🎆\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-01 10:52:37 +0200", "date": "10:52 p.m. on Jan 1, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2025/01/01/when-in-rome-do-like.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2025%2F01%2F01%2Fwhen-in-rome-do-like.html" }, { "id": 196, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "When you don\u0026rsquo;t succeed right away, try, try, and try again until you do.\n", "dateiso": "2025-01-01 00:56:04 +0200", "date": "12:56 p.m. on Jan 1, 2025", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/31/when-you-dont-succeed-right.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F31%2Fwhen-you-dont-succeed-right.html" }, { "id": 197, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "You can\u0026rsquo;t win them all, it seems. This one went awry by a bad choice of colors.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-31 22:05:16 +0200", "date": "10:05 p.m. on Dec 31, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/31/you-cant-win-them-all.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F31%2Fyou-cant-win-them-all.html" }, { "id": 198, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "W.I.P. I\u0026rsquo;m fully aware that progress isn\u0026rsquo;t always improvement, yet I have to deal with its result nonetheless, as perfection is the enemy of done. After spewing these platitudes »cough« truisms, the next phase should be identifying the shadows and light areas, and then pixelating the portrait.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-31 17:50:23 +0200", "date": "5:50 p.m. on Dec 31, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/31/wip-im-fully-aware-that.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F31%2Fwip-im-fully-aware-that.html" }, { "id": 199, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "W.I.P. A first rough sketch from reference, done in an hour, mainly by eyeballing proportions and angles. I let it sit for a few hours to get some distance. Then I\u0026rsquo;ll do a second version, focussing on the hairdo. A value study will be the third version before I\u0026rsquo;ll turn it into 64 x 64 pixel art.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-31 11:12:24 +0200", "date": "11:12 p.m. on Dec 31, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/31/wip-a-first-rough-sketch.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F31%2Fwip-a-first-rough-sketch.html" }, { "id": 200, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I imported my previous pixel art portrait into the Divoom pixel editor and did some touch-ups before I exported it to my photo library.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-30 20:24:45 +0200", "date": "8:24 p.m. on Dec 30, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/30/i-imported-my-previous-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F30%2Fi-imported-my-previous-pixel.html" }, { "id": 201, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I made a 64 x 64 pixel art portrait. For a longer description, see this blog post.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-30 12:17:01 +0200", "date": "12:17 p.m. on Dec 30, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/30/i-made-a-x-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F30%2Fi-made-a-x-pixel.html" }, { "id": 202, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Here\u0026rsquo;s what I could come up with today, a duck in a pond drawn as 64 x 64 pixel art in Divoom\u0026rsquo;s pixel art editor.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-29 18:27:10 +0200", "date": "6:27 p.m. on Dec 29, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/29/heres-what-i-could-come.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F29%2Fheres-what-i-could-come.html" }, { "id": 203, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I can only hope that I did enough preparation to pull off a 64 x 64 pixel art drawing in Divoom\u0026rsquo;s (crummy) pixel art editor from reference. It may take more than a day, though, since I\u0026rsquo;m not skilled enough to draw fast. The aim is to improve, create an interesting painting, and have fun.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-29 11:42:27 +0200", "date": "11:42 p.m. on Dec 29, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/29/i-can-only-hope-that.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F29%2Fi-can-only-hope-that.html" }, { "id": 204, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "There\u0026rsquo;s no better way to learn than to just jump in and start drawing and animating, I guess. Shown is a simple animation loop and a color gradient through the 16 colors of the Sweetie-16 color palette.\n\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-28 11:37:23 +0200", "date": "11:37 p.m. on Dec 28, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/28/theres-no-better-way-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F28%2Ftheres-no-better-way-to.html" }, { "id": 205, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I thought that 64 x 64 pixel is too small for anything worthwhile, until I saw an image (locked inside an app) by professional artist Laura Aragon in the Divoom pixel art community. Holy cow, I have to up my game to get near this level of artistry. I\u0026rsquo;d like to see how she made it.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-28 09:28:22 +0200", "date": "9:28 p.m. on Dec 28, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/28/i-thought-that-x-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F28%2Fi-thought-that-x-pixel.html" }, { "id": 206, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This 64 x 64 \u0026ldquo;selfie\u0026rdquo; pixel art portrait took much, much longer than it needed to. I drew an outline in Pixquare, and replicated that in the Divoom pixel editor, after which I colored the sketch. The image is a screenshot, framed in Procreate, because Divoom\u0026rsquo;s export filter is no good.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-26 12:34:42 +0200", "date": "12:34 p.m. on Dec 26, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/26/this-x-selfie-pixel-art.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F26%2Fthis-x-selfie-pixel-art.html" }, { "id": 207, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "On Christmas day I thought it appropriate to go oldskool with ballpoint pens on copier paper. While clearly not finished, I thought I captured some of the original in my sketch, of which I\u0026rsquo;m proud as a sign of progress.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-25 14:40:40 +0200", "date": "2:40 p.m. on Dec 25, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/25/on-christmas-day-i-thought.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F25%2Fon-christmas-day-i-thought.html" }, { "id": 208, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I reworked a pixel art piece I did earlier this year in Pixaki, imported it via the photo library into Divoom\u0026rsquo;s pixel art editor, took a screenshot inside the editor, and added a frame around it in Procreate. Of course, it is expected that I draw in Divoom\u0026rsquo;s app, which I find clumsy.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-25 11:44:54 +0200", "date": "11:44 p.m. on Dec 25, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/25/i-reworked-a-pixel-art.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F25%2Fi-reworked-a-pixel-art.html" }, { "id": 209, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "While awaiting the arrival of my LED panel I made this 64x64 pixel art portrait from imagination. Alas importing into the Divoom app introduces unwanted anti-aliasing, almost impossible to get rid of. Ah well, it works for smaller panels too.\nJust got a notification, arrival within 15 minutes 😊\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-23 19:19:31 +0200", "date": "7:19 p.m. on Dec 23, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/23/while-awaiting-the-arrival-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F23%2Fwhile-awaiting-the-arrival-of.html" }, { "id": 210, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I refined yesterday\u0026rsquo;s stapler pixel art in the Divoom pixel editor at 64x64 pixels. Now I\u0026rsquo;m waiting for the LED panel to arrive, so I can test it. 🥁🥁🥁💥🎉🥳\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-23 14:16:34 +0200", "date": "2:16 p.m. on Dec 23, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/23/i-refined-yesterdays-stapler-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F23%2Fi-refined-yesterdays-stapler-pixel.html" }, { "id": 211, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Yet again, Tumblr and Bluesky balked at my latest blogpost, posted as-is. HTML 5 support isn\u0026rsquo;t fully there, so I should probably change how I share on those services, including micro∙blog, and write the full post on my WP blog. Oh, bother! Maybe I should just drop crossposting. It\u0026rsquo;s too much work.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-23 11:33:50 +0200", "date": "11:33 p.m. on Dec 23, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/23/yet-again-tumblr-and-bluesky.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F23%2Fyet-again-tumblr-and-bluesky.html" }, { "id": 212, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Apparently, getting better at drawing requires some attentive drawing practice, and observing what one is looking at before even drawing. I noticed foreshortening in the face, so I tried to draw that (see process video). As an initial sketch it is descent, but I think I need more practice.\n\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-23 10:35:01 +0200", "date": "10:35 p.m. on Dec 23, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/23/apparently-getting-better-at-drawing.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F23%2Fapparently-getting-better-at-drawing.html" }, { "id": 213, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I found this ornate stapler on Sketchfab and took a snapshot of a side view to study and draw. I wanted to see if I could turn it into 64 x 64 pixel art somehow. The sketch took me 4½ hours, and the pixel art version an hour or so.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-22 17:59:26 +0200", "date": "5:59 p.m. on Dec 22, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/22/i-found-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F22%2Fi-found-this.html" }, { "id": 214, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Since this year will be a cat-only Xmas, I bit the bullet and will be displaying pixel art on my wall, where traditionally a TV would be located. I only hope the cats don\u0026rsquo;t see it as a toy, like they do most new things in my home. So I need to place it strategically. Once figured out it\u0026rsquo;ll be fixed.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-22 08:09:37 +0200", "date": "8:09 p.m. on Dec 22, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/22/since-this-year.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F22%2Fsince-this-year.html" }, { "id": 215, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I believe this is what happens if I don\u0026rsquo;t really understand the subject I\u0026rsquo;m drawing and just draw shapes. I suppose a bit of analysis before putting the stylus to the iPad would\u0026rsquo;ve resulted in a more solid drawing. Based on a toy rocket I found on Sketchfab, of which there are many.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-21 11:09:18 +0200", "date": "11:09 p.m. on Dec 21, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/21/i-believe-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F21%2Fi-believe-this.html" }, { "id": 216, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Using several steps I created and refined this sketch, based on a wooden toy duck from Sketchfab. It isn\u0026rsquo;t a copy, but a recreation based on observation. I can see its flaws, and, therefore, I need to practice drawing solid basic sketches before trying this method on drawing portraits.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-20 15:14:43 +0200", "date": "3:14 p.m. on Dec 20, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/20/using-several-steps.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F20%2Fusing-several-steps.html" }, { "id": 217, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I redesigned my blank sketch sheet in a pixel editing app (Pixquare). The grays are obviously for shading, and the four colors are for blocking in straight lines, from big to small:\n green - overall dimensions red - rough outline orange - inner shapes outlines blue - darkest areas outlines ", "dateiso": "2024-12-20 13:01:28 +0200", "date": "1:01 p.m. on Dec 20, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/20/i-redesigned-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F20%2Fi-redesigned-my.html" }, { "id": 218, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "If I want to get any good at blocking in sketches, I probably should start with an easier subject matter, and work my way up to portraits. Here\u0026rsquo;s my sketch (and its process video).\n\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-19 15:33:56 +0200", "date": "3:33 p.m. on Dec 19, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/19/if-i-want.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F19%2Fif-i-want.html" }, { "id": 219, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m going to ignore Nvidea\u0026rsquo;s CEO charged statement people shouldn\u0026rsquo;t learn how to code anymore. I think BBC Basic is an excellent language for someone like myself, AI be damned!\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-19 11:43:16 +0200", "date": "11:43 p.m. on Dec 19, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/19/im-going-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F19%2Fim-going-to.html" }, { "id": 220, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "As soon as I go a little more in the direction of stylized drawing, I find the quality of it increasing. This sketch is loosely based on Preston Blaire\u0026rsquo;s animation drawing, using a reference photo to get the details in. I\u0026rsquo;m somewhat pleased with the result, but know I can do much better.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-18 10:21:13 +0200", "date": "10:21 p.m. on Dec 18, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/18/as-soon-as.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F18%2Fas-soon-as.html" }, { "id": 221, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I really should try a portrait tutorial, work on my art fundamentals, and draw a skull from lots of angles to improve my drawing skill. This portrait is from a photo reference, and I think it\u0026rsquo;s meh, though better than what I\u0026rsquo;ve drawn a week ago. So there\u0026rsquo;s progress.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-17 10:19:44 +0200", "date": "10:19 p.m. on Dec 17, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/17/i-really-should.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F17%2Fi-really-should.html" }, { "id": 222, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Am I the only one who puts their photo collection on a page instead of in a blogpost? In my case it isn\u0026rsquo;t for an event, but a subject matter (c.q. sketches).\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-17 08:30:49 +0200", "date": "8:30 p.m. on Dec 17, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/17/am-i-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F17%2Fam-i-the.html" }, { "id": 223, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Such a messy messy sketch, with lots of mistakes I can learn from. I\u0026rsquo;ve redone the nose and mouth, which were placed in the wrong position. They still aren\u0026rsquo;t correct, though, but better. Unlearning bad habits is hard, yet I will get there.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-16 10:59:28 +0200", "date": "10:59 p.m. on Dec 16, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/16/such-a-messy.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F16%2Fsuch-a-messy.html" }, { "id": 224, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Has it been two years already since @relayfm left Twitter? Original post here.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-15 18:46:28 +0200", "date": "6:46 p.m. on Dec 15, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/15/has-it-been.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F15%2Fhas-it-been.html" }, { "id": 225, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Quick sketch of Peter Capaldi as the 12th Doctor.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-15 10:08:23 +0200", "date": "10:08 p.m. on Dec 15, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/15/quick-sketch-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F15%2Fquick-sketch-of.html" }, { "id": 226, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "On my Raspberry-Pi I got a warning my Firefox browser was getting out of date. Updating was no easy task, I had to add an Ubuntu repository, which seemed to fail, then install Firefox. Somehow it all worked after a reboot. Of course, I had to set up my bookmarks, which didn\u0026rsquo;t take long. 🤞\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-15 08:59:16 +0200", "date": "8:59 p.m. on Dec 15, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/15/on-my-raspberrypi.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F15%2Fon-my-raspberrypi.html" }, { "id": 227, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Forgot to charge the iPad overnight, so I doodled instead.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-15 08:14:15 +0200", "date": "8:14 p.m. on Dec 15, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/15/forgot-to-charge.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F15%2Fforgot-to-charge.html" }, { "id": 228, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Sometimes all I can manage is a wispy sketch, and no more. I don\u0026rsquo;t want to continue, so I shouldn\u0026rsquo;t. I guess I needed some distance, and perhaps finish it later. The creative mind is an unpredictable mess that doesn\u0026rsquo;t listen to time tables and deadlines.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-14 09:25:39 +0200", "date": "9:25 p.m. on Dec 14, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/14/sometimes-all-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F14%2Fsometimes-all-i.html" }, { "id": 229, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "What to do with circles I took so much care constructing? I know…\nWhimsical is good!\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-13 11:31:49 +0200", "date": "11:31 p.m. on Dec 13, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/13/102717.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F13%2F102717.html" }, { "id": 230, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Trying to apply what I\u0026rsquo;ve learned in the past days to a portrait from a photo. Though it\u0026rsquo;s rather \u0026ldquo;mechanical\u0026rdquo; I\u0026rsquo;m pleased with the progress I made in such a short time. Furthermore, drawing longer than 30 minutes doesn\u0026rsquo;t seem to bother me anymore. So that\u0026rsquo;s progress too.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-13 09:43:24 +0200", "date": "9:43 p.m. on Dec 13, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/13/trying-to-apply.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F13%2Ftrying-to-apply.html" }, { "id": 231, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s rough sketch is a stepping stone in getting better at drawing portraits. You can read my self-review here.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-12 09:32:52 +0200", "date": "9:32 p.m. on Dec 12, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/12/todays-rough-sketch.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F12%2Ftodays-rough-sketch.html" }, { "id": 232, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "👨‍🎓 Another thing I learned today from cross-posting. Fancy html like using figure and figcaption is a bit of a waste. Better to assume the reader is sophisticated enough to grasp the image, and let the ALT tag do its thing. The messages are short anyway, since the Big Wall \u0026lsquo;o Text (BWoT) is separate.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-11 09:57:07 +0200", "date": "9:57 p.m. on Dec 11, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/11/another-thing-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F11%2Fanother-thing-i.html" }, { "id": 233, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s sketch is a squirrel. I did a little self-critique you can read here.\n\nthe rough sketch of a squirrel ", "dateiso": "2024-12-11 09:40:52 +0200", "date": "9:40 p.m. on Dec 11, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/11/todays-sketch-is.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F11%2Ftodays-sketch-is.html" }, { "id": 234, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Anyone can doodle. You don\u0026rsquo;t have to be good at it. That\u0026rsquo;s the whole point. Let your imagination run free. Liberate your inner child. At least, that\u0026rsquo;s what I told myself…\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-10 12:11:05 +0200", "date": "12:11 p.m. on Dec 10, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/10/anyone-can-doodle.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F10%2Fanyone-can-doodle.html" }, { "id": 235, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Unlike 2024, when I should\u0026rsquo;ve made a game, but didn\u0026rsquo;t, in 2025 I want to challenge myself with something I\u0026rsquo;m more familiar with. I want to get better at creating art for myself at first, and perhaps for others later in the year.\nRead more here.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-10 09:52:49 +0200", "date": "9:52 p.m. on Dec 10, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/10/unlike-when-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F10%2Funlike-when-i.html" }, { "id": 236, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Learning as I go. It seems Bluesky prefers text-with-one-image. I suppose I can live with that. It simply means breaking up longer articles into smaller ones, or write a separate blurb with a link to a larger article. I suppose that would require a dedicated blog for long-form content, which I have.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-10 09:19:53 +0200", "date": "9:19 p.m. on Dec 10, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/10/learning-as-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F10%2Flearning-as-i.html" }, { "id": 237, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "There\u0026rsquo;s no use beating yourself up over things not being perfect, because they never will be. Rather than that, I prefer a loose interpretation of a scene, with my spin on it. There are some anatomical issues, though.\n\nrough sketch and its process video to show how I built it up\r", "dateiso": "2024-12-10 08:31:11 +0200", "date": "8:31 p.m. on Dec 10, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/10/theres-no-use.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F10%2Ftheres-no-use.html" }, { "id": 238, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "When the title of a piece is more interesting than the piece itself, I know I need to step up my game…\nThis is a good thing, since I felt a bit rusty in my art creation lately.\nLine→Shape→Form\n🐶\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-09 19:35:06 +0200", "date": "7:35 p.m. on Dec 9, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/09/when-the-title.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F09%2Fwhen-the-title.html" }, { "id": 239, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The only reason I still frequented Twitter/X is because of Pixel Dailies. They now switched to Bluesky, so I follow them there. Alas, there doesn\u0026rsquo;t seem to be federation in place, unless you use a hack, so I can\u0026rsquo;t but share Pixel Dailies profile page.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-09 10:10:09 +0200", "date": "10:10 p.m. on Dec 9, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/09/the-only-reason.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F09%2Fthe-only-reason.html" }, { "id": 240, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose going into details when the basic structure of the head isn\u0026rsquo;t in place is a fool\u0026rsquo;s errant. I seem to stick to old habits. Drew this on Saturday, edited it today, to only see it went nowhere.\n\nthe sketch and the process video based on a photo\r", "dateiso": "2024-12-09 08:57:39 +0200", "date": "8:57 p.m. on Dec 9, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/09/i-suppose-going.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F09%2Fi-suppose-going.html" }, { "id": 241, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "One of many Pythagoras' theorem proofs.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-08 14:49:41 +0200", "date": "2:49 p.m. on Dec 8, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/08/one-of-many.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F08%2Fone-of-many.html" }, { "id": 242, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I had forgotten to charge the iPad overnight, so I had to draw analog, and I chose colored pen, to check how accurate I am at proportions. It turned out, there\u0026rsquo;s room for improvement. Once charged (a bit), I could scan, then resume charging the iPad Pro.\n\noff-model drawing of an eastern shorthair cat\r", "dateiso": "2024-12-08 09:33:23 +0200", "date": "9:33 p.m. on Dec 8, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/08/i-had-forgotten.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F08%2Fi-had-forgotten.html" }, { "id": 243, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I can now see what my weaknesses are, and what I need to focus on. I try to copy what I see, instead of drawing what I know, informed by what I see. IOW, simplify and then elaborate by adding details, big to small. So how will things improve?\n\nfour quick portrait sketches from the past three days\r", "dateiso": "2024-12-07 09:55:41 +0200", "date": "9:55 p.m. on Dec 7, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/07/i-can-now.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F07%2Fi-can-now.html" }, { "id": 244, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Apparently, in 2024 out of the 70,000 inhabitants of my hometown, only 56 people (8 in 10,000) started in the Marathon Rotterdam. Nationwide that\u0026rsquo;s 17,000 marathon runners out of 18,000,000 people (9 in 10,000). While running is on the rise since COVID19, the marathon is still a niche distance.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-06 15:35:18 +0200", "date": "3:35 p.m. on Dec 6, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/06/apparently-in-out.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F06%2Fapparently-in-out.html" }, { "id": 245, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I know I\u0026rsquo;m drawing photo\u0026rsquo;s of heads instead of heads, but it\u0026rsquo;s a start. This time I drew the woman upside down, as to get less confused by my brain seeing meaning instead of shapes. Shapes I can draw, their meaning not so much.\n\nthe bottom right is a blond-haired woman ", "dateiso": "2024-12-06 15:15:46 +0200", "date": "3:15 p.m. on Dec 6, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/06/i-know-im.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F06%2Fi-know-im.html" }, { "id": 246, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Guessing proportions by eye seems still elusive. I guess drawing simpler objects would help here.\n\ntoday's portrait is top right and represents a senior wearing a hat and sunglasses\r", "dateiso": "2024-12-06 09:07:28 +0200", "date": "9:07 p.m. on Dec 6, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/06/guessing-proportions-by.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F06%2Fguessing-proportions-by.html" }, { "id": 247, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose there\u0026rsquo;s no good replacement for solid practice and going through bad drawings before anything worthwhile appears. Also, that hour went by quicker than I thought. Now if I only had a lighter tough…\n\nmy attempt at Robert Vaughn as Napoleon Solo in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ", "dateiso": "2024-12-05 10:59:17 +0200", "date": "10:59 p.m. on Dec 5, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/05/i-suppose-theres.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F05%2Fi-suppose-theres.html" }, { "id": 248, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Even the first ten steps of a forty-steps process proved to be too complicated and requires more practice with each step, separate from drawing faces. This is going to take a long time to get good at, let alone master it.\n\nquick portrait sketches \nprocess video of above drawing\r", "dateiso": "2024-12-03 11:09:08 +0200", "date": "11:09 p.m. on Dec 3, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/03/even-the-first.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F03%2Feven-the-first.html" }, { "id": 249, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m trying to draw somewhat realistic portraits from photos. I found a 40-step tutorial, with each step requiring measuring and, frankly, a study on its own. I always had problems measuring angles and comparing distances, due to my glasses. A straight line turns into a curved line, and so on.\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-02 14:30:09 +0200", "date": "2:30 p.m. on Dec 2, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/02/im-trying-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F02%2Fim-trying-to.html" }, { "id": 250, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "If you admire someone\u0026rsquo;s work, are awed by it, be very, very careful. You might be taken advantage of. Always try to find flaws, and if you can\u0026rsquo;t, you might have fallen into the trap of stupidity, as described by Dietrich Bonhoeffer observing the rise of Naziism. Once stupid, you\u0026rsquo;re hopelessly lost 😱\n", "dateiso": "2024-12-01 08:33:29 +0200", "date": "8:33 p.m. on Dec 1, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/12/01/if-you-admire.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F12%2F01%2Fif-you-admire.html" }, { "id": 251, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Without the tyranny of reality it gets much easier for me to draw people, though the stylized version is less convincing than a realistic art style. I need to find a middle ground, and then nudge it into more realistic.\nstylized version of a runner \nprocess video of above drawing \n", "dateiso": "2024-11-29 18:24:56 +0200", "date": "6:24 p.m. on Nov 29, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/11/29/without-the-tyranny.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F11%2F29%2Fwithout-the-tyranny.html" }, { "id": 252, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Apparently, a digitally zoomed in photo isn\u0026rsquo;t a good reference, and can lead to \u0026ldquo;imaginative\u0026rdquo; rendering by the artist. I did a lot of pre-drawing exercises to get rid of too much anxiety to finish quickly. Still, it\u0026rsquo;s rushed, not very deliberate. The more I try to calm down the more anxious I get.\n", "dateiso": "2024-11-29 12:01:52 +0200", "date": "12:01 p.m. on Nov 29, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/11/29/apparently-a-digitally.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F11%2F29%2Fapparently-a-digitally.html" }, { "id": 253, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "After a little practice with lines and drawing contours from observation I can already see improvement in my drawing from a photo. I see the underlying structure and draw that, instead of the photo itself.\nupper body sketch of smiling runner \nprocess video of above drawing \n", "dateiso": "2024-11-28 14:34:10 +0200", "date": "2:34 p.m. on Nov 28, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/11/28/after-a-little.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F11%2F28%2Fafter-a-little.html" }, { "id": 254, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ve gone back to the Udemy course The Ultimate Drawing Course. Drawing fundamentals are essential and to be studied regularly.\nI can see I need more practice.\n\npractice sheet with all kinds of lines and a few blind contour drawings from observation ", "dateiso": "2024-11-28 13:25:00 +0200", "date": "1:25 p.m. on Nov 28, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/11/28/ive-gone-back.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F11%2F28%2Five-gone-back.html" }, { "id": 255, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Drawing from direct observation is hard, especially on an iPad. It feels all clumsy and unnatural. While having the object in front of me, I\u0026rsquo;m mostly looking at the iPad screen, drawing wobbly lines. Those latter I should fix first, I guess.\n\r\nsomewhat drawn from direct observation\r\r", "dateiso": "2024-11-27 09:39:21 +0200", "date": "9:39 p.m. on Nov 27, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/11/27/drawing-from-direct.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F11%2F27%2Fdrawing-from-direct.html" }, { "id": 256, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I guess one can take drawing from photos only so far. At some point real life observations are needed to improve artistically. Much like practicing in front of a mirror requires an audience at some point to become convincing.\n \nquick sketch confirming I need to draw from life instead of photos ", "dateiso": "2024-11-26 08:26:47 +0200", "date": "8:26 p.m. on Nov 26, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/11/26/i-guess-one.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F11%2F26%2Fi-guess-one.html" }, { "id": 257, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Quick sketch from a photo I took in 2017.\n\nfull-body sketch of runner in a casual pose wearing sunglasses \nprocess video of above drawing \n", "dateiso": "2024-11-24 09:03:52 +0200", "date": "9:03 p.m. on Nov 24, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/11/24/quick-sketch-from.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F11%2F24%2Fquick-sketch-from.html" }, { "id": 258, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose doing these daily line drawings brings me closer to my goal of a realistic drawing. I should get looser, though.\n \nquick sketch of a runner, partially obscured in the reference \nprocess video of above drawing ", "dateiso": "2024-11-23 08:54:26 +0200", "date": "8:54 p.m. on Nov 23, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/11/23/i-suppose-doing.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F11%2F23%2Fi-suppose-doing.html" }, { "id": 259, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It\u0026rsquo;s clear to me that I need to slow down, considerably. It takes time to observe and interpret what your eyes take in. 28 minutes is just too short, but it\u0026rsquo;s progress.\n \nquick sketch from photo \n\nprocess video of above drawing ", "dateiso": "2024-11-22 08:53:32 +0200", "date": "8:53 p.m. on Nov 22, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/11/22/its-clear-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F11%2F22%2Fits-clear-to.html" }, { "id": 260, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "After commenting with a pixel art version based on a sketch in ibisPaint X, I refined it, and put it in its own post. I can see what to improve upon, yet the general idea is there. AI alt description confirms it. Some learning to do now.\n \nslightly more elaborate version of the original ", "dateiso": "2024-11-21 11:29:53 +0200", "date": "11:29 p.m. on Nov 21, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/11/21/after-posting-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F11%2F21%2Fafter-posting-a.html" }, { "id": 261, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Despite an injury I developed after my half marathon race two weeks ago, I\u0026rsquo;m going to run a marathon next Sunday. I already know what went wrong (lack of specific strength), and how to prevent it next time—I need to do the supplementary exercises I used to do, like hops and jumps, and running up a stair, several steps at a time, besides the usual exercises like crunches, planks, lunges and push-ups.\nSo, in order to not stress my body too much, I lowered my expectations for the upcoming marathon race, by starting at a 4:30 hours pace (6:20 min/km, 10:11 min/mi), and perhaps speeding up after the 35 km mark. It\u0026rsquo;s a sound strategy, provided the injury is cured (enough). I replaced running by bicycling a week ago.\nI suppose I\u0026rsquo;m (re)learning by making mistakes. I really can\u0026rsquo;t fault myself, because the trainer I\u0026rsquo;m paying my track \u0026amp; field club for has never materialized. There\u0026rsquo;s someone, but he\u0026rsquo;s only interested in faster runners at shorter distances (3 to 10 km). Maybe I should hire a coach, though that\u0026rsquo;s rather costly, even an online coach or an app like Runna. Doing it all yourself is unnecessarily hard.\n🏃‍♂️👈42.2 km👉🏃‍♂️‍➡️\n", "dateiso": "2024-11-19 09:07:31 +0200", "date": "9:07 p.m. on Nov 19, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/11/19/despite-an-injury.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F11%2F19%2Fdespite-an-injury.html" }, { "id": 262, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m a bit rusty after so many months of not drawing, so I needed a few weeks to be able to share something I\u0026rsquo;m not too embarrassed about. I know, it\u0026rsquo;s silly, because so few read this blog. The drawing is made on an iPad Pro (4th gen, 11 inch), using ibisPaint and an Apple Pencil. 🖌️\n\n", "dateiso": "2024-11-19 08:32:12 +0200", "date": "8:32 p.m. on Nov 19, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/11/19/im-a-bit.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F11%2F19%2Fim-a-bit.html" }, { "id": 263, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "As a test for my upcoming marathon I ran half the distance in Dordrecht, the Netherlands. The weather was perfect, and I appeared well-rested at the starting line. The first 600 m was a bit cramped with runners, so I couldn\u0026rsquo;t run fast enough for a sub-2 hours result. When I was finally able to, I sped up to compensate for the lost time. Until the 16 km mark my watch predicted 1h57m30s as the nett time. Then I sped up by 6 percent, forcing a faster pace. Of course, this wasn\u0026rsquo;t without consequences, and I started to cramp up, with the occasional spasm. Somehow I could keep the muscle cramps under control, and finished in 1h54m35s.\nThe distance was a problem, of course, but the running speed was, since I hadn\u0026rsquo;t trained for it. In fact, in the final 5 km I ran faster than my fastest 10 km this year. I clearly was overreaching here, which isn\u0026rsquo;t a problem, since it was a race, after all. Since this half marathon was a test, I can now evaluate that 4h15m would be a reasonable and rational time for me on the marathon distance. It leaves room for bad circumstances and a bad day. Previously, in 2021, bad weather caused me to run 5 minutes slower than under perfect conditions. In theory, I could run a (very unlikely) 4 hour marathon. I suppose I\u0026rsquo;ll leave that barrier for the next marathon.\nStill to come next Sunday is a 35 km long slow run, with 10 km at marathon race pace, a 25 km long slow run the Sunday thereafter, and in three weeks my marathon race in Spijkenisse, the Netherlands, also on a Sunday. You see, there\u0026rsquo;s some reason to this madness.\n", "dateiso": "2024-11-04 12:46:11 +0200", "date": "12:46 p.m. on Nov 4, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/11/04/as-a-test.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F11%2F04%2Fas-a-test.html" }, { "id": 264, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Rage bait is a thing on Threads. Why doesn\u0026rsquo;t that surprise me? Hopefully, Meta claiming they will deal with this isn\u0026rsquo;t just lip service. OTOH, Facebook\u0026rsquo;s supposed to add gen AI \u0026ldquo;news\u0026rdquo; items in users' feeds to keep them engaged. So engagement bait is kind of in Meta\u0026rsquo;s blood, and very bad indeed.\n", "dateiso": "2024-10-13 07:29:25 +0200", "date": "7:29 p.m. on Oct 13, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/10/13/rage-bait-is.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F10%2F13%2Frage-bait-is.html" }, { "id": 265, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I will buy myself a new running watch in December, and if I finish my marathon end November, it will be a fancy watch. Still Garmin, though, since it\u0026rsquo;s currently by far the best watch brand for serious endurance athletes, in my opinion at least. My current watch (FR 245) is lacking key features.\n", "dateiso": "2024-10-12 08:37:25 +0200", "date": "8:37 p.m. on Oct 12, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/10/12/i-will-buy.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F10%2F12%2Fi-will-buy.html" }, { "id": 266, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Preparing for a marathon after a break of a few years is like making the impossible probable. I think I can do it continuing my current prep, but it won\u0026rsquo;t be easy, since I don\u0026rsquo;t have a knack for running long distances. But then, it\u0026rsquo;s never easy to run such long distances however well-prepped one is.\n", "dateiso": "2024-09-29 09:40:26 +0200", "date": "9:40 p.m. on Sep 29, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/09/29/preparing-for-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F09%2F29%2Fpreparing-for-a.html" }, { "id": 267, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "If you only have the one iPhone, repair is a total PIA. It seems like Apple security makes the iPhone\u0026rsquo;s owner feel totally insecure, while for thieves it\u0026rsquo;s probably business as usual. Got a confirm-you-still-own-your-phone while I had to remove it from Find My for repair yesterday. This sucks.\n", "dateiso": "2024-09-24 13:10:45 +0200", "date": "1:10 p.m. on Sep 24, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/09/24/if-you-only.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F09%2F24%2Fif-you-only.html" }, { "id": 268, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "After three weeks of marathon prep with 68, 80 and 87 km respectively, I\u0026rsquo;m about to do an \u0026ldquo;easy\u0026rdquo; week, with only 66 km of running. Less than nine weeks to go before the big event. Furthermore, I found I need to do two sessions of strength training each week to compensate for aging (I\u0026rsquo;m 64).\n", "dateiso": "2024-09-23 12:50:27 +0200", "date": "12:50 p.m. on Sep 23, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/09/23/after-three-weeks.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F09%2F23%2Fafter-three-weeks.html" }, { "id": 269, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I got a substantial price increase on my Dutch managed Wordpress subscription with domain name. I checked a similar hosting provider, and (without the first-year\u0026rsquo;s rebate) that one was even pricier. I suppose managing WP is rather labor-intensive with a (nowadays) relentless attack by bad actors.\n", "dateiso": "2024-09-19 09:09:01 +0200", "date": "9:09 p.m. on Sep 19, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/09/19/i-got-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F09%2F19%2Fi-got-a.html" }, { "id": 270, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I miss @jean as a community manager. Nowadays days go by before I check the Timeline, only to be disappointed yet again by a lack of fun content.\n", "dateiso": "2024-09-14 19:14:38 +0200", "date": "7:14 p.m. on Sep 14, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/09/14/i-miss-jean.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F09%2F14%2Fi-miss-jean.html" }, { "id": 271, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I wondered if a new GoPro Hero 13 with a selfie stick would be a valuable addition to my Dutch running blog. So I tried the slo motion function of my aging iPhone SE (2020). I\u0026rsquo;m sure I\u0026rsquo;d need practice and a more interesting ambiance. Running faster than 5:15 min/km (8:25 mpm) pace should help too.\n\n", "dateiso": "2024-09-10 16:35:09 +0200", "date": "4:35 p.m. on Sep 10, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/09/10/i-wondered-if.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F09%2F10%2Fi-wondered-if.html" }, { "id": 272, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Yesterday I entered as a participant to the Marathon Rotterdam on April 13, 2025. I had to be quick, because all 17,000 starting tickets sold out in 2½ hours.\nAll I have to do now is get into shape and train the heck out of this old body that will have turned 65 on race day.\n", "dateiso": "2024-08-21 09:19:06 +0200", "date": "9:19 p.m. on Aug 21, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/08/21/yesterday-i-entered.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F08%2F21%2Fyesterday-i-entered.html" }, { "id": 273, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Another long(ish) run to improve my marathon shape. Most of it (16 km) was on sand paths and rough terrain. The pace was eight percent slower than my currently expected marathon pace. The marathon will be on November 24, 2024.\n", "dateiso": "2024-08-11 12:34:12 +0200", "date": "12:34 p.m. on Aug 11, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/08/11/another-longish-run.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F08%2F11%2Fanother-longish-run.html" }, { "id": 274, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "If you\u0026rsquo;re going to lie, do so fast and loud, and most will believe you. Ask any teenager or demagogue.\n", "dateiso": "2024-07-22 08:05:23 +0200", "date": "8:05 p.m. on Jul 22, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/07/22/if-youre-going.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F07%2F22%2Fif-youre-going.html" }, { "id": 275, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Yesterday I noticed pain in my achilles tendon, so I decided to replace some running by cycling. I recorded using a triathlon app on my watch. Two things went wrong. I accidentally wiped the activity, but, worse, I underestimated the bike ride and the heat. It was too long and too fast. 🏃‍♂️🚴‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2024-07-21 07:35:32 +0200", "date": "7:35 p.m. on Jul 21, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/07/21/yesterday-i-noticed.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F07%2F21%2Fyesterday-i-noticed.html" }, { "id": 276, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Do you ever find yourself writing a blog article, only to realize it exposes 😳 your lack of knowledge and experience? Maybe I\u0026rsquo;m being cynical at my age, but most of my blog posts nowadays die in the trash 🗑️ before they are released to the world. How about you? Is your trash full of \u0026ldquo;bad\u0026rdquo; posts?\n✍️🤯\n", "dateiso": "2024-07-16 08:58:52 +0200", "date": "8:58 p.m. on Jul 16, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/07/16/do-you-ever.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F07%2F16%2Fdo-you-ever.html" }, { "id": 277, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m looking for inspiration by following marathon runners on Strava. Got discouraged by a member of my T\u0026amp;F club, who claimed she could run a marathon on 27 km per week as a base, because she wasn\u0026rsquo;t able to put in the time. Alas, she\u0026rsquo;s not the only member who lost respect for the marathon. 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2024-07-13 11:49:54 +0200", "date": "11:49 p.m. on Jul 13, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/07/13/im-looking-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F07%2F13%2Fim-looking-for.html" }, { "id": 278, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I drafted a blog post about interval training, let someone read it, and came to the conclusion I don\u0026rsquo;t know enough to write a coherent piece. Also, formulas seem to induce eyerolling in most readers. It\u0026rsquo;s better to create a narrative, since more people are able to follow along than with math(s).\n", "dateiso": "2024-07-04 13:15:01 +0200", "date": "1:15 p.m. on Jul 4, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/07/04/i-drafted-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F07%2F04%2Fi-drafted-a.html" }, { "id": 279, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "People who install a renewable energy based home powerplant to deal with power outages are missing an essential point. If a lot of home owners did that, grid stability will decrease and more outages will occur, since avoiding power outages requires regional control, not just local home control.\n", "dateiso": "2024-07-01 10:42:23 +0200", "date": "10:42 p.m. on Jul 1, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/07/01/people-who-install.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F07%2F01%2Fpeople-who-install.html" }, { "id": 280, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Last Saturday I did a 30 km training run as a (300 m run, 100 m walk) run-walk-run in 3h38m, about 50% slower than my fastest ever 30 km race in 2016. Corrected for heart rate it\u0026rsquo;s only 25% slower, and for weight 10% slower. That difference could be largely explained by the walking. 🏃‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2024-06-24 14:53:33 +0200", "date": "2:53 p.m. on Jun 24, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/06/24/last-saturday-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F06%2F24%2Flast-saturday-i.html" }, { "id": 281, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently uploading my training data from a Garmin Connect archive to my Runalyze training data. There was 7 years of training data missing since I started using Runalyze (it only imports the previous three months from the moment you subscribe). That\u0026rsquo;s a lot of files to process!\n", "dateiso": "2024-06-20 09:37:16 +0200", "date": "9:37 p.m. on Jun 20, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/06/20/currently-uploading-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F06%2F20%2Fcurrently-uploading-my.html" }, { "id": 282, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "On social networks I always worry to possibly overstep any boundaries of etiquette, what the other person can put up with, or, more importantly, providing bystanders who are into stirring up controversy and putting words out of context, with the words to do just that.\n", "dateiso": "2024-06-19 14:12:24 +0200", "date": "2:12 p.m. on Jun 19, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/06/19/on-social-networks.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F06%2F19%2Fon-social-networks.html" }, { "id": 283, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My blog post became so macro, I had to create a draft and edit the source text while reading the draft on micro∙blog. My idea to publish monthly instead of weekly has made my posts grow to extremes.\n", "dateiso": "2024-06-13 09:39:59 +0200", "date": "9:39 p.m. on Jun 13, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/06/13/my-blog-post.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F06%2F13%2Fmy-blog-post.html" }, { "id": 284, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It has been an eventful week for me, running-wise. It was the first time in a while I trained 6 days out of 7. I also ran a 10K race more than 2 minutes faster than a month ago. I didn\u0026rsquo;t prep for the race; it was a bit of a fun diversion from regular training. My weekly mileage\u0026rsquo;ll be 47 mi (76 km).\n", "dateiso": "2024-06-08 15:41:56 +0200", "date": "3:41 p.m. on Jun 8, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/06/08/it-has-been.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F06%2F08%2Fit-has-been.html" }, { "id": 285, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I just published my 999th post in exactly 16 years on my Dutch language personal running blog. It supposedly consists of 683,057 words, with an average of 683 words per (certainly not micro-) post.\n", "dateiso": "2024-05-31 11:05:05 +0200", "date": "11:05 p.m. on May 31, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/05/31/i-just-published.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F05%2F31%2Fi-just-published.html" }, { "id": 286, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art portrait\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-05-25 07:57:01 +0200", "date": "7:57 p.m. on May 25, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/05/25/pixel-art-portrait.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F05%2F25%2Fpixel-art-portrait.html" }, { "id": 287, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Seven years and counting 🐱🎂\n", "dateiso": "2024-05-19 15:58:51 +0200", "date": "3:58 p.m. on May 19, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/05/19/seven-years-and.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F05%2F19%2Fseven-years-and.html" }, { "id": 288, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Yet another pixel portrait.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-05-19 07:48:31 +0200", "date": "7:48 p.m. on May 19, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/05/19/yet-another-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F05%2F19%2Fyet-another-pixel.html" }, { "id": 289, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel portrait.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-05-18 07:57:30 +0200", "date": "7:57 p.m. on May 18, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/05/18/pixel-portrait.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F05%2F18%2Fpixel-portrait.html" }, { "id": 290, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ve moved an old Wordpress blog to micro∙blog years ago, and I\u0026rsquo;m still converting blog posts. It\u0026rsquo;s not only bad HTML formatting, but also links to other articles on my old blog, PNG files on my old blog, and more. Since it\u0026rsquo;s ungrateful work to edit old blog posts, progress is slow (read: years) 🐌\n", "dateiso": "2024-05-16 16:04:51 +0200", "date": "4:04 p.m. on May 16, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/05/16/ive-moved-an.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F05%2F16%2Five-moved-an.html" }, { "id": 291, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "After a brief hiatus I started pixeling again.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-05-16 07:37:08 +0200", "date": "7:37 p.m. on May 16, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/05/16/after-a-brief.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F05%2F16%2Fafter-a-brief.html" }, { "id": 292, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I find it interesting to predict one\u0026rsquo;s time in an important running race based on a test run, as to know what a good pace is to keep up during that race. I always used a self-conceived rule, which is quite different from the generally accepted rule according to research engineer Peter Riegel, although it took some math to figure that out (see below).\nSelf-conceived rule I have experienced for myself early on in my running career that my pace increases by a factor of 1.07 when doubling the running distance, under ideal circumstances. For example, a 10 km race tended to be 7 percent slower than a 5 km race. I generalized this idea into a formula.\n1: p2 ÷ p1 = 1.07 n\n2: d2 ÷ d1 = 2 n\n1 \u0026amp; 2 ⇒ n = ²log(d2 ÷ d1)\np2 ÷ p1 = 1.07 ²log(d2 ÷ d1)\np2 = p1 × 1.07 ²log(d2 ÷ d1)\np1 = t1 ÷ d1; p2 = t2 ÷ d2\n⇒ t2 ÷ d2 = (t1 ÷ d1) × 1.07 ²log(d2 ÷ d1)\nt2 = t1 × (d2 ÷ d1) x 1.07 ²log(d2 ÷ d1)\nFactors for 1.07 ²log(d2 ÷ d1) The table below shows some favorite distances from road races. In the rows are the distances from which the pace is known and in the columns the distances from which the corresponding factors can be read as numbers in the table. Multiplying a known pace for a particular distance with this factor gives the corresponding unknown pace for another distance. For example, for a 15 km race (third row in the table) multiply this race\u0026rsquo;s pace by a factor of 1.1062 to calculate the ideal pace for a marathon (eighth column in the table). A sub-3 hour marathon would require a sub-36 minutes 10 km, according to this table.\n 5 km 10 km 15 km 10 mi 20 km ½ mar 30 km mar 5 km 1.0000 1.0700 1.1132 1.1208 1.1449 1.1509 1.1911 1.2314 10 km 0.9346 1.0000 1.0404 1.0475 1.0700 1.0756 1.1132 1.1509 15 km 0.8983 0.9612 1.0000 1.0069 1.0285 1.0339 1.0700 1.1062 10 mi 0.8922 0.9546 0.9932 1.0000 1.0215 1.0268 1.0627 1.0987 20 km 0.8734 0.9346 0.9723 0.9790 1.0000 1.0052 1.0404 1.0756 ½ mar 0.8689 0.9297 0.9673 0.9739 0.9948 1.0000 1.0350 1.0700 30 km 0.8395 0.8983 0.9346 0.9351 0.9612 0.9662 1.0000 1.0339 mar 0.8121 0.8689 0.9040 0.9102 0.9298 0.9346 0.9673 1.0000 Rule according to Riegel According to Peter Riegel the increase in pace for a longer distance is radically different:\nt2 = t1 × (d2 ÷ d1) 1.06\nFor times between about 3 and 230 minutes.\nt2 = t1 × d2 1.06 ÷ d1 1.06\nt2 ÷ d2 = t1 × (d2 1.06 ÷ d2) ÷ d1 1.06\nt2 ÷ d2 = t1 × d2 1.06 - 1 ÷ d1 1.06\nt2 ÷ d2 = t1 × d2 0.06 ÷ (d1 × (d1 1.06 ÷ d1))\nt2 ÷ d2 = t1 × d2 0.06 ÷ (d1 × (d1 1.06 - 1))\nt2 ÷ d2 = (d2 0.06 ÷ d1 0.06) × (t1 ÷ d1)\nt2 ÷ d2 = (d2 ÷ d1) 0.06 × (t1 ÷ d1)\np1 = t1 ÷ d1; p2 = t2 ÷ d2\n⇒ p2 = (d2 ÷ d1) 0.06 × p1\nIf the distance doubles, the pace increases by a factor of 2 0.06, or 1.0425. That would mean that as the distance increases, the pace increases drastically less than with the aforementioned calculation method of my own.\nA similar table is shown below, containing factors to be multiplied with known paces to calculate unknown paces, depending on the distances.\nFactors for the Riegel calculation The table below shows some favorite distances from road races. In the rows are the distances from which the pace is known and in the columns the distances from which the corresponding factors can be read as numbers in the table. Multiplying a known pace for a particular distance with this factor gives the corresponding unknown pace for another distance. For example, for a 15 km race (third row in the table) you can multiply the pace by a factor of 1.0640 to calculate the ideal pace on a marathon (eighth column in the table). For a sub-3 hour marathon, a time of sub-39 minutes on the 10 km is fast enough, according to this table.\n 5 km 10 km 15 km 10 mi 20 km ½ mar 30 km mar 5 km 1.0000 1.0425 1.0681 1.0726 1.0867 1.0902 1.1135 1.1365 10 km 0.9593 1.0000 1.0246 1.0289 1.0425 1.0458 1.0681 1.0902 15 km 0.9362 0.9760 1.0000 1.0042 1.0174 1.0207 1.0425 1.0640 10 mi 0.9323 0.9719 0.9958 1.0000 1.0131 1.0164 1.0381 1.0596 20 km 0.9202 0.9593 0.9829 0.9870 1.0000 1.0032 1.0246 1.0458 ½ mar 0.9172 0.9562 0.9797 0.9839 0.9968 1.0000 1.0213 1.0425 30 km 0.8981 0.9362 0.9593 0.9633 0.9760 0.9791 1.0000 1.0207 mar 0.8799 0.9172 0.9398 0.9438 0.9562 0.9593 0.9797 1.0000 What to use? It seems rather obvious to me that a generally accepted rule makes more sense than something you came up with yourself based on your own race results. Other than that, there are strict limits to when the rule according to Riegel applies. For slow runners (e.g. marathon in 4½ hours) or extremely short distances (e.g. 400 m) the rule does not apply, or, at least, the prediction value will be rather low.\nAn acquaintance of mine ran a time of 1h01m36s in a \u0026ldquo;15 km\u0026rdquo; race (14.87 km according to his GPS). According to my calculation, that would be enough for 3h15m39s on a marathon with certified course (1% longer than 42.195 km). According to Riegel, it would be enough for 3h08m03s on the same certified marathon course. In both cases, the result of the \u0026ldquo;15 km\u0026rdquo; race was too slow for an \u0026ldquo;official marathon\u0026rdquo; (i.e. with certified course) under 3 hours. A sub-3 hour marathon would have required a time of 56m40s or 58m57s for the \u0026ldquo;15 km\u0026rdquo; race (my rule, Riegels rule respectively). This acquaintance has to get faster somehow, either by training and/or good fueling during the race. Ideal circumstances would help too.\nAnyway, I think I can put my home-grown calculation method to rest and start using the much better tested method according to Peter Riegel.\n", "dateiso": "2024-05-11 14:20:58 +0200", "date": "2:20 p.m. on May 11, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/05/11/i-find-it.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F05%2F11%2Fi-find-it.html" }, { "id": 293, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The fuzzy scribbles are from ibisPaint X, and are supposed to confuse LLM\u0026rsquo;s like Stable Diffusion. It did not confuse OpenAI with this pixel art drawing, since the description was spot on. However, it might mess up the rendering when it\u0026rsquo;s incorporated into a new piece of AI artwork. OTOH I think it\u0026rsquo;s going to be a cat-and-mouse game twarthing immoral image acquisition for AI learning.\n 🤖 A pixel art depiction of a blue creature resembling a kangaroo against a yellow background with green dots is presented in the image.\n We clearly need an amendmend of copyright laws.\n", "dateiso": "2024-05-09 07:47:28 +0200", "date": "7:47 p.m. on May 9, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/05/09/the-fuzzy-scribbles.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F05%2F09%2Fthe-fuzzy-scribbles.html" }, { "id": 294, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "While Apple is having their iPad event, I\u0026rsquo;m more interested in analog circuits with OpAmps, as the old becomes new again. Really, once invented nothing really goes away, and can be useful under special circumstances, or combined with new inventions.\nOther than that, the late Bob Pease seems a great educator.\n\n", "dateiso": "2024-05-07 17:17:33 +0200", "date": "5:17 p.m. on May 7, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/05/07/171030.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F05%2F07%2F171030.html" }, { "id": 295, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Wall crawler 🐌\n", "dateiso": "2024-05-05 10:34:49 +0200", "date": "10:34 p.m. on May 5, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/05/05/wall-crawler.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F05%2F05%2Fwall-crawler.html" }, { "id": 296, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Super Duper Uber Retina Display name for the new iPad screen? 👀🏓 🖥️\n(probably not)\n", "dateiso": "2024-05-01 16:44:55 +0200", "date": "4:44 p.m. on May 1, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/05/01/super-duper-uber.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F05%2F01%2Fsuper-duper-uber.html" }, { "id": 297, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pentecost literally means fiftieth. Since it\u0026rsquo;s 49 days after Easter, it is an example of an off-by-one error. Another is that for marking 10 distances one needs 11 distance markers, instead of 10.\n👾 *️⃣🟰🗿➕4️⃣9️⃣\n", "dateiso": "2024-04-30 13:58:45 +0200", "date": "1:58 p.m. on Apr 30, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/04/30/pentecost-literally-means.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F04%2F30%2Fpentecost-literally-means.html" }, { "id": 298, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Yesterday, on King\u0026rsquo;s Day April 27, I ran my slowest half marathon race ever. I was overweight, injured and ill-prepared. Still, I had two goals in mind (finish without walking within 130 minutes), which I reached, more or less.\nIt was a small race, combining three distances (5, 10 km, and half marathon), though the starting location of the half marathon was separated by roughly 300 m. The starting gun was relayed via loud speaker. Clearly, this wasn\u0026rsquo;t an official race with a certified course, nor was it on the national track and field organization\u0026rsquo;s list of road races. I had registered so early on that I received a \u0026ldquo;1\u0026rdquo; on my bib, which was unfortunate, since I finished almost last. I had no intention of racing with an ankle injury. Still, being overweight made it a real challenge for me. After finishing I had to recover a few minutes from the exertion and pain.\n", "dateiso": "2024-04-28 06:47:27 +0200", "date": "6:47 p.m. on Apr 28, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/04/28/yesterday-on-kings.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F04%2F28%2Fyesterday-on-kings.html" }, { "id": 299, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Apparently, genAI doesn\u0026rsquo;t know what to make of this.\n👾🐭\n", "dateiso": "2024-04-27 12:29:28 +0200", "date": "12:29 p.m. on Apr 27, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/04/27/apparently-genai-doesnt.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F04%2F27%2Fapparently-genai-doesnt.html" }, { "id": 300, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It\u0026rsquo;s funny how lack of confidence can effect one\u0026rsquo;s art output.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-04-24 14:48:26 +0200", "date": "2:48 p.m. on Apr 24, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/04/24/its-funny-how.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F04%2F24%2Fits-funny-how.html" }, { "id": 301, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Tying laces can be difficult at times.\n", "dateiso": "2024-04-21 10:03:36 +0200", "date": "10:03 p.m. on Apr 21, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/04/21/tying-laces-can.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F04%2F21%2Ftying-laces-can.html" }, { "id": 302, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Gμν + Λgμν = κTμν\n👾🧑‍🏫\n", "dateiso": "2024-04-19 14:58:55 +0200", "date": "2:58 p.m. on Apr 19, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/04/19/g-g-t.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F04%2F19%2Fg-g-t.html" }, { "id": 303, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Is simple always best?\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-04-18 12:56:31 +0200", "date": "12:56 p.m. on Apr 18, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/04/18/is-simple-always.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F04%2F18%2Fis-simple-always.html" }, { "id": 304, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Life is a long battle of endurance.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-04-17 15:32:03 +0200", "date": "3:32 p.m. on Apr 17, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/04/17/life-is-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F04%2F17%2Flife-is-a.html" }, { "id": 305, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art portrait, using this reference. 64 x 64 pixels, 2 colors.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-04-16 08:40:10 +0200", "date": "8:40 p.m. on Apr 16, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/04/16/pixel-art-portrait.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F04%2F16%2Fpixel-art-portrait.html" }, { "id": 306, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Inspired (somehow) by this post.\n👾🤵‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2024-04-15 12:23:08 +0200", "date": "12:23 p.m. on Apr 15, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/04/15/inspired-somehow-by.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F04%2F15%2Finspired-somehow-by.html" }, { "id": 307, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Yet another self-portrait\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-04-14 08:35:34 +0200", "date": "8:35 p.m. on Apr 14, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/04/14/yet-another-selfportrait.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F04%2F14%2Fyet-another-selfportrait.html" }, { "id": 308, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The Oregon Trail, a YouTube documentary by Gaming Historian about the famous educational software title. I recommend watching it.\n", "dateiso": "2024-04-12 16:51:41 +0200", "date": "4:51 p.m. on Apr 12, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/04/12/the-oregon-trail.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F04%2F12%2Fthe-oregon-trail.html" }, { "id": 309, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Animated portrait in pixel art. 32 x 32 pixels.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-04-11 11:48:23 +0200", "date": "11:48 p.m. on Apr 11, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/04/11/animated-portrait-in.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F04%2F11%2Fanimated-portrait-in.html" }, { "id": 310, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art of one of my cats. 80 x 80 px, 8 colors.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-04-08 14:14:29 +0200", "date": "2:14 p.m. on Apr 8, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/04/08/pixel-art-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F04%2F08%2Fpixel-art-of.html" }, { "id": 311, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "In preparation for a half marathon on King\u0026rsquo;s Day (April 27) I ran and walked 24 km. I\u0026rsquo;m still suffering through an ankle injury, so I\u0026rsquo;ll have to be cautious. It was a beautiful day, partially run alongside a canal between two rivers. It was tough, because I did 1.5 times my usual training 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2024-04-08 07:27:57 +0200", "date": "7:27 p.m. on Apr 8, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/04/08/in-preparation-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F04%2F08%2Fin-preparation-for.html" }, { "id": 312, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "To baa, or not to baa, that\u0026rsquo;s the question.\nI made this 64 x 64 pixels, 4 colors pixel art piece, using this reference.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-04-06 08:38:50 +0200", "date": "8:38 p.m. on Apr 6, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/04/06/to-baa-or.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F04%2F06%2Fto-baa-or.html" }, { "id": 313, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Moo!\n(64 x 64 pixels, 4 colors, using this reference photo)\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-04-05 08:14:42 +0200", "date": "8:14 p.m. on Apr 5, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/04/05/moo-x-pixels.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F04%2F05%2Fmoo-x-pixels.html" }, { "id": 314, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "One can argue when it all went wrong, and the powers-that-be where too lenient against insurrection, leaving room for kinder interpretations or downright rewriting history in favor of those who committed treason. The union is brittle, that\u0026rsquo;s for sure. Recent developments have proven that.\n", "dateiso": "2024-04-04 11:43:28 +0200", "date": "11:43 p.m. on Apr 4, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/04/04/one-can-argue.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F04%2F04%2Fone-can-argue.html" }, { "id": 315, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Somewhat inspired by micro∙blog\u0026rsquo;s April 2024 photoblogging challenge. 64 x 64 pixels, 11 colors.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-04-04 08:14:02 +0200", "date": "8:14 p.m. on Apr 4, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/04/04/somewhat-inspired-by.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F04%2F04%2Fsomewhat-inspired-by.html" }, { "id": 316, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I’m still struggling with this portrait of Clara Serena Rubens by her father. It feels like I’m stuck, can’t draw portraits, while I know I’m reasonably good at drawing portraits, even if I say so myself. Maybe I should put it aside, as a mistake.\n", "dateiso": "2024-04-03 13:56:12 +0200", "date": "1:56 p.m. on Apr 3, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/04/03/im-still-struggling.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F04%2F03%2Fim-still-struggling.html" }, { "id": 317, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "His catheter was removed, and he now doesn\u0026rsquo;t have to be contained in a cage anymore, for protection and sanitation. I still need to keep a close eye on him, since the first few days his urethra can clog up again, and he has to go to the vet immediately for emergency treatment.\n", "dateiso": "2024-04-03 10:00:04 +0200", "date": "10:00 p.m. on Apr 3, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/04/03/his-catheter-was.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F04%2F03%2Fhis-catheter-was.html" }, { "id": 318, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "With a cat suffering from FLUTD I need more water bowls around the house, especially water fountains. I modified an old one that one my cats kept emptying by pulling it on its side. It seems work, much to the dissatisfaction of said cat. He’ll accept it soon(ish) enough. 🐱\n", "dateiso": "2024-04-02 11:31:07 +0200", "date": "11:31 p.m. on Apr 2, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/04/02/with-a-cat.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F04%2F02%2Fwith-a-cat.html" }, { "id": 319, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Sick cats can be so needy. He’s in pain, clearly, and purrs loudly when petted. Painkillers can only do so much. 🐱\n", "dateiso": "2024-04-01 14:22:57 +0200", "date": "2:22 p.m. on Apr 1, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/04/01/sick-cats-can.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F04%2F01%2Fsick-cats-can.html" }, { "id": 320, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "One of my cats suffers from FLUTD and has to be contained for now because he got narcosis to be treated. He also had the hood of shame. The other cat thinks it’s interesting. Cats have little to no empathy, or don’t show it.\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-31 14:37:27 +0200", "date": "2:37 p.m. on Mar 31, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/31/one-of-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F31%2Fone-of-my.html" }, { "id": 321, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose I can print this and use a portrait of Clara Serena Rubens to paint a portrait, a master study, so to say. I only have to change the proportions to fit a young girl. Next, do it as pixel art, maybe?\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-31 13:05:26 +0200", "date": "1:05 p.m. on Mar 31, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/31/i-suppose-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F31%2Fi-suppose-i.html" }, { "id": 322, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Was looking for a good ink drawing to recreate as pixel art, and found my own ink drawing from 2011. I believe I have improved somewhat since that time. There\u0026rsquo;s also a process video. 200 x 200 pixels. According to Apple Screen Time it took me 2h34m to draw.\n👾🖋️\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-29 11:13:53 +0200", "date": "11:13 p.m. on Mar 29, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/29/was-looking-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F29%2Fwas-looking-for.html" }, { "id": 323, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I found these 25 faces and tried to recreate them faithfully in pixel art. Below it is an animated GIF of the time lapse creating the drawing.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-28 17:46:28 +0200", "date": "5:46 p.m. on Mar 28, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/28/i-found-these.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F28%2Fi-found-these.html" }, { "id": 324, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art of a symbolic face I modified and colored with this color palette, using this reference. 64 x 64 pixels.\n👾🗿\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-27 10:25:13 +0200", "date": "10:25 p.m. on Mar 27, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/27/pixel-art-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F27%2Fpixel-art-of.html" }, { "id": 325, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art of a cloud using a vibrant color palette.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-26 10:16:29 +0200", "date": "10:16 p.m. on Mar 26, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/26/pixel-art-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F26%2Fpixel-art-of.html" }, { "id": 326, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m not very good at planning. Animators are supposed to plan ahead. So I end up with a mess.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-25 10:44:29 +0200", "date": "10:44 p.m. on Mar 25, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/25/im-not-very.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F25%2Fim-not-very.html" }, { "id": 327, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Animation is such a different beast, and it is sooo time consuming on an iPad. Unfortunately, this is only traced, not animated.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-24 23:19:57 +0200", "date": "11:19 p.m. on Mar 24, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/24/animation-is-such.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F24%2Fanimation-is-such.html" }, { "id": 328, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I might be over-analyzing this cartoon drawing a teensy tiny bit. The idea is to make an animation out of it, using some real mutt running, inspired by the work of the great Eadward James Muybridge.\nNext up, a running skeleton of a real mutt, and apply that to the cartoon mutt\u0026rsquo;s skeleton.\n😅☠️👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-23 10:31:33 +0200", "date": "10:31 p.m. on Mar 23, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/23/i-might-be.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F23%2Fi-might-be.html" }, { "id": 329, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This took quite some time, and I used a \u0026ldquo;Muybridge cheat\u0026rdquo; to speed things up. It\u0026rsquo;s called Z\u0026rsquo;brah, for obvious reasons. No? The pattern on the cube is based on zebra striping. I suppose not so obvi. Well, it kept me on the straight and narrow while it was being made.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-22 20:21:04 +0200", "date": "8:21 p.m. on Mar 22, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/22/this-took-quite.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F22%2Fthis-took-quite.html" }, { "id": 330, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "If I\u0026rsquo;m correct, the woman runner in the photo is Claudia Gelsomino in her 2014 New York Marathon. Doing these more realistic pixel art drawings is tough, yet rewarding.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-21 17:45:19 +0200", "date": "5:45 p.m. on Mar 21, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/21/if-im-correct.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F21%2Fif-im-correct.html" }, { "id": 331, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Using this reference I drew this baboon, using a bit of tracing to get the rough proportions correct. 200 by 200 pixels, 12 colors.\n👾🐒\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-20 21:52:28 +0200", "date": "9:52 p.m. on Mar 20, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/20/using-this-reference.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F20%2Fusing-this-reference.html" }, { "id": 332, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Will it be the traditional:\n April showers bring May flowers\n or:\n April showers may bring flowers\n \u0026lsquo;cause nothing is certain anymore these days.\nOpinions?\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-19 12:25:41 +0200", "date": "12:25 p.m. on Mar 19, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/19/will-it-be.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F19%2Fwill-it-be.html" }, { "id": 333, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I used this reference and this vibrant color palette to draw a pelican in pixel art.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-19 09:06:10 +0200", "date": "9:06 p.m. on Mar 19, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/19/i-used-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F19%2Fi-used-this.html" }, { "id": 334, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright\u0026rsquo;s April Showers, drawn in Game Boy compatible pixel art.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-18 19:14:56 +0200", "date": "7:14 p.m. on Mar 18, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/18/inspired-by-frank.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F18%2Finspired-by-frank.html" }, { "id": 335, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Using this as my reference I drew a road race car. Perspective is always a hassle, so I took quite some liberties. I expect my next will be much better, with this one under my belt.\n👾🏎️\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-17 14:38:56 +0200", "date": "2:38 p.m. on Mar 17, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/17/using-this-as.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F17%2Fusing-this-as.html" }, { "id": 336, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "A bed seems simple enough to draw in isometric perspective, until you actually do it, as I did. I need more pixels, but that\u0026rsquo;s silly, since seasoned pixel artists do not, although they do need more colors. Also, funny how details get lost in downscaling.\n👾🛏️\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-16 10:48:27 +0200", "date": "10:48 p.m. on Mar 16, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/16/a-bed-seems.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F16%2Fa-bed-seems.html" }, { "id": 337, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My new microwave oven. I\u0026rsquo;ve tested it already, by boiling water, the most basic function of such a device. It has the same inner volume as the previous one, yet is considerably less bulky, and cheaper, too (€ 200 vs € 550). Then considered big (32 l), now average to small. And that sticker is gone.\n🏠\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-15 16:20:02 +0200", "date": "4:20 p.m. on Mar 15, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/15/my-new-microwave.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F15%2Fmy-new-microwave.html" }, { "id": 338, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Did some random characters.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-15 10:20:32 +0200", "date": "10:20 p.m. on Mar 15, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/15/did-some-random.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F15%2Fdid-some-random.html" }, { "id": 339, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m doing a tutorial by Aaron Blaise on how to create characters (was on sale for $1). One of the first tips was, before you start to draw, do research. So I\u0026rsquo;ve downloaded the Milanote app, made an account, as to create a research board, provisionally titled: \u0026ldquo;How we got sick and better.\u0026rdquo; #clueless\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-14 13:11:53 +0200", "date": "1:11 p.m. on Mar 14, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/14/im-doing-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F14%2Fim-doing-a.html" }, { "id": 340, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Here is the final pixel art piece that is compatible with the Nintendo Game Boy. Many thanks to these photographers who allowed me to create sprites based on their kitten photos: ①, ②, ③, ④, ⑤, ⑥, ⑦, and ⑧\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-13 17:13:26 +0200", "date": "5:13 p.m. on Mar 13, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/13/here-is-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F13%2Fhere-is-the.html" }, { "id": 341, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "WIP pixel art. The main focus points at this stage—besides finishing the piece—were variety and cuteness, so it\u0026rsquo;s more interesting to look at. So I replaced the same backgrounds on each of the eight frames with new backgrounds. And oh, I added a sixth 24x24 pixels kitten sprite 🥹 Only two left! 👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-13 11:45:27 +0200", "date": "11:45 p.m. on Mar 13, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/13/wip-pixel-art.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F13%2Fwip-pixel-art.html" }, { "id": 342, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "WIP pixel art. I\u0026rsquo;ve added my .aseprite files to a Working Copy repository, so I can revert to an earlier version. With all this editing I already lost a version of the current project, maybe caused by an iPad app error while saving, or—more likely—PEBFAC, problem exists between finger and couch.\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-12 17:42:35 +0200", "date": "5:42 p.m. on Mar 12, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/12/164235.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F12%2F164235.html" }, { "id": 343, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "In other (personal) news, I fixed my broken* Dutch language blog (*wrong favicon, no more navigation between pages), see https://loopgenot.me.\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-12 14:52:20 +0200", "date": "2:52 p.m. on Mar 12, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/12/in-other-personal.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F12%2Fin-other-personal.html" }, { "id": 344, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "WIP pixel art. I suppose it makes all the difference if one is taking time to make a somewhat cohesive drawing . It sets an expectation. Here: You won\u0026rsquo;t get photorealism, but it\u0026rsquo;ll be fun nonetheless. The character design is still lacking, though. I need some guidance thru Aaron Blaise\u0026rsquo;s tutorial.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-12 09:43:21 +0200", "date": "9:43 p.m. on Mar 12, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/12/wip-pixel-art.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F12%2Fwip-pixel-art.html" }, { "id": 345, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "WIP. Drawing smaller is harder, or perhaps it\u0026rsquo;s at the small scale that my lack of drawing skills shows through. Though it\u0026rsquo;s probably mostly a lack of design skill. I\u0026rsquo;m working on it…\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-11 21:34:05 +0200", "date": "9:34 p.m. on Mar 11, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/11/wip-drawing-smaller.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F11%2Fwip-drawing-smaller.html" }, { "id": 346, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I once bred Abyssinian cats, until it became too expensive. Still, I have deep admiration for the breed and their breeders. On my 64th birthday I drew one in pixel art from this reference.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-10 20:30:42 +0200", "date": "8:30 p.m. on Mar 10, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/10/i-once-bred.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F10%2Fi-once-bred.html" }, { "id": 347, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My microwave oven is about to give up the ghost ☠ after 22 years. Still works, but makes scary sounds, and gives off a distinct smell of burnt electronics. More than twice the average lifetime of a magnetron is reasonable, so I\u0026rsquo;m not having it repaired. Instead I will recycle it, and buy a new one.\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-10 10:34:25 +0200", "date": "10:34 p.m. on Mar 10, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/10/my-magnetron-oven.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F10%2Fmy-magnetron-oven.html" }, { "id": 348, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Interesting video by Matt Parker on YT about shearing pixels horizontally and vertically instead of rotating a picture. Unlike GPU powered rotation (using floating point calculations), it conserves pixel (colors). 👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-08 18:07:21 +0200", "date": "6:07 p.m. on Mar 8, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/08/interesting-video-by.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F08%2Finteresting-video-by.html" }, { "id": 349, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Practicing isometric perspective with shifting rows of two pixels wide one pixel position vertically, and mirroring whole shapes horizontally or vertically. It\u0026rsquo;s not perfect, and some pixel editing is required, and even then it\u0026rsquo;s a compromise.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-08 14:04:26 +0200", "date": "2:04 p.m. on Mar 8, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/08/practicing-isometric-perspective.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F08%2Fpracticing-isometric-perspective.html" }, { "id": 350, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Game Boy compatible pixel art drawing, based on this photo\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-08 10:09:33 +0200", "date": "10:09 p.m. on Mar 8, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/08/game-boy-compatible.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F08%2Fgame-boy-compatible.html" }, { "id": 351, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "On YouTube I saw Matt Parker and Adam Savage do videos about how to construct geometric shapes in three dimensions. I tried the same with flat shapes in both 2D and (pixel art) isometric perspective. Since pixel art is a crude representation of reality, I had to fudge a lot to make it fit.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-07 10:53:59 +0200", "date": "10:53 p.m. on Mar 7, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/07/on-youtube-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F07%2Fon-youtube-i.html" }, { "id": 352, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Doing some character design in pixel art, Game Boy compatible.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-06 14:47:40 +0200", "date": "2:47 p.m. on Mar 6, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/06/doing-some-character.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F06%2Fdoing-some-character.html" }, { "id": 353, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I drew a Bangladeshi girl in traditional dress based on this photo and an image search on traditional clothing from Bangladesh, which was rather sparse amongst the modern dresses inspired by tradition (because that what people might want to wear nowadays).\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-05 17:22:07 +0200", "date": "5:22 p.m. on Mar 5, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/05/i-drew-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F05%2Fi-drew-a.html" }, { "id": 354, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I have today\u0026rsquo;s work cut out for me with this portrait of a Bangladeshi girl from 2011.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-05 10:25:34 +0200", "date": "10:25 p.m. on Mar 5, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/05/i-have-todays.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F05%2Fi-have-todays.html" }, { "id": 355, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Practicing dithering.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-04 16:27:57 +0200", "date": "4:27 p.m. on Mar 4, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/04/practicing-dithering.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F04%2Fpracticing-dithering.html" }, { "id": 356, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I made this 64 by 64 pixel art portrait, referencing this photo of Raymond and using only four colors from the 2-bits-pips color palette.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-04 09:09:03 +0200", "date": "9:09 p.m. on Mar 4, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/04/i-made-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F04%2Fi-made-this.html" }, { "id": 357, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I did some work on my Dutch language running blog, and broke the site. Once I had repaired the damage, I permanently lost additional functionality (links to next and previous posts). You see, the service has changed, and my hack hadn\u0026rsquo;t kept up with the times. I guess the lesson is, use the default.\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-02 15:30:29 +0200", "date": "3:30 p.m. on Mar 2, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/02/i-did-some.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F02%2Fi-did-some.html" }, { "id": 358, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Drawn while listening to A Legacy of Biffs on The Incomparable Mothership podcast about Back to the Future 2. It\u0026rsquo;s an audio podcast, so I got to draw from imagination.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-03-02 08:47:16 +0200", "date": "8:47 p.m. on Mar 2, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/03/02/drawn-while-listening.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F02%2Fdrawn-while-listening.html" }, { "id": 359, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I made this Game Boy compatible pixel art piece based on this excellent portrait.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-29 11:15:07 +0200", "date": "11:15 p.m. on Feb 29, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/29/i-made-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F29%2Fi-made-this.html" }, { "id": 360, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I tried drawing the same character in two different art styles, referencing a photo I took myself. The one on the right is (loosely) based on someone else\u0026rsquo;s art style.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-27 10:44:54 +0200", "date": "10:44 p.m. on Feb 27, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/27/i-tried-drawing.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F27%2Fi-tried-drawing.html" }, { "id": 361, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Oh boy, I need to learn about tilesets and game art to avoid attrocities like this one\n👾💩\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-26 10:59:01 +0200", "date": "10:59 p.m. on Feb 26, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/26/oh-boy-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F26%2Foh-boy-i.html" }, { "id": 362, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I tried to create an animated sprite of my cat. All I have to do now is give him a world to live in. That\u0026rsquo;s easy, right? 😂\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-25 16:05:34 +0200", "date": "4:05 p.m. on Feb 25, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/25/i-tried-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F25%2Fi-tried-to.html" }, { "id": 363, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I wrote the previous post in the Strata app, shared the selected markdown text with Pythonista\u0026rsquo;s Preview Markdown to preview it, counted the characters with Word Counter Tool, then shared it with the Micro.blog app, and removed the \u0026gt; before publishing. All done on an iPad with stage manager enabled 😅\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-25 08:19:55 +0200", "date": "8:19 p.m. on Feb 25, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/25/i-wrote-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F25%2Fi-wrote-the.html" }, { "id": 364, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This week I did three training sessions for running, two on a track, one on the road. While I\u0026rsquo;m recovering from an ankle injury, I have to keep the weekly mileage low, the tempos slow. My guess is that it\u0026rsquo;ll take until May before I\u0026rsquo;m back into my normal training regime of 60 km/week (37 mpw).\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-25 08:02:34 +0200", "date": "8:02 p.m. on Feb 25, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/25/this-week-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F25%2Fthis-week-i.html" }, { "id": 365, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I used this photo as a reference for a small pixel art drawing of a deer. I tried to concentrate on clumps of pixels, but I see I need to study more to be effective. The shape\u0026rsquo;s okay-ish, which is an accomplishment at this scale, I think.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-23 11:19:59 +0200", "date": "11:19 p.m. on Feb 23, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/23/i-used-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F23%2Fi-used-this.html" }, { "id": 366, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I used a portrait and dolphin as my references for this fictional Game Boy game called \u0026ldquo;Delphine.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-21 12:23:05 +0200", "date": "12:23 p.m. on Feb 21, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/21/i-used-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F21%2Fi-used-a.html" }, { "id": 367, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The original Macintosh, aka 128K Mac, is often referred to as the computer that changed the world. It was the first commercially available computer with a graphical user interface. Pixel art for the Nintendo Game Boy screen (160 x 144 pixels, 4 shades of green).\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-20 13:10:49 +0200", "date": "1:10 p.m. on Feb 20, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/20/the-original-macintosh.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F20%2Fthe-original-macintosh.html" }, { "id": 368, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Sometimes you want your cat to play with their food. It keeps them happy if you surprise them once in a while by offering hidden food, so they’ll have to think how to get to it\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-19 14:34:59 +0200", "date": "2:34 p.m. on Feb 19, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/19/sometimes-you-want.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F19%2Fsometimes-you-want.html" }, { "id": 369, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I thought pixel animation would be easier. Alas, with iPadOS it still is too hard, so it seems, and Aseprite is still the desktop app to emulate. Yes, you can do animation on the iPad, but it takes a lot of time compared to what I\u0026rsquo;m used to on the desktop 20 years ago, using Moho.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-18 09:19:52 +0200", "date": "9:19 p.m. on Feb 18, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/18/i-thought-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F18%2Fi-thought-pixel.html" }, { "id": 370, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I used Noppa, Charley, and Latte as inspirations for this pixel art piece.\nIt is compatible with the Nintendo Game Boy screen (160 x 144 pixels, 4 shades of green).\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-17 15:01:18 +0200", "date": "3:01 p.m. on Feb 17, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/17/i-used-noppa.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F17%2Fi-used-noppa.html" }, { "id": 371, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My reason to share a work-in-progress shot is to set a milestone, so I stay motivated working on the piece. Since I share it publicly, it also keeps me honest. Now I have to finish it.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-17 10:25:31 +0200", "date": "10:25 p.m. on Feb 17, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/17/my-reason-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F17%2Fmy-reason-to.html" }, { "id": 372, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art version of this reference photo. I simplified the shapes so it was easier to draw on such a small canvas and so few colors (160 x 144 pixels, 4 shades of green). I think it got the message across, though.\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-15 10:52:30 +0200", "date": "10:52 p.m. on Feb 15, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/15/pixel-art-version.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F15%2Fpixel-art-version.html" }, { "id": 373, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I used this photo as my reference for both a 160 x 144 and 64 x 64 pixels versions of this portrait. I went for a more anime art style, which made the likeness suffer a bit.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-14 11:04:46 +0200", "date": "11:04 p.m. on Feb 14, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/14/i-usedthis-photo.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F14%2Fi-usedthis-photo.html" }, { "id": 374, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Besides changing my color palette I also bought (unlocked) a new pixel editor I hadn\u0026rsquo;t heard of before, Pixquare. There are others, but this one and Pixaki seem the most user-friendly. Some apps are just pushing too hard into in-app purchases. The harsh greens are a bit off-putting, though.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-13 13:46:13 +0200", "date": "1:46 p.m. on Feb 13, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/13/besides-changing-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F13%2Fbesides-changing-my.html" }, { "id": 375, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "An personal observation. Human name space has collisions. I can see that because when I posted a drawing called after a semi-famous person, it got lots of views, while it was actually called after a non-famous person. I hope people weren\u0026rsquo;t too disappointed. And view count ≠ quality, nor does 👍 or ⭐️\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-13 09:57:33 +0200", "date": "9:57 p.m. on Feb 13, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/13/an-personal-observation.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F13%2Fan-personal-observation.html" }, { "id": 376, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art study, WIP. I hope I got the proportions right this time for a semi-realistic style drawing, nudging towards an anime art style. At least, that\u0026rsquo;s what I\u0026rsquo;m going for. I\u0026rsquo;m taught that studying proportions is key for a successful portrait drawing. Next, I want to simplify it into 64 x 64.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-13 09:41:44 +0200", "date": "9:41 p.m. on Feb 13, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/13/pixel-art-study.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F13%2Fpixel-art-study.html" }, { "id": 377, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Portrait study in a more realistic style, based on this photo and in Game Boy format (160 by 144 pixels, 4 shades of green).\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-12 20:30:00 +0200", "date": "8:30 p.m. on Feb 12, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/12/portrait-study-in.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F12%2Fportrait-study-in.html" }, { "id": 378, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "A very rough work-in-progress of a Game Boy compatible pixel art portrait study. I\u0026rsquo;m struggling to get the proportions right without tracing. As with any realistic portrait, it takes time and patience, measuring, a lot of zooming, and breaks for a fresh look, as well as accepting I\u0026rsquo;m not perfect.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-12 11:42:35 +0200", "date": "11:42 p.m. on Feb 12, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/12/a-very-rough.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F12%2Fa-very-rough.html" }, { "id": 379, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "When I made yet another Simpsons character from a reference, I thought it would be boring and predictable. It turned out quite challenging. I started with the bust pose, enlarged it to full body pose quadrupling the canvas, then shrank it back to Game Boy size (160 x 144 pixels). Not easy at all.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-11 20:01:51 +0200", "date": "8:01 p.m. on Feb 11, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/11/when-i-made.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F11%2Fwhen-i-made.html" }, { "id": 380, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Taking breaks from something that will take a long time to complete feels certainly wholesome. Of course, now it will take even longer, but my experience is that if I try to use brute force to complete, I will simply cast the project on a pile of things I\u0026rsquo;ll once complete (probably never).\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-11 10:00:40 +0200", "date": "10:00 p.m. on Feb 11, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/11/taking-breaks-from.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F11%2Ftaking-breaks-from.html" }, { "id": 381, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I used this Flickr photo as my reference to draw a Game Boy compatible pixel art portrait in the Simpsons art style. She will travel in space when she grows up.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-10 12:25:54 +0200", "date": "12:25 p.m. on Feb 10, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/10/i-used-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F10%2Fi-used-this.html" }, { "id": 382, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I used this reference from Flickr to draw in an art style of The Simpsons animated sitcom. It\u0026rsquo;s compatible with the Nintendo Game Boy handheld game console (160 by 144 pixels, 4 colors).\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-09 14:22:03 +0200", "date": "2:22 p.m. on Feb 9, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/09/i-used-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F09%2Fi-used-this.html" }, { "id": 383, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I waited until I was exited enough to continue my Amsterdam cityscape (2 days). I suppose this happens when doing projects that aren\u0026rsquo;t commissioned. Still only 2 whole and 2 half house to go for the layer with the merchant houses. It\u0026rsquo;s taking a lot longer than I expected.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-09 10:46:09 +0200", "date": "10:46 p.m. on Feb 9, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/09/i-waited-until.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F09%2Fi-waited-until.html" }, { "id": 384, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Drawing from a reference on Flickr in Game Boy pixel art (160 by 144 pixels, 4 colors), with process animated GIF. Drawn in ibis Paint X, pixeled in Pixaki.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-08 12:52:52 +0200", "date": "12:52 p.m. on Feb 8, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/08/drawing-from-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F08%2Fdrawing-from-a.html" }, { "id": 385, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art for the Game Boy.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-07 18:25:25 +0200", "date": "6:25 p.m. on Feb 7, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/07/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F07%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 386, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This could be cover art for a Viking war game.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-06 16:30:31 +0200", "date": "4:30 p.m. on Feb 6, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/06/this-could-be.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F06%2Fthis-could-be.html" }, { "id": 387, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I notice within myself a slight reluctance to continue this project, which reluctance is quite normal, I believe. As long as the desire to see this through is greater than doing much of the same thing day after day, I think I\u0026rsquo;ll manage the mental resistance to continue.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-06 11:37:23 +0200", "date": "11:37 p.m. on Feb 6, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/06/i-notice-within.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F06%2Fi-notice-within.html" }, { "id": 388, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Another day, an additional house. Paying attention to details, but especially adjusting what\u0026rsquo;s in the reference to what\u0026rsquo;s already drawn, takes a huge amount of time. I went with another color of brick to add variety. It\u0026rsquo;s all imagined, so I get to pick and choose.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-05 11:02:58 +0200", "date": "11:02 p.m. on Feb 5, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/05/another-day-an.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F05%2Fanother-day-an.html" }, { "id": 389, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "You\u0026rsquo;d think we\u0026rsquo;d developed something against male pattern baldness by the 24th century\n👾🧪\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-04 19:31:57 +0200", "date": "7:31 p.m. on Feb 4, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/04/youd-think-wed.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F04%2Fyoud-think-wed.html" }, { "id": 390, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Another house added, plus the previous house edited. Creation is mostly revising what you previously made. Anyway, it\u0026rsquo;s giving me vibes of a Dutch city in summer. Only six whole and two half houses to paint before I get to invent the background.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-04 11:59:22 +0200", "date": "11:59 p.m. on Feb 4, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/04/another-house-added.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F04%2Fanother-house-added.html" }, { "id": 391, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Game Boy Advance pixel art with Game Boy color palette\n🐿️👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-03 20:16:16 +0200", "date": "8:16 p.m. on Feb 3, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/03/game-boy-advance.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F03%2Fgame-boy-advance.html" }, { "id": 392, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "There are so many details to even a single house with a step gable to copy from an illustration, that it took me almost 2 hours to make it. Next, I\u0026rsquo;ll try a neck gable, then a clock gable from reference. There are other architecture styles I noticed collecting photos. It\u0026rsquo;s a slow process overall…\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-03 10:41:47 +0200", "date": "10:41 p.m. on Feb 3, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/03/there-are-so.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F03%2Fthere-are-so.html" }, { "id": 393, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It doesn\u0026rsquo;t seem much, yet it represents hours of studying Midieval merchants' townhouses for their generic building plans and reasons for their dimensions. For actually understanding their historical relevance I\u0026rsquo;d have study much more, in the order of months.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-02 18:37:50 +0200", "date": "6:37 p.m. on Feb 2, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/02/it-doesnt-seem.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F02%2Fit-doesnt-seem.html" }, { "id": 394, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I was thinking \u0026ldquo;cityscape\u0026rdquo;, so I got some references of Amsterdam cityscapes, basically houses alongside canals. It turned out drawing a single house was already a big thing. I had to leave out so much details. I also forgot to add a human analog for scale, though the door is perhaps good enough.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-02-01 23:17:40 +0200", "date": "11:17 p.m. on Feb 1, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/02/01/i-was-thinking.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F02%2F01%2Fi-was-thinking.html" }, { "id": 395, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "What was I thinking?\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-30 18:06:37 +0200", "date": "6:06 p.m. on Jan 30, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/30/what-was-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F30%2Fwhat-was-i.html" }, { "id": 396, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Games can (and should) have great artwork, but for gameplay it does nothing; players soon look past it if the game is any good. Something I learned from A Theory of Fun by Raph Koster.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-29 18:12:35 +0200", "date": "6:12 p.m. on Jan 29, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/29/games-can-and.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F29%2Fgames-can-and.html" }, { "id": 397, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This is one of those random scribbles and then make something out of it. Maybe I\u0026rsquo;m reaching the bottom of the barrel here.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-29 11:02:01 +0200", "date": "11:02 p.m. on Jan 29, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/29/this-is-one.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F29%2Fthis-is-one.html" }, { "id": 398, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Sometimes what I draw doesn\u0026rsquo;t make sense to me. Then after some time it begins to make sense, somewhat. My fantasy is weird, non-productive. I like the colors, though.\n👾🧸\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-28 22:57:22 +0200", "date": "10:57 p.m. on Jan 28, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/28/sometimes-what-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F28%2Fsometimes-what-i.html" }, { "id": 399, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It seems lots of Youtube content creators end their careers as a Youtuber, because they\u0026rsquo;re spread too thin, creating videos has become a side-hussle and the main job seems to be holding balls in the air. If any of those \u0026ldquo;balls\u0026rdquo; drop, your career is over.\nWhat did you expect if Google is your \u0026ldquo;boss\u0026rdquo;?\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-28 10:11:10 +0200", "date": "10:11 p.m. on Jan 28, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/28/it-seems-lots.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F28%2Fit-seems-lots.html" }, { "id": 400, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This pixel art was crushed from 81.920 bytes into 3.473 bytes. It\u0026rsquo;s an Amiga LowRes 320 by 256 pixels drawing with 3 bit planes (8 colors), representing a rooster.\n👾🐓\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-28 00:24:59 +0200", "date": "12:24 p.m. on Jan 28, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/27/this-pixel-art.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F27%2Fthis-pixel-art.html" }, { "id": 401, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "For some reason, I can make art on the RPi using an old Amiga LowRes format. I suppose it\u0026rsquo;s the limitations that stimulate my creativity, while with the full-blown iPad I\u0026rsquo;m still struggling because of the many options. Meaning, I have to think much harder before drawing on the RPi.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-27 11:20:33 +0200", "date": "11:20 p.m. on Jan 27, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/27/for-some-reason.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F27%2Ffor-some-reason.html" }, { "id": 402, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose I still need to practice (a lot more) to reach a pro level of art. Is it a duck or an ostrich, or something else altogether? 🤷 If it\u0026rsquo;s a duck, it\u0026rsquo;s fugly!\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-26 13:05:36 +0200", "date": "1:05 p.m. on Jan 26, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/26/i-suppose-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F26%2Fi-suppose-i.html" }, { "id": 403, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose with an iPad Pro 11 inch, and Apple Pencil 2 I can myself a \u0026ldquo;pro\u0026rdquo; now. At least I have added to Apple\u0026rsquo;s bottom line. They needed my contribution, surely. 🤣\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-25 17:06:43 +0200", "date": "5:06 p.m. on Jan 25, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/25/i-suppose-with.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F25%2Fi-suppose-with.html" }, { "id": 404, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "If note-taking is transcribing someone else\u0026rsquo;s words, and note-making is transcribing your own words, isn\u0026rsquo;t the fact that you have two hemispheres to your brain imply that note-making is actually note-taking the words from the other side of you? Also, where does the internal conversation come from?\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-25 09:42:20 +0200", "date": "9:42 p.m. on Jan 25, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/25/if-notetaking-is.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F25%2Fif-notetaking-is.html" }, { "id": 405, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Maybe the last time for a while I drew with Multipaint from scratch, full of errors and slowness. Tomorrow I\u0026rsquo;ll go buy my replacement iPad.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-24 19:55:03 +0200", "date": "7:55 p.m. on Jan 24, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/24/maybe-the-last.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F24%2Fmaybe-the-last.html" }, { "id": 406, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "When my sister visited my house a while ago, she commented that my walls were, well, rather barren. She expected at least some of my art to hang there. Since most of my art nowadays is pixel art, maybe I should consider it, preferably something that doesn\u0026rsquo;t draw power, like beads on a board?\n💡🧠⛈\n🔜📦🚚🛍️\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-23 15:00:41 +0200", "date": "3:00 p.m. on Jan 23, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/23/when-my-sister.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F23%2Fwhen-my-sister.html" }, { "id": 407, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: A Theory of Fun for Game Design by Raph Koster 📚\nAs a wannabe retro-game developer, I should at least have some idea what it\u0026rsquo;s all about. I expect great things to come from it, great things…\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-23 14:03:50 +0200", "date": "2:03 p.m. on Jan 23, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/23/currently-reading-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F23%2Fcurrently-reading-a.html" }, { "id": 408, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Doing all this drawing by mouse, cramping up my wrist, made me realize how dependent I am on an iPad with stylus. I realize a regular iPad is inadequate for my needs. Then a 256 GB M1 iPad Air is only €100 less than a 128 GB M1 iPad Pro. Only the Pro has Promotion⸺a must for artists.\n😩 Decisions²\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-22 15:05:03 +0200", "date": "3:05 p.m. on Jan 22, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/22/doing-all-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F22%2Fdoing-all-this.html" }, { "id": 409, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Work in progress. I\u0026rsquo;m working with a mouse in Multipaint on my RPi.\nWhat is he so happy about? I know, and you may too, once I\u0026rsquo;m done pushing pixels and uploaded it to my blog.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-22 10:26:18 +0200", "date": "10:26 p.m. on Jan 22, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/22/work-in-progress.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F22%2Fwork-in-progress.html" }, { "id": 410, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "A \u0026ldquo;little\u0026rdquo; thing as a broken iPad won\u0026rsquo;t stop me from making art. I made this when the iPad was almost gone.\nAnd the other piece I made with a PETSCII editor on my RPi, based on a piece I did earlier this month.\nNot having a backup for my Raspberry Pi makes me a bit nervous, as it should\n🎨🐱👨‍💻🕹️👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-21 12:24:44 +0200", "date": "12:24 p.m. on Jan 21, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/21/a-little-thing.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F21%2Fa-little-thing.html" }, { "id": 411, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "And my iPad gave up the ghost for good, meaning it\u0026rsquo;s in a continuous reboot cycle. I suspect the battery is no longer able to run the OS. I guess I\u0026rsquo;ll have to buy a new one next week, since I don\u0026rsquo;t want to replace the battery. The device no longer suited my needs anyway.\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-21 02:04:03 +0200", "date": "2:04 p.m. on Jan 21, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/21/and-my-ipad.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F21%2Fand-my-ipad.html" }, { "id": 412, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Analyzing @hutaffe\u0026rsquo;s (free) avatar from Make A pirate was a bit convoluted on my part…\nAnyway, 100 by 100 pixel art, scaled up 8 times, with 53 unique colors, in isometric perspective, so typical for 2D games nowadays.\nThere\u0026rsquo;s a story here, stereotypical even, though better than I can ATM. 💡👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-20 13:29:11 +0200", "date": "1:29 p.m. on Jan 20, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/20/analyzing-hutaffes-free.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F20%2Fanalyzing-hutaffes-free.html" }, { "id": 413, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This was taxing my iPad. Youtube in Safari with adblocker as picture in picture on top of a drawing app. The strokes had to be placed tactically to allow for overall sluggishness. Also, very distractive drawing and watching a video.\n🎨👨‍💻📺\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-18 17:58:34 +0200", "date": "5:58 p.m. on Jan 18, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/18/this-was-taxing.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F18%2Fthis-was-taxing.html" }, { "id": 414, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Thirteen years ago I drew from life with chalk. The art is no longer around, since chalk washes away with the next shower of rain.\n\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-18 16:48:06 +0200", "date": "4:48 p.m. on Jan 18, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/18/thirteen-years-ago.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F18%2Fthirteen-years-ago.html" }, { "id": 415, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "As Hanna-Barbera cartoons of the eighties have taught us, cats can without most clothes, except the most essential, like a hat or a cane.\n🎨🐱👨‍💻🕹️👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-18 15:48:56 +0200", "date": "3:48 p.m. on Jan 18, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/18/as-hannabarbera-cartoons.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F18%2Fas-hannabarbera-cartoons.html" }, { "id": 416, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Sometimes limitation breeds creativity; usually frustration, though. The latter is often left out, rationalizing it as \u0026ldquo;part of the process.\u0026rdquo;\nDrawn, but not copied 😇, from a photo. Six-color palette based on C64 colors. Drawn in ibisPaint X in roughly 5 hours, including a failed attempt.\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-17 19:06:50 +0200", "date": "7:06 p.m. on Jan 17, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/17/sometimes-limitation-breeds.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F17%2Fsometimes-limitation-breeds.html" }, { "id": 417, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "While sketching this kitten I wondered how I could do away with all those lines. So I tried to eliminate as much as I dared. I\u0026rsquo;m sure more could be removed still. However, now the result was pretty \u0026ldquo;bland.\u0026rdquo; I suppose color has to do the brunt of the work, and there is too little of that.\n🎨🐱\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-17 11:26:54 +0200", "date": "11:26 p.m. on Jan 17, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/17/while-sketching-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F17%2Fwhile-sketching-this.html" }, { "id": 418, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I find it always such a surprise how a pixel art drawing I made subtly (or sometimes radically) changes to conform to the rigors of the C64 multicolor bitmap.\nOther than that, I used some of the edging techniques (sharp, lost and soft edges). So there\u0026rsquo;s that too. Happy 😊 camper here!\n🎨👽👨‍💻🕹️👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-16 18:29:53 +0200", "date": "6:29 p.m. on Jan 16, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/16/i-find-it.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F16%2Fi-find-it.html" }, { "id": 419, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I was listening to a podcast about Blade Runner (1982), which inspired me to draw Rick Deckard, as played by Harrison Ford. Took me 1½ hours.\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-16 15:12:30 +0200", "date": "3:12 p.m. on Jan 16, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/16/i-was-listening.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F16%2Fi-was-listening.html" }, { "id": 420, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Searching on Flickr for Creative Commons photos of kittens I found this cute black and white one. I used it as reference for my C64 hi-res bitmap pixel art drawing.\nSometimes less color is better. Especially if the one depicted is staring into your soul.\n🎨👨‍💻👾🕹️🐱😈\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-16 11:59:54 +0200", "date": "11:59 p.m. on Jan 16, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/16/searching-on-flickr.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F16%2Fsearching-on-flickr.html" }, { "id": 421, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I didn\u0026rsquo;t get to experiment with edges. Still, I drew something I love, so that\u0026rsquo;s good.\nMaybe advice from an oil painter doesn\u0026rsquo;t translate all that well to pixel art. Pixel art has more in common with decorative art (like embroidery) than with traditional art you can hang on a wall.\n🎨🐱👨‍💻🕹️👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-15 16:58:29 +0200", "date": "4:58 p.m. on Jan 15, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/15/i-didnt-get.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F15%2Fi-didnt-get.html" }, { "id": 422, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Sometimes (read: often) I get distracted by an interesting bit of art-making fundamentals, try to apply it, then get totally side-stepped by the intracies of drawing from a cute photo, forgetting what I wanted to try out in the first place. The creative process never seems to go in a straight line.\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-15 11:07:20 +0200", "date": "11:07 p.m. on Jan 15, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/15/sometimes-read-often.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F15%2Fsometimes-read-often.html" }, { "id": 423, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Public domain now?\n🎨👨‍💻🕹️👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-14 19:22:50 +0200", "date": "7:22 p.m. on Jan 14, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/14/public-domain-now.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F14%2Fpublic-domain-now.html" }, { "id": 424, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It is said all dogs go to the Good Place.\nDrawn in ibisPaint X on 9th gen iPad with first gen Apple Pencil.\n🐶🎨\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-14 09:17:03 +0200", "date": "9:17 p.m. on Jan 14, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/14/it-is-said.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F14%2Fit-is-said.html" }, { "id": 425, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "For this piece of pixel art I called upon my knowledge of the Period Table of Elements for illustrating the Pixel Dailies prompt for January 12, 2024, \u0026ldquo;Golden.\u0026rdquo;\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-13 19:21:33 +0200", "date": "7:21 p.m. on Jan 13, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/13/for-this-piece.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F13%2Ffor-this-piece.html" }, { "id": 426, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose the lesson to be learned here is:\n Don\u0026rsquo;t look into the spiral, or you\u0026rsquo;ll go cuckoo, bananas, Dada\n A quick peek is no problem, though.\n🎨👨‍💻🕹️👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-13 10:46:38 +0200", "date": "10:46 p.m. on Jan 13, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/13/i-suppose-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F13%2Fi-suppose-the.html" }, { "id": 427, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Another day, another cat drawing. This time our more blocky version of a feline fellow creature. Sketch in ibisPaint X and final drawing in Commodore 64 multicolor bitmap (160 x 200 resolution, 16 colors). If I could, I\u0026rsquo;d knit him a cozy sweater.\n🐱🎨👨‍💻🕹️👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-12 17:02:30 +0200", "date": "5:02 p.m. on Jan 12, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/12/another-day-another.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F12%2Fanother-day-another.html" }, { "id": 428, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It\u0026rsquo;s always good to have a firm mental picture of one\u0026rsquo;s (artistic) process, as to not get bogged down by the details. I\u0026rsquo;ve updated the C64 multicolor illustration I did yesterday, and separated it into 4 \u0026ldquo;colors\u0026rdquo;:\n background color 0 (white) ditto 1 (black) ditto 2 (red) other colors ", "dateiso": "2024-01-12 10:53:15 +0200", "date": "10:53 p.m. on Jan 12, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/12/its-always-good.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F12%2Fits-always-good.html" }, { "id": 429, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I had a few lock up with my iPad lately. Now it\u0026rsquo;s even in recovery mode, trying to restore from iCloud…\nUpdate: I\u0026rsquo;m back on the iPad. Pfew!\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-12 10:13:54 +0200", "date": "10:13 p.m. on Jan 12, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/12/i-had-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F12%2Fi-had-a.html" }, { "id": 430, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I think I\u0026rsquo;m starting to grasp how to draw in C64 multicolor. You get three colors that can be used anywhere, and per 8 by 8 pixels block you get to pick another color out of 16 possible colors. Careful placement of the pixels is key. If you do it right, you can have a very colorful image\n🎨👨‍💻🕹️👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-11 16:15:25 +0200", "date": "4:15 p.m. on Jan 11, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/11/i-think-im.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F11%2Fi-think-im.html" }, { "id": 431, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Just for kicks, I tried to color a random doodle I made. I had to redraw some of it to be able to work around the limitations of multicolor bitmap graphics on the Commodore 64. Other than that, and that it takes a lot of time, it went well.\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-11 11:56:33 +0200", "date": "11:56 p.m. on Jan 11, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/11/just-for-kicks.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F11%2Fjust-for-kicks.html" }, { "id": 432, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Another day, another cat drawing for the old Commodore 64\n😻 🎨 👨‍💻 🕹️ 👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-10 14:55:31 +0200", "date": "2:55 p.m. on Jan 10, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/10/another-day-another.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F10%2Fanother-day-another.html" }, { "id": 433, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I reworked an older self-portrait that I made last year as a pixel art drawing, and turned it into an image on the Commodore 64. I like that the limited color palette doesn\u0026rsquo;t seem to limit me as much as it used to. It takes some effort (well, a lot of effort), but I think it was worth the time.\n🎨 👨‍💻 🕹️ 👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-10 01:23:47 +0200", "date": "1:23 p.m. on Jan 10, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/10/i-reworked-an.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F10%2Fi-reworked-an.html" }, { "id": 434, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Here are some of the steps I took to create a multicolor pixel art drawing of a cat.\ndrawn in ibisPaint X in 4 colors\ntraced and redrawn in Pixaki\nmade into C64 runnable multicolor art with MultiPaint, loaded into VICE C64\nIt\u0026rsquo;s a process, taking many hours to complete. I think I\u0026rsquo;m improving.\n👨‍💻🎨\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-09 12:32:11 +0200", "date": "12:32 p.m. on Jan 9, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/09/here-are-some.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F09%2Fhere-are-some.html" }, { "id": 435, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Making room for two text screens, so I can use them for buffering is great, but running it from C64 Basic is one ugly hack, and slow too. But I\u0026rsquo;ve done it, which is great, since I learned a lot from it, and that was the whole point here. The code I keep, in case I need (some of) it 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-08 21:49:31 +0200", "date": "9:49 p.m. on Jan 8, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/08/making-room-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F08%2Fmaking-room-for.html" }, { "id": 436, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Flipped 📷\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-08 11:28:52 +0200", "date": "11:28 p.m. on Jan 8, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/08/flipped.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F08%2Fflipped.html" }, { "id": 437, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I fired up my art app and sculpted on a canvas the size of a retro-computer\u0026rsquo;s text character (8 pixel wide and 8 pixels high). I had to struggle, because the app wanted it to look nicer than it really was.\nI suppose you can already guess what it represents. You can do a lot in 64 bits of data 👨‍💻🎨\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-08 09:28:00 +0200", "date": "9:28 p.m. on Jan 8, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/08/i-fired-up.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F08%2Fi-fired-up.html" }, { "id": 438, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Okay, I have a Basic loader with M/L code that enables a screen buffer and has a handy relocatable M/L routine at $C000 that copies 1024 bytes. Bits 4 - 7 of $D018 control which part of memory is used to display the screen. Now I have all I need for moving a block of characters in C64 Basic, right? 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-07 21:34:13 +0200", "date": "9:34 p.m. on Jan 7, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/07/okay-i-have.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F07%2Fokay-i-have.html" }, { "id": 439, "type": "post", "title": "Make room for a screen buffer in C64 Basic", "text": "In my previous post in which I moved a box across the screen with a Basic program, I wanted to use a screen buffer. The default screen location starts in memory at $0400 (1024 decimal), and we can move the screen in units of 1024 bytes. The next location would be $0800 (2048 decimal), which is where Basic text lives. Luckily we can move the start of Basic up with a poke at location 44, but we also have to move the bytes of the Basic text to the new location, or you\u0026rsquo;d get a jibberish Basic text. The most obvious location is $0c01 (3097 decimal), and it makes sense to do this outside of Basic, with the raw power of the 6510 CPU.\nThe machine language (M/L) program enablebuffer does just that. Here\u0026rsquo;s the source code listing. It has some Basic code to run the M/L code and relocate the start of Basic text. The M/L code is a bit more complicated than it needed to be, but I like some headroom in case I want to include more Basic text in front of the M/L code or put some M/L code in a convenient location, so we can sys or usr() to it. The code should be able to copy Basic text in front of the M/L code, no matter how big it would grow.\n ; enablebuffer.asm ; ; Move the start of basic from $0801 to $0c01 ; ; Now both 1024 - 2023 and 2048 - 3047 ; can be used as screen memory. ; This makes it possible to use a screen buffer ; in Basic. PROCESSOR 6502 ORG $0801 ; Basic text in front of ML code ; 10 SYSXXXX:POKE44,12:CLR BASIC1: HEX 14 08 0a 00 9e .dc sys_address ; replaces the \"XXXX\" BASIC2: HEX 3a 97 34 34 2c 31 32 3a 9c 00 00 00 sys_address: eqm (start_ML)d ; start of ML code start_ML: vect1: eqm $02 vect2: eqm $04 BASstart: eqm $2B LDA BASstart+1 CMP #$08 ; is start of basic at $0801 ? BNE exit ; no, then exit ; set up copy process ; copy $0801 to $0C01 until the end of file ; copy start at the end towards the beginning CLC LDA #exit STA vect1+1 ADC #$04 ; move 1024 positions higher in memory STA vect2+1 LDY #$00 loop1: LDA vect1+1 ; copy in blocks of 256 bytes CMP #$08 ; less than 256 bytes to copy? BEQ loop2 ; yes, then loop2 instead loop1a: LDA (vect1),Y ; fast copy 256 bytes STA (vect2),Y DEY BNE loop1a DEC vect1 ; next 256 byte DEC vect2 BNE loop1 DEC vect1+1 DEC vect2+1 BNE loop1 loop2: LDA (vect1),Y ; copy remainder of bytes STA (vect2),Y ; between 1 and 255 DEC vect1 DEC vect2 BNE loop2b DEC vect1+1 DEC vect2+1 loop2b: LDA vect1+1 CMP #$07 BNE loop2 exit: RTS We can load the program as an ordinary Basic program and then run it.\nAfter that we can new the Basic program and start writing a new Basic program, at location $0C01 instead of the default $0801! Of course, the M/L code will be overwritten by that new Basic program, but that\u0026rsquo;s okay, since we no longer need it at that point.\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-07 14:51:48 +0200", "date": "2:51 p.m. on Jan 7, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/07/make-room-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F07%2Fmake-room-for.html" }, { "id": 440, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "With all the blogging I do daily, I wanted to automate correct capitalization. I reworked an shortcut that no longer worked to a working state. Select text, share, pick one, paste.\n all lower case UPPER CASE Title Case in Case You Want It Capitalize A Okay Sentence. After each. Sentence. ", "dateiso": "2024-01-07 00:21:04 +0200", "date": "12:21 p.m. on Jan 7, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/06/with-all-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F06%2Fwith-all-the.html" }, { "id": 441, "type": "post", "title": "Moving a box across the text screen in C64 Basic", "text": "I was wondering how to move a collection of characters (e.g. a box) across a Commodore 64 text screen. It\u0026rsquo;s rather easy to do this destructively. In Basic, I wrote something that horizontally moves a 3-by-3 character rectangle constructed out of PETSCII characters.\n 10 rem *** 11 rem *** setup 12 rem *** 20 restore:read w,h:for i=0 to w*h-1 30 read a(i):next i 40 data 3,3 50 data 112,64,110,93,32,93,109,64,125 60 te=200 100 rem *** 101 rem *** main loop 102 rem *** 110 os=0 120 for p=1024+12*40top+40-w 130 gosub 200:gosub 300:next p 140 os=w-1 150 for p=1024+13*40-w to p-39+w step-1 160 gosub 200:gosub 300:next p 170 goto 100 199 end 200 rem *** 201 rem *** draw a box 202 rem *** 210 for x=0 to w-1:for y=0 to h-1 220 poke p+y*40+x,a(y*w+x) 230 nexty:nextx:fort=0tote:nextt:return 300 rem *** 301 rem *** clear column 302 rem *** 310 for y=0toh-1:poke p+y*40+os,32:next 320 return The program has to do some clean-up after it has drawn a box with the subroutine draw a box. It fills the box\u0026rsquo;s trailing text column with space characters (screen code 32). For instance, if the box moves to the right and the box has been drawn in its current position, the left-most text column of that box has to be \u0026ldquo;cleared\u0026rdquo; (filled with spaces). Otherwise it will leave behind box characters when the next position of the box is drawn—one position to the right. The main loop uses the variable os (offset) to determine which text column should be filled with spaces, using the same subroutine clear column when moving the text box to the left or to the right.\nIt\u0026rsquo;s all very limited in what this program can do. It can move the box either one character position to the right or the same to the left, nothing more.\nFor a more sophisticated draw a box subroutine, it has to know where it was before:\n restore the original content of the previous position (if any) read the current content where the box will appear and store it for later draw the box onto its position on the text screen We can do this in Basic as well, even though it\u0026rsquo;s rather slow and has clear visual artifacts. Here\u0026rsquo;s the code for the same 3 by 3 text box, now jumping to arbitrary positions on the screen, while keeping the screen intact.\n 10 rem *** 11 rem *** setup 12 rem *** 20 restore:read w,h:for i=0 to w*h-1 30 read a(i):next i 40 data 3,3 50 data 112,64,110,93,32,93,109,64,125 60 te=200 70 first = (1 = 1) 100 rem *** 101 rem *** main loop 102 rem *** 110 x=int(rnd(ti)*(40-w)) 120 y=int(rnd(ti)*(25-h)) 130 gosub 200 140 goto 100 199 end 200 rem *** 201 rem *** draw a box 202 rem *** 210 rem *** restore any orig'l content 211 rem *** 220 if first then first=(1=0):goto 300 230 for xx =0 to w-1:for yy=0 to h-1 240 poke p+yy*40+xx,a1(yy*w+xx) 250 nextyy:nextxx 300 rem *** 301 rem *** read current text content 302 rem *** 310 p=1024+40*y+x 320 for xx=0 to w-1:for yy=0 to h-1 330 a1(xx+yy*w)=peek(p+xx+yy*40): 340 nextyy:nextxx 400 rem *** 401 rem *** put box on screen 402 rem *** 410 for xx=0 to w-1:for yy=0 to h-1 420 poke p+yy*40+xx,a(yy*w+xx) 440 nextyy:nextxx 450 for t=0 to te:next 460 return The long wait loop (which makes the program perform so slow) is so that you can spot the random 3-by-3 box, while also making the artifacts less noticeable. You can see the box long enough, so it disappearing from screen will feel less jarring. A better solution than waiting a while would be to use a screen buffer to do the drawing and switch screen buffers when all the drawing is done for the new position of the box.\nI guess that would require some machine language I have yet to write.\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-06 18:09:04 +0200", "date": "6:09 p.m. on Jan 6, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/06/moving-a-box.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F06%2Fmoving-a-box.html" }, { "id": 442, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I wondered if a sprite rendered as a text character would make sense. It would have to move to one of the 1000 positions on a text screen of 25 lines and 40 columns in a C64. The character is 2 by 2 text characters, has 3 walking poses, and two extra text characters for the SFX. It could work 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-06 12:42:25 +0200", "date": "12:42 p.m. on Jan 6, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/06/i-wondered-if.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F06%2Fi-wondered-if.html" }, { "id": 443, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I found this video game poster via an image search, which clearly isn\u0026rsquo;t from a C64 (size 640 x 400 pixels, different 16 colors than C64). I thought about recreating it in C64 multicolor for self-education. The first step in my analysis was recoloring it into the Colodore color palette, an idealized version of the C64 color palette(s). It seems to be drawn for the Amiga. It has 3 shades of red and of green; the C64 has only 2 of those. Plus, it has a flesh color, which the C64 sorely lacks.\nI found an interview with the mentioned Peter Johnson on Codetapper\u0026rsquo;s Amiga Site. And it appears he rewrote the C64 version for the Amiga. No mention of who drew the poster. Peter did draw the game art, I assume. Alas, there\u0026rsquo;s no date stamp on the article, but judging from the copyright notice it\u0026rsquo;s probably from 2020, but it could be as early as 2016.\nNow will I recreate the poster? Probably not, but it\u0026rsquo;s a good reference to have, to see what good illustrators were able to whip up in a short amount of time. Even back then, the games industry was brutal. Games did last as long as they were popular. There was always something newer and better to draw the attention of gamers. Time was a-wastin', always.\n🎮\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-06 11:03:59 +0200", "date": "11:03 p.m. on Jan 6, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/06/i-found-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F06%2Fi-found-this.html" }, { "id": 444, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Luckily, the SPEEDLINK SL-650212 BKRD Competition EXTRA Joystick I bought off Dutch Amazon works with VICE C64 on my Raspberry Pi-400 computer. I read a review somewhere that it did, but reviews can be wrong, high ratings bought by the manufacturer. So I took a chance and it paid off 🎮\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-05 19:59:28 +0200", "date": "7:59 p.m. on Jan 5, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/05/luckily-the-speedlink.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F05%2Fluckily-the-speedlink.html" }, { "id": 445, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I would prefer owning a Mac, but I simply can’t rationalize the \u0026ldquo;Apple tax.\u0026rdquo; I used to be Mac or Die. A computer is more like a way to access the Internet nowadays, anyway 👨‍💻👾\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-05 16:35:55 +0200", "date": "4:35 p.m. on Jan 5, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/05/i-would-prefer.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F05%2Fi-would-prefer.html" }, { "id": 446, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It\u0026rsquo;s all very technical, this Commodore 64 multicolor mode. I made a special 2x1 grid in my iPad pixel editor to help me, but still I need to check in an actual multicolor editor if I made a mistake. Anyway, I\u0026rsquo;m improving as a C64 pixel artist, and that\u0026rsquo;s very cool 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-05 11:20:12 +0200", "date": "11:20 p.m. on Jan 5, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/05/its-all-very.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F05%2Fits-all-very.html" }, { "id": 447, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Since I took the picture myself, I can copy it, I guess.\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-05 00:04:34 +0200", "date": "12:04 p.m. on Jan 5, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/04/since-i-took.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F04%2Fsince-i-took.html" }, { "id": 448, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Creating something colorful that can be displayed on a Commodore 64 by loading and running a file involved a lot of (impossible to automate) creative steps. It took me around 4 hours for this simple drawing of my cat Aziz. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-04 13:11:52 +0200", "date": "1:11 p.m. on Jan 4, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/04/creating-something-colorful.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F04%2Fcreating-something-colorful.html" }, { "id": 449, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I wondered what \u0026ldquo;chord progression\u0026rdquo; was, did a search and found this website by a single person who offers free music theory education. Sweet!\nFor most of these concepts of music theory I had no idea they were a thing, what they meant, nor how they related to each other.\nSo there\u0026rsquo;s another side-project before I can actually understand enough to be able to write my own tracker music.\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-04 08:17:50 +0200", "date": "8:17 p.m. on Jan 4, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/04/i-wondered-what.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F04%2Fi-wondered-what.html" }, { "id": 450, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I found an image editor that is able to draw Commodore 64 multicolor images. It can load PNG images, so I could draw on my iPad and color in this Java app on my Raspberry Pi-400. Yay!\nI\u0026rsquo;m still learning, though. Also found a SID tracker to compose music on the C64, and my musical knowledge is meh.\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-03 18:46:18 +0200", "date": "6:46 p.m. on Jan 3, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/03/i-found-an.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F03%2Fi-found-an.html" }, { "id": 451, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Some kind of drawing, not quite pixel art, not quite traditional art. Yeah, limited time to draw today…\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-02 18:22:21 +0200", "date": "6:22 p.m. on Jan 2, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/02/some-kind-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F02%2Fsome-kind-of.html" }, { "id": 452, "type": "post", "title": "Basic music theory—the musical interval", "text": "Realizing how little to nothing I know about music theory, I started watching videos on the subject recommended to me by YouTube. Apart from that those videos aren\u0026rsquo;t really vetted, I don\u0026rsquo;t know how useful those are, even if they\u0026rsquo;re accurate. So there\u0026rsquo;s my caveat to you, the reader.\nToday I researched the musical interval, i.e. the ratio in frequency value between musical notes.\nIn Why Does Music Only Use 12 Different Notes? presenter David Bennett explains how musical notes work in popular and classical music, which most of us listen to on a daily basis.\nThere are the following 12 notes (semitones) in an octave (using letters, while in some countries other notations are used, like do-re-mi):\n C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B When a note has a frequency twice as high as another note, the distance (interval) between them is called an octave. Playing two notes an octave apart sounds pleasing (consonant) to our human ears.\nInside an octave there are 12 notes. Playing two of those notes together gives a certain mood (how humans perceive the combination of notes, pleasing or less pleasing). The first of those 12 notes is called the root. Playing the root and the same note an octave higher gives us the most consonant combination of notes.\nOn a scale from most consonant to most dissonant, there are twelve musical intervals (between brackets is the frequency ratio between both notes in the interval). The intervals numbered 1 - 7 in this list are considered consonant in Western music, 8 and higher dissonant.\n Octave, aka 8ve, (2:1) Perfect 5th, aka P5 (3:2) Perfect 4th, aka P4 (4:3) Major 3rd, aka M3 (5:4) minor 6th, aka m6 (8:5) minor 3rd, aka m3 (6:5) Major 6th, aka M6 (5:3) Major 2nd, aka M2 (9:8) minor 7th, aka m7 (9:5) minor 2nd, aka m2 (16:15) Major 7th, aka M7 (15:8) Tritone (7:5) Below that, sounding even less pleasant, there are quarter-tones, and even further divided intervals, that sound even more unpleasant.\nOrdered on frequency (how they appear on a piano keyboard, using both white and black keys):\n\r[root] [m2] [M2] [m3] [M3] [P4] [Tritone] [P5] [m6] [M6] [m7] [M7] [8ve]\r\rWith 12 notes in an octave we have a limited set of frequencies. It is a practical compromise, really, limited to only the most useful musical intervals, excluding others. However, this compromise is still not enough. With the ratios mentioned above, we can only play in a fixed key (root note). If we want to transpose a piece of music to a different key with the ratios kept intact, the musical intervals sound all weird. This is because this theoretical just intonation doesn\u0026rsquo;t allow for transposition. To fix it, so we can play in any key we want, the intervals must be changed. This slight alterations in musical intervals is called temperament (tempering the intervals so music can be played in arbitrary keys, not just one single key).\nThere have been several temperaments over the millenia and ages. The system we use today is called 12 Tone Equal Temperament. Each semitone is a factor of the 12th root of two higher than the previous semitone.\nHere are the tempered values of the intervals. They are very close to their just intonation, between brackets:\n m2 1.0595 (1.0667) M2 1.1225 (1.1250) m3 1.2892 (1.2000) M3 1.2599 (1.2500) P4 1.3348 (1.3333) Tritone 1.4142 (1.4000) P5 1.4983 (1.5000) m6 1.5874 (1.6000) M6 1.6818 (1.6667) m7 1.7818 (1,8000) M7 1.8877 (1.8750) 8ve 2.0000 (2.0000) Except for the octave, these intervals are slightly out of tune compared to the ideal, but not enough to be noticeable, especially the perfect 4th and 5th are extremely close in value to a just intonation. Using this temperament musicians can play in any key without the music sounding strange. Anyway, the music most of us listen to (Western music) has been already in 12 tone equal temperament for hundreds of years. Most of us (including myself) probably don\u0026rsquo;t know any better.\nIt\u0026rsquo;s a small, yet important part of music theory.\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-02 16:19:41 +0200", "date": "4:19 p.m. on Jan 2, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/02/basic-music-theorythe.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F02%2Fbasic-music-theorythe.html" }, { "id": 453, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I realized I needed four extra characters to be able to create lines that are 4 pixels wide. In the 6-pixel wide versions I already had them ($59 - $5B), rounding corners. So I added them to my existing modified character set, at $75 - $78.\nTools: PETSCII editor, VICE.\n👨‍💻 day 2/366 days of coding\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-02 09:48:53 +0200", "date": "9:48 p.m. on Jan 2, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/02/i-realized-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F02%2Fi-realized-i.html" }, { "id": 454, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It\u0026rsquo;s day one of a year long self-challenge to code a video game for the Commodore 64. It won\u0026rsquo;t be all spent behind a keyboard and monitor. There\u0026rsquo;s a lot of study ahead, reading books and articles, playing retro-games, etc. Also making pixel art and chiptunes. It\u0026rsquo;ll be a blast 🥳 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-01 12:53:10 +0200", "date": "12:53 p.m. on Jan 1, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2024/01/01/its-day-one.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2024%2F01%2F01%2Fits-day-one.html" }, { "id": 455, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My retro-computer∗ powered best wishes from the Netherlands!\nMay all your best wishes for 2024 come true.\n👨‍💻\n∗ (V.I.C.E. actually, and a little after effect with my iPad)\n", "dateiso": "2024-01-01 00:59:00 +0200", "date": "12:59 p.m. on Jan 1, 2024", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/31/my-retrocomputer-powered.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F31%2Fmy-retrocomputer-powered.html" }, { "id": 456, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Took some effort, yet I have my character set of programmable characters to draw a design I\u0026rsquo;ve been working on lately. I wrote a Basic loader, which when run puts the character set in memory, so I can be used. Still lots to do, though. I\u0026rsquo;ll write a longer piece about it in the New Year. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-31 13:44:26 +0200", "date": "1:44 p.m. on Dec 31, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/31/took-some-effort.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F31%2Ftook-some-effort.html" }, { "id": 457, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Second (partial) attempt at a a 2-color bitmap image on a C64 as a collection of characters (8-by-8 pixels tiles, still only 39). This is very laborious—if done by hand. I had to change the original rather drastically, and reuse tiles with care. There\u0026rsquo;s still a good resemblance, of course. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-30 11:21:14 +0200", "date": "11:21 p.m. on Dec 30, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/30/second-partial-attempt.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F30%2Fsecond-partial-attempt.html" }, { "id": 458, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I wonder if it\u0026rsquo;s possible to render this as 8 by 8 tiles, and if so, how to do it. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-29 17:23:48 +0200", "date": "5:23 p.m. on Dec 29, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/29/i-wonder-if.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F29%2Fi-wonder-if.html" }, { "id": 459, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "As expected, Apple Journal didn’t click with me. It seems I’m not a journaler, and started to get annoyed by the similar suggestions. So, no DayOne subscription for me either.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-28 21:32:10 +0200", "date": "9:32 p.m. on Dec 28, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/28/as-expected-apple.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F28%2Fas-expected-apple.html" }, { "id": 460, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I made start with software sprites using programmable characters on a Commodore 64. For now, there are just programmable characters; there\u0026rsquo;s no background, nor a software sprite that should move over the background in one of the 1000 possible positions on a 25 rows by 40 columns text screen.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-28 19:13:24 +0200", "date": "7:13 p.m. on Dec 28, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/28/i-made-start.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F28%2Fi-made-start.html" }, { "id": 461, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I drew something loosely based on a picture I took of my sister on Christmas day while we visited the royal palace Het Loo in the east of the Netherlands (I live in the west).\nHere\u0026rsquo;s the process video in ibisPaint X (90 minutes drawing time).\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-27 18:42:47 +0200", "date": "6:42 p.m. on Dec 27, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/27/i-drew-something.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F27%2Fi-drew-something.html" }, { "id": 462, "type": "post", "title": "How to draw software sprites", "text": "While in the previous article I was only philosophizing, in this one, I\u0026rsquo;m getting somewhat less theoretical. It\u0026rsquo;s still a ways away from having working code, though.\nI found an answer on the Retrocomputing Stackexchange site, explaining how software sprites \u0026ldquo;work\u0026rdquo;. In my own words:\nSprites are rectangles of image data that are put in video memory, so the video processor can display them on a video screen. Sprites always need one of the colors to be transparent (invisible). In a two-color display that usually is black (0), while the visible color is non-black (1). The invisible color could be considered the background color, the visible color the foreground color. However, with a background drawn on screen, things can get confusing.\nTo enable mixing of sprite images with the background image, for every sprite image there should be a mask to punch a whole into the background. The mask contains 0s where the sprite image is visible; 1s where the sprite image is transparent. It makes sense to precompute mask data for efficiency.\nSprite data is drawn on top of image data. First, the background is masked out where the sprite will appear, resulting in a \u0026ldquo;hole\u0026rdquo; in the background. Second, this hole is filled with sprite data. Of course, if the sprite was moved, the original background image of that previous location should be restored too.\nOn older PCs (read: in certain display modes) colors are planar, which means that each color is stored in its own block of memory, instead of combined into a single memory block (one or more bytes of color information per pixel). Each color plane has to be processed first by punching a hole with the same mask and then filling the hole with sprite image data, specific for that color.\nThe (generic) algorithm for drawing sprites is as follows:\n erase the previous position, if any, by copying the original background at the previous location establish the address of the rectangle in video memory where the sprite should appear apply AND with the mask on this rectangle to \u0026ldquo;cut\u0026rdquo; data behind the mask; now there is a hole in the background where the mask is apply OR with the sprite image data to insert it into the background image; OR will only draw inside the cut mask On the C64, things are quite different if bitmap graphics is to be ignored (too slow in most cases). In two-color (monochrome) character display, there are 1000 character positions (25 lines of 40 characters). The characters can be programmed by changing their image data (8 rows of 8 columns of pixels). In character generator memory, blocks of 8 bytes (8 by 8 pixels) are stored for each of the 256 characters that are in a character set. To display a character, its code is stored in screen memory, depending on the character\u0026rsquo;s location (column and row) on the video screen.\nLet\u0026rsquo;s imagine a single 8 by 8 character (organized as 8 rows of 8 bits, 64 bits in total). Since the characters don\u0026rsquo;t represent text, but rather images, it\u0026rsquo;s probably better to refer to them with the more generic term \u0026ldquo;glyph\u0026rdquo;. A glyph can be a character, but also an image, e.g. a sprite.\nTo remove a sprite from the previous position, the previous glyph code that represented the background in that position is put back in screen memory. The background glyph code should be stored somewhere separately if it isn\u0026rsquo;t possible to determine that code from its position alone.\nTo put a sprite in its new position, some bit manipulation has to be done, combining the original image data of the background glyph with that of the sprite and store the result into image data for the glyph that displays a sprite-on-background.\nThe data structure that contains a sprite could look something like this:\n memory address in screen memory (2 bytes) background glyph code (1 byte) sprite-on-background glyph code (1 byte) sprite image data (8 bytes) sprite mask image data (8 bytes) That is 20 bytes in total for displaying a single 8 by 8 square of pixels. That could be 8 bytes less if the sprite mask image data is computed on the fly.\nFrom the steps above in the general case, the C64-specific steps would look like as follows:\n if the sprite was already being displayed, write the background glyph code into the memory address in screen memory calculate the current memory address in screen memory, based on the given sprite location store the glyph code in the memory address in screen memory in the background glyph code AND every of the 8 bytes of mask data with the corresponding bytes of background image data, as determined by the background glyph code and store the result in the 8 bytes of image data for the glyph that displays sprite-on-background OR every of the 8 bytes of sprite image data with the corresponding 8 bytes of the sprite-on-background image; store the result back into the sprite-on-background image write the sprite-on-background glyph into the current memory address in screen memory That is a lot of overhead and storage space for sprite the size of a single character of text. If the sprite needs to be able to be moved left and right, up and down, with the resolution of a single pixel, things can get even more complicated and require even more resources (instruction cycles and storage space). It\u0026rsquo;s doubtful if this kind of accurate positioning is sensible, if one could use hardware sprites for pixel-wise movement instead.\nI\u0026rsquo;m curious how this could be coded, and then recoded for efficiency (storage-wise and/or instruction-cycle-wise). I\u0026rsquo;m sure it depends on what is needed for the game.\nTo make it more interesting for video games, one would like to introduce colors, like in multi-color character mode, and bigger sprites. I might not get to this, because monochrome character mode seems daunting enough for me.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-27 10:28:04 +0200", "date": "10:28 p.m. on Dec 27, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/27/how-to-draw.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F27%2Fhow-to-draw.html" }, { "id": 463, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Visited Palace Het Loo yesterday. Just in case, I reminded myself of the Sphinx riddle here. I didn\u0026rsquo;t take much pictures of this former royal residence, now museum, because I was after good impressions, not documentation. I was sightseeing, after all. Made me a little more pro house of Orange. 🇳🇱\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-26 06:47:55 +0200", "date": "6:47 p.m. on Dec 26, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/26/visited-palace-het.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F26%2Fvisited-palace-het.html" }, { "id": 464, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My iPad is having issues. I already have powered down and up again twice this week because of lack of responsiveness. I suppose it could be that the CPU is being slowed down to compensate for an elderly battery, or whatever goes on in the proprietary iPadOS from Apple 🤷‍♂️ Who knows, who knows…\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-24 17:35:36 +0200", "date": "5:35 p.m. on Dec 24, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/24/my-ipad-is.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F24%2Fmy-ipad-is.html" }, { "id": 465, "type": "post", "title": "Philosophizing about software sprites", "text": "While reading through some articles about hardware sprites, sometimes called movable object blocks (MOBs), I realized that the C64 is probably too slow to move software driven sprites. In 1/60 s at ± 1.02 Mhz there are 17000 instruction cycles for an interrupt, or (17000 / 4 =) 4250 average instructions per interrupt cycle.\nA typical copy operation is with zero page indexed addressing in a loop requires 14 instruction cycles per copied byte. Add to this a bit shift in a buffer (add another 4 cycles), and an area of 32 by 23 pixels to hold a 24 by 21 pixel MOB, then a back of the envelope calculation gives us (4 x 23 x 18 =) 1656 instruction cycles per pixel shifting MOB, at 60 fps. With nothing else to do, that would give us (17000 / 1656 =) 10 MOBs at most.\nIf the Kernal is supposed to do something, like being able to run Basic, then it\u0026rsquo;s probably feasible to maintain 3 MOBs at most.\nAnother calculation. What if one wanted to fill a whole screen, all 1000 bytes at 14 instruction cycles per byte? With the interrupt disabled, that would make a refresh cycle possible of at most 1/7th of a second, which is clearly noticeable. It makes sense in that case to use a frame buffer, and switch buffers after a buffer has been updated. This would enable slowly animating backgrounds, in other words, choppy animation, which could be interesting in some cases. There wouldn\u0026rsquo;t be any redrawing of the screen, breaking suspension of disbelief in most players.\nOf course, it\u0026rsquo;s possible to rewrite only a part of the buffer, so the frame rate can be increased. Using the estimated 3 MOBs per 1/60 s. That is ((4 MOBs of 23 rows of 4 bytes) / (40 bytes per line) =) 9 lines per 1/60 s, or around (9 / 25 ≈) ⅓ of the screen which can be believably animated using a frame buffer. This needn\u0026rsquo;t be a contiguous areas. Disparate parts of the screen could be animated, at some instruction cycle cost to update zero page pointers to new values.\nI should emphasize, this is all theoretical (philosophical?) and for 2-color MOBs. With multi-colored MOBs more bytes need to be updated, reducing the frame rate by at least 50 percent. The \u0026ldquo;claims\u0026rdquo; above have to be proven by code first.\nIt was fun dreaming about such an endeavor, and see what the possible limits would be. For snappy code, one should really disable the Kernal interrupt routine, and use one\u0026rsquo;s own instead. I suppose this is why most video games require a reset to return to Basic. If Basic has to coexist, it will limit what kind of games can be played. Fast moving action-based games are probably not among those. In that case, you\u0026rsquo;re probably already committed to using hardware sprites.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-24 11:38:12 +0200", "date": "11:38 p.m. on Dec 24, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/24/philosophizing-about-software.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F24%2Fphilosophizing-about-software.html" }, { "id": 466, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I have a very unoptimized way to fill a rectangle on a C64 video screen with characters, as in a MOB (movable object) instead of a hardware sprite. It\u0026rsquo;s around 25 times faster than using Basic, and has \u0026ldquo;frame rate\u0026rdquo; of around 12 fps on a 50 Hz monitor. I\u0026rsquo;m sure it can be much faster. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-23 20:59:53 +0200", "date": "8:59 p.m. on Dec 23, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/23/i-have-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F23%2Fi-have-a.html" }, { "id": 467, "type": "post", "title": "POKEing to the Commodore 64 screen", "text": "I was looking through the Commodore 64 Programmer\u0026rsquo;s Reference Guide, in the chapter about graphics, how I could POKE screen codes to the screen, so to speak, in 6502 assembly. Here is what I came up with.\nFirst of all, what do I mean with \u0026ldquo;POKE\u0026rdquo; and \u0026ldquo;screen codes\u0026rdquo;?\nPOKE is a CBM Basic 2.0 command, also available on many Microsoft Basic variants on 1980\u0026rsquo;s and 1990\u0026rsquo;s home computers. It allowed the programmer to place a value anywhere in the 64 Kb of memory addressing space available to the Central Processing Unit (CPU, which is the 6510, a variant of the 6502). Since the screen in the default configuration is located at memory addresses 1024 to 2023, one could put a value A into column C and row R as follows:\n POKE 1024 + 40*R + C, A where:\n 0 \u0026lt;= R \u0026lt;= 24 0 \u0026lt;= C \u0026lt;= 39 0 \u0026lt;= A \u0026lt;= 255 This is all well and good, but it seems rather slow, even if we invoked these commands in 6502 machine code. I\u0026rsquo;ll come to that later.\nScreen codes are Commodore specific values, which are used internally to represent characters. There is a direct correlation between a screen code an its position in the character ROM. The codes are different than the codes used for printing (which codes are collectively called PETSCII, Commodore\u0026rsquo;s own version of ASCII). For instance the letter \u0026lsquo;A\u0026rsquo; is the value 1 in screen code and 65 in PETSCII.\nWhy do I even want to POKE screen codes to the screen, if the same can be done using PETSCII and printing? Well, I want to put blocks of screen codes onto screen, using a self-defined character set, to use for a video game. In that case the Basic commands and even the routines in the underlying operating system (Kernal) are just too slow. I need custom routines to put screencodes onto screen.\nSo I started to explore what is needed.\nIt seems the video chip, the VIC II, can only \u0026ldquo;see\u0026rdquo; a quarter of the 64 Kb of addressing space, i.e. 16 Kb, in four banks:\n bank 0, $0000 - $3FFF (default) bank 1, $4000 - $7FFF bank 2, $8000 - $BFFF bank 3, $C000 - $FFFF This is controlled through bits 0 and 1 of data register A (DRA) of the Complex Interface Adapter (CIA) chip. There are four possible values:\n %11 VIC II bank 0 (default) %10 VIC II bank 1 %01 VIC II bank 2 %00 VIC II bank 3 So bits 0 and 1 have to be inverted to get the binary value of the VIC II bank. Furthermore, in order to read data register A, their bits have to be set to zero selectively in the data direction register (DDRA) for data register A. All the other bits of DDRA have to left alone.\nWithin the 16 Kb available at one time to the VIC II, there are 16 possible relative locations of screen memory (25 lines of 40 characters, or 1000 bytes):\n $0000 - $03E7 $0400 - $07E7 (default) $0800 - $0BE7 $0C00 - $0FE7 $1000 - $13E7 $1400 - $17E7 $1800 - $1BE7 $1C00 - $1FE7 $2000 - $23E7 $2400 - $27E7 $2800 - $2BE7 $2C00 - $2FE7 $3000 - $33E7 $3400 - $37E7 $3800 - $3BE7 $3C00 - $3FE7 The relative base address of screen memory is controlled by the lower 4 bits of register 24 of the VIC II. Again, only these bits should be manipulated, while the upper 4 bits should not be changed for selecting the screen location. Of course, I am only reading the bits, so I\u0026rsquo;m safe in that regard.\nThe Kernal has (half) a pointer to the full address of the beginning of screen memory, the high-byte. This pointer is stored in location 648 ($288). I can either use that, or calculate it myself.\n $288 (648): high-byte of pointer to the base of screen memory Of course, if I would relocate the screen, I would have to change this pointer in my code, so there\u0026rsquo;s value in knowing how to calculate this high-byte, even if it isn\u0026rsquo;t needed if I don\u0026rsquo;t change the screen location in memory. I could just as well use the value in $288.\nI calculated the high-byte of this pointer as follows:\n ; some addresses defined vicmemptr eqm $d018 ; VIC II memory pointer register cia2rega eqm $dd00 ; CIA 2 register A cia2ddra eqm $dd02 ; CIA 2 data direction register A ; determine location of screen memory ; returns .A hi byte of base address of screen memory ; modifies .A, flags screenbas: ; determine the VIC II base address lda cia2ddra ; set and #%11111100 ; bits 0, 1 sta cia2ddra ; of reg A to \"read\" lda cia2rega ; read reg A and #%00000011 ; only bits 0, 1 eor #%00000011 ; invert bits 0, 1 lsr ; optimization - shift into bits 6, 7 ror ; in effect, multiply by 2^6 sta screenb1+1 ; self-mod code ; determine location of screen memory inside the 16 Kb VIC II bank lda vicmemptr ; get and #%11110000 ; upper 4 bits lsr ror ; make it hi byte * 2^2 ; add base address of VIC II to relative base address of screen memory clc screenb1: adc #$ff ; self-modded rts I hope you didn\u0026rsquo;t mind my code self-modification trick, but it does work in RAM. In ROM one would do it differently, naturally.\nNow I know where the screen is located in memory, how can I put a screen code into a particular column and row? There are 40 columns and 25 rows, numbered from 0 to 39, and to 25, respectively. This means the memory location, based on column and row value can be calculated as follows:\n screen base + column * 40 + row I\u0026rsquo;ll use indirect indexing to point to this address, where the .Y register serves as the index:\n sta (putadr),y ; store it in the yth column where putadr holds the address of the first row of the column on screen. The .Y register then accesses the Y-th column in the instruction above. It makes sense to store the column value in the .Y register (the same as the Kernal does).\nAdding address values is pretty straight forward, but how to calculate times forty?\nRemember that the 6502 has a shift left instruction, which is equivalent to multiplying by two. So, with some shifting and adding it is possible to get to times forty quicker than doing it traditionally (multiply two 8-bit values into a 16-bit value):\n value * 40 = ( value + (value * 2^2) ) * 2^3 That is 5 left shifts and 2 additions. However, while five times a column value still fits into a single byte, multiplying it by 8 doesn\u0026rsquo;t fit in that single byte anymore. At that point two bytes are needed.\nHere is the code:\n ; put screen code onto screen ; parameters: ; .A screen code ; .Y screen column, between 0 and 39 ; .X screen row, between 0 and 24 ; returns: ; carry flag set means an error occurred ; all registers are affected ; bits 0, 1 of DDRA of CIA 2 ($DD02) are set to zero (read) ; zero page $02, $03 are used putadr: eqm $02 ; 2-byte screen address putonscn: cpy #40 ; column = 40 ? bcs putexit ; yes, then exit w/ error cpx #25 ; row = 25 ? bcs putexit ; yes, then exit w/ error pha ; save for later stx putadr ; initialyze screen address txa ; transfer row to .A asl asl ; row * 2^2 adc putadr ; row * 2^2 + row sta putadr ldx # 0 ; zero hi byte stx putadr+1 ; of screen address asl rol putadr+1 asl rol putadr+1 asl rol putadr+1 sta putadr ; (row * 5) * 2^3 jsr screenbas ; add hi byte of screen base address adc putadr+1 sta putadr+1 ; baseadr + (row * 40) pla ; get screen code back sta (putadr),y ; store it in the yth column clc ; no errors putexit rts To check if this code actually works I added a combination of assembly and Basic language, so it could run from the Basic prompt on the Commodore 64 with the RUN command.\nIt working made me a happy coder.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-23 09:31:52 +0200", "date": "9:31 p.m. on Dec 23, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/23/pokeing-to-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F23%2Fpokeing-to-the.html" }, { "id": 468, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "On the C64, using the Kernal, you can set the cursor position (one routine) and then print a character (another routine). I wanted a single routine to put a screen code onto the screen, at a particular colomn and row, wherever the screen was located in memory. So I wrote it, and it works, yay! 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-22 23:01:55 +0200", "date": "11:01 p.m. on Dec 22, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/22/on-the-c.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F22%2Fon-the-c.html" }, { "id": 469, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I installed droid64, a Java application to manipulate Commodore disk images and copy files between your host OS and a disk image (e.g. a file with a D64 extension). I needed it to be able to play new games. I also put a SPEEDLINK SL-650212-BKRD Competition PRO USB joystick on my Amazon wish list 🎮\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-21 14:16:29 +0200", "date": "2:16 p.m. on Dec 21, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/21/i-installed-droid.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F21%2Fi-installed-droid.html" }, { "id": 470, "type": "post", "title": "Challenge the challenger (or: a little help wanted here)", "text": "It is said, by some, that there\u0026rsquo;s nothing magical about January 1. So resolutions seem rather nonsensical, at least, putting a start date on something. Just start, which is what I just did, by writing and publishing this blog post. And, I warn you in advance, I will ramble and meander through my \u0026ldquo;ideascape\u0026rdquo; (if that\u0026rsquo;s even a word—it now is).\nAs announced in my previous post, and I\u0026rsquo;m still calling it that, my self-challenge is called 366 Days of Coding. The year 2024 will become the year that I finally produced a video game. I\u0026rsquo;ve tried many times before, but was held back by lack of confidence, mostly. I\u0026rsquo;ve worked on that in 2023, and my improved mental hygiene should give me the protection against self-doubt I need.\nNow how is this going to work, what will be my general overarching workflow? Well, I don\u0026rsquo;t know… I\u0026rsquo;ve never been much of a planner. I always let deadlines pass by, and brushed it off as proof that I\u0026rsquo;m worthless, because, well, see! That\u0026rsquo;s no way to live. First of all, seeing how long indie games are in beta, testing and debugging seems a rather important part of software development. Also, it\u0026rsquo;s good to have a second opinion to rely on, which means beta-testers. However, on my first try I\u0026rsquo;ll have to do most of that myself, since I lack any reputation to call for outside help, and actually receive help.\nI can imagine it\u0026rsquo;s like writing one\u0026rsquo;s first novel. It takes such a long time, because a lot has to be learned, especially accepting outside help from a closed reader group, who give positive feedback on one\u0026rsquo;s writing. In that first attempt, as a new writer, I guess most figure that out for themselves, perhaps by using a partner or close friends as \u0026ldquo;guinea pigs\u0026rdquo;, or whatever is available to them. Purposefully looking for a group of dedicated beta-readers, often means one has been oneself first. I suppose being an avid reader is a prerequisite for becoming a writer, why else would one even want to write a book? In fact, helping a writer out with positive critique may give the critic ideas on how to become a writer themselve. From that perspepctive, gathering a group of beta-readers seems to me like paying something forward, from the writer\u0026rsquo;s point of view.\nHowever, there are many more readers of books than there are players of retro-games. It\u0026rsquo;s a self-selecting group of mostly older people with nostalgia, and younger people who can identify with the old times, as an esthetic. They will be opinionated, perhaps even rude, since they are far off the beaten path, into a barren land (space-time, actually) that once was great and thriving, and only is accessible through personal memory and documentation (books, magazines, videos, etc.). On the other hand, retro-gaming is having a revival, as all things eighties of the previous century. Things in the current news are rather grim, and there is certainly a hunkering for the good old days, even in those who never lived through those.\nSo, however I will go about things, testers are an essential part of software development. After all, a video game, like a book, is to be experienced by others than the author/creator. It makes sense to accept input by those others, not what or how to make something, but how they experienced what you made. Still, there are always those who think they know better than you, and offer how-to tips. They might know better, but you are the person making, on your terms, schedule and responsibility. Whatever you make, it is always a compromise between what you aim at (aim as high as you can), how much time you have (besides daily chores, work, etc.), and what you can put up with and still enjoy it (mostly).\nIf you have no idea of the final product, don\u0026rsquo;t have the time, and don\u0026rsquo;t like the process, this is not for you.\nI have some ideas what to make, so many, that I need to pick one. My first task, then, is to explore the world of indie gaming on retro computers, briefly (!), and see what I like and don\u0026rsquo;t like. There are no original ideas—well so few that they don\u0026rsquo;t stand out—but there are original spins on existing ideas. With a shortlist of ideas I can think about what my take would be. This will lead to an opinionated product, some will like, others won\u0026rsquo;t. That is a good thing, since you don\u0026rsquo;t want a bland product no one hates, but also no one prefers. You can\u0026rsquo;t please everyone. Heck, it\u0026rsquo;s hard to please anyone nowadays, with the world being as polarized as it currently is.\nAfter having a list of possible ideas, it\u0026rsquo;s time to prototype, and see what appeals to me. This is often done on paper or in a design document, rough, yet playable, if you do the mechanics of the game yourself. In the final game this is all automated, but in this rough stage, you are the driver, leaving room to change mechanics on the fly.\nNow comes the hard part, picking and committing. You can always go back and pick something else once you hit a dead end, but that shouldn\u0026rsquo;t be par for the course.\nWhat comes after that is still blurry to me, because I\u0026rsquo;ve never done something like this before. I\u0026rsquo;m sure to keep you posted once I discover the intricacies of game development, at least, how I perceive those. This is an experiment of one. You shouldn\u0026rsquo;t copy someone else\u0026rsquo;s workflow, but, instead, learn from it, to improve yours. This doubly applies to a newbie like myself, looking at how other, more seasoned developers go about things.\nIt will be educational. Of that I\u0026rsquo;m sure.\nThanks for sticking with it until the end of this thought piece. I\u0026rsquo;m sure I got most things (slightly) wrong. Please feel free to comment and enlighten me with your bright ideas, maybe suggest (parts of) how to do what I\u0026rsquo;m planning to do. I\u0026rsquo;m sure I will learn something from it, and, reciprocally, by formulating your ideas in clear words, you might as well.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-21 09:44:53 +0200", "date": "9:44 p.m. on Dec 21, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/21/challenge-the-challenger.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F21%2Fchallenge-the-challenger.html" }, { "id": 471, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I redid the random maze program in assembly language. If you load and RUN the program, it displays the maze, waits for the user to press a key, then clears the screen and returns to the BASIC prompt. It\u0026rsquo;s simple, but it made me proud nonetheless that it actually works.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-20 15:54:03 +0200", "date": "3:54 p.m. on Dec 20, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/20/i-redid-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F20%2Fi-redid-the.html" }, { "id": 472, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Two very eager feline buddies 🥰\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-20 13:24:26 +0200", "date": "1:24 p.m. on Dec 20, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/20/two-very-eager.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F20%2Ftwo-very-eager.html" }, { "id": 473, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I have found a better way to assemble 6502 code than Virtual 6502 Assembler. I installed DASM from the official Pi OS repository on my Raspberry Pi-400, rewrote the KickAss source code, and assembled that into a BASIC loader program. Took long, because of differing assembler directives, and a nasty typo 🤬\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-20 10:46:54 +0200", "date": "10:46 p.m. on Dec 20, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/20/i-have-found.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F20%2Fi-have-found.html" }, { "id": 474, "type": "post", "title": "Getting a foothold into 6502 machine language, bonus part", "text": "The file I assembled and downloaded as a .PRG file, using the Virtual 6502 Assembler, I smart attached in the V.I.C.E. C128 emulator. I then attached an empty .D64 disk file, and used Basic 7.0 to save memory location $C000 to $C12F to a binary file, called \u0026ldquo;usrfunc04.c000\u0026rdquo;. I detached the .D64 file, and closed V.I.C.E. C128. In the C64 emulator I rewrote the previous C64 Basic program so it loads this binary file from disk. It then proceeds to checking of primality of numbers between 0 and 65535. I saved this Basic program to the same disk as the binary file, and copied it as text in the listing below.\n[ part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 ]\nIt was a bit of a hassle, but it all works, and that\u0026rsquo;s what counts here.\n 0 rem testusrf-0-4.bas 1 rem version 6 - test completed usr function 10 on s goto 20,40 20 print \"loading binary file...\":print 30 s=2:load\"usrfunc04.c000\",8,1 40 poke 785,0: poke 786,192:rem usr function at $c000 50 print \"... (tests between 0 and 65535)\":print 60 for n=0 to 65535 70 m = usr(n) 80 print n;\"is \";: if not m then print \"not \"; 90 print \"prime\" 100 print \"any key to continue\" 110 poke 198,0:wait198,1:poke198,0 120 next n ", "dateiso": "2023-12-19 15:29:25 +0200", "date": "3:29 p.m. on Dec 19, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/19/getting-a-foothold.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F19%2Fgetting-a-foothold.html" }, { "id": 475, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I had to search for a particular Commodore 128 command, and found it here, which, BTW, I typed in myself from a book, and corrected many errors in that book. It now is the definitive guide on the web for Commodore 128 retro-computer users. It is anonymous, though, since I haven\u0026rsquo;t written the book.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-19 12:52:49 +0200", "date": "12:52 p.m. on Dec 19, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/19/i-had-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F19%2Fi-had-to.html" }, { "id": 476, "type": "post", "title": "Goal for 2024, making games for the Commodore 64", "text": "In the Commodore 64 Programmer\u0026rsquo;s Reference Guide, published by Commodore Business Machines, Inc. and Howard W. Sams \u0026amp; Co., Inc. in 1982, there is a chapter on programming graphics with history\u0026rsquo;s most popular retro-computer. Graphics are an essential part of computing, and understanding how it works under the hood is essential for the C64, since it has no Basic commands to manipulate graphics. It all has to be done with PEEKs and POKEs.\nI want to use C64 graphics to create a simple game, maybe a few games. There are a few characteristics to a video game:\n introduction screen (typically colored bitmap graphics) while loading the code and assets game area, which has to be somewhat fast, which rules out bitmap graphics, instead what\u0026rsquo;s mostly used is: standard character mode with programmable characters for black and white games multi-color character mode with programmable characters for color games Modes can be mixed, using interrupts when the electron beam isn\u0026rsquo;t displaying anything. Of course, this is an advanced programming technique, and doesn\u0026rsquo;t always render perfectly.\nOn top of that there are hardware sprites, all 8 of them, but those can be multiplied virtually, by moving them lower on the screen after they have been displayed by the VIC-II chip. It all comes down to timing, and, hence, using optimized 6502 machine language. Sprites, since they are moving, can bump into each other, which is only possible doing convincingly using machine code. It seems all very exciting and challenging.\nIf the world of the game is larger than what fits on a video screen, side scrolling can be used. Side scrolling is a video game genre in its own right. There\u0026rsquo;s also free scrolling, where the screen is a window on the game world that can move up, down, left and right.\nSince there is a limited amount of memory in the computer, it makes sense to use repeating patterns to represent the game world. The screen then exists of tiles of the same content, which together represent grass, forest, pavement, etc. It is part of game design.\nThe game logic could be written in Basic, though, since it doesn\u0026rsquo;t have to be so snappy, responding to user input. This also allows users to modify the game, which is a bonus, in my opinion. However, in order for Basic to work, RAM becomes inaccessible while Basic and Kernal ROM is being switched on, to enable Basic to run. There are ways around this, since, while switched away, RAM is still available, can even be written to, just not read from (and not be used while a Basic program runs).\nThe thing is, that the Commodore 64 is a very quirky computer, with many restrictions, that can be worked around, but need special attention from the coder, in other words, creative solutions.\nTo not get bogged down by details, maybe it\u0026rsquo;s more effective to start simple, and only make things more complicated if there\u0026rsquo;s a need for it. It\u0026rsquo;s better to write a minimal viable solution than keep putting off finishing, because it could be \u0026ldquo;so much more awesome.\u0026rdquo; Yes, it would, but will it ever see the light of day? Like real artists, real software developers ship.\nEven games written in Basic can be quite appealing. Sometimes Basic isn\u0026rsquo;t fast enough, and in those cases one can use some machine language to speed things up. Games completely written in 6502 assembly language are often developed on another computer. Nowadays that would be a Mac or Windows computer.\nThe idea that the game player can change things appeals to me. Of course, that needn\u0026rsquo;t be in Basic. There are other programming languages. A popular one nowadays is Lua (free and open source, easy to implement in your own code). However, Basic is already there, so why not use it?\nThis is going to be a long haul, isn\u0026rsquo;t it?\nSince it probably is, it would be such a nice goal for the end of 2024 to have developed and published a game for the Commodore 64, one I feel proud of.\nWho knows, it might even be several games. For now, being realistic, let me stick to promising that I will finish at least one game.\nHowever the gaming dice will roll for me, 2024 will be my \u0026ldquo;266 days of coding.\u0026rdquo; Yep, it\u0026rsquo;s a leap year.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-19 08:54:42 +0200", "date": "8:54 p.m. on Dec 19, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/19/goal-for-making.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F19%2Fgoal-for-making.html" }, { "id": 477, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Oh wow! I went to Github.com on my iPad, clicked on one of my repo\u0026rsquo;s, connected an USB keyboard and pressed the period key \u0026ldquo;.\u0026rdquo; 🤯\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-18 17:25:04 +0200", "date": "5:25 p.m. on Dec 18, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/18/oh-wow-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F18%2Foh-wow-i.html" }, { "id": 478, "type": "post", "title": "Doing the work, needing the tool (read: iPad Air, perhaps?)", "text": "Here\u0026rsquo;s an exercise from the book \u0026ldquo;Programming the 6502\u0026rdquo;, 4th edition, by Rodnay Zaks.\nExercise 1.12: Complete the following additions. Indicate the result, the carry C, the overflow V, and whether the result is correct or not:\n 10111111 (_______) 11000001 (_______) ------------------ ﹢ ________ (_______) V:____ C:____ [ ] CORRECT [ ] ERROR 11111010 (_______) 11111001 (_______) ------------------ ﹢ ________ (_______) V:____ C:____ [ ] CORRECT [ ] ERROR 00010000 (_______) 01000000 (_______) ------------------ ﹢ ________ (_______) V:____ C:____ [ ] CORRECT [ ] ERROR 01111110 (_______) 00101010 (_______) ------------------ ﹢ ________ (_______) V:____ C:____ [ ] CORRECT [ ] ERROR To say that this was easy to transcode in Markdown/HTML would be a grand understatement. My \u0026ldquo;code editor\u0026rdquo;, the Drafts app was fighting me all the way, and, while split view was showing me the PDF of the book in the Documents app, Apple\u0026rsquo;s native Files app was having a grand mal. So much so, that I had to reboot my iPad to get the Files app unjammed (it was completely locked up, unresponsive, frozen). I guess the 9th generation iPad isn\u0026rsquo;t cut out to do any \u0026ldquo;professional\u0026rdquo; work, like code-editing HTML 😅\nI suppose if there was ever a reason to need a more pro version of the iPad, here it is. I guess an iPad Air would do much better, even if it costs twice as much as the \u0026ldquo;primary school iPad\u0026rdquo;—cough—iPad 9th generation.\nI have a Raspberry Pi-400, but it has drawbacks as well, a gleaming one being lack of any good application software. Linux on the desktop is always \u0026ldquo;just a year away\u0026rdquo;, permanently 😉\nI\u0026rsquo;m told 2024 will be \u0026ldquo;the year of the iPad.\u0026rdquo; I\u0026rsquo;m hoping it is, because not only is my current iPad underpowered, its battery also is getting old. You see, I\u0026rsquo;m not using it casually, as a beginner iPad user, but as a full-fledged work computer, so to say. In a school setting it would\u0026rsquo;ve been replaced, no doubt, or, at least, sent to an authorized Apple Service Center for maintenance \u0026amp; repair.\nSo, yay for 2024, may it bring me a nicer iPad.\n🙄 I\u0026rsquo;m such a consumer, totally in the Apple camp of things…\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-18 09:04:33 +0200", "date": "9:04 p.m. on Dec 18, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/18/doing-the-work.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F18%2Fdoing-the-work.html" }, { "id": 479, "type": "post", "title": "Getting a foothold into 6502 machine language, part 5", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ve rewritten the code I developed earlier and extended it into a full-fledged usr machine language routine. However, it needed testing, because of all the rewrites. So I grabbed my copy of Working Copy on my iPad and started Git-versioning both the assembly and the Basic code. It was invaluable for getting the code to work correctly.\n[ part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | bonus ]\nHere are some of the major changes I made:\n the input and output of functions now use the .A, .X and .Y registers the prime function now picks out of a list of all the 54 prime numbers that smaller than 256 a main routine was added that tests the primality of the value put into the usr function in Basic, and returns either a zero (false) or minus one (true) After every part was tested, I ended up with a collection of documents, I\u0026rsquo;ll share next. These are the algorithm, assembly code, and Basic test program (the machine code already loaded in locations $c000, or 49152, and higher). I did away with a machine code loader in data statements, because that became too much of a chore. The point of this whole exercise was to learn something about coding for the Commodore 64, particularly in 6502 assembly language.\nAnd that I have accomplished. It isn\u0026rsquo;t the most efficient 6502 machine language routine, but it does work. And that always makes me happy 😃\n \"algorithm.txt\" main routine:\n convert the real number from Basic into a 16-bit unsigned integer, called \u0026ldquo;testnum\u0026rdquo; set primality flag to \u0026ldquo;false\u0026rdquo; for each of the 54 prime numbers that are less than 256, if (testnum == prime) then set primality flag to \u0026ldquo;true\u0026rdquo;, and go to step 6 set primality flag to \u0026ldquo;true\u0026rdquo; for every next prime, starting with the 0th, if ( (prime * prime) == testnum) then set primality flag to \u0026ldquo;false\u0026rdquo;, and go to step 6 if ( (prime * prime) \u0026gt; testnum ) then go to step 6 if ( (testnum modulo prime) == 0) then set primality flag to \u0026ldquo;false\u0026rdquo;, and go to step 6 convert the primality flag into a real value and return it to Basic prime function:\n pick the n-th element out of a list of 54 primes, where n starts from zero, up to 53 square function:\n start with a zero value for the 16-bit square shift square 8 times to the left, and each time shift the 8-bit number to be squared left into the carry bit if there\u0026rsquo;s a carry, then add the original value of number to square modulo function:\n shift the 16-bit dividend 16 times into the 16-bit remainder, and each time after each shift, test subtract divisor from remainder, and only store in remainder for positive values \"usrfunction-0-4.asm\" ; usrfunction-0-4.asm getadr = $b7f7 givayf = $b391 *= $c000 jsr getadr ; convert real into unsigned int ; in .A \u0026 .Y (hi/lo) sty testnum ; save for later use sta testnum+1 ldx #$00 stx isprime ; assume it is not a prime cpy #$02 ; is testnum less than 2? lda testnum+1 sbc #$00 bcs okay ; testnum = 2 jmp foundit ; no, then output value of isprime okay: ; test if test number is equal to one of the prime numbers ldx #53 stx order ; start with 53th prime loop1: ldx order bmi loop1x ; if testnum? tya sbc testnum+1 bcs foundit ; then exit the loop ldx temp ; prime is divisor lda testnum ; testnum is dividend ldy testnum+1 jsr modulo cmp #$00 ; is remainder zero? bne loop2b ; no, then next prime cpy #$00 bne loop2b ldy #$00 ; yes, then sty isprime ; it is not a prime beq foundit loop2b: inc order ; try next prime clc bcc loop2 ; continue loop foundit: lda isprime ; primality flag is tay ; either $0000 or $ffff jmp givayf ; make it real \u0026 return to Basic testnum: .word $ffff ; container for number to be tested order: .byte $ff ; container for n, as in nth prime isprime: .byte $ff ; container for flag that signals ; primality temp .byte $ff ; temporary storage for prime ; prime ; Finds the nth prime on the number line. ; E.g. prime(0) = 2, prime(1) = 3, etc. ; ; input .X order n ; ; output .X nth prime number ; ; effects on .A, .X, .M, .Z prime: lda primes,x ; load from list of primes tax ; put it in .X rts ; ordered list of all 54 prime numbers less than 256 primes .byte 2, 3, 5, 7, 11 .byte 13, 17, 19, 23, 29 .byte 31, 37, 41, 43, 47 .byte 53, 59, 61, 67, 71 .byte 73, 79, 83, 89, 97 .byte 101, 103, 107, 109, 113 .byte 127, 131, 137, 139, 149 .byte 151, 157, 163, 167, 173 .byte 179, 181, 191, 193, 197 .byte 199, 211, 223, 227, 229 .byte 233, 239, 241, 251 ; square ; Calculates the 16-bit unsigned square of an 8-bit unsigned integer. ; ; input .A number to be squared ; output .A, .Y squared number (lo/hi) ; ; Destroys all registers. number = $61 ; 8-bit value to be squared nsquare = $62 ; 16-bit value of squared number tnumber = $64 ; temporary storage for number square: sta number ; put .A in number lda #$00 ; clear A sta nsquare ; clear square low byte ; (no need to clear the high byte, ; it gets shifted out) lda number ; get number in .A sta tnumber ; save original for later use ldx #$08 ; 8 bits to process sqloop: asl nsquare ; shift square to left rol nsquare+1 ; (i.e. multiply by 2) asl a ; get next highest bit of number bcc sqnoadd ; don't do add if carry is zero tay ; save .A for later use clc lda tnumber ; add original number value adc nsquare ; to square sta nsquare lda #$00 ; add a possible carry adc nsquare+1 ; to the high byte of square sta nsquare+1 tya ; get .A back sqnoadd: dex ; decrement bit counter bne sqloop ; go do next bit lda nsquare ; lo byte of square in .A ldy nsquare+1 ; hi byte of square in .Y rts ; modulo ; Calculate the modulo of an 8-bit number with a 16-bit number. ; ; input .A, .Y dividend ; .X divisor ; ; output .A, .Y remainder ; ; Destroys all registers. num1 = $61 ; 16-bit dividend num2 = $63 ; 8-bit divisor rem = $64 ; 16-bit remainder modulo: sta num1 ; .A lo byte of dividend sty num1+1 ; .Y hi byte of dividend stx num2 ; .X divisor lda #$00 ; clear remainder sta rem sta rem+1 ldx #16 ; do 16 bits modloop: asl num1 ; shift num1 to the left rol num1+1 rol rem ; into remainder rol rem+1 sec lda rem ; do trial subtraction sbc num2 ; with divisor tay lda rem+1 sbc #$00 ; divisor is 8-bit value bcc modnosub ; was there a borrow, ; then skip subtraction sta rem+1 ; save the result sty rem modnosub: dex ; repeat for 16 bits bne modloop lda rem ; lo byte of remainder in .A ldy rem+1 ; hi byte of remainder in .Y rts \"testusrf-0-4.bas\" 0 rem testusrf-0-4.bas 1 rem version 5 - test completed usr function 10 poke 785,0: poke 786,192:rem usr function at $c000 20 input \"number\";n 30 m = usr(n) 40 print n;\"is \";: if not m then print \"not \"; 50 print \"prime\" 60 print \"any key to continue\" 70 poke 198,0:wait198,1:poke198,0 80 goto 20 ", "dateiso": "2023-12-17 18:06:55 +0200", "date": "6:06 p.m. on Dec 17, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/17/getting-a-foothold.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F17%2Fgetting-a-foothold.html" }, { "id": 480, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Fun semi-fact. Cats only meow to humans, not other cats, because they have experienced we humans communicate through sound, and meowing is how that sounds to cats, presumably.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-17 13:22:44 +0200", "date": "1:22 p.m. on Dec 17, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/17/fun-semifact-cats.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F17%2Ffun-semifact-cats.html" }, { "id": 481, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Writing correct code is such a hassle, yet it has to be done to be able to run it, preferably without error in code, nor confusion in user.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-17 10:30:25 +0200", "date": "10:30 p.m. on Dec 17, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/17/writing-correct-code.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F17%2Fwriting-correct-code.html" }, { "id": 482, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Getting the formatting in a source code list right takes a lot of time and effort, if you\u0026rsquo;re doing it by hand. I guess I should just write about writing source code instead of showing it. Yeah, I know, the common saying is \u0026ldquo;show, don\u0026rsquo;t tell\u0026rdquo;, but showing is exhausting. Maybe I need a GitHub account.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-16 15:44:36 +0200", "date": "3:44 p.m. on Dec 16, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/16/getting-the-formatting.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F16%2Fgetting-the-formatting.html" }, { "id": 483, "type": "post", "title": "Getting a foothold into 6502 machine language, part 4", "text": "Yeah, I know, I know. I promised a completed function to test if a number is prime. However, I want to write an article a day, and there\u0026rsquo;s only so much one can code in a day. This time I used code by other programmers, because, you know, I\u0026rsquo;m a novice. I did, however, try to understand the code, so I could rewrite where it was needed.\n[ part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 5 | bonus ]\nAs established in part 3, we need two functions, one to square a number and one to take the modulo between two numbers. These will be the subjects of today\u0026rsquo;s article. I will analyze the original code, rewrite it, and test it with a Basic program, containing a machine code loader in data statements.\nHere we go!\nBinary division and the binary square Suppose we wanted a 16-bit unsigned number to be divided by a non-zero 8-bit number to obtain its quotient and remainder. We are particularly interested in the remainder, since it\u0026rsquo;s the result of the modulo operation dividend mod divisor, and we need it for checking divisibility (true if the remainder of a division is zero, otherwise false).\nOn the website LLX.com about the Apple II, I found an article called Multiplying and Dividing on the 6502, written by Neil Parker. In the section \u0026ldquo;Dividing Arbitrary Numbers\u0026rdquo; it gets interesting for our purposes (modulo).\n We will shift the bits of the dividend, one at a time, into a work area, and then try subtracting the divisor from the work area. If the subtraction succeeded, we replace the work area with the result of the subtraction and record a 1 bit in the quotient. If the subtraction failed, we discard its result and record a 0 bit in the quotient. The process is repeated until all bits of the dividend are used up.\n Here are the steps:\n clear the remainder set the bit counter to 16 shift the dividend to the left into the remainder trial subtract the divisor from the remainder was there a borrow (negative result), then step 8 store the result in remainder increment the dividend (quotient) decrement bit counter if bit counter not zero, then step 3 There are three 16-bit registers, remainder, dividend and divisor. After exiting the routine, the dividend has become the quotient.\n LDA #0 ;Initialize REM to 0 STA REM STA REM+1 LDX #16 ;There are 16 bits in NUM1 L1 ASL NUM1 ;Shift hi bit of NUM1 into REM ROL NUM1+1 ;(vacating the lo bit, which will be used for the quotient) ROL REM ROL REM+1 LDA REM SEC ;Trial subtraction SBC NUM2 TAY LDA REM+1 SBC NUM2+1 BCC L2 ;Did subtraction succeed? STA REM+1 ;If yes, save it STY REM INC NUM1 ;and record a 1 in the quotient L2 DEX BNE L1 Since we aren\u0026rsquo;t interested in the quotient, just the remainder, we can eliminate the INC NUM1 the listing above. The divisor is smaller than 256, so an 8-bit version will do. We still need to go through 16 bits, though. We can set NUM2+1 in Neil\u0026rsquo;s listing above to zero, by replacing SBC NUM2+1 with SBC #$00.\nHere\u0026rsquo;s the new routine, I call \u0026ldquo;modulo\u0026rdquo;. For testing it in basic with a SYS command, I\u0026rsquo;ll use the freely available zero page addresses $FA through $FE to store the values. We start by POKEing the dividend in locations 250 and 251 (lo/hi bytes) and the divisor in location 252. The result will be in locations 253 and 254 (lo/hi bytes).\n ; modulo.asm ; Calculate the modulo of an 8-bit number with a 16-bit number. ; Destroys all registers. num1 = $fa ; 16-bit dividend num2 = $fc ; 8-bit divisor rem = $fd ; 16-bit remainder *=$c000 ; can be called from Basic with SYS 49152 modulo: lda #$00 ; clear remainder sta rem sta rem+1 ldx #16 ; do 16 bits modloop: asl num1 ; shift num1 to the left rol num1+1 rol rem ; into remainder rol rem+1 sec lda rem ; do trial subtraction sbc num2 ; with divisor tay lda rem+1 sbc #$00 ; divisor is 8-bit value bcc modskip ; was there a borrow, then next bit sta rem+1 ; save the result sty rem modskip: dex ; repeat for 16 bits bne modloop rts Here\u0026rsquo;s my test program, called \u0026ldquo;testmod 0.1\u0026rdquo;. It contains the converted hexdump from the Virtual 6502 Assembler after pasting in the above source listing \u0026ldquo;modulo.asm\u0026rdquo;.\n 10 rem testmod 0.1 20 forn=49152to49187:readb:poken,b:next:rem read in machine code 30 data 169,000,133,253,133,254,162,016 31 data 006,250,038,251,038,253,038,254 32 data 165,253,056,229,252,168,165,254 33 data 233,000,144,004,133,254,132,253 34 data 202,208,229,096 40 input \"dividend\";dd 50 input \"divisor\";dv 60 poke 251, int(dd/256):poke 250,dd-256*peek(251): rem poke dividend to memory 70 poke 252,dv:rem poke divisor to memory 80 sys 49152 90 rm=peek(253)+256*peek(254) 100 print \"remainder is\";rm 110 print \"press any key to repeat\" 120 poke 198,0:wait 198,1:poke 198,0:goto 40 Here is some input and output I created in the C64 Basic interpreter of the V.I.C.E. C64 emulator on my Raspberry Pi-400, running Raspberry Pi OS.\n run dividend? 61 divisor? 3 remainder is 1 press any key to repeat dividend? 65535 divisor? 16 remainder is 15 press any key to repeat dividend? 17 divisor? 4 remainder is 1 press any key to repeat break in 120 ready. It seems to work, nice job, me 😊\nThe same article on the site LLX.com mentions how to do multiplication, but what we need is a square function (a number multiplied by itself). So I found another resource on 6502.org, called Square Calculator and was written by by Lee Davison. It deals with signed integers, but we only need unsigned 8-bit integers, so there\u0026rsquo;s probably some rewriting to do, simplifying the code.\nHere\u0026rsquo;s the full listing.\n ; Calculates the 16 bit unsigned integer square of the signed 16 bit integer in ; Numberl/Numberh. The result is always in the range 0 to 65025 and is held in ; Squarel/Squareh ; ; The maximum input range is only +/-255 and no checking is done to ensure that ; this is so. ; ; This routine is useful if you are trying to draw circles as for any circle ; ; x^2+y^2=r^2 where x and y are the co-ordinates of any point on the circle and ; r is the circle radius ; ; Destroys all registers *= 8000 ; these must be in RAM Numberl ; number to square low byte Numberh = Numberl+1 ; number to square high byte .word $FFFF Squarel ; square low byte Squareh = Squarel+1 ; square high byte .word $FFFF Tempsq: ; temp byte for intermediate result .byte $00 *= 8192 ; any address will do Square: LDA #$00 ; clear A STA Squarel ; clear square low byte ; (no need to clear the high byte, it gets ; shifted out) LDA Numberl ; get number low byte LDX Numberh ; get number high byte BPL NoNneg ; if +ve don't negate it ; else do a two's complement EOR #$FF ; invert SEC ; +1 ADC #$00 ; and add it NoNneg: STA Tempsq ; save ABS(number) LDX #$08 ; set bit count Nextr2bit: ASL Squarel ; low byte *2 ROL Squareh ; high byte *2+carry from low ASL A ; shift number byte BCC NoSqadd ; don't do add if C = 0 TAY ; save A CLC ; clear carry for add LDA Tempsq ; get number ADC Squarel ; add number^2 low byte STA Squarel ; save number^2 low byte LDA #$00 ; clear A ADC Squareh ; add number^2 high byte STA Squareh ; save number^2 high byte TYA ; get A back NoSqadd: DEX ; decrement bit count BNE Nextr2bit ; go do next bit RTS I like the coding practices of this author. The source code is easy to read and to the point.\nAfter modifying Lee\u0026rsquo;s excellent source code listing, I came up with this listing, called \u0026ldquo;square.asm\u0026rdquo;. It squares an 8-bit unsigned integer into a 16-bit unsigned integer. Since I wanted to test it in Basic, I used the zero page addresses $FA through $FD, that are unused by the OS.\n ; square.asm ; ; Calculates the 16-bit unsigned square of an 8-bit unsigned integer. ; Destroys all registers. number = $fa ; 8-bit number to be squared squarel = $fb ; 16-bit squared number squareh = squarel+1 tempsq = $fd ; temporary storage of original number *=$c000 ; can be called from Basic with SYS 49152 square: lda #$00 ; clear A sta squarel ; clear square low byte ; (no need to clear the high byte, ; it gets shifted out) lda number ; get number in .A sta tempsq ; save original for later use ldx #$08 ; 8 bits to process sqloop: asl squarel ; shift square to left rol squareh ; (i.e. multiply by 2) asl a ; get next highest bit of number bcc sqnoadd ; don't do add if carry is zero tay ; save .A for later use clc lda tempsq ; add original number value adc squarel ; to square sta squarel lda #$00 ; add a possible carry adc squareh ; to the high byte of square sta squareh tya ; get .A back sqnoadd: dex ; decrement bit counter bne sqloop ; go do next bit rts Again, I assembled the assembly listing into a hexdump, pasting it into the source code field of the Virtual 6502 Assembler. I converted the hexdump into data statements for the following Basic program, called \u0026ldquo;tsquare 0.1\u0026rdquo;.\n 0 rem tsquare 0.1 10 forn=49152to49187:readb:poken,b:next:rem read in machine code 20 data 169,000,133,251,165,250,133,253 21 data 162,008,006,251,038,252,010,144 22 data 015,168,024,165,253,101,251,133 23 data 251,169,000,101,252,133,252,152 24 data 202,208,231,096 30 input \"number\";n 40 poke 250,n 50 sys 49152 60 s = peek(251)+256*peek(252) 70 print \"square is\";s 80 print \"press any key to repeat\" 90 poke 198,0:wait 198,1:poke 198,0:goto 30 Here\u0026rsquo;s some values I tried:\n run number? 2 square is 4 press any key to repeat number? 5 square is 25 press any key to repeat number? 49 square is 2401 press any key to repeat number? 255 square is 65025 press any key to repeat number? 0 square is 0 press any key to repeat break in 90 ready. I love when code works at first attempt. Of course, I had lots of help from people from the past. Still, it\u0026rsquo;s satisfying if things work as they should.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-16 15:19:49 +0200", "date": "3:19 p.m. on Dec 16, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/16/getting-a-foothold.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F16%2Fgetting-a-foothold.html" }, { "id": 484, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Reading through 6502 assembly code listings for my current article on assembly programming on the C64, I can see there\u0026rsquo;s an art to writing clear and easy-to-read code. Some are better at it than others. I suppose I should \u0026ldquo;steal\u0026rdquo; some of those practices (read: make them my own).\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-16 12:46:38 +0200", "date": "12:46 p.m. on Dec 16, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/16/reading-through-assembly.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F16%2Freading-through-assembly.html" }, { "id": 485, "type": "post", "title": "Getting a foothold into 6502 machine language, part 3", "text": "This should get more interesting than the previous two parts. We want a usr function that tests if a number between 0 and 65535, inclusive, is a prime number. We expect an a result of this usr function either a -1 (true) or a 0 (false). I really should split this whole thing into four parts to keep it somewhat manageable (for those who follow along):\n thinking about the problem formulating a rough algorithm in words formulating an assembly language routine testing an confirming if the code is correct [ part 1 | part 2 | part 4 | part 5 | bonus ]\nAs for the assembly language routine, I will limit myself in this part to a generator of possible prime numbers. I can use this generator to test primality of a number that was input through the usr function in Basic. But since I wanted to finish this article in a day, the completed function will have to wait until part 4.\nCoding correctly takes time, after all.\nSome logical reasoning about a prime number sieve algorithm Using the article on Geeks for Geeks on prime numbers, I did some simple logical reasoning to determine an algorithm to find out whether or not a number is prime. We can easily generate prime numbers between 2 and 43, inclusive. This means we can quickly test a number\u0026rsquo;s primality up to the value 1850. After that, we need to use the formula 6 * n ± 1 for values of n larger than 7 thereafter, though not all of those are primes.\n a prime number is a whole number larger than one that is only divisible by one and itself. the number 2 is the only even prime number the number 3 is the lowest odd prime number the number 5 is the one but lowest odd prime number the number 7 is the two but lowest odd prime number, and also the lowest consecutive odd number larger than 1 that is prime any odd number not divisible by either 2, nor 3 is a candidate prime number, meaning any candidate prime number larger than 3 is of the formula:\n… 6 * n - 1, or\n… 6 * n + 1,\n… with n equal to a whole positive number\n… after having tested for the values 2, 3, 5, and 7, n must be a whole number larger than one a non-prime is the product of two primes, and the largest possible product of two primes that is equal to a non-prime is the square of a prime, in other words, if a number isn\u0026rsquo;t divisible by prime numbers that are less than or equal to the square root of that number, that number is prime, in yet other words:\n… when testing a number for divisibility by primes, then highest possible prime number to test for is:\n… p \u0026lt;= sqrt(n), where\n… p is a prime number and n is the number to be tested for primality since 7 is the lowest consecutive odd prime, we can determine the highest value of n that gives a number that is always prime, never a non-prime\n… (6 * n - 1 \u0026lt; 7 * 7) or (6 * n + 1 \u0026lt; 7 * 7),\n… (n \u0026lt; (7 * 7 + 1) / 6) or (n \u0026lt; (7 * 7 - 1) / 6)\n… n \u0026lt; 8 summarizing (some of) the above, primes between 2 and 43 can be determined by being equal to:\n… 2, 3, 5, 7\n… or calculated as:\n… 6 * n - 1, 6 * n + 1 for 1 \u0026lt; n \u0026lt; 8\n… the lowest non-prime that can\u0026rsquo;t be easily determined by using these primes is an odd number larger than the square of 43, which is 1851. An algorithm for testing primality So, up to a value of 1850 we can generate primes to test if a number is prime. For higher numbers we can only generate possible primes, though that isn\u0026rsquo;t a problem, since if a number is divisible by a product of primes, it isn\u0026rsquo;t prime either. It would be nice, though, to have a method to eliminate some of the non-primes to test with. The article on Geeks for Geeks mentions some additional methods to do just that. However, let us first use what is somewhat easy to understand, without a degree in mathematics.\nAs a first approach, using the 6 * n ± 1 formula to generate primes to test with is a solid method. We need a \u0026ldquo;next prime\u0026rdquo; function, where the input value k determines the k-th prime, with k \u0026gt;= 0. For primes up to 43 we can simply test if a number is equal to the output of this function, since every output number is a prime. However, we only have to test for primes which square values are smaller than the number that is being tested.\n clear primality flag (assume it\u0026rsquo;s not a prime) endless loop fetch next prime if number \u0026lt; prime * prime then exit loop if number == prime then set primality flag, exit loop return primality flag If a prime number from the prime number generator function becomes larger than 43, we must stop testing for equality (since the value that is output isn\u0026rsquo;t necessarily prime), and start testing for divisibility instead. We want it to be tested as follows:\n set primality flag (assume it\u0026rsquo;s a prime) endless loop fetch next prime if number \u0026lt; prime * prime then exit loop if number mod prime == 0 then it\u0026rsquo;s no prime, exit loop return primality flag To distinguish between the two:\n if number \u0026lt;= 43 then compare with primes, else test with \u0026ldquo;primes\u0026rdquo; Putting it all together Time to fetch the code editor and start mashing keys.\nLet\u0026rsquo;s first test our prime number generator. It has to output a whole positive number based on a whole non-negative number input. However, remember that we only have a function in ROM to output a signed integer, so we have to convert our unsigned integer to a signed one, and convert it back to an unsigned integer in Basic, by subtracting and adding 32768, respectively.\n*= $c000 ; usrfunction 0.3 ; generate a candidate prime number, ; based on the 16-bit unsigned integer input, ; representing the order of the prime ; output the prime number as a signed 16-bit integer ; to work around the limitation of the Basic ROM ; (there's no function to convert a unsigned integer ; into a real number) ; in basic, add 32768 to the output of the usr function ; for example (ignoring that the output is signed) ; prime(0) = 2 ; prime(1) = 3 ; prime(2) = 5 ; etc. getadr = $b7f7 givayf = $b391 fac1int = $64 fac2int = $66 jsr getadr ;convert real into unsigned int in .A and .Y (hi/lo) jsr prime ;generate the nth prime sec sbc #%10000000 ;subtract $8000 (32678) to make it a signed integer jmp givayf ;make it real and return to Basic prime: ;generate the nth prime number ;input .A and .Y as hi/lo byte of 16-bit unsigned integer ; indicating the order of the prime ;output .A and .Y as hi/lo byte of 16-bit unsigned integer ; containing the nth prime number on the number line ;e.g. prime(0) - 2, prime(1) - 3, prime(2) - 5, etc. ;only numbers generated up to 43 are guaranteed prime, ; larger numbers may be prime, ; or co-prime (product of 2 or more primes) cmp #0 bne prime2 ;order is too big, skip 0 and 1 cpy #0 ;order == 0? bne prime1 ;no, check for 1 ldy #2 ;prime(0) = 2 rts prime1: cpy #1 ;order == 1? bne prime2 ;no, check for 2 and up ldy #3 ;prime(1) = 3 rts prime2: ;calculate primes for (order 1) ;in the formula (6 * n ± 1), where n is equal to (order / 2), lsr ;n = (order / 2) sta fac1int tya ror sta fac1int+1 asl fac1int+1 ;k = n * 2 rol fac1int lda fac1int ;m = n * 2 ldx fac1int+1 sta fac2int stx fac2int+1 asl fac2int+1 ;m = n * 4 rol fac2int clc ;add m to k, to get (6 * n) lda fac1int+1 adc fac2int+1 sta fac1int+1 lda fac1int adc fac2int sta fac1int tya ;retrieve original lo byte of order and #1 ;is it odd? cmp #1 beq prime3 ;then add 1 to (6 * n) sec ;else subtract 1 from (6 * n) lda fac1int+1 sbc #1 tay ;lo byte of ((6 * n) - 1) in .Y lda fac1int sbc #0 ;hi byte of ((6 * n) - 1) in .A rts prime3: clc ;add 1 to (6 * n) lda fac1int+1 adc #1 tay ;lo byte of ((6 * n) + 1) in .Y lda fac1int adc #0 ;hi byte of ((6 * n) + 1) in .A rts Give our code a spin, testing its validity I pasted the source code into Virtual 6502 Assembler, copied the hexdump, and converted with a calculator app into decimal values of data statements in the Basic program \u0026ldquo;testusrf 0.3\u0026rdquo; below.\n0 rem testusrf 0.3 10 poke 785,0:poke 786,192:rem set usr address to $c000 20 forn=49152to49246:readb:poken,b:next:rem read in machine code 30 data 032,247,183,032,012,192,056,233 31 data 128,076,145,179,201,000,208,014 32 data 192,000,208,003,160,002,096,192 33 data 001,208,003,160,003,096,074,133 34 data 100,152,106,133,101,006,101,038 35 data 100,165,100,166,101,133,102,134 36 data 103,006,103,038,102,024,165,101 37 data 101,103,133,101,165,100,101,102 38 data 133,100,152,041,001,201,001,240 39 data 011,056,165,101,233,001,168,165 40 data 100,233,000,096,024,165,101,105 41 data 001,168,165,100,105,000,096 50 for x = 0 to 9:gosub 100:next 99 end 100 print \"x =\";x;\", usr(x) =\";usr(x)+32768:return Running this program for the first 100 \u0026ldquo;primes\u0026rdquo; gave this output:\nlist 50 50 for x=00000 to 00099:gosub 100:next ready. run 2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 25 29 31 35 37 41 43 47 49 53 55 59 61 65 67 71 73 77 79 83 85 89 91 95 97 101 103 107 109 113 11 5 119 121 125 127 131 133 137 13 9 143 145 149 151 155 157 161 16 3 167 169 173 175 179 181 185 18 7 191 193 197 199 203 205 209 21 1 215 217 221 223 227 229 233 23 5 239 241 245 247 251 253 257 25 9 263 265 269 271 275 277 281 28 3 287 289 293 295 ready. I noticed this:\nprint usr(21845)+32768,usr(21846)+32768 65533 1 ready. This is because the prime number generator doesn\u0026rsquo;t check for any value overflow. The value 1 is actually the value 65537, but the 17th bit of the latter number doesn\u0026rsquo;t exist, so the value wraps around to 1.\nprint (65533 - 1)/6 10922 ready. So the prime function gives valid answers up to the 10922th prime, which is more than enough to test if the largest 16-bit unsigned value (65535) is prime. For that we need at most a prime of the square root of that value, which is slightly less than 256. These \u0026ldquo;primes\u0026rdquo; are already visible in the first 100 \u0026ldquo;primes\u0026rdquo;.\nDid I do it right? To check, you can compare the output of the prime number generator with the List of Prime Numbers on Wikipedia. We are only concerned with primes less than 256, since it\u0026rsquo;s the square root of the value 65536. 65536 is already higher than the maximal value of a 16-bit unsigned integer number (65535). To speed things up, we could\u0026rsquo;ve just as well hard-coded the list of 54 primes that are less than 256. The routine would need more bytes, though.\n 2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29 31 37 41 43 47 53 59 61 67 71 73 79 83 89 97 101 103 107 109 113 127 131 137 139 149 151 157 163 167 173 179 181 191 193 197 199 211 223 227 229 233 239 241 251 The prime numbers from the Wikipedia page are all included in the output of \u0026ldquo;testusrf 0.3\u0026rdquo; in the listing above. The prime generator does output some extra (non-prime) numbers, that don\u0026rsquo;t do any harm when testing for primality.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-15 20:13:58 +0200", "date": "8:13 p.m. on Dec 15, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/15/getting-a-foothold.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F15%2Fgetting-a-foothold.html" }, { "id": 486, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Third day using the Apple Journal app. If I keep it up until the New Year, I might consider subscribing to Day One or Momento, which offer more features.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-14 17:40:21 +0200", "date": "5:40 p.m. on Dec 14, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/14/third-day-using.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F14%2Fthird-day-using.html" }, { "id": 487, "type": "post", "title": "Getting a foothold into 6502 machine language, part 2", "text": "I mentioned in part 1 that there\u0026rsquo;s a convenient routine to convert a real number into a signed 16-bit integer. However, Basic line numbers are 16-bit unsigned numbers when parsed into Basic code. So there has to be a routine to turn a real value in fac1 into a 16-bit integer as part of the interpretation of Basic text that starts with a line number.\n[ part 1 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 | bonus ]\nAnd indeed there is. It is called getadr and is located at $b7f7. It supposedly is to turn a real value between zero and 65536 into a 16-bit unsigned integer. For both values the floating point accumulator fac1 is used. The resulting integer value is stored in locations $64 and $65 of fac1, high byte first.\nSince the usr machine language routine stores the function value entered in Basic into fac1 as a real number, the next steps should be easy:\n call getadr ($b7f7) to convert a real into a unsigned 16-bit integer read $64 in .A and $65 in .Y, both part of fac1 process the integer into a value stored in .A and .Y subtract 32768 to convert the unsigned integer into a signed integer value between -32768 and 32767, which givayf needs turn .A and .Y into a real, by calling the givayf ($b391) routine To not over-complicate things at this point, we should interpret the \u0026ldquo;process the integer\u0026rdquo; as \u0026ldquo;do nothing\u0026rdquo;, effectively skipping the processing step. We will develop our \u0026ldquo;is this number prime\u0026rdquo; routine later. All we want to know if the supplied value between 0 and 65536 is accepted and can be used as such.\nThis method is certainly somewhat error-prone (never underestimate the power of typos), because it requires some workaround in Basic to deal with the signed integer value that our usr machine language routine returns to Basic.\nAfter entering the source code in the assembly listing \u0026ldquo;usrfunction 0.2\u0026rdquo;, I copied the hexdump from Virtual 6502 Assembler and wrote the Basic program \u0026ldquo;testusrf 0.2\u0026rdquo; in the next listing to see if I got it right. This was what I wanted to test:\n boundaries 0 and 65535 fractional numbers between 0 and 65536, exclusive—use a few values of the expression 65536*rnd(ti) errors with numbers that are \u0026lt; 0 or \u0026gt;= 65536 (use -1 and 65536) *= $c000 ; usrfunction 0.2 ; use an unsigned integer ; and, for now, do nothing with it getadr = $b7f7 givayf = $b391 fac1int = $64 jsr getadr ;convert real into unsigned int lda fac1int ;load high byte in .A ldy fac1int+1 ;load low byte in .Y nop ;do nothing for now sec sbc #%10000000 ;subtract $8000 (32678) to make it a signed integer jmp givayf ;make it real and return to Basic 0 rem testusrf 0.2 10 poke 785,0:poke 786,192:rem set usr address to $c000 20 forn=49152to49165:readb:poken,b:next:rem read in machine code 30 data 32,247,183,165,100,164,101,234 40 data 56,233,128,76,145,179 70 x=0:gosub 100 80 x=65535:gosub 100 90 for i=0 to 9:x=rnd(ti)*65536:gosub 100:next 99 end 100 print \"x =\";x;\", usr(x) =\";usr(x)+32768:return Here is the output of that Basic program, with two values entered by hand, which should throw error messages:\nrun x = 0 , usr(x) = 0 x = 65535 , usr(x) = 65535 x = 12161.1233 , usr(x) = 12161 x = 3073.54893 , usr(x) = 3073 x = 54247.0177 , usr(x) = 54247 x = 36356.0453 , usr(x) = 36356 x = 58801.1164 , usr(x) = 58801 x = 37546.6392 , usr(x) = 37546 x = 54977.7024 , usr(x) = 54977 x = 61029.0648 , usr(x) = 61029 x = 12345.8034 , usr(x) = 12345 x = 63762.592 , usr(x) = 63762 ready. ?usr(-1) ?illegal quantity error ready. ?usr(65536) ?illegal quantity error ready. It worked, which is always a relief.\nNow the routine we want (\u0026ldquo;is this number prime?\u0026quot;) doesn\u0026rsquo;t have to result into an unsigned 16-bit value. We only want to be able to input such a value. The output we expect is either a \u0026ldquo;Yes\u0026rdquo; (-1) or \u0026ldquo;No\u0026rdquo; (0). So a signed 16-bit integer is exactly what we need.\nSo why did I do this workaround? I wanted to know if it is at all possible to work around this limitation, in case I ever needed that. It certainly is, as the Basic example shows.\nIn part 3 I will (finally) start coding for the question whether or not the supplied number is a prime number. This should be interesting.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-14 17:00:40 +0200", "date": "5:00 p.m. on Dec 14, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/14/getting-a-foothold.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F14%2Fgetting-a-foothold.html" }, { "id": 488, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "To quote myself, in my latest article on my blog:\n Now we can tackle more complicated matters, but that has to wait until part 2, because this article is already much longer than I anticipated, and I started to make mistakes. I need a break.\n I had to strip out a big chunck, because it was full of errors. We can\u0026rsquo;t have that!\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-13 23:37:38 +0200", "date": "11:37 p.m. on Dec 13, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/13/to-quote-myself.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F13%2Fto-quote-myself.html" }, { "id": 489, "type": "post", "title": "Getting a foothold into 6502 machine language, part 1", "text": "It seems in Commodore Basic version 2 the preferred way to get a value into a user-defined 6502 machine language routine (and to get a value back), is the usr function. It took me some trial and error to get it to work. Luckily, Google is Your Friend, or, in my case DuckDuckGo. I also used \u0026ldquo;Mapping the Commodore 64\u0026rdquo;, by Sheldon Leemon, which can be downloaded as PDF on Archive.org. If you\u0026rsquo;re serious about 6502 assembly language on the Commodore 64, I highly recommend this book.\n[ part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 | bonus ]\nFirst of all, how do we get the usr function to work? Simply running print usr(42) results in an error message.\nApparently, one has to set the address of the start of one\u0026rsquo;s own machine language routine. After (re)booting the operating system the value is set to $b248 (fcerr routine, which prints an illegal quantity error). Taking a step back, the final step of the routine in Basic ROM that interprets the usr function is jumping to address $0310 in RAM:\n0310 4c 48 b2 jmp $b248 So all one has to do is overwrite the address of this jmp instruction so it points to the user defined machine language routine. This address is located at $311 and $312, in the usual low byte high byte order of the 6502 machine language. If the user defined routine is, for example, located at $c000 (49152), the values $00 and $c0 have to be written in $311 and $312, respectively.\nIn Basic we use decimal instead of hexadecimal:\n $311 is 785 decimal $312 is 786 decimal $c0 is 192 decimal 10 poke 785,0:poke 786,192 We always have to keep in mind that Commodore Basic uses real values, never integers. The value we supplied to the usr function in our Basic code is stored into fac1, which consists of six bytes, starting at location $61. Luckily, this isn\u0026rsquo;t all that important here, since there are two handy functions to convert real values back and forth into 16-bit signed integer values, using fac1. They are:\n $b1aa – Convert a Floating Point Number to a Signed Integer in .A and .Y Registers, which calls the ayint routine (located at $b1bf), and loads the resulting signed 16-bit integer value into registers .Y and .A (lo/hi). $b391 – givayf Convert 16-Bit Signed Integer in registers .Y and .A (lo/hi) to a Floating Point Number In both instances the registers .Y and .A contain the low byte, and high byte of the 16-bit signed integer, respectively.\nBut, wait, what is a \u0026ldquo;16-bit signed integer\u0026rdquo; exactly? Well, in the 6502 architecture, this is the 2\u0026rsquo;s-complement representation of a whole number between -32768 and 32767, inclusive. It simplifies addition and subtraction of whole numbers, either positive, negative, or zero. If you want to know more, read the relevant Wikipedia article.\nThe thing is that if you pass a zero or a positive value into the usr function and convert it into an integer in your machine language routine, it has to be between 0 and 32767, inclusive. If your machine code routine can deal with that restriction, you\u0026rsquo;re okay. Of course, you could use the real value instead, or use some trickery to use integers between 0 and 65535, inclusive. Whatever the routine does exactly is up to you, since you are defining it.\nPerhaps I should give an example of how to use the usr function in a useful manner 😉\nWhat if I wanted to know if a value I put into the usr function is a prime number, divisible only by itself or one, but no other whole positive number? That is a tricky problem to solve, since the 6502 has no division, nor multiplication instructions built in (it has to be done in software instead, using a set of instructions). Other than that, finding out a whole number is prime isn\u0026rsquo;t straightforward either, at least, if you want the method to be efficient and correct.\nTo not reinvent the wheel, I looked for someone who had done the work before, and found Geeks For Geeks - Prime Numbers as a resource. Let\u0026rsquo;s go with that!\nAnyway, the result of our usr function should be either true or false, which is in Commodore Basic represented by a -1 and 0, respectively:\nprint 1=1,1=0 -1 0 ready. To understand all this, I used a minimal viable solution. My code should test if the value put into the usr function and converted into a signed integer is even. If so, it should return a -1, else a 0. We still need to convert the result of parity test into a real number before exiting our routine in 6502 assembly language.\n*= $c000 ; usrfunction 0.1 ; test if the usr function even works ; as a test, check for even parity getayf = $b1aa givayf = $b391 jsr getayf tya ;lo byte and #%00000001 ;mask out every bit except bit 0 cmp #0 beq iseven lda #$00 ;false, which is 0 in 16-bit signed integer tay ;corresponding to the hex value $0000 jmp givayf ;make it real, return to Basic iseven: lda #$ff ;true, which is -1 in 16-bit signed integer tay ;corresponding to the hex value $ffff jmp givayf ;make it real, return to Basic I wrote this routine in the Textastic app on my iPad, used the Virtual 6502 assembler to create a hex dump, used it to create the Basic program below, typed that into the V.I.C.E. C64 emulator on my Raspberry PI-400 running Raspberry Pi OS, and ran it.\n10 poke 785,0:poke 786,192: rem set usr address to $c000 (49152) 20 forn=49152to49173:readb:poken,b:next:rem read in machine code 30 x=int(rnd(ti)*100):rem random number between 0 and 99, inclusive 40 print x;\" is \"; 50 if usr(x) then print \"even\":goto 70 60 print \"odd\" 70 data 32,170,177,152,41,1,201,0,240,6 80 data 169,0,168,76,145,179,169,255,168,76,145,179 It worked. Pfew!\nNow we can tackle more complicated matters, but that has to wait until part 2, because this article is already much longer than I anticipated, and I started to make mistakes. I need a break.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-13 21:43:13 +0200", "date": "9:43 p.m. on Dec 13, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/13/getting-a-foothold.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F13%2Fgetting-a-foothold.html" }, { "id": 490, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I wrote my second post on Apple Journal, hopeful that in time it will be of some use, if and when Apple improves the app with more than the current bare features. I’m tempted by the Day One app, but fear €40 per year isn’t worth it, if it turns out I’m not a “journaling person.”\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-13 13:27:48 +0200", "date": "1:27 p.m. on Dec 13, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/13/i-wrote-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F13%2Fi-wrote-my.html" }, { "id": 491, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I’m confused. After writing an entry in the Journal app I can’t do anything with it. Am I supposed to read it back later, only in the app? That seems rather pointless.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-12 20:20:42 +0200", "date": "8:20 p.m. on Dec 12, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/12/im-confused-after.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F12%2Fim-confused-after.html" }, { "id": 492, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: Mapping the Commodore 64 by Sheldon Leemon 📚\nWhy would you even want to use the C64, it\u0026rsquo;s an old computer? It isn\u0026rsquo;t old, it\u0026rsquo;s retro!\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-12 08:56:27 +0200", "date": "8:56 p.m. on Dec 12, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/12/currently-reading-mapping.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F12%2Fcurrently-reading-mapping.html" }, { "id": 493, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I got a taste of what it is to write a computer program on the C64 (see here and here). For now, that is enough for me, and I\u0026rsquo;ll refrain from doing any more for the Advent of Code. It\u0026rsquo;s just too hardcore for me! I need something less intimidating.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-11 18:47:02 +0200", "date": "6:47 p.m. on Dec 11, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/11/i-got-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F11%2Fi-got-a.html" }, { "id": 494, "type": "post", "title": "Advent of Code 2023, day 1, part one—Hunting down the bug", "text": "This is a continuation of this article I wrote earlier today.\nThere was a bug in my Basic program when calculating the value of the two-digit number:\n 140 p=f+10*l:sm=sm+p:print n,p,sm That should of course be:\n 140 p=f*10+l:sm=sm+p:print n,p,sm After rewriting the code I got this answer:\n 999 : 33 , 53194 So adding 999 two-digit numbers gave me 53194. Would that be the correct answer?\nYes!\nWhat have I learned?\nAlways use simple examples to test your algorithm.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-11 18:25:39 +0200", "date": "6:25 p.m. on Dec 11, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/11/172539.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F11%2F172539.html" }, { "id": 495, "type": "post", "title": "Advent of Code 2023, day 1, part one—Basic language approach", "text": "Day 1 of the Advent of Code consisted of two parts. You had to finish part one before you could advance to part two, plus you had to log in using OAuth (with a Google, Twitter, or Reddit account).\nIn part one there was a list of character strings, which I separated by commas (to avoid character return issues between platforms), and for which the first and last digit in each character string formed a two-digit number. All the two-digit numbers had to be added up into a total sum, which was the solution to part one.\nAs a first attempt, I compiled the list as follows:\n *= $2000\n.byte \"…\"\n.byte 0 where the … stands for the list of comma separated items.\nI compiled the source code file to a .PRG file, using Virtual 6502 Assembler, and loaded the resulting file into the V.I.C.E. emulator on my Raspberry Pi 400, running Raspberry Pi OS. This took a couple of minutes, since it was a large file (21 Kb) for such a small retro computer.\nNext, I lowered the end of Basic memory, and wrote the following CBM Basic 2.0 program:\n poke 56,32:new: rem lower end of basic memory to $2000\n10 ad=8192:rem decimal of $2000\n20 sm=0:n=0:rem total sum of 2-digit values, number of items\n30 f=-1:l=-1:p=0:rem first, last digit, 2-digit value\n40 c=peek(ad)\n50 if c=0 then end:rem zero value signals end of file\n60 if c=asc(\",\") then 120:rem comma separated list\n70 if c\u0026lt;asc(\"0\") or c\u0026gt;asc(\"9\") then 110:skip for non-digits\n80 v=c-asc(\"0\")\n90 if f\u0026lt;0 then f=v:rem -1 signals no digit found\n100 l=v\n110 ad=ad+1:goto 40:rem do next character\n120 n=n+1:rem count number of items\n130 if f\u0026lt;0 then 150:rem skip non-digits\n140 p=f+10*l:sm=sm+p:print n,p,sm\n150 ad=ad+1:goto 30:rem do next item\n Running in Warp mode took a few minutes, and the resulting last line was:\n 999 66 54727\nready. Apparently, there were 999 items, where the sum of the two-digit numbers was 54727. I checked my code, and reran the Basic program, same result (of course).\nAnxiously, I entered the result into the answer box on the website. It turned out my answer was wrong. It was too high.\nAh well, this was to be expected. Now I have to reread the instructions to see if I perhaps misunderstood, then debug and find a better solution. Maybe I need to start smaller, instead of using the entire list.\nI think it was a valiant first attempt. Coding is hard, after all.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-11 13:08:02 +0200", "date": "1:08 p.m. on Dec 11, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/11/advent-of-code.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F11%2Fadvent-of-code.html" }, { "id": 496, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "So I wrote some Commodore 64 assembly code in Textastic on iPad, assembled in an online 6502 assembler, into a .PRG file, and loaded that into the V.I.C.E. C64 emulator. You can see the ML monitor output and the output of the program. Note that clearing the screen isn\u0026rsquo;t needed, simply:\nSYS 49176\r", "dateiso": "2023-12-10 14:03:49 +0200", "date": "2:03 p.m. on Dec 10, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/10/so-i-wrote.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F10%2Fso-i-wrote.html" }, { "id": 497, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The difference between how I think the world is, and how it appears to me couldn\u0026rsquo;t be further apart. I suppose this applies to most people. It is hope (or belief) that makes us see a better world. Too bad so few (including myself) act on that belief/hope in any substantial way to cross the gap.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-10 09:31:06 +0200", "date": "9:31 p.m. on Dec 10, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/10/the-difference-between.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F10%2Fthe-difference-between.html" }, { "id": 498, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It is said that Practice makes perfect, but I think it should be Passionate practice makes improvement. Being dispassionate and detached from the world is a good defense mechanism against a cruel world, but it does squat for making art. Hence, artists must suffer, from mostly indifference.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-09 08:34:23 +0200", "date": "8:34 p.m. on Dec 9, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/09/it-is-said.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F09%2Fit-is-said.html" }, { "id": 499, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It amazes me how much can be done in one sitting, and yet how little it seems compared to what one can do in multiple sittings. However, much of the spontaneity is lost over the sittings.\n After drawing a new background, all I had left in me was a simple monochrome sketch from reference. ", "dateiso": "2023-12-08 11:39:36 +0200", "date": "11:39 p.m. on Dec 8, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/08/it-amazes-me.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F08%2Fit-amazes-me.html" }, { "id": 500, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "AI is made of people…\n Funnily enough, this drawing was scaled using AI. ", "dateiso": "2023-12-07 17:18:53 +0200", "date": "5:18 p.m. on Dec 7, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/07/ai-is-made.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F07%2Fai-is-made.html" }, { "id": 501, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I sometimes wonder why the world is the way it is. Then I realize it\u0026rsquo;s hard to change what has been developing over billions of years. The most one can do is tweak some things. Free will is an illusion, to keep humans sane and seemingly in control.\n Sometimes cats find you, instead of you them. ", "dateiso": "2023-12-07 08:19:48 +0200", "date": "8:19 p.m. on Dec 7, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/07/i-sometimes-wonder.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F07%2Fi-sometimes-wonder.html" }, { "id": 502, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My code is almost twice as fast as the original Print Maze routine,\n10 printchr$(205.5+rnd(1));:goto 10 0 d=205.5:fori=.to39:printchr$(d+rnd(.));:next:goto ", "dateiso": "2023-12-06 12:32:25 +0200", "date": "12:32 p.m. on Dec 6, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/06/my-code-is.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F06%2Fmy-code-is.html" }, { "id": 503, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It turned out I was over-exhausted from all the running lately. After a restday it was much easier to draw.\n I once adopted a calico cat as a kitten from a nearby cat colony. She had a wonderful life indoors. ", "dateiso": "2023-12-06 09:10:11 +0200", "date": "9:10 p.m. on Dec 6, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/06/it-turned-out.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F06%2Fit-turned-out.html" }, { "id": 504, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Having paid for a year subscription for ibis Paint X didn\u0026rsquo;t make me want to draw more. After the free month was up, I struggled to draw daily. Maybe it\u0026rsquo;s the shortening of days making me gloomy.\n I suppose this is considered rather cute, isn't it? ", "dateiso": "2023-12-05 08:13:23 +0200", "date": "8:13 p.m. on Dec 5, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/05/having-paid-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F05%2Fhaving-paid-for.html" }, { "id": 505, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I found a proper and informal method to add a description to an image,\n figcaption emphasis after a line break One play-fights, the other often takes it too far. However, they still trust each other to snuggle up.\n Alas, markdown has no code for captions, _nor_ does it work inside an html container.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-04 08:07:56 +0200", "date": "8:07 p.m. on Dec 4, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/04/i-found-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F04%2Fi-found-a.html" }, { "id": 506, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Drawing without reference can take you only so far. I guess I use it from now on, yet without wholesale copying.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-03 09:29:25 +0200", "date": "9:29 p.m. on Dec 3, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/03/drawing-without-reference.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F03%2Fdrawing-without-reference.html" }, { "id": 507, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Oh my! Is it December already? How time flies when you\u0026rsquo;re being lazy.\n", "dateiso": "2023-12-02 10:15:04 +0200", "date": "10:15 p.m. on Dec 2, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/12/02/oh-my-is.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F12%2F02%2Foh-my-is.html" }, { "id": 508, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m amazed how adaptable the human body is, now I\u0026rsquo;m dealing with yet another injury. The cause of those injuries is mostly overweight and over-ambition. If I had a coach experienced with older runners, he\u0026rsquo;d probably told me to act more responsibly and put myself on a diet.\n", "dateiso": "2023-11-29 14:30:08 +0200", "date": "2:30 p.m. on Nov 29, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/11/29/im-amazed-how.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F11%2F29%2Fim-amazed-how.html" }, { "id": 509, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It suddenly appeared to me while watching Adventure Time on Netflix (S01E18, \u0026ldquo;Dungeon\u0026rdquo;), where Demon Cat has \u0026ldquo;approximate knowledge of many things.\u0026rdquo; It\u0026rsquo;s how I would describe chatGPT.\n", "dateiso": "2023-11-27 11:36:52 +0200", "date": "11:36 p.m. on Nov 27, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/11/27/it-suddenly-appeared.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F11%2F27%2Fit-suddenly-appeared.html" }, { "id": 510, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Someone dug a trench across a footpath, and I stepped right into it, hurting my ankle badly. Who does such a thing, making a trap for pedestrians? The ankle is swollen and hurts, but not enough to go to a doctor. I suppose R.I.C.E. will reduce the swelling, as in Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation.\n", "dateiso": "2023-11-25 15:31:29 +0200", "date": "3:31 p.m. on Nov 25, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/11/25/someone-dug-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F11%2F25%2Fsomeone-dug-a.html" }, { "id": 511, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "If everything goes as planned, I will have run around 3300 km (2050 mi) in 2023 when the New Year rolls around. With a little over 5 weeks to go, I\u0026rsquo;ve already passed 2930 km of running this year, an average of 63 km (39 mi) weekly, 272 km (169 mi) monthly, despite injuries and other mishaps. 🏃‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2023-11-24 09:34:48 +0200", "date": "9:34 p.m. on Nov 24, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/11/24/if-everything-goes.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F11%2F24%2Fif-everything-goes.html" }, { "id": 512, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I did my civic duty by voting in the Dutch general election today, November 22, 2023.\n", "dateiso": "2023-11-22 16:45:21 +0200", "date": "4:45 p.m. on Nov 22, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/11/22/i-did-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F11%2F22%2Fi-did-my.html" }, { "id": 513, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose Apple Inc. deems iOS 17.1.1 stable enough to be installed by the general user, so I did. No immediate surprises, so that\u0026rsquo;s good.\n", "dateiso": "2023-11-20 10:32:44 +0200", "date": "10:32 p.m. on Nov 20, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/11/20/i-suppose-apple.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F11%2F20%2Fi-suppose-apple.html" }, { "id": 514, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "After reading this opinion piece by @ploum@mamot.fr I\u0026rsquo;m convinced communities are all relatively small, niche, and valuable. The means to strengthen them are irrelevant, ephemeral even. Instead of herding communities into a single walled garden, they should be enabled to fend for themselves.\n", "dateiso": "2023-11-14 08:05:44 +0200", "date": "8:05 p.m. on Nov 14, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/11/14/after-reading-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F11%2F14%2Fafter-reading-this.html" }, { "id": 515, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "After doing some research to find out which marathons can be reached in time by public transport, and finding out I already knew those, I\u0026rsquo;m going for a recovery run, to clear my mind from the realization that a car is still needed for early hours on Sundays, (or late hours in Summer). I\u0026rsquo;m carless.\n", "dateiso": "2023-11-13 15:22:17 +0200", "date": "3:22 p.m. on Nov 13, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/11/13/after-doing-some.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F11%2F13%2Fafter-doing-some.html" }, { "id": 516, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "On Caturday we share our favorite spots to elicit an aww from the resident hooman.\n", "dateiso": "2023-11-11 15:00:56 +0200", "date": "3:00 p.m. on Nov 11, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/11/11/on-caturday-we.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F11%2F11%2Fon-caturday-we.html" }, { "id": 517, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Listening to wise words by Adam Savage on YouTube, I realized everyone has to juggle with resources (money, time, attention), and find some balance between what you want and what you need in what you do during the day, a balance between responsibility and selfishness. Often it\u0026rsquo;s 😑 sometimes it\u0026rsquo;s 😆\n", "dateiso": "2023-11-11 07:43:48 +0200", "date": "7:43 p.m. on Nov 11, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/11/11/listening-to-wise.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F11%2F11%2Flistening-to-wise.html" }, { "id": 518, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Article 45 Will Roll Back Web Security by 12 Years | Electronic Frontier Foundation\nToday the fate of the Internet will be decided behind closed doors. If the bill passes unchanged, the lower browser security will make people lose trust in online transactions, not just in Europe, but world-wide.\n", "dateiso": "2023-11-08 19:40:45 +0200", "date": "7:40 p.m. on Nov 8, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/11/08/article-will-roll.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F11%2F08%2Farticle-will-roll.html" }, { "id": 519, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I need to remind myself that me running competitively is just a mind trick to keep fit. I\u0026rsquo;m under no illusion that I\u0026rsquo;m able to win a race, not even in my age class. Keeping fit is already struggle enough. No need for being a target for those after \u0026ldquo;eternal\u0026rdquo; fame (i.e. until the next race).\n", "dateiso": "2023-11-08 15:33:16 +0200", "date": "3:33 p.m. on Nov 8, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/11/08/i-need-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F11%2F08%2Fi-need-to.html" }, { "id": 520, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ve gone through four vaccinations in two weeks, 3 for me, and one for my cat Maahir. We should be protected somewhat from contagious diseases well before Christmas rolls around. It\u0026rsquo;s a bother, but luckily mostly free, since it was all locally. 💉\n", "dateiso": "2023-11-07 11:00:06 +0200", "date": "11:00 p.m. on Nov 7, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/11/07/ive-gone-through.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F11%2F07%2Five-gone-through.html" }, { "id": 521, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I sat down to relax and it seemed an opportunity for my two Bengal cats to snuggle together next to me. I hadn’t even noticed. The summer is definitely over now.\n", "dateiso": "2023-11-06 12:22:01 +0200", "date": "12:22 p.m. on Nov 6, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/11/06/i-sat-down.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F11%2F06%2Fi-sat-down.html" }, { "id": 522, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I found a tutorial on drawing hands and wondered how it would help me to improve. Hence this naive drawing of a hand from imagination without studying fundamentals beforehand.\nJust drawing what one sees won\u0026rsquo;t improve one\u0026rsquo;s skills, that\u0026rsquo;s for sure. Some deeper knowledge is needed.\n", "dateiso": "2023-11-03 08:23:52 +0200", "date": "8:23 p.m. on Nov 3, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/11/03/i-found-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F11%2F03%2Fi-found-a.html" }, { "id": 523, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "While I don\u0026rsquo;t smoke nor drink, this reply on a great post by @jean on quitting alcohol has made it clear to me that anything addicting is bad for you, and should be done with restraint. I should only buy what I need, not what I lust for. What remains for me is junk-food; I really don\u0026rsquo;t need it.\n", "dateiso": "2023-11-02 11:00:00 +0200", "date": "11:00 p.m. on Nov 2, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/11/02/while-i-dont.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F11%2F02%2Fwhile-i-dont.html" }, { "id": 524, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It appears November 1 is self-portrait day. Drawn at 160 by 160 pixels in ibisPaint X.\n", "dateiso": "2023-11-01 16:42:41 +0200", "date": "4:42 p.m. on Nov 1, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/11/01/it-appears-november.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F11%2F01%2Fit-appears-november.html" }, { "id": 525, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It\u0026rsquo;s Trick or Treat day. Gools, goblins, ghosts, and other ghastly creatures abound.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-31 10:04:01 +0200", "date": "10:04 p.m. on Oct 31, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/31/its-trick-or.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F31%2Fits-trick-or.html" }, { "id": 526, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose one needs a beefy laptop nowadays to view the web.\nHmm, a €115 Raspberry Pi-400 vs a €2029 M3 MacBook Pro, which both meet my very modest compute needs, what to pick? I suppose ad tech developers pick the latter, to push the industry \u0026ldquo;forward\u0026rdquo;. Tracking people in secret is hard work 😉\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-31 08:59:07 +0200", "date": "8:59 p.m. on Oct 31, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/31/i-suppose-one.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F31%2Fi-suppose-one.html" }, { "id": 527, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "When inspiration seems to have vacated the premises of the brain, just draw, damnit, just draw! A need for the muse is for newbs, those who have never battled creative emptiness, out of fear or just mere mental illness. Succumbed to it many times, zapping energy and the will to live. Still here!\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-30 09:51:03 +0200", "date": "9:51 p.m. on Oct 30, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/30/when-inspiration-seems.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F30%2Fwhen-inspiration-seems.html" }, { "id": 528, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The Incomparable Mothership podcast had its (delayed) episode 666, The Exorcist, which was reason enough for me to turn my head 180 degrees, and riff on this number of the beast. It\u0026rsquo;s sixty-six past six, right? 🧟‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-29 08:53:12 +0200", "date": "8:53 p.m. on Oct 29, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/29/the-incomparable-mothership.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F29%2Fthe-incomparable-mothership.html" }, { "id": 529, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "They seem to enjoy my breathing and beating heart on caturday, so close to my chest.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-28 18:42:18 +0200", "date": "6:42 p.m. on Oct 28, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/28/they-seem-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F28%2Fthey-seem-to.html" }, { "id": 530, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "After dealing with a possible spammer (mute), I did another attempt on a fantasy animal, a cross between a cat and a dinosaur. Maybe it should\u0026rsquo;ve been a T-Rex, though 🦖\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-28 15:28:25 +0200", "date": "3:28 p.m. on Oct 28, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/28/after-dealing-with.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F28%2Fafter-dealing-with.html" }, { "id": 531, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Started as a placeholder, I drew this in ibisPaint X from imagination. With references it would\u0026rsquo;ve been better, but as a drawing I\u0026rsquo;m pleased with it.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-28 09:01:26 +0200", "date": "9:01 p.m. on Oct 28, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/28/started-as-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F28%2Fstarted-as-a.html" }, { "id": 532, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I wasn\u0026rsquo;t sure what to draw, until I read this post on my micro∙blog timeline. It inspired me to draw Deputy Dawg and the rabbit from \u0026ldquo;Dagnabbit Rabbit.\u0026rdquo;\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-27 22:23:05 +0200", "date": "10:23 p.m. on Oct 27, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/27/i-wasnt-sure.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F27%2Fi-wasnt-sure.html" }, { "id": 533, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Drawing while watching YouTube seems a great thing to do, until one realizes that the drawing takes more time than the runtime of the recorded video one watches.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-26 08:05:30 +0200", "date": "8:05 p.m. on Oct 26, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/26/drawing-while-watching.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F26%2Fdrawing-while-watching.html" }, { "id": 534, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Messing around with ibisPaint X features. It feels more like needlework with applying patterns than drawing.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-25 07:47:29 +0200", "date": "7:47 p.m. on Oct 25, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/25/messing-around-with.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F25%2Fmessing-around-with.html" }, { "id": 535, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Got my flu shot 💉\nOnly two vaccinations to go in the next two weeks. Well, not counting my cat\u0026rsquo;s vaccinations.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-24 20:28:20 +0200", "date": "8:28 p.m. on Oct 24, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/24/got-my-flu.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F24%2Fgot-my-flu.html" }, { "id": 536, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I took a drawing I made in the (now defunct) French Girls app on my iPod Touch and made a new version in ibisPaint X at 160 x 160 pixels, almost 9 years later. Then I had a reference, not so now.\nI hope those 9 years painting are noticeable.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-24 09:14:14 +0200", "date": "9:14 p.m. on Oct 24, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/24/i-took-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F24%2Fi-took-a.html" }, { "id": 537, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "How small a size can I get away with?\nDoes it still look like what I had in mind, a cat on a stool, at a fraction of 160 x 160 pixels?\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-23 13:16:24 +0200", "date": "1:16 p.m. on Oct 23, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/23/how-small-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F23%2Fhow-small-a.html" }, { "id": 538, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The design of this cat seems too flat to get enough realism to relate to. Cats aren\u0026rsquo;t known for subtle facial expressions, since the appropriate facial muscles weren\u0026rsquo;t needed evolutionary. If real cats can\u0026rsquo;t emote like humans, studying real cats seems a dead end, though they can emote somewhat.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-23 07:25:20 +0200", "date": "7:25 p.m. on Oct 23, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/23/the-design-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F23%2Fthe-design-of.html" }, { "id": 539, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Describing (illustrating) and experiencing emotions are quite distinct. The former can be misrepresented and misinterpreted. Emotions are an involuntary response to a situation. Therefore, the trick seems to be to create clear circumstances that put the words and/or marks into the right context.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-22 15:30:58 +0200", "date": "3:30 p.m. on Oct 22, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/22/describing-illustrating-and.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F22%2Fdescribing-illustrating-and.html" }, { "id": 540, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I tried animation in ibisPaint X again, and I can get it to export a single frame only. Either I\u0026rsquo;m doing something wrong, or the file export is broken on the iPad 9th gen. Frames can\u0026rsquo;t be exported as single PNG files either, so it seems a lost cause to try and animate with this painting app.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-22 07:30:06 +0200", "date": "7:30 p.m. on Oct 22, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/22/i-tried-animation.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F22%2Fi-tried-animation.html" }, { "id": 541, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Learning about image size and how to stylize. I see how important it is to have a workflow, and not to overwork an image. Now I\u0026rsquo;m curious how Mastodon messes up my art. I already know micro∙blog displays artwork rather faithfully, because the developer cares about such things.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-21 12:00:43 +0200", "date": "12:00 p.m. on Oct 21, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/21/learning-about-image.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F21%2Flearning-about-image.html" }, { "id": 542, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My first simple two-frame animation in IbisPaint X at a tiny scale (80 x 72 pixels). I had to assemble it in Pixaki to make it animate, since IbisPaint chopped off the second frame. It\u0026rsquo;s clear to me that animation was bolted on in a later version, not put in from the start.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-21 08:09:58 +0200", "date": "8:09 p.m. on Oct 21, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/21/my-first-simple.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F21%2Fmy-first-simple.html" }, { "id": 543, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ve been drawing on the iPad since they first came out. Back then there was no Apple Pencil and its fancy features, just your finger or a passive stylus. I hadn\u0026rsquo;t set up the stylus in IbisPaint X, and not noticed. Of course, with pressure sensitivity, drawing is much easier.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-20 13:26:09 +0200", "date": "1:26 p.m. on Oct 20, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/20/ive-been-drawing.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F20%2Five-been-drawing.html" }, { "id": 544, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Three days ago I failed miserably at drawing a giant tortoise. Having done some simpler shapes, I was now able to capture a mediocre likeness, which is a huge improvement, in my opinion.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-20 10:04:28 +0200", "date": "10:04 p.m. on Oct 20, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/20/three-days-ago.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F20%2Fthree-days-ago.html" }, { "id": 545, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The drawing prompt for the Draw Every Day app was wrench, I found in SketchFab, and drew in IbisPaint X.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-19 08:09:21 +0200", "date": "8:09 p.m. on Oct 19, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/19/the-drawing-prompt.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F19%2Fthe-drawing-prompt.html" }, { "id": 546, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m pleased that drawing from observation goes so much better than a week ago. It all starts with estimating the bounding box around the shape, then drawing in a rough shape and applying blobs of paint.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-18 09:43:33 +0200", "date": "9:43 p.m. on Oct 18, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/18/im-pleased-that.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F18%2Fim-pleased-that.html" }, { "id": 547, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Theme: \u0026ldquo;Dessert Island.\u0026rdquo;\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-17 13:01:46 +0200", "date": "1:01 p.m. on Oct 17, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/17/theme-dessert-island.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F17%2Ftheme-dessert-island.html" }, { "id": 548, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Based on my previous sketch I made a pixel art version. To me it doesn\u0026rsquo;t look very convincing, which probably means I have to revise my process.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-17 09:46:12 +0200", "date": "9:46 p.m. on Oct 17, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/17/based-on-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F17%2Fbased-on-my.html" }, { "id": 549, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I decided to go smaller than my previous 240 by 240 pixels in IbisPaint X, and use 160 pixels squared. It\u0026rsquo;s amazing that even at that scale one get a recognizable image. I guess I don\u0026rsquo;t need Glaze art protection to \u0026ldquo;prevent\u0026rdquo; some rogue AI to steal my art for profit.\nAlso, drawing small is cute 😻\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-17 08:49:06 +0200", "date": "8:49 p.m. on Oct 17, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/17/i-decided-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F17%2Fi-decided-to.html" }, { "id": 550, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I almost did a spit take when Daniel said how he\u0026rsquo;d pronounce Humane\u0026rsquo;s product name \u0026ldquo;Ai\u0026rdquo; (instead of the regular spelling \u0026ldquo;AI\u0026rdquo;) in the latest episode of the Core Intuition podcast 572.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-15 09:24:20 +0200", "date": "9:24 p.m. on Oct 15, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/15/i-almost-did.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F15%2Fi-almost-did.html" }, { "id": 551, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Drawing is a kind of storytelling, at least, it is to me. So whether or not a drawing is \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; depends on how well I illustrated a story in an image. Apart from the obvious anatomical errors, I think I did well enough.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-14 17:18:32 +0200", "date": "5:18 p.m. on Oct 14, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/14/drawing-is-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F14%2Fdrawing-is-a.html" }, { "id": 552, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Another drawing to practice my observational skills, done in IbisPaint X. I started with a rough sketch, corrected and then refined. After picking my color palette, I roughly colored the sketch. The reference came from the SketchFab app, in which I posed the 3D model so that it looked nice.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-14 08:10:45 +0200", "date": "8:10 p.m. on Oct 14, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/14/another-drawing-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F14%2Fanother-drawing-to.html" }, { "id": 553, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Having some kind of process to capture the big shapes with (modified) simple shapes is a neat skill to have. So I decided to practice it in this drawing of a black and white kitten from a photo reference. While it\u0026rsquo;s close to the original, there are some slight differences, as there should be.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-13 08:28:23 +0200", "date": "8:28 p.m. on Oct 13, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/13/having-some-kind.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F13%2Fhaving-some-kind.html" }, { "id": 554, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "To compensate for not publishing a drawing yesterday.\nIt looks all out of proportion. Maybe using a raster is what I need as a (temporary) drawing aid. It\u0026rsquo;s fine to stylize once I know I can draw in a semi-naturalistic style.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-12 16:13:23 +0200", "date": "4:13 p.m. on Oct 12, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/12/to-compensate-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F12%2Fto-compensate-for.html" }, { "id": 555, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The photo I wanted to use as a reference was mediocre at best, so I ended up tracing the face and hair by hand, then coloring it with my own colors, instead of those in the photo. Because it went so badly, it needed two days to be made. And yes, I learned some things.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-12 11:54:59 +0200", "date": "11:54 p.m. on Oct 12, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/12/the-photo-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F12%2Fthe-photo-i.html" }, { "id": 556, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I did some practice with simple shapes, and decided to try a more ambitious object, a teapot I found through the SketchFab app of 3D models. Again, I guessed wrong initially, but saw my mistake and corrected by deforming the drawing. Despite that it took over an hour, I\u0026rsquo;m pleased with the result.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-10 07:32:26 +0200", "date": "7:32 p.m. on Oct 10, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/10/i-did-some.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F10%2Fi-did-some.html" }, { "id": 557, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "If it wasn\u0026rsquo;t clear already, I lack a steady hand in drawing. I tried this alarm clock I found a photo reference of on Pexels. I guessed the proportions, and guess what? They were off. Other than that, the lines are just too wobbly. Luckily, it resembles an alarm clock. So that\u0026rsquo;s good.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-09 07:53:03 +0200", "date": "7:53 p.m. on Oct 9, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/09/if-it-wasnt.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F09%2Fif-it-wasnt.html" }, { "id": 558, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I already felt awful when I woke up this morning. After a 24 km run I feel exhausted. It was supposed to be a 32 km long run. I\u0026rsquo;ll get to bed early tonight, sooo tired 😫\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-08 18:22:17 +0200", "date": "6:22 p.m. on Oct 8, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/08/i-already-felt.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F08%2Fi-already-felt.html" }, { "id": 559, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It is said that one has to wade through a lot of bad drawings to get one descent result. I comfort myself with that wisdom, drawing from reference. It\u0026rsquo;s a bit better, though.\nThe next step is probably to develop a better feel for shapes, by drawing lots of simpler subjects. Improve by attrition.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-08 09:06:35 +0200", "date": "9:06 p.m. on Oct 8, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/08/it-is-said.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F08%2Fit-is-said.html" }, { "id": 560, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Sometimes I have no idea what I\u0026rsquo;m doing, only to realize that most people don\u0026rsquo;t.\nSo I really shouldn\u0026rsquo;t fear mistakes. It is part of the creation process. It\u0026rsquo;s a flow of subconscious actions, consequences be damned. Still, stopping and thinking about what to do next seems apt. Me: scrap this!\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-07 10:17:33 +0200", "date": "10:17 p.m. on Oct 7, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/07/sometimes-i-have.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F07%2Fsometimes-i-have.html" }, { "id": 561, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Earlier yesterday I bought a year subscription for Ibispaint, and made a quick rough sketch. I thought this was roughly my current skill level.\nHowever, after doing some pencil sketching, I knew I could do better. Today I did just that. Of course, there\u0026rsquo;s always room for improvement.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-06 09:14:33 +0200", "date": "9:14 p.m. on Oct 6, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/06/earlier-yesterday-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F06%2Fearlier-yesterday-i.html" }, { "id": 562, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "With three vaccinations 💉 planned this month, each on a different day, it\u0026rsquo;s going to be busy for my immune system. It will mess up my marathon preparation, so I\u0026rsquo;ll pick another one than on the last Sunday of October I trained for.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-06 07:41:47 +0200", "date": "7:41 p.m. on Oct 6, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/06/with-three-vaccinations.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F06%2Fwith-three-vaccinations.html" }, { "id": 563, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The creative freedom Next Patreon is supposedly promising is mincing words. True freedom is the web, not yet another walled garden, however user-friendly it is. I suppose those VC investors want their 10-fold return on investment, they want it NAOW!\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-05 20:18:51 +0200", "date": "8:18 p.m. on Oct 5, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/05/the-creative-freedom.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F05%2Fthe-creative-freedom.html" }, { "id": 564, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I asked myself, am I really that bad at portraits? I remember being better at it than I currently seem, doing those portraits of kids. So I checked. It isn\u0026rsquo;t bad, but the proportions are a bit off. That\u0026rsquo;s to be expected after so many months of not drawing portaits.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-05 14:55:34 +0200", "date": "2:55 p.m. on Oct 5, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/05/i-asked-myself.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F05%2Fi-asked-myself.html" }, { "id": 565, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I knew Ibispaint on iPad can do pixel art, sort of. However, its pixel brushes give more an impression of pixel art, than actual pixel art, more as an art meme rather than something to be displayed on a cathode ray tube. That isn\u0026rsquo;t a bad choice, especially since it allows art forms to be mixed.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-05 08:33:26 +0200", "date": "8:33 p.m. on Oct 5, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/05/i-knew-ibispaint.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F05%2Fi-knew-ibispaint.html" }, { "id": 566, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I must say that once I\u0026rsquo;ve identified the flaws in my portrait drawings and started correcting them in many attempts, the results are quite good. One thing I\u0026rsquo;m still not confident with is \u0026ldquo;presence.\u0026rdquo; Drawing from photos can make one\u0026rsquo;s art uninspired and flat.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-03 16:19:07 +0200", "date": "4:19 p.m. on Oct 3, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/03/i-must-say.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F03%2Fi-must-say.html" }, { "id": 567, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "As Platforms Decay, Let’s Put Users First | Electronic Frontier Foundation\nI miss the early days of the Web. The sad thing is that most people don\u0026rsquo;t know what I mean, since all they know is the platforms they used since they joined; Google Search, Facebook, Amazon, Apple App Store, etc., etc.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-03 14:28:24 +0200", "date": "2:28 p.m. on Oct 3, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/03/as-platforms-decay.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F03%2Fas-platforms-decay.html" }, { "id": 568, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "TIL: Apple tried to create their own CPU much earlier than you may know, Secret History: Apple\u0026rsquo;s first attempt at making a CPU, by RetroBytes on YouTube.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-02 11:49:04 +0200", "date": "11:49 p.m. on Oct 2, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/02/til-apple-tried.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F02%2Ftil-apple-tried.html" }, { "id": 569, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m trying to improve my portrait drawing skills in order to draw better drawings for Catober. Since cats resemble young children somewhat, it makes sense (to me) to focus on those. As my models I use photos from Reddit Gets Drawn. Of course, I\u0026rsquo;ll give back as soon as I feel comfortable sharing full drawings, not just quick sketches.\nI can see many technical problems with the sketch. The overall shape, the relative sizes of parts of the person, the shading, and much more. It all seems to me still a bit of trial and error, which explains its \u0026ldquo;amateurish\u0026rdquo; look and feel. There\u0026rsquo;s no clear sign of intent, no authoritative look, showing that I\u0026rsquo;ve done my homework by doing a lot of practice. It could also be that I\u0026rsquo;m prone to the art student\u0026rsquo;s dilemma, which is that in order to draw better, one has to see better, which includes any flaws in the drawing. This is why art from years ago looks so stiff and uninspired (read: bad). Of course, this is all irrelevant if the student doesn\u0026rsquo;t correct the flaws, and keeps repeating them.\nI\u0026rsquo;m already a day behind on Catober, but since I\u0026rsquo;m not drawing in competition, I can proceed however I want. Being able to draw with intent is more important to me than completing a challenge. The challenge is more of an excuse/motivation to draw every day.\nTo be continued, no doubt.\n", "dateiso": "2023-10-02 08:28:16 +0200", "date": "8:28 p.m. on Oct 2, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/10/02/im-trying-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F10%2F02%2Fim-trying-to.html" }, { "id": 570, "type": "post", "title": "SepPixel 2023", "text": "For the month of September 2023 micro∙blog organized a photo blogging challenge with daily prompts, and I adopted it for pixel art.\n👾\n Abstract Buildup Precious Orange Forest Well Panorama Yonder Language Cycle Retrospect Panic Glowing Statue Red Oof! Intense Fabric Edge Disruption Fall Road Day in the Life Belt Flare Beverage Embrace Workout Contrast Treasure It was mostly a fun experience. Sometimes I had to try another, less ambitious drawing, on other occasions I accepted a bad drawing for that day. I certainly did a lot of tracing to speed things up.\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-30 19:03:48 +0200", "date": "7:03 p.m. on Sep 30, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/30/seppixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F30%2Fseppixel.html" }, { "id": 571, "type": "post", "title": "Drawing process", "text": "I was wondering if I could improve my drawing process. I tend to copy what I see, which is fine for studying. Drawing from imagination gives another dimension to one\u0026rsquo;s self-expression. Of course, to make any sense to an outsider, it has to be based somewhat in reality. So, drawing from observation is still an important practice.\nMy intent was a dreamy version of a cat. I started with a big fat brush to build the animal out of blobs of digital paint. Not going into detail was hard, and I think I could have remained at the big-blob level longer than I did. The white plant-like thingy started as an accidental stroke with my finger I didn\u0026rsquo;t notice before saving. Alas, saving in the current version of Procreate destroys the editing history. Not that I expect my memory-starved lowbudget iPad to be able to hold such a file in RAM.\nAnyway, the mistake was a blessing in disguise (as mistakes usually are), because it offered me something for the eyes to pay attention to. I\u0026rsquo;m by no means an expert at painting, nor art design, but keeping the observer looking at an image is perhaps the second most important attribute of any artwork. The first being, to not bore the observer with the expected, with what can be assumed common knowledge. The observer can use their imagination to fill in missing details.\nI also need to remind myself that these paintings are but a step in what I want to create, a pixel art piece. The paintings are rough attempts at creating ideas. Some artists may be able to do without such a change in medium and do this imagination bit in a pixel art editor. I found that an additional step with traditional drawing really helps me to iron out vagaries in my art.\nAfter all, art is creating something where there was nothing, besides emptiness (which is actually a thing). Filling this void, enhancing life is what makes art worth all the trouble. However, we humans aren\u0026rsquo;t born as artists, so we need some assistance to aid in the art creation process. If you can do it all in your head, more power to you! The rest of us do what we need to do to get things done, however clumsy it may appear to an outsider.\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-30 10:27:53 +0200", "date": "10:27 p.m. on Sep 30, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/30/drawing-process.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F30%2Fdrawing-process.html" }, { "id": 572, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 30, 2023, prompt: \u0026ldquo;Treasure.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-30 08:26:42 +0200", "date": "8:26 p.m. on Sep 30, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/29/121356.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F29%2F121356.html" }, { "id": 573, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 29, 2023, prompt: \u0026ldquo;Contrast.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-29 10:06:35 +0200", "date": "10:06 p.m. on Sep 29, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/29/seppixel-for-september.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F29%2Fseppixel-for-september.html" }, { "id": 574, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I gave it another go, and this one seems better. That\u0026rsquo;s probably because of its roughness, leaving enough room for the imagination, while the drawing is just as cobbled together as what I drew earlier. Still, rougher seems an improvement.\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-28 17:34:42 +0200", "date": "5:34 p.m. on Sep 28, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/28/i-gave-it.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F28%2Fi-gave-it.html" }, { "id": 575, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "So, I took more time, and it\u0026rsquo;s only marginally better. I know it\u0026rsquo;s a difficult subject matter, requiring patience and subtlety. Nevertheless, I assumed I was beyond this skill level. It isn\u0026rsquo;t bad, nor good, but somewhere in between 😔\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-28 10:44:29 +0200", "date": "10:44 p.m. on Sep 28, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/28/so-i-took.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F28%2Fso-i-took.html" }, { "id": 576, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 28, 2023, prompt: \u0026ldquo;Workout.\u0026quot;\n👾 ʎʇʇᴉʞ \u0026lsquo;sǝʇnlƃ ǝsoɥʇ uɹnq\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-28 07:43:32 +0200", "date": "7:43 p.m. on Sep 28, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/26/seppixel-for-september.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F26%2Fseppixel-for-september.html" }, { "id": 577, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "If one\u0026rsquo;s goal is to get better, it\u0026rsquo;s not enough to claim you suck at it, because that\u0026rsquo;s true for anyone to some extent, even experts. You should inquire what makes you state that. In this case, I think it\u0026rsquo;s impatience. I need to slow down, take my time.\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-27 09:31:28 +0200", "date": "9:31 p.m. on Sep 27, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/27/if-ones-goal.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F27%2Fif-ones-goal.html" }, { "id": 578, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 27, 2023, prompt: \u0026ldquo;Embrace.\u0026quot;\n👾 xɐɯ oɹd ϛƖ ǝuoɥdᴉ ʍǝu ɹnoʎ ʎoɾuǝ\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-27 07:03:58 +0200", "date": "7:03 p.m. on Sep 27, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/24/seppixel-for-september.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F24%2Fseppixel-for-september.html" }, { "id": 579, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 26, 2023, prompt: \u0026ldquo;Beverage.\u0026quot;\n👾 ǝɯ ɯoɹɟ ɟɟnp ou ʇɔǝdxǝ\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-26 07:39:06 +0200", "date": "7:39 p.m. on Sep 26, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/23/164630.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F23%2F164630.html" }, { "id": 580, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Tried how my drawing skills of cute(ish) cats are. Let\u0026rsquo;s say it\u0026rsquo;s still a \u0026ldquo;learning experience.\u0026rdquo; Not much days left until October 1.\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-25 13:43:27 +0200", "date": "1:43 p.m. on Sep 25, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/25/tried-how-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F25%2Ftried-how-my.html" }, { "id": 581, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "When tracing is used to understand what one sees. The goal is to be able to draw hands from imagination, using photos only to add realism, not to copy. This then becomes stylized instead of a literal copy. Still, there\u0026rsquo;s always room for artistic liberties, or one could better take a photo instead.\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-25 08:26:54 +0200", "date": "8:26 p.m. on Sep 25, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/25/when-tracing-is.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F25%2Fwhen-tracing-is.html" }, { "id": 582, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 25, 2023, prompt: \u0026ldquo;Flare.\u0026quot;\n👾 spl ǝɥʇ uo ʎsɐǝ\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-25 06:40:09 +0200", "date": "6:40 p.m. on Sep 25, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/22/seppixel-for-september.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F22%2Fseppixel-for-september.html" }, { "id": 583, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Turning a small illustration into pixel art is still a lot of creative drawing besides tracing. Shown is the intermediate size-reduction step I made in Procreate with a 1-pixel brush, and the 4x even smaller version in Pixaki. It\u0026rsquo;s based on an illustration from an image search.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-24 14:41:52 +0200", "date": "2:41 p.m. on Sep 24, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/24/turning-a-small.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F24%2Fturning-a-small.html" }, { "id": 584, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 24, 2023, prompt: \u0026ldquo;Belt.\u0026quot;\n👾 uǝʞoɹq sᴉ ʇlǝq ǝɥʇ\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-24 10:16:04 +0200", "date": "10:16 p.m. on Sep 24, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/21/seppixel-for-september.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F21%2Fseppixel-for-september.html" }, { "id": 585, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Working ahead a few days in my current SepPixel challenge has shown me that my iPad needs upgrading. It doesn\u0026rsquo;t last longer than a few hours on a full charge, and drawings apps sometimes crash, probably because of low memory and software development with the M1 or better in mind.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-23 17:03:27 +0200", "date": "5:03 p.m. on Sep 23, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/23/working-ahead-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F23%2Fworking-ahead-a.html" }, { "id": 586, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 23, 2023, prompt: \u0026ldquo;Day in the Life.\u0026quot;\n👾 ǝƃpᴉɹɹod lɐǝɯʇɐo sǝʌol zᴉz∀ 🤭\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-23 09:47:39 +0200", "date": "9:47 p.m. on Sep 23, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/23/seppixel-for-september.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F23%2Fseppixel-for-september.html" }, { "id": 587, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 22, 2023, prompt: \u0026ldquo;Road.\u0026quot;\n👾 ʎǝlloʍ qɹᴉɔʞ ɹoɐp\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-22 07:27:04 +0200", "date": "7:27 p.m. on Sep 22, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/20/seppixel-for-september.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F20%2Fseppixel-for-september.html" }, { "id": 588, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I tried Discord for a while, but I don\u0026rsquo;t get it. A failure on my part, I know, but that doesn\u0026rsquo;t make it easier to understand. The help functionality is, as usual, written by experts, without the eyes of a newcomer, IOW, pretty much useless for newbies. I suppose they even included a kitchen sink 😉\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-21 15:52:19 +0200", "date": "3:52 p.m. on Sep 21, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/21/i-tried-discord.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F21%2Fi-tried-discord.html" }, { "id": 589, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m still bothered by a false notion that if something takes a lot of time, it should be above and beyond something that took little time. There doesn\u0026rsquo;t seem to be a correlation, or, at best, a loose correlation. Often the last 10% takes 90% of the time of a project, totally unwarranted, yet true.\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-21 11:59:37 +0200", "date": "11:59 p.m. on Sep 21, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/21/im-still-bothered.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F21%2Fim-still-bothered.html" }, { "id": 590, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 21, 2023, prompt: \u0026ldquo;Fall.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-21 07:20:43 +0200", "date": "7:20 p.m. on Sep 21, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/17/151921.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F17%2F151921.html" }, { "id": 591, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I tried to draw a cute stylized cat from imagination, and see I\u0026rsquo;ll need more practice. Also, 64 by 64 pixels is a bit cramped for this art style. I probably need to bump it up to 96 by 96 or 128 by 128 pixels.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-20 09:10:29 +0200", "date": "9:10 p.m. on Sep 20, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/20/i-tried-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F20%2Fi-tried-to.html" }, { "id": 592, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 20, 2023, prompt: \u0026ldquo;Disruption.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-20 08:03:58 +0200", "date": "8:03 p.m. on Sep 20, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/17/151321.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F17%2F151321.html" }, { "id": 593, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Since I\u0026rsquo;ll be drawing cats the whole next month, I\u0026rsquo;d better up my cat drawing skills. If nothing else, it\u0026rsquo;s fun to study what others have made. Little secret, cats seems cute to us, \u0026lsquo;cause they share traits with small children. I guess you already knew that, so not really a secret 😻 Mew!\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-19 06:59:18 +0200", "date": "6:59 p.m. on Sep 19, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/19/since-ill-be.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F19%2Fsince-ill-be.html" }, { "id": 594, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 19, 2023, prompt: \u0026ldquo;Edge.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-19 06:15:32 +0200", "date": "6:15 p.m. on Sep 19, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/17/seppixel-for-september.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F17%2Fseppixel-for-september.html" }, { "id": 595, "type": "post", "title": "Retrospect: 2023 Reddit Sketch Daily challenge", "text": "To get back into pixel art, I gave myself the challenge to draw the daily prompts (themes or alt themes) for r/SketchDaily on Reddit and post the result on both it and my blog. Here are the prompts and the links to blog posts with the drawing in it.\n👾\n July 26, 2023: Pillow Fight July 28, 2023: Free Draw Friday, a portrait July 29, 2023: Ogre July 30, 2023: Witches July 31, 2023: Microscope August 1, 2023: Sandwiches August 2, 2023: Disguise August 3, 2023: Large Birds August 4, 2023: Dusty Old Books August 5, 2023: Free Draw Friday, black and white cat August 6, 2023: Cycle of Life August 7, 2023: Gloomy August 8, 2023: Bump in the Night August 9, 2023: Gudetama August 10, 2023: Regatta August 11, 2023: Free Draw Friday, laser shooting cat August 12, 2023: High Society August 13, 2023: The Angriest Looking Fish You Ever Saw August 14, 2023: Beehive August 15, 2023: Bears August 16, 2023: Plumbing August 17, 2023: Heavy Metal August 18, 2023: Free Draw Friday (finished the bears of August 15, 2023). August 19, 2023: The Matrix August 20, 2023: Olympics August 21, 2023: Donkey Kong August 22, 2023: Galaxy Quest August 23, 2023: Illustrate Your Reddit Username, Ditto version 2 August 24, 2023: The Muppet Christmas Carol August 25, 2023: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? August 26, 2023: Movie Week Free Draw Finale (Raiders of the Lost Ark) August 27, 2023: News Headline August 28, 2023: Evolution You\u0026rsquo;ve undoubtably noticed that the 30 days were in fact 33 days. Who is counting if they\u0026rsquo;re having fun?\nIt was indeed very enjoyable, though tiring. Doing pixel art is as slow as doing coloring pencils (i.e. very slow), at least, for me it is. I could easily spend 6 hours on a pixel art drawing, not counting research and pauses. It wasn\u0026rsquo;t sustainable on the long run. This is why I stopped as soon as I had another challenge in sight, the photo blogging challenge by micro∙blog, which I repurposed for pixel art, called it SepPixel.\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-18 15:36:12 +0200", "date": "3:36 p.m. on Sep 18, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/18/retrospect-reddit-sketch.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F18%2Fretrospect-reddit-sketch.html" }, { "id": 596, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 18, 2023, prompt: \u0026ldquo;Fabric.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-18 08:38:49 +0200", "date": "8:38 p.m. on Sep 18, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/16/seppixel-for-september.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F16%2Fseppixel-for-september.html" }, { "id": 597, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 17, 2023, prompt: \u0026ldquo;Intense\u0026rdquo;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-17 09:59:25 +0200", "date": "9:59 p.m. on Sep 17, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/15/144112.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F15%2F144112.html" }, { "id": 598, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I found this list of prompts for this year\u0026rsquo;s feline alternative to Inktober, called Catober. It\u0026rsquo;s made by Karen Luk. I found it on LinkedIn through a web search.\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-16 08:39:19 +0200", "date": "8:39 p.m. on Sep 16, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/16/i-found-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F16%2Fi-found-this.html" }, { "id": 599, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 16, 2023, prompt: \u0026ldquo;Oof!\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-16 06:58:28 +0200", "date": "6:58 p.m. on Sep 16, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/15/seppixel-for-september.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F15%2Fseppixel-for-september.html" }, { "id": 600, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I like this quote from One Piece, the live action series now on Netflix:\n If you find your current path in life too easy, you’re on the wrong path.\n ", "dateiso": "2023-09-15 11:19:15 +0200", "date": "11:19 p.m. on Sep 15, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/15/i-like-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F15%2Fi-like-this.html" }, { "id": 601, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Muddling through live sketching of Maahir…\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-15 11:16:00 +0200", "date": "11:16 p.m. on Sep 15, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/15/muddling-through-live.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F15%2Fmuddling-through-live.html" }, { "id": 602, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 15, 2023, prompt: \u0026ldquo;Red.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-15 09:39:37 +0200", "date": "9:39 p.m. on Sep 15, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/14/152806.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F14%2F152806.html" }, { "id": 603, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Listening to tech podcasts regaling about Apple\u0026rsquo;s 2023 iPhones and Watches is as interesting to me (read: not) as any unobtainium in this world. It\u0026rsquo;s an insta-skip.\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-14 12:53:11 +0200", "date": "12:53 p.m. on Sep 14, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/14/listening-to-tech.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F14%2Flistening-to-tech.html" }, { "id": 604, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Thinking of my next art challenge for the month of October. It\u0026rsquo;s Inktober, yet with cats and in pixel art instead of ink on paper.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-14 12:15:00 +0200", "date": "12:15 p.m. on Sep 14, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/14/thinking-of-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F14%2Fthinking-of-my.html" }, { "id": 605, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Maahir turned four today. Happy birthday, buddy!\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-14 11:09:11 +0200", "date": "11:09 p.m. on Sep 14, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/14/maahir-turned-four.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F14%2Fmaahir-turned-four.html" }, { "id": 606, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 14, 2023, theme: \u0026ldquo;Statue.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-14 11:00:00 +0200", "date": "11:00 p.m. on Sep 14, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/14/seppixel-for-september.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F14%2Fseppixel-for-september.html" }, { "id": 607, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 13, 2023, theme: \u0026ldquo;Glowing.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-13 11:00:00 +0200", "date": "11:00 p.m. on Sep 13, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/13/seppixel-for-september.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F13%2Fseppixel-for-september.html" }, { "id": 608, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel Dailies theme for September 12, 2023 is: \u0026ldquo;Rulebook.\u0026quot;\n👾\n No rules, no game.\n ", "dateiso": "2023-09-12 18:06:21 +0200", "date": "6:06 p.m. on Sep 12, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/12/pixel-dailies-theme.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F12%2Fpixel-dailies-theme.html" }, { "id": 609, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I thought the new micro∙blog photo prompts were quite challenging, but if you stop being literal, it\u0026rsquo;s actually not hard. In case someone wanted a challenge: \u0026ldquo;wabi-sabi.\u0026rdquo; I\u0026rsquo;m not suggesting it, though, since I\u0026rsquo;m not any good at suggestions, because of misreading woke individuals on the Internet.\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-12 15:23:19 +0200", "date": "3:23 p.m. on Sep 12, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/12/i-thought-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F12%2Fi-thought-the.html" }, { "id": 610, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 12, 2023, theme: \u0026ldquo;Panic.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-12 11:00:00 +0200", "date": "11:00 p.m. on Sep 12, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/12/seppixel-for-september.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F12%2Fseppixel-for-september.html" }, { "id": 611, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 11, 2023, theme: \u0026ldquo;Retrospect.\u0026rdquo; If books like Animal Farm have taught us anything, it is that civil society is the only way to advance humanity from the notion that being different is a bad thing.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-11 08:50:48 +0200", "date": "8:50 p.m. on Sep 11, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/11/seppixel-for-september.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F11%2Fseppixel-for-september.html" }, { "id": 612, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 10, 2023, theme: \u0026ldquo;Cycle\u0026rdquo;, or perhaps \u0026ldquo;BiCycle.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-10 06:58:36 +0200", "date": "6:58 p.m. on Sep 10, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/10/seppixel-for-september.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F10%2Fseppixel-for-september.html" }, { "id": 613, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 9, 2023, theme: \u0026ldquo;Language.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-09 08:38:34 +0200", "date": "8:38 p.m. on Sep 9, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/09/seppixel-for-september.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F09%2Fseppixel-for-september.html" }, { "id": 614, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 8, 2023, theme: \u0026ldquo;Yonder.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-08 15:56:35 +0200", "date": "3:56 p.m. on Sep 8, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/08/seppixel-for-september.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F08%2Fseppixel-for-september.html" }, { "id": 615, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "There\u0026rsquo;s a new set of 7 prompts for the micro∙blog photo blogging challenge for September 2023. There was a request for more prompts, but I failed miserably by suggesting a very negative word. I was never any good at words or writing or narrative. Not for lack of trying, though. There was more than enough of the latter, just too few successful attempts to matter.\n Words, how do they even work?\n As for my contribution in pixel art… Let\u0026rsquo;s say it\u0026rsquo;s a work in progress.\n😑😞😫👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-07 15:37:07 +0200", "date": "3:37 p.m. on Sep 7, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/07/theres-a-new.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F07%2Ftheres-a-new.html" }, { "id": 616, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 7, 2023, theme: \u0026ldquo;Panorama.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-07 11:00:00 +0200", "date": "11:00 p.m. on Sep 7, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/07/seppixel-for-september.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F07%2Fseppixel-for-september.html" }, { "id": 617, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Lifetime memberships seem to be the current rage, Wordpress hosting, watching Nebula, and probably many more. I think it appeals to those who hate the surreptitiousness of recurring subscriptions, and to those who despise venture capitalism\u0026rsquo;s firm hold on company strategy.\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-07 07:55:16 +0200", "date": "7:55 p.m. on Sep 7, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/07/lifetime-memberships-seem.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F07%2Flifetime-memberships-seem.html" }, { "id": 618, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 6, 2023, theme: \u0026ldquo;Well.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-06 11:00:00 +0200", "date": "11:00 p.m. on Sep 6, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/06/seppixel-for-september.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F06%2Fseppixel-for-september.html" }, { "id": 619, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 5, 2023, theme: \u0026ldquo;Forest.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-05 11:00:00 +0200", "date": "11:00 p.m. on Sep 5, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/05/seppixel-for-september.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F05%2Fseppixel-for-september.html" }, { "id": 620, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 4, 2023, theme: \u0026ldquo;Orange.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-04 09:15:45 +0200", "date": "9:15 p.m. on Sep 4, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/04/seppixel-for-september.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F04%2Fseppixel-for-september.html" }, { "id": 621, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 3, 2023, theme: \u0026ldquo;Precious.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-03 09:26:16 +0200", "date": "9:26 p.m. on Sep 3, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/03/seppixel-for-september.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F03%2Fseppixel-for-september.html" }, { "id": 622, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 2, 2023, theme: \u0026ldquo;Buildup.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-02 11:00:00 +0200", "date": "11:00 p.m. on Sep 2, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/02/seppixel-for-september.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F02%2Fseppixel-for-september.html" }, { "id": 623, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I just donated the money I saved today by carpooling to @thatkruegergirl Remember, the human capacity for compassion is infinite, despite what others say.\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-02 06:35:50 +0200", "date": "6:35 p.m. on Sep 2, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/02/i-just-donated.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F02%2Fi-just-donated.html" }, { "id": 624, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SepPixel for September 1, 2023, theme: \u0026ldquo;Abstract.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-09-01 10:56:59 +0200", "date": "10:56 p.m. on Sep 1, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/09/01/seppixel-for-september.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F01%2Fseppixel-for-september.html" }, { "id": 625, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Why, as I grow more mature as an artist, am I still shooting for what I can\u0026rsquo;t possibly reach with my art skills? Anyway, I\u0026rsquo;m prepping myself for another 30 days of pixel art.\nDid you know the art of the original Mac was inspired by Matisse, not Picasso? Both are conceptual, abstract artists.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-31 16:10:21 +0200", "date": "4:10 p.m. on Aug 31, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/31/why-as-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F31%2Fwhy-as-i.html" }, { "id": 626, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art for Pixel Dailies, theme: \u0026ldquo;Transporter\u0026rdquo;, for August 30, 2023 (so, with a day delay). I got all VW Transporters in my image search, so I opted for a vehicle in extreme perspective. Game Boy format (160 x 144 pixels, 4 colors). Drawing time ± 1 hour.\n👾\nTomorrow starts \u0026ldquo;SepPixel.\u0026rdquo;\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-31 08:48:24 +0200", "date": "8:48 p.m. on Aug 31, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/31/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F31%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 627, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It\u0026rsquo;s September  0 negative one, and I hope to join the Micro∙blog September 2023 challenge tomorrowthe day after tomorrow, not with photography, but with pixel art 🙃\nI call it \u0026ldquo;SepPixel.\u0026rdquo; Let\u0026rsquo;s see how this one goes…\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-30 15:25:17 +0200", "date": "3:25 p.m. on Aug 30, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/30/its-september-and.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F30%2Fits-september-and.html" }, { "id": 628, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Yesterday\u0026rsquo;s theme on Pixels Dailies was: \u0026ldquo;Reaction Image.\u0026rdquo; I did a quick image search to get an idea and then drew from imagination a WTF face. Pixel art 32 x 32 pixels, 4 colors on an 160 x 144 Game Boy canvas. Drawing time: 1u26m. Not posted on Pixel Dailies.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-30 09:33:29 +0200", "date": "9:33 p.m. on Aug 30, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/30/yesterdays-theme-on.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F30%2Fyesterdays-theme-on.html" }, { "id": 629, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. I made a Game Boy compatible base image (160 x 144 pixels, 4 colors), though with a different color palette (called \u0026ldquo;Candypop\u0026rdquo;). I can now easily add the theme and change the date. Though, the date is today 😬 That\u0026rsquo;s global timezones for you. I\u0026rsquo;m happy with it ☺️ … Time: 2u22m, oops 😅\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-29 16:32:12 +0200", "date": "4:32 p.m. on Aug 29, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/29/pixel-art-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F29%2Fpixel-art-i.html" }, { "id": 630, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art at Game Boy resolution (160 x 144, 4 colors), using a different color palette (candy pop). This is me leaning out from art challenges a bit, not going into details too much. Still, drawing time was 2u25m. Not posted on Pixel Dailies.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-29 10:41:48 +0200", "date": "10:41 p.m. on Aug 29, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/29/pixel-art-at.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F29%2Fpixel-art-at.html" }, { "id": 631, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "For r/SketchDaily. The final pixel art drawing for this streak of 30 days, illustrating the concept of evolution. As always, I reached for the sky, but got a slight hop out of it in reality. Pixel art for Game Boy Advance (240 x 160, 32 colors).\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-28 17:56:09 +0200", "date": "5:56 p.m. on Aug 28, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/28/for-rsketchdaily-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F28%2Ffor-rsketchdaily-the.html" }, { "id": 632, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Taking breaks is important, especially on days you\u0026rsquo;d rather spend in bed than making pixel art for the last day (for now) on r/SketchDaily.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-28 13:13:00 +0200", "date": "1:13 p.m. on Aug 28, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/28/taking-breaks-is.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F28%2Ftaking-breaks-is.html" }, { "id": 633, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Yesterday I did another long run, 26 km with 20 km at marathon tempo. This doesn\u0026rsquo;t sound all too impressive, until you consider what came before (32 km a week before, 23 km 4 days before). See my training session on Strava. It felt like a race.\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-28 08:35:53 +0200", "date": "8:35 p.m. on Aug 28, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/28/yesterday-i-did.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F28%2Fyesterday-i-did.html" }, { "id": 634, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "For r/SketchDaily. Off-topic: \u0026ldquo;News headline.\u0026rdquo; I obviously misread today\u0026rsquo;s theme, which is: \u0026ldquo;Not the onion\u0026rdquo; (alt theme: onion), and pick a weird headline to illustrate. Nah, I stuck with positivity instead. There\u0026rsquo;s enough downbeat \u0026ldquo;news\u0026rdquo; around. India reached the Moon–unlike Russia–in one piece 👏\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-27 11:27:16 +0200", "date": "11:27 p.m. on Aug 27, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/27/for-rsketchdaily-offtopic.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F27%2Ffor-rsketchdaily-offtopic.html" }, { "id": 635, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-08-26 21:00:18 +0200", "date": "9:00 p.m. on Aug 26, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/26/210018.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F26%2F210018.html" }, { "id": 636, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I updated my Reddit avatar (was alt theme on August 23, 2023). It\u0026rsquo;s 144 x144 pixels, 8 colors, which would fit easily on a Game Boy Advance screen. It illustrates my username, Rasheedity. It\u0026rsquo;s a mashup between the default Reddit alien and a pony I drew earlier this week.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-26 15:17:32 +0200", "date": "3:17 p.m. on Aug 26, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/26/i-updated-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F26%2Fi-updated-my.html" }, { "id": 637, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "For r/SketchDaily. Theme: Movie Week Free Draw Finale, where you draw a favorite that wasn\u0026rsquo;t mentioned. I chose \u0026ldquo;Raiders of the Lost Ark\u0026rdquo;, with a twist. Drawing time: 7 hours in several sessions. Pixel art for Game Boy Advance (240 x160 pixels, 32 colors).\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-26 11:32:40 +0200", "date": "11:32 p.m. on Aug 26, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/26/for-rsketchdaily-theme.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F26%2Ffor-rsketchdaily-theme.html" }, { "id": 638, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Two days ago I felt I hadn\u0026rsquo;t the chops to draw a pony in MLP style to illustrate my Reddit username for r/SketchDaily. Today I remedied that omission by doing just that, draw a pony, in glorious 4-colors 160 by 144 pixels Game Boy art.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-25 14:51:22 +0200", "date": "2:51 p.m. on Aug 25, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/25/two-days-ago.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F25%2Ftwo-days-ago.html" }, { "id": 639, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "For r/SketchDaily. Theme: \u0026ldquo;Who Framed Roger Rabbit?\u0026rdquo; He\u0026rsquo;s literally in a frame, together with a Flash animated MyLittlePony, and videogame Mario. Pixel art for Game Boy Advance (240 x 160 pixels, 32 colors). Drawing time: 5u24m.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-25 14:03:03 +0200", "date": "2:03 p.m. on Aug 25, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/25/for-rsketchdaily-theme.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F25%2Ffor-rsketchdaily-theme.html" }, { "id": 640, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "For r/SketchDaily. Theme: \u0026ldquo;The Muppet Christmas Carol.\u0026rdquo; I didn\u0026rsquo;t want to blatantly copy an image from the Internet, so I did sloppy environment drawing and then tried to fix it the best I could. Pixel art for Game Boy Advance (240 x 160, 32 colors).\nAdded a dancer with 🎩\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-24 13:27:57 +0200", "date": "1:27 p.m. on Aug 24, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/24/for-rsketchdaily-theme.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F24%2Ffor-rsketchdaily-theme.html" }, { "id": 641, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "For r/SketchDaily. Alt Theme Reddit name illustrated. Actually, it was made for r/MLPDrawingSchool, because it was big 11 years ago, “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.” My pony drawing skills have been worsened since. 👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-23 15:20:02 +0200", "date": "3:20 p.m. on Aug 23, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/23/for-rsketchdaily-alt.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F23%2Ffor-rsketchdaily-alt.html" }, { "id": 642, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Originally I wanted to mash up all these shows for my Galaxy Quest r/SketchDaily theme, which would have been to ambitious for a one-day challenge:\n Doctor Who Farscape Quantum Leap Aliens Lost in Space Galaxy Quest Battlestar Galactica Star Wars Babylon 5 Star Trek Stargåte ", "dateiso": "2023-08-22 17:59:50 +0200", "date": "5:59 p.m. on Aug 22, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/22/originally-i-wanted.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F22%2Foriginally-i-wanted.html" }, { "id": 643, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I wasn\u0026rsquo;t aware disboard.org was a thing for exploring the Discord universe of communities.\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-22 16:41:26 +0200", "date": "4:41 p.m. on Aug 22, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/22/i-wasnt-aware.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F22%2Fi-wasnt-aware.html" }, { "id": 644, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "For r/SketchDaily, theme Galaxy Quest. Pixel art for Game Boy Advance (240 x 160, 32 colors). I decided to do a mash-up of the logo\u0026rsquo;s of Galaxy Quest, Star Wars, and Star Trek.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-22 15:10:23 +0200", "date": "3:10 p.m. on Aug 22, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/22/for-rsketchdaily-theme.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F22%2Ffor-rsketchdaily-theme.html" }, { "id": 645, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Yesterday I ran 32 km in 3h46m (see my Strava) as a part of my fall marathon preparation. I was quite exhausted at the end, so I need to do it again to be sure. The marathon is end of October.\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-21 18:06:11 +0200", "date": "6:06 p.m. on Aug 21, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/21/yesterday-i-ran.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F21%2Fyesterday-i-ran.html" }, { "id": 646, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "For r/SketchDaily. Alt theme Donkey Kong. Pixel art Game Boy Advance (240 x 160, 32 colors).\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-21 16:31:55 +0200", "date": "4:31 p.m. on Aug 21, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/21/for-rsketchdaily-alt.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F21%2Ffor-rsketchdaily-alt.html" }, { "id": 647, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Studying shadow on a ball in pixel art. This isn\u0026rsquo;t easy, and probably full of mistakes.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-21 10:39:36 +0200", "date": "10:39 p.m. on Aug 21, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/21/studying-shadow-on.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F21%2Fstudying-shadow-on.html" }, { "id": 648, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art for r/SketchDaily. Alt theme Olympics. Game Boy Advance pixel art (240 x 160, 32 colors).\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-20 18:17:54 +0200", "date": "6:17 p.m. on Aug 20, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/20/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F20%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 649, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art for r/SketchDaily, alt theme The Matrix. I decided to make a simple animation with some text and graphics. However, the subreddit doesn\u0026rsquo;t allow animated GIF, it seems, so I shared one frame instead. Game Boy image format, 160 x 144, 4 colors.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-19 15:05:00 +0200", "date": "3:05 p.m. on Aug 19, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/19/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F19%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 650, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Practicing pixel art… I continued working on yesterday\u0026rsquo;s pixel art in Pixaki (it rocks!) To do it justice I\u0026rsquo;ll need a proper pixel editor like Aseprite, the industry standard. Ah well, tools not art make. If I happen to become a pro, buying a Mac will make much more sense.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-19 09:36:25 +0200", "date": "9:36 p.m. on Aug 19, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/19/practicing-pixel-art.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F19%2Fpracticing-pixel-art.html" }, { "id": 651, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "When I saw Pixaki could use the iPad\u0026rsquo;s pasteboard, I tried copy-and-pasting existing pixel art into Procreate, which has an 1-pixel brush installed. I enlarged the original three times, recreated the color palette, and drew over it in a new layer. I can see that having value, though it\u0026rsquo;s very slow.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-18 19:46:32 +0200", "date": "7:46 p.m. on Aug 18, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/18/when-i-saw.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F18%2Fwhen-i-saw.html" }, { "id": 652, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Did a quick search on payment processors and the industry leaders are Stripe and PayPal. For micro-payments (which I\u0026rsquo;m interested in, anything less than $10 USD, for letting people support my art), PayPal seems best suited, esp\u0026rsquo;ly for someone outside the US, as I am. Stripe beats PayPal otherwise.\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-18 16:59:22 +0200", "date": "4:59 p.m. on Aug 18, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/18/did-a-quick.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F18%2Fdid-a-quick.html" }, { "id": 653, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "To prep for a free draw (not based on reference), I did a few pencil sketches to explore the drawing space of anthropomorphized bears. It was only a shallow exploration and even didn\u0026rsquo;t get my feet wet. I liked the idea of actual gummi bears (the sweets) instead of the Disney ones.\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-18 16:26:24 +0200", "date": "4:26 p.m. on Aug 18, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/18/to-prep-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F18%2Fto-prep-for.html" }, { "id": 654, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Free Draw Friday on r/SketchDaily! Continued my \u0026ldquo;Famous Bears\u0026rdquo; of last Tuesday by refining the five I already did, adding four more, and do a free draw, based on the Gummi Bears. I gave up on guessing a drawing time, who cares? It was so much fun! Exhausting, though 🥱 Can\u0026rsquo;t keep up 10 hrs per day.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-18 15:46:10 +0200", "date": "3:46 p.m. on Aug 18, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/18/free-draw-friday.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F18%2Ffree-draw-friday.html" }, { "id": 655, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Work in Progress pixel art for r/SketchDaily Free Draw Friday. I fixed some of the problems I discovered with a fresh look. There\u0026rsquo;s just one portrait to go. Alas, my ambitions are thusly high, that it might take the rest of the day to pull it off.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-18 08:57:07 +0200", "date": "8:57 p.m. on Aug 18, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/18/work-in-progress.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F18%2Fwork-in-progress.html" }, { "id": 656, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "🤣 I hope I can get away with pixeling Po\u0026rsquo;s silly nephew Fo. I was trying another facial expression than in the reference, which went somewhere in the totally-off-model territory. It\u0026rsquo;s part of a larger pixel art piece for tomorrow.\nIn other news, I seem to have misplaced my bottle of alien gummi juice.\n👾 🛸\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-17 16:03:11 +0200", "date": "4:03 p.m. on Aug 17, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/17/i-hope-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F17%2Fi-hope-i.html" }, { "id": 657, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Seriously considering stopping drawing for r/SketchDaily, since ten hours a day for a silly art challenge isn\u0026rsquo;t proportional; it\u0026rsquo;s totally out of whack.\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-17 12:11:56 +0200", "date": "12:11 p.m. on Aug 17, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/17/seriously-considering-stopping.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F17%2Fseriously-considering-stopping.html" }, { "id": 658, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s theme for r/SketchDaily is: Heavy Metal. To generate 1.21 Jigawatts you\u0026rsquo;d need something with a bit more kick. Game Boy Advance pixel art (240 x 160, 8 colors). Partially traced (save time), mostly drawn from imagination. Drawing time: ± 6 hours. 🙄 If I only had a time machine…\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-17 11:10:07 +0200", "date": "11:10 p.m. on Aug 17, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/17/todays-theme-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F17%2Ftodays-theme-for.html" }, { "id": 659, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Some of the items on my Bookmarks page were there because of clumsy tapping. The UI of the iOS app is clearly not tested with an iPhone SE 2020. It’s too busy underneath a post on the Timeline.\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-16 19:56:41 +0200", "date": "7:56 p.m. on Aug 16, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/16/some-of-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F16%2Fsome-of-the.html" }, { "id": 660, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Work in progress on a pixel art piece for Friday August 18, 2023. It\u0026rsquo;s a continuation (and refinement) of the piece I did for r/SketchDaily on August 15. The advantage of more time is a disadvantage at the same time, more can be added. Not always a good thing, as the initial vision could be lost.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-16 18:06:30 +0200", "date": "6:06 p.m. on Aug 16, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/16/work-in-progress.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F16%2Fwork-in-progress.html" }, { "id": 661, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s r/SketchDaily theme is plumbing. KISS is a wonderful principle, lost to practice. Game Boy artwork (160 x 144 pixels, 4 colors). Drawing time: 1u40m.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-16 15:49:40 +0200", "date": "3:49 p.m. on Aug 16, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/16/todays-rsketchdaily-theme.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F16%2Ftodays-rsketchdaily-theme.html" }, { "id": 662, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s r/SketchDaily theme is \u0026ldquo;🧸 Famous Bears.\u0026quot; I was only able to do 5 out of 10 famous bears because I didn\u0026rsquo;t have enough time. Still, I was enjoying the 64 x 64 pixels portraits so much, that I\u0026rsquo;ll finish it coming Friday. Drawing time: 7u20m for the whole image, around 50min per portrait.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-15 17:14:24 +0200", "date": "5:14 p.m. on Aug 15, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/15/todays-rsketchdaily-theme.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F15%2Ftodays-rsketchdaily-theme.html" }, { "id": 663, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Work in progress for today\u0026rsquo;s r/SketchDaily theme \u0026ldquo;🧸 Famous Bears.\u0026quot; I spent over 3 hours just collecting the references, and setting up the 512 x 512 pixels base image for ten 64 x 64 pixel art clips, to be filled with glorious pixel art imagery. Days are too short to pull off stunts like this…\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-15 10:12:51 +0200", "date": "10:12 p.m. on Aug 15, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/15/work-in-progress.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F15%2Fwork-in-progress.html" }, { "id": 664, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s theme for r/SketchDaily is Beehive. I drew Brigitte Bardot in a The Simpsons art style in pixel art that could have been draw on a Game Boy Advance (240 x 160, 16 colors). Drawing time: 2u57m.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-14 11:45:11 +0200", "date": "11:45 p.m. on Aug 14, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/14/todays-theme-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F14%2Ftodays-theme-for.html" }, { "id": 665, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Another self-challenge, this time from Pixel Dailies, theme Gengar. I really didn\u0026rsquo;t like visiting Twitter (now X), but, luckily, PD is now on Discord too. Drawing time: 1u40m.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-13 14:44:39 +0200", "date": "2:44 p.m. on Aug 13, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/13/another-selfchallenge-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F13%2Fanother-selfchallenge-this.html" }, { "id": 666, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s theme for /r/SketchDaily: The angriest looking fish you ever saw. Pixel art drawn from imagination. Size: 240 x 160, 16 colors. Drawing time: 3u6m.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-13 11:14:36 +0200", "date": "11:14 p.m. on Aug 13, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/13/todays-theme-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F13%2Ftodays-theme-for.html" }, { "id": 667, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I had to reboot my iPad, since it locked up (became unresponsive). This used to happen a lot in the early days of iOS (before iPadOS branched off iOS). I\u0026rsquo;m not running a beta release.\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-12 18:53:11 +0200", "date": "6:53 p.m. on Aug 12, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/12/i-had-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F12%2Fi-had-to.html" }, { "id": 668, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s theme of r/SketchDaily is High Society. I interpreted the theme as the 1954 movie with Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, and Frank Sinatra. Pixel art for the Game Boy Advance (240 x 160 pixels, 16 colors). Drawing time a whopping 7u18m, even with tracing and off-model drawing.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-12 18:34:26 +0200", "date": "6:34 p.m. on Aug 12, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/12/todays-theme-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F12%2Ftodays-theme-of.html" }, { "id": 669, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "What was I thinking? Work in Progress…\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-12 13:26:10 +0200", "date": "1:26 p.m. on Aug 12, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/12/what-was-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F12%2Fwhat-was-i.html" }, { "id": 670, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "iOS automatic app update is a farce. There, I said it!\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-11 16:43:23 +0200", "date": "4:43 p.m. on Aug 11, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/11/ios-automatic-app.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F11%2Fios-automatic-app.html" }, { "id": 671, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It\u0026rsquo;s free draw Friday on r/SketchDaily! I used my own cat photo to do a quick rough sketch from imagination, using the trial version of the ArtStation Pro app on my iPad. Sketch time around ¾ hours. I hope cat toy lasers won\u0026rsquo;t give cats bad ideas about world domination 🙋‍♂️⚡️🔫🙀\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-11 10:11:34 +0200", "date": "10:11 p.m. on Aug 11, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/11/its-free-draw.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F11%2Fits-free-draw.html" }, { "id": 672, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Drawing in pencil without the ability to zoom feels weird. I know I’ll need to have more patience with these live drawings, though the cat was distracted by a fly and stopped posing. Also, it’s a thick pencil lead in the KOH-I-NOOR pencil holder. Exactness is nigh impossible.\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-10 13:42:34 +0200", "date": "1:42 p.m. on Aug 10, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/10/drawing-in-pencil.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F10%2Fdrawing-in-pencil.html" }, { "id": 673, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My new Reddit avatar is based on the official avatar, upgraded into cute pixel art. 👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-10 11:23:23 +0200", "date": "11:23 p.m. on Aug 10, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/10/my-new-reddit.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F10%2Fmy-new-reddit.html" }, { "id": 674, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s theme for r/SketchDaily is Regatta. A search revealed Regatta is an outdoor fashion brand, so I went with that, instead of a boat race. Game Boy pixel artwork (160 by 144 pixels, 4 colors). Drawing time: 2u48m.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-10 11:03:00 +0200", "date": "11:03 p.m. on Aug 10, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/10/todays-theme-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F10%2Ftodays-theme-for.html" }, { "id": 675, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "r/SketchDaily alt theme was Gudetama. Small pixel art drawing of this Japanese cartoon character on a Game Boy Advance canvas and a 16-colors palette.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-09 14:03:32 +0200", "date": "2:03 p.m. on Aug 9, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/09/rsketchdaily-alt-theme.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F09%2Frsketchdaily-alt-theme.html" }, { "id": 676, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "As most of you may know, the only way to learn something is to commit to it, be it cats, iOS betas, or pixel art. I\u0026rsquo;m liking my experience with r/SketchDaily, though I realize many of the art subreddits are dead (sometimes no posts since over 3 years). I guess those have gone to Facebook.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-08 17:59:24 +0200", "date": "5:59 p.m. on Aug 8, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/08/as-most-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F08%2Fas-most-of.html" }, { "id": 677, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "For r/SketchDaily, theme Bump in the Night. Didn\u0026rsquo;t have much time, so I shrunk it down to 32 by 32 pixels, on my Game Boy compatible canvas (160 x 144 pixels, 4 colors). Drawing time: 1u18m, using Pixaki on 9th gen iPad. I didn\u0026rsquo;t copy the reference slavishly—it doesn\u0026rsquo;t work at such a small scale.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-08 11:07:54 +0200", "date": "11:07 p.m. on Aug 8, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/08/for-rsketchdaily-theme.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F08%2Ffor-rsketchdaily-theme.html" }, { "id": 678, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s drawing for r/SketchDaily, theme Moody. Wednesday Addams in front of a decrepit cottage. Reference was heavily used to speed up drawing. Pixel art Game Boy Advance (160 x 140 pixels, 10 colors). Drawing time 3u48m.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-07 17:19:17 +0200", "date": "5:19 p.m. on Aug 7, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/07/todays-drawing-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F07%2Ftodays-drawing-for.html" }, { "id": 679, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I ran my first 3+ hours run in my Fall marathon schedule as a run-walk-run. My easy pace for a 4 hour marathon is between 6 and 8 min/km, the slower, the better (since it hurts less and has a similar effect on one\u0026rsquo;s endurance). The average was around 7 min/km, (11 min/mi).\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-06 17:01:23 +0200", "date": "5:01 p.m. on Aug 6, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/06/i-ran-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F06%2Fi-ran-my.html" }, { "id": 680, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s theme for r/SketchDaily was The Cycle* of Life. I interpreted today\u0026rsquo;s theme as \u0026ldquo;young artist\u0026rdquo; and \u0026ldquo;mature artist.\u0026rdquo; Game Boy Advance pixel art 240 x 160, 9 colors. Drawing time 2u58m.\n👾\n*Actually, the title was The Circle of Life.\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-06 11:09:00 +0200", "date": "11:09 p.m. on Aug 6, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/06/todays-theme-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F06%2Ftodays-theme-for.html" }, { "id": 681, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I can remember painting this cat from reference in almost 16 hours straight.\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-05 18:26:57 +0200", "date": "6:26 p.m. on Aug 5, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/05/i-can-remember.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F05%2Fi-can-remember.html" }, { "id": 682, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "For r/SketchDaily, theme Dusty Old Books. Game Boy Advance pixel art (240 x 160, 11 colors). Titles from a Good Reads list tagged \u0026ldquo;dusty books.\u0026rdquo;\n Animal Farm, by George Orwell The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien Lord of the Rings; Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien Harry Potter and the Philosopher\u0026rsquo;s Stone, by J.K. Rowling The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen 1984, by George Orwell Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley Lord of the Flies, by William Golding Drawing time: 5h02' in 2 sessions.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-05 15:54:44 +0200", "date": "3:54 p.m. on Aug 5, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/05/for-rsketchdaily-theme.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F05%2Ffor-rsketchdaily-theme.html" }, { "id": 683, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Free Draw Friday on r/SketchDaily. Drawn w/ the demo version of ArtStudio Pro on an iPad 9th gen, from a photo of one of my late precious feline friends. This goes sooo much faster than drawing with tiny squares! I can see from tiny errors and overall messiness that I\u0026rsquo;m a bit rusty, though.\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-04 11:02:07 +0200", "date": "11:02 p.m. on Aug 4, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/04/free-draw-friday.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F04%2Ffree-draw-friday.html" }, { "id": 684, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Yep, I can still do traditional art too. Doodling in ArtStudio Pro on iPad, which now has a in-app purchase model, and a life-time purchase too. I\u0026rsquo;m tempted. The demo version can\u0026rsquo;t save, but that wasn\u0026rsquo;t a problem for my mini test-drive.\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-03 16:35:33 +0200", "date": "4:35 p.m. on Aug 3, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/03/yep-i-can.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F03%2Fyep-i-can.html" }, { "id": 685, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My daily creations for r/SketchDaily were becoming ridiculously long-winded. Art engagement ≠ art skill. Likes can soon develop into a soul-sucking experience on social media sites. So I simplified. 6 is often enough for one\u0026rsquo;s art volume. I rather reserve my 11s for special occasions. 👾🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-03 11:39:15 +0200", "date": "11:39 p.m. on Aug 3, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/03/my-daily-creations.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F03%2Fmy-daily-creations.html" }, { "id": 686, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Removing my photos page, because it broke ☹️\nMeaning it stopped updating after a certain date (July 14, 2023). Don\u0026rsquo;t use something when it is broken. I tried the usual, rebuild, remove \u0026amp; rebuild \u0026amp; add back \u0026amp; rebuild. Nothing changed; still stuck.\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-02 20:20:23 +0200", "date": "8:20 p.m. on Aug 2, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/02/removing-my-photos.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F02%2Fremoving-my-photos.html" }, { "id": 687, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "For r/SketchDaily: Puddy Cat and Pepe Le Pew as Romeo and Juliet in disguise. Game Boy pixel art 160 x 144 pixels, 4 colors. Animation frame used as a loose reference.\n I am ze locksmith of love, no?\n 👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-02 16:39:22 +0200", "date": "4:39 p.m. on Aug 2, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/02/for-rsketchdaily-puddy.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F02%2Ffor-rsketchdaily-puddy.html" }, { "id": 688, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Finishing up the sandwiches wasn\u0026rsquo;t really that big of a deal. I suppose that\u0026rsquo;s my subconscious at work. Still, I worked 7 hours on it in 3 sessions over roughly 17 hours. That\u0026rsquo;s 10 hours of subconscious internal deliberation. IOW, I slept over my art piece. Next time a bit less intensive, please!\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-08-01 14:44:44 +0200", "date": "2:44 p.m. on Aug 1, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/08/01/finishing-up-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F08%2F01%2Ffinishing-up-the.html" }, { "id": 689, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I drew the microscope from reference (no tracing) and the enlargement of the slide from imagination. I\u0026rsquo;m particularly proud of the 16 by 16 texture tile made more or less seamless. The microscope and its light and shadows are excellent too, for my usual execution of such objects.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-31 14:52:42 +0200", "date": "2:52 p.m. on Jul 31, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/31/i-drew-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F31%2Fi-drew-the.html" }, { "id": 690, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Instead of running a 26 km long run, I decided to do another sketch for r/SketchDaily. I was feeling somewhat tired and thought it wise to not overreach. The evildoer has won, I guess.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-30 16:41:23 +0200", "date": "4:41 p.m. on Jul 30, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/30/instead-of-running.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F30%2Finstead-of-running.html" }, { "id": 691, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Despite Reddit being on the fritz, there are still active communities. We artists need challenges to improve, or to just maintain our skill level, even if it means to do the unthinkable (read: surf Reddit with a web browser).\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-30 09:16:33 +0200", "date": "9:16 p.m. on Jul 30, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/30/despite-reddit-being.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F30%2Fdespite-reddit-being.html" }, { "id": 692, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "In about six days I added two more 32 by 32 pixels portraits. These still take about an hour a piece, and I don\u0026rsquo;t see one minute for a portrait in my future. We will see how things develop, speed-painting wise. I can see progress, though. My pixels aren\u0026rsquo;t as random as before. That\u0026rsquo;s good, I think.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-29 14:21:31 +0200", "date": "2:21 p.m. on Jul 29, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/29/in-about-six.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F29%2Fin-about-six.html" }, { "id": 693, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Inspired by a famous British boy-band from the 1960s, I drew this character on a stage, using only four colors at a small screen size (GameBoy portable videogame player from the early 1990s). It wouldn\u0026rsquo;t be a playable character (96 pixels size), which had to wait until the late 1990s, early 2000s.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-29 10:56:06 +0200", "date": "10:56 p.m. on Jul 29, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/29/inspired-by-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F29%2Finspired-by-a.html" }, { "id": 694, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art portrait from a photo.\nThe dithering looks wonky, but that\u0026rsquo;s just inexperience on my part. I need more practice on the drawing fundamentals, specifically for pixel art. Still, it\u0026rsquo;s the best I could do in a 24 hour period since my previous sketch. So I\u0026rsquo;m happy 😊\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-28 12:08:26 +0200", "date": "12:08 p.m. on Jul 28, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/28/pixel-art-portrait.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F28%2Fpixel-art-portrait.html" }, { "id": 695, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I wonder… If there would\u0026rsquo;ve been a descent sketching app on the GameBoy, would I\u0026rsquo;ve been able to sketch like this? Ah well, it\u0026rsquo;s a challenge nonetheless, and I hope to get \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; enough to post on there. I\u0026rsquo;m competing with 4-color pixel art against pencil and paper, after all.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-27 09:52:48 +0200", "date": "9:52 p.m. on Jul 27, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/27/i-wonder-if.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F27%2Fi-wonder-if.html" }, { "id": 696, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I drew this on May 11, 2021 on r/SketchDaily, with prompt Quail Quilting Quorum. Too bad Reddit has gone to hell in a hand-basket in the meanwhile, similar to Twitter, now X. I remember drawing the upper left quail from reference and the rest from imagination, based on the reference.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-26 22:19:02 +0200", "date": "10:19 p.m. on Jul 26, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/26/i-drew-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F26%2Fi-drew-this.html" }, { "id": 697, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "An attempt at isometric perspective and texture tiling in pixel art. This doesn\u0026rsquo;t come easy, and requires more practice than a day, obviously.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-26 12:15:48 +0200", "date": "12:15 p.m. on Jul 26, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/26/an-attempt-at.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F26%2Fan-attempt-at.html" }, { "id": 698, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "MapCrunch.com pixel art shrunken to a tiny scale and only five colors.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-25 14:56:46 +0200", "date": "2:56 p.m. on Jul 25, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/25/mapcrunchcom-pixel-art.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F25%2Fmapcrunchcom-pixel-art.html" }, { "id": 699, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall…\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-25 10:55:28 +0200", "date": "10:55 p.m. on Jul 25, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/25/winter-spring-summer.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F25%2Fwinter-spring-summer.html" }, { "id": 700, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "🤨 Elon should\u0026rsquo;ve gone to eleven+), but it was already \u0026ldquo;taken\u0026rdquo;++), so X it\u0026rsquo;ll remain.\n+) In reference to the 1984 movie Spinal Tap, where an amplifier is shown to go from 0 to 11.\n++) In Roman numeral XI, and in hexadecimal B or decimal 11 (which both have been banned by default inside the com TLD) 🤓\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-25 08:40:02 +0200", "date": "8:40 p.m. on Jul 25, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/25/elon-shouldve-gone.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F25%2Felon-shouldve-gone.html" }, { "id": 701, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Now I know what to expect, it\u0026rsquo;s time to tackle some subjects, like this flower, and how to render blurriness with a limited color palette. Let\u0026rsquo;s say it\u0026rsquo;s an experiment 😊 Yes, let\u0026rsquo;s. I\u0026rsquo;m sure in a year\u0026rsquo;s time it will look \u0026ldquo;painfully newbie-ish\u0026rdquo; to future-me. Until then, I\u0026rsquo;m happy with the result.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-24 16:12:54 +0200", "date": "4:12 p.m. on Jul 24, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/24/now-i-know.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F24%2Fnow-i-know.html" }, { "id": 702, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "After more of the tutorial, it\u0026rsquo;s clear to me that to keep the art interesting, you need to be inventive in every piece, much like in engineering. This is also the case with traditional art, but far less so. Ever pixel piece is practice to learn new techniques, try out new ideas.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-24 08:44:39 +0200", "date": "8:44 p.m. on Jul 24, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/24/after-more-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F24%2Fafter-more-of.html" }, { "id": 703, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Self-portrait.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-23 10:53:37 +0200", "date": "10:53 p.m. on Jul 23, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/23/selfportrait.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F23%2Fselfportrait.html" }, { "id": 704, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I don\u0026rsquo;t drink, nor smoke, and according to this article by the National Cancer Institute,\n individuals who do not drink alcohol should not start drinking for any reason.\n and, for those who stop drinking,\n The cancer risks eventually decline, although it may take years for the risks of cancer to return to those of never drinkers.\n So I suppose I\u0026rsquo;m fine having been a teatotaller my whole life 😊\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-22 20:59:28 +0200", "date": "8:59 p.m. on Jul 22, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/22/i-dont-drink.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F22%2Fi-dont-drink.html" }, { "id": 705, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "At first I wanted to do one 32x32 pixels portrait per minute, but that turned out to be one per hour. Doing one of these per day shows me how I\u0026rsquo;m slowly improving my art skills over the days. There\u0026rsquo;s a lot of zooming in and out, squinting, and cringing over old art involved, as there should be.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-22 15:41:39 +0200", "date": "3:41 p.m. on Jul 22, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/22/at-first-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F22%2Fat-first-i.html" }, { "id": 706, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This weekend a pixel art tutorial by former DeviantArtist kiwinuptuo about lines and shading. I plan to extend it with floor shadow and with different drawing techniques. We see how far I\u0026rsquo;ll get. It\u0026rsquo;s rather sophisticated, so I\u0026rsquo;ll take my time. What I won\u0026rsquo;t do—yet—is texture, nor patterning.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-22 10:47:42 +0200", "date": "10:47 p.m. on Jul 22, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/22/this-weekend-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F22%2Fthis-weekend-a.html" }, { "id": 707, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Call me ignorant for never having heard of Robert Henri before @thatkruegergirl mentioned him in a quote.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-21 16:01:36 +0200", "date": "4:01 p.m. on Jul 21, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/21/call-me-ignorant.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F21%2Fcall-me-ignorant.html" }, { "id": 708, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "There couldn\u0026rsquo;t be more opposite movies in cinemas, while two strikes are going on in Hollywood over streaming residuals and a ban on AI script writing. It all is in our heads, in our heads.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-21 10:08:11 +0200", "date": "10:08 p.m. on Jul 21, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/21/there-couldnt-be.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F21%2Fthere-couldnt-be.html" }, { "id": 709, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The tv show Mannix was made in the late 1960\u0026rsquo;s, starring Mike Connors, with theme music by Lalo Schriffin (who also wrote the original Mission Impossible theme, and still composes and performs music at age 91). I traced a screenshot, which isn\u0026rsquo;t as straigthforward as you would hope at that size.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-20 09:48:07 +0200", "date": "9:48 p.m. on Jul 20, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/20/the-tv-show.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F20%2Fthe-tv-show.html" }, { "id": 710, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "For some a promise is just a bunch of words to keep the masses busy with their silly expectations.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-19 09:58:10 +0200", "date": "9:58 p.m. on Jul 19, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/19/for-some-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F19%2Ffor-some-a.html" }, { "id": 711, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I used to think that the ALT attribute is a kind of image description. Yes it is, but only machine-readable (i.e. for screen readers). For sighted humans, you can use the TITLE attribute or the FIGCAPTION tag, in addition to the ALT attribute. Right-click or long-press to reveal.\n👾\nAlt Attribute ", "dateiso": "2023-07-18 08:06:11 +0200", "date": "8:06 p.m. on Jul 18, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/18/i-used-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F18%2Fi-used-to.html" }, { "id": 712, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Good gracious me, it\u0026rsquo;s more like 60 minutes than 60 seconds. I have no idea how artists are able to draw so fast. I get lost in details as soon as I pick up a stylus to draw, and forget about any time limit.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-17 17:30:14 +0200", "date": "5:30 p.m. on Jul 17, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/17/good-gracious-me.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F17%2Fgood-gracious-me.html" }, { "id": 713, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I saw this video on YT, where it was claimed that the move to green energy can\u0026rsquo;t be achieved through capitalism, because there\u0026rsquo;s not enough profit in it. On the contrary, the video claims that we are in this mess through the exploitation of humans by a few wealthy individuals in the 19th century.\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-17 15:57:57 +0200", "date": "3:57 p.m. on Jul 17, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/17/i-saw-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F17%2Fi-saw-this.html" }, { "id": 714, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The idea was quick sketches of one minute to speed up my drawing. I failed on the first one, which was more like 30 minutes. Ah well, still 11 to go…\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-17 09:30:00 +0200", "date": "9:30 p.m. on Jul 17, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/17/the-idea-was.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F17%2Fthe-idea-was.html" }, { "id": 715, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose I need to practice a lot a lot to even approach the level of a videogame character designer. I comfort myself by stating that, from now on, it only can get better, right?\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-16 13:54:55 +0200", "date": "1:54 p.m. on Jul 16, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/16/i-suppose-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F16%2Fi-suppose-i.html" }, { "id": 716, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I clearly lack the skill and experience of the artists of Street Fighter Alpha, which I need to complete my weekend project 😅 I\u0026rsquo;m smelling a big F here…\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-16 10:22:09 +0200", "date": "10:22 p.m. on Jul 16, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/16/i-clearly-lack.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F16%2Fi-clearly-lack.html" }, { "id": 717, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This work in progress shows I have still a lot to learn. How in tarnation did they draw these game characters? My guess is that this piece of mine will land in the 🗑️ soon enough 😔 Back to the 🎬 I mean.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-15 16:14:01 +0200", "date": "4:14 p.m. on Jul 15, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/15/this-work-in.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F15%2Fthis-work-in.html" }, { "id": 718, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Planning my ambitious weekend project of sideline commentary on bulbous sacrilegious smrq* between tech silo ceos.\n👾\n*: shameless male raging quibble\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-15 09:22:12 +0200", "date": "9:22 p.m. on Jul 15, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/15/planning-my-ambitious.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F15%2Fplanning-my-ambitious.html" }, { "id": 719, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m trying to draw smaller than 32 by 32, which should teach me to make every pixel have at least one function, as well how to make clumps of pixels be something that can be interpreted through imagination. I still have a long way to go.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-14 10:13:57 +0200", "date": "10:13 p.m. on Jul 14, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/14/im-trying-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F14%2Fim-trying-to.html" }, { "id": 720, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "While trying to improve it\u0026rsquo;s disheartening that the artist lacks an overview of their progress, since they go from artwork to artwork, never seeing a breakthrough, nor an overnight success. What remains is the joy of drawing. Of course, that can easily be had without intent of getting better at it.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-13 11:05:23 +0200", "date": "11:05 p.m. on Jul 13, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/13/while-trying-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F13%2Fwhile-trying-to.html" }, { "id": 721, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "One of the questions arising in busy, sleep-deprived people is: \u0026ldquo;Why do we need sleep?\u0026rdquo; On the opposite, well-rested individuals ask themselves if it should be reversed into: \u0026ldquo;Why do we need to be awake?\u0026rdquo; Sleep seems an optimal state to be in, while wake brings problems.\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-13 09:33:56 +0200", "date": "9:33 p.m. on Jul 13, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/13/one-of-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F13%2Fone-of-the.html" }, { "id": 722, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixeling on a 32 by 32 pixel canvas is getting easier with every next attempt. Of course, the movie Terminator (1984) has already an 80s look to it, and a 2D platformer on a game console would not surprise me.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-11 11:48:57 +0200", "date": "11:48 p.m. on Jul 11, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/11/pixeling-on-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F11%2Fpixeling-on-a.html" }, { "id": 723, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It is said that good artists draw everything. So I drew a bike on a 32 by 32 pixel canvas using a limited color palette. Of course, I used a reference.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-11 08:43:03 +0200", "date": "8:43 p.m. on Jul 11, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/11/it-is-said.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F11%2Fit-is-said.html" }, { "id": 724, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I had some sleep over me not bonding with the How We Feel app. Like I\u0026rsquo;ve learned not to give human traits to animals, treat them as their own being, seems I\u0026rsquo;ve learned not to anthropomorphize e-devices and apps. Since those are dispassionate, I\u0026rsquo;m allowed to be the same. That\u0026rsquo;s my rationalization 🤔\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-11 07:32:55 +0200", "date": "7:32 p.m. on Jul 11, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/11/i-had-some.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F11%2Fi-had-some.html" }, { "id": 725, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose when taking symbolism too seriously it turns into stereotyping. Here I combined some of the state symbols of Texas ⭐️ into a 16 by 16 pixel character.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-10 16:48:57 +0200", "date": "4:48 p.m. on Jul 10, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/10/i-suppose-when.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F10%2Fi-suppose-when.html" }, { "id": 726, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I used a photo reference I took myself of my cat Aziz and tried to recreate a somewhat realistic piece in pixel art on a 32 by 32 canvas. The light is coming from the left and the cat is grounded by a shadow. I\u0026rsquo;m happy I could capture his cautious nature.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-10 09:33:38 +0200", "date": "9:33 p.m. on Jul 10, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/10/i-used-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F10%2Fi-used-a.html" }, { "id": 727, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I can imagine so many websites are being blocked in the European Union by their owners when one disallows tracking, is because they are in bed with Meta (aka Facebook). Meta is known to collect highly personal data, including health data, for attention farming. The Threads app is no exception there.\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-10 08:25:25 +0200", "date": "8:25 p.m. on Jul 10, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/10/i-can-imagine.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F10%2Fi-can-imagine.html" }, { "id": 728, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I don\u0026rsquo;t put myself above tracing to better understand what I\u0026rsquo;m drawing. It\u0026rsquo;s a shortcut used by artists since the invention of the camera obscura, and known to be popular around the second half of the 16th century. It\u0026rsquo;s like with cheat sheets in school; not needed if you\u0026rsquo;ve written enough of them.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-07 16:53:18 +0200", "date": "4:53 p.m. on Jul 7, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/07/i-dont-put.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F07%2Fi-dont-put.html" }, { "id": 729, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose rate limiting Twitter users to 10,000 tweets per day for verified users, 1000 for existing unverified, and 500 for new unverified users, will force people to do something with all that free time. Might I suggest paying attention to that stranger across the dinner table, aka spouse?\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-07 15:36:26 +0200", "date": "3:36 p.m. on Jul 7, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/07/i-suppose-rate.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F07%2Fi-suppose-rate.html" }, { "id": 730, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Not caring so much about the final result doesn\u0026rsquo;t always bring greatness, but it brings results which may turn out to be great, or at least descent. Art is as much about the making as it is about showing what you made. Artists, great or not, ship.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-07 08:28:55 +0200", "date": "8:28 p.m. on Jul 7, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/07/not-caring-so.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F07%2Fnot-caring-so.html" }, { "id": 731, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I remember The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as a great spy series from the early 1960\u0026rsquo;s, starring Robert Vaughn and David McCallum as American Napoleon Solo and Russian Illya Kuryakin. So I drew Solo in pixel art from reference. I haven\u0026rsquo;t seen it in ages, so I don\u0026rsquo;t know if it holds up to today\u0026rsquo;s standards.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-06 10:10:18 +0200", "date": "10:10 p.m. on Jul 6, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/06/i-remember-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F06%2Fi-remember-the.html" }, { "id": 732, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Art used to be an opportunity for self-reflection, art for art\u0026rsquo;s sake. With mechanical reproduction, art became a commodity, entertainment. With these immersive exhibitions and AI generative art, even the original is nullified. It\u0026rsquo;s entertainment for entertainment\u0026rsquo;s sake.\n ", "dateiso": "2023-07-05 16:13:10 +0200", "date": "4:13 p.m. on Jul 5, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/05/art-used-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F05%2Fart-used-to.html" }, { "id": 733, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It is sometimes said that practice makes perfect, but a better saying is that practice brings improvement. This is even without a conscience effort—i.e. an art self-critique—to improve. In pixel art readability is always an issue, as with any stylized art. It often relies on shape and contrast.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-05 15:40:35 +0200", "date": "3:40 p.m. on Jul 5, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/05/it-is-sometimes.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F05%2Fit-is-sometimes.html" }, { "id": 734, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The funny thing is how much you need to compromise your art to keep a likeness if your canvas is only 32 by 32 pixels. Still, it IS possible to cram a whole scene into it, if you put your mind to it and squint a lot. I\u0026rsquo;ll be so happy once I\u0026rsquo;m able to do that.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-04 08:25:13 +0200", "date": "8:25 p.m. on Jul 4, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/04/the-funny-thing.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F04%2Fthe-funny-thing.html" }, { "id": 735, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Another pixel portrait, building on some of the art fundamentals I refreshed recently, and really need to do more of to continue. Still using the 16 bit art nouveau palette, which I like a lot. More in the alt description.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-03 08:44:12 +0200", "date": "8:44 p.m. on Jul 3, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/03/another-pixel-portrait.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F03%2Fanother-pixel-portrait.html" }, { "id": 736, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This is still a crude study of a master painting by a 19th century animal painter under the pseudonym \u0026ldquo;Raphael Olaria\u0026rdquo;, which I partially painted over with pixel art (256 x 173) on my iPad with a limited color palette called \u0026ldquo;16 color art nouveau.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-02 17:35:44 +0200", "date": "5:35 p.m. on Jul 2, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/02/this-is-still.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F02%2Fthis-is-still.html" }, { "id": 737, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Here\u0026rsquo;s some simple fan art animation inspired by Leo Laport\u0026rsquo;s This Week in Tech show I made 14 years ago, and which still makes me jump for joy when I see it.\n ", "dateiso": "2023-07-02 16:12:47 +0200", "date": "4:12 p.m. on Jul 2, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/02/heres-some-simple.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F02%2Fheres-some-simple.html" }, { "id": 738, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose one has to start somewhere. My animal drawing is still lacking, especially of those long-haired breeds. Still, I gave it my best attempt. Maybe I need to study some master paintings.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-02 08:35:50 +0200", "date": "8:35 p.m. on Jul 2, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/02/i-suppose-one.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F02%2Fi-suppose-one.html" }, { "id": 739, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This one of 32 by 32 pixels took me several hours and two iterations to complete.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-01 15:46:29 +0200", "date": "3:46 p.m. on Jul 1, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/01/this-one-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F01%2Fthis-one-of.html" }, { "id": 740, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Creating portraits in pixel art reminds how important it is to be mindful while making art, not to just follow a recipe or rely on what you\u0026rsquo;ve done before. Each artwork has to be intuitive at first, then more contemplative as you continue. Then take a break, and start again, using one\u0026rsquo;s intuition.\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-01 12:08:36 +0200", "date": "12:08 p.m. on Jul 1, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/01/creating-portraits-in.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F01%2Fcreating-portraits-in.html" }, { "id": 741, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "More creativity, I suppose?\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-07-01 08:14:20 +0200", "date": "8:14 p.m. on Jul 1, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/07/01/more-creativity-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F07%2F01%2Fmore-creativity-i.html" }, { "id": 742, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose it\u0026rsquo;s good to try being creative…\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2023-06-30 09:54:10 +0200", "date": "9:54 p.m. on Jun 30, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/06/30/i-suppose-its.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F06%2F30%2Fi-suppose-its.html" }, { "id": 743, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My resting heart rate reached an all-time low of 42 beats per minute. Soon I\u0026rsquo;ll have to disable the low heart alarm on my watch, which has an (odd) lowest setting of 40 bpm. Mind you, I\u0026rsquo;m still overweight, quite a lot, so that resting heart rate is bound to drop a few bpm in the coming months. ❤️\n", "dateiso": "2023-06-27 06:48:30 +0200", "date": "6:48 p.m. on Jun 27, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/06/27/my-resting-heart.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F06%2F27%2Fmy-resting-heart.html" }, { "id": 744, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Yesterday I ran a 10 km \u0026ldquo;race\u0026rdquo; in the heat of the day (30℃, 86℉), which is quite hot for traditional Dutch summers (though becoming norm with climate change). I wanted to run a half marathon, and was prepared with a cooling vest, but, apparently, this is a novelty, and I a fool to expect a race 🏃‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2023-06-26 06:36:16 +0200", "date": "6:36 p.m. on Jun 26, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/06/26/yesterday-i-ran.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F06%2F26%2Fyesterday-i-ran.html" }, { "id": 745, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I now have a temporary free premium account with Strava, and am even less impressed than with Garmin Connect. Unless you like to flaunt with made up statistics to get some clout within the runner community, I don\u0026rsquo;t see any point in paying for a premium account.\n", "dateiso": "2023-06-23 13:16:08 +0200", "date": "1:16 p.m. on Jun 23, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/06/23/i-now-have.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F06%2F23%2Fi-now-have.html" }, { "id": 746, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "24 marathons across 24 European countries in 2 months. This guy is just crazy, but in a nice way. He almost died during his first marathon from exposure, separated from his team (words were spoken, improvements discussed). See this YT video.\n", "dateiso": "2023-06-15 12:36:34 +0200", "date": "12:36 p.m. on Jun 15, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/06/15/marathons-across-european.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F06%2F15%2Fmarathons-across-european.html" }, { "id": 747, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s long run was (from the start) a bit of a bad run (see my result on Strava). It wasn\u0026rsquo;t so much the temperature, but the fact I wasn\u0026rsquo;t recovered (enough) from last Sunday\u0026rsquo;s intensive long run of 32 km. I had to walk the last 6 km. Better luck next time, in three weeks.🏃‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2023-06-11 14:46:05 +0200", "date": "2:46 p.m. on Jun 11, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/06/11/todays-long-run.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F06%2F11%2Ftodays-long-run.html" }, { "id": 748, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "On my run this afternoon I saw a guy in winter clothing and mittens, while it’s 31℃ (88℉) in the shade 🫢 I thought myself being odd for running in hot weather, but, apparently, I didn’t even scratch the surface of strange 🤡 human behavior.\n", "dateiso": "2023-06-10 15:36:59 +0200", "date": "3:36 p.m. on Jun 10, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/06/10/on-my-run.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F06%2F10%2Fon-my-run.html" }, { "id": 749, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I looked into doing multiple marathons within a year. The best advice I found was:\n plan the marathon races far in advance, so you know what you\u0026rsquo;re up to concentrate on post-marathon recovery, especially the first week after a marathon (mostly non-running related activities: walk, cycle, swim) 🏃‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2023-06-08 17:30:05 +0200", "date": "5:30 p.m. on Jun 8, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/06/08/i-looked-into.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F06%2F08%2Fi-looked-into.html" }, { "id": 750, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Yesterday I ran a 22 km race as part of a 32 km training session.\nAround 8 o\u0026rsquo;clock in the morning I jogged 9 km, took a shower, dressed in my race outfit, drank a cup of coffee, grabbed my race gear, and jogged the kilometer between where I live and the track and field club, where the start of the Brabantse Wal Marathon was at 10:45 AM. I did the half marathon event, which actually was 22 km (900 m longer than the half of the 42,195 m marathon distance).\nThe course was mostly off-road, with some steep short climbs and stretches of loose sand, which I had practiced in the past couple of weeks. In the first kilometer there was a single track, and with 270 runners we got stuck now and then, as you would expect. After the field was more spread apart, single tracks were no longer a problem.\nI kept a steady pace, though slower than usual, because of the 10 km pre-race jogging. While I struggled to keep from falling, the inevitable fall happened, giving me bruises on my left shoulder and knee. I couldn\u0026rsquo;t see that tree root on the heavily shaded path. It didn\u0026rsquo;t slow me down much (like a few seconds).\nIn the last five kilometers I ran on familiar territory and could pick up pace. The last 1600 m on the road I could pick up even more speed, sprinting in the last 300 m on the track towards the finish line.\nThe time wasn\u0026rsquo;t that impressive. But I hadn\u0026rsquo;t expected that anyway, because of the added distance, and because of the off-road bits that were rather challenging. The 32 km I did in less than 3 hours and 20 minutes I was proud of, especially because of the low average heart rate under warm conditions (21℃). Corrected for temperature (into a result with 8℃), this would have resulted in a 1 hour 50 minutes for a half marathon road race.\nNow I will take a few days to recover with easy training. Next Sunday will be my next long run, 29 km at a more leisurely pace.\n🏃‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2023-06-05 07:26:18 +0200", "date": "7:26 p.m. on Jun 5, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/06/05/yesterday-i-ran.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F06%2F05%2Fyesterday-i-ran.html" }, { "id": 751, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I streamlined my followers list on Strava, by removing the athletes who didn’t have any running activities in the past 4 weeks, and whoever did activities (in a way) I’m not interested in. No use to follow inactive accounts, nor any fun to follow activities that only annoy or bore me.\n", "dateiso": "2023-06-01 16:02:11 +0200", "date": "4:02 p.m. on Jun 1, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/06/01/i-streamlined-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F06%2F01%2Fi-streamlined-my.html" }, { "id": 752, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I get why email newsletters are so popular. Most don\u0026rsquo;t understand RSS/newsreaders, while email is much easier. And if newsreaders are not allowed on the company computer, email always is. But why would anyone publish newsletters, besides promotion and \u0026ldquo;marketing\u0026rdquo; (actually, creeping on strangers)?\n", "dateiso": "2023-06-01 15:09:31 +0200", "date": "3:09 p.m. on Jun 1, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/06/01/i-get-why.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F06%2F01%2Fi-get-why.html" }, { "id": 753, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "There’s this separate bike path in town where on one side (where’s a ditch) it’s full of butterbur, like weeds. After summer they’re always cut back to the ground, yet they keep coming back early summer.\n", "dateiso": "2023-05-31 17:35:38 +0200", "date": "5:35 p.m. on May 31, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/05/31/theres-this-separate.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F05%2F31%2Ftheres-this-separate.html" }, { "id": 754, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Sun worshipers 🐱☀️\n", "dateiso": "2023-05-31 12:27:58 +0200", "date": "12:27 p.m. on May 31, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/05/31/sun-worshipers.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F05%2F31%2Fsun-worshipers.html" }, { "id": 755, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I know a physiotherapist who refuses to treat runners, because those are the worst patients. In those runners' minds, running is all about getting fit, so how can that make you sick? There\u0026rsquo;s no patience and a reluctance to see an injury as a serieus affliction that needs careful treatment. 🏃‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2023-05-31 09:28:07 +0200", "date": "9:28 p.m. on May 31, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/05/31/i-know-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F05%2F31%2Fi-know-a.html" }, { "id": 756, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "In just 12 days Runalyze dropped my estimated time in the marathon race by 4 minutes, while my marathon shape has reached 99%. By losing some of my excess weight slowly over the next 5 months, I might be able to lose a proportional amount of 15 minutes, provided I slowly speed up my training. 🏃‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2023-05-27 12:33:55 +0200", "date": "12:33 p.m. on May 27, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/05/27/in-just-days.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F05%2F27%2Fin-just-days.html" }, { "id": 757, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Why you shouldn’t make fun about people’s names: a name is just some noise other people make when they’re around you; it isn’t you, nor what you’re all about, even if it’s Flapberry Fudgewhistle.\n", "dateiso": "2023-05-24 14:57:12 +0200", "date": "2:57 p.m. on May 24, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/05/24/why-you-shouldnt.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F05%2F24%2Fwhy-you-shouldnt.html" }, { "id": 758, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I wanted to go shopping, but, apparently, I am not 🐱😻\n", "dateiso": "2023-05-23 10:49:42 +0200", "date": "10:49 p.m. on May 23, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/05/23/i-wanted-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F05%2F23%2Fi-wanted-to.html" }, { "id": 759, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "ATM entering photography as a hobby is ludicrously expensive (say thousands of Euros). I pay €1000 for a top-of-the-line smartphone, so a \u0026ldquo;budget\u0026rdquo; camera that lacks versatility and user-friendliness, should cost a fraction of that. I suppose economies of scale has never touched the camera market 😕\n", "dateiso": "2023-05-21 07:45:32 +0200", "date": "7:45 p.m. on May 21, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/05/21/atm-entering-photography.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F05%2F21%2Fatm-entering-photography.html" }, { "id": 760, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "6 years and counting 😺🥳\n", "dateiso": "2023-05-19 09:07:04 +0200", "date": "9:07 p.m. on May 19, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/05/19/years-and-counting.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F05%2F19%2Fyears-and-counting.html" }, { "id": 761, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I decided to do my 15 km run inside the municipality of where I live, and run between two of the three historical windmills. Well, the third is a tidal mill, though no longer operational, if I read correctly. With every flood there was lots of damage. With the Delta Works, no more floods, nor tides.\n", "dateiso": "2023-05-16 17:19:08 +0200", "date": "5:19 p.m. on May 16, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/05/16/i-decided-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F05%2F16%2Fi-decided-to.html" }, { "id": 762, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "If I were as eager into doing my garden as my cat is into eating, my garden would\u0026rsquo;ve been done already. Ah well, lazybones is making some progress now, at the start of meteorological summer. (Sry 4 🙈 🎞️🛍️ job… LZ.) 😂\n", "dateiso": "2023-05-16 12:52:03 +0200", "date": "12:52 p.m. on May 16, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/05/16/if-i-were.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F05%2F16%2Fif-i-were.html" }, { "id": 763, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m told by freelancers, being a freelancer doesn\u0026rsquo;t mean you\u0026rsquo;re your own boss, but rather that you get to pick your \u0026ldquo;boss\u0026rdquo;, IOW, your client. The client still gets more value out of you than your product is worth. This is what capitalism is, extracting value out of a workforce.\n", "dateiso": "2023-05-16 08:04:40 +0200", "date": "8:04 p.m. on May 16, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/05/16/im-told-by.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F05%2F16%2Fim-told-by.html" }, { "id": 764, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The graph shows what I could expect as a reasonable time on the marathon, based on training data. Two years ago, I could expect 5u30', a year ago 5u15', and now 4u15'. In all cases I was/am preparing for a marathon in October/November. Notice the serious detraining after the 2021 marathon 🏃‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2023-05-15 07:53:08 +0200", "date": "7:53 p.m. on May 15, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/05/15/the-graph-shows.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F05%2F15%2Fthe-graph-shows.html" }, { "id": 765, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I tried to add some of my Garmin Connect activities to my Dutch running blog, using iFrame snippets with code running on Garmin Connect. My blog slowed down to less than a crawl. Aside from security risks, using iFrame code seems a bad idea.\n", "dateiso": "2023-05-13 10:32:02 +0200", "date": "10:32 p.m. on May 13, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/05/13/i-tried-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F05%2F13%2Fi-tried-to.html" }, { "id": 766, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "One of the advantages of having a blog… I wondered why a year ago I had such poor training regime for running. Then I read: overtrained in January (with complete bed rest for a week), followed by a slew of injuries after I picked up my training far too quickly. I was out of shape, quite a bit 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2023-05-12 15:21:52 +0200", "date": "3:21 p.m. on May 12, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/05/12/one-of-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F05%2F12%2Fone-of-the.html" }, { "id": 767, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I think long distance running, certainly above a certain age (read: amount of self-knowledge), is about conquering fear in advance. I\u0026rsquo;m about to run 26 km, and made it twice 13 km (i.e., back and forth), to make it less impressive. Still, I\u0026rsquo;m apprehensive 😬 What am I doing this for, again? 🏃‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2023-05-07 12:10:41 +0200", "date": "12:10 p.m. on May 7, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/05/07/i-think-long.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F05%2F07%2Fi-think-long.html" }, { "id": 768, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "(Almost) daily weight training is having an effect. This morning I was able to haul a bag of kitty litter up a flight of stairs, 20 kgs or so, one-handed. I haven\u0026rsquo;t done that in many, many years (like 25 years). Next challenge, hold a ball in two hands, lay down, and stand up, ball in the air.🏋️‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2023-05-06 12:52:29 +0200", "date": "12:52 p.m. on May 6, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/05/06/almost-daily-weight.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F05%2F06%2Falmost-daily-weight.html" }, { "id": 769, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ve edited 12 posts from 2016 in a blog I transferred from WP to micro∙blog, which took me 3½ hours. It\u0026rsquo;s mostly relinking to articles inside the blog from the old url to the new url. Since micro∙blog clearly has another naming scheme than WP, I have to do it manually, painstakingly, link-by-link 😞\n", "dateiso": "2023-05-04 14:33:29 +0200", "date": "2:33 p.m. on May 4, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/05/04/ive-edited-posts.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F05%2F04%2Five-edited-posts.html" }, { "id": 770, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "TIL. Apparently, the triple negate (!!!) I saw in front of a reminder in the Apple Reminders app means \u0026ldquo;high priority.\u0026rdquo;\n", "dateiso": "2023-05-02 14:23:12 +0200", "date": "2:23 p.m. on May 2, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/05/02/til-apparently-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F05%2F02%2Ftil-apparently-the.html" }, { "id": 771, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Mobile Safari on iPad slowed down to an unworkable crawl. I checked my Internet speed (OK), and an alternative browser (also OK). Then I force-quit the Safari app, and things went back to normal. So, lesson learned, Safari needs regular maintenance, and probably some bug fixing by Apple too 🧭\n", "dateiso": "2023-04-30 12:54:22 +0200", "date": "12:54 p.m. on Apr 30, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/04/30/mobile-safari-on.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F04%2F30%2Fmobile-safari-on.html" }, { "id": 772, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "On King\u0026rsquo;s Day, April 27, I ran another half marathon race, in a year best time (see my Strava if you\u0026rsquo;re curious). I was so tired afterwards I got the hickups for the rest of the day, and had to rest the next day. 🏃‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2023-04-29 10:00:23 +0200", "date": "10:00 p.m. on Apr 29, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/04/29/on-kings-day.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F04%2F29%2Fon-kings-day.html" }, { "id": 773, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "One has to plan a lot and far in advance if one wants to enter in a popular marathon, even when to subscribe before there\u0026rsquo;ll be a waiting list. There\u0026rsquo;s the preparation as well, a training schedule, either bought, downloaded, or self-made. Also, how to fuel in a race, and how to get there, etc. 🏃‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2023-04-28 15:49:27 +0200", "date": "3:49 p.m. on Apr 28, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/04/28/one-has-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F04%2F28%2Fone-has-to.html" }, { "id": 774, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m about to carpool to a half marathon race with a runner who will be 15 and another who\u0026rsquo;ll be 40 minutes finishing ahead of me. So I\u0026rsquo;m the slowpoke of the trio. Not sure what to think of that.\n", "dateiso": "2023-04-27 11:54:16 +0200", "date": "11:54 p.m. on Apr 27, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/04/27/im-about-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F04%2F27%2Fim-about-to.html" }, { "id": 775, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose if you don\u0026rsquo;t know why to use a feature, and after some research, you still have a good use for it, you shouldn\u0026rsquo;t use it, even (maybe precisely) if it\u0026rsquo;s out of lack of imagination. I\u0026rsquo;m thinking about newsletters here; never found much use for them, neither reading nor writing.\n", "dateiso": "2023-04-26 07:36:29 +0200", "date": "7:36 p.m. on Apr 26, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/04/26/i-suppose-if.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F04%2F26%2Fi-suppose-if.html" }, { "id": 776, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Watching the London Marathon live. Elite women run a separate race here.\n", "dateiso": "2023-04-23 10:25:54 +0200", "date": "10:25 p.m. on Apr 23, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/04/23/watching-the-london.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F04%2F23%2Fwatching-the-london.html" }, { "id": 777, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Instead of the pseudoscience of the sitting-rising-test to score life expectancy, there’s actual value to be able to sit on the floor and get back up, but safely and sensible, much like a toddler does, using hands, legs, and a bit of coordination. See this YT video.\n", "dateiso": "2023-04-22 17:07:56 +0200", "date": "5:07 p.m. on Apr 22, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/04/22/instead-of-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F04%2F22%2Finstead-of-the.html" }, { "id": 778, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Yesterday I passed 1000 km this year. If I keep this up, I\u0026rsquo;ll pass 3000 km early December this year. As you would expect (or maybe not), I\u0026rsquo;m not fast, on average 6:44 min/km (10:50 min/mi). That\u0026rsquo;s because I only run 20% fast, and the rest slow, to keep my running hobby sustainable.\n", "dateiso": "2023-04-21 07:45:12 +0200", "date": "7:45 p.m. on Apr 21, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/04/21/yesterday-i-passed.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F04%2F21%2Fyesterday-i-passed.html" }, { "id": 779, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "With 3 half marathon races finished, 6 planned, and a regime of strength and conditioning exercises, am I over-preparing for my 2023 fall marathon? From experience I know you can\u0026rsquo;t over-prepare, as long as you don\u0026rsquo;t get hurt 🏃‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2023-04-20 07:25:56 +0200", "date": "7:25 p.m. on Apr 20, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/04/20/with-half-marathon.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F04%2F20%2Fwith-half-marathon.html" }, { "id": 780, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Three times is a charm, it seems. After the first two half marathons I ran this year my hip muscles were very sore. However, on April 16 I only finished tired, not exhausted. I also ran the best time this year, without going all out. My PR was safe, though, with more than 20 minutes to spare 🏃‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2023-04-17 10:09:07 +0200", "date": "10:09 p.m. on Apr 17, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/04/17/three-times-is.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F04%2F17%2Fthree-times-is.html" }, { "id": 781, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I tried the 10 kg kettlebell again, using exercises for runners, not too long, yet long enough to raise my heart rate and feel the resistance of the weight. Now I\u0026rsquo;ll increase the reps slowly over the weeks, concentrating on technique. In a couple of months I should be able to handle two kettlebells.\n", "dateiso": "2023-04-14 09:59:08 +0200", "date": "9:59 p.m. on Apr 14, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/04/14/i-tried-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F04%2F14%2Fi-tried-the.html" }, { "id": 782, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m reminded by my DOMS that even a measly weight of 10 kg represents a serious challenge to my undertrained (read: old-man) leg muscles. I\u0026rsquo;m happy I didn\u0026rsquo;t buy the recommended two kettlebells of 16 kg (36 lbs) each. Since I don\u0026rsquo;t have a driver\u0026rsquo;s licence, I\u0026rsquo;ll pay to have those delivered 🏋️‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2023-04-13 08:57:06 +0200", "date": "8:57 p.m. on Apr 13, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/04/13/im-reminded-by.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F04%2F13%2Fim-reminded-by.html" }, { "id": 783, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I bought an \u0026ldquo;el cheapo\u0026rdquo; kettlebell so I can start strength training to be able to handle two 16 kg (36 lbs) eventually. I appear to lack the strength in my body to do my slow long runs of 26+ km without being exhausted afterwards. These long runs I\u0026rsquo;ll need for marathon training.\n", "dateiso": "2023-04-12 15:14:37 +0200", "date": "3:14 p.m. on Apr 12, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/04/12/i-bought-an.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F04%2F12%2Fi-bought-an.html" }, { "id": 784, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I also gave Superagent a 1-star review, because I think asking for money for a blocker that\u0026rsquo;s easy to circumvent is a bad practice. Obviously, website owners want manual cookie consent; it\u0026rsquo;s the law. Automating cookie consent seems to be legal, though. Mind you, I\u0026rsquo;m no lawyer.\n", "dateiso": "2023-04-11 06:47:59 +0200", "date": "6:47 p.m. on Apr 11, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/04/11/i-also-gave.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F04%2F11%2Fi-also-gave.html" }, { "id": 785, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Superagent is now asking for a subscription. Since it really didn\u0026rsquo;t work for me—I was still seeing cookie consent pop-ups—I decided to delete the iOS app.\n", "dateiso": "2023-04-10 18:58:58 +0200", "date": "6:58 p.m. on Apr 10, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/04/10/superagent-is-now.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F04%2F10%2Fsuperagent-is-now.html" }, { "id": 786, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The Secret to Drawing Overwhelming Detail! by Stephen Travers Art on YT.\n The main secret is to draw the effect of detail rather than detail itself.\n ", "dateiso": "2023-04-10 17:33:40 +0200", "date": "5:33 p.m. on Apr 10, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/04/10/the-secret-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F04%2F10%2Fthe-secret-to.html" }, { "id": 787, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Don\u0026rsquo;t you hate it when scientists are unsure if running on soft surfaces can result in injuries? The best advice (given how little is known) seems to be to avoid soft surfaces if you\u0026rsquo;re tired and stiff in your legs and hit the road instead 🏃‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2023-04-10 08:37:11 +0200", "date": "8:37 p.m. on Apr 10, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/04/10/dont-you-hate.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F04%2F10%2Fdont-you-hate.html" }, { "id": 788, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The fact that using OpenAI requires an account \u0026amp; credit card should give pause to thought. It\u0026rsquo;s using serious amounts of energy. It clearly isn\u0026rsquo;t a toy and should be used sparingly if you care about your impact on the real world. Entertain yourself with books 📚 instead, if you find yourself bored.\n", "dateiso": "2023-04-06 16:35:01 +0200", "date": "4:35 p.m. on Apr 6, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/04/06/the-fact-that.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F04%2F06%2Fthe-fact-that.html" }, { "id": 789, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Drawing from imagination is always a struggle for me, while for some it comes naturally, so it seems. Mind you, I used references, as is the smart thing to do. The hand is drawn mirrored, though, or it\u0026rsquo;s held on the other side of the head.\n", "dateiso": "2023-04-06 16:16:05 +0200", "date": "4:16 p.m. on Apr 6, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/04/06/drawing-from-imagination.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F04%2F06%2Fdrawing-from-imagination.html" }, { "id": 790, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Doodling while watching YouTube videos. From my history:\n Make \u0026lsquo;Em Laugh, Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Heal The World, Do-Re-Mi, Day-o (Banana Boat Song), A-team theme, Mannix theme, Singing In The Rain, Eye Of The Tiger, The Avengers theme, Adventures of the Gummi Bears theme, Colors of the Wind ", "dateiso": "2023-04-01 14:49:58 +0200", "date": "2:49 p.m. on Apr 1, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/04/01/doodling-while-watching.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F04%2F01%2Fdoodling-while-watching.html" }, { "id": 791, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "So I (sorta) took part in the March 2023 photo challenge of micro.blog. Only I didn\u0026rsquo;t take photos, but made sketches, mostly with pencil on paper. I did use the prompts. However, I didn\u0026rsquo;t always post on the appropriate day. Of course, I wasn\u0026rsquo;t included in the daily grid of photos.\n", "dateiso": "2023-04-01 10:09:55 +0200", "date": "10:09 p.m. on Apr 1, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/04/01/so-i-sorta.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F04%2F01%2Fso-i-sorta.html" }, { "id": 792, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-04-01 09:21:06 +0200", "date": "9:21 p.m. on Apr 1, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/04/01/092106.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F04%2F01%2F092106.html" }, { "id": 793, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-30 22:55:45 +0200", "date": "10:55 p.m. on Mar 30, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/30/225545.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F30%2F225545.html" }, { "id": 794, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-29 09:18:25 +0200", "date": "9:18 p.m. on Mar 29, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/29/091825.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F29%2F091825.html" }, { "id": 795, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-28 15:32:30 +0200", "date": "3:32 p.m. on Mar 28, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/28/153230.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F28%2F153230.html" }, { "id": 796, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Strava on the web was having a hard time serving content, but I\u0026rsquo;m pretty sure it wasn\u0026rsquo;t on their end. So I force-quit a few apps, and things went to normal after the Gmail app was put out of business. Still could be a coincidence, though, but I don\u0026rsquo;t rule the app out from being behaving poorly.\n", "dateiso": "2023-03-28 08:46:46 +0200", "date": "8:46 p.m. on Mar 28, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/28/strava-on-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F28%2Fstrava-on-the.html" }, { "id": 797, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-28 08:37:18 +0200", "date": "8:37 p.m. on Mar 28, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/28/083718.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F28%2F083718.html" }, { "id": 798, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "While I deleted a reply that was negative about musical instruments, I still want to explain why I prefer not to hear music. It\u0026rsquo;s really simple, every time something horrible happens, it\u0026rsquo;s usually accompanied by (very loud) music. It\u0026rsquo;s like an itch, which can be removed by the pain of scratching.\n", "dateiso": "2023-03-27 10:08:49 +0200", "date": "10:08 p.m. on Mar 27, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/27/while-i-deleted.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F27%2Fwhile-i-deleted.html" }, { "id": 799, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-27 08:41:29 +0200", "date": "8:41 p.m. on Mar 27, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/27/084129.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F27%2F084129.html" }, { "id": 800, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Re my previous post, I saw the original movie of Dune (1984) on television, and was totally confused after watching. I believe I wasn\u0026rsquo;t the only one. I even had read one of the books in Dutch translation ten years earlier, and the movie was still a mystery to me (what\u0026rsquo;s it about, anyway?).\n", "dateiso": "2023-03-25 10:17:57 +0200", "date": "10:17 p.m. on Mar 25, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/25/re-my-previous.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F25%2Fre-my-previous.html" }, { "id": 801, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-25 10:08:20 +0200", "date": "10:08 p.m. on Mar 25, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/25/090820.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F25%2F090820.html" }, { "id": 802, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-24 16:33:30 +0200", "date": "4:33 p.m. on Mar 24, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/24/153330.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F24%2F153330.html" }, { "id": 803, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-24 09:08:36 +0200", "date": "9:08 p.m. on Mar 24, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/24/080836.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F24%2F080836.html" }, { "id": 804, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-22 11:56:52 +0200", "date": "11:56 p.m. on Mar 22, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/22/105652.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F22%2F105652.html" }, { "id": 805, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-21 13:43:02 +0200", "date": "1:43 p.m. on Mar 21, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/21/124302.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F21%2F124302.html" }, { "id": 806, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The speed reading fallacy: the case for slow reading - Ness Labs\n Instead of trying to read faster, strive to read better.\n On a personal note, I sometimes catch myself vocalizing what I read, to silence the noise going on in my mind, then subvocalize, finally reading words by their shape, all within 15 minutes. Rereading paragraphs I see myself doing as well, sometimes even rereading previous chapters.\nReading as many books as possible seems silly to me, since it\u0026rsquo;s only performative, an empty achievement, without benefiting anyone, least myself. Some books take longer to read than others.\n", "dateiso": "2023-03-20 14:54:20 +0200", "date": "2:54 p.m. on Mar 20, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/20/the-speed-reading.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F20%2Fthe-speed-reading.html" }, { "id": 807, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I wonder if this book counts as reading material: Avatar - The Last Airbender - Art by Bryan Konietzko 📚 It\u0026rsquo;s more like reference material, somewhere between a novel and a dictionary.\n", "dateiso": "2023-03-20 14:30:20 +0200", "date": "2:30 p.m. on Mar 20, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/20/i-wonder-if.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F20%2Fi-wonder-if.html" }, { "id": 808, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-20 08:58:56 +0200", "date": "8:58 p.m. on Mar 20, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/20/075856.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F20%2F075856.html" }, { "id": 809, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-19 20:44:05 +0200", "date": "8:44 p.m. on Mar 19, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/19/194405.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F19%2F194405.html" }, { "id": 810, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-18 09:11:25 +0200", "date": "9:11 p.m. on Mar 18, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/18/081125.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F18%2F081125.html" }, { "id": 811, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-17 09:37:16 +0200", "date": "9:37 p.m. on Mar 17, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/17/083716.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F17%2F083716.html" }, { "id": 812, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-16 09:10:11 +0200", "date": "9:10 p.m. on Mar 16, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/16/081011.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F16%2F081011.html" }, { "id": 813, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-15 18:57:41 +0200", "date": "6:57 p.m. on Mar 15, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/15/175741.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F15%2F175741.html" }, { "id": 814, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Sketching ought to reach for the sky, while keeping things simple, IOW think big, draw small, tentative, unassuming, approachable. Making things look easy (so the viewer can relate) is hard work, takes time and patience. 🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-03-14 21:24:35 +0200", "date": "9:24 p.m. on Mar 14, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/14/sketching-ought-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F14%2Fsketching-ought-to.html" }, { "id": 815, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-14 09:04:25 +0200", "date": "9:04 p.m. on Mar 14, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/14/080425.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F14%2F080425.html" }, { "id": 816, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "While most take part in MB March to take daily photos, I let myself be motivated to make daily drawings based on the prompt. Since there are no (enforced) rules, I suppose that\u0026rsquo;s okay, other than that it doesn\u0026rsquo;t count as an entry for a photo challenge. If that\u0026rsquo;s my penalty, I\u0026rsquo;m pleased as Punch.\n", "dateiso": "2023-03-13 15:16:41 +0200", "date": "3:16 p.m. on Mar 13, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/13/while-most-take.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F13%2Fwhile-most-take.html" }, { "id": 817, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-13 14:54:31 +0200", "date": "2:54 p.m. on Mar 13, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/13/135431.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F13%2F135431.html" }, { "id": 818, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "TIL. When a cat grooms another cat, it\u0026rsquo;s meant to reassure the other cat they are part of the gang, and also that the groomer is dominant over the groomee. It establish social hierarchy without fighting, although if both cats start grooming each other, they might get more serious and play-fight. 🐱\n", "dateiso": "2023-03-12 21:09:22 +0200", "date": "9:09 p.m. on Mar 12, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/12/til-when-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F12%2Ftil-when-a.html" }, { "id": 819, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-12 18:57:43 +0200", "date": "6:57 p.m. on Mar 12, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/12/175743.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F12%2F175743.html" }, { "id": 820, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-11 11:00:00 +0200", "date": "11:00 p.m. on Mar 11, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/11/100000.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F11%2F100000.html" }, { "id": 821, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-10 14:17:16 +0200", "date": "2:17 p.m. on Mar 10, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/10/131716.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F10%2F131716.html" }, { "id": 822, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-09 09:27:56 +0200", "date": "9:27 p.m. on Mar 9, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/09/082756.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F09%2F082756.html" }, { "id": 823, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-08 09:48:37 +0200", "date": "9:48 p.m. on Mar 8, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/08/084837.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F08%2F084837.html" }, { "id": 824, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-07 16:50:17 +0200", "date": "4:50 p.m. on Mar 7, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/07/155017.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F07%2F155017.html" }, { "id": 825, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Two pieces of furniture arrived today to replace some 50 year old completely spent furniture (which was responsibly recycled). Now my living room doesn\u0026rsquo;t look like I\u0026rsquo;m broke anymore. Well, I am temporarily in the red until I receive income later this month.\n🏠\n", "dateiso": "2023-03-07 16:19:15 +0200", "date": "4:19 p.m. on Mar 7, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/07/two-pieces-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F07%2Ftwo-pieces-of.html" }, { "id": 826, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-06 14:04:28 +0200", "date": "2:04 p.m. on Mar 6, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/06/130428.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F06%2F130428.html" }, { "id": 827, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-06 09:27:33 +0200", "date": "9:27 p.m. on Mar 6, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/06/082733.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F06%2F082733.html" }, { "id": 828, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-04 14:09:06 +0200", "date": "2:09 p.m. on Mar 4, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/04/130906.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F04%2F130906.html" }, { "id": 829, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I should keep drawing animals, and slowly my skill should improve.\n🎨🐱\n", "dateiso": "2023-03-03 21:17:55 +0200", "date": "9:17 p.m. on Mar 3, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/03/i-should-keep.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F03%2Fi-should-keep.html" }, { "id": 830, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-03 12:45:16 +0200", "date": "12:45 p.m. on Mar 3, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/03/114516.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F03%2F114516.html" }, { "id": 831, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-02 13:37:00 +0200", "date": "1:37 p.m. on Mar 2, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/02/123700.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F02%2F123700.html" }, { "id": 832, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2023-03-01 16:52:45 +0200", "date": "4:52 p.m. on Mar 1, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/03/01/155245.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F03%2F01%2F155245.html" }, { "id": 833, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I can see that a combination of drawing sloppily and with more intent can have a lasting effect if you do it daily. Having a good order of operations helps too, drawing from big and rough to smaller and more detailed. It\u0026rsquo;s something an AI can never do, since it doesn\u0026rsquo;t draw.\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-02-25 15:48:09 +0200", "date": "3:48 p.m. on Feb 25, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/02/25/i-can-see.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F02%2F25%2Fi-can-see.html" }, { "id": 834, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I can see there\u0026rsquo;s something wrong with this sketch of a cat, and I know why it\u0026rsquo;s wrong, but not what is wrong. Drawing from reference does not mean copying the thing. Since it\u0026rsquo;s so below average, I guess it doesn\u0026rsquo;t matter.\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-02-23 17:16:07 +0200", "date": "5:16 p.m. on Feb 23, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/02/23/i-can-see.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F02%2F23%2Fi-can-see.html" }, { "id": 835, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": " You say it\u0026rsquo;s only a paper moon, sailing over a cardboard sea. But it wouldn\u0026rsquo;t be make believe if you believed in me.\n ", "dateiso": "2023-02-22 21:47:17 +0200", "date": "9:47 p.m. on Feb 22, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/02/22/you-say-its.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F02%2F22%2Fyou-say-its.html" }, { "id": 836, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Knowing that what I drew is most likely not very similar to the reference is one thing. Telling myself it isn\u0026rsquo;t any good is just a silly thing. That it\u0026rsquo;s different from what I expected, sure, but bad? Excepting one\u0026rsquo;s shortcomings is tough, especially not wanting to except.\n🦆🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-02-22 16:30:03 +0200", "date": "4:30 p.m. on Feb 22, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/02/22/knowing-that-what.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F02%2F22%2Fknowing-that-what.html" }, { "id": 837, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Drawing skill is mostly an observational skill, be it direct or from imagination. I\u0026rsquo;ve always noticed that I\u0026rsquo;m slow; it takes time to absorb information, which means I often get it wrong. Still, practice makes better.\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-02-21 19:02:00 +0200", "date": "7:02 p.m. on Feb 21, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/02/21/drawing-skill-is.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F02%2F21%2Fdrawing-skill-is.html" }, { "id": 838, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "When I spend considerably more time on a drawing, a few things happen. First I see how horribly off my initial sketch was, because it doesn\u0026rsquo;t all fit together, nor is there any resemblence. Then I see minimal improvement on what I drew before. Maybe this is how it goes, badly?\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-02-20 14:59:37 +0200", "date": "2:59 p.m. on Feb 20, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/02/20/when-i-spend.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F02%2F20%2Fwhen-i-spend.html" }, { "id": 839, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Doodling all these ducks made me realize that these resemble ducks more than for example bears or crabs. Drawing duck-like shapes with intent is perhaps the best to aim for ATM. Making them do something interesting may be still too hard.\n🦆🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-02-18 13:39:54 +0200", "date": "1:39 p.m. on Feb 18, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/02/18/doodling-all-these.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F02%2F18%2Fdoodling-all-these.html" }, { "id": 840, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I asked myself: \u0026ldquo;What are AI bros?\u0026rdquo; This articles defines them as mostly white male Elonites. They\u0026rsquo;re rampant on Twitter (d\u0026rsquo;uh!), Reddit and wherever white supremacist frequent.\nAI bros are now taunting starving real artists with slurs like ‘drawslaves’ and ‘paint pigs’ - AFRU\n", "dateiso": "2023-02-17 17:50:43 +0200", "date": "5:50 p.m. on Feb 17, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/02/17/i-asked-myself.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F02%2F17%2Fi-asked-myself.html" }, { "id": 841, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose if you had a good night\u0026rsquo;s sleep (\u0026gt;8 hours) and still need a long nap (\u0026gt;2 hours) during the day, it\u0026rsquo;s a sign to make today a rest day 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2023-02-17 17:28:50 +0200", "date": "5:28 p.m. on Feb 17, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/02/17/i-suppose-if.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F02%2F17%2Fi-suppose-if.html" }, { "id": 842, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Seeing the flaws 👎 in what\u0026rsquo;s been drawn is easy; finding ways to prevent 👷 them (read: correct them in your mind before committing to paper), not so much. Here I tried simple shapes (boxes, triangles, ovals) and relative sizes. Still full of mistakes, yet a step up 📈\n🐶🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-02-17 16:51:28 +0200", "date": "4:51 p.m. on Feb 17, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/02/17/seeing-the-flaws.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F02%2F17%2Fseeing-the-flaws.html" }, { "id": 843, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Yesterday I was running a half marathon race and was so tired that I didn\u0026rsquo;t notice the beauty of this scene. I did okay, but am still very tired the day after.🏃‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2023-02-13 19:32:10 +0200", "date": "7:32 p.m. on Feb 13, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/02/13/yesterday-i-was.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F02%2F13%2Fyesterday-i-was.html" }, { "id": 844, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The obligatory cat sitting inside and thinking outside the box, ogling for mischief.\n🎨🐱📦👿💥🧸🗑\n", "dateiso": "2023-02-11 09:21:19 +0200", "date": "9:21 p.m. on Feb 11, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/02/11/the-obligatory-cat.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F02%2F11%2Fthe-obligatory-cat.html" }, { "id": 845, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "People drawn as chess pieces?\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-02-10 15:17:15 +0200", "date": "3:17 p.m. on Feb 10, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/02/10/people-drawn-as.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F02%2F10%2Fpeople-drawn-as.html" }, { "id": 846, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "There\u0026rsquo;s an idea that any drawings are better than no drawings. This may result in \u0026ldquo;bad drawings.\u0026rdquo; That\u0026rsquo;s a good thing, since it demonstrates taste. Still, these doodles together feel to me like a wall of shame, because I know I could do better (so why aren\u0026rsquo;t I?).\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-02-07 13:53:22 +0200", "date": "1:53 p.m. on Feb 7, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/02/07/theres-an-idea.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F02%2F07%2Ftheres-an-idea.html" }, { "id": 847, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Mentioned on the recdiffs podcast 201 Lessons on How to Draw by Hokusai\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-02-04 13:14:37 +0200", "date": "1:14 p.m. on Feb 4, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/02/04/mentioned-on-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F02%2F04%2Fmentioned-on-the.html" }, { "id": 848, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I had this idea of combining something I like with something I don\u0026rsquo;t. It\u0026rsquo;s a sketch drawing. I liked the texture on the smoking apparatus. Patrick looks quite wonky. I used references but didn\u0026rsquo;t copy.\n⚓️🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-02-02 09:09:47 +0200", "date": "9:09 p.m. on Feb 2, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/02/02/i-had-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F02%2F02%2Fi-had-this.html" }, { "id": 849, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "There\u0026rsquo;s a tendency in me that says that if I practice hard enough, I can draw anything I want with ease. I think I need to revise that into: if I practice often enough, I don\u0026rsquo;t mind doing what takes time and effort. Of course, subject matter matters, a lot.\n🐭🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-02-01 15:16:16 +0200", "date": "3:16 p.m. on Feb 1, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/02/01/theres-a-tendency.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F02%2F01%2Ftheres-a-tendency.html" }, { "id": 850, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The last day of the challenge month I tried to do more than usual. If I go by what \u0026ldquo;serious\u0026rdquo; artists claim, drawing for an hour a day isn\u0026rsquo;t going to bring much improvement in skill. Their aim is every waking moment 😨 I am not that serious, TBH. Maybe that\u0026rsquo;s my problem.\n✏️🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-31 16:09:08 +0200", "date": "4:09 p.m. on Jan 31, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/31/the-last-day.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F31%2Fthe-last-day.html" }, { "id": 851, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "When I watch creators kitbashing robots and compare those with hobbyists assembling functional robots, there\u0026rsquo;s an extreme discrepancy in appeal. Imagined robots look cool, yet are glued stiff. Real robots work, yet have rudimentary designs. I want both cool and functional robots\n🤖\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-30 10:31:53 +0200", "date": "10:31 p.m. on Jan 30, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/30/when-i-watch.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F30%2Fwhen-i-watch.html" }, { "id": 852, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The sketches below are of the quality I wasn\u0026rsquo;t willing to share, since they aren\u0026rsquo;t finished (rendered). However, getting the shape right is important too, and rendering is overestimated most of the times. I tried to start with simple shapes and elaborate on those.\n🐰🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-30 10:09:12 +0200", "date": "10:09 p.m. on Jan 30, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/30/the-sketches-below.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F30%2Fthe-sketches-below.html" }, { "id": 853, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This month\u0026rsquo;s art challenge turned out to be a disappointment. Nevertheless, here\u0026rsquo;s a dog I drew today. It turns out that every artist needs to develop their own way of sketching. Still, drawing from simple shapes is a good way to draw from memory, instead of copying a photo.\n🐶🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-29 17:30:41 +0200", "date": "5:30 p.m. on Jan 29, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/29/this-months-art.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F29%2Fthis-months-art.html" }, { "id": 854, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I like this quote, supposedly by Einstein:\n \u0026ldquo;Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent People Ignore.\u0026rdquo; ~ Albert Einstein\n 💬\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-28 07:58:37 +0200", "date": "7:58 p.m. on Jan 28, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/28/i-like-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F28%2Fi-like-this.html" }, { "id": 855, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My januari drawing challenge seems in a shambles. I\u0026rsquo;m being too self-critical while creating. Good thing I\u0026rsquo;m not a professional artist, or I\u0026rsquo;d starve. It\u0026rsquo;s too easy to find distractions, like being out of shape, leaking roof, sick cat.\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-23 13:35:03 +0200", "date": "1:35 p.m. on Jan 23, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/23/my-januari-drawing.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F23%2Fmy-januari-drawing.html" }, { "id": 856, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Yesterday I was too tired to draw (or do anything else but rest). Today\u0026rsquo;s sketches seem so off-model, yet they still resemble somewhat their references. I guess they\u0026rsquo;re Frankenhorses' severed heads.\n🐴🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-16 14:03:02 +0200", "date": "2:03 p.m. on Jan 16, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/16/yesterday-i-was.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F16%2Fyesterday-i-was.html" }, { "id": 857, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "So, it appears that being grateful is largely thanking randomness in the world, or divine intervention if you believe in such things. I believe randomness (read: entropy) is a thing, the other thing, not so much. I can\u0026rsquo;t thank what happens anyway.\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-16 09:20:53 +0200", "date": "9:20 p.m. on Jan 16, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/16/so-it-appears.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F16%2Fso-it-appears.html" }, { "id": 858, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Finished reading: Taking a Bite Out of the Apple by Rob Janoff 📚\nA book in a series for young adults. I found the twothirds dealing with the Apple logo interesting. The rest dealt with Rob Janoff\u0026rsquo;s further carreer. This book is clearly meant for wannabe graphic designers.\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-16 09:12:51 +0200", "date": "9:12 p.m. on Jan 16, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/16/finished-reading-taking.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F16%2Ffinished-reading-taking.html" }, { "id": 859, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "To speed things up, I rushed through the tutorial and quickly sketched a portrait of a beautiful cat. Maybe not the best way to learn how to draw, but it is, after all, a challenge.\n🐱🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-14 20:40:36 +0200", "date": "8:40 p.m. on Jan 14, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/14/to-speed-things.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F14%2Fto-speed-things.html" }, { "id": 860, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m not doing tutorials about how to draw animals. Getting far into a drawing and then realizing your anatomy is off, is both frustrating and enlightening, an opportunity to learn something. I need to get better at simplifying what I see, so I can easily correct it early on.\n🐤🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-14 15:59:20 +0200", "date": "3:59 p.m. on Jan 14, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/14/im-not-doing.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F14%2Fim-not-doing.html" }, { "id": 861, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suggest you watch The mystery of Michaelsoft Binbows on YouTube. It\u0026rsquo;s a love letter to niche write-ups on your website of things you love and probably very few others, yet those who do will thank you for it.\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-14 11:52:19 +0200", "date": "11:52 p.m. on Jan 14, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/14/i-suggest-you.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F14%2Fi-suggest-you.html" }, { "id": 862, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I did the bird-in-flight drawing exercise from my art instructional book. The author wrote she based it on a photo, so I guess I should do that as well. Drawing a flying bird from direct observation seems nigh on impossible.\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-14 11:22:00 +0200", "date": "11:22 p.m. on Jan 14, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/14/i-did-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F14%2Fi-did-the.html" }, { "id": 863, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Although I have little experience with drawing dogs, nor with drawing a long shaggy coat, I\u0026rsquo;m somewhat pleased with the result. Maybe I should be worried. Am I losing artistic refinement?\n🐕🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-13 18:29:48 +0200", "date": "6:29 p.m. on Jan 13, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/13/although-i-have.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F13%2Falthough-i-have.html" }, { "id": 864, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m so accustomed to seeing cats and kittens, that I had a hard time accepting the flaws. So I drew stick kittens on top of a printed photo and transfered those onto my drawing as a base. Still seeing those flaws, though 😖 so I skipped the coat markings.\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-12 22:20:03 +0200", "date": "10:20 p.m. on Jan 12, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/12/im-so-accustomed.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F12%2Fim-so-accustomed.html" }, { "id": 865, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: Taking a Bite Out of the Apple by Rob Janoff 📚\nSo far, it\u0026rsquo;s really good, hard to stop reading. So much positive energy!\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-12 21:07:58 +0200", "date": "9:07 p.m. on Jan 12, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/12/currently-reading-taking.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F12%2Fcurrently-reading-taking.html" }, { "id": 866, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ve sketched dogs before, but only from a photo. To catch up, I didn\u0026rsquo;t take very much time, so the quality isn\u0026rsquo;t really there.\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-11 17:29:50 +0200", "date": "5:29 p.m. on Jan 11, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/11/ive-sketched-dogs.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F11%2Five-sketched-dogs.html" }, { "id": 867, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I hadn\u0026rsquo;t drawn a hedgehog before, and was puzzled by this specimen\u0026rsquo;s white spines, especially how to draw them. It turns you don\u0026rsquo;t; you draw the negative space, or, in this case, what\u0026rsquo;s visible of the black base of each hair. It\u0026rsquo;s a work in progress.\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-11 10:28:49 +0200", "date": "10:28 p.m. on Jan 11, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/11/i-hadnt-drawn.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F11%2Fi-hadnt-drawn.html" }, { "id": 868, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I guess I should give up on making the best drawings I can, since that slows me down. OTOH, this sketch resembles a pig, but it very messy, which isn\u0026rsquo;t making me proud. Then, if only 5% of your creative work makes you proud, you\u0026rsquo;re top of the line, I\u0026rsquo;m told.\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-09 14:53:20 +0200", "date": "2:53 p.m. on Jan 9, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/09/i-guess-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F09%2Fi-guess-i.html" }, { "id": 869, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Want to read: Taking a Bite Out of the Apple by Rob Janoff 📚\nTalking about being in the right place at the right time.\nI was surprised it was still in print after 3 years. Also, listen to this 2009 interview on the RetroMaccast, which is still active as a weekly podcast.\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-09 13:39:22 +0200", "date": "1:39 p.m. on Jan 9, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/09/want-to-read.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F09%2Fwant-to-read.html" }, { "id": 870, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I saw a documentary on YT about Darkwing Duck, that was supposed to be called \u0026ldquo;Double-O-Duck\u0026rdquo;, as a spinoff of Duck Tales. That inspired me enough to stop the video and start drawing. I have these markers, so I should make use of them, shouldn\u0026rsquo;t I?\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-07 19:28:43 +0200", "date": "7:28 p.m. on Jan 7, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/07/i-saw-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F07%2Fi-saw-a.html" }, { "id": 871, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I experienced the process of internalizing at a small scale when I sketched this Holstein-Frisian cow from a photo reference. In this process, you learn the rules, purposefully forget about them, and do everything as if it comes naturally. Alas, I haven\u0026rsquo;t drawn cows enough to draw them from memory, using construction and previsualization. I tried it, but failed miserably. So, instead, I more or less copied a photo, not by tracing, but by redrawing. Still, redrawing is a step up, skill-wise, from downright tracing.\nIt took a few hours, though, to forget what I read about how how to draw cows, how they show off their anatomy, easily stylized as a balloon-bellies suspended as a tent on a skeleton. But then, milk cows, as the over-bred animals they are, tend to be exaggerated versions of their prehistoric counterparts, the aurochs. They are bred to produce milk, and if having a calf wasn\u0026rsquo;t necessary to start the lactation flow, they wouldn\u0026rsquo;t even have offspring either.\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-07 15:50:10 +0200", "date": "3:50 p.m. on Jan 7, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/07/i-experienced-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F07%2Fi-experienced-the.html" }, { "id": 872, "type": "post", "title": "(Un)realistic expectations", "text": "It turned out the art challenge that I gave myself for January 2023 wasn\u0026rsquo;t very realistic. Look at what I wanted to make:\n animal drawings that are somewhat realistic and colored with markers I\u0026rsquo;m not very skilled at drawing animals, realistic or otherwise, nor at coloring with markers.\nIt turns out that the tutorials about drawing animals aren\u0026rsquo;t very helpful. The basics of drawing aren\u0026rsquo;t included in those tutorials, nor are the basics of drawing mammals (which is often meant with \u0026ldquo;animals\u0026rdquo;). Luckily, I have some art instructional books that do, but those require study and years of practice.\nAm I giving up? No. But I do have to lower my expectations, a lot a lot.\nSo far I\u0026rsquo;ve drawn:\n sitting cat mouse rabbit horse Still 30 to go. I should speed up a bit, since the month has only 25 days left.\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-06 17:31:40 +0200", "date": "5:31 p.m. on Jan 6, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/06/unrealistic-expectations.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F06%2Funrealistic-expectations.html" }, { "id": 873, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This video by Jess Karp was recommended to me by YT\u0026rsquo;s algorithm, as if it knew what I\u0026rsquo;m up to (art challenge). I guess it did, though I did my searches with DuckDuckGo. The sites themselves use Google Analytics, and so I got found out 😅 by an algorithm.\nwww.youtube.com\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-05 19:43:54 +0200", "date": "7:43 p.m. on Jan 5, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/05/this-video-by.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F05%2Fthis-video-by.html" }, { "id": 874, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m struggling to get the 34 animal drawings done in 31 days. It\u0026rsquo;s already day 5, I\u0026rsquo;ve studied 3 animals and drawn none so far. I guess it\u0026rsquo;s the perfectionist in me trying—and succeeding—to interfere with finishing. The sketches are entertaining, though, based on photos.\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-05 17:04:58 +0200", "date": "5:04 p.m. on Jan 5, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/05/im-struggling-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F05%2Fim-struggling-to.html" }, { "id": 875, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I guess I’m in need of clues how to draw. The one book I used had a method that was confusing me, i.e. not helpful. It will slow me down, as learning tends to do. 🤓\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-04 14:27:17 +0200", "date": "2:27 p.m. on Jan 4, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/04/i-guess-im.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F04%2Fi-guess-im.html" }, { "id": 876, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The animal after the cat was, of course, the mouse. After doing the tutorial on drawing mice, I tried to draw from photo reference, using the construction method from the tutorial. It\u0026rsquo;s becoming clear all mammals have a similar body plan: head, front, mid, hind sections, tail.\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-04 09:44:34 +0200", "date": "9:44 p.m. on Jan 4, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/04/the-animal-after.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F04%2Fthe-animal-after.html" }, { "id": 877, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I know what this looks like. When I construct the cat, it doesn\u0026rsquo;t look like the cat in the photo, and when I draw from the photo, it doesn\u0026rsquo;t look like a cat, but like a photo of a cat. I will move on to the next animal before I get too frustrated. I\u0026rsquo;m already a day behind. 🎨\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-02 20:47:26 +0200", "date": "8:47 p.m. on Jan 2, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/02/i-know-what.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F02%2Fi-know-what.html" }, { "id": 878, "type": "post", "title": "Art Challenge for January (?) 2023", "text": "The question was if I\u0026rsquo;m up to the art challenge of drawing animals. Only one way to find out, draw…\nSo this is the current state of my drawing skills, it seems. It isn\u0026rsquo;t bad, although it\u0026rsquo;s easy to see its plentiful flaws. I thought it wasn\u0026rsquo;t a good enough sketch to create a full colored drawing with markers.\nTime to re-evaluate my initial art challenge, learn how to draw animals in the month of January 2023. That seems a setup for failure 😞 So, a more realistic challenge is to use a couple of months to achieve this goal. I want to be at least able to complete a few colored drawings this month. For now I have two of my own cats to draw, one of which is no longer alive (so I can\u0026rsquo;t draw him from direct observation). It\u0026rsquo;s only one of the 34 drawings to make, but I\u0026rsquo;m sticking to it. The important thing is to remember to have fun, not to be a slave to the challenge. Who knows, I might get 34 drawings done this month.\nIt\u0026rsquo;s already clear why so many fail at this stage. Not meeting prior expectations is tough. However, it is what it is, and things can only get better from now on. Trust the process. Practice will make better.\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-02 09:58:07 +0200", "date": "9:58 p.m. on Jan 2, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/02/art-challenge-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F02%2Fart-challenge-for.html" }, { "id": 879, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "2023!\n", "dateiso": "2023-01-01 01:02:40 +0200", "date": "1:02 p.m. on Jan 1, 2023", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2023/01/01/000240.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2023%2F01%2F01%2F000240.html" }, { "id": 880, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I have this free app for my pets. Used it many years. Now suddenly, they not only want to get paid, they don\u0026rsquo;t offer in-app payments, only credit cards. I don\u0026rsquo;t trust willy-nilly app developers to keep my CC safe. In 2023 they\u0026rsquo;ll turn off the free trial, and I\u0026rsquo;ll delete the app.\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-31 18:04:31 +0200", "date": "6:04 p.m. on Dec 31, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/31/i-have-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F31%2Fi-have-this.html" }, { "id": 881, "type": "post", "title": "Extending a challenge", "text": "In November 2022 I did the micro∙blog November blogging challenge, to blog every day of the month. I completed the challenge and received my special achievement pin. Aside from writing a microblog of no more than 280 characters, I also added a drawing from my notebook.\nThe latter was so much fun, that I decided to continue the challenge—extend it—on my own. I called it my Microblogextended challenge. For all 31 days of December, I drew and wrote, even on Christmas and Boxing day, despite of day trips with my sister. I found the time to do it.\nHere is the list:\n December 1: jest December 2: occupy December 3: is December 4: proportion December 5: seat December 6: autonomy December 7: hip December 8: squash December 9: fence December 10: average December 11: chimpanzee December 12: regular December 13: rocket December 14: attic December 15: split December 16: sticky December 17: lump December 18: brain December 19: dribble December 20: peasant December 21: hike December 22: nationalist December 23: fault December 24: forest December 25: plant December 26: chance December 27: defendant December 28: parade December 29: examination December 30: sand December 31: base In the last week I decided I need another challenge to keep me going. This time it will be a pure art challenge, drawing animals from an art instructional book that is out of print. I got that book as a Christmas present.\nI\u0026rsquo;m really proud of myself I finished this challenge, though humbled by the inconsistency in quality and art style. That needs to change.\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-31 17:08:56 +0200", "date": "5:08 p.m. on Dec 31, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/31/extending-a-challenge.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F31%2Fextending-a-challenge.html" }, { "id": 882, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Base As a self-taught artist I don\u0026rsquo;t have a solid foundation in art-making. I\u0026rsquo;m aware of the art fundamentals, but never studied them thoroughly. Even so, I didn\u0026rsquo;t want to go out on a whimper, so I gave it all I got.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-31 15:55:20 +0200", "date": "3:55 p.m. on Dec 31, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/31/base-as-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F31%2Fbase-as-a.html" }, { "id": 883, "type": "post", "title": "Thinking about workflow…", "text": "For my January 2023 challenge, I\u0026rsquo;ll be drawing 34 illustrations of animals with alcohol-based markers. I have Ohuhu pastel color markers, special marker paper and mixed media paper. However, sketching and designing on that paper with pencil leaves a mess, since the pencil marks can\u0026rsquo;t be fully erased and muddy the marker colors due smearing of graphite by the tip of the marker. It makes much more sense to design on a separate sheet, and then transfer the final version using carbon paper and a ballpoint pen. I could take it even further, and design on an iPad, print it out, and transfer using carbon paper and a ballpoint pen.\nDesigning and sketching digitally is cheaper and faster than with pencil on paper. I can simply draw the different stages of the sketch in a separate layer while lowering the opacity of the previous layer. In analog you would partially erase the previous stage and draw on top of it. I should try both, and see what works best for me.\nI thought about coloring in Procreate on the iPad as well, which would add (unwanted) complications, time and cost. Digital colors differ from analog colors, and the effect of paper is hard to reproduce, I know from past experience. So I will be coloring with alcohol-based markers. I have little personal experience with those, but I\u0026rsquo;ve seen enough YouTube videos to know how to use them, in principle. I\u0026rsquo;m sure I\u0026rsquo;ll be watching loads more videos while coloring. The whole plan, after all, is to learn how to draw by doing and watching how others do it, steal their ideas, in a good way.\nDigitizing the analog art is best done with a quality camera on a tripod, except that I don\u0026rsquo;t own such a camera. I do have a scanner (all-in-one with scanner and monochrome laser printer), though scanned colors tend to look washed out a bit with the bright light. Furthermore, the size is limited to A4, which isn\u0026rsquo;t a problem for this challenge, since A4 is big enough for drawing individual animals.\nEventually I want to use a light-box for transferring sketches and a budget digital camera for digitizing, so I can work on a larger canvas. Those things cost money, and I\u0026rsquo;m on a budget. I use what I have and if I start getting more skilled, I could sell some of the art to buy the equipment. Who knows…\nAfter digitizing I need to put it somewhere, so others can see it. For now I\u0026rsquo;ll be using my Flickr account. I paid for it, so I should definitely use it.\nTo remove any kinks as soon as possible, it makes sense to first complete a piece before continuing to the next piece. This isn\u0026rsquo;t factory work; it\u0026rsquo;s artwork.\nI\u0026rsquo;m also not expecting professional results which could be sold. The only thing I expect is that I\u0026rsquo;m able to draw animals somewhat convincingly, in the sense that others can recognize what animal it is supposed to be. It doesn\u0026rsquo;t have to be photorealistic; I\u0026rsquo;d rather have it be sketchy and loose, more impressionistic, left to the imagination of the viewer.\nOnly two more days. I\u0026rsquo;m excited!\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-30 15:06:12 +0200", "date": "3:06 p.m. on Dec 30, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/30/thinking-about-workflow.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F30%2Fthinking-about-workflow.html" }, { "id": 884, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m preparing for the next monthly challenge, which will be to create 34 animal drawings analog, using colored markers and ballpoint pen. It\u0026rsquo;s from one of instructional books I got for Christmas. It will keep me occupied, for sure.\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-30 10:36:07 +0200", "date": "10:36 p.m. on Dec 30, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/30/im-preparing-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F30%2Fim-preparing-for.html" }, { "id": 885, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Sand While sand is abundant on the Earth\u0026rsquo;s surface, it takes a special kind of coarse sand to use for building things, like concrete, silicon wafers, sand castles. It\u0026rsquo;s finer than pebbles, coarser than silt, so you can grab hold of it, yet not feel individual particles 🏖️\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-30 09:42:34 +0200", "date": "9:42 p.m. on Dec 30, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/30/sand-while-sand.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F30%2Fsand-while-sand.html" }, { "id": 886, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I got this double cat hammock for Christmas. The cats seem to enjoy it. 🐱🛏️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-29 23:10:07 +0200", "date": "11:10 p.m. on Dec 29, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/29/i-got-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F29%2Fi-got-this.html" }, { "id": 887, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Examination The magnifying glass is the staple for the lone sleuth who solves cases the police can\u0026rsquo;t by lack of intelligence and work ethic. This is, of course, a fantasy version of detective work 🕵️‍♂️\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-29 08:30:14 +0200", "date": "8:30 p.m. on Dec 29, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/29/examination-the-magnifying.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F29%2Fexamination-the-magnifying.html" }, { "id": 888, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "A Bullet journal seems a project management tool. I usually never plan further ahead than a couple of weeks. Sooo, not getting things done is what my \u0026ldquo;productivity\u0026rdquo; seems to be about 😬 \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rdquo; needs improvement.\nDoes any of you can suggest how to best start with bullet journaling?\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-28 20:23:46 +0200", "date": "8:23 p.m. on Dec 28, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/28/a-bullet-journal.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F28%2Fa-bullet-journal.html" }, { "id": 889, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Parade When it said \u0026ldquo;parade\u0026rdquo;, my imagination went to \u0026ldquo;marching band\u0026rdquo;, and the few times in my life (especially when I was in my preteens) I noticed them. They are a lively bunch, attracting immediate attention from the whole neighborhood. In sports events they are a staple.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-28 17:01:47 +0200", "date": "5:01 p.m. on Dec 28, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/28/parade-when-it.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F28%2Fparade-when-it.html" }, { "id": 890, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s December 28, and the randomly chosen word for a blog post is:\nparade\nI took that as a marching band in a street. I had no idea what instruments are in such a band, nor how they look, nor are played. So, references galore.\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-28 09:20:08 +0200", "date": "9:20 p.m. on Dec 28, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/28/todays-december-and.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F28%2Ftodays-december-and.html" }, { "id": 891, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "One person’s trash is supposedly another person’s Xmas treasure. They were bought on a whim, yet never used. I hope I’ll put them to good use. 🐱🎨📚\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-27 16:17:44 +0200", "date": "4:17 p.m. on Dec 27, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/27/one-persons-trash.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F27%2Fone-persons-trash.html" }, { "id": 892, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Defendant In my experience, when personal attachments are involved, being impartial is almost impossible. We cannot but be irrational about who (or what) we love. I suppose a certain Christmas present will make me continue doing a challenge about drawing cats.\n🎨✍️🍂\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-27 07:59:52 +0200", "date": "7:59 p.m. on Dec 27, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/27/defendant-in-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F27%2Fdefendant-in-my.html" }, { "id": 893, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Chance Happy 📦ing Day—day of buying schmancy goods at bargain prices.\nNow what\u0026rsquo;s the probability that I didn\u0026rsquo;t cheat at this ballpoint pen drawing? I had to mirror (eww!) the baby\u0026rsquo;s right hand, because I seem to have difficulties remembering what\u0026rsquo;s left and right 😅\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-26 09:04:51 +0200", "date": "9:04 p.m. on Dec 26, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/26/chance-happy-ing.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F26%2Fchance-happy-ing.html" }, { "id": 894, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "🌿 The alien PLANT was PLANTed as a disguised PLANT with PLANTs to conquer the world with 🎁 presents and 🥰 love.\nHappy Christmas ‼️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-25 08:41:37 +0200", "date": "8:41 p.m. on Dec 25, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/25/the-alien-plant.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F25%2Fthe-alien-plant.html" }, { "id": 895, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Forest Many authors believe in the statement, show don\u0026rsquo;t tell. However, saturating the readers minds with an abundance of details will put them off, confuse them to no end. There is such a thing as too much. I\u0026rsquo;m guilty to this as well. Trimming the fat the good way is hard.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-24 17:00:43 +0200", "date": "5:00 p.m. on Dec 24, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/24/forest-many-authors.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F24%2Fforest-many-authors.html" }, { "id": 896, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "On caturday we eat together, yet separated because of dietary differences. Still seeing the other eat improves the appetite 🐱🍽️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-24 15:48:09 +0200", "date": "3:48 p.m. on Dec 24, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/24/on-caturday-we.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F24%2Fon-caturday-we.html" }, { "id": 897, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "For Christmas Eve Day, December 24, the random prompt for a blog post is:\nforest\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-24 09:42:09 +0200", "date": "9:42 p.m. on Dec 24, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/24/for-christmas-eve.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F24%2Ffor-christmas-eve.html" }, { "id": 898, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Fault Creatives deal with the hard reality that comfort while making, as if by an artisan AI bot, probably is reproducing, not creating. The end product looks so great because of established, proven to work—hence are not creative—workflows. That ”F” teaches us to do better.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-23 11:24:55 +0200", "date": "11:24 p.m. on Dec 23, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/23/fault-creatives-deal.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F23%2Ffault-creatives-deal.html" }, { "id": 899, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Nationalist I guess I\u0026rsquo;m not very patriotic myself. We don\u0026rsquo;t do a mandatory pledge of allegiance where I live, mostly because of freedom of religion, and separation of church and state. Although populism is certainly a thing here, extreme nationalism is frowned upon.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-22 21:54:08 +0200", "date": "9:54 p.m. on Dec 22, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/22/nationalist-i-guess.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F22%2Fnationalist-i-guess.html" }, { "id": 900, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The blogging prompt for 22 december is:\nnationalist\nThis is as far as I know somewhat synonymous to patriot. As with everything, it becomes a negative when coupled with covert bigotry and elitism. We are all equal, yet some are more equal than others.\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-22 09:55:53 +0200", "date": "9:55 p.m. on Dec 22, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/22/the-blogging-prompt.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F22%2Fthe-blogging-prompt.html" }, { "id": 901, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Hike I suppose I never made a long hike. The problem is that I can\u0026rsquo;t leave my cats alone for longer than a day. Day trips I have done, several times. The longest day hike I can remember was about 60 km in 14 hours, in summer, no water. That was a mistake, as is the drawing.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-21 19:21:40 +0200", "date": "7:21 p.m. on Dec 21, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/21/hike-i-suppose.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F21%2Fhike-i-suppose.html" }, { "id": 902, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "iPad OS 16.2 Freeform seems an excellent tool to do concepts with rough sketches, references, etc. I can also see it as an artists' collab board, to have some fun together for a set period. Alas, there\u0026rsquo;s no video recording, nor a live video sharing built in, so others can watch.\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-21 18:05:17 +0200", "date": "6:05 p.m. on Dec 21, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/21/ipad-os-freeform.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F21%2Fipad-os-freeform.html" }, { "id": 903, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The random blogging prompt for December 21 is:\nhike\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-21 09:24:06 +0200", "date": "9:24 p.m. on Dec 21, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/21/the-random-blogging.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F21%2Fthe-random-blogging.html" }, { "id": 904, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I tried some Mathologer stuff, and found it very hard to replicate. Often it\u0026rsquo;s just too hard for me to follow. Maybe I\u0026rsquo;m just too old or scatterbrained. I\u0026rsquo;m seriously contemplating to enter my doodles in Doodleaddicts, aka DA, not to be confused with deviantART.\n🎨♾✖️➗➕➖🟰\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-20 15:58:45 +0200", "date": "3:58 p.m. on Dec 20, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/20/i-tried-some.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F20%2Fi-tried-some.html" }, { "id": 905, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Peasant I watched a documentary about the European medieval history of peasants and landlords, and how 80 percent of the population worked the land. Some (70%) were serfs, and not all were poor, as you might expect. They were mostly neglected, though.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-20 13:36:29 +0200", "date": "1:36 p.m. on Dec 20, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/20/peasant-i-watched.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F20%2Fpeasant-i-watched.html" }, { "id": 906, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s—December 20—random prompt is:\npeasant\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-20 09:02:50 +0200", "date": "9:02 p.m. on Dec 20, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/20/todaysdecember-random-prompt.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F20%2Ftodaysdecember-random-prompt.html" }, { "id": 907, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Watching Drawing Wiff Waffles on YT, and Rin brought up Laffy Taffy, which so sounds like a dad-joke. Who comes up with these names? 🤣\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-19 18:54:39 +0200", "date": "6:54 p.m. on Dec 19, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/19/watching-drawing-wiff.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F19%2Fwatching-drawing-wiff.html" }, { "id": 908, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Dribble Knowledge and experience are similar in the sense that they both come in small quantities and accumulate over time. It makes me realize how little I know, and that I can\u0026rsquo;t possibly know it all. And then there are things we can never know nor live through.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-19 16:56:16 +0200", "date": "4:56 p.m. on Dec 19, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/19/dribble-knowledge-and.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F19%2Fdribble-knowledge-and.html" }, { "id": 909, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s blogging prompt is:\ndribble\nWhat comes in dribs and drabs I suppose.\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-19 09:49:11 +0200", "date": "9:49 p.m. on Dec 19, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/19/todays-blogging-prompt.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F19%2Ftodays-blogging-prompt.html" }, { "id": 910, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Drawn in French Girls App on August 20, 2016. Even back then, there were \u0026ldquo;technical difficulties\u0026rdquo;. Apparently, few things have changed since then.\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-18 22:12:43 +0200", "date": "10:12 p.m. on Dec 18, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/18/drawn-in-french.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F18%2Fdrawn-in-french.html" }, { "id": 911, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I have a deviantART account, but no longer use it. A more modern alternative I just found is DoodleAddicts. There\u0026rsquo;s a limited free account and an affordable paid account. I\u0026rsquo;ll try it for a while and then report back if I liked it.\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-18 21:25:12 +0200", "date": "9:25 p.m. on Dec 18, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/18/i-have-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F18%2Fi-have-a.html" }, { "id": 912, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Brain Literature often returns to this mysterious organ on top of our bodies. Be it Frankenstein who got a bad one, or the scarecrow from Oz who had one after all (spoiler!). Alas, its response often makes no sense, hence the mysteriousness.\n🧠🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-18 11:40:48 +0200", "date": "11:40 p.m. on Dec 18, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/18/brain-literature-often.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F18%2Fbrain-literature-often.html" }, { "id": 913, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today is December 18 and my random prompt is:\nbrain\nFrom ⚡️ Frankenstein to 🎈 Wizard of Oz, 🧠 grey matter!\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-18 09:00:54 +0200", "date": "9:00 p.m. on Dec 18, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/18/today-is-december.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F18%2Ftoday-is-december.html" }, { "id": 914, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Lump Recent developments with AI on online artists communities (DeviantArt and ArtStation) make clear that art and artists are denied any deference for their key role in society. No consent is deemed necessary. So sad 😞\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-17 16:51:58 +0200", "date": "4:51 p.m. on Dec 17, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/17/lump-recent-developments.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F17%2Flump-recent-developments.html" }, { "id": 915, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today is December 17, and the extended blogging challenge prompt is:\nlump\n(Insert one of lumpy space princess\u0026rsquo;s trashy quotes here.)\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-17 10:05:57 +0200", "date": "10:05 p.m. on Dec 17, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/17/today-is-december.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F17%2Ftoday-is-december.html" }, { "id": 916, "type": "post", "title": "Humility is 🤘SUPERIOR🤘 to Pride!!", "text": "😏 proudly exclaimed by some humble unknown artist I read this article on DifferenceBetween, and the gist of it was:\n A proud person always considers himself superior to others whereas a humble person doesn’t.\n Of course, this is a generalisation, in reality things are a bit more nuanced. However, the desire to learn of one\u0026rsquo;s own volition is mostly based on recognizing one\u0026rsquo;s flaws that need fixing, be it only partially. This requires some modicum—more likely a lot—of humility.\nSince art is mostly about perspective (point of view), the artist has to keep an open mind to new ideas. The business of art, on the other hand, requires a cultivation of ideas, a confident persona. The pride of an accomplished professional artist is what draws attention, sells their craft and vision to an audience.\nThis attitude is a performance, though, to market oneself. On their own, the artist is (or should be) full of self-doubt and humility. Most people only see the art selling persona, while the art making persona stays mostly out of sight.\nDon\u0026rsquo;t think for one moment that the artist you admire so much never has a bad day, and never produces art that makes them dispare and feel like an imposter. Artists are humans that work hard to achieve their goals, and they do fail on occasion. And like most humans, they don\u0026rsquo;t like to share their cringeworthy mistakes, at least, not openly.\nIt would be prideful to think that every of one\u0026rsquo;s strokes on a canvas is to be a god-given masterpiece. The creative process requires exploration, and not every artistic journey is going to be succesful. The artist will often embrace their mistakes, learn from it, and finish the piece. Real artists ship, after all.\nSo humility drives the eager artist to do better next time, and only share their best attempts to the wider world. And yes, older pieces can make them cringe, a sign that even artists have moments in which they feel superior… to their past selfs.\nTo err is human, to forgive divine, as the English poet Alexander Pope would have it say. So forgiving oneself is what should follow embarrassment over past accomplishments.\nI wrote this, because I needed it. I published, because someone else might too.\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-16 15:16:39 +0200", "date": "3:16 p.m. on Dec 16, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/16/humility-is-superior.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F16%2Fhumility-is-superior.html" }, { "id": 917, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Sticky When you\u0026rsquo;re on a web service that\u0026rsquo;s full of fun and interesting people, that service tends to be sticky in a nice way. When that service turns sour from misbehavior, it\u0026rsquo;s sticky in an uncomfortable way. You might even call it fishy, since it reeks from discontent.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-16 09:53:31 +0200", "date": "9:53 p.m. on Dec 16, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/16/sticky-when-youre.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F16%2Fsticky-when-youre.html" }, { "id": 918, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s (December 16) randomly chosen word is:\nsticky\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-16 07:30:20 +0200", "date": "7:30 p.m. on Dec 16, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/16/todays-december-randomly.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F16%2Ftodays-december-randomly.html" }, { "id": 919, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Split The guys from the Connected podcast left Twitter en masse, because they couldn\u0026rsquo;t take the verbal attacks, bigotry and downright neo-nazism anymore. I can only hope they will become happier by no longer reading what a bunch of close-minded idiots think is free speech.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-15 19:33:30 +0200", "date": "7:33 p.m. on Dec 15, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/15/split-the-guys.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F15%2Fsplit-the-guys.html" }, { "id": 920, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s prompt couldn\u0026rsquo;t be more apt for me. I might go beyond 280 characters. It is:\nsplit\nI was affected by the announcement that the follks at @relayFM have abandonned Twitter, because of recent developments and years of taking verbal abuse for granted b/c of FOMO and inertia.\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-15 08:15:28 +0200", "date": "8:15 p.m. on Dec 15, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/15/todays-prompt-couldnt.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F15%2Ftodays-prompt-couldnt.html" }, { "id": 921, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It seemed to me that LiveJournal was the perfect journaling web app. Why did it fail? It didn\u0026rsquo;t fail, it was popular amongst Russians, was acquired and relocated by a Russian banker loyal to Putin, and then the Kremlin started persecuting critics of the regime. Read more here.\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-14 19:02:20 +0200", "date": "7:02 p.m. on Dec 14, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/14/it-seemed-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F14%2Fit-seemed-to.html" }, { "id": 922, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The question remains if I should explore ballpoint pen art, knowing my failure rate at pursuing such topics has been 100%. Well, actually, I was too passionate and burned out before I approached anything like mastering. I should pace myself.\n🎨🖊\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-14 18:33:02 +0200", "date": "6:33 p.m. on Dec 14, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/14/the-question-remains.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F14%2Fthe-question-remains.html" }, { "id": 923, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "attic There\u0026rsquo;s a place in many houses where stuff is stored, or, more accurately stated, stowed away until people move house (and sometimes not even then). Up and away out of people\u0026rsquo;s minds.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-14 11:28:51 +0200", "date": "11:28 p.m. on Dec 14, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/14/attic-theres-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F14%2Fattic-theres-a.html" }, { "id": 924, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s prompt for my blogging challenge in the last month of 2022 is:\n attic\n/ 🔔 \\\n/ 🦇😜 \\\n- - - - - - -\nH H H\nH H H\n- - - - - - -\nH H H\nH H H\nXXXXXXX\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-14 10:41:44 +0200", "date": "10:41 p.m. on Dec 14, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/14/todays-prompt-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F14%2Ftodays-prompt-for.html" }, { "id": 925, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I grew up in the era of the Apollo space program, and see it as how human explore space. Of course, robotic space exploration is much safer for humans and requires less onboard support. Therefore, robots have gone further into deep space than human ever would or could.\n🚀🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-13 10:31:37 +0200", "date": "10:31 p.m. on Dec 13, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/13/i-grew-up.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F13%2Fi-grew-up.html" }, { "id": 926, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today I will challenge myself blogging about the prompt:\nrocket\nVery apt now Artemis 1 has completed its mission successfully.\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-13 07:17:00 +0200", "date": "7:17 p.m. on Dec 13, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/13/today-i-will.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F13%2Ftoday-i-will.html" }, { "id": 927, "type": "post", "title": "New Art Supplies Are Coming!", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ve ordered pastel-colored gel pens and ink markers for my online ballpoint pen art. The colors I have are too saturated to be useful for art-making. They\u0026rsquo;re fine for writing, I guess, though I seldom write analog—pen on paper.\nThat I\u0026rsquo;m doing it now, is because I\u0026rsquo;m so excited. I\u0026rsquo;ve seen some artists on YouTube using ballpoint pen, and they all color with alcohol-based color markers, since the good ballpoint pen ink is permanent. I\u0026rsquo;m not sure about the pastel-colored ballpoint pen inks, though, and if it is water-soluble, to what extent. Anyway, I can adjust my order of operations if those pastel-colored ballpoint pens do indeed smudge.\nArt is all about adjusting, after all.\nR.\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-12 19:40:40 +0200", "date": "7:40 p.m. on Dec 12, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/12/new-art-supplies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F12%2Fnew-art-supplies.html" }, { "id": 928, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ve ordered some new art supplies for my ballpoint pen arting. I\u0026rsquo;ll still be using lined notebooks, as to lower my anxiety for the blank page. After all, a blank page is perfect nothingness; any mark will ruin its eternal bliss.\n🛒ing ON〰〰 4 🖼 📥\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-12 18:02:39 +0200", "date": "6:02 p.m. on Dec 12, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/12/ive-ordered-some.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F12%2Five-ordered-some.html" }, { "id": 929, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "If one\u0026rsquo;s only interaction with publishing is liking, retweeting, snarky oneliner comments, and shameless selfpromotion, blogging is going to be quite the adjustment. Have considerate somewhat original opinions on niche subjects that isn\u0026rsquo;t oneself is totally new to that person\n🐣✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-12 15:38:48 +0200", "date": "3:38 p.m. on Dec 12, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/12/if-ones-only.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F12%2Fif-ones-only.html" }, { "id": 930, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Instead of a mastadon, they could\u0026rsquo;ve opted for another trumpeting being, the swan or goose. »hôngk«\n🎨🦢\nI suppose they call it a computer 🐁 mouse, not a computer 🐀 rat (or 🐹 hamster), for good reasons?\nWho knows?\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-12 13:40:08 +0200", "date": "1:40 p.m. on Dec 12, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/12/instead-of-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F12%2Finstead-of-a.html" }, { "id": 931, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Regular Today is a swanny kind of day—normal in any other sense. I tried to do something different than I\u0026rsquo;m used to, because I never could follow instructions anyway, and loathe going the same route every day. Not very smart, though, getting myself in awkward situations.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-12 09:29:45 +0200", "date": "9:29 p.m. on Dec 12, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/12/regular-today-is.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F12%2Fregular-today-is.html" }, { "id": 932, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s prompt for my extended blogging challenge after micro∙blog\u0026rsquo;s Microblogvember is:\nregular\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-12 07:29:33 +0200", "date": "7:29 p.m. on Dec 12, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/12/todays-prompt-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F12%2Ftodays-prompt-for.html" }, { "id": 933, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Chimpanzee On July 14, 1960 Jane Goodall began her 6 year study on the human-like behavior of chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. Since all species closely related to humans are extinct, the endangered chimpanzee is now evolutionary the closest to us.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-11 19:46:08 +0200", "date": "7:46 p.m. on Dec 11, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/11/chimpanzee-on-july.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F11%2Fchimpanzee-on-july.html" }, { "id": 934, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today I\u0026rsquo;ll use the randomly generated word:\nchimpanzee\nShould be interesting 🐵\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-11 07:20:42 +0200", "date": "7:20 p.m. on Dec 11, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/11/today-ill-use.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F11%2Ftoday-ill-use.html" }, { "id": 935, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Caturday means day of tolerance and love. 🐱\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-10 19:20:32 +0200", "date": "7:20 p.m. on Dec 10, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/10/caturday-means-day.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F10%2Fcaturday-means-day.html" }, { "id": 936, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Average My art has it written all over it. It\u0026rsquo;s the mean value of a set of numbers, yet originally derived from the Arabic averie, which means the damage after a ship has been wrecked. Re my art, I just have to keep pushing, not give up. Eventually it will improve.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-10 18:52:03 +0200", "date": "6:52 p.m. on Dec 10, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/10/average-my-art.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F10%2Faverage-my-art.html" }, { "id": 937, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today, December 10, the prompt for my extension of micro∙blog\u0026rsquo;s November 2022 blogging challenge is:\naverage\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-10 06:47:55 +0200", "date": "6:47 p.m. on Dec 10, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/10/today-december-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F10%2Ftoday-december-the.html" }, { "id": 938, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Fence I had such a great sketch in mind… Maybe it wasn\u0026rsquo;t such a good idea after all. Sometime you need to adjust an ambitious plan. Anyway, I need to sketch more from reference, without downright copying, see the big shapes, and copy those.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-09 19:54:47 +0200", "date": "7:54 p.m. on Dec 9, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/09/fence-i-had.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F09%2Ffence-i-had.html" }, { "id": 939, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Tomorrow, December 8, the prompt for my continued blogging self-challenge is:\nfence\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-08 21:30:52 +0200", "date": "9:30 p.m. on Dec 8, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/08/tomorrow-december-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F08%2Ftomorrow-december-the.html" }, { "id": 940, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It seems the best mindset to learn is to be humble, accept that you know only a little, and be patient. Learning is like gardening, new ideas are more like kernels, slowly grown and matured. Brains tend to relate established ideas with who you are and with who you belong to.\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-08 21:16:12 +0200", "date": "9:16 p.m. on Dec 8, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/08/it-seems-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F08%2Fit-seems-the.html" }, { "id": 941, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Squash I highly recommend against an image search on this word, since you cannot unsee when what seems funny in a cartoon world has happened in real life. More disgusting is that someone actually photographed and uploaded it. This is why we can\u0026rsquo;t have nice things ☹️\n👶🏏😱📸🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-08 15:20:17 +0200", "date": "3:20 p.m. on Dec 8, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/08/squash-i-highly.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F08%2Fsquash-i-highly.html" }, { "id": 942, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today, 8 December, my prompt for an extended version of micro∙blog\u0026rsquo;s Microblogvember is:\nsquash\nIt gives me animation vibes—squash \u0026amp; stretch 💪\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-08 09:08:27 +0200", "date": "9:08 p.m. on Dec 8, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/08/today-december-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F08%2Ftoday-december-my.html" }, { "id": 943, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Hip Not in any way an admirer of fast fashion, I\u0026rsquo;m pretty unaware what is fashionable and trendy. It seems all so exploitative and wasteful. The idea seems to be to wear something for a few weeks, then throw it away and buy something else. It\u0026rsquo;s very trendy with the youth.\n🐑🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-07 12:34:04 +0200", "date": "12:34 p.m. on Dec 7, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/07/hip-not-in.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F07%2Fhip-not-in.html" }, { "id": 944, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Tomorrow, December 7, the prompt for my extended blogging challenge is going to be…\nhip\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-06 21:11:15 +0200", "date": "9:11 p.m. on Dec 6, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/06/tomorrow-december-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F06%2Ftomorrow-december-the.html" }, { "id": 945, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Auto-NomNom-Y Many want cars that drive themselves, so they can munch while being transported. It\u0026rsquo;s like Elon\u0026rsquo;s DC against Nikola\u0026rsquo;s AC, yet not at all, and certainly impossible when there are people involved, some of whom feel more equal than those who are not (like) them.\n🐖🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-06 16:33:06 +0200", "date": "4:33 p.m. on Dec 6, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/06/autonomnomy-many-want.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F06%2Fautonomnomy-many-want.html" }, { "id": 946, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "On the sixth day of my personal extension of micro∙blog\u0026rsquo;s microblogvember the prompt will be:\nautonomy\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-05 21:25:56 +0200", "date": "9:25 p.m. on Dec 5, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/05/on-the-sixth.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F05%2Fon-the-sixth.html" }, { "id": 947, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Seat The red and blue chair, designed by Gerrit Rietveld between 1919 and 1922. It was an attempt to make good minimalist furniture available to the masses. It was priced in 1923 at ƒ15 (± €126 nowadays). Professionally made replicas retail for €1500 and up.\n🤑🪑🎨🍂✍️👾\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-05 09:26:01 +0200", "date": "9:26 p.m. on Dec 5, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/05/seat-the-red.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F05%2Fseat-the-red.html" }, { "id": 948, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s prompt for my extended version of micro∙blog microblogvember is:\nseat\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-05 06:41:03 +0200", "date": "6:41 p.m. on Dec 5, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/05/todays-prompt-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F05%2Ftodays-prompt-for.html" }, { "id": 949, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Proportion I always had problems with measuring; I was never very exact with it. For drawing it meant that likeness required more work and more attention. Even though it doesn\u0026rsquo;t look like it, the sketch took me over 90 minutes and still it\u0026rsquo;s all wrong, wrong, wrong!\n😖🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-04 17:40:07 +0200", "date": "5:40 p.m. on Dec 4, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/04/proportion-i-always.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F04%2Fproportion-i-always.html" }, { "id": 950, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Tomorrow, December 4, the prompt for my extended blogging challenge is going to be…\nproportion\nSuch an art-making related word.\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-03 20:20:50 +0200", "date": "8:20 p.m. on Dec 3, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/03/tomorrow-december-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F03%2Ftomorrow-december-the.html" }, { "id": 951, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": ".is Iceland is an altogether unique island state which an active volcano and stunning landscapes, and a surprising temperate climate for its Northern latitude, so close to the arctic circle.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-03 09:22:57 +0200", "date": "9:22 p.m. on Dec 3, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/03/is-iceland-is.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F03%2Fis-iceland-is.html" }, { "id": 952, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Tomorrow, December 3, the prompt for my extended blogging challenge is going to be…\nis\nNo, it literally is \u0026ldquo;is.\u0026rdquo; »Chuckle« Y\u0026rsquo;know, the word the adulterous president 🤥🎩 tried to redefine, that is it is, is 🤔❔\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-02 21:30:10 +0200", "date": "9:30 p.m. on Dec 2, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/02/tomorrow-december-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F02%2Ftomorrow-december-the.html" }, { "id": 953, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Occupy People can take over prominent places for a peacefully protest against the growing embarrassment of riches. Similarly can a cartoon character embarrass an artist by pointing at some rather off-model mugshots, despite many hours of preparatory sketches.\n😅🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-02 17:23:54 +0200", "date": "5:23 p.m. on Dec 2, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/02/occupy-people-can.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F02%2Foccupy-people-can.html" }, { "id": 954, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Tomorrow, December 2, the prompt for my extended blogging challenge is going to be…\noccupy\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-01 20:20:19 +0200", "date": "8:20 p.m. on Dec 1, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/01/tomorrow-december-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F01%2Ftomorrow-december-the.html" }, { "id": 955, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Jest(est) When I think of a comedian, Buster Keaton comes to mind. He\u0026rsquo;s supposed to be the master of physical comedy (slapstick), yet I know so little about him. I\u0026rsquo;m sure most of his work is in the public domain, so studying it should be easy enough.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-12-01 09:34:14 +0200", "date": "9:34 p.m. on Dec 1, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/12/01/jestest-when-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F12%2F01%2Fjestest-when-i.html" }, { "id": 956, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "And… I\u0026rsquo;ll extend—on my own—the micro∙blog prompt-based blogging challenge based on randomwordgenerator with the word jest for December 1.\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-30 21:11:01 +0200", "date": "9:11 p.m. on Nov 30, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/30/and-ill-extendon.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F30%2Fand-ill-extendon.html" }, { "id": 957, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "A quick test. There will be a learning curve. But hey, learning new stuff is fun.\n🎨🖊\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-30 21:01:02 +0200", "date": "9:01 p.m. on Nov 30, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/30/a-quick-test.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F30%2Fa-quick-test.html" }, { "id": 958, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m so excited 😝 about my colored pens that have just arrived by mail! It\u0026rsquo;s like it\u0026rsquo;s Sinterklaas already 😊\n🖊🌈\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-30 20:03:03 +0200", "date": "8:03 p.m. on Nov 30, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/30/im-so-excited.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F30%2Fim-so-excited.html" }, { "id": 959, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Passkeys are DOA, because websites seem to prefer to outsource them to a third party rather than doing the hard work of implementing passkeys as a first party, on the same domain as the website. This makes phishing possible, and therefore passkeys just as vulnerable as passwords.\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-30 14:49:49 +0200", "date": "2:49 p.m. on Nov 30, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/30/passkeys-are-doa.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F30%2Fpasskeys-are-doa.html" }, { "id": 960, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Safety Most security IRL is based on inconvenience rather than impenetrability. Locks can be picked. A locked door inconveniences more than an unlocked door (since a lock requires a key or knowledge and equipment to pick that lock). More locks inconvenience more, duh!\n🔒🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-30 10:28:36 +0200", "date": "10:28 p.m. on Nov 30, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/30/safety-most-security.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F30%2Fsafety-most-security.html" }, { "id": 961, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Oooh 😯 fancy ascii art for the coding aficionados (front end developers) among Flickr users\n🔠👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-29 22:51:21 +0200", "date": "10:51 p.m. on Nov 29, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/29/oooh-fancy-ascii.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F29%2Foooh-fancy-ascii.html" }, { "id": 962, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I always wondered why my cats are so strong…\n💪🐱🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-29 20:01:19 +0200", "date": "8:01 p.m. on Nov 29, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/29/i-always-wondered.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F29%2Fi-always-wondered.html" }, { "id": 963, "type": "post", "title": "My Microblogvember 2022 (so far…)", "text": "I didn\u0026rsquo;t compete in the very first microblogvember in 2019. It\u0026rsquo;s a self-challenge to blog every day on the timeline of micro∙blog for the month of November. This year, 2022, will be my first attempt to beat any procrastination to create that might come up during a month. I\u0026rsquo;ve done 29 of the 29 days so far, with only one day to go. I think I\u0026rsquo;ll manage the last one.\nHere are 29 word prompts (and my solutions):\n Figure (Musk buying twitter) Feast (guinea pigs) License (Micro∙camp) Admiration (Gollum) Exemption (House owners) Echo (Beethoven) Insight (spacecraft) Consensus (superheroes) Certain (Sherlock Holmes) Minister (TV series) Display (Adrian Black) Suspicion (Hitchcock) Adjust (heating) Leave (of senses) Aluminium (the chemical) Franchise (Superman) Barrel (beer vat) Tire (kitten from playing) Novel (fantasy) Repeat (Commodore 64) Ice (age) Graze (box) Update (Microblog News) Retain (Medieval prison) Ritual (Black Friday) Commitment (Hunchback of Notre Dame) Motivation (Willy Wonka) Trend (life lesson) Fish (barracuda) Mind you, I\u0026rsquo;m not stopping when November 30 ends. I will keep going, from \u0026ldquo;November 31\u0026rdquo; up to and including \u0026ldquo;November 61\u0026rdquo; 🤣 After the last official prompt for November 2022 from the @challenges@micro.blog account, I\u0026rsquo;ll continue with randomwordgenerator on my own. Hopefully by then I\u0026rsquo;ll have colored ballpoint pens, so I can make it more interesting to look at.\nSo, my self-challenge ends with the year 2022. Until then, it\u0026rsquo;ll be nose to the grindstone and solve the current daily prompt with a sketch and some words. I guess I\u0026rsquo;ll evaluate how it went in the New Year.\nIf you\u0026rsquo;re asking yourself why I drew in a notebook with lines, it\u0026rsquo;s a self-depreciation built in, so I can\u0026rsquo;t worry about such silly thoughts. It\u0026rsquo;s already bad for drawing to begin with. I can only make it better.\n✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-29 16:35:15 +0200", "date": "4:35 p.m. on Nov 29, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/29/my-microblogvember-so.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F29%2Fmy-microblogvember-so.html" }, { "id": 964, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Fish When Jacques-Yves Cousteau wanted to swim with the fishes, he had to invent self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (S.C.U.B.A.). What he saw made him want to protect it, since we humans were (and still are) destroying it with our exploitation of the sea.\n🐟🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-29 09:29:36 +0200", "date": "9:29 p.m. on Nov 29, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/29/fish-when-jacquesyves.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F29%2Ffish-when-jacquesyves.html" }, { "id": 965, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Trend I can see my (hobbyist) art getting better with each year I practice, yet still have ebbs and flows in both quality and quantity. It\u0026rsquo;s frustrating to seemingly have crossed a threshold, only to see my enthusiasm wane because of some outside force or event.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-28 09:19:44 +0200", "date": "9:19 p.m. on Nov 28, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/28/trend-i-can.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F28%2Ftrend-i-can.html" }, { "id": 966, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "If microblogvember is any indication, I\u0026rsquo;m able to write about 1000 non-random words in 30 days, or 1/50th of NaNoWriMo. No wonder I never won the writing assignment; I\u0026rsquo;m a very slow thinker, hence writer. Words (and ideas) come to me like boots in molasses, even when I was young.\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-27 15:55:55 +0200", "date": "3:55 p.m. on Nov 27, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/27/if-microblogvember-is.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F27%2Fif-microblogvember-is.html" }, { "id": 967, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Motivation The little people don\u0026rsquo;t need much to make them do what you want them to do. Refined sugar will often do it, hyperactively so.\n🍭🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-27 09:58:40 +0200", "date": "9:58 p.m. on Nov 27, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/27/motivation-the-little.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F27%2Fmotivation-the-little.html" }, { "id": 968, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ve done some research on drawing with a ballpoint pen, and it seems it\u0026rsquo;s in the indelible nature of the medium that practice is quintessential.\n🎨🖊️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-26 23:27:30 +0200", "date": "11:27 p.m. on Nov 26, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/26/ive-done-some.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F26%2Five-done-some.html" }, { "id": 969, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ve ordered some ballpoint pens on Amazon for more drawing happiness:\n Paper Mate InkJoy several colors Pilot Super Grip black I\u0026rsquo;m told the Pilot Super Grip are more opaque than the Paper Mate InkJoy, and since black is rather important for ink drawing…\n🖋️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-26 18:09:37 +0200", "date": "6:09 p.m. on Nov 26, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/26/ive-ordered-some.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F26%2Five-ordered-some.html" }, { "id": 970, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Commitment Romantic involvement often doesn\u0026rsquo;t lead to immediate engagement or even infatuation, maybe a slight tolerance of being close at best. It\u0026rsquo;s recipe for disappointment and tragedy as life put its claws into a budding relationship.\n💍🎭💀🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-26 08:40:14 +0200", "date": "8:40 p.m. on Nov 26, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/26/commitment-romantic-involvement.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F26%2Fcommitment-romantic-involvement.html" }, { "id": 971, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Of course, Wednesday season one launched on Wednesday November 23 globally on Netflix. It wasn\u0026rsquo;t bad 📺\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-25 22:24:02 +0200", "date": "10:24 p.m. on Nov 25, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/25/of-course-wednesday.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F25%2Fof-course-wednesday.html" }, { "id": 972, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "A new profile picture, drawn in ballpoint pen, scanned, and digitally retouched and colored. I\u0026rsquo;m curious how long it\u0026rsquo;ll take before my avatar is picked up. I suppose most Fediverse users don\u0026rsquo;t update theirs regularly.\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-25 12:50:35 +0200", "date": "12:50 p.m. on Nov 25, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/25/a-new-profile.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F25%2Fa-new-profile.html" }, { "id": 973, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Ritual It is said all things come in threes. Black in the numbers, black in the thoughts and black (and blue) in the face. Online buyers, beware of all kinds of shenanigans today!\n🎁😈🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-25 08:45:13 +0200", "date": "8:45 p.m. on Nov 25, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/25/ritual-it-is.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F25%2Fritual-it-is.html" }, { "id": 974, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Retain How do you keep your employees in your failing social media company? Well, those who aren\u0026rsquo;t bound with feudal bonds as foreign workers you lock up with strict contracts under NDA, and throw away the key. It seems ye olden days of cruel overlords are back, baby.\n🏰🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-24 08:09:19 +0200", "date": "8:09 p.m. on Nov 24, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/24/retain-how-do.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F24%2Fretain-how-do.html" }, { "id": 975, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Since Tumblr is ganing traction because of what\u0026rsquo;s happening right now to a certain birdy site, I decided to start using it again, as not to clog this feed with my inking foibles.\n\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-23 11:32:58 +0200", "date": "11:32 p.m. on Nov 23, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/23/since-tumblr-is.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F23%2Fsince-tumblr-is.html" }, { "id": 976, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Update We get the latest news about micro∙blog from @manton@manton.org.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-23 08:11:47 +0200", "date": "8:11 p.m. on Nov 23, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/23/update-we-get.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F23%2Fupdate-we-get.html" }, { "id": 977, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I guess there are lessons to be learned here.\n Keep that point clean! Spend more time on analyzing the big shapes, then carefully draft then looking at the reference, not the drawing. Other than that, I\u0026rsquo;m pleased with this messy drawing, for now.\n🎨✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-22 16:42:49 +0200", "date": "4:42 p.m. on Nov 22, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/22/i-guess-there.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F22%2Fi-guess-there.html" }, { "id": 978, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Great ballpoint drawing tips from Jess Karp on YT. The most important:\n forget it\u0026rsquo;s a ballpoint pen; treat it as a pencil use a paper scrap to regularly clean the tip build your values in layers Inspired me to sketch some faces from the micro∙blog Discovery Tab.\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-22 12:54:49 +0200", "date": "12:54 p.m. on Nov 22, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/22/great-ballpoint-drawing.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F22%2Fgreat-ballpoint-drawing.html" }, { "id": 979, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "As per that previous post for microblogvember, I need to teach myself to draw everyday objects to a level that it\u0026rsquo;s recognizable as the object. Random scribbles aren\u0026rsquo;t going to cut it.\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-22 09:00:34 +0200", "date": "9:00 p.m. on Nov 22, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/22/as-per-that.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F22%2Fas-per-that.html" }, { "id": 980, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Graze I had no idea there were boxes filled with delicious food you can mindlessly eat from, like a sheep in a meadow.\n🐑🍱🥳🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-22 08:51:28 +0200", "date": "8:51 p.m. on Nov 22, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/22/graze-i-had.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F22%2Fgraze-i-had.html" }, { "id": 981, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Ice Her frozen lips felt odd. Days she had been looking for her herd. There\u0026rsquo;s warmth and safety in numbers. More eyes see further. The biting wind makes it hard to think. Soon sleep will come, everlasting slumber.\n🦣🧊🥶🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-21 09:03:40 +0200", "date": "9:03 p.m. on Nov 21, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/21/ice-her-frozen.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F21%2Fice-her-frozen.html" }, { "id": 982, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Maybe we should have a competition for amusing server error pages 💡\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-20 17:02:33 +0200", "date": "5:02 p.m. on Nov 20, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/20/maybe-we-should.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F20%2Fmaybe-we-should.html" }, { "id": 983, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Repeat In the olden days we all could still write computer programs to illustrate today\u0026rsquo;s prompt. It isn\u0026rsquo;t old, though, but retro. It was a brief period when one person could still fully grasp every aspect of their computer and create carefree.\n🎨🍂✍️👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-20 08:54:45 +0200", "date": "8:54 p.m. on Nov 20, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/20/repeat-in-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F20%2Frepeat-in-the.html" }, { "id": 984, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose I\u0026rsquo;ve decided not to run the marathon in eight days from when I write this. Too much has gone wrong in the past four weeks that haven\u0026rsquo;t yet been righted, not in the least this nasty cold I caught two weeks ago and just keeps buggering on.\n🤧🏃‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-19 12:47:47 +0200", "date": "12:47 p.m. on Nov 19, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/19/i-suppose-ive.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F19%2Fi-suppose-ive.html" }, { "id": 985, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Novel Tell me a story, one you haven\u0026rsquo;t told me before and can be read in a book or any medium stories are told in. Make it a good story I can get lost in.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-19 09:33:52 +0200", "date": "9:33 p.m. on Nov 19, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/19/novel-tell-me.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F19%2Fnovel-tell-me.html" }, { "id": 986, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Tire It delivers a cushioned ride after so much exhaustion that a towel was thrown.\n🛞😩😼🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-18 09:05:45 +0200", "date": "9:05 p.m. on Nov 18, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/18/tire-it-delivers.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F18%2Ftire-it-delivers.html" }, { "id": 987, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Rough ideas are perhaps wishy-washy, trite, or even dead wrong. The text is also in the alt attribute.\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-17 15:37:10 +0200", "date": "3:37 p.m. on Nov 17, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/17/rough-ideas-are.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F17%2Frough-ideas-are.html" }, { "id": 988, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Barrel Some people like to enter a scene unannounced for dramatic effect, to draw attention to themselves. It inevitably results in a lot of eye rolling and sighs. It all looks so natural on TV, but in real life, not so much.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-17 08:53:46 +0200", "date": "8:53 p.m. on Nov 17, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/17/barrel-some-people.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F17%2Fbarrel-some-people.html" }, { "id": 989, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Since this month I\u0026rsquo;m doing ballpoint sketches in my notebook, it makes only sense to upload a selfie in a similar style.\n🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-16 16:50:50 +0200", "date": "4:50 p.m. on Nov 16, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/16/since-this-month.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F16%2Fsince-this-month.html" }, { "id": 990, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Telling a joke-no-joke An 😇 child 😭ing after slipping over a 🍌 peel isn\u0026rsquo;t funny; it\u0026rsquo;s almost banal, if not 😱ing for 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 However, a famous 🤑 bloke doing the same thing, now, that\u0026rsquo;s 🤣 ←the 😭ing. Unless, unless, you happen to be 🤑 and ♂️\n✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-16 16:21:51 +0200", "date": "4:21 p.m. on Nov 16, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/16/telling-a-jokenojoke.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F16%2Ftelling-a-jokenojoke.html" }, { "id": 991, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Franchise As the sole survivor of a planetary accident, you\u0026rsquo;ve gotta accessorize and establish a brand before expanding into broader ventures.\n😆🎯™️🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-16 10:08:05 +0200", "date": "10:08 p.m. on Nov 16, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/16/franchise-as-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F16%2Ffranchise-as-the.html" }, { "id": 992, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Apple is actively maintaining two versions of their OSes, probably because the newest, 16, isn’t ready for general use I guess. So I’ll stick to version 15 in the meantime. Hope they in Cupertino have their stuff in order soon. 📱\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-15 19:01:18 +0200", "date": "7:01 p.m. on Nov 15, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/15/apple-is-actively.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F15%2Fapple-is-actively.html" }, { "id": 993, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Aluminium Very energy intensive to make, cheap enough for 500 kg on average per person per year to be consumed in foil, cans, cars, airplanes, and what not. It\u0026rsquo;s so reactive, that it forms a dull layer of oxide on its surface almost immediately, in turn pretty inert.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-15 08:33:30 +0200", "date": "8:33 p.m. on Nov 15, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/15/aluminium-very-energy.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F15%2Faluminium-very-energy.html" }, { "id": 994, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "If I look at two recent races, which were under very unfavorable circumstances (flu vaccination, partial recovery from previous race) common sense tells me to go for a marathon in four hours, however, my average pace and heart rate tells me to go for 3h:45'. I need a coach! 🏃‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-14 14:40:26 +0200", "date": "2:40 p.m. on Nov 14, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/14/if-i-look.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F14%2Fif-i-look.html" }, { "id": 995, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Leave With all this financial brouhaha going on in my life, the urge to let go of my sanity is rising rapidly. So what to ditch and what to keep? Since I\u0026rsquo;m likely not the only one, lay-offs are inevitable. First-world problems, for certain. Why can\u0026rsquo;t that Russian idiot go?\n😜🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-14 07:47:54 +0200", "date": "7:47 p.m. on Nov 14, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/14/leave-with-all.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F14%2Fleave-with-all.html" }, { "id": 996, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Adjust With the falling of the leaves I had to turn on the heat in my home. It wasn\u0026rsquo;t as carefree as in yesteryears, because fuel prices have risen spectacularly, especially of natural gas. I blame Russia.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-13 07:01:51 +0200", "date": "7:01 p.m. on Nov 13, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/13/adjust-with-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F13%2Fadjust-with-the.html" }, { "id": 997, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Something I haven\u0026rsquo;t seen mentioned is that if micro∙blog isn\u0026rsquo;t big enough for you, you can go hunting for likeminded people in the Fediverse, so outside our community. The disadvantage is that the wider probably isn\u0026rsquo;t as well moderated as the Timeline of the blogging platform.\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-12 08:07:53 +0200", "date": "8:07 p.m. on Nov 12, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/12/something-i-havent.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F12%2Fsomething-i-havent.html" }, { "id": 998, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Suspicion Isn\u0026rsquo;t it rather odd that a well-dressed man has a third class train ticket in a first class compartment, lending money from a passenger for the surcharge? He obviously is not to be trusted…\n🎨🎬🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-12 07:32:03 +0200", "date": "7:32 p.m. on Nov 12, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/12/suspicion-isnt-it.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F12%2Fsuspicion-isnt-it.html" }, { "id": 999, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Cathode Ray Tube Display As Adrian Black often explains on his retro computer YouTube channel, cathode ray tubes are disposables, meaning they wear with use. Either they are dim or don\u0026rsquo;t work at all, but can be revived sometimes, making Adrian exclaim with enthusiasm. 🎨👨‍💻🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-11 09:11:49 +0200", "date": "9:11 p.m. on Nov 11, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/11/cathode-ray-tube.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F11%2Fcathode-ray-tube.html" }, { "id": 1000, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The guys from the Connected Podcast seem to have made up their minds. Twitter is no longer fun, and if matters worsen even more than they\u0026rsquo;ve already in the past week, no Mastodon, no micro∙blog for them. They\u0026rsquo;ll just abandon social media altogether. We will see.\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-10 18:37:11 +0200", "date": "6:37 p.m. on Nov 10, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/10/the-guys-from.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F10%2Fthe-guys-from.html" }, { "id": 1001, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "While I didn\u0026rsquo;t finish Inktober, I seem to do better with microblogvember, creating ballpoint sketches. Maybe it\u0026rsquo;s because the \u0026ldquo;owner\u0026rdquo; of Inktober is so onerous, claiming ownership (with copyright claims) over what was a community project to begin with.\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-10 08:47:56 +0200", "date": "8:47 p.m. on Nov 10, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/10/while-i-didnt.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F10%2Fwhile-i-didnt.html" }, { "id": 1002, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Yes Minister A British political satire sitcom aired on BBC2 from 1980 to 1984. It follows the ministerial career of Jim Hacker in his struggle to govern in opposition of a conservative civil service, personified by permanent secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby.\n🎨📺🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-10 08:41:10 +0200", "date": "8:41 p.m. on Nov 10, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/10/yes-minister-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F10%2Fyes-minister-a.html" }, { "id": 1003, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Certain There seem to be no absolutes in the world we inhabit.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-09 09:09:22 +0200", "date": "9:09 p.m. on Nov 9, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/09/certain-there-seem.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F09%2Fcertain-there-seem.html" }, { "id": 1004, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pearl of wisdom. Doing the thing should be a reward in itself. External and delayed rewards are off-putting in the long run. This is why public likes and follows are so damaging for a creative individual, a harmful goal to achieve for, since one cannot influence what others like.\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-08 10:37:10 +0200", "date": "10:37 p.m. on Nov 8, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/08/pearl-of-wisdom.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F08%2Fpearl-of-wisdom.html" }, { "id": 1005, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Consensus For people to agree on anything, they all first need to know what to do, why to do it, and who it\u0026rsquo;s for.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-08 10:06:36 +0200", "date": "10:06 p.m. on Nov 8, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/08/consensus-for-people.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F08%2Fconsensus-for-people.html" }, { "id": 1006, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "InSight This lander-explorer is packed with instruments to probe the interior of the Red Planet.\n🚀🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-07 15:26:30 +0200", "date": "3:26 p.m. on Nov 7, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/07/insight-this-landerexplorer.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F07%2Finsight-this-landerexplorer.html" }, { "id": 1007, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Echo chamber of greatness dun-dun-dun-dunnn\nThusly most remember the famous fifth symphony by Ludwig Von Beethoven. It\u0026rsquo;s part of Western culture, and it sounds through everything we do so much, we don\u0026rsquo;t even hear it anymore.\n🎨🎵🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-06 09:17:03 +0200", "date": "9:17 p.m. on Nov 6, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/06/echo-chamber-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F06%2Fecho-chamber-of.html" }, { "id": 1008, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "After having gone through the HTML Tutorial on W3Schools at almost breakneck speed (for my doing), I\u0026rsquo;ve hit a roadblock at HTML Layout. I guess I need to study this more thoroughly before continuing. HTML5 certainly was a step up from previous versions.\n👨‍💻🎓🕸🏗\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-05 11:39:20 +0200", "date": "11:39 p.m. on Nov 5, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/05/after-having-gone.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F05%2Fafter-having-gone.html" }, { "id": 1009, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Printers. They are affordable nowadays, compared to twenty years ago. However, this affordability comes with a constant need to fix problems that in the olden dot-matrix days didn\u0026rsquo;t need fixing 🖨💩😖\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-05 09:31:14 +0200", "date": "9:31 p.m. on Nov 5, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/05/printers-they-are.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F05%2Fprinters-they-are.html" }, { "id": 1010, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Exempt As a home renter I wasn\u0026rsquo;t aware of the protection home owners get in certain states of the USA.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-05 09:18:14 +0200", "date": "9:18 p.m. on Nov 5, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/05/exempt-as-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F05%2Fexempt-as-a.html" }, { "id": 1011, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Admiration If we admit it or not, we all have our role models, people we look up to and would want to emulate to better ourselves, be it race car driver, teacher or a tech entrepreneur. Our society wouldn\u0026rsquo;t be as great as it is if we couldn\u0026rsquo;t imagine a better world.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-04 08:53:25 +0200", "date": "8:53 p.m. on Nov 4, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/04/admiration-if-we.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F04%2Fadmiration-if-we.html" }, { "id": 1012, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Lifehacker - How to Move From Twitter to Mastodon\n Why [do it]?\n People get to know each other and are more likely to post about their genuine real-life interests than to share news stories or endlessly discuss politics.\n It just feels like a nice, friendly place to be.\n ", "dateiso": "2022-11-03 18:47:24 +0200", "date": "6:47 p.m. on Nov 3, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/03/lifehacker-how-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F03%2Flifehacker-how-to.html" }, { "id": 1013, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Regarding my ballpoint drawings, asking if those are any good is the wrong question. Better to ask myself, is the experience of making them any good? Answer, so far yes! OTOH this is about getting better at it, not merely enjoying scratching on cheap lined paper, though it helps.\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-03 09:45:05 +0200", "date": "9:45 p.m. on Nov 3, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/03/regarding-my-ballpoint.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F03%2Fregarding-my-ballpoint.html" }, { "id": 1014, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "License Gatekeepers think that creatives need them to make precious goods, are even owed eternal gratitude and 30 percent payment of anything third parties produce. That didn\u0026rsquo;t stop some to still make their own stuff, despite rules and restrictions of the big guys.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-03 09:14:02 +0200", "date": "9:14 p.m. on Nov 3, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/03/license-gatekeepers-are.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F03%2Flicense-gatekeepers-are.html" }, { "id": 1015, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Ah, tomorrow will be a glorious day for ballpoint pen drawing. Here are my reference photos to give you a sneak peek.\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-02 21:35:13 +0200", "date": "9:35 p.m. on Nov 2, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/02/ah-tomorrow-will.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F02%2Fah-tomorrow-will.html" }, { "id": 1016, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I believe I have all pins available on micro∙blog except one, which I can never get, because recommendations are very dependent on what someone else likes, a conversation, not a statement.\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-02 20:22:27 +0200", "date": "8:22 p.m. on Nov 2, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/02/i-believe-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F02%2Fi-believe-i.html" }, { "id": 1017, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ve unsubscribed to everyone I followed on MB, and started following new users. It\u0026rsquo;s a slow process, since these people aren\u0026rsquo;t exactly friends (yet), whose quirkiness I can overlook. The Discovery tab is not very useful, since it\u0026rsquo;s human curated, and, therefore, opinionated.\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-02 18:11:30 +0200", "date": "6:11 p.m. on Nov 2, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/02/171130.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F02%2F171130.html" }, { "id": 1018, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I believe there\u0026rsquo;s a dinstiction between feeling better about one\u0026rsquo;s actions and trying to better oneself. The latter walks the bridge; the first lives underneath it.\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-02 16:33:18 +0200", "date": "4:33 p.m. on Nov 2, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/02/i-believe-theres.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F02%2Fi-believe-theres.html" }, { "id": 1019, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Feast Behold in the beast\u0026rsquo;s eye the celebration of what\u0026rsquo;s to come.\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-02 09:05:34 +0200", "date": "9:05 p.m. on Nov 2, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/02/feast-behold-in.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F02%2Ffeast-behold-in.html" }, { "id": 1020, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It appears Mastodon has no valid rss feeds for a user\u0026rsquo;s posts, other than if you run a bot on your own server that watches that user\u0026rsquo;s Mastodon feed and creates an rss feed on the fly. Or something similar. Mastodon is like Twitter in that respect, a closed web application 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2022-11-01 08:35:31 +0200", "date": "8:35 p.m. on Nov 1, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/11/01/it-appears-mastodon.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F11%2F01%2Fit-appears-mastodon.html" }, { "id": 1021, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Figure A certain multi-billionaire bought a social media site for a large sum of money. The impression he left was of a bull in a china shop, guessing he could get away with it, like 3, 2, 1 … liftoff!\n🎨🍂✍️\n", "dateiso": "2022-10-31 21:08:04 +0200", "date": "9:08 p.m. on Oct 31, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/10/31/figure-a-certain.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F10%2F31%2Ffigure-a-certain.html" }, { "id": 1022, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I finished the Cloudcannon tutorial, and as usual, it went totally off the rails for me with too advanced stuff. Ah well, it seemingly only was to wet one\u0026rsquo;s appetite to start learning Hugo. Read more\u0026hellip;\n", "dateiso": "2022-10-31 20:18:25 +0200", "date": "8:18 p.m. on Oct 31, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/10/31/i-finished-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F10%2F31%2Fi-finished-the.html" }, { "id": 1023, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ve done it. Removed all my blogs except one from the micro∙blog Timeline, disabled all cross-posting.\n", "dateiso": "2022-10-31 19:18:36 +0200", "date": "7:18 p.m. on Oct 31, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/10/31/ive-done-it.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F10%2F31%2Five-done-it.html" }, { "id": 1024, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I wasn’t aware that there is such a thing as Consumer Subscription Software or CSS. And yes, micro∙blog is a CSS company, though, it seems, not for sale, as many CSS businesses are in this boom due to a recession, how illogical that even sounds.\n", "dateiso": "2022-10-30 09:58:03 +0200", "date": "9:58 p.m. on Oct 30, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/10/30/i-wasnt-aware.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F10%2F30%2Fi-wasnt-aware.html" }, { "id": 1025, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "In the light of recent developments, I made a mastodon account and linked to my micro∙blog feed for cross-posting. Hope it works 🤞\n", "dateiso": "2022-10-30 08:38:16 +0200", "date": "8:38 p.m. on Oct 30, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/10/30/in-the-light.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F10%2F30%2Fin-the-light.html" }, { "id": 1026, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This morning when I woke up early I was puzzled. Why so early, it doesn\u0026rsquo;t feel that early? Right, Daylight Saving Time, time to change the non-Internet connected clocks. Next week it\u0026rsquo;s your turn, USA and Canada, to change your time of day and sleep in on Sunday 💤⏰\n", "dateiso": "2022-10-30 08:09:57 +0200", "date": "8:09 p.m. on Oct 30, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/10/30/this-morning-when.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F10%2F30%2Fthis-morning-when.html" }, { "id": 1027, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "After my corona vaccination 1.5 weeks ago, I had a dip in my weekly mileage. GPs advice, so I\u0026rsquo;ve found through online search, for kids after their vaccination is against any intensive sports. I missed that, and now know why I felt so bad during my training in the last 10 days🏃‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2022-10-29 09:26:52 +0200", "date": "9:26 p.m. on Oct 29, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/10/29/after-my-corona.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F10%2F29%2Fafter-my-corona.html" }, { "id": 1028, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I did the quiz on wren.co to find my lifestyle produces 5.6 tons of CO2 per year, which could be offset by a €11.70 monthly subscription.\n", "dateiso": "2022-10-28 19:01:00 +0200", "date": "7:01 p.m. on Oct 28, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/10/28/i-did-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F10%2F28%2Fi-did-the.html" }, { "id": 1029, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Not yet caturday, yet so close 🐱😻\n", "dateiso": "2022-10-28 18:24:23 +0200", "date": "6:24 p.m. on Oct 28, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/10/28/not-yet-caturday.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F10%2F28%2Fnot-yet-caturday.html" }, { "id": 1030, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ve always found that there\u0026rsquo;s no one true way to explain. Understanding someone (or something) requires fitting existing knowledge and beliefs with an anecdotal utterance by an outside source. Change will be small, since most people are set in their ways of doing things.\n", "dateiso": "2022-10-28 07:19:20 +0200", "date": "7:19 p.m. on Oct 28, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/10/28/ive-always-found.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F10%2F28%2Five-always-found.html" }, { "id": 1031, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "So, regarding NaNoWriMo, what exactly is a novel? Wordnik has this to say:\n A fictitious prose narrative or tale, involving some plot of more or less intricacy, and aiming to present a picture of real life in the historical period and society to which the persons, manners, and modes of speech, as well as the scenery and surroundings, are supposed to belong.\n That makes mud look like a clear substance. A better definition probably comes from the characterization of pornography by Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart:\n I know it when I see it.\n Do I even want to write a novel? I suppose when someone asks themselve this question, probably not. Don\u0026rsquo;t even attempt NaNoWriMo unless there\u0026rsquo;s no doubt in your mind you can do this. On the contrary, you must do this. No less than full dedication can pull you through.\nWell, that rules me out. Don\u0026rsquo;t let this stop you.\n", "dateiso": "2022-10-26 16:55:30 +0200", "date": "4:55 p.m. on Oct 26, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/10/26/so-regarding-nanowrimo.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F10%2F26%2Fso-regarding-nanowrimo.html" }, { "id": 1032, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I did my part to beat the pandemic. Now vaccinated against COVID-19 virus, though only for 3 months, and with 63 percent certainty I\u0026rsquo;m not infecting others in close contact, starting 2 weeks from now, and slowly dropping to zero percent. 💉😷🦠🤧📉 What a world we live in!\n", "dateiso": "2022-10-19 11:35:10 +0200", "date": "11:35 p.m. on Oct 19, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/10/19/i-did-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F10%2F19%2Fi-did-my.html" }, { "id": 1033, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose as long as I’m still worried about the result rather than enjoying the process, I can’t but be patient until my inner voice shuts the h*$!l up. Until it does, I should only draw when I feel like drawing, not to fulfill some imagined daily duty to draw 🎨 Inktober Fail.\n", "dateiso": "2022-10-17 15:25:16 +0200", "date": "3:25 p.m. on Oct 17, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/10/17/i-suppose-as.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F10%2F17%2Fi-suppose-as.html" }, { "id": 1034, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My solution to people posting status updates only is to unsubscribe. If even then my timeline is filled up with them, I\u0026rsquo;ll stop visiting the timeline. No Javascript solution for me, since status updates as messages are a symptom of bad social network design.\n", "dateiso": "2022-10-17 09:15:25 +0200", "date": "9:15 p.m. on Oct 17, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/10/17/my-solution-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F10%2F17%2Fmy-solution-to.html" }, { "id": 1035, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I went away for quite some hours today, and my cats wanted to hang out with me, on my lap, to show their love. Unfortunately, they\u0026rsquo;re big cats and my lap has limited space available. I guess I should lie down to offer more \u0026ldquo;human surface\u0026rdquo; for them 🐱\n", "dateiso": "2022-10-15 19:49:50 +0200", "date": "7:49 p.m. on Oct 15, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/10/15/i-went-away.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F10%2F15%2Fi-went-away.html" }, { "id": 1036, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I donated to the Commander X16 project, trying to get the spiritual successor of the Commodore 8-bit line of computers off the ground. See their gofund-me page, or the 8-bit guy\u0026rsquo;s latest YT Video.\n", "dateiso": "2022-10-12 09:46:58 +0200", "date": "9:46 p.m. on Oct 12, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/10/12/i-donated-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F10%2F12%2Fi-donated-to.html" }, { "id": 1037, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Contemplating what to do with athletes who want to compete recreational in marathons, triathlons and ultras, yet don\u0026rsquo;t get the support they pay their T\u0026amp;F club a fee for. I suppose they better look for a personal coach, since we\u0026rsquo;ve been without a coach for many years now 🏃‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2022-10-12 07:25:29 +0200", "date": "7:25 p.m. on Oct 12, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/10/12/contemplating-what-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F10%2F12%2Fcontemplating-what-to.html" }, { "id": 1038, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Watching a 2 years old YT video interviewing Ebon Upton of Raspberry PI fame.\n", "dateiso": "2022-10-12 06:35:05 +0200", "date": "6:35 p.m. on Oct 12, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/10/12/watching-a-years.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F10%2F12%2Fwatching-a-years.html" }, { "id": 1039, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Yesterday our small scale running race (165 🏃‍♀️🏃, well-organized, 2x per year) around Nijkerk, the Netherlands, was accompanied by fanfare, courtesy of Concordia Nijkerkerveen. They were nice enough to walk us from the parking lot to the start, a few hundreds meters away.\n", "dateiso": "2022-10-09 06:46:29 +0200", "date": "6:46 p.m. on Oct 9, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/10/09/yesterday-our-small.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F10%2F09%2Fyesterday-our-small.html" }, { "id": 1040, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I know when we had weeks old kittens around the house, we never watched television. Why would we; we had all the entertainment we needed!\nPerhaps it’s good I haven’t much of the modern conveniences people have stuffed their homes with and now can’t afford the energy consumption.\n", "dateiso": "2022-10-05 07:37:29 +0200", "date": "7:37 p.m. on Oct 5, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/10/05/i-know-when.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F10%2F05%2Fi-know-when.html" }, { "id": 1041, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I perhaps should mention that last Sunday I kinda ruined my half marathon race, yet got a boost in comfidence by outdoing myself with short bursts of speed during the race. With proper training I could see myself beating my PR set 20 years ago in my 40s, proving 60 isn\u0026rsquo;t old 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2022-10-04 08:48:38 +0200", "date": "8:48 p.m. on Oct 4, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/10/04/i-perhaps-should.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F10%2F04%2Fi-perhaps-should.html" }, { "id": 1042, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Why does a heroic pose require a constipated look?\n", "dateiso": "2022-10-03 19:26:02 +0200", "date": "7:26 p.m. on Oct 3, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/10/03/why-does-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F10%2F03%2Fwhy-does-a.html" }, { "id": 1043, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Moreover, moreover, it\u0026rsquo;s the first of October…\n", "dateiso": "2022-10-01 07:19:16 +0200", "date": "7:19 p.m. on Oct 1, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/10/01/moreover-moreover-its.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F10%2F01%2Fmoreover-moreover-its.html" }, { "id": 1044, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "While both books and points of interest (aka check-ins) are interesting features of MB, what about daily quotes?\n", "dateiso": "2022-09-30 15:06:35 +0200", "date": "3:06 p.m. on Sep 30, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/09/30/while-both-books.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F09%2F30%2Fwhile-both-books.html" }, { "id": 1045, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Silly idea in pixel art 🎨 for a Strava profile pic. I won\u0026rsquo;t be using it, though.\n👾\nAside from the clear spelling error.\n", "dateiso": "2022-09-26 13:37:35 +0200", "date": "1:37 p.m. on Sep 26, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/09/26/silly-idea-in.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F09%2F26%2Fsilly-idea-in.html" }, { "id": 1046, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Well, the idea of unassuming art appeals to me. While big statements are often impressive, they are often not entirely true (spin) or downright lies. I prefer to make my own informed decissions, thank you very much, even if that means I\u0026rsquo;m less well-informed about the world.\n", "dateiso": "2022-09-26 10:21:24 +0200", "date": "10:21 p.m. on Sep 26, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/09/26/well-the-idea.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F09%2F26%2Fwell-the-idea.html" }, { "id": 1047, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Tomorrow I\u0026rsquo;ll be attempting to run 🏃 my long run not only on the usual empty stomach and only tap water, but also on slightly depleted glycogen stores, trying to \u0026ldquo;touch the wall on purpose\u0026rdquo;, deal with it while running. So today I\u0026rsquo;ll be fasting, doing the reverse of CH stacking.\n", "dateiso": "2022-09-24 08:51:17 +0200", "date": "8:51 p.m. on Sep 24, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/09/24/tomorrow-ill-be.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F09%2F24%2Ftomorrow-ill-be.html" }, { "id": 1048, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "And the struggle continues. Only 7 days left for Inktober Classic and only a poor observational skill to help me through 31 drawings from direct observation. It won\u0026rsquo;t be pretty, nor (even remotely) compete with established pen artists on Instagram, if I even knew who they were. 🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-09-24 06:56:04 +0200", "date": "6:56 p.m. on Sep 24, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/09/24/and-the-struggle.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F09%2F24%2Fand-the-struggle.html" }, { "id": 1049, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": " Most of you have probably looked at rainbows, only some of you might have seen a rainbow.\n Walter Lewin in his lecture with physics students in 2002, explaining what rainbows 🌈 truly are, giving us more appreciation than the mere beauty of them.\n", "dateiso": "2022-09-23 07:01:53 +0200", "date": "7:01 p.m. on Sep 23, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/09/23/most-of-you.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F09%2F23%2Fmost-of-you.html" }, { "id": 1050, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2022-09-22 10:39:16 +0200", "date": "10:39 p.m. on Sep 22, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/09/22/103916.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F09%2F22%2F103916.html" }, { "id": 1051, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Based on a fuzzy photo in the rain, this morning I used it as a reference for this pencil sketch. The result is what it is, but it\u0026rsquo;s a result despite the fear of failure. The latter is silly 🙃 since nothing is threatening me, nor has failing real consequences. 🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-09-20 07:18:42 +0200", "date": "7:18 p.m. on Sep 20, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/09/20/based-on-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F09%2F20%2Fbased-on-a.html" }, { "id": 1052, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Work (currently) in Progress 🏃 First long run in my current marathon schedule, a 3+ hour run.\nSee my Strava activity.\n", "dateiso": "2022-09-18 08:00:00 +0200", "date": "8:00 p.m. on Sep 18, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/09/18/080000.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F09%2F18%2F080000.html" }, { "id": 1053, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Watching relay.fm\u0026rsquo;s live stream for St. Jude Children\u0026rsquo;s Hospital fundraiser. It starts in a few minutes!\n", "dateiso": "2022-09-16 17:58:37 +0200", "date": "5:58 p.m. on Sep 16, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/09/16/watching-relayfms-live.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F09%2F16%2Fwatching-relayfms-live.html" }, { "id": 1054, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ve noticed that in my timeline in many occasions I have no idea what people are writing about. I suppose the reverse is true as well. I wonder how I can find people to follow who at least I can somewhat understand. The Discover tab isn\u0026rsquo;t doing it for me, clearly, same reason.\n", "dateiso": "2022-09-14 18:11:52 +0200", "date": "6:11 p.m. on Sep 14, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/09/14/ive-noticed-that.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F09%2F14%2Five-noticed-that.html" }, { "id": 1055, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Isn\u0026rsquo;t it customary for people who need their iPhone to work, to wait for at least a point update, like 16.1? 👨‍💻📱\n", "dateiso": "2022-09-13 16:59:33 +0200", "date": "4:59 p.m. on Sep 13, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/09/13/isnt-it-customary.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F09%2F13%2Fisnt-it-customary.html" }, { "id": 1056, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s ballpoint pen sketch from observation. It\u0026rsquo;s still hard to get into the mood of drawing, especially if there\u0026rsquo;s so much noise around to distract me 🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-09-13 13:28:33 +0200", "date": "1:28 p.m. on Sep 13, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/09/13/todays-ballpoint-pen.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F09%2F13%2Ftodays-ballpoint-pen.html" }, { "id": 1057, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Observational sketch with ballpoint pen in a notebook 🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-09-12 16:09:58 +0200", "date": "4:09 p.m. on Sep 12, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/09/12/observational-sketch-with.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F09%2F12%2Fobservational-sketch-with.html" }, { "id": 1058, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "More experimenting. I made a frame of 120 x 108 mm on paper in my notebook and sketched a fox from a photo reference with ballpoint pen. Next I scanned it and tried to create a pixel art outline, which I filled with flat colors. 🎨 It\u0026rsquo;s too many steps to feel \u0026ldquo;easy to do.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2022-09-10 08:33:46 +0200", "date": "8:33 p.m. on Sep 10, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/09/10/more-experimenting-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F09%2F10%2Fmore-experimenting-i.html" }, { "id": 1059, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "So perhaps I should do some urban sketching with a notebook and a pen. Here\u0026rsquo;s two sketches of my two Bengal cats in low-low resolution (16x16) 🎨🐱Perhaps the resolution should be more like 64x64 pixels for better recognizability, or even higher, 160x144. So more experiments…\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2022-09-09 16:23:41 +0200", "date": "4:23 p.m. on Sep 9, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/09/09/so-perhaps-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F09%2F09%2Fso-perhaps-i.html" }, { "id": 1060, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "So swordtember turned out to be a big failure. It seems I\u0026rsquo;m really bad at routine and habit forming. Nevertheless, I turned to Reddit gets Drawn, and drew this woman 🎨 No idea if I can keep this up. I haven\u0026rsquo;t posted it on Reddit, because I don\u0026rsquo;t like it myself, so why would she?\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2022-09-09 15:01:56 +0200", "date": "3:01 p.m. on Sep 9, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/09/09/so-swordtember-turned.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F09%2F09%2Fso-swordtember-turned.html" }, { "id": 1061, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "So phone cameras are basically a way to deal with what’s in front of you, examine its intricacies and details, later, much later. It would be the opposite of being in the moment, of living life to its fullest. If this is true, of course. It may devalue life experiences to pixels.\n", "dateiso": "2022-09-08 18:49:45 +0200", "date": "6:49 p.m. on Sep 8, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/09/08/so-phone-cameras.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F09%2F08%2Fso-phone-cameras.html" }, { "id": 1062, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This month I\u0026rsquo;m doing swordtember. Number 1 is the longsword, done as pixel art 👾🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-09-05 10:47:04 +0200", "date": "10:47 p.m. on Sep 5, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/09/05/this-month-im.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F09%2F05%2Fthis-month-im.html" }, { "id": 1063, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I like the design esthetics of this pixel art drawing I made in August. After being burnt out from self-challenges earlier this year, maybe I should pick up my Apple Pencil again, and join one of the many online suggestions for artistic self-challenges, only more selective this time. If a criterium (draw every day) becomes a target, it loses its usefulness\n👾🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-09-05 09:26:44 +0200", "date": "9:26 p.m. on Sep 5, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/09/05/i-like-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F09%2F05%2Fi-like-the.html" }, { "id": 1064, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Wonders what would remain of texts authored by private individuals if it\u0026rsquo;s not a call to arms, nor a self-promotional write-up. No wonder personal blogs have been decimated since 2006, then mainly used for spit takes and self-aggrandizing, as was aptly noticed by social media 📝\n", "dateiso": "2022-09-03 12:27:16 +0200", "date": "12:27 p.m. on Sep 3, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/09/03/wonders-what-would.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F09%2F03%2Fwonders-what-would.html" }, { "id": 1065, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This morning I fell during a forest 🏃 Something I \u0026ldquo;luck\u0026rdquo; 😣 into more often than I\u0026rsquo;d like. So what does one do? Well, it\u0026rsquo;s silly to try and resist gravity, unless you\u0026rsquo;re able to jump over the moon. No, you give in, rolling over the ground, making a mess of yourself. No blood, yay!\n", "dateiso": "2022-09-01 12:34:05 +0200", "date": "12:34 p.m. on Sep 1, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/09/01/this-morning-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F09%2F01%2Fthis-morning-i.html" }, { "id": 1066, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The project I started yesterday was finished today with some annual plants, replanted from the planters that stood in front of my house before. Of course, I’ve watered and fertilized them 🌺 🌱 🏠\n", "dateiso": "2022-08-31 12:36:19 +0200", "date": "12:36 p.m. on Aug 31, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/08/31/the-project-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F08%2F31%2Fthe-project-i.html" }, { "id": 1067, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I don’t have a front garden, so I made one. I call it a micro garden. My cat Maahir seems to enjoy it 🌸🐱🏠\n", "dateiso": "2022-08-30 13:06:01 +0200", "date": "1:06 p.m. on Aug 30, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/08/30/i-dont-have.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F08%2F30%2Fi-dont-have.html" }, { "id": 1068, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This morning I had a resting heart rate of 42 beats per minute, the lowest measured in my life so far. I know running buddies who (claim to) have a HRrest as low as 34 bpm. Yay for supercompensation, the superior form of adaptation in sports physiology 🏃🩺\n", "dateiso": "2022-08-29 09:45:13 +0200", "date": "9:45 p.m. on Aug 29, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/08/29/this-morning-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F08%2F29%2Fthis-morning-i.html" }, { "id": 1069, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Preparing for a 10 km race this afternoon, 15.00 hours local time (CEST). With faster shoes and 3 kg weight loss I should be able to beat the 50:02 I ran six weeks ago, though it’s 5℃ warmer today 🏃‍♂️\nWish me luck, please, TIA!\n", "dateiso": "2022-08-28 09:51:02 +0200", "date": "9:51 p.m. on Aug 28, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/08/28/preparing-for-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F08%2F28%2Fpreparing-for-a.html" }, { "id": 1070, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Tried the new HOKA ONE ONE Carbon X 3 running shoe🏃‍♂️ \u0026lsquo;Twas an instabuy.\nAaand, I got a discount on an already low price. It\u0026rsquo;s not the Nike Alphafly super shoe, but more affordable and still awesome for a slowpoke like me.\n", "dateiso": "2022-08-26 16:35:51 +0200", "date": "4:35 p.m. on Aug 26, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/08/26/tried-the-new.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F08%2F26%2Ftried-the-new.html" }, { "id": 1071, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Sand from the last ice age exposed by human activities and excessive grazing.\n", "dateiso": "2022-08-22 16:46:38 +0200", "date": "4:46 p.m. on Aug 22, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/08/22/sand-from-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F08%2F22%2Fsand-from-the.html" }, { "id": 1072, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Now MyFitnessPal has become a festering pool of ads, I\u0026rsquo;ve switched to Lose It! It hasn\u0026rsquo;t the nice integration with Garmin Connect, but do I really need that? I need to get to a healthier weight than my current overweight.\n", "dateiso": "2022-08-21 09:04:36 +0200", "date": "9:04 p.m. on Aug 21, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/08/21/now-myfitnesspal-has.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F08%2F21%2Fnow-myfitnesspal-has.html" }, { "id": 1073, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "On my long run this morning I saw the heather in bloom 🏃‍♂️🌸\n", "dateiso": "2022-08-20 14:07:04 +0200", "date": "2:07 p.m. on Aug 20, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/08/20/on-my-long.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F08%2F20%2Fon-my-long.html" }, { "id": 1074, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "One of my cats had to be vaccinated. He never leaves the house, so this is a big deal to him. The vet was nice to him and he got a clean bill of health, including his teeth. Now, back home, he seems himself again, busy grooming🐱\n", "dateiso": "2022-08-15 15:23:18 +0200", "date": "3:23 p.m. on Aug 15, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/08/15/one-of-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F08%2F15%2Fone-of-my.html" }, { "id": 1075, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It seems that for certain personalities, the 30-day challenge is counterproductive. Giving out virtual badges is demotivating for people who don’t feel enthused by daily schedules @jean @manton\n", "dateiso": "2022-08-13 11:33:32 +0200", "date": "11:33 p.m. on Aug 13, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/08/13/it-seems-that.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F08%2F13%2Fit-seems-that.html" }, { "id": 1076, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m happy that some have reconsidered skipping the race I\u0026rsquo;m competing in this afternoon, just because of the heat. A fit person, well hydrated and heat adjusted, should be able to run 15 km in 31℃ (88℉) at a slightly slower pace. Nothing epic about those circumstances, at all.\n", "dateiso": "2022-08-13 06:59:27 +0200", "date": "6:59 p.m. on Aug 13, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/08/13/im-happy-that.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F08%2F13%2Fim-happy-that.html" }, { "id": 1077, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ll be running in summer heat this afternoon, around 31℃ (88℉), so—aside from water—having a route for a 10 miles long easy pace run would be handy, especially if it\u0026rsquo;s uploaded to my Garmin watch 🏃‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2022-08-11 11:27:51 +0200", "date": "11:27 p.m. on Aug 11, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/08/11/ill-be-running.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F08%2F11%2Fill-be-running.html" }, { "id": 1078, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It seems that running 🏃 in the heat improves running performance, even in colder weather, provided the runner is able to deal with performing in high temperatures. Since 30+℃ (86+ ℉) temperatures are expected coming Saturday, it makes sense to train under those conditions, right?\n", "dateiso": "2022-08-09 12:42:20 +0200", "date": "12:42 p.m. on Aug 9, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/08/09/it-seems-that.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F08%2F09%2Fit-seems-that.html" }, { "id": 1079, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Yesterday I ran 🏃 21 km as a workout, alternating between marathon pace and 20 percent slower than MP. I expected to be extremely tired the day after, but I am not. Today\u0026rsquo;s a rest day, though I feel I could run. It\u0026rsquo;s a good feeling 😊 Rest is important, though, crucial even.\n", "dateiso": "2022-08-08 08:10:36 +0200", "date": "8:10 p.m. on Aug 8, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/08/08/yesterday-i-ran.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F08%2F08%2Fyesterday-i-ran.html" }, { "id": 1080, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I bought a jump rope. Jumping rope is a skill, so it takes time to learn. The urge is to go for broke, but that will get one injured. Slow and steady seems best, focussing on technique rather than volume.\n", "dateiso": "2022-08-02 17:01:56 +0200", "date": "5:01 p.m. on Aug 2, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/08/02/i-bought-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F08%2F02%2Fi-bought-a.html" }, { "id": 1081, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "New Dutch laws about e-vehicles (bikes, scooters, etc.) are mostly concerned about safety, because motorists expect the vehicles to be human-powered (slow). Of course, cars are the main cause of traffic accidents, so if e-vehicles can lower car-depency, that\u0026rsquo;s a good thing.\n", "dateiso": "2022-08-02 08:03:21 +0200", "date": "8:03 p.m. on Aug 2, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/08/02/new-dutch-laws.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F08%2F02%2Fnew-dutch-laws.html" }, { "id": 1082, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I got a notification from the Apple Health app, for a new trend in my sleep habits … Nothing. Meaning what changed was nothing; nothing changed. WTF Apple? I already knew that. Grrr 😡 Notifications are useless!\n", "dateiso": "2022-07-27 20:41:10 +0200", "date": "8:41 p.m. on Jul 27, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/07/27/i-got-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F07%2F27%2Fi-got-a.html" }, { "id": 1083, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose I never was an enthusiastic follower of anything (for long). Now I\u0026rsquo;m back to supporting zero people on Patreon. It\u0026rsquo;s not like I\u0026rsquo;m out of money; I\u0026rsquo;m out of enthusiasm for more than two months already for this channel.\n", "dateiso": "2022-07-24 07:51:01 +0200", "date": "7:51 p.m. on Jul 24, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/07/24/i-suppose-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F07%2F24%2Fi-suppose-i.html" }, { "id": 1084, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Finished reading: De klokkenluider van de Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo 📚\n", "dateiso": "2022-07-24 07:39:27 +0200", "date": "7:39 p.m. on Jul 24, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/07/24/finished-reading-de.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F07%2F24%2Ffinished-reading-de.html" }, { "id": 1085, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Even Victor Hugo was aware of innovation leading to disintermediation of centralized power, leading to more individual freedom, though not necessarily to more happiness. See this video by The Francophile Reader, and of course Victor Hugo\u0026rsquo;s The Hunchback of Notre Dame.\n", "dateiso": "2022-07-22 11:19:52 +0200", "date": "11:19 p.m. on Jul 22, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/07/22/even-victor-hugo.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F07%2F22%2Feven-victor-hugo.html" }, { "id": 1086, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Finished reading: Rampjaar 1672 by Luc Panhuysen 📚\n", "dateiso": "2022-07-22 09:59:48 +0200", "date": "9:59 p.m. on Jul 22, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/07/22/finished-reading-rampjaar.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F07%2F22%2Ffinished-reading-rampjaar.html" }, { "id": 1087, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: De klokkenluider van de Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo 📚\n", "dateiso": "2022-07-22 09:58:42 +0200", "date": "9:58 p.m. on Jul 22, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/07/22/currently-reading-de.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F07%2F22%2Fcurrently-reading-de.html" }, { "id": 1088, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: Rampjaar 1672 by Luc Panhuysen 📚\n", "dateiso": "2022-07-15 20:25:42 +0200", "date": "8:25 p.m. on Jul 15, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/07/15/currently-reading-rampjaar.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F07%2F15%2Fcurrently-reading-rampjaar.html" }, { "id": 1089, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "After having boiled water in a kettle on a gas stove for over 60 years, I finally was able to afford an electric kettle at half price. Instead of minutes it now takes seconds to boil water for a cuppa tea. Obviously better for the environment and my monthly budget, a win-win ♻️🏠\n", "dateiso": "2022-07-11 18:52:24 +0200", "date": "6:52 p.m. on Jul 11, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/07/11/after-having-boiled.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F07%2F11%2Fafter-having-boiled.html" }, { "id": 1090, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Yesterday I did my first training run of 18 km, on unfamiliar terrain. I expected to be super tired when I woke up this morning, but I felt great, and my resting heart rate was not elevated. Unlike previous times, my first week of marathon training went extremely well 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2022-07-11 07:35:32 +0200", "date": "7:35 p.m. on Jul 11, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/07/11/yesterday-i-did.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F07%2F11%2Fyesterday-i-did.html" }, { "id": 1091, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I think where I went wrong every time in my marathon preparation is by training too hard. One shouldn\u0026rsquo;t be exhausted after a few weeks. Every session should be doable, tough at times, never too tough. Around races longer than 15 km should be ten days of easy going, and so on 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2022-07-10 06:43:10 +0200", "date": "6:43 p.m. on Jul 10, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/07/10/i-think-where.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F07%2F10%2Fi-think-where.html" }, { "id": 1092, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "When I picked the first names—both adjectives—of my cats I didn\u0026rsquo;t put much effort in it, yet in hindsight their meanings turned out fine. Aziz means mighty, and Maahir competent. Bengal cats are closer to nature than most breeds, and are prone to 😱 mischief and destruction🐱\n", "dateiso": "2022-07-08 07:04:29 +0200", "date": "7:04 p.m. on Jul 8, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/07/08/when-i-picked.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F07%2F08%2Fwhen-i-picked.html" }, { "id": 1093, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Living in freedom is awesome. You can go out on your bike, without a helmet for fear of car traffic, nor the need for permits to pass military checkpoints, just to buy some flowers to plant in your garden.\n", "dateiso": "2022-07-07 06:47:47 +0200", "date": "6:47 p.m. on Jul 7, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/07/07/living-in-freedom.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F07%2F07%2Fliving-in-freedom.html" }, { "id": 1094, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Yesterday evening I did my first marathon training session, a 16 km aerobic pace run. Since I ran alone, I could pick my own route, so I made it a pretty route. I wasn\u0026rsquo;t fully recovered from the 12 km race 3 days earlier, so it felt harder than it should\u0026rsquo;ve 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2022-07-06 10:30:03 +0200", "date": "10:30 p.m. on Jul 6, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/07/06/yesterday-evening-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F07%2F06%2Fyesterday-evening-i.html" }, { "id": 1095, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I ran a partial (4 of 12 km) trail (see Strava) in 23℃ (73 F) in 1 hour and 3½ minutes. It felt good and could mean a 4:09 hours marathon result in optimal conditions. I have still 5 months and a lot of training to go to possibly beat my marathon PR from 2004 (3:45 hours) 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2022-07-03 08:55:02 +0200", "date": "8:55 p.m. on Jul 3, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/07/03/i-ran-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F07%2F03%2Fi-ran-a.html" }, { "id": 1096, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Why isn’t Keti Koti an official holiday yet in the Netherlands? It’s the celebration of the end of slavery, 159 years ago. The Dutch were notorious and brutal slave traders in their days. So Keti Koti should be celebrated, since it recognizes a basic human right, freedom for all.\n", "dateiso": "2022-06-30 10:49:55 +0200", "date": "10:49 p.m. on Jun 30, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/06/30/why-isnt-keti.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F06%2F30%2Fwhy-isnt-keti.html" }, { "id": 1097, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I installed the commenting plugin for micro∙blog, but don\u0026rsquo;t expect much conversation from people who follow me, since they\u0026rsquo;re mostly still in bed with Facebook. Also, micro∙blog\u0026rsquo;s email link activation is still too clumsy to convince non-believers in the free and open web 🕸📔\n", "dateiso": "2022-06-29 13:50:39 +0200", "date": "1:50 p.m. on Jun 29, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/06/29/i-installed-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F06%2F29%2Fi-installed-the.html" }, { "id": 1098, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose when my latest fortnightly post is my longest, it\u0026rsquo;s time to post more often. With an average length of 642 words per post, 2655 words in one post can\u0026rsquo;t be called \u0026ldquo;micro\u0026rdquo; anymore, can it? OTOH, it\u0026rsquo;s just a name, micro∙blog, not an unbreakable rule or format 🕸📔\n", "dateiso": "2022-06-28 09:28:05 +0200", "date": "9:28 p.m. on Jun 28, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/06/28/i-suppose-when.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F06%2F28%2Fi-suppose-when.html" }, { "id": 1099, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Sooo, I ran 21.1 km in 2:35 hours on saturday, and 21.1 km in 2:07 hours on sunday. I guess that\u0026rsquo;s 42.2 km in 4:42 hours. Fun fact, the 2nd half marathon was a race, and I ran the last 5.1 km 15 s/km faster than 2 hours half marathon pace😅 End-of-the-year marathon, here I come! 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2022-06-27 10:25:19 +0200", "date": "10:25 p.m. on Jun 27, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/06/27/sooo-i-ran.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F06%2F27%2Fsooo-i-ran.html" }, { "id": 1100, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Yesterday I jogged a half marathon in 2 hours 35 minutes, and today I\u0026rsquo;ll be leasurely racing the same distance in around 2 hours 14 minutes. Together that would be a marathon in slightly more than 4¾ hours. Within 6 months that should become a marathon in less than 4 hours 🏃‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2022-06-26 07:48:21 +0200", "date": "7:48 p.m. on Jun 26, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/06/26/yesterday-i-jogged.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F06%2F26%2Fyesterday-i-jogged.html" }, { "id": 1101, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "After a total break following my previous marathon (spent a week in bed due to over-exhaustion), I\u0026rsquo;m giving it another go, end of the year (November 27). This time around my training schedule will be the upper limit, not the bare minimum. I clearly need a PT to restrain me 🏃‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2022-06-22 15:50:33 +0200", "date": "3:50 p.m. on Jun 22, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/06/22/after-a-total.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F06%2F22%2Fafter-a-total.html" }, { "id": 1102, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Passkey seems an improvement, but has a flaw, humans with secrets. Private keys can be stolen, as well as passwords. What we need is security without secrets, though I have no idea how to do that. Maybe secrets that can\u0026rsquo;t be copied?\n", "dateiso": "2022-06-16 16:57:24 +0200", "date": "4:57 p.m. on Jun 16, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/06/16/passkey-seems-an.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F06%2F16%2Fpasskey-seems-an.html" }, { "id": 1103, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It\u0026rsquo;s the first warm day of the year, 30℃ (86 F). Warm for running that is, because one can easily add 10℃ (12 F) for heating of the body while running. So I left early, when it was still cool. The photo clearly examplifies that burning globe in the sky.\n", "dateiso": "2022-06-16 11:37:24 +0200", "date": "11:37 p.m. on Jun 16, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/06/16/its-the-first.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F06%2F16%2Fits-the-first.html" }, { "id": 1104, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I made a rough training schedule, mostly to get me safely to a next level of fitness. The two long runs in the weekends are very gentle (almost walking), but I realize I\u0026rsquo;ll need to balance it with more distance during the week. That will be a training objective in August 🏃‍♂️\n", "dateiso": "2022-06-14 07:46:59 +0200", "date": "7:46 p.m. on Jun 14, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/06/14/i-made-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F06%2F14%2Fi-made-a.html" }, { "id": 1105, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Clawing my way back to marathon fitness with base training. I understand that low intensity running is how it should be done, including walking. Hopefully next time my fitness won\u0026rsquo;t take a nose dive after a marathon race 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2022-06-13 07:15:48 +0200", "date": "7:15 p.m. on Jun 13, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/06/13/clawing-my-way.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F06%2F13%2Fclawing-my-way.html" }, { "id": 1106, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ve looked into the Maffetone method for base training (running), since my slow 20 km run two weeks ago felt so hard. It takes a really long time (like many months) to adjust your body, and slow running (8 min/km or 13 mpm in my case) means either low mileage or many hours 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2022-06-09 12:40:41 +0200", "date": "12:40 p.m. on Jun 9, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/06/09/ive-looked-into.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F06%2F09%2Five-looked-into.html" }, { "id": 1107, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Look into canceling your micro∙blog subscription; you might get a discount.\n", "dateiso": "2022-06-06 07:41:19 +0200", "date": "7:41 p.m. on Jun 6, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/06/06/look-into-canceling.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F06%2F06%2Flook-into-canceling.html" }, { "id": 1108, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Checked my podcast subscriptions in Overcast to check if any of them did tracking. One did, while it didn\u0026rsquo;t use to if I remember correctly; I removed it. Point being, keep checking for tracking, because you can\u0026rsquo;t opt out (nor opt in). It\u0026rsquo;s a data privacy protection nightmare.\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-22 08:20:35 +0200", "date": "8:20 p.m. on May 22, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/22/checked-my-podcast.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F22%2Fchecked-my-podcast.html" }, { "id": 1109, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Another reason for me to avoid challenges, or, at least, put a strict limit on the number of challenges. I can really break down mentally. Ah well, we do what we can, don\u0026rsquo;t we? I\u0026rsquo;m happy I caught it and acted appropriately. No more challenges for a couple of months for me.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-18 09:04:45 +0200", "date": "9:04 p.m. on May 18, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/18/another-reason-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F18%2Fanother-reason-for.html" }, { "id": 1110, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Micro∙blog May challenge day 11, \u0026ldquo;maroon.\u0026rdquo; Marooned with a tricylce on a maroon colored brick wall.\n👾 📷🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-11 13:27:42 +0200", "date": "1:27 p.m. on May 11, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/11/microblog-may-challenge.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F11%2Fmicroblog-may-challenge.html" }, { "id": 1111, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Tried Knotwords app. Alas, not my thing, crossword puzzles. So I permanently deleted it.\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-10 17:28:03 +0200", "date": "5:28 p.m. on May 10, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/10/tried-knotwords-app.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F10%2Ftried-knotwords-app.html" }, { "id": 1112, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel Dailies for 8 May 2022 was a quicky, because I was behind. The theme was \u0026ldquo;organic.\u0026rdquo; Playing organ with fruit in my mind.\n👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-10 12:57:24 +0200", "date": "12:57 p.m. on May 10, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/10/pixel-dailies-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F10%2Fpixel-dailies-for.html" }, { "id": 1113, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Micro∙blog May challenge, day 10, \u0026ldquo;pot.\u0026rdquo; As usual, words have different meanings, be it a jar or a herb.\n👾 📷🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-10 08:23:25 +0200", "date": "8:23 p.m. on May 10, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/10/microblog-may-challenge.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F10%2Fmicroblog-may-challenge.html" }, { "id": 1114, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "LTA 104: April 2022 – Let\u0026rsquo;s Talk Podcasts\nGreat comment by a pro video editor, to not rely for your workflow on any manufacturer, but instead be flexible in your approach. Apple’s first-party apps are notorious for features going away, and should be probably be avoided by pros.\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-09 16:46:17 +0200", "date": "4:46 p.m. on May 9, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/09/lta-april-lets.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F09%2Flta-april-lets.html" }, { "id": 1115, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I have battle scars to prove I’m not very hands-on, almost like I have two left hands 🔪🩸🩹\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-09 16:36:36 +0200", "date": "4:36 p.m. on May 9, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/09/i-have-battle.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F09%2Fi-have-battle.html" }, { "id": 1116, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Day 9 of micro∙blog May challenge #mbm, \u0026ldquo;bloom.\u0026rdquo; I have added two kinds of \u0026ldquo;bloom.\u0026rdquo; The third is made of iron.\n👾 📷🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-09 13:42:37 +0200", "date": "1:42 p.m. on May 9, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/09/day-of-microblog.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F09%2Fday-of-microblog.html" }, { "id": 1117, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Day 8 of the micro∙blog May challenge, \u0026ldquo;union.\u0026rdquo; 👯‍♂️🐱📷🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-08 11:50:34 +0200", "date": "11:50 p.m. on May 8, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/08/day-of-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F08%2Fday-of-the.html" }, { "id": 1118, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s prompt for Pixel Dailies was \u0026ldquo;clock.\u0026rdquo; I chose a water clock, the most ancient version of a timepiece, assumably, as an artifact over 6000 years old.\n👾⏱🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-08 08:10:57 +0200", "date": "8:10 p.m. on May 8, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/08/todays-prompt-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F08%2Ftodays-prompt-for.html" }, { "id": 1119, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies task was to \u0026ldquo;pixel a set of units for a Tower Defense game.\u0026rdquo; I had to look that up, because I had no clue of what was meant, and now I do, nor what I was supposed to draw.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-07 12:44:00 +0200", "date": "12:44 p.m. on May 7, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/07/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F07%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1120, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s prompt for the micro∙blog May challenge #mbm was \u0026ldquo;park.\u0026rdquo; I recently visited the chapel dedicated to Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, and added some pixel art.\n👾 📷🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-07 08:54:21 +0200", "date": "8:54 p.m. on May 7, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/07/todays-prompt-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F07%2Ftodays-prompt-for.html" }, { "id": 1121, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies theme was \u0026ldquo;mario64.\u0026rdquo; I had this complicated fake 3D walk cycle in mind, when I remembered the slogan \u0026ldquo;think big, draw small.\u0026rdquo; This usually works when in time constraint.\n👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-06 09:19:00 +0200", "date": "9:19 p.m. on May 6, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/06/pixel-art-todays.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F06%2Fpixel-art-todays.html" }, { "id": 1122, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The prompt for today\u0026rsquo;s micro∙blog May challenge #mbm is \u0026ldquo;prompt.\u0026rdquo; My two cats were hungrily walking in and out my bedroom 📷\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-06 07:45:00 +0200", "date": "7:45 p.m. on May 6, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/06/the-prompt-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F06%2Fthe-prompt-for.html" }, { "id": 1123, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 🚧 What have I set myself up to for the Pixel Dailies challenge? This may take more hours than there are in a single day.\n👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-06 00:12:21 +0200", "date": "12:12 p.m. on May 6, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/06/pixel-art-what.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F06%2Fpixel-art-what.html" }, { "id": 1124, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s micro∙blog May challenge was \u0026ldquo;earth.\u0026rdquo; I tried to imagine how Shovel Knight would do a workout in his free time. He moves earth… with a shovel.\n👾 📷🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-05 11:51:00 +0200", "date": "11:51 p.m. on May 5, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/05/todays-microblog-may.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F05%2Ftodays-microblog-may.html" }, { "id": 1125, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The theme for today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies was \u0026ldquo;split.\u0026rdquo; I loosely based my drawing on the James Bond character Oddjob.\n👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-05 08:20:03 +0200", "date": "8:20 p.m. on May 5, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/05/the-theme-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F05%2Fthe-theme-for.html" }, { "id": 1126, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The fourth day of the micro∙blog May challenge was hard, because I had too many solutions. People afraid of burglars can get in a thorny situation when people cutting their hands in a nightly climbing exercise sue the owners for damages, like cuts.\n👾 📷🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-04 12:05:00 +0200", "date": "12:05 p.m. on May 4, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/04/the-fourth-day.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F04%2Fthe-fourth-day.html" }, { "id": 1127, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I bought some flowers for my garden and some to put on the sidewalk in front of my house. I’ve seen many in my neighborhood do that as well, to make up for a lack of front gardens. 🌺🌱\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-03 18:39:26 +0200", "date": "6:39 p.m. on May 3, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/03/i-bought-some.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F03%2Fi-bought-some.html" }, { "id": 1128, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies theme was isolated, and I chose Worf\u0026rsquo;s discommendation (from Star Trek NG s03e17 \u0026ldquo;Sins of the Father.\u0026quot;\n👾🖖 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-03 17:24:04 +0200", "date": "5:24 p.m. on May 3, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/03/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F03%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1129, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Micro∙blog May challenge, day 3, prompt \u0026ldquo;experimental.\u0026rdquo; This is an experimental flying carpet, clearly.\n👾 😸🦄📷🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-03 08:52:00 +0200", "date": "8:52 p.m. on May 3, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/03/microblog-may-challenge.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F03%2Fmicroblog-may-challenge.html" }, { "id": 1130, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My entry for the MB May challenge, day 2, prompt \u0026ldquo;photo.\u0026rdquo; I imagine the cat complaining about being photographed without consent, yet again, sigh #mbmay\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-02 18:59:00 +0200", "date": "6:59 p.m. on May 2, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/02/185926.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F02%2F185926.html" }, { "id": 1131, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My entry for the MB May challenge, day 1, prompt \u0026ldquo;switch.\u0026rdquo; The switch is connected to the lamp in the pixel drawing. #mbmay\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-02 18:56:00 +0200", "date": "6:56 p.m. on May 2, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/02/my-entry-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F02%2Fmy-entry-for.html" }, { "id": 1132, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies theme was \u0026ldquo;Treasure Hunter.\u0026rdquo; 👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-02 17:22:20 +0200", "date": "5:22 p.m. on May 2, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/02/pixel-art-todays.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F02%2Fpixel-art-todays.html" }, { "id": 1133, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel Dailies for 1 May 2022, theme \u0026ldquo;Treasure Guardian.\u0026quot;\n👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-05-01 17:56:57 +0200", "date": "5:56 p.m. on May 1, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/05/01/pixel-dailies-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F05%2F01%2Fpixel-dailies-for.html" }, { "id": 1134, "type": "post", "title": "Pixel Dailies for the month of April 2022", "text": "I titled this month April Fool\u0026rsquo;s Month, to extend the first day of April to a whole month of pranks and fun. It was also the month Elon Musk tried to buy Twitter, with the premise that \u0026ldquo;free speech\u0026rdquo; would be his overall theme for changing the social media service.\nLike so many with me, I\u0026rsquo;ve weaned myself from Twitter (and Facebook). The only exceptions for me are the Pixel_Dailies account, and daily theme bot PD_Theme. Those accounts kept me there for my daily pixel art prompt. My reasoning was that if I want to improve my pixel art, I should do it more often. Spending many hours every day on pushing pixels in the Pixaki app on my regular (non-pro) iPad would certainly do that!\nJudging from the 30 pixel art drawings below, I think I reached a next skill level. More importantly, I kept at it. All too often with previous challenges I gave up, didn\u0026rsquo;t take it seriously anymore, because that it the easy way to deal with a challenge. In the past month I regularly had to give myself a talking to motivate myself to pick up the iPad and start drawing.\nIf Twitter eventually changes into a place I no longer can identify with, there are other avenues for art prompts, specifically for pixel art. And if even that wouldn\u0026rsquo;t work, I can always go back to drawing with a pencil on paper.\nNow I\u0026rsquo;ve tasted a modicum of success, I want more!\nI also discovered why artists keep their intermediate steps to themselves. It spoils the surprise. Presentation is an important part of enjoying art, so the artist needs to make it as impactful as possible. I certainly am a novice when it comes to presenting my art.\nThen there\u0026rsquo;s learning the tricks of the trade, art as a skill, instead of a vision. As usual, there are many approaches, and not every approach suits every artist. However, the human vision system is as it is, and using it to the artist\u0026rsquo;s advantage is a basic ability every artist worth their efforts should apply to their art.\nPixel art is limited by its small size, so placing pixels of the correct color in a meaningful pattern is rather important, if not crucial to the art form. It makes it highly suggestive and imaginative, and that is especially why it appeals to me. The tedium of likeness of more traditional art can bore the art maker so that they try to find stylistic shortcuts to avoid it, leaving out details the eye expects and can infer from what\u0026rsquo;s already there. Room for interpretation by the beholder is as old as the cave paintings of the Stone Age. Pixel art is no different in that respect. Still, there\u0026rsquo;s a lot to learn here for me.\nThere are certainly art styles, personal and cultural preferences of how to implement an artistic vision, as I discovered, but I haven\u0026rsquo;t scratched the surface on those either. Since I couldn\u0026rsquo;t find much publicly available in writing about pixel art style specifically, I guess I have to use insights of art teachers and critics in other art disciplines. There certainly are lesson plans available, but those are mostly restricted to a (local) educational system behind a paywall.\nAs is often claimed by experienced artists: \u0026ldquo;Art as a field is both wide and deep.\u0026rdquo; Even veterans in pixel art keep learning new things, improving their skills. It\u0026rsquo;s impossible to know everything and no longer improve as an artist.\nAh, there\u0026rsquo;s no end to this, bliss!\n👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-30 20:05:56 +0200", "date": "8:05 p.m. on Apr 30, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/30/pixel-dailies-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F30%2Fpixel-dailies-for.html" }, { "id": 1135, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art animation for the final day of April Fool\u0026rsquo;s Month 2022, using Pixel Dailies and the theme \u0026ldquo;Loop.\u0026rdquo; I could\u0026rsquo;ve gone allout, but decided to apply \u0026ldquo;think big, draw small.\u0026quot;\n👾 🐥🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-30 17:52:00 +0200", "date": "5:52 p.m. on Apr 30, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/30/pixel-art-animation.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F30%2Fpixel-art-animation.html" }, { "id": 1136, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Tomorrow the micro∙blog photo blogging challenge starts. I like to hide some extra info in the alt tag, accessible via right-click on desktop or voiceover on mobile devices. It\u0026rsquo;s both civil to a certain part of the readership that has low vision, and an easter egg for others.\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-30 11:49:00 +0200", "date": "11:49 p.m. on Apr 30, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/30/tomorrow-the-microblog.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F30%2Ftomorrow-the-microblog.html" }, { "id": 1137, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 🚧 It\u0026rsquo;s the ultimate day of April Fool\u0026rsquo;s Month. I was inspired to draw one of the Terminators in the border. Will it be a dystopian future of abandonment, or will I start a new chapter in my artistic journey? Only time will tell…\n👾 🎭😉🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-30 09:55:06 +0200", "date": "9:55 p.m. on Apr 30, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/30/pixel-art-its.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F30%2Fpixel-art-its.html" }, { "id": 1138, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art for Pixel Dailies on the penultimate day of April Fool\u0026rsquo;s Month, themed \u0026ldquo;paperweight.\u0026rdquo; I searched for Ghibli cat and got among others a plushy, which I used as reference.\n👾🐥🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-29 17:28:00 +0200", "date": "5:28 p.m. on Apr 29, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/29/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F29%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 1139, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art for Pixel Dailies on the 28th day of April Fool\u0026rsquo;s Month, using the theme \u0026ldquo;dive.\u0026rdquo; I went for a cartoon duck diving into a swimming pool, because silliness? Anyway, loads of fun making this one .\n👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-28 21:20:40 +0200", "date": "9:20 p.m. on Apr 28, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/28/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F28%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 1140, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "While writing about this month\u0026rsquo;s art challenge, seeing all those pixel paintings (still 3 to come!) makes quite some impression on me. How I live from day to day, hardly look back. Journaling certainly gives perspective. No nostalgia, though. The best is still to come, after all!\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-28 15:23:41 +0200", "date": "3:23 p.m. on Apr 28, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/28/while-writing-about.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F28%2Fwhile-writing-about.html" }, { "id": 1141, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Had to use the Wayback Machine, but next month I\u0026rsquo;ll have been blogging for 23 years, see here. Back then it was pure HTML by hand.\nAlso notice \u0026ldquo;Tips for happy downloaders\u0026rdquo; at the bottom. I started this project in early 1998.\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-27 22:19:00 +0200", "date": "10:19 p.m. on Apr 27, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/27/had-to-use.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F27%2Fhad-to-use.html" }, { "id": 1142, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. Today is the 27th day of April Fool\u0026rsquo;s Month and the Pixel Dailies theme was \u0026ldquo;skewer.\u0026rdquo; It\u0026rsquo;s Kuroko Shirai from the Anime series \u0026ldquo;A Certain Scientific Railgun\u0026rdquo;, a 13 year old level 4 teleport master, who can teleport those spikes into baddies.\n👾 🐥🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-27 19:23:00 +0200", "date": "7:23 p.m. on Apr 27, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/27/pixel-art-today.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F27%2Fpixel-art-today.html" }, { "id": 1143, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I still see people (including myself) having old-fashioned ideas about gender, body type, skin color and cultural background. The ideas aren\u0026rsquo;t right out bigotry, but certainly inspired by bigots, other than who utter those ideas. Change is hard, social change doubly so, it seems.\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-27 16:02:35 +0200", "date": "4:02 p.m. on Apr 27, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/27/i-still-see.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F27%2Fi-still-see.html" }, { "id": 1144, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I don\u0026rsquo;t yet know what today\u0026rsquo;s theme will be for Pixel Dailies. I do know that day 27 of April Fool\u0026rsquo;s Month is Kingsday here in the Netherlands, or, as we call it: \u0026ldquo;Koningsdag.\u0026rdquo; It\u0026rsquo;s one of those oddities in a parliamentary monarchy.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-27 13:22:51 +0200", "date": "1:22 p.m. on Apr 27, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/27/i-dont-yet.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F27%2Fi-dont-yet.html" }, { "id": 1145, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Parallelization in Fortran Wiki\nI heard about this on Retro Computing Roundtable 254. It seems the first high-level language is still in use and rather relevant for parallel computing on multi-core CPUs and graphics processors. Fortran was designed to be everywhere and very fast\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-27 11:49:40 +0200", "date": "11:49 p.m. on Apr 27, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/27/parallelization-in-fortran.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F27%2Fparallelization-in-fortran.html" }, { "id": 1146, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 344, With Glenn Fleishman\nMy take-away… Despite the negativity around Twitter\u0026rsquo;s acquisition by Elon Musk, the social network could get better if cooler heads prevail and good ideas are implemented instead of running around to put out fires all the time.\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-27 11:33:34 +0200", "date": "11:33 p.m. on Apr 27, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/27/the-talk-show.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F27%2Fthe-talk-show.html" }, { "id": 1147, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I just counted 6 printed pages over 10 days for my Dutch language running blog. Over 14 years I\u0026rsquo;ve written 6800+ pages, or over 2660 characters per day, every day 😳\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-27 11:24:57 +0200", "date": "11:24 p.m. on Apr 27, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/27/i-just-counted.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F27%2Fi-just-counted.html" }, { "id": 1148, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art animation. On the 26th day of April Fool\u0026rsquo;s Month the Pixel Dailies theme was \u0026ldquo;phonebooth.\u0026rdquo; It immediately reminded me of the S-guy.\n👾 🦸‍♂️🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-26 16:47:03 +0200", "date": "4:47 p.m. on Apr 26, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/26/pixel-art-animation.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F26%2Fpixel-art-animation.html" }, { "id": 1149, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose one could construe that me using for an art prompt Pixel Dailies, which is restricted to a social network, which in turn was bought by the richest troll on the planet, made me stretch April Fool\u0026rsquo;s day to a month. However, no Nostradamus resides in this mortal coil.\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-26 14:24:13 +0200", "date": "2:24 p.m. on Apr 26, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/26/i-suppose-one.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F26%2Fi-suppose-one.html" }, { "id": 1150, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. I suppose an abandonned family pet best illustrated today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies theme \u0026ldquo;bleak.\u0026quot;\n👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-26 08:06:57 +0200", "date": "8:06 p.m. on Apr 26, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/26/pixel-art-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F26%2Fpixel-art-i.html" }, { "id": 1151, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. I spent too much time on this piece. One thing I learned is that lettering in perspective is hard and the result rather disappointing. I suppose it\u0026rsquo;s best to avoid it, whenever possible.\n👾 🍭🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-25 11:05:16 +0200", "date": "11:05 p.m. on Apr 25, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/25/pixel-art-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F25%2Fpixel-art-i.html" }, { "id": 1152, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose, like Facebook, Twitter is on a decline. I can\u0026rsquo;t blame users for being annoyed by all the advertising and tracking, combined with bullying by long-lost acquaintances who think of themselves as \u0026ldquo;good friends.\u0026rdquo; It really is a cess pool of the worst of humanity.\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-24 19:11:11 +0200", "date": "7:11 p.m. on Apr 24, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/24/i-suppose-like.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F24%2Fi-suppose-like.html" }, { "id": 1153, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Plant photo. My guess is that this some kind of hyacinth, found today, growing in the wild on a piece of urban development area, most likely for future housing.\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-24 18:24:25 +0200", "date": "6:24 p.m. on Apr 24, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/24/plant-photo-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F24%2Fplant-photo-my.html" }, { "id": 1154, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I didn\u0026rsquo;t know what tab groups were, so I looked it up. To easily open several tabs at the same time. Obviously, a web browser power user feature, so I can skip it. I seldom have more than one tab open. Now for other useless (to me) iOS features, there are a lot, too many, alas.\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-24 16:49:26 +0200", "date": "4:49 p.m. on Apr 24, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/24/i-didnt-know.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F24%2Fi-didnt-know.html" }, { "id": 1155, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. The 24th day of April Fool\u0026rsquo;s Month had a Pixel Dailies theme \u0026ldquo;table.\u0026rdquo; I tried to make it a fancy table in isometric perspective.\n👾 🪑🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-24 16:13:06 +0200", "date": "4:13 p.m. on Apr 24, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/24/pixel-art-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F24%2Fpixel-art-the.html" }, { "id": 1156, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. On day 23 of April Fool\u0026rsquo;s Month the Pixel Dailies theme was \u0026ldquo;sea food.\u0026rdquo; I interpreted as \u0026ldquo;sea banquet\u0026rdquo;, which is a kind of chocolate delicatessen in the shapes of stylized sea creatures.\n👾 🍫🐥🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-23 18:59:32 +0200", "date": "6:59 p.m. on Apr 23, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/23/pixel-art-on.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F23%2Fpixel-art-on.html" }, { "id": 1157, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. I made this piece to practice design and lettering, both subjects that need practicing a lot in my case (I\u0026rsquo;m weak in these). My inspiration were the Viking myths. FYI, horned helmets on warriors were never a thing in reality, nor would they\u0026rsquo;ve been practical.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-23 09:43:20 +0200", "date": "9:43 p.m. on Apr 23, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/23/pixel-art-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F23%2Fpixel-art-i.html" }, { "id": 1158, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies theme was \u0026ldquo;garnish.\u0026rdquo; I combined it with the feisty Evanlyn from John Fanagan\u0026rsquo;s The Ranger\u0026rsquo;s Apprentice medieval fantasy series.\n👾 🐥🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-22 17:28:00 +0200", "date": "5:28 p.m. on Apr 22, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/22/pixel-art-todays.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F22%2Fpixel-art-todays.html" }, { "id": 1159, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. I made a black and white drawing with Grafx2 on my Raspberry Pi 400, using a mouse. I refined it on my iPad using Pixaki, and created a simple (though crude) animation.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-22 12:42:34 +0200", "date": "12:42 p.m. on Apr 22, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/22/pixel-art-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F22%2Fpixel-art-i.html" }, { "id": 1160, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The day before yesterday I fell while running and yesterday I strained my hamstring (again, after I did two weeks ago). I feel bruised and strained like an apple that fell from a tree. Yay for foam rollers and pain medicine 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-22 07:09:49 +0200", "date": "7:09 p.m. on Apr 22, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/22/the-day-before.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F22%2Fthe-day-before.html" }, { "id": 1161, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. The Pixel Dailies theme for day 21 of April Fool\u0026rsquo;s Month is \u0026ldquo;prize\u0026rdquo;, which I interpreted as a token for a final position in a competition (in this case, first place).\n👾 🥇🖥👨‍🎨🎨🐥\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-21 16:47:36 +0200", "date": "4:47 p.m. on Apr 21, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/21/pixel-art-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F21%2Fpixel-art-the.html" }, { "id": 1162, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Social bonding through grooming. One grooms, the other purrs, softly, because it’s for the other cat, not for a (in feline perspective) deaf human. 🐱\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-21 12:50:27 +0200", "date": "12:50 p.m. on Apr 21, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/21/social-bonding-through.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F21%2Fsocial-bonding-through.html" }, { "id": 1163, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. For the 20th day of April Fool\u0026rsquo;s Month the Pixel Dailies theme was \u0026ldquo;Healing Item.\u0026rdquo; I\u0026rsquo;m pretty sure this is a fantasy videogame thing, so I went for a more mundane solution, a band-aid.\n👾 🩹🐥🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-21 07:18:49 +0200", "date": "7:18 p.m. on Apr 21, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/21/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F21%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 1164, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art for the 19th day of April Fool\u0026rsquo;s Month. I suppose this piece got \u0026ldquo;shatnered.\u0026rdquo; It\u0026rsquo;s today\u0026rsquo;s theme of Pixel Dailies, \u0026ldquo;shattered\u0026rdquo; which I basterdized with some James T. Kirk.\n👾 🖖🖥👨‍🎨🎨🐥\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-19 22:59:00 +0200", "date": "10:59 p.m. on Apr 19, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/19/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F19%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 1165, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I wanted to share my art on Twitter without interaction. I can\u0026rsquo;t use MB categories, it seems, unless I disable the main blog feed. Twitter doesn\u0026rsquo;t have a public feed either, so no source for MB. The MVP 😒 solution was to share from the Photos app to Twitter with hashtags 🤢 Yuck!\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-18 21:44:52 +0200", "date": "9:44 p.m. on Apr 18, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/18/i-wanted-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F18%2Fi-wanted-to.html" }, { "id": 1166, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. Today\u0026rsquo;s theme of Pixel Dailies was \u0026ldquo;Heavy Machinery.\u0026rdquo; This truck came out of my youthful imagination.\n👾 🏗🖥👨‍🎨🎨🐥\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-18 19:59:17 +0200", "date": "7:59 p.m. on Apr 18, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/18/pixel-art-todays.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F18%2Fpixel-art-todays.html" }, { "id": 1167, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. On the 17th day of April Fool\u0026rsquo;s Month the Pixel Dailies theme was \u0026ldquo;Isometric Room.\u0026rdquo; You can shift around furniture without bothering about redrawing perspective 🪑🖥👨‍🎨🎨\nPS The next morning I redrew part of the room, fixing mistakes I made.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-17 20:42:00 +0200", "date": "8:42 p.m. on Apr 17, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/17/pixel-art-on.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F17%2Fpixel-art-on.html" }, { "id": 1168, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art on the 16th day of April Fool\u0026rsquo;s Month for Pixel Dailies. Today\u0026rsquo;s theme was \u0026ldquo;elephant.\u0026quot;\n👾 🐘🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-16 20:58:58 +0200", "date": "8:58 p.m. on Apr 16, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/16/pixel-art-on.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F16%2Fpixel-art-on.html" }, { "id": 1169, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art for Pixel Dailies. First person perspective is hard, because we know it so well, we see any and every flaw, especially if it\u0026rsquo;s with hands.\n👾 🔫🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-15 16:55:39 +0200", "date": "4:55 p.m. on Apr 15, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/15/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F15%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 1170, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 🚧 My cat was sleeping, so I tried to use his shape for my pixel drawing. Now waiting for Pixel Dailies at the halfway point of April Fool\u0026rsquo;s Month.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-15 13:54:02 +0200", "date": "1:54 p.m. on Apr 15, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/15/pixel-art-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F15%2Fpixel-art-my.html" }, { "id": 1171, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Had my 2nd booster shot against COVID 💉🦠 Travel took less time than I imagined, despite the train delay and a detour (road construction). I guess I needed 3.5 hours in total. With a car it would\u0026rsquo;ve been more like 45 minutes. Soon protected against the new omicron variant 😊\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-15 12:23:47 +0200", "date": "12:23 p.m. on Apr 15, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/15/had-my-nd.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F15%2Fhad-my-nd.html" }, { "id": 1172, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It\u0026rsquo;s official, I\u0026rsquo;ve turned off the payment renewal of my Wordpress.com site and .blog domain. Both will expire next year. I don\u0026rsquo;t trust WP\u0026rsquo;s plans after they announced price increases, and, worse, denounced blogging. They advertize themselves as \u0026ldquo;website hosting company.\u0026rdquo;\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-14 20:35:48 +0200", "date": "8:35 p.m. on Apr 14, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/14/its-official-ive.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F14%2Fits-official-ive.html" }, { "id": 1173, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies theme was \u0026ldquo;hair accessory.\u0026rdquo; I simply drew closely to the photo reference, though not copying, rather re-interpreting the photo.\n👾 💇‍♀️🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-14 19:57:34 +0200", "date": "7:57 p.m. on Apr 14, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/14/pixel-art-todays.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F14%2Fpixel-art-todays.html" }, { "id": 1174, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 🚧 As a warmup for day 14 of April Fool\u0026rsquo;s Month, featuring Pixel Dailies, I\u0026rsquo;m following a YT tutorial on a stylized aquatic bird man. I got as far as these two guides.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-14 10:20:00 +0200", "date": "10:20 p.m. on Apr 14, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/14/pixel-art-as.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F14%2Fpixel-art-as.html" }, { "id": 1175, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies theme was \u0026ldquo;exploded view.\u0026rdquo; I made an animation of a running shoe in such a view.\n👾👟🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-13 20:26:35 +0200", "date": "8:26 p.m. on Apr 13, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/13/pixel-art-todays.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F13%2Fpixel-art-todays.html" }, { "id": 1176, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art animation. Practicing sub-pixel animation with a 32x32 pixels canvas. It\u0026rsquo;s supposed to illustrate \u0026ldquo;storm.\u0026rdquo; It all started with the umbrella. Don\u0026rsquo;t many story ideas do? Umbrellas are magical story devices, protecting us from the elements and possible assailants.\n👾 🌂 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-13 11:38:12 +0200", "date": "11:38 p.m. on Apr 13, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/13/pixel-art-animation.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F13%2Fpixel-art-animation.html" }, { "id": 1177, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art for Pixel Dailies, theme \u0026ldquo;trash.\u0026rdquo; I threw in two half-eaten apples, some crumpled up paper, a soda can, an Oscar statue, and some indistinguishable bits.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-12 15:15:39 +0200", "date": "3:15 p.m. on Apr 12, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/12/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F12%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 1178, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Got invited for a COVID booster 💉 shot. Clearly people don\u0026rsquo;t want such stations in their neighborhoods or city centers, so it\u0026rsquo;s hard to get to, unless you own a car. That\u0026rsquo;s saying a lot in the Netherlands. It\u0026rsquo;ll take the whole morning (5 hours) to get there and back home.\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-12 13:56:12 +0200", "date": "1:56 p.m. on Apr 12, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/12/got-invited-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F12%2Fgot-invited-for.html" }, { "id": 1179, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 🚧 I searched for llama and tried to sketch one in pixels without tracing 🦙 Now waiting for today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies theme.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-12 13:00:30 +0200", "date": "1:00 p.m. on Apr 12, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/12/pixel-art-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F12%2Fpixel-art-i.html" }, { "id": 1180, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Practicing pixel art animation.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-12 09:18:47 +0200", "date": "9:18 p.m. on Apr 12, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/12/practicing-pixel-art.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F12%2Fpracticing-pixel-art.html" }, { "id": 1181, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art for today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies in April Fool\u0026rsquo;s Month. The theme was \u0026ldquo;pirate\u0026rdquo;.\n👾 🏴‍☠️🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-11 17:09:16 +0200", "date": "5:09 p.m. on Apr 11, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/11/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F11%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 1182, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 🚧 Grasping at straws for ideas on the 11th day of April Fool\u0026rsquo;s Month is bringing out the honking 🤡 stereotypes. Practicing for Pixel Dailies, later today.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-11 09:35:17 +0200", "date": "9:35 p.m. on Apr 11, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/11/pixel-art-grasping.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F11%2Fpixel-art-grasping.html" }, { "id": 1183, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. Wow, this was rather complicated to make! Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies theme was \u0026ldquo;puzzle.\u0026rdquo; I made a solvable jigsaw puzzle of Qbert\n👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-10 18:06:00 +0200", "date": "6:06 p.m. on Apr 10, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/10/pixel-art-wow.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F10%2Fpixel-art-wow.html" }, { "id": 1184, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 🚧 I suppose I drew a horse-drawn \u0026ldquo;mobile home,\u0026rdquo; aka gipsy caravan.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-10 14:40:01 +0200", "date": "2:40 p.m. on Apr 10, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/10/pixel-art-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F10%2Fpixel-art-i.html" }, { "id": 1185, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. Now I\u0026rsquo;ve included the description of the Pixel Dailies theme daily in every piece for some time, I suppose it\u0026rsquo;s time to develop my own (more readable) pixel font. I had an impromptu font, but it wasn\u0026rsquo;t all that good. This one is—or seems to be—a lot better.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-10 09:58:00 +0200", "date": "9:58 p.m. on Apr 10, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/10/pixel-art-now.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F10%2Fpixel-art-now.html" }, { "id": 1186, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art for Pixel Dailies, theme \u0026ldquo;rainbow tree.\u0026rdquo; I never heard before of an Eucalyptus deglupta, aka rainbow tree.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-09 18:18:08 +0200", "date": "6:18 p.m. on Apr 9, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/09/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F09%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 1187, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 🚧 Today\u0026rsquo;s practice piece is probably again more elaborate than the actual Pixel Dailies piece. This one is based on Vicky the Viking.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-09 14:40:00 +0200", "date": "2:40 p.m. on Apr 9, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/09/pixel-art-todays.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F09%2Fpixel-art-todays.html" }, { "id": 1188, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. There\u0026rsquo;s a lot to know 🙇‍♂️ about lines—curves in general—in this art form, as it is a basic component of drawing and drafting, and the separation the human vision system perceives between differently colored blocks. Smoothing is done selectively with anti-aliasing.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-09 09:54:00 +0200", "date": "9:54 p.m. on Apr 9, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/09/pixel-art-theres.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F09%2Fpixel-art-theres.html" }, { "id": 1189, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies theme was rather late (hence I had to rush it), and called \u0026ldquo;cute but deadly.\u0026rdquo; I opted for a cute knife with a curly pink heft.\n👾 🥹🔪🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-08 21:13:00 +0200", "date": "9:13 p.m. on Apr 8, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/08/pixel-art-todays.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F08%2Fpixel-art-todays.html" }, { "id": 1190, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "While waiting for the new Pixel Dailies theme, I explored the magic of bitmapped text, as applied to pixel art. I wrote in Adobe Fresco, posterized to 5 levels, then pixeled the letters pixel-by-pixel, with imagination. It hasn\u0026rsquo;t received anti-aliasing, which is tricky.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-08 18:27:26 +0200", "date": "6:27 p.m. on Apr 8, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/08/while-waiting-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F08%2Fwhile-waiting-for.html" }, { "id": 1191, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. I refined the previous drawing, and made it into a funny statement. It\u0026rsquo;s a non-serious 😉 Star Wars/Trek 🌌🖖 crossover. I find it curious how publishing makes me see any flaws I didn\u0026rsquo;t notice beforehand.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-08 14:04:51 +0200", "date": "2:04 p.m. on Apr 8, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/08/pixel-art-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F08%2Fpixel-art-i.html" }, { "id": 1192, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 🚧 So this is my practice piece for today, being the 8th day of April Fool\u0026rsquo;s Month. It\u0026rsquo;s called \u0026ldquo;Obi-Wan 💩🪐\u0026rdquo; It was a lot of running around, but I\u0026rsquo;m still pleased with it, in a funny way.\n👾 🤪 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-08 11:54:50 +0200", "date": "11:54 p.m. on Apr 8, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/08/pixel-art-so.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F08%2Fpixel-art-so.html" }, { "id": 1193, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 👾🚧 On the 8th day of April Fool\u0026rsquo;s Month I chose Obi-Wan to be my only hope 🌌 It\u0026rsquo;s not finished, but the head is. I didn\u0026rsquo;t trace, which explains why it took 2.5 hours to draw it. It\u0026rsquo;s drawn in Pixaki, an iPad app.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-08 10:14:48 +0200", "date": "10:14 p.m. on Apr 8, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/08/pixel-art-on.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F08%2Fpixel-art-on.html" }, { "id": 1194, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies theme was \u0026ldquo;robes.\u0026rdquo; I know little of clothing, so this was an impossible challenge for me. Ah well.\n👾 😅🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-07 21:10:09 +0200", "date": "9:10 p.m. on Apr 7, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/07/pixel-art-todays.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F07%2Fpixel-art-todays.html" }, { "id": 1195, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Photo of Aziz (means sweatheart). As the true sunbather 😎 he is, he jumped right up once I opened the sunshades. The other, Maahir (means the excellent, distinguished), jumped right next to him, but found it too cramped a space, so he left the spot in the sun🐱\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-07 11:03:26 +0200", "date": "11:03 p.m. on Apr 7, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/07/photo-of-aziz.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F07%2Fphoto-of-aziz.html" }, { "id": 1196, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 👾🚧 Intuitively, both Idefix and Apple\u0026rsquo;s quote seemed appropriate for the 7th day of April Fool\u0026rsquo;s Month. BTW, I\u0026rsquo;m still waiting for today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies theme.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-07 10:43:34 +0200", "date": "10:43 p.m. on Apr 7, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/07/pixel-art-intuitively.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F07%2Fpixel-art-intuitively.html" }, { "id": 1197, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies theme was \u0026ldquo;tower.\u0026rdquo; The restriction of exact dimensions didn\u0026rsquo;t feel restrictive, so I added animation in the 20x60 pixels frame.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-06 16:13:41 +0200", "date": "4:13 p.m. on Apr 6, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/06/pixel-art-todays.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F06%2Fpixel-art-todays.html" }, { "id": 1198, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Try on an Apple device to read MB with voiceover. Most images have alt='' in their html image containers, or not even that. For the visual impaired this means either \u0026ldquo;no image\u0026rdquo;, or a filename, respectively. This while @manton has added an interface for the app #beInclusivePeople\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-06 14:09:00 +0200", "date": "2:09 p.m. on Apr 6, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/06/try-on-an.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F06%2Ftry-on-an.html" }, { "id": 1199, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art WIP 👾 🚧 On the 6th day of April 🤡 Fool\u0026rsquo;s month, I\u0026rsquo;m sure the Pixel Dailies art prompt will be challenging and grand.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-06 10:48:00 +0200", "date": "10:48 p.m. on Apr 6, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/06/pixel-art-wip.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F06%2Fpixel-art-wip.html" }, { "id": 1200, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. Today\u0026rsquo;s theme of Pixel Dailies was \u0026ldquo;embankment.\u0026rdquo; I kept it simple.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-05 18:43:08 +0200", "date": "6:43 p.m. on Apr 5, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/05/pixel-art-todays.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F05%2Fpixel-art-todays.html" }, { "id": 1201, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 🚧 Continuing April Fool\u0026rsquo;s Dayish silliness. Not knowing what today\u0026rsquo;s PD theme will be is perhaps twice as fun as knowing.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-05 11:59:00 +0200", "date": "11:59 p.m. on Apr 5, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/05/pixel-art-continuing.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F05%2Fpixel-art-continuing.html" }, { "id": 1202, "type": "post", "title": "I don't like likes", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m still present on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, but I don\u0026rsquo;t frequent those places anymore, for various reasons. One common reason is that they use public bookmarks, also known as \u0026ldquo;likes.\u0026rdquo; Because of the glyph (heart or thumbs up), people seem to equate this feature to a token of appreciation, or even approval. While this is great for the platform owner (read: user engagement and stickiness of the platform), and the giver of said tokens (positive social interaction and a feeling of accomplishment), for the receiver these tokens are rather impersonal and meaningless.\nAt the moment, I\u0026rsquo;m trying to improve my skills on pixel art. Unlike traditional art, there doesn\u0026rsquo;t seem to exist a formal education for this art form (some even don\u0026rsquo;t consider it art, but that\u0026rsquo;s another story). So most pixel artists are self-taught, which is totally fine. However, artists need feedback about their art, which they can get from other artists, by example. By studying other artists you can learn a lot about the art in general, technique, subject matter, etc.\nSo I joined Pixel Dailies on Twitter. This is a daily art prompt (called a theme) for pixel art. You can post your attempt on Twitter with a hashtag #pixel_dailies So I did, for more than a month. I noticed some (slow) change in my behavior. I kept looking for statistics, specifically how many likes each piece got. I didn\u0026rsquo;t look at other artists' pieces, just at how many likes my piece got. I suppose this is how Twitter tries to draw people in, by an obsession over empty social interaction.\nSo I stopped, cold turkey. This wasn\u0026rsquo;t helping me at all. Now I need to wean myself (again) of an addiction to likes.\nLikes are, in my opinion, meaningless and hollow because of lack of context. Likes can be out of pity or even habit. They can be a sign of approval, and withholding likes can be seen as a micro-critique. I just don\u0026rsquo;t know, unless the like goes with a comment. The only comments I got were similar to like your work. While this is encouraging, sweet and polite, no word about what specifically they liked about my work and what they possibly didn\u0026rsquo;t like, so I could possibly focus on that next time, if I agreed.\nThe problem, of course, is that people feel tongue-tied because all conversation on Twitter is in public. All too often a gentle back-and-forth between two people is spoiled by bystanders (and bots) who use it to create a debate, or—hopefully in their thinking—drama, as to relieve boredom (supposedly, because I don\u0026rsquo;t know them and their circumstances either). So hitting the \u0026ldquo;like\u0026rdquo; button is safer for everyone, but, because it\u0026rsquo;s rather meaningless in low specificity, the effect is the opposite from what the sender might expect. It annoys the artist, specifically this artist.\nPerhaps I\u0026rsquo;m expecting too much from places like Twitter. Twitter isn\u0026rsquo;t an artists' community, of course, but rather a hen house, a place where like-minded people seek confirmation of their thoughts and ideas, or act out their petty behavior towards fellow humans.\nAnyway, this piece of text was about likes, and how I came to experience that I don\u0026rsquo;t like them. If you don\u0026rsquo;t want to interact with specifics, only through empty tokens, why interact at all, aside from addiction to likes?\nLikes on social networks, in my experience, are a bug, not a feature.\nI\u0026rsquo;ll keep using Twitter for the daily art prompt, and look at other artists' art, but I\u0026rsquo;m no longer posting pixel art that is taxing my artistic skills. Sure, once I\u0026rsquo;ve established myself, I might again use Twitter to interact with art lovers. However, that\u0026rsquo;s far into the future. Right now I need to focus on my skills and how to improve them. Spending hours on Twitter isn\u0026rsquo;t going to accomplish that, I\u0026rsquo;m afraid..\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-05 09:35:00 +0200", "date": "9:35 p.m. on Apr 5, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/05/i-dont-like.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F05%2Fi-dont-like.html" }, { "id": 1203, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies theme was \u0026ldquo;wild\u0026rdquo;, which I interpreted as a \u0026ldquo;wild man\u0026rdquo;, reaching from my wild imagination.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-04 19:52:34 +0200", "date": "7:52 p.m. on Apr 4, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/04/pixel-art-todays.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F04%2Fpixel-art-todays.html" }, { "id": 1204, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 🚧 While waiting for today\u0026rsquo;s PD theme, I sketched Robot Archie. I always thought of him (it?) as a modern day knight, with a remote.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-04 10:01:00 +0200", "date": "10:01 p.m. on Apr 4, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/04/pixel-art-while.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F04%2Fpixel-art-while.html" }, { "id": 1205, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m using Twitter for one purpose only, get a daily art prompt from Pixel Dailies. I see myself tempted by likes, as if likes are a measure of quality, somehow. They\u0026rsquo;re not. It\u0026rsquo;s just what people prefer, a popularity contest, like in high school. I should regard likes as a bug.\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-03 22:13:10 +0200", "date": "10:13 p.m. on Apr 3, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/03/im-using-twitter.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F03%2Fim-using-twitter.html" }, { "id": 1206, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies pixel art theme was Castle In The Sky, or Laputa. I based it on the original, by Jonathan Swift, not the adaptation by Studio Ghibli.\n👾 🖥🎨👨‍🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-03 21:31:06 +0200", "date": "9:31 p.m. on Apr 3, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/03/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F03%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1207, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 🚧 The PD theme has yet to be announced, so I can better be squarely 🧽 ready for third 🤡 April Fool\u0026rsquo;s day.\n👾 🤪🖥🎨👨‍🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-03 08:57:21 +0200", "date": "8:57 p.m. on Apr 3, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/03/pixel-art-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F03%2Fpixel-art-the.html" }, { "id": 1208, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies pixel art theme on second April\u0026rsquo;s Fools day was 🦇🤦‍♂️ Batman 🤔 but which one, the one bitten by a ☢️🕷radioactive spider, perhaps?\n👾 🙃🖥🎨👨‍🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-02 17:59:49 +0200", "date": "5:59 p.m. on Apr 2, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/02/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F02%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1209, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art practicing anti-aliasing. Based on the ebook I bought recently.\n👾 🖥🎨👨‍🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-02 09:18:54 +0200", "date": "9:18 p.m. on Apr 2, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/02/pixel-art-practicing.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F02%2Fpixel-art-practicing.html" }, { "id": 1210, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art for Pixel Dailies, which seemed like a joke theme. I took it seriously, though.\n👾 🖥🎨👨‍🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-01 22:12:58 +0200", "date": "10:12 p.m. on Apr 1, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/01/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F01%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 1211, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 🚧 I guess PD is pulling our legs with this theme on the day after March 31.\n👾 🖥🎨👨‍🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-01 19:10:51 +0200", "date": "7:10 p.m. on Apr 1, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/01/pixel-art-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F01%2Fpixel-art-i.html" }, { "id": 1212, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Trying to apply my new knowledge to pixel art.\n👾 🖥🎨👨‍🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-04-01 13:26:00 +0200", "date": "1:26 p.m. on Apr 1, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/04/01/trying-to-apply.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F04%2F01%2Ftrying-to-apply.html" }, { "id": 1213, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. Before I looked it up, I had no idea what today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies theme warp pad was.\n👾 🖥🎨👨‍🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-31 18:19:00 +0200", "date": "6:19 p.m. on Mar 31, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/31/181926.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F31%2F181926.html" }, { "id": 1214, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Animating still pixel art is certainly the next level up, which I have yet to reach. All the elements are there, just not the execution. Creating strong key poses is a big leap, in between poses probably even more so.\n👾 🖥🎨👨‍🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-31 08:27:32 +0200", "date": "8:27 p.m. on Mar 31, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/31/animating-still-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F31%2Fanimating-still-pixel.html" }, { "id": 1215, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s (second) pixel art theme of Pixel Dailies is shopping mall, a place I prefer to avoid whenever possible.\n👾 🖥🎨👨‍🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-30 18:02:33 +0200", "date": "6:02 p.m. on Mar 30, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/30/todays-second-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F30%2Ftodays-second-pixel.html" }, { "id": 1216, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies pixel art theme was \u0026ldquo;seal.\u0026rdquo; I chose the cuter meaning of that word.\n👾 🖥🎨👨‍🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-30 08:41:28 +0200", "date": "8:41 p.m. on Mar 30, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/30/084128.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F30%2F084128.html" }, { "id": 1217, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. The stay-at-home sea pirate needed a lot more than a hat. I\u0026rsquo;m putting this project on hold, for it\u0026rsquo;s too complicated for a quick fix.\n👾 🖥🎨👨‍🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-29 13:24:47 +0200", "date": "1:24 p.m. on Mar 29, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/29/pixel-art-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F29%2Fpixel-art-the.html" }, { "id": 1218, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. Testing my new Twitter avatar, inspired by the old stay-at-home sea pirate. I think he still needs a hat worthy of a captain.\n👾 🖥🎨👨‍🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-29 12:04:00 +0200", "date": "12:04 p.m. on Mar 29, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/29/pixel-art-testing.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F29%2Fpixel-art-testing.html" }, { "id": 1219, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies pixel art theme was all about the bird\u0026rsquo;s eye view perspective. Lots of new things I had to invent here.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-28 20:57:45 +0200", "date": "8:57 p.m. on Mar 28, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/28/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F28%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1220, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies pixel art theme \u0026ldquo;construction\u0026rdquo; I interpreted as repair work, which I assume is a kind of construction, although sometimes it feels more like wrecking, especially how I do my repairs (badly).\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\nPS Notice my totally Freudian artist\u0026rsquo;s slip of two left hands.\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-27 20:19:50 +0200", "date": "8:19 p.m. on Mar 27, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/27/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F27%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1221, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art animation at only 24x24 pixels.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-27 10:37:45 +0200", "date": "10:37 p.m. on Mar 27, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/27/pixel-art-animation.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F27%2Fpixel-art-animation.html" }, { "id": 1222, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies pixel art theme was \u0026ldquo;shrub.\u0026rdquo; I felt inspired by the Knights who say \u0026ldquo;Ni.\u0026rdquo; Made a typo, tho.\n👾 😬 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-26 19:41:00 +0200", "date": "7:41 p.m. on Mar 26, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/26/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F26%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1223, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art with GrafX2 on Raspberry Pi OS. I did some tweaking in Pixaki on the iPad. An elderly pixel editor like GrafX2 certainly has its own look and feel.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-26 13:38:12 +0200", "date": "1:38 p.m. on Mar 26, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/26/pixel-art-with.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F26%2Fpixel-art-with.html" }, { "id": 1224, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. Some C64 multicolor high resolution graphics. Well, it was hires for the time, 320 x 200 pixels, reduced to 160 x 200 double pixels in m.c. hires.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-26 10:08:29 +0200", "date": "10:08 p.m. on Mar 26, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/26/pixel-art-some.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F26%2Fpixel-art-some.html" }, { "id": 1225, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies pixel art had the theme Kirby. I know not of any Kirby, videogame, vacuum cleaner, or otherwise.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-25 20:28:26 +0200", "date": "8:28 p.m. on Mar 25, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/25/192826.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F25%2F192826.html" }, { "id": 1226, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Photo. Sun ☀️ lover 😻 even if the available sunlight is in a cage.\nNote. The cage is for feeding, because both my cats have different dietary needs and eating each other’s food is either bad or wasteful. Not that they know nor care. 🐱\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-25 16:11:00 +0200", "date": "4:11 p.m. on Mar 25, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/25/sun-lover-even.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F25%2Fsun-lover-even.html" }, { "id": 1227, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies pixel art was hard to come up with, easy enough to implement. Of course, everything is easy once you know what to do.\n👾 😬😎 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-25 09:41:04 +0200", "date": "9:41 p.m. on Mar 25, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/25/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F25%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1228, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. A modest cup of coffee.\n👾 ☕️🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-24 10:58:33 +0200", "date": "10:58 p.m. on Mar 24, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/24/pixel-art-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F24%2Fpixel-art-a.html" }, { "id": 1229, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies theme was \u0026ldquo;smear frame.\u0026rdquo; I had no idea how to implement this, but I finally arrived at this solution for pixel art.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-23 23:37:46 +0200", "date": "11:37 p.m. on Mar 23, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/23/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F23%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1230, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My usual habit-forming failure: I have done this thing for 30 days, so now I can stop doing it, right? I get bored by the repetitiveness of doing something daily, and am dragging my feet to reach this stupid time-goal. Once it’s become routine, I quit, gladly.\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-23 18:03:00 +0200", "date": "6:03 p.m. on Mar 23, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/23/my-usual-habitforming.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F23%2Fmy-usual-habitforming.html" }, { "id": 1231, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 🚧 This must be a videogame term, since I never heard of the term smear frame.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-23 15:36:00 +0200", "date": "3:36 p.m. on Mar 23, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/23/pixel-art-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F23%2Fpixel-art-this.html" }, { "id": 1232, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Photo. No one told them that plateau has room for only one cat 🐱\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-23 15:15:00 +0200", "date": "3:15 p.m. on Mar 23, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/23/no-one-told.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F23%2Fno-one-told.html" }, { "id": 1233, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies prompt was \u0026ldquo;flyer.\u0026rdquo; I had to fold an actual airplane out of paper to be able to make the animation.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-23 00:15:13 +0200", "date": "12:15 p.m. on Mar 23, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/22/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F22%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1234, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art for Pixel Dailies for the prompt \u0026ldquo;Red Panda.\u0026rdquo; This was, again, a lot a lot of work and fiddling, yet rewarding in the end.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-22 16:15:00 +0200", "date": "4:15 p.m. on Mar 22, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/22/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F22%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 1235, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 🚧 Today\u0026rsquo;s PD prompt is Red Panda. I finished the border and background in roughly four hours, and I still haven\u0026rsquo;t done the actual panda(s). It wouldn\u0026rsquo;t surprise me if I needed at least a similar amount of time to finish this piece—much too long for a daily prompt.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-22 10:38:00 +0200", "date": "10:38 p.m. on Mar 22, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/22/pixel-art-todays.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F22%2Fpixel-art-todays.html" }, { "id": 1236, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I shrunk down a pixel art piece I did earlier today (lunchbox) from 160 x 144 to 32 x32 oixels, to its bare essentials, I hope.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-21 22:40:00 +0200", "date": "10:40 p.m. on Mar 21, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/21/i-shrunk-down.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F21%2Fi-shrunk-down.html" }, { "id": 1237, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art for Pixel Dailies, with the prompt \u0026ldquo;lunch box.\u0026rdquo; It\u0026rsquo;s like it takes me longer every time to make one of these. Some of these are more popular than others on Twitter, but that might just be the algorithm trying to lure me into spending more time on Twitter.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-21 18:34:22 +0200", "date": "6:34 p.m. on Mar 21, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/21/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F21%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 1238, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Photo. Building something from wood I had lying around from a project that was never realized in my former home. 🪵👷‍♂️🏠\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-21 12:15:00 +0200", "date": "12:15 p.m. on Mar 21, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/21/building-something-from.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F21%2Fbuilding-something-from.html" }, { "id": 1239, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 🚧 I only hope spending two hours on the frame, not the content, was time spent well, probably not.\n👾 😂 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-21 09:18:46 +0200", "date": "9:18 p.m. on Mar 21, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/21/pixel-art-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F21%2Fpixel-art-i.html" }, { "id": 1240, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. Get set, ready, go-o-o! Just for fun.\n👾 😄 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-20 10:19:30 +0200", "date": "10:19 p.m. on Mar 20, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/20/pixel-art-get.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F20%2Fpixel-art-get.html" }, { "id": 1241, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art for Pixel Dailies, prompt \u0026ldquo;Rusty.\u0026rdquo; My take was the good Dalek from the Peter Capaldi era (Doctor Who).\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-19 22:12:02 +0200", "date": "10:12 p.m. on Mar 19, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/19/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F19%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 1242, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 🚧 I want this to be a more elaborate piece, so I\u0026rsquo;ll be taking my sweet time. The rectangles are for designing two characters interacting semi-hostile. The brunt of the art will be in setting the mood with props and background.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-19 17:29:43 +0200", "date": "5:29 p.m. on Mar 19, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/19/pixel-art-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F19%2Fpixel-art-i.html" }, { "id": 1243, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Feline pro wrestling 🐱\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-19 13:53:20 +0200", "date": "1:53 p.m. on Mar 19, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/19/feline-pro-wrestling.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F19%2Ffeline-pro-wrestling.html" }, { "id": 1244, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies pixel art prompt was \u0026ldquo;treasure map.\u0026quot;\n👾 🏴‍☠Arrr!! 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-19 12:19:57 +0200", "date": "12:19 p.m. on Mar 19, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/19/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F19%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1245, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. 1-bit battle cry.\n👾 ⚔️😂🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-18 13:35:11 +0200", "date": "1:35 p.m. on Mar 18, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/18/pixel-art-bit.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F18%2Fpixel-art-bit.html" }, { "id": 1246, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. I asked myself, am I good enough to demo my pixel art making on Twitch, despite most artists using a Mac or Windows? To test, I video screenshot my creation of a sprite in Pixaki on iPad, sped up the video 10 times. I guess not yet, too slow.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-18 11:26:39 +0200", "date": "11:26 p.m. on Mar 18, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/18/pixel-art-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F18%2Fpixel-art-i.html" }, { "id": 1247, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art texturing a pineapple.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-18 00:17:00 +0200", "date": "12:17 p.m. on Mar 18, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/17/pixel-art-texturing.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F17%2Fpixel-art-texturing.html" }, { "id": 1248, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s pixel art for Pixel Dailies has the prompt \u0026ldquo;avery.\u0026rdquo; Sometimes the literal interpretation is the only I can come up with.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-17 18:15:23 +0200", "date": "6:15 p.m. on Mar 17, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/17/todays-pixel-art.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F17%2Ftodays-pixel-art.html" }, { "id": 1249, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "In pixel art, so I\u0026rsquo;m lectured, the artist has control over single pixels. To test this statement, I created a pixel portrait of Fred Astaire from a black and white photo reference. I guess it\u0026rsquo;s a work in progress.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-17 10:54:00 +0200", "date": "10:54 p.m. on Mar 17, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/17/in-pixel-art.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F17%2Fin-pixel-art.html" }, { "id": 1250, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art for the Pixel Dailies prompt \u0026ldquo;gold.\u0026rdquo; I\u0026rsquo;m working in advance, since the PD account tweeter is on UK time, close to my local CET time zone.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-16 23:41:00 +0200", "date": "11:41 p.m. on Mar 16, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/16/224121.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F16%2F224121.html" }, { "id": 1251, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art for today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies required a rough sketch before pixeling. The prompt was garland, which is distinct from wreath and laurel, so you know (well, I didn\u0026rsquo;t beforehand).\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-16 13:13:15 +0200", "date": "1:13 p.m. on Mar 16, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/16/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F16%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 1252, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies prompt \u0026ldquo;windswept\u0026rdquo; I interpreted as a sailing boat in a storm.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-15 13:31:36 +0200", "date": "1:31 p.m. on Mar 15, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/15/pixel-art-todays.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F15%2Fpixel-art-todays.html" }, { "id": 1253, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 🚧 The ship is designed, scaled and rendered, despite a severe lack of ship design knowledge. My inspiration was the Heron from John Flanagan\u0026rsquo;s The Brotherband Chronicles, a fantasy Middle Ages young adult story about fictional Vikings, called Scandians.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-15 10:15:29 +0200", "date": "10:15 p.m. on Mar 15, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/15/pixel-art-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F15%2Fpixel-art-the.html" }, { "id": 1254, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art for tomorrow. The way to get better at a skill is to think big and execute small, so you\u0026rsquo;ll have to make it up as you go.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-14 21:08:23 +0200", "date": "9:08 p.m. on Mar 14, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/14/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F14%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 1255, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. I always seem to post my images before they\u0026rsquo;re done. For some reason they don\u0026rsquo;t seem real until they\u0026rsquo;re published. No idea why that is.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-14 14:06:48 +0200", "date": "2:06 p.m. on Mar 14, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/14/pixel-art-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F14%2Fpixel-art-i.html" }, { "id": 1256, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art, Pixel Dailies with an old-timey palette of muted colors.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-14 13:13:40 +0200", "date": "1:13 p.m. on Mar 14, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/14/pixel-art-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F14%2Fpixel-art-pixel.html" }, { "id": 1257, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "", "dateiso": "2022-03-13 15:58:18 +0200", "date": "3:58 p.m. on Mar 13, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/13/145818.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F13%2F145818.html" }, { "id": 1258, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art gradients are best done by hand, not with an automated tool. That much is clear, and that it\u0026rsquo;s time-consuming.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-13 12:16:14 +0200", "date": "12:16 p.m. on Mar 13, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/13/pixel-art-gradients.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F13%2Fpixel-art-gradients.html" }, { "id": 1259, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies pixel art has gone piscine.\n👾 🐟🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-13 09:33:00 +0200", "date": "9:33 p.m. on Mar 13, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/13/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F13%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1260, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Second pixel art entry for Pixel Dailies. I\u0026rsquo;m sure this is the warped reality for any parent or pet parent.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-12 19:11:00 +0200", "date": "7:11 p.m. on Mar 12, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/12/second-pixel-art.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F12%2Fsecond-pixel-art.html" }, { "id": 1261, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies pixel art theme is in the shadows.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-12 10:51:57 +0200", "date": "10:51 p.m. on Mar 12, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/12/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F12%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1262, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies pixel art turned out quite different than I had imagined yesterday. I also did a little sketch beforehand.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-11 11:28:00 +0200", "date": "11:28 p.m. on Mar 11, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/11/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F11%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1263, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. Can\u0026rsquo;t hurt to practice portraits. This one is from imagination, because I\u0026rsquo;ve drawn so many portraits already in the past twenty years.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-10 23:43:34 +0200", "date": "11:43 p.m. on Mar 10, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/10/pixel-art-cant.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F10%2Fpixel-art-cant.html" }, { "id": 1264, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 🚧 Experimenting with walk animation to see if an 16x16 px character is big enough for my purposes. I guess I want more canvas, though I know a tough restriction is good for the artist\u0026rsquo;s soul. Pixaki is sluggish and power hungry, as if I need a bigger iPad.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-10 23:32:47 +0200", "date": "11:32 p.m. on Mar 10, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/10/pixel-art-experimenting.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F10%2Fpixel-art-experimenting.html" }, { "id": 1265, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies pixel art has a 🎂 note.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-10 11:01:00 +0200", "date": "11:01 p.m. on Mar 10, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/10/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F10%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1266, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies pixel art was a bit more involved. I took fungus to mean mushroom, and limited my set to three.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-09 13:25:36 +0200", "date": "1:25 p.m. on Mar 9, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/09/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F09%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1267, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 🚧 for today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies. For size reference I drew Toad. I also embellished the border a bit. Now I \u0026ldquo;only\u0026rdquo; need to pixel some fungi.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-09 09:44:15 +0200", "date": "9:44 p.m. on Mar 9, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/09/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F09%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 1268, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Tomorrow\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies pixel art will give Toad some friends.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-08 22:19:00 +0200", "date": "10:19 p.m. on Mar 8, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/08/tomorrows-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F08%2Ftomorrows-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1269, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "M1 Ultra 🖥\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-08 21:23:00 +0200", "date": "9:23 p.m. on Mar 8, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/08/ultra.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F08%2Fultra.html" }, { "id": 1270, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies pixel art was easy enough to grasp, but how to illustrate it? This was my take.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-08 15:06:04 +0200", "date": "3:06 p.m. on Mar 8, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/08/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F08%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1271, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 🚧 for Pixel Dailies. I already have a box to put the 🍕 in.\n👾😁 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-08 09:41:00 +0200", "date": "9:41 p.m. on Mar 8, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/08/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F08%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 1272, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies prompt I implemented somewhat cartoony.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-07 15:44:02 +0200", "date": "3:44 p.m. on Mar 7, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/07/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F07%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1273, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. One thing that needed change desperately was the frame around my 160 x 144 pixels artwork. Other than that, there\u0026rsquo;s today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies prompt. I have some ideas, and an inkling of a visual story.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-07 09:49:00 +0200", "date": "9:49 p.m. on Mar 7, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/07/pixel-art-one.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F07%2Fpixel-art-one.html" }, { "id": 1274, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "With so many more (88 vs 8) likes than usual, maybe it\u0026rsquo;s time to update my avatar and put a header image up on my Twitter. No rush, though, since this might just be a fluke, misleading me to do things I later regret.\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-07 08:27:40 +0200", "date": "8:27 p.m. on Mar 7, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/07/with-so-many.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F07%2Fwith-so-many.html" }, { "id": 1275, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art, 64x64px. Combining a guinea pig and the look of its caretaker.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-06 15:21:10 +0200", "date": "3:21 p.m. on Mar 6, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/06/pixel-art-xpx.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F06%2Fpixel-art-xpx.html" }, { "id": 1276, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies pixel art went to Mars.\n👾 🚀🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-06 09:29:45 +0200", "date": "9:29 p.m. on Mar 6, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/06/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F06%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1277, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m already preparing for tomorrow\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies pixel art, using photography from NASA\u0026rsquo;s JPL missions to the Red Planet.\n👾 🚀🪐🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-05 17:04:28 +0200", "date": "5:04 p.m. on Mar 5, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/05/im-already-preparing.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F05%2Fim-already-preparing.html" }, { "id": 1278, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art for Pixel Dailies was relatively quick. It was only 30 x 24 pixels, but also a lot of squinting.\n👾 😖🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-05 11:50:00 +0200", "date": "11:50 p.m. on Mar 5, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/05/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F05%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 1279, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies is a challenge, since it\u0026rsquo;s such a small canvas. A further restriction I put on myself is a 6-color palette called snail village.\n👾 🚧🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-05 09:30:30 +0200", "date": "9:30 p.m. on Mar 5, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/05/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F05%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1280, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. Practicing textures in isometric perspective.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-04 19:52:00 +0200", "date": "7:52 p.m. on Mar 4, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/04/pixel-art-practicing.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F04%2Fpixel-art-practicing.html" }, { "id": 1281, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art for Pixel Dailies in isometric perspective.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-04 11:27:08 +0200", "date": "11:27 p.m. on Mar 4, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/04/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F04%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 1282, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art isometric perspective starts to make more sense now.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-03 16:47:14 +0200", "date": "4:47 p.m. on Mar 3, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/03/pixel-art-isometric.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F03%2Fpixel-art-isometric.html" }, { "id": 1283, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies was a tough one for me. I suppose it\u0026rsquo;s as tough as you make it, though.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-03 10:42:13 +0200", "date": "10:42 p.m. on Mar 3, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/03/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F03%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1284, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I had to buy a new broom. The previous one was old and broken, after thirty years of service. RIP old broom 😇🧹\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-02 18:49:28 +0200", "date": "6:49 p.m. on Mar 2, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/02/i-had-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F02%2Fi-had-to.html" }, { "id": 1285, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies pixel art took like forever😞 👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-02 16:28:22 +0200", "date": "4:28 p.m. on Mar 2, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/02/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F02%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1286, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies prompt was not easy. My pixel art interpretation of a gathering of vases🏺Alas, I didn\u0026rsquo;t have time to shade it.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-01 17:20:38 +0200", "date": "5:20 p.m. on Mar 1, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/01/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F01%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1287, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 🚧 Instead of going for the obvious for video gamers, I\u0026rsquo;m going for a collection of vases for today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies prompt 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\nPS I have remind myself it\u0026rsquo;s a challenge, not a popularity contest.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2022-03-01 09:13:29 +0200", "date": "9:13 p.m. on Mar 1, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/03/01/pixel-art-instead.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F03%2F01%2Fpixel-art-instead.html" }, { "id": 1288, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art (animated). How things evolve, or maybe put a \u0026ldquo;d\u0026rdquo; in front of that verb.\n👾 😄 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-28 19:28:24 +0200", "date": "7:28 p.m. on Feb 28, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/28/pixel-art-animated.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F28%2Fpixel-art-animated.html" }, { "id": 1289, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies prompt and lack of time made this a relatively quick exercise (2 hours instead of 8).\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-28 09:21:51 +0200", "date": "9:21 p.m. on Feb 28, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/28/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F28%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1290, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies was rather involved as pixel art. I had to be inventive.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-27 17:29:30 +0200", "date": "5:29 p.m. on Feb 27, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/27/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F27%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1291, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Before I can tarnish a beautiful object, I have to draw it in pristine state, roughly 🚧🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-27 13:59:00 +0200", "date": "1:59 p.m. on Feb 27, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/27/before-i-can.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F27%2Fbefore-i-can.html" }, { "id": 1292, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Gathering ideas for today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies prompt. Tarnished is the title of a 1950 American action movie. It also means: \u0026ldquo;dulled the luster of\u0026rdquo;, \u0026ldquo;spoiled\u0026rdquo;, \u0026ldquo;disgraced.\u0026rdquo; The disgusting looking C64 is from Adrian\u0026rsquo;s Digital Basement on YouTube. Think big, draw small, y\u0026rsquo;know. 🚧🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-27 08:32:27 +0200", "date": "8:32 p.m. on Feb 27, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/27/gathering-ideas-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F27%2Fgathering-ideas-for.html" }, { "id": 1293, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art for Pixel Dailies. Link grew in size and complexity over the years. Gameboy sized canvas and color palette.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-26 18:08:00 +0200", "date": "6:08 p.m. on Feb 26, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/26/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F26%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 1294, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art 🚧 Not at all representative of the end result. I used the 4-color Gameboy color palette, even though most of the originals are full-color. Also, the pixel count of all but the two smallest sprites is twice that of mine. It\u0026rsquo;s study for inspiration and growth… ISWTDT.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-26 09:48:03 +0200", "date": "9:48 p.m. on Feb 26, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/26/pixel-art-not.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F26%2Fpixel-art-not.html" }, { "id": 1295, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m so excited about tomorrow\u0026rsquo;s art prompt by Pixel Dailies. 👾🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-26 00:25:11 +0200", "date": "12:25 p.m. on Feb 26, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/25/im-so-excited.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F25%2Fim-so-excited.html" }, { "id": 1296, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art for Pixel Dailies. Some prompts are more challenging, and I guess that\u0026rsquo;s why this kind of exercise is referred to as a challenge.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-25 15:35:00 +0200", "date": "3:35 p.m. on Feb 25, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/25/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F25%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 1297, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Finished reading: Als doden dromen: Dodenreeks boek 1 by Mel Hartman. Not my cup of tea, I’m sorry to write.📚\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-24 20:41:34 +0200", "date": "8:41 p.m. on Feb 24, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/24/finished-reading-als.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F24%2Ffinished-reading-als.html" }, { "id": 1298, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s prompt in the Draw Every Day app was \u0026ldquo;picture.\u0026rdquo; Pixel art, 256 x 192 pixels.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-24 18:07:50 +0200", "date": "6:07 p.m. on Feb 24, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/24/todays-prompt-in.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F24%2Ftodays-prompt-in.html" }, { "id": 1299, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Banging out pixel art for Pixel Dailies.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-24 14:34:00 +0200", "date": "2:34 p.m. on Feb 24, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/24/banging-out-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F24%2Fbanging-out-pixel.html" }, { "id": 1300, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "One thing leading to another. Pixel art (160 x 144 pixel).\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-23 16:25:03 +0200", "date": "4:25 p.m. on Feb 23, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/23/one-thing-leading.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F23%2Fone-thing-leading.html" }, { "id": 1301, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art for Pixel Dailies, a bloody \u0026lsquo;bard\u0026rsquo;s business (160 x 144 pixels).\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-23 11:13:00 +0200", "date": "11:13 p.m. on Feb 23, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/23/pixel-art-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F23%2Fpixel-art-a.html" }, { "id": 1302, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "So Pixel Dailies. A halberd (aka halbard) is a spear on top of an axe, mounted on a long pole, with opposite to the axe a hook to grab soldiers on horseback. It\u0026rsquo;s approximately the length of a footsoldier\u0026rsquo;s height.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-23 09:08:22 +0200", "date": "9:08 p.m. on Feb 23, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/23/so-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F23%2Fso-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1303, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art for Pixel Dailies. Okay, it\u0026rsquo;s possible to create a shape that can be tessellated so, that it\u0026rsquo;s still possible to recognize an animal in it. Well, I tried.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-22 17:39:00 +0200", "date": "5:39 p.m. on Feb 22, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/22/pixel-art-okay.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F22%2Fpixel-art-okay.html" }, { "id": 1304, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m pretty sure this doesn\u0026rsquo;t qualify. Still, why use such fancy words if you want people to participate? Pixel art.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-22 16:00:23 +0200", "date": "4:00 p.m. on Feb 22, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/22/im-pretty-sure.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F22%2Fim-pretty-sure.html" }, { "id": 1305, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. It seems visual storytelling is a thing, and it requires constant practice. So setting myself this challenge can\u0026rsquo;t be bad, can it? Gameboy resolution (160 x 144 pixels).\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-22 11:18:48 +0200", "date": "11:18 p.m. on Feb 22, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/22/pixel-art-it.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F22%2Fpixel-art-it.html" }, { "id": 1306, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "At least I\u0026rsquo;m not shooting myself in the foot with this pixel art walk animation.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-21 14:55:37 +0200", "date": "2:55 p.m. on Feb 21, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/21/at-least-im.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F21%2Fat-least-im.html" }, { "id": 1307, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. A first attempt at a living room in top down perspective.\n👾 🤭 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-21 09:53:46 +0200", "date": "9:53 p.m. on Feb 21, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/21/pixel-art-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F21%2Fpixel-art-a.html" }, { "id": 1308, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. Some simplified human anatomy to better understand how it works while moving.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-20 09:31:00 +0200", "date": "9:31 p.m. on Feb 20, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/20/pixel-art-some.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F20%2Fpixel-art-some.html" }, { "id": 1309, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: Als doden dromen: Dodenreeks boek 1 by Mel Hartman. 📚\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-19 21:30:23 +0200", "date": "9:30 p.m. on Feb 19, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/19/currently-reading-als.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F19%2Fcurrently-reading-als.html" }, { "id": 1310, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. Refinement of an animation I did earlier today. I\u0026rsquo;m pleased with the result, even as crude as it is.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-19 18:27:39 +0200", "date": "6:27 p.m. on Feb 19, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/19/pixel-art-refinement.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F19%2Fpixel-art-refinement.html" }, { "id": 1311, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It looks like spring in winter.\nIn other news… We had a storm yesterday, Eunice. My little house creaked and moaned, but it survived. Little damage to my belongings, since I don’t have much. 🏠\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-19 14:44:37 +0200", "date": "2:44 p.m. on Feb 19, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/19/it-looks-like.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F19%2Fit-looks-like.html" }, { "id": 1312, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Quick project, I thought, a pixel art walk cycle. Now it\u0026rsquo;s 3 hours later, anything but completed. 🤔 Huh?\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-19 12:04:58 +0200", "date": "12:04 p.m. on Feb 19, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/19/quick-project-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F19%2Fquick-project-i.html" }, { "id": 1313, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith 📚Surely, an accurate historical account 😝…🧛‍♂️🐆\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-17 18:04:11 +0200", "date": "6:04 p.m. on Feb 17, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/17/currently-reading-abraham.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F17%2Fcurrently-reading-abraham.html" }, { "id": 1314, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art, narcissus.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-16 09:36:49 +0200", "date": "9:36 p.m. on Feb 16, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/16/pixel-art-narcissus.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F16%2Fpixel-art-narcissus.html" }, { "id": 1315, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I got this running injury a few weeks ago, and am clawing my way back to some kind of training regime. I also gained 10 kg (22 lbs) in two months. It looks like there won\u0026rsquo;t be a marathon for me in April. Like that\u0026rsquo;s a surprise. Marathons are the bane of my existence.\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-15 21:01:14 +0200", "date": "9:01 p.m. on Feb 15, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/15/i-got-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F15%2Fi-got-this.html" }, { "id": 1316, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art, for single awareness day (for realz this time).\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-15 09:35:00 +0200", "date": "9:35 p.m. on Feb 15, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/15/pixel-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F15%2Fpixel-art-for.html" }, { "id": 1317, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "A pixel art begonia in isometric perspective. Happy Valentines Day, aka (day before) singles awareness day.\n👾 😘🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n.\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-14 11:59:00 +0200", "date": "11:59 p.m. on Feb 14, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/14/a-pixel-art.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F14%2Fa-pixel-art.html" }, { "id": 1318, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Cat and mouse pixel art.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-13 11:11:00 +0200", "date": "11:11 p.m. on Feb 13, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/13/cat-and-mouse.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F13%2Fcat-and-mouse.html" }, { "id": 1319, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m missing an essential insight about character design in isometric perspective, probably more than one.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-12 16:55:17 +0200", "date": "4:55 p.m. on Feb 12, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/12/im-missing-an.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F12%2Fim-missing-an.html" }, { "id": 1320, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art. I suppose it can only go up from here 😉 — 🖥👨‍🎨🎨👾\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-12 09:16:38 +0200", "date": "9:16 p.m. on Feb 12, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/12/pixel-art-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F12%2Fpixel-art-i.html" }, { "id": 1321, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Exploring rotation in isometric perspective. It seems there are rules to make it seem more convincing. Interesting…\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-10 13:42:22 +0200", "date": "1:42 p.m. on Feb 10, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/10/exploring-rotation-in.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F10%2Fexploring-rotation-in.html" }, { "id": 1322, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Writing in isometric perspective; it\u0026rsquo;s rather tricky with pixel art.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-08 13:07:51 +0200", "date": "1:07 p.m. on Feb 8, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/08/writing-in-isometric.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F08%2Fwriting-in-isometric.html" }, { "id": 1323, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "As an empty sheet is perfection for both artist and writer, the only way to win with wordle is not to play, averting addiction. Still NOT playing, resisting temptation like a game teatotaller.\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-07 21:45:33 +0200", "date": "9:45 p.m. on Feb 7, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/07/as-an-empty.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F07%2Fas-an-empty.html" }, { "id": 1324, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "More isometric pixel art practice, a hello-world? It seems so easy, until you implement it.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-07 18:07:29 +0200", "date": "6:07 p.m. on Feb 7, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/07/more-isometric-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F07%2Fmore-isometric-pixel.html" }, { "id": 1325, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I constructed my first house in isometric perspective pixel art. It\u0026rsquo;s rather tedious and error prone, as you may spot here and there. I suppose practice will bring improvement.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-07 11:59:00 +0200", "date": "11:59 p.m. on Feb 7, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/07/i-constructed-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F07%2Fi-constructed-my.html" }, { "id": 1326, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I wonder, do people still write personal letters, pen on paper, longhand, sealed in an envelope? I used to, as a youth. I was never good at it, but better than talking, because we didn\u0026rsquo;t talk at the dinner table as a family, especially not about personal stuff, ever.\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-06 23:08:48 +0200", "date": "11:08 p.m. on Feb 6, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/06/i-wonder-do.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F06%2Fi-wonder-do.html" }, { "id": 1327, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art practice. Six basic emotions of the human face. 👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-06 11:38:04 +0200", "date": "11:38 p.m. on Feb 6, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/06/pixel-art-practice.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F06%2Fpixel-art-practice.html" }, { "id": 1328, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art, seasonal affective disorder.\n👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-05 10:32:44 +0200", "date": "10:32 p.m. on Feb 5, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/05/pixel-art-seasonal.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F05%2Fpixel-art-seasonal.html" }, { "id": 1329, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art based on a sketched idea. 👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-04 13:00:52 +0200", "date": "1:00 p.m. on Feb 4, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/04/pixel-art-based.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F04%2Fpixel-art-based.html" }, { "id": 1330, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Finished reading: Het Dal Der Beloften (dl.4) by Jean M. Auel 📚 Much more pleasant read than part 2, comparable to part 1.\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-03 20:44:28 +0200", "date": "8:44 p.m. on Feb 3, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/03/finished-reading-het.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F03%2Ffinished-reading-het.html" }, { "id": 1331, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today I turned the traced image into a top view. This will enable me to create an isometric perspective view tomorrow. The animation shows the workflow I want to use: trace 👉 floorplan 👉 isometric view. There\u0026rsquo;s some creative license with only one reference photo.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-03 10:51:21 +0200", "date": "10:51 p.m. on Feb 3, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/03/today-i-turned.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F03%2Ftoday-i-turned.html" }, { "id": 1332, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I traced architecture in pixel art as a study. I wanted to create an isometric perspective, but realized I\u0026rsquo;m still too inexperienced in architecture drawing to pull it off. 👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-02 17:35:00 +0200", "date": "5:35 p.m. on Feb 2, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/02/i-traced-architecture.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F02%2Fi-traced-architecture.html" }, { "id": 1333, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Isometric chess horse.\n👾🐴♟🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-02-01 12:36:33 +0200", "date": "12:36 p.m. on Feb 1, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/02/01/isometric-chess-horse.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F02%2F01%2Fisometric-chess-horse.html" }, { "id": 1334, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Isometric jam session. Pixel art.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-31 13:20:11 +0200", "date": "1:20 p.m. on Jan 31, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/31/isometric-jam-session.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F31%2Fisometric-jam-session.html" }, { "id": 1335, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Sunday morning pixel art doodles.\n👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-30 10:35:00 +0200", "date": "10:35 p.m. on Jan 30, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/30/sunday-morning-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F30%2Fsunday-morning-pixel.html" }, { "id": 1336, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose most screens nowadays are 16:9, so perhaps I should use that as well. Pixel art at 320 x 180 pixels.\n👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-28 22:37:47 +0200", "date": "10:37 p.m. on Jan 28, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/28/i-suppose-most.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F28%2Fi-suppose-most.html" }, { "id": 1337, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Practicing isometric perspective with a rhino. Pixel art 160 x144.\n👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-28 16:47:33 +0200", "date": "4:47 p.m. on Jan 28, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/28/practicing-isometric-perspective.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F28%2Fpracticing-isometric-perspective.html" }, { "id": 1338, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: Het Dal Der Beloften (dl.4) by Jean M. Auel 📚\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-28 12:25:03 +0200", "date": "12:25 p.m. on Jan 28, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/28/currently-reading-het.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F28%2Fcurrently-reading-het.html" }, { "id": 1339, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "For isometric perspective pixel art sprites, there are (hardware) restrictions to what can be drawn, and (geometry) rules for how to draw. Both can be bent, but at a cost, either in performance or artistically. The clear benefit is a 3D look without perspective scaling.\n👾🎨🖥👨‍🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-28 12:20:11 +0200", "date": "12:20 p.m. on Jan 28, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/28/for-isometric-perspective.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F28%2Ffor-isometric-perspective.html" }, { "id": 1340, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It took me more time than I wished to create a rough animation of the same character pose from eight different directions. iPad OS clearly lacks the functionality of a full-blown desktop OS, especially for easy creation of animation.\n👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-27 16:08:28 +0200", "date": "4:08 p.m. on Jan 27, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/27/it-took-me.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F27%2Fit-took-me.html" }, { "id": 1341, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "From the AdamCYounis YouTube channel I got some important insights about character design with pixel art:\n smaller canvases are harder topdown is like looking down at 45° horizontal and vertical lines are key for coherent look clear pose beats realism 👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-27 10:18:03 +0200", "date": "10:18 p.m. on Jan 27, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/27/from-the-adamcyounis.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F27%2Ffrom-the-adamcyounis.html" }, { "id": 1342, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s pixel art self-prompt was cuteness.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-26 18:01:13 +0200", "date": "6:01 p.m. on Jan 26, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/26/todays-pixel-art.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F26%2Ftodays-pixel-art.html" }, { "id": 1343, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Finished reading: De mammoetjagers (De Aardkinderen) (Dutch Edition) by Jean M. Auel 📚 Definitely better than part 2!\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-25 19:36:20 +0200", "date": "7:36 p.m. on Jan 25, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/25/finished-reading-de.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F25%2Ffinished-reading-de.html" }, { "id": 1344, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Converting a \u0026ldquo;normal\u0026rdquo; perspective drawing into an isometric perspective drawing proves to be more challenging than I expected. Muttering 😖 on thru this pixel art mud. 👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-24 10:17:57 +0200", "date": "10:17 p.m. on Jan 24, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/24/converting-a-normal.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F24%2Fconverting-a-normal.html" }, { "id": 1345, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Many things are to be considered when drawing pixel art in isometric perspective. I should practice it, since it\u0026rsquo;s a prevalent perspective in 2D games nowadays, as far as I can see from following pixel artists online.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-23 10:20:22 +0200", "date": "10:20 p.m. on Jan 23, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/23/many-things-are.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F23%2Fmany-things-are.html" }, { "id": 1346, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: De mammoetjagers (De Aardkinderen) (Dutch Edition) by Jean M. Auel 📚\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-22 22:03:18 +0200", "date": "10:03 p.m. on Jan 22, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/22/currently-reading-de.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F22%2Fcurrently-reading-de.html" }, { "id": 1347, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose pixel art is best described as an art form where pixel placement matters most. Unlike digital natural medium art, in pixel art what you say and how you say it are the same.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-22 11:10:25 +0200", "date": "11:10 p.m. on Jan 22, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/22/i-suppose-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F22%2Fi-suppose-pixel.html" }, { "id": 1348, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Finished reading: De Vallei Van De Paarden (de Aardkinderen #2) by 📚 Hmm, not as strong as part 1, alas.\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-21 22:50:12 +0200", "date": "10:50 p.m. on Jan 21, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/21/finished-reading-de.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F21%2Ffinished-reading-de.html" }, { "id": 1349, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Some simplistic pixel art animations I made in the past two days.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-21 10:06:00 +0200", "date": "10:06 p.m. on Jan 21, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/21/some-simplistic-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F21%2Fsome-simplistic-pixel.html" }, { "id": 1350, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: De Vallei Van De Paarden (de Aardkinderen #2) by 📚 Liked the first part, let\u0026rsquo;s read the second.\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-20 13:06:22 +0200", "date": "1:06 p.m. on Jan 20, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/20/currently-reading-de.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F20%2Fcurrently-reading-de.html" }, { "id": 1351, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Finished reading: De Stam Van De Holenbeer by Jean Auel 📚 I enjoyed listening to this one; my eyes leaked, without being sick.\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-19 16:49:15 +0200", "date": "4:49 p.m. on Jan 19, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/19/finished-reading-de.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F19%2Ffinished-reading-de.html" }, { "id": 1352, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m not sure why it takes so long, but I guess that goes with the creative process; it\u0026rsquo;s not as straightforward as one would want.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-18 12:25:50 +0200", "date": "12:25 p.m. on Jan 18, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/18/im-not-sure.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F18%2Fim-not-sure.html" }, { "id": 1353, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Cat walk as 2-frames pixel art animation. Took me long enough.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\nI suppose 3 frames is the minimum.\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-16 12:32:00 +0200", "date": "12:32 p.m. on Jan 16, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/16/cat-walk-as.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F16%2Fcat-walk-as.html" }, { "id": 1354, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I picked one of the pencil sketches and turned it into pixel art, as practice. 👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-15 19:37:14 +0200", "date": "7:37 p.m. on Jan 15, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/15/i-picked-one.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F15%2Fi-picked-one.html" }, { "id": 1355, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Progress on my character design is slow, yet steady. 🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-15 16:55:08 +0200", "date": "4:55 p.m. on Jan 15, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/15/progress-on-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F15%2Fprogress-on-my.html" }, { "id": 1356, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Character design doesn’t come in a flash with me. It always has been a slow process, rather discouraging imo. I guess I’m not a glutton for details, which is a big drawback for creativity. 🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-15 12:38:55 +0200", "date": "12:38 p.m. on Jan 15, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/15/character-design-doesnt.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F15%2Fcharacter-design-doesnt.html" }, { "id": 1357, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: De Stam Van De Holenbeer by Jean Auel 📚\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-14 20:45:00 +0200", "date": "8:45 p.m. on Jan 14, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/14/currently-reading-de.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F14%2Fcurrently-reading-de.html" }, { "id": 1358, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Finished reading: Nederzettingen by Sanneke van Hassel 📚Niet mijn favoriet ☹️\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-14 18:10:49 +0200", "date": "6:10 p.m. on Jan 14, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/14/finished-reading-nederzettingen.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F14%2Ffinished-reading-nederzettingen.html" }, { "id": 1359, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Scaling down often means (partially) redrawing a pixel art drawing. 👾👨‍🎨🖥🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-14 13:59:33 +0200", "date": "1:59 p.m. on Jan 14, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/14/scaling-down-often.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F14%2Fscaling-down-often.html" }, { "id": 1360, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Donkey Kong on C64 (VICE on Raspberry Pi OS) 🕹💻👾🦍🗝\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-14 12:19:59 +0200", "date": "12:19 p.m. on Jan 14, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/14/donkey-kong-on.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F14%2Fdonkey-kong-on.html" }, { "id": 1361, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My flatbed scanner isn\u0026rsquo;t functional anymore, so I had to scan with iOS. After importing the doodle as a reference, I drew this critter in Pixaki. 👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-14 09:43:19 +0200", "date": "9:43 p.m. on Jan 14, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/14/my-flatbed-scanner.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F14%2Fmy-flatbed-scanner.html" }, { "id": 1362, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Had problems in Raspberry Pi OS entering special characters. I had to \u0026ldquo;Google\u0026rdquo; for them. No longer. GUCharMap to the rescue! 😍\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-13 20:51:00 +0200", "date": "8:51 p.m. on Jan 13, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/13/had-problems-in.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F13%2Fhad-problems-in.html" }, { "id": 1363, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Was interested in camera equipment for YouTube videos. My budget is \u0026lt; \u000e\u000e€150. The cheapest I could find via YouTube tutorials the Canon T7 (EOS 2000D) with kit lens for €570. Those aren\u0026rsquo;t beginner prices! Better for me to use an iPhone on a UBeesize tripod, €20. 📺\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-13 20:28:03 +0200", "date": "8:28 p.m. on Jan 13, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/13/was-interested-in.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F13%2Fwas-interested-in.html" }, { "id": 1364, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Great Scott, BTTF inspired pixel art, started on Linux GrafX2, completed on iPad Pixaki app. 160x144 px, 6 colors. 👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨🤓\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-12 15:46:15 +0200", "date": "3:46 p.m. on Jan 12, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/12/great-scott-bttf.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F12%2Fgreat-scott-bttf.html" }, { "id": 1365, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I made a 32x32 pixel image with GrafX2 on Linux, imported it via the Secure ShellFish app to my iPad, and refined it with the Pixaki app. 👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-12 14:11:42 +0200", "date": "2:11 p.m. on Jan 12, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/12/i-made-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F12%2Fi-made-a.html" }, { "id": 1366, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I still see people not wearing masks where they should. By this point I can’t call it ignorance anymore, but must see it as anti-social behavior. It’s about 15% of the population, the same amount that isn’t vaccinated as of yet. They might be the same defiant people. 🦠😷\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-12 10:48:28 +0200", "date": "10:48 p.m. on Jan 12, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/12/i-still-see.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F12%2Fi-still-see.html" }, { "id": 1367, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose this is how the sky presents itself in winter. Taken before sunrise, instant photo filter applied.\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-11 10:57:42 +0200", "date": "10:57 p.m. on Jan 11, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/11/i-suppose-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F11%2Fi-suppose-this.html" }, { "id": 1368, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Stylized cat in a hero pose. 👾🖥👨‍🎨🎨🐱 96px²\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-10 13:06:55 +0200", "date": "1:06 p.m. on Jan 10, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/10/stylized-cat-in.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F10%2Fstylized-cat-in.html" }, { "id": 1369, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I can easily spend 2 hours researching a simple question and not finding any answers. Google search isn\u0026rsquo;t as good as it used to be—I suspect foul play through SEO 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-09 23:10:47 +0200", "date": "11:10 p.m. on Jan 9, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/09/i-can-easily.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F09%2Fi-can-easily.html" }, { "id": 1370, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Developing C64 programs with Kick Assembler, VICE and Visual Studio Code on my Raspberry PI 400 😱 It\u0026rsquo;s a hassle, yet doable. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-09 16:31:06 +0200", "date": "4:31 p.m. on Jan 9, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/09/developing-c-programs.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F09%2Fdeveloping-c-programs.html" }, { "id": 1371, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "🐱 pixel art 🖥👨‍🎨🎨👾\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-09 10:50:00 +0200", "date": "10:50 p.m. on Jan 9, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/09/pixel-art.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F09%2Fpixel-art.html" }, { "id": 1372, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I wish y\u0026rsquo;all a happy 2022! 👾🖥🎨👨‍🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-06 11:31:00 +0200", "date": "11:31 p.m. on Jan 6, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/06/i-wish-yall.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F06%2Fi-wish-yall.html" }, { "id": 1373, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: Nederzettingen by Sanneke van Hassel 📚\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-05 21:51:13 +0200", "date": "9:51 p.m. on Jan 5, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/05/currently-reading-nederzettingen.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F05%2Fcurrently-reading-nederzettingen.html" }, { "id": 1374, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: De wensdagen by Patricia Wessels 📚\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-05 18:51:40 +0200", "date": "6:51 p.m. on Jan 5, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/05/currently-reading-de.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F05%2Fcurrently-reading-de.html" }, { "id": 1375, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Ran for the first time this year, after a fortnight break. It wasn’t easy, despite it being “only” 4 km 😓 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-05 11:17:43 +0200", "date": "11:17 p.m. on Jan 5, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/05/ran-for-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F05%2Fran-for-the.html" }, { "id": 1376, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Tracing still feels like cheating. Pixel art.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-03 12:47:46 +0200", "date": "12:47 p.m. on Jan 3, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/03/tracing-still-feels.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F03%2Ftracing-still-feels.html" }, { "id": 1377, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose understanding a face is half the (artistic) battle. Pixel art.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎨🎨\n", "dateiso": "2022-01-01 15:45:57 +0200", "date": "3:45 p.m. on Jan 1, 2022", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2022/01/01/i-suppose-understanding.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2022%2F01%2F01%2Fi-suppose-understanding.html" }, { "id": 1378, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "🤔 Good enough for now. I need to be less critical on myself while learning pixel art.\n👾 🖥👨‍🎓🎨👨‍🎨\n", "dateiso": "2021-12-31 17:29:10 +0200", "date": "5:29 p.m. on Dec 31, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/12/31/good-enough-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F12%2F31%2Fgood-enough-for.html" }, { "id": 1379, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I guess I don\u0026rsquo;t like fireworks thrown at my feet, however jolly it may be for others to see my discomfort. I pity any dog owners, though, despite drug induced canine relaxation. 😱 🎆 💊🐕 #newyearseve\n", "dateiso": "2021-12-31 14:51:37 +0200", "date": "2:51 p.m. on Dec 31, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/12/31/i-guess-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F12%2F31%2Fi-guess-i.html" }, { "id": 1380, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I wonder if it\u0026rsquo;s worth to continue working on the pixel portrait. 👾🎨\n", "dateiso": "2021-12-31 10:41:43 +0200", "date": "10:41 p.m. on Dec 31, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/12/31/i-wonder-if.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F12%2F31%2Fi-wonder-if.html" }, { "id": 1381, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Another approach for another day.\n👾 🎨\n", "dateiso": "2021-12-29 13:09:47 +0200", "date": "1:09 p.m. on Dec 29, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/12/29/another-approach-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F12%2F29%2Fanother-approach-for.html" }, { "id": 1382, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose every obscure famous person (fame is ephemeral) has a fansite. I just draw \u0026lsquo;em in pixels. 👾🎨\n", "dateiso": "2021-12-28 20:03:00 +0200", "date": "8:03 p.m. on Dec 28, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/12/28/i-suppose-every.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F12%2F28%2Fi-suppose-every.html" }, { "id": 1383, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Got my festive covid booster on second Christmas day. Had to travel a bit to get there. Previous times were a brief walk from where I live. 💉\n", "dateiso": "2021-12-26 16:30:00 +0200", "date": "4:30 p.m. on Dec 26, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/12/26/got-my-festive.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F12%2F26%2Fgot-my-festive.html" }, { "id": 1384, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Dipping my toe into Khan Academy\u0026rsquo;s electrical engineering course, slowly though.\n", "dateiso": "2021-12-21 11:38:42 +0200", "date": "11:38 p.m. on Dec 21, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/12/21/dipping-my-toe.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F12%2F21%2Fdipping-my-toe.html" }, { "id": 1385, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Another “unbreakable” elastic band has snapped. Promoting myself from green to blue.\n", "dateiso": "2021-12-14 09:06:25 +0200", "date": "9:06 p.m. on Dec 14, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/12/14/another-unbreakable-elastic.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F12%2F14%2Fanother-unbreakable-elastic.html" }, { "id": 1386, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I kept (binge-)watching this one Youtuber, so I thought it only fair to support him on Patreon. I suppose this is how it works, but I\u0026rsquo;m not sure 🤔 I\u0026rsquo;ve supported before, only to find out I felt pity on the creator, which actually is a bad reason, since pity is always temporary.\n", "dateiso": "2021-12-11 13:49:56 +0200", "date": "1:49 p.m. on Dec 11, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/12/11/i-kept-bingewatching.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F12%2F11%2Fi-kept-bingewatching.html" }, { "id": 1387, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Nudging readers to a new blog will be challenging. I can\u0026rsquo;t force them, and there are only a handful to begin with. Maybe that\u0026rsquo;s a blessing, since those who are still reading probably do so with good reason.\n", "dateiso": "2021-12-11 09:06:41 +0200", "date": "9:06 p.m. on Dec 11, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/12/11/nudging-readers-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F12%2F11%2Fnudging-readers-to.html" }, { "id": 1388, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m in that part of my Go language course where things might get confusing. That would be pointer arithmetic ‍😱 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-12-09 10:49:00 +0200", "date": "10:49 p.m. on Dec 9, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/12/09/im-in-that.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F12%2F09%2Fim-in-that.html" }, { "id": 1389, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The new premium feature of newsletters by micro.blog seems to be for those who use the blogging service for some kind of professional use, or, at least, for some kind of business or side-business. I still have to get one of those, so I\u0026rsquo;ll pass, same as for podcasts.\n", "dateiso": "2021-12-07 09:34:59 +0200", "date": "9:34 p.m. on Dec 7, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/12/07/the-new-premium.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F12%2F07%2Fthe-new-premium.html" }, { "id": 1390, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I 😊 can has Go on iPad running on Pi 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-12-05 19:00:43 +0200", "date": "7:00 p.m. on Dec 5, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/12/05/i-can-has.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F12%2F05%2Fi-can-has.html" }, { "id": 1391, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This new Go course on Udemy is much better suited for me, at least, so far. The presenter is not cutting corners and patiently digs into each line of code to explain the underlying concepts 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-12-03 08:37:17 +0200", "date": "8:37 p.m. on Dec 3, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/12/03/this-new-go.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F12%2F03%2Fthis-new-go.html" }, { "id": 1392, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I found another Udemy course on the Go programming language. This one was rated high too. Second time’s a charm? 🤔 Courses are a bit of a 💩 shoot. Loads of flyby nights and copycats out there, only a few gems. I suppose that’s how things usually are in a free marketplace.\n", "dateiso": "2021-12-02 15:55:28 +0200", "date": "3:55 p.m. on Dec 2, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/12/02/i-found-another.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F12%2F02%2Fi-found-another.html" }, { "id": 1393, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I bought a course on Udemy on Go, and I regret buying it. It turns out, the author skips a lot of essential material to get to the point. The code does run, but users are confused about the lessons. I guess I\u0026rsquo;ll ask for a refund, if there is one.\n", "dateiso": "2021-12-01 19:13:23 +0200", "date": "7:13 p.m. on Dec 1, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/12/01/i-bought-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F12%2F01%2Fi-bought-a.html" }, { "id": 1394, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I ran my marathon Sunday November 28 in a cold, somewhat wet, yet blistering (puddles) 3:59:06🥇\nIt was over six years ago I ran my previous, so this one could\u0026rsquo;ve been my first, physically, not mentally, because your first marathon is special, precious, with tears and crying. 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-11-29 06:01:13 +0200", "date": "6:01 p.m. on Nov 29, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/11/29/i-ran-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F11%2F29%2Fi-ran-my.html" }, { "id": 1395, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "We had some nightly frost where I live in the Netherlands 🥶😄\n", "dateiso": "2021-11-27 09:34:08 +0200", "date": "9:34 p.m. on Nov 27, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/11/27/we-had-some.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F11%2F27%2Fwe-had-some.html" }, { "id": 1396, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "www.udemy.com\n I\u0026rsquo;ve enrolled in this course on Udemy (with a discount). Seems interesting. Learn Go for Beginners Crash Course (Golang)\n ", "dateiso": "2021-11-27 07:50:22 +0200", "date": "7:50 p.m. on Nov 27, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/11/27/wwwudemycom-ive-enrolled.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F11%2F27%2Fwwwudemycom-ive-enrolled.html" }, { "id": 1397, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Trying to teach myself the Go language. I\u0026rsquo;m still lacking a pet project to bring me to the next level of beginner Go programmer 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-11-26 11:50:20 +0200", "date": "11:50 p.m. on Nov 26, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/11/26/trying-to-teach.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F11%2F26%2Ftrying-to-teach.html" }, { "id": 1398, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: Time Riders Collection By Alex Scarrow 9 Books Set Pack (TimeRiders) by Alex Scarrow 📚\n", "dateiso": "2021-11-25 07:55:53 +0200", "date": "7:55 p.m. on Nov 25, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/11/25/currently-reading-time.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F11%2F25%2Fcurrently-reading-time.html" }, { "id": 1399, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ve upgraded my Raspberry Pi 4 to the newest OS, 11 Bullseye, and reinstalled the third-party software. What I like is that new updates are automatically shown in the task bar. No longer needlessly typing sudo apt update. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-11-24 20:04:48 +0200", "date": "8:04 p.m. on Nov 24, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/11/24/ive-upgraded-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F11%2F24%2Five-upgraded-my.html" }, { "id": 1400, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Because I had to wait for mail delivery at an unknown time (no tracking code), I picked today to upgrade my Raspberry Pi OS 4 to version 11, Bullseye. A fresh install was recommended, and I had to do it 2x, over slow 30 Mbps WIFI. The latter will get a better router soon, I hope.\n", "dateiso": "2021-11-23 16:09:37 +0200", "date": "4:09 p.m. on Nov 23, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/11/23/because-i-had.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F11%2F23%2Fbecause-i-had.html" }, { "id": 1401, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Finished reading: Echt Zwaar : Hoe De Natuurkunde Met De Zwaartekracht Worstelt by Martijn van Calmthout 📚Een vermakelijk boek over een gecompliceerd onderwerp.\n", "dateiso": "2021-11-22 13:13:23 +0200", "date": "1:13 p.m. on Nov 22, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/11/22/finished-reading-echt.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F11%2F22%2Ffinished-reading-echt.html" }, { "id": 1402, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m seriously contemplating doing explosive power strength training with a personal trainer for better results on the marathon. It\u0026rsquo;s only the finances that\u0026rsquo;s a big hurdle, since it costs around €85/month for 6 months (+€59 administrative fee), after which I can cancel per month.\n", "dateiso": "2021-11-18 14:33:41 +0200", "date": "2:33 p.m. on Nov 18, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/11/18/im-seriously-contemplating.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F11%2F18%2Fim-seriously-contemplating.html" }, { "id": 1403, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It’s dark outside.\n", "dateiso": "2021-11-10 19:45:59 +0200", "date": "7:45 p.m. on Nov 10, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/11/10/its-dark-outside.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F11%2F10%2Fits-dark-outside.html" }, { "id": 1404, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Finding out that micro∙blog’s bookshelf is very, very US-centric, to a fault, compared to 90% of the rest of human civilization and book culture.\n", "dateiso": "2021-11-10 13:07:10 +0200", "date": "1:07 p.m. on Nov 10, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/11/10/finding-out-that.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F11%2F10%2Ffinding-out-that.html" }, { "id": 1405, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: Echt Zwaar : Hoe De Natuurkunde Met De Zwaartekracht Worstelt by Martijn van Calmthout 📚🇳🇱\n", "dateiso": "2021-11-10 13:01:37 +0200", "date": "1:01 p.m. on Nov 10, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/11/10/currently-reading-echt.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F11%2F10%2Fcurrently-reading-echt.html" }, { "id": 1406, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "FEED ME! 🐱\n", "dateiso": "2021-11-09 15:53:47 +0200", "date": "3:53 p.m. on Nov 9, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/11/09/feed-me.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F11%2F09%2Ffeed-me.html" }, { "id": 1407, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The only 2022 winter or spring marathon that\u0026rsquo;s available to me was almost full, so I registered myself with an early bird entry. It\u0026rsquo;s the Two Rivers Marathon on February 6, 2022. It\u0026rsquo;s my first time running there. It will be 10 weeks after my next marathon on November 28, 2021. 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-11-08 15:07:17 +0200", "date": "3:07 p.m. on Nov 8, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/11/08/the-only-winter.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F11%2F08%2Fthe-only-winter.html" }, { "id": 1408, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I thought I found an interesting blog by an ultrarunner, except the last post was by his wife, telling the reader this person died of a heart attack. Gulp! 😖 Life is precious, folks. One day may be your last. Better spend it doing what you love most.\n", "dateiso": "2021-11-07 10:42:38 +0200", "date": "10:42 p.m. on Nov 7, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/11/07/i-thought-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F11%2F07%2Fi-thought-i.html" }, { "id": 1409, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Since nothing is happening in my life without cause, I guess I’ll have to challenge myself with 100 story ideas.\n", "dateiso": "2021-11-03 12:26:43 +0200", "date": "12:26 p.m. on Nov 3, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/11/03/since-nothing-is.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F11%2F03%2Fsince-nothing-is.html" }, { "id": 1410, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "While only strongly advised ATM, I\u0026rsquo;m wearing a mask 😷 inside grocery shops again. It will be mandatory next Saturday, plus stricter access rules for crowded places with a QR code app or printout, to nudge people into vaccination, which is far more practical than holding out 🇳🇱\n", "dateiso": "2021-11-03 11:37:51 +0200", "date": "11:37 p.m. on Nov 3, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/11/03/while-only-strongly.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F11%2F03%2Fwhile-only-strongly.html" }, { "id": 1411, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose I can unsubscribe from Dr Who podcasts now, since one glance at episode 1 of series 13 was enough to be no longer interested in the show.\n", "dateiso": "2021-10-31 21:18:16 +0200", "date": "9:18 p.m. on Oct 31, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/10/31/i-suppose-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F10%2F31%2Fi-suppose-i.html" }, { "id": 1412, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I did my third long run in preparation of a marathon on November 28, 2021. A marathon under 4 hours is feasible, as is one under 3h45'. The reason it was so much easier this time is that I ate more protein for recovery. It did wonders, slept like a rose, woke up ready to go! 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-10-30 14:43:35 +0200", "date": "2:43 p.m. on Oct 30, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/10/30/i-did-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F10%2F30%2Fi-did-my.html" }, { "id": 1413, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: Gulliver\u0026rsquo;s Travels (Wordsworth Classics) by Jonathan Swift 📚\n", "dateiso": "2021-10-28 17:31:34 +0200", "date": "5:31 p.m. on Oct 28, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/10/28/currently-reading-gullivers.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F10%2F28%2Fcurrently-reading-gullivers.html" }, { "id": 1414, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Finished reading: Het beste van Bommel / 2 Heer Bommel overtreft zichzelf / druk 1 by 📚\n Zeer vermakelijk, als je begrijpt wat ik bedoel.\n ", "dateiso": "2021-10-28 09:31:37 +0200", "date": "9:31 p.m. on Oct 28, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/10/28/finished-reading-het.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F10%2F28%2Ffinished-reading-het.html" }, { "id": 1415, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Making my small town garden winter-ready. Still time to do some planting before December.\n", "dateiso": "2021-10-26 09:38:09 +0200", "date": "9:38 p.m. on Oct 26, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/10/26/making-my-small.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F10%2F26%2Fmaking-my-small.html" }, { "id": 1416, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I can see myself doing this exercise weekly. I guess this will be the only one to share, for now, because I already feel self-conscious about it. Still, I\u0026rsquo;m curious if it\u0026rsquo;ll get better over the months to come. Hopefully, by next year, I\u0026rsquo;ll be able to join NaNoWriMo with a plot.\n", "dateiso": "2021-10-23 07:29:32 +0200", "date": "7:29 p.m. on Oct 23, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/10/23/i-can-see.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F10%2F23%2Fi-can-see.html" }, { "id": 1417, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "No idea if this will generate a plot for a story, but I’ll try it tomorrow.\n", "dateiso": "2021-10-22 21:12:33 +0200", "date": "9:12 p.m. on Oct 22, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/10/22/no-idea-if.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F10%2F22%2Fno-idea-if.html" }, { "id": 1418, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 📚\n", "dateiso": "2021-10-22 16:45:31 +0200", "date": "4:45 p.m. on Oct 22, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/10/22/currently-reading-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F10%2F22%2Fcurrently-reading-the.html" }, { "id": 1419, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "How to write a story…\nI have no clue. It’s a nice notebook, though. Maybe I need stickers to improve my storytelling chops. No clue who sells those, stationery shops? Are those still around?\n", "dateiso": "2021-10-22 14:05:00 +0200", "date": "2:05 p.m. on Oct 22, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/10/22/how-to-write.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F10%2F22%2Fhow-to-write.html" }, { "id": 1420, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Read an article in my local free newspaper about a recent war movie on Netflix, The Forgotten Battle (Slag om de Schelde). It\u0026rsquo;s about the WW II battle for the river Scheldt after D-day. Here\u0026rsquo;s a good YT review for you (spoiler free, even though it\u0026rsquo;s based on real events).\n", "dateiso": "2021-10-20 18:12:12 +0200", "date": "6:12 p.m. on Oct 20, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/10/20/read-an-article.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F10%2F20%2Fread-an-article.html" }, { "id": 1421, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Did a 10 mile hike along my hometown’s harbor and sluice with its drawbridge. Very industrial and noisy, not really for tourists, although, there’s a separated single sidewalk, and, partially, separated bike lanes on each side of the road for the 5000 people who work here.\n", "dateiso": "2021-10-20 17:15:56 +0200", "date": "5:15 p.m. on Oct 20, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/10/20/did-a-mile.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F10%2F20%2Fdid-a-mile.html" }, { "id": 1422, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: Galileo\u0026rsquo;s Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science by Peter Atkins 📚\n", "dateiso": "2021-10-19 15:48:25 +0200", "date": "3:48 p.m. on Oct 19, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/10/19/currently-reading-galileos.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F10%2F19%2Fcurrently-reading-galileos.html" }, { "id": 1423, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose today will be a show of strength of character, as with a very tired body I\u0026rsquo;m going to run a 10 km race in Utrecht, the Netherlands, called Maliebaanloop. It\u0026rsquo;s 4+ hour of travel for a 50 minutes 🏃 race. I expect to be exhausted when I come home.\n", "dateiso": "2021-10-17 06:10:55 +0200", "date": "6:10 p.m. on Oct 17, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/10/17/i-suppose-today.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F10%2F17%2Fi-suppose-today.html" }, { "id": 1424, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m doing a kind of dress rehearsal for a marathon, by doing a 32 km long run today, 10 km race tomorrow. I didn\u0026rsquo;t sleep well, woke up at 4:30 am, for a run starting slightly before 7 am, in the dark. The sun\u0026rsquo;ll rise after 8 am. To say I\u0026rsquo;m nervous is an understatement 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-10-16 05:07:29 +0200", "date": "5:07 p.m. on Oct 16, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/10/16/im-doing-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F10%2F16%2Fim-doing-a.html" }, { "id": 1425, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Chimney with industrial heritage status. I’m sure many oldtimers’ memories will be sparked by the smell of cleaning alcohol, which its factory produced until the early 2000s.\n", "dateiso": "2021-10-15 14:50:52 +0200", "date": "2:50 p.m. on Oct 15, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/10/15/chimney-with-industrial.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F10%2F15%2Fchimney-with-industrial.html" }, { "id": 1426, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Another shooting in my hometown. Luckily, this time I wasn’t near the incident. I suspect the Belgian maffia has been busy eliminating bad actors in their Dutch crime ring, or something. One man died yesterday after being shot in the head Tuesday.\n", "dateiso": "2021-10-14 19:06:45 +0200", "date": "7:06 p.m. on Oct 14, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/10/14/another-shooting-in.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F10%2F14%2Fanother-shooting-in.html" }, { "id": 1427, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I’m spotting spots on spots 🐱\n", "dateiso": "2021-10-13 17:36:46 +0200", "date": "5:36 p.m. on Oct 13, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/10/13/im-spotting-spots.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F10%2F13%2Fim-spotting-spots.html" }, { "id": 1428, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Just back from my yearly flu-shot. Also, two shootings, one only a few hundred meters away. It happened while I was walking to the GP\u0026rsquo;s office. Today was a day of shootings/shots in my little hometown 🤔\n", "dateiso": "2021-10-12 19:42:43 +0200", "date": "7:42 p.m. on Oct 12, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/10/12/just-back-from.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F10%2F12%2Fjust-back-from.html" }, { "id": 1429, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Wow, Apple iTunes and Juice Receiver as suggested free podcasting apps, back in 2010. Both are kinda defunct, 11 years later. How things chance in podcast-land, and keep changing. Also notice, no https, anywhere.\n", "dateiso": "2021-10-12 17:43:32 +0200", "date": "5:43 p.m. on Oct 12, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/10/12/wow-apple-itunes.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F10%2F12%2Fwow-apple-itunes.html" }, { "id": 1430, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "There was a ghastly cold fog 2⁴ days past the second equinox 🌫\n", "dateiso": "2021-10-08 18:36:44 +0200", "date": "6:36 p.m. on Oct 8, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/10/08/there-was-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F10%2F08%2Fthere-was-a.html" }, { "id": 1431, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: Winter-bloei by Jan Hendrik Wolkers 📚\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-30 12:12:04 +0200", "date": "12:12 p.m. on Sep 30, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/30/currently-reading-winterbloei.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F30%2Fcurrently-reading-winterbloei.html" }, { "id": 1432, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Prompt list for Inktober 2021 Classic, 31 ink drawings for 31 days.\nThere\u0026rsquo;s also a Inktober 52 going on, one ink drawing for every week of 2021, for more dedicated inkers.\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-30 10:00:50 +0200", "date": "10:00 p.m. on Sep 30, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/30/prompt-list-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F30%2Fprompt-list-for.html" }, { "id": 1433, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My hometown Bergen op Zoom has a strong relationship with the river Scheldt and its estuary with the North Sea. This hopefully explains the three crabs 🦀, which represent the inhabitants in this cast iron statue by Kees Keizer.\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-29 17:37:06 +0200", "date": "5:37 p.m. on Sep 29, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/29/my-hometown-bergen.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F29%2Fmy-hometown-bergen.html" }, { "id": 1434, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Vet visit 🐱 He’s rather well-behaved.\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-29 13:52:08 +0200", "date": "1:52 p.m. on Sep 29, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/29/vet-visit-hes.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F29%2Fvet-visit-hes.html" }, { "id": 1435, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Is resemblance the same as being related? 🐱\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-26 11:36:19 +0200", "date": "11:36 p.m. on Sep 26, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/26/is-resemblance-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F26%2Fis-resemblance-the.html" }, { "id": 1436, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I believe this lovely 😊 flower is called Policeman’s Helmet in English. I saw it today on my run and stopped to make a (live) photo. 🏃🌸 🌱\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-25 16:16:41 +0200", "date": "4:16 p.m. on Sep 25, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/25/i-believe-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F25%2Fi-believe-this.html" }, { "id": 1437, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "As expected, the impossible-to-tear elastic band for strength training tore from me using it for exercises. Now advancing to the green band.\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-25 08:17:38 +0200", "date": "8:17 p.m. on Sep 25, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/25/as-expected-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F25%2Fas-expected-the.html" }, { "id": 1438, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Clearly, not meant for senior citizens, though I am one, at age 61, clearly. Still,💦⛰⛏ 💦 ➡️ 🧱🧱 🤪 Right?\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-24 18:28:20 +0200", "date": "6:28 p.m. on Sep 24, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/24/clearly-not-meant.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F24%2Fclearly-not-meant.html" }, { "id": 1439, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Commenting on Strava instead of a thumbs-up takes a lot more time, especially because I want it to mean something, and have to dig into an athlete\u0026rsquo;s history. I personally don\u0026rsquo;t fave anymore, because I now see it as bookmarking in public, no longer as a sign of encouragement 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-24 08:56:12 +0200", "date": "8:56 p.m. on Sep 24, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/24/commenting-on-strava.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F24%2Fcommenting-on-strava.html" }, { "id": 1440, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This may sound strange, but I bought two pairs of trousers earlier today, and these were the smallest sizes available, width-wise, and there were only two in stock. Apparently, fashion stores have adapted to the obesity epidemic of the Industrialized World.\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-22 19:10:11 +0200", "date": "7:10 p.m. on Sep 22, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/22/this-may-sound.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F22%2Fthis-may-sound.html" }, { "id": 1441, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "And then I came across this sign that says it wants to help the endangered wild bee 🐝 population by providing pollen and nectar through wild flowers in a wasteland area that won’t be cultivated nor developed on purpose. Also, I see many pave their city gardens for convenience.\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-22 13:28:09 +0200", "date": "1:28 p.m. on Sep 22, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/22/and-then-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F22%2Fand-then-i.html" }, { "id": 1442, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "If you pay attention you could see a lot of interesting stuff 😍 along your city walk🚶🏼\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-22 13:19:05 +0200", "date": "1:19 p.m. on Sep 22, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/22/if-you-pay.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F22%2Fif-you-pay.html" }, { "id": 1443, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Too bad I can\u0026rsquo;t seem to find an app or web service to alert me of price drops on Amazon.nl. All work with other locales, just not .nl.\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-20 14:09:49 +0200", "date": "2:09 p.m. on Sep 20, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/20/too-bad-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F20%2Ftoo-bad-i.html" }, { "id": 1444, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "As per @danielpunkass\u0026rsquo;s post about 🍞, there\u0026rsquo;s The Fresh Loaf - A Community of Amateur Bakers and Artisan Bread Enthusiasts to consider if you\u0026rsquo;re into making your own and want to advance with the help of other enthusiasts.\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-20 08:08:00 +0200", "date": "8:08 p.m. on Sep 20, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/20/as-per-danielpunkass.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F20%2Fas-per-danielpunkass.html" }, { "id": 1445, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The YouTube live stream of the launch of Inspiration4 has started.\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-15 21:52:02 +0200", "date": "9:52 p.m. on Sep 15, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/15/the-youtube-live.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F15%2Fthe-youtube-live.html" }, { "id": 1446, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Inspiration4 is expected to launch 🚀 later today for a 3-day low Earth orbit stay in space. It’s the first all-civilian crew in a Crew Dragon launched on top of a SpaceX Falcon-9 launcher. They’ll circle the Earth above the ISS, and hopefully make space available to everyone.\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-15 14:13:54 +0200", "date": "2:13 p.m. on Sep 15, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/15/inspiration-is-expected.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F15%2Finspiration-is-expected.html" }, { "id": 1447, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Thinking about consumerism… I have no need for new gadgets, so I\u0026rsquo;ll skip Apple\u0026rsquo;s presentation today. It\u0026rsquo;s just another sales pitch to unload some of the burden of having disposable income, preying on FOMO of the tech and adjacent enthusiasts. This is how I rationalize it 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-14 10:34:11 +0200", "date": "10:34 p.m. on Sep 14, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/14/thinking-about-consumerism.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F14%2Fthinking-about-consumerism.html" }, { "id": 1448, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: Het beste van Bommel / 2 Heer Bommel overtreft zichzelf / druk 1 by 📚\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-13 18:29:14 +0200", "date": "6:29 p.m. on Sep 13, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/13/currently-reading-het.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F13%2Fcurrently-reading-het.html" }, { "id": 1449, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "And then everything broke, SMB, SSH, on my Pi. So I removed all the software, turned off the services. Should teach me not to install 3rd-party software. Back to file exchange via USB-sticks.\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-11 17:41:00 +0200", "date": "5:41 p.m. on Sep 11, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/11/and-then-everything.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F11%2Fand-then-everything.html" }, { "id": 1450, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The official Hugo primer is already way above my pay grade. The intro by Mike Dane is much gentler, and doesn\u0026rsquo;t assume any prior knowledge as the official primer seems to do. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-11 15:03:00 +0200", "date": "3:03 p.m. on Sep 11, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/11/the-official-hugo.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F11%2Fthe-official-hugo.html" }, { "id": 1451, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I can has Remote Desktop Access to my Pi 🥧 now, with TeamViewer for personal use (free) 🤓 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-11 09:10:00 +0200", "date": "9:10 p.m. on Sep 11, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/11/i-can-has.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F11%2Fi-can-has.html" }, { "id": 1452, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "According to both my calculated fat percentage and BMI I\u0026rsquo;m no longer overweight, nor obese: 75 kg, 1.74 m. 🏃 Good position to be in for my upcoming marathon, November 28. I lost 18 kg (40 lbs), or half my body fat mass, in 17 weeks.\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-10 08:53:25 +0200", "date": "8:53 p.m. on Sep 10, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/10/according-to-both.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F10%2Faccording-to-both.html" }, { "id": 1453, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "And my dresser is assembled, in around three hours. Very pleased with myself, and the result, of course 😍 Again, such a good find last Monday, after almost giving up the furniture hunt. 🏠\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-09 17:18:00 +0200", "date": "5:18 p.m. on Sep 9, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/09/and-my-dresser.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F09%2Fand-my-dresser.html" }, { "id": 1454, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Medieval city prison, at the then city limit, called the “Gevangenpoort\u0026quot;, or prisoners’ gate.\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-09 10:16:38 +0200", "date": "10:16 p.m. on Sep 9, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/09/medieval-city-prison.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F09%2Fmedieval-city-prison.html" }, { "id": 1455, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "32 pages for assembling a dresser seems daunting to me, having little experience with turning flatpacks into furniture. However, I\u0026rsquo;m low on funds, so paying someone else to do it must wait a month. Alternatively, I do it myself, today… 😱 That didn\u0026rsquo;t go well the previous time 😔 🏠\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-09 07:22:00 +0200", "date": "7:22 p.m. on Sep 9, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/09/pages-for-assembling.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F09%2Fpages-for-assembling.html" }, { "id": 1456, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Went hunting for a dresser with my sister, and I found a bargain which appealed to me. Only problem, it came as two flat packs, and Maahir 🐱 eats cardboard “for breakfast.” So I had to roll them into a blanket for now, until I can pay someone to put them together into a dresser. 🏠\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-06 19:05:00 +0200", "date": "7:05 p.m. on Sep 6, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/06/went-hunting-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F06%2Fwent-hunting-for.html" }, { "id": 1457, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "💡When in doubt about a feature on Linux Desktop, try the Windows equivalent. My question was: \u0026ldquo;What key combo is used to switch between apps?\u0026rdquo; Alt+Tab on both Windows and Linux Desktop 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-06 09:43:39 +0200", "date": "9:43 p.m. on Sep 6, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/06/when-in-doubt.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F06%2Fwhen-in-doubt.html" }, { "id": 1458, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Web coding in Hugo, while watching a YouTube video on the page generated by the local Hugo server, running on my brand new Raspberry Pi 400. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-05 18:52:51 +0200", "date": "6:52 p.m. on Sep 5, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/05/web-coding-in.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F05%2Fweb-coding-in.html" }, { "id": 1459, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My Noob experience with web dev, sort of. Using Rasberry Pi 400 for web development – part 1 – So much to do, so little time\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-04 20:41:32 +0200", "date": "8:41 p.m. on Sep 4, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/04/my-noob-experience.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F04%2Fmy-noob-experience.html" }, { "id": 1460, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m clearly an expert at couching my words 🤣\nTomorrow I\u0026rsquo;ll start studying web development using the Hugo templating language, after \u0026ldquo;only\u0026rdquo; four days of prep, and little sleep. The rest of the day is reserved for taking it easy, recovery.\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-04 11:28:08 +0200", "date": "11:28 p.m. on Sep 4, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/04/im-clearly-an.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F04%2Fim-clearly-an.html" }, { "id": 1461, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It\u0026rsquo;s nice to have extra space instead of the stock 16 GiB that comes with the Raspberry Pi 400. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-03 23:04:15 +0200", "date": "11:04 p.m. on Sep 3, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/03/its-nice-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F03%2Fits-nice-to.html" }, { "id": 1462, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Since Linux Desktop has limited support for emoji and no good input method editor (IME) I could find, I\u0026rsquo;ll have to use a cheat sheet with Unicodes. Most emoji are unsupported, though, which is a shame. To enter, press the ctrl+shift+u key combo, followed by the hex-digits. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-03 18:13:18 +0200", "date": "6:13 p.m. on Sep 3, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/03/since-linux-desktop.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F03%2Fsince-linux-desktop.html" }, { "id": 1463, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Golang 1.11 successfully installed…\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-03 11:51:52 +0200", "date": "11:51 p.m. on Sep 3, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/03/golang-successfully-installed.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F03%2Fgolang-successfully-installed.html" }, { "id": 1464, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Writing a long form post about my experiences learning how to modify micro∙blog themes… I expect part 1 to be out some time next week. I have the computer set up, software all installed. There\u0026rsquo;s education ahead! 😃👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-02 07:54:28 +0200", "date": "7:54 p.m. on Sep 2, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/02/writing-a-long.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F02%2Fwriting-a-long.html" }, { "id": 1465, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m typing this post on my Raspberry Pi 400, using Firefox instead of Chrome. I have no sound, and tomorrow I will visit the local shop where I bought my monitor for a solution. It\u0026rsquo;s no biggie, as a dev machine, but I want sound anyway.\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-01 18:23:23 +0200", "date": "6:23 p.m. on Sep 1, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/01/im-typing-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F01%2Fim-typing-this.html" }, { "id": 1466, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Found this beauty alongside a bike path on my 🏃 Already yesterday, but I forgot to take a picture then, awestruck as I was 🌸 I\u0026rsquo;m told it\u0026rsquo;s an evening primrose.\n", "dateiso": "2021-09-01 08:23:00 +0200", "date": "8:23 p.m. on Sep 1, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/09/01/found-this-beauty.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F01%2Ffound-this-beauty.html" }, { "id": 1467, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I already have a monitor for my Raspberry PI4 (will arrive tomorrow). It\u0026rsquo;s the Full HD LCD-monitor 243V7QDSB/00 - Philips. I\u0026rsquo;m about ready to start some serious programming—well studying for it, anyway. 🙏 @sod for pointing me in the right direction. BTW I\u0026rsquo;m such a worry ward.\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-31 15:56:37 +0200", "date": "3:56 p.m. on Aug 31, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/31/i-already-have.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F31%2Fi-already-have.html" }, { "id": 1468, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Just got hand delivered mail, a letter and a bar of chocolate. Guess what the fate of that bar is? Spoiler: not my stomach.\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-31 12:12:27 +0200", "date": "12:12 p.m. on Aug 31, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/31/just-got-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F31%2Fjust-got-a.html" }, { "id": 1469, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Trying to understand the templating language behind micro∙blog is hurting my brain. I have really no idea how to tackle my problem of site navigation, where the previous post is out of scope of the current section—or the next post if the current post is last in its section. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-30 19:55:04 +0200", "date": "7:55 p.m. on Aug 30, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/30/trying-to-understand.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F30%2Ftrying-to-understand.html" }, { "id": 1470, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I filed two bug reports in the MB Help forum:\n Bug report - single quote in Posts search creates error message Bug report - emoji in web interface not working properly /cc @help\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-30 07:52:29 +0200", "date": "7:52 p.m. on Aug 30, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/30/i-filed-two.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F30%2Fi-filed-two.html" }, { "id": 1471, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Went for a bike ride of 28 km, with at 10 km a brief walk of 5 km in a forest I hadn’t been before. So I came prepared with a route on my Garmin Forerunner 245 sports watch. On my bike ride back I got lost, so I used my iPhone with Apple Maps to get home.🚶🏼\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-29 17:31:23 +0200", "date": "5:31 p.m. on Aug 29, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/29/went-for-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F29%2Fwent-for-a.html" }, { "id": 1472, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My new avatar for my Dutch running blog, fully 1 implemented as favicon. Many thanks to @sod in MB help, who was invaluable in pulling this off. The pixel art was drawn in Pixaki on iPad.\n except for the favicon.ico image file\u0026#160;\u0026#x21a9;\u0026#xfe0e;\n ", "dateiso": "2021-08-29 09:33:53 +0200", "date": "9:33 p.m. on Aug 29, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/29/my-new-avatar.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F29%2Fmy-new-avatar.html" }, { "id": 1473, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This article came up from my search: \u0026ldquo;Why do I want to understand other people?\u0026rdquo; Nothing earth-shattering or novel, but useful to be aware of, in case you (read: I) weren\u0026rsquo;t. Why do people overshare? The psychology behind revealing personal details TL;DR 😭〰🙄🧘‍♂️™️ℹ️❓🤐\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-29 06:17:45 +0200", "date": "6:17 p.m. on Aug 29, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/29/this-article-came.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F29%2Fthis-article-came.html" }, { "id": 1474, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The pagoda in the city park of Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands. Each ring represents a century after the founding of the city. Erected in 1987, designed by Dutch sculptor Arie Berkulin. Photo by me, today.\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-27 18:35:11 +0200", "date": "6:35 p.m. on Aug 27, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/27/the-pagoda-in.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F27%2Fthe-pagoda-in.html" }, { "id": 1475, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Thanks through persistence of the help forum I got my new blog whipped into shape, me kicking and screaming STS 😆 Only thing now is that some of the relative URLs have been auto-transformed into full URLs to my MB URL, so they lead to the subdomain instead my own domain. 🛠⌨️\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-26 15:25:12 +0200", "date": "3:25 p.m. on Aug 26, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/26/thanks-through-persistence.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F26%2Fthanks-through-persistence.html" }, { "id": 1476, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "No wonder obesitas is so prevalent in developed countries. My self-prepared lunch was far less caloric and much healthier too. Also, ugly, uninspired architecture! Typical motel you can find in any western country, but I guess that\u0026rsquo;s the point here.\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-25 18:54:58 +0200", "date": "6:54 p.m. on Aug 25, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/25/no-wonder-obesitas.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F25%2Fno-wonder-obesitas.html" }, { "id": 1477, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Since I failed the tutorial on MB Help to add a favicon to a test site, I thought I need to remedy my lack of understanding of basic web developed. W3Schools told me I also need to invest in a laptop computer, since I can’t resize on an iDevice. Like money grows on trees! 😠\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-25 08:47:59 +0200", "date": "8:47 p.m. on Aug 25, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/25/since-i-failed.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F25%2Fsince-i-failed.html" }, { "id": 1478, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Not sure if this qualifies as a favicon. It\u0026rsquo;s 32 x 32 pixels. 👾🎨\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-24 17:34:00 +0200", "date": "5:34 p.m. on Aug 24, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/24/not-sure-if.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F24%2Fnot-sure-if.html" }, { "id": 1479, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Had to share this one from 2008. Numbers 1, 11, and 111! You don\u0026rsquo;t get to see that very often in a running road race. 🔢 🏃 Also, total toddler 👶 cuteness there.\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-23 18:37:08 +0200", "date": "6:37 p.m. on Aug 23, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/23/had-to-share.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F23%2Fhad-to-share.html" }, { "id": 1480, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I jogged 🏃 around a nearby artificial lake, called Binnenschelde, after the nearby river Scheldt. It was peaceful and quiet, and I greeted many fellow runners and hikers. Some had isolated themselves with headphones, obviously not interested in nature sounds💨🍃🦢\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-23 16:34:17 +0200", "date": "4:34 p.m. on Aug 23, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/23/i-jogged-around.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F23%2Fi-jogged-around.html" }, { "id": 1481, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "21 percent (\u0026gt; ⅕) of my 593 posts on my Dutch language blog \u0026ldquo;massaged\u0026rdquo; into MarkDown in 5 days. This could be done by mid-September! 😁 My initial guess was July 2022, so that\u0026rsquo;s an improvement.\nThere\u0026rsquo;s still the matter of learning how to modify templates, of which I know nothing.\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-23 13:58:41 +0200", "date": "1:58 p.m. on Aug 23, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/23/percent-of-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F23%2Fpercent-of-my.html" }, { "id": 1482, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Now I know you can\u0026rsquo;t control much of MB, other than through templates, I need to learn Hugo CMS. GoHugo.io recommends the video tutorial on YT by Mike Dane. First hurdle, no Mac, nor PC. Maybe rent (a shared) one online? The cheapest (1 hr/day) costs €100/yr 😓 ✋❌… ➕🆘🙏\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-23 06:21:51 +0200", "date": "6:21 p.m. on Aug 23, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/23/obviously-now-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F23%2Fobviously-now-i.html" }, { "id": 1483, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I asked a question in the MB help forum, getting started, and I\u0026rsquo;m only getting very technical suggestions by people who seem to be web developers, which I am not. I guess \u0026ldquo;help\u0026rdquo; is no help here, since it’s all too technical for me.\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-22 19:45:03 +0200", "date": "7:45 p.m. on Aug 22, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/22/i-asked-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F22%2Fi-asked-a.html" }, { "id": 1484, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I had to deal with tabs for the very first time on Mobile Safari in iPadOS 14. It was so confusing that I had to turn off the iPad and restart it. Who invented this mess? 😐\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-22 18:27:59 +0200", "date": "6:27 p.m. on Aug 22, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/22/i-had-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F22%2Fi-had-to.html" }, { "id": 1485, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Walked 10 km around a nearby village called Halsteren. A lot of farmland, small scale. Also, lovely church, and schmalzy street names. 🚶🏼\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-22 09:56:13 +0200", "date": "9:56 p.m. on Aug 22, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/22/walked-km-around.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F22%2Fwalked-km-around.html" }, { "id": 1486, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I was in a good mood when I left home for a long slow distance run. Nothing wrong with being positive about what’s to come. It turned out even better than I expected. So, apparently, I wasn’t positive enough. Lesson learned, be ecstatic before each 🏃 Anything less is undeserved.\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-21 18:14:42 +0200", "date": "6:14 p.m. on Aug 21, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/21/i-was-in.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F21%2Fi-was-in.html" }, { "id": 1487, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "More patience, for my brand new domain name to propagate in the domain name hierarchy. I chose Hover as my registrar and gave the podcast Connected a little kickback. I like those guys, Myke, Frederico and Stephen.\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-21 15:58:39 +0200", "date": "3:58 p.m. on Aug 21, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/21/more-patience-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F21%2Fmore-patience-for.html" }, { "id": 1488, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "That Drafts Action script to post to micro.blog is super handy. I used it today for the first time ever. Also, very pleased with my blog, despite some grueling days when it seemed like everything went awry, and I paid my subscription fee for naught. Patience, patience! 😮‍💨⌨️\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-21 14:22:06 +0200", "date": "2:22 p.m. on Aug 21, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/21/that-drafts-action.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F21%2Fthat-drafts-action.html" }, { "id": 1489, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Now my MB woes seem to have subsided, after only four days of stressing over my posts not showing up on my home page. The blog is called Loopgenot, and it\u0026rsquo;s in Dutch. It deserves its own domain name, which will be the next \u0026ldquo;life event\u0026rdquo; to do (never registered a domain myself) 🤞\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-20 20:12:22 +0200", "date": "8:12 p.m. on Aug 20, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/20/now-my-mb.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F20%2Fnow-my-mb.html" }, { "id": 1490, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Running in a group of 🏃 🏃‍♀️ between the heather just before sun set.🌳🌅\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-19 21:32:47 +0200", "date": "9:32 p.m. on Aug 19, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/19/running-in-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F19%2Frunning-in-a.html" }, { "id": 1491, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "😮 I already did 31 blog posts out of 596 in two days. At five percent, that would mean only 40 days to completely converting my old blog. Some posts don\u0026rsquo;t need editing, just being reposted, so Hugo picks it up (the other trick from @til didn\u0026rsquo;t work; tried that already).\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-19 14:56:51 +0200", "date": "2:56 p.m. on Aug 19, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/19/i-already-did.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F19%2Fi-already-did.html" }, { "id": 1492, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Just posted on help.micro.blog: How can I read in chronological order? Because, you know, sometimes you want to. I just don\u0026rsquo;t know how to accomplish this in MB elegantly.\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-19 07:40:11 +0200", "date": "7:40 p.m. on Aug 19, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/19/just-posted-on.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F19%2Fjust-posted-on.html" }, { "id": 1493, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose re-editing 3 out of 592 posts a day of my new MB blog (read: 3-4 hours a day) makes me both invested in and proud about that particular blog. Quick calculation gives me 200 days, or roughly a month of non-stop—i.e. without doing anything else—editing. It\u0026rsquo;s a huge task…\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-18 09:52:10 +0200", "date": "9:52 p.m. on Aug 18, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/18/i-suppose-reediting.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F18%2Fi-suppose-reediting.html" }, { "id": 1494, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "While the import from Wordpress is very useful, I still need to edit every post (592). First of all, they are in (broken) HTML. Second some of the image files are still on the old site. So a lot of hand coding, and Agile Tortoise\u0026rsquo;s excellent HTML \u0026gt; MarkDown script for Drafts.\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-17 17:26:27 +0200", "date": "5:26 p.m. on Aug 17, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/17/while-the-import.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F17%2Fwhile-the-import.html" }, { "id": 1495, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "While 🏃 17 km I went underneath my personal honor gate. Well, in my mind, anyway.\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-17 13:36:35 +0200", "date": "1:36 p.m. on Aug 17, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/17/while-km-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F17%2Fwhile-km-i.html" }, { "id": 1496, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Decided to run urban, because I can 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-16 15:41:24 +0200", "date": "3:41 p.m. on Aug 16, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/16/decided-to-run.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F16%2Fdecided-to-run.html" }, { "id": 1497, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I wonder if it\u0026rsquo;s wrong of me, NOT to show comments on my new blog, a running related diary? I mean, I don\u0026rsquo;t expect many, if any, since it\u0026rsquo;ll be in Dutch, and Dutch commenters would\u0026rsquo;ve to sign up for a paid account on MB. Ad-free Disqus costs me $11/mo, so out of the question.\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-16 09:20:16 +0200", "date": "9:20 p.m. on Aug 16, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/16/i-wonder-if.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F16%2Fi-wonder-if.html" }, { "id": 1498, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: Racing Weight Cookbook: Lean, Light Recipes for Athletes (Racing Weight Series) by Matt Fitzgerald CISSN 📚🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-15 19:12:29 +0200", "date": "7:12 p.m. on Aug 15, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/15/currently-reading-racing.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F15%2Fcurrently-reading-racing.html" }, { "id": 1499, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Listening to audio and watching videos on vi.to about micro.camp, because it was too stuttery live Friday and Saturday.\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-15 18:33:11 +0200", "date": "6:33 p.m. on Aug 15, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/15/listening-to-audio.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F15%2Flistening-to-audio.html" }, { "id": 1500, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "While talent accounts for \u0026gt; 65 % of a 🏃 marathon time, age \u0026gt; 25 %, I can\u0026rsquo;t influence any of that. Of the changeable factors most beneficial is a 🏃 weight. Going from obese to healthy weight accounts for 7 %, much more than other factors, for me, 4 instead of 5 hours. 15 weeks.\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-15 15:07:44 +0200", "date": "3:07 p.m. on Aug 15, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/15/while-talent-accounts.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F15%2Fwhile-talent-accounts.html" }, { "id": 1501, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "☀️ on 🐱 back 🥰\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-15 13:11:58 +0200", "date": "1:11 p.m. on Aug 15, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/15/on-back.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F15%2Fon-back.html" }, { "id": 1502, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It didn’t work. It must be a bug. All the posts deleted in the MB app are still on the server. I’ve requested @help to reset my blog. I also removed all tags and categories from my WP blog, and exported the XML file. Now waiting for a “blank blog” to appear.\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-15 09:57:55 +0200", "date": "9:57 p.m. on Aug 15, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/15/it-didnt-work.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F15%2Fit-didnt-work.html" }, { "id": 1503, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "In frustration I deleted all my posts on my Dutch language blog. I\u0026rsquo;m waiting to let the server do its work and then re-import the XML file. Fingers crossed it works…\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-15 07:29:10 +0200", "date": "7:29 p.m. on Aug 15, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/15/in-frustration-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F15%2Fin-frustration-i.html" }, { "id": 1504, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "If you\u0026rsquo;re seeing my posts appearing on the Timeline, that\u0026rsquo;s because the Categories system of MB is broken for me. I have to copy the text of old posts, re-upload them as new post, change the date on the new post, and delete the old post with \u0026ldquo;invisible tags.\u0026rdquo; It\u0026rsquo;s frustrating.\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-14 12:29:53 +0200", "date": "12:29 p.m. on Aug 14, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/14/if-youre-seeing.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F14%2Fif-youre-seeing.html" }, { "id": 1505, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Tonight, when micro.camp starts, the prime minister of the Netherlands will inform the public via a press conference about what measures will be taken in the coming months against COVID-19, considering new variants of the virus. I guess more different those events can\u0026rsquo;t be.\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-13 17:38:57 +0200", "date": "5:38 p.m. on Aug 13, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/13/tonight-when-microcamp.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F13%2Ftonight-when-microcamp.html" }, { "id": 1506, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I used Skype video once, to see what it\u0026rsquo;s like. That was 13 years ago. I hated every minute of (paid for in advance) confusion. I guess no Zoom for me either, same medium. Facetime? Never launched the app (turned off in settings).\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-13 17:17:58 +0200", "date": "5:17 p.m. on Aug 13, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/13/i-used-skype.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F13%2Fi-used-skype.html" }, { "id": 1507, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Starting to get organized with massaging my Dutch language blog from WP into MB. I even made a temporary category \u0026ldquo;TBE\u0026rdquo; for posts that need my attention next. Only 6 posts in 2020 left, 2008 - 2019 still to do…\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-13 14:50:15 +0200", "date": "2:50 p.m. on Aug 13, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/13/starting-to-get.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F13%2Fstarting-to-get.html" }, { "id": 1508, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m finding out things that used to work on Wordpress, yet no longer works on Micro.blog. I suppose that will apply to most who import their old blog. Massaging all those posts will take months, reinventing the side menu probably longer. IOW, what can I take away safely?\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-13 08:28:14 +0200", "date": "8:28 p.m. on Aug 13, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/13/im-finding-out.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F13%2Fim-finding-out.html" }, { "id": 1509, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Good thing I have a year to work on my new Dutch language blog, here on MB. Most of the internal links are broken, some of the images (from Instagram) are missing. However, until I have my own domain I can do little about that. Import is good, not perfect. 13 years still to go…\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-12 17:50:31 +0200", "date": "5:50 p.m. on Aug 12, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/12/good-thing-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F12%2Fgood-thing-i.html" }, { "id": 1510, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Started a new micro blog today, because the domain name was available. Something went wrong with the domain name registration and now I\u0026rsquo;m waiting for help to fix it. After that, I want privacy protection added. Yeah, I\u0026rsquo;m demanding 😁\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-12 12:36:34 +0200", "date": "12:36 p.m. on Aug 12, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/12/started-a-new.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F12%2Fstarted-a-new.html" }, { "id": 1511, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Preparing for a marathon on one’s own is quite demanding, especially planning the test races, and modifying the training schedule. I can now really appreciate having support from others more experienced than me, and why some runners pay for that if they can afford it🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-12 09:05:34 +0200", "date": "9:05 p.m. on Aug 12, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/12/preparing-for-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F12%2Fpreparing-for-a.html" }, { "id": 1512, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I wonder how to change my domain name. I have this .blog domain, which is kinda expensive for a hobby blog. However, most visitors are not subscribed, AFAIK. They either search or (partially) remember the URL. I\u0026rsquo;ll lose all of those in a change. I guess rebuilding from scratch?\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-12 06:48:54 +0200", "date": "6:48 p.m. on Aug 12, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/12/i-wonder-how.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F12%2Fi-wonder-how.html" }, { "id": 1513, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I joined a sponsor run, promising to run 250 km between today and a month from now. There\u0026rsquo;s collecting money as well, plus wearing a t-shirt I don\u0026rsquo;t yet have. We\u0026rsquo;ll see how that goes. Anyway, after a long warmup, I did a tough LT training for my VO2max. Yeah, tough! 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-11 10:21:55 +0200", "date": "10:21 p.m. on Aug 11, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/11/i-joined-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F11%2Fi-joined-a.html" }, { "id": 1514, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Reading 200 pages of a book in two weeks is kinda depressing, especially because I was very interested in the subject. It\u0026rsquo;s how slow I read at my fastest, less than 15 pages a day. I\u0026rsquo;m not a book reader by any stretch of the imagination, nor a consumer of other media either 😖\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-10 20:16:11 +0200", "date": "8:16 p.m. on Aug 10, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/10/reading-pages-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F10%2Freading-pages-of.html" }, { "id": 1515, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Finished reading: Het Geheim van Hardlopen by G. Vroemen, J.C. van Dijk, J.G.W. van Megen 📚🇳🇱\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-10 20:06:21 +0200", "date": "8:06 p.m. on Aug 10, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/10/finished-reading-het.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F10%2Ffinished-reading-het.html" }, { "id": 1516, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m happy I chose the safe route by limiting my running to solo runs at a slow pace. Of those who just kept training with others (despite it was not allowed at the time) a few (still) suffer from long-covid. I escaped that fate, though I don\u0026rsquo;t envy those runners who got it. 💉\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-10 10:58:43 +0200", "date": "10:58 p.m. on Aug 10, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/10/im-happy-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F10%2Fim-happy-i.html" }, { "id": 1517, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Early bird has the worm, I suppose. At a leisurely pace of 7:15 min/km (11:40 min/mi) I did a recovery run through the nearby township of Zuidgeest. It was lovely to run in 15℃ (59℉) on half asphalt, half dirt road. After 68 minutes I was back home, refreshed and alert. 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-09 09:22:37 +0200", "date": "9:22 p.m. on Aug 9, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/09/early-bird-has.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F09%2Fearly-bird-has.html" }, { "id": 1518, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Sitting at a breakfast table with coffee and cocoa calculating what a calorie restricted diet would result into after 16 weeks. 13 weeks would be enough to reach my target weight. There\u0026rsquo;s reason behind this madness. I need this weight to prevent hitting the wall in a marathon race.\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-08 06:46:08 +0200", "date": "6:46 p.m. on Aug 8, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/08/sitting-at-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F08%2Fsitting-at-a.html" }, { "id": 1519, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Last run for this week, 21 km (almost a half marathon distance), slow and easy in 2 h 20 min. I wanted a steady pace, no muscle soreness, nor tiredness afterwards. I got two of those three; still tired afterwards. It\u0026rsquo;s 16 weeks to go before M-day 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-07 12:07:04 +0200", "date": "12:07 p.m. on Aug 7, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/07/last-run-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F07%2Flast-run-for.html" }, { "id": 1520, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I went from 33 to 31 percent body fat in one week by limiting my diet to one healthy warm meal per day, lots of low-caloric fluids and 31 km of running. I need to go to 18 % to prevent hitting the wall in a marathon race, having to walk the last 10 km of the 42 km distance. 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-07 06:34:26 +0200", "date": "6:34 p.m. on Aug 7, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/07/i-went-from.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F07%2Fi-went-from.html" }, { "id": 1521, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I didn’t have to go for a run to see something of beauty 🦋 Still, the run was nice too, in the Golden Hour, no less 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-04 18:53:26 +0200", "date": "6:53 p.m. on Aug 4, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/04/it-turns-out.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F04%2Fit-turns-out.html" }, { "id": 1522, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Turns out that my lean body mass (everything except fat) is 57 kg, while fit male individuals have 18 - 24 % body fat, runners 10 % less than that. I\u0026rsquo;m shedding weight by the week now, just by running regularly and thinking about the marathon later this year. 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-04 08:38:34 +0200", "date": "8:38 p.m. on Aug 4, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/04/turns-out-that.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F04%2Fturns-out-that.html" }, { "id": 1523, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "New resistance band day. It makes weight-free strength exercises somewhat more challenging. Start light, though. I’m not yet a black belt workout person, just a casual one. So there’s that, too: room to grow (muscle strength).\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-03 11:48:09 +0200", "date": "11:48 p.m. on Aug 3, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/03/new-resistance-band.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F03%2Fnew-resistance-band.html" }, { "id": 1524, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My morning route has been extended by 30 minutes by 🏃 strength and mobility exercises. Like coach Kyle Kranz says:\n Every day should be hip-day.\n That\u0026rsquo;s the body part, in case you wondered.\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-02 08:48:10 +0200", "date": "8:48 p.m. on Aug 2, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/02/my-morning-route.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F02%2Fmy-morning-route.html" }, { "id": 1525, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I can see from the graph that body weight and resting heart rate have a relationship. As I lost weight (93 - 85 kg = 8 kg), my resting HR dropped (60 - 48 bpm = 12 bpm) in just 3 months. To me, this is encouraging, as a sign of increased fitness. I\u0026rsquo;m still overweight, though. 🩺\n", "dateiso": "2021-08-01 18:46:32 +0200", "date": "6:46 p.m. on Aug 1, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/08/01/i-can-see.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F08%2F01%2Fi-can-see.html" }, { "id": 1526, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I’m temporarily back on Strava, just because I’m preparing for a marathon later this year. After that, it’s probably lights out again for me (read: disconnect Garmin Connect from Strava). I did prune who I follow, though, to keep me sane. 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-31 19:10:35 +0200", "date": "7:10 p.m. on Jul 31, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/31/im-temporarily-back.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F31%2Fim-temporarily-back.html" }, { "id": 1527, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Second week running in a group of about 20 athletes of varied levels. This time I was the fastest, and much faster as well. Felt great. My regular group has some who are much faster than me. I’ll be joining them in September. 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-29 21:32:22 +0200", "date": "9:32 p.m. on Jul 29, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/29/second-week-running.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F29%2Fsecond-week-running.html" }, { "id": 1528, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: Het Geheim van Hardlopen by G. Vroemen, J.C. van Dijk, J.G.W. van Megen 📚🇳🇱\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-29 07:13:24 +0200", "date": "7:13 p.m. on Jul 29, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/29/currently-reading-het.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F29%2Fcurrently-reading-het.html" }, { "id": 1529, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I totally underestimated my running speed in this LT training session. I thought 10 km was enough, yet needed almost 12 km. I ran almost 14 km at 6:13 min/km (10 min/mi). I need to reconsider my 15 km race pace. 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-28 11:24:53 +0200", "date": "11:24 p.m. on Jul 28, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/28/i-totally-underestimated.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F28%2Fi-totally-underestimated.html" }, { "id": 1530, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Gardening takes more effort than I expected. Vegetable gardening ten times more, it seems. Removed the (unproductive) strawberry plants that turned into weeds through (my) neglect of tending them. 🌱\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-27 16:09:07 +0200", "date": "4:09 p.m. on Jul 27, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/27/gardening-takes-more.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F27%2Fgardening-takes-more.html" }, { "id": 1531, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I did an interval training, 5 series of tempos over 100, 200, 300 and 400 m (interval 100 m, series interval 400 m). The graph shows my watch\u0026rsquo;s recorded running data. The target pace for the tempos was 5:15 - 5:30 min/km (8:27 - 8:51 min/mi); actual paces were faster, though. 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-27 13:39:56 +0200", "date": "1:39 p.m. on Jul 27, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/27/i-did-an.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F27%2Fi-did-an.html" }, { "id": 1532, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose I should be proud to be part of the open Web, especially if I\u0026rsquo;m paying Wordpress almost €70 a year for ad-free hosting and (especially) a domain name. So I expressed the pride as follows on my English language About page of my Dutch language blog—without the ❤️\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-25 12:23:38 +0200", "date": "12:23 p.m. on Jul 25, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/25/i-suppose-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F25%2Fi-suppose-i.html" }, { "id": 1533, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I’m seeing so many runners I know personally who stopped blogging 10 years ago when they discovered Facebook. Now their activities are invisible, unless you use Facebook. Such a pity, throwing away blogs for convenience. When FB goes 😵 so will their messages and proud memories.\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-25 11:52:37 +0200", "date": "11:52 p.m. on Jul 25, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/25/im-seeing-so.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F25%2Fim-seeing-so.html" }, { "id": 1534, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Google Sites classic is going away, and it offered a conversion to its new version. In my case, it failed. So I had to grab the HTML text from the source code, and edit it by hand into markdown. That goes to show that HTML is not future-proof. Done on my iPad. Page is now on WP.\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-25 09:21:59 +0200", "date": "9:21 p.m. on Jul 25, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/25/google-sites-classic.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F25%2Fgoogle-sites-classic.html" }, { "id": 1535, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "A Howdy notification from Wordpress:\n These plugins are now up to date:\n JSON Feed (from version 1.4.1 to 1.4.2) Thanks @manton\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-25 06:58:03 +0200", "date": "6:58 p.m. on Jul 25, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/25/a-howdy-notification.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F25%2Fa-howdy-notification.html" }, { "id": 1536, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Major 🏃 effort (for me), 23+ km long slow distance run around Air Base Woensdrecht. It was my longest continuous run since 2018. The last 5 kms were brutal. Next weekend 2 km more.\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-24 11:23:24 +0200", "date": "11:23 p.m. on Jul 24, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/24/major-effort-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F24%2Fmajor-effort-for.html" }, { "id": 1537, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I accidentally deleted a workout from Garmin Connect (GC). Luckily, it was still on my watch, so I grabbed my (powered) USB camera connection kit and dragged the .fit file right into the file upload section of the GC website, by putting Files and Safari side-by-side on the iPad.\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-24 07:01:02 +0200", "date": "7:01 p.m. on Jul 24, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/24/i-accidentally-deleted.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F24%2Fi-accidentally-deleted.html" }, { "id": 1538, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I did 1 series of body core strength exercises (sets) for 🏃 It was so hard! I should work my way up to 3 series over the next months, which is the required minimum 😅 twice a week. Next one on Sunday. I’m so out of shape 😕\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-23 18:28:44 +0200", "date": "6:28 p.m. on Jul 23, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/23/i-did-set.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F23%2Fi-did-set.html" }, { "id": 1539, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My first time running with a group since 9 months ago. It was as tough as I wanted to make it. Maybe I overdid it a bit. 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-22 21:28:37 +0200", "date": "9:28 p.m. on Jul 22, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/22/my-first-time.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F22%2Fmy-first-time.html" }, { "id": 1540, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I had an app installed with what I thought were canned mansplaining jokes, which turned out to be one of the developers trying to be funny at my expense. I asked to have my account canceled and I deleted the app. So many bad apps on the Apple App Store, it’s unbelievable!\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-22 09:47:28 +0200", "date": "9:47 p.m. on Jul 22, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/22/i-had-an.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F22%2Fi-had-an.html" }, { "id": 1541, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Now my Garmin Forerunner 235 watch is reaching its end-of-life, I\u0026rsquo;m starting to explore its functionality more thoroughly. Unlike in 2016, running plans are now free (pretty good BTW), and you can now add your own runs to your calendar. I\u0026rsquo;m not sure when the change happened. 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-22 08:52:45 +0200", "date": "8:52 p.m. on Jul 22, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/22/now-my-garmin.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F22%2Fnow-my-garmin.html" }, { "id": 1542, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Seeing how much easier it feels to train consistently at 60 km/week (37 mpw) 🏃 compared to a few months ago, I feel confident enough to start training for a marathon on November 28. My main goals are ① not getting injured during prep, and ② finish within 5 hours, the cutoff.\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-21 14:06:49 +0200", "date": "2:06 p.m. on Jul 21, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/21/seeing-how-much.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F21%2Fseeing-how-much.html" }, { "id": 1543, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today I’m fully vaccinated against COVID-19. I need to remain careful, but at least I’ve reduced the risk of being hospitalized or die. Still, I’m experiencing a great feeling of gratitude towards all scientists who made this possible and joy from hope for the future. 💉\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-20 09:21:39 +0200", "date": "9:21 p.m. on Jul 20, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/20/today-im-fully.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F20%2Ftoday-im-fully.html" }, { "id": 1544, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "On the Straight and Narrow 🏃 (and so 🐌 ssllloooowww). It certainly isn\u0026rsquo;t Strava-worthy (read: show-offish).\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-19 18:20:39 +0200", "date": "6:20 p.m. on Jul 19, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/19/on-the-straight.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F19%2Fon-the-straight.html" }, { "id": 1545, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Solar powered 🐱\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-19 14:31:21 +0200", "date": "2:31 p.m. on Jul 19, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/19/solar-powered.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F19%2Fsolar-powered.html" }, { "id": 1546, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Back of the envelope calculation. A €200 Kobo ereader and 3 years of Kobo plus subscription (€10/mo), would cost me roughly €200 per year, or 20 average ebooks. That\u0026rsquo;s too much of a commitment for someone who has read perhaps 1 book per year in their life, probably less 😬 FAIL!\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-19 11:04:18 +0200", "date": "11:04 p.m. on Jul 19, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/19/back-of-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F19%2Fback-of-the.html" }, { "id": 1547, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This time not a run-walk-run, but a genuine long slow distance run of almost half marathon length. The last few kms felt really hard. 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-17 11:46:41 +0200", "date": "11:46 p.m. on Jul 17, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/17/this-time-not.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F17%2Fthis-time-not.html" }, { "id": 1548, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Play, paw, purr 🐱\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-16 14:08:43 +0200", "date": "2:08 p.m. on Jul 16, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/16/play-paw-purr.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F16%2Fplay-paw-purr.html" }, { "id": 1549, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "A 🏃🚶🏃 of 17 km. I was quite stiff in my hip muscles afterwards, so I did some extra exercises to loosen those. Again, a wonderful run in a beautiful environment, although the latter is in the eye of the beholder and the former mostly in my experience.\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-15 12:13:28 +0200", "date": "12:13 p.m. on Jul 15, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/15/a-of-km.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F15%2Fa-of-km.html" }, { "id": 1550, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This morning\u0026rsquo;s 🏃 in photos instead of stats.\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-13 13:18:42 +0200", "date": "1:18 p.m. on Jul 13, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/13/this-mornings-in.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F13%2Fthis-mornings-in.html" }, { "id": 1551, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Some neighborhoods are really into recycling, even to a fault ♻️\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-12 16:17:36 +0200", "date": "4:17 p.m. on Jul 12, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/12/some-neighborhoods-are.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F12%2Fsome-neighborhoods-are.html" }, { "id": 1552, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Listened to Ep. 1: Prewriting — Nonfiction Podcast by University of Victoria Writing faculty members David Leach and Deborah Campbell. Enjoined it and learned something. 🎙👂\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-11 18:49:19 +0200", "date": "6:49 p.m. on Jul 11, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/11/listened-to-ep.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F11%2Flistened-to-ep.html" }, { "id": 1553, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It seems Duolingo is the “Facebook of language apps.” Yes, you can use it without monetary exchange, but you’re paying nonetheless, with ads and translations to and from your native language. Deleted the app.\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-11 11:07:16 +0200", "date": "11:07 p.m. on Jul 11, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/11/it-seems-duolingo.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F11%2Fit-seems-duolingo.html" }, { "id": 1554, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I started using Duolingo. I\u0026rsquo;m not sure if I can keep up, since it\u0026rsquo;s rather intense with 5 min/day. Also, no account, no notifications. I do not want those! I\u0026rsquo;m supposed to do it daily, but I\u0026rsquo;ll start with one day per week, and see if I even like that level of intense learning.\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-11 08:40:26 +0200", "date": "8:40 p.m. on Jul 11, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/11/i-started-using.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F11%2Fi-started-using.html" }, { "id": 1555, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ve given up on my local Dutch library and lending 📚 online. It\u0026rsquo;s just too depressing. The only adults promoting online lending are those working for local libraries, not book readers. That says it all, I guess. Unless you\u0026rsquo;re under 18, it\u0026rsquo;s too limited, too expensive.\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-10 17:20:21 +0200", "date": "5:20 p.m. on Jul 10, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/10/ive-given-up.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F10%2Five-given-up.html" }, { "id": 1556, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "🏃 19 km run-walk-run in 2¼ hours. That long straight cobblestone road was mind numbing, but I did it! Stretching afterwards felt better than usual, because that\u0026rsquo;s what cobblestone does to a runner.\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-10 13:38:15 +0200", "date": "1:38 p.m. on Jul 10, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/10/km-runwalkrun-in.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F10%2Fkm-runwalkrun-in.html" }, { "id": 1557, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "So many hurdles for reading e-📚 through my local library. After buying a €160 e-reader (not Kindle, nor Sony), I still need to ① pay a yearly subscription ② buy a Windows PC or Mac ③ install Adobe Digital Editions. This is for people with time and money to waste 😒\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-10 09:00:39 +0200", "date": "9:00 p.m. on Jul 10, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/10/so-many-hurdles.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F10%2Fso-many-hurdles.html" }, { "id": 1558, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I find it difficult to switch between sketching, drawing and mosaic art (pixel art). They all ask for totally different mindsets.\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-09 14:49:32 +0200", "date": "2:49 p.m. on Jul 9, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/09/i-find-it.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F09%2Fi-find-it.html" }, { "id": 1559, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Removed around 30 l of trash heap left behind by previous renters. I already removed 500 l of trash from the backyard more than a year ago. I guess they were too lazy to put the container at the curb. More likely, neighbors used the garden as a trash heap when no one lived here.\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-09 12:06:27 +0200", "date": "12:06 p.m. on Jul 9, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/09/removed-around-l.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F09%2Fremoved-around-l.html" }, { "id": 1560, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Listening to this week’s atp.fm 🎙a whopping 2 hours 22 minutes 9 seconds ⏳\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-08 20:46:29 +0200", "date": "8:46 p.m. on Jul 8, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/08/listening-to-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F08%2Flistening-to-this.html" }, { "id": 1561, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Two months ago I needed two full days to recover from my 💉 Now barely a full day, though I felt more tired after my 🏃 than I usually do.\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-08 12:17:59 +0200", "date": "12:17 p.m. on Jul 8, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/08/two-months-ago.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F08%2Ftwo-months-ago.html" }, { "id": 1562, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ve started using Day One (Classic) again to get myself to meet my personal goals. I can have three goals (priorities) at most; more is mere fantasy, not something that\u0026rsquo;s feasible in most people\u0026rsquo;s lives, including mine.\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-08 08:45:55 +0200", "date": "8:45 p.m. on Jul 8, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/08/ive-started-using.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F08%2Five-started-using.html" }, { "id": 1563, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I had no idea there\u0026rsquo;s such a thing as creative non-fiction, IOW, fact-based storytelling with a more personal narrative. Examples are memoirs, personal essays, biographies, literary criticism, literary journalism. Personal essays are to memoirs what short stories are to novels.\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-07 21:14:08 +0200", "date": "9:14 p.m. on Jul 7, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/07/i-had-no.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F07%2Fi-had-no.html" }, { "id": 1564, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Another “home invasion.” This time by carpenters, to repair the damage done by the roof workers. 🏠\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-07 09:05:20 +0200", "date": "9:05 p.m. on Jul 7, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/07/another-home-invasion.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F07%2Fanother-home-invasion.html" }, { "id": 1565, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Only two weeks before I’m fully 💉 vaccinated, though I expect a Pfizer “booster” later this year if new variants threaten a fourth pandemic wave occurring.\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-06 14:39:34 +0200", "date": "2:39 p.m. on Jul 6, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/06/only-two-weeks.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F06%2Fonly-two-weeks.html" }, { "id": 1566, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "🏃 10 times 200 m, with 200 m recovery as intervals. Afterwards, I saw my ♡ drop to 45 bpm. Must be the anticipation of being 💉 later in the day. It also used to happen on days I ran an important race: less appetite, lower heart rate, and a deep calm.\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-06 11:22:37 +0200", "date": "11:22 p.m. on Jul 6, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/06/times-m-with.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F06%2Ftimes-m-with.html" }, { "id": 1567, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ve run over a year with my current 🏃 shoes, obliterating the 1000 km limit I set for it, based on previous experiences. The support is completely wrecked, and I could as well run barefoot. Still—knock on wood—I haven\u0026rsquo;t been injured in all that time, which is astonishing.\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-06 08:38:55 +0200", "date": "8:38 p.m. on Jul 6, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/06/ive-run-over.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F06%2Five-run-over.html" }, { "id": 1568, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "If I understood correctly, we can expect booster vaccines for the last quarter of 2021 to update our immune system to the plethora of new COVID-19 variants popping up all over the world. As I expected, this thing will drag out over a decade rather than be restricted to 2020 only.\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-06 08:26:21 +0200", "date": "8:26 p.m. on Jul 6, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/06/if-i-understood.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F06%2Fif-i-understood.html" }, { "id": 1569, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "If love for something turns into disgust or hatred, isn\u0026rsquo;t that a clear sign you haven\u0026rsquo;t truly separated from the thing? Both are strong types of emotions, or, bonding. Letting it go is also letting it be.\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-06 08:15:52 +0200", "date": "8:15 p.m. on Jul 6, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/06/if-love-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F06%2Fif-love-for.html" }, { "id": 1570, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I did my longest RWR 🏃 since a long time, and part of it on new (to me) terrain. Of course, I got lost, a bit, so the expected 16 km became 17 km, and I\u0026rsquo;m dealing with itches from brambles and nettles I encountered on a rarely used path. 🍀 it started to 🌧 after I was back 🏠\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-04 14:49:00 +0200", "date": "2:49 p.m. on Jul 4, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/04/i-did-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F04%2Fi-did-my.html" }, { "id": 1571, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Reading the Command Line Interface Guidelines 👨‍💻\n Yet with its creaky, decades-old constraints and inexplicable quirks, the command line is still the most versatile corner of the computer.\n ", "dateiso": "2021-07-04 09:35:02 +0200", "date": "9:35 p.m. on Jul 4, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/04/reading-the-command.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F04%2Freading-the-command.html" }, { "id": 1572, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It\u0026rsquo;s probably smart to check with superior 📊 if one isn\u0026rsquo;t sure if one is really tired or just playing tired out of laziness 🥱 I find it hard to sense the diff. 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-03 07:48:23 +0200", "date": "7:48 p.m. on Jul 3, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/03/its-probably-smart.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F03%2Fits-probably-smart.html" }, { "id": 1573, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My house has been invaded by two groups of workers at the same time. 🏠\n", "dateiso": "2021-07-01 08:45:26 +0200", "date": "8:45 p.m. on Jul 1, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/07/01/my-house-has.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F07%2F01%2Fmy-house-has.html" }, { "id": 1574, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "If I exclude walk breaks, I ran on average 6:24 min/km. 10 kph now seems almost doable for a 15 km 🏃 at easy pace.\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-30 12:59:55 +0200", "date": "12:59 p.m. on Jun 30, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/30/if-i-exclude.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F30%2Fif-i-exclude.html" }, { "id": 1575, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Time for my weekly interval 🏃 training. This time 10 times 200 m (200 m recovery), at an average pace of 5:06 min/km. I felt I could\u0026rsquo;ve done 5 more, easily. Baby steps, though. Who knows, perhaps in August?\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-29 15:15:16 +0200", "date": "3:15 p.m. on Jun 29, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/29/time-for-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F29%2Ftime-for-my.html" }, { "id": 1576, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This time next week I will receive my second vaccine injection against SARS-CoV-2, supposedly protecting me against the Delta variant as well. It was originally scheduled for late August. It isn\u0026rsquo;t a perfect protection, so social distancing and hygiene rules will remain the same.\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-29 13:16:47 +0200", "date": "1:16 p.m. on Jun 29, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/29/this-time-next.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F29%2Fthis-time-next.html" }, { "id": 1577, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Cities Are Not Loud: Cars Are Loud, and Places Without Cars Are Quiet - YouTube I need to visit Delft to experience this silence.\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-29 08:58:46 +0200", "date": "8:58 p.m. on Jun 29, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/29/cities-are-not.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F29%2Fcities-are-not.html" }, { "id": 1578, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "What We’ve Built Is a Computational Language (and That’s Very Important!)—Stephen Wolfram Writings Language both humans and computers can understand, as important as the introduction of Math symbols \u0026ldquo;+\u0026rdquo;, \u0026ldquo;-\u0026rdquo;, \u0026ldquo;=\u0026rdquo;, etc. centuries ago. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-28 18:13:11 +0200", "date": "6:13 p.m. on Jun 28, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/28/what-weve-built.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F28%2Fwhat-weve-built.html" }, { "id": 1579, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s 🏃 was relatively long, 15 km. As part of it, I did 9 times (900 m 🏃: 100 m🚶), which an average 🏃 pace of 6:36 min/km. Because of my orange t-shirt, someone felt the need to say the Dutch are out of the running, so wearing orange is no longer necessary 🤔\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-28 12:17:32 +0200", "date": "12:17 p.m. on Jun 28, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/28/todays-was-relatively.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F28%2Ftodays-was-relatively.html" }, { "id": 1580, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It seems my cautious approach to 🏃 is starting to 🐻 🍎 Not only could I run 9 km in 62 minutes, I also ran 1 km in 5:35 min, in an attempt to train my lactate threshold. Now my 💉 has been brought forward by 6 weeks (because of new variants?), I\u0026rsquo;ll be able to run in a group sooner.\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-26 12:30:52 +0200", "date": "12:30 p.m. on Jun 26, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/26/it-seems-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F26%2Fit-seems-my.html" }, { "id": 1581, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose my cats keep me sane. They don’t take any human BS, and they reflect my behavior towards them back to me. If I’m nice and considerate, they are. If I neglect them, they start tearing down the furniture out of boredom. So I’m on my toes, trying to keep them happy. 🐱\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-25 10:18:17 +0200", "date": "10:18 p.m. on Jun 25, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/25/i-suppose-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F25%2Fi-suppose-my.html" }, { "id": 1582, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I forgot to post about yesterday, when I 🏃 the full 15 km without walk breaks. This was a while ago. I even had one kilometer running 6:38 min/km, or 9 km/u, while still having an \u0026ldquo;easy pace\u0026rdquo; heart rate. On the photo is a deer, which you can barely see, but it was there.\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-25 07:18:00 +0200", "date": "7:18 p.m. on Jun 25, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/25/i-forgot-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F25%2Fi-forgot-to.html" }, { "id": 1583, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Python vs Swift Unlike many languages, Swift behaves like Maths, passing objects as values instead of as references, which saves a huge performance hit of having to clone objects to avoid other processes changing those objects unexpectedly. In Python everything has a pointer👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-24 07:50:09 +0200", "date": "7:50 p.m. on Jun 24, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/24/python-vs-swift.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F24%2Fpython-vs-swift.html" }, { "id": 1584, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "And here’s my 24 x 24 pixel art IRL (6 cm x 6 cm, 4 mm² per pixel mosaic brick).\n👾 🏠🎨\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-23 21:16:37 +0200", "date": "9:16 p.m. on Jun 23, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/23/and-heres-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F23%2Fand-heres-my.html" }, { "id": 1585, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Here\u0026rsquo;s a concept of how a piece of pixel art could brighten up a boring bathroom door. The materials for creating said art have yet to arrive, and the door still needs a layer of paint. Well, one can dream of the result, can\u0026rsquo;t one?\n👾 🏠🎨\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-23 12:44:53 +0200", "date": "12:44 p.m. on Jun 23, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/23/heres-a-concept.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F23%2Fheres-a-concept.html" }, { "id": 1586, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I have given blood to Mother Earth (I fell) while running. When I started I already felt unsteady, not quite awake. After the fall I was very awake and somewhat bloodstained. The rest of the run went without incidents. My only worry was if I had enough bandaids at home. 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-22 12:28:22 +0200", "date": "12:28 p.m. on Jun 22, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/22/i-have-given.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F22%2Fi-have-given.html" }, { "id": 1587, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Couldn\u0026rsquo;t find a 32 x 32 baseplate for pixel art with beads, but I did find a 24 x 24 baseplate. So I adjusted my design for the bathroom door.\n👾 🏠🎨\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-21 10:50:29 +0200", "date": "10:50 p.m. on Jun 21, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/21/couldnt-find-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F21%2Fcouldnt-find-a.html" }, { "id": 1588, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Wanted a decoration for my bathroom door, but the only things I could find was either from a sketchy company (possibly a swindler on Amazon.nl) or from far away (high shipping costs). So I guess I\u0026rsquo;ll have to craft my own, from beads.\n👾 🎨🏠\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-21 08:45:15 +0200", "date": "8:45 p.m. on Jun 21, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/21/wanted-a-decoration.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F21%2Fwanted-a-decoration.html" }, { "id": 1589, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pursuit of happiness seems best with as little material possession as possible. It forces you to ask for assistance instead of being self sufficient. Most people love to help, and in return you\u0026rsquo;ll get social interaction and life experience. Happiness will follow as a consequence.\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-21 06:31:38 +0200", "date": "6:31 p.m. on Jun 21, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/21/pursuit-of-happiness.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F21%2Fpursuit-of-happiness.html" }, { "id": 1590, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Lots of day trippers on the road this morning, trying to reach the coast, 70 kms from where I live, before the evening falls, and most turn back for a return home after ten o’clock. It sounds like madness to me. I simply ran 13 km around my hometown.\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-19 17:01:12 +0200", "date": "5:01 p.m. on Jun 19, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/19/lots-of-day.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F19%2Flots-of-day.html" }, { "id": 1591, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "When I see people writing on their blog \u0026ldquo;iPad this, iPad that… on iPadOS 15 beta\u0026rdquo; it often is about the iPad Pro. I\u0026rsquo;m still sporting the \u0026ldquo;iPad budget\u0026rdquo;, which has little use for the new enhancements. Sorry, I can\u0026rsquo;t afford being a Pro user. More power to you if you can. 🙂\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-19 13:31:58 +0200", "date": "1:31 p.m. on Jun 19, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/19/when-i-see.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F19%2Fwhen-i-see.html" }, { "id": 1592, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "While seeing almost no visitors per day on my self-hosted blog, I have to remind myself its purpose. Well, I’m doing what I set out to do, sorta, despite distractions and setbacks.\nSo… Am I doing my chores to have something to blog about, or do I blog to celebrate completion?\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-19 07:48:32 +0200", "date": "7:48 p.m. on Jun 19, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/19/while-seeing-almost.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F19%2Fwhile-seeing-almost.html" }, { "id": 1593, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Data Serialization — The Hitchhiker\u0026rsquo;s Guide to Python Always handy to know if you have rolled your own, and wondered if this is a solved solution. In fact, there are several solutions. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-17 19:58:08 +0200", "date": "7:58 p.m. on Jun 17, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/17/data-serialization-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F17%2Fdata-serialization-the.html" }, { "id": 1594, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Nature seemed a bit out of control, but luckily enough people had gone over this path that I could see its way, barely. Because of the heat, I came across no one (human), though I saw lots of young rabbits hopping around.\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-17 14:18:45 +0200", "date": "2:18 p.m. on Jun 17, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/17/nature-seemed-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F17%2Fnature-seemed-a.html" }, { "id": 1595, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pass 1 of a 2-pass assembler in Pythonista 3 seems to work for a 256 times 8-bit word memory. I hadn\u0026rsquo;t done that before, so it\u0026rsquo;s a win in my book 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-16 23:39:28 +0200", "date": "11:39 p.m. on Jun 16, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/16/pass-of-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F16%2Fpass-of-a.html" }, { "id": 1596, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "While reading all about how \u0026ldquo;modern\u0026rdquo; computers do all kinds of tricks to load executable code on the fly, doing this on an 1980s 8-bit computer seems rather cool, yet overkill. Though, combining built-in ROM routines and Basic with external executable modules is appealing 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-15 08:42:33 +0200", "date": "8:42 p.m. on Jun 15, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/15/while-reading-all.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F15%2Fwhile-reading-all.html" }, { "id": 1597, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Finding academic books and articles electronically is quite a hassle. Some sites want you to pay for it, others seem to insist on an .edu e-mail address. Talk about walled academic gardens! 👨‍🎓 Luckily, I found some free ones, now freshly pressed on my iPad 🙄 🧩❓ ⋯ 🧹👨‍🎓🏫🧑‍🎓 🧹 🙈🙊🙉 NO 😈 🧹\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-13 20:38:00 +0200", "date": "8:38 p.m. on Jun 13, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/13/finding-academic-papers.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F13%2Ffinding-academic-papers.html" }, { "id": 1598, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: Assemblers, compilers, and program translation (Computer software engineering series) by Peter Calingaert 📚 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-13 20:09:44 +0200", "date": "8:09 p.m. on Jun 13, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/13/currently-reading-assemblers.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F13%2Fcurrently-reading-assemblers.html" }, { "id": 1599, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "New profile picture. 🎨 64 x 64 px, 3 colors.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-13 17:11:16 +0200", "date": "5:11 p.m. on Jun 13, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/13/new-profile-picture.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F13%2Fnew-profile-picture.html" }, { "id": 1600, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I see people claiming that, being fully vaccinated, the pandemic is over. The WHO declared the current pandemic and has yet to declare it being \u0026ldquo;over.” I see a lot of red on the transmission chart, including most Western countries. More scary are the light blue areas (no cases).\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-13 15:21:12 +0200", "date": "3:21 p.m. on Jun 13, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/13/i-see-people.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F13%2Fi-see-people.html" }, { "id": 1601, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Watching PDP-11 Assembly Lesson 3 - Conditions, branches and loops - YouTube to learn about how to do assembly language for this (then) groundbreaking computer. 👨‍💻 🏛‍🖥\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-13 12:38:30 +0200", "date": "12:38 p.m. on Jun 13, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/13/watching-pdp-assembly.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F13%2Fwatching-pdp-assembly.html" }, { "id": 1602, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Clearly, 🐱‍💻 ≠ 👨‍💻! If it were true, 🐈‍⬛ would rule the 🌎. Or maybe they already do, and we just don\u0026rsquo;t know it.\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-13 10:22:49 +0200", "date": "10:22 p.m. on Jun 13, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/13/clearly-if-it.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F13%2Fclearly-if-it.html" }, { "id": 1603, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Before I write a basic assembler in Pythonista 3, I should be able to process a source file and output the result into an object file. Here I reversed each word in a text file. It\u0026rsquo;s very basic, doesn\u0026rsquo;t take into account punctuation, but it works, and that\u0026rsquo;s enough. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-13 09:23:08 +0200", "date": "9:23 p.m. on Jun 13, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/13/before-i-write.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F13%2Fbefore-i-write.html" }, { "id": 1604, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I think I should implement this one-pass and two-pass assembler in Pythonista 3 on iPad. The project is from the book Assemblers and Loaders. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-12 17:50:04 +0200", "date": "5:50 p.m. on Jun 12, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/12/i-think-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F12%2Fi-think-i.html" }, { "id": 1605, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I’m happy with my tiny town garden. When I came here, the previous renter had left it in a poor state. I think it’s quite an improvement. They used it as a rubbish dump, for burying larger items of trash. I dug up 240 liters or so, replaced it with garden soil. 🏠🌸\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-11 19:36:31 +0200", "date": "7:36 p.m. on Jun 11, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/11/im-happy-with.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F11%2Fim-happy-with.html" }, { "id": 1606, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Writing a print file extension in Pythonista 3 seemed so easy… I had to learn a few new things, so, in the end, it\u0026rsquo;s all good. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-11 16:48:38 +0200", "date": "4:48 p.m. on Jun 11, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/11/writing-a-print.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F11%2Fwriting-a-print.html" }, { "id": 1607, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "🏠 Someone had painted the wooden door frame of my bathroom with wall paint 🤪 So it needs two layers of paint primer. I couldn’t sand off the wall paint, since I don’t know how remove the door, and, more importantly, how to properly put it back into the frame.\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-11 14:09:11 +0200", "date": "2:09 p.m. on Jun 11, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/11/someone-had-painted.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F11%2Fsomeone-had-painted.html" }, { "id": 1608, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today’s 🏃🚶🏼🏃 (900 m : 100 m) went surprisingly easy. Also special was that at some point there was no traffic in sight, while around 4 pm it’s usually pretty busy with commuting cars. Didn’t last long, though.\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-10 19:24:34 +0200", "date": "7:24 p.m. on Jun 10, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/10/todays-m-m.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F10%2Ftodays-m-m.html" }, { "id": 1609, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Went shopping for 🏠 improvement. Some paint and primer, degreaser, lacquer roller and brush, tape, system to catch the mail from mashing cat teeth. Not much, still 160 euros 😣\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-10 10:35:45 +0200", "date": "10:35 p.m. on Jun 10, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/10/went-shopping-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F10%2Fwent-shopping-for.html" }, { "id": 1610, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I thought my body deserved an interval training for my 🏃 It\u0026rsquo;s an acquired taste, I believe. I ran 200 m pretty hard, eased down 200 m, and did that five times. I needed 4:56 min for that fast-paced kilometer.\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-09 18:53:34 +0200", "date": "6:53 p.m. on Jun 9, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/09/i-thought-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F09%2Fi-thought-my.html" }, { "id": 1611, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Someone in my hometown using a Mac (or a hacked Mac, overtaken by a criminal elsewhere), guessed my Google password, and the next day got into my iCloud account. I changed my passwords and turned on two step verification. I hope this is enough.\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-09 15:54:59 +0200", "date": "3:54 p.m. on Jun 9, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/09/someone-in-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F09%2Fsomeone-in-my.html" }, { "id": 1612, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I wonder if 📚 lovers are prepared to goes as far as Ray Bradburry\u0026rsquo;s Fahrenheit 451, in which book lovers can recite their favorite book. Obviously, George Orwell\u0026rsquo;s 1984 would countermand this, by Newspeak, removing the words from those books out of the language\u0026rsquo;s vocabulary.\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-09 13:24:00 +0200", "date": "1:24 p.m. on Jun 9, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/09/i-wonder-if.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F09%2Fi-wonder-if.html" }, { "id": 1613, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My cats have been quite behaved today, despite I had to catch them earlier than usual, because renovation workers needed access to my house. Maahir was easy enough, but Aziz is always suspicious when things go out of the ordinary. I had to mix 🐱 diplomacy and human determination.\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-08 19:54:22 +0200", "date": "7:54 p.m. on Jun 8, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/08/my-cats-have.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F08%2Fmy-cats-have.html" }, { "id": 1614, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The roof workers are done for today. They left a mess from removing the cantilever window. They’ll clean up as soon as they’re done, which can be in a few days. So I cleaned it up a bit, so my cats won’t hurt themselves on sharp wood nor rusty nails, or roll in the dirt. 🏠\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-08 14:11:39 +0200", "date": "2:11 p.m. on Jun 8, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/08/the-roof-worker.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F08%2Fthe-roof-worker.html" }, { "id": 1615, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Renovation 🏠 Tiles on back roof removed, including the cantilever window. It’s a mess inside, so it’s good the workers protected my carpet with plastic canvas.\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-08 10:03:46 +0200", "date": "10:03 p.m. on Jun 8, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/08/renovation-tile-on.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F08%2Frenovation-tile-on.html" }, { "id": 1616, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "🏃 with 23℃ in the shade was a challenge, so I did, again, 🏃🚶🏼🏃 9 km (900 m : 100 m). It was very traffic-heavy with commuters, who either aren’t allowed, can’t, or don’t want to work from home. Luckily, where I crossed the road motorists must let non-motorists go first.\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-07 17:58:55 +0200", "date": "5:58 p.m. on Jun 7, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/07/with-in-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F07%2Fwith-in-the.html" }, { "id": 1617, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Day one of my home 🏠 improvement project started with a visit per Dutch city bike 🚲 to a local home improvement store, called Praxis. I only bought what I needed, and still I spent more 💰 than on weekly grocery shopping for one person.\nPS more and even more on my other blog.\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-07 10:11:35 +0200", "date": "10:11 p.m. on Jun 7, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/07/day-one-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F07%2Fday-one-of.html" }, { "id": 1618, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon, and nice to be outside, though it was more crowded than usual (10 people instead of 1).\nAh well, I did an easy 🏃 🚶🏼 🏃 of 9 km (900 m:100 m), followed by 1 km fast.\nFor more details, see my Garmin Connect page.\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-06 19:09:45 +0200", "date": "7:09 p.m. on Jun 6, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/06/it-was-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F06%2Fit-was-a.html" }, { "id": 1619, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: Programming the 65816: Including the 6502, 65C02, and 65802 by David Eyes 📚 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-06 08:36:15 +0200", "date": "8:36 p.m. on Jun 6, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/06/currently-reading-programming.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F06%2Fcurrently-reading-programming.html" }, { "id": 1620, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Question to the community…\nA responsible and accountable person doesn\u0026rsquo;t measure their wealth in Snickers bars. So what budgeting solutions do you recommend for someone who has no clue about (nor experience with) double-entry bookkeeping? 🏠\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-06 07:36:29 +0200", "date": "7:36 p.m. on Jun 6, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/06/question-to-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F06%2Fquestion-to-the.html" }, { "id": 1621, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I made a very basic and working 1-pass cross-assembler in Pythonista. It was more of a proof of concept, to help me understand the book I\u0026rsquo;m reading (Assemblers and Loaders) 👨‍💻\nPS Notice it\u0026rsquo;s still big-endian, while it should be little-endian. 😬\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-05 20:00:21 +0200", "date": "8:00 p.m. on Jun 5, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/05/i-made-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F05%2Fi-made-a.html" }, { "id": 1622, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: On Writing Well, 25th Anniversary: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William K. Zinsser 📚\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-04 19:08:43 +0200", "date": "7:08 p.m. on Jun 4, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/04/currently-reading-on.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F04%2Fcurrently-reading-on.html" }, { "id": 1623, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s 🏃 was easy run-walk-run. It was raining slightly, but still warm, which made the heat worse.\nFor those interested, I ran 8,1 km in 55:46 min (6:53 min/km). Considering the circumstances, not bad. For more deets, see my Garmin page.\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-04 17:47:00 +0200", "date": "5:47 p.m. on Jun 4, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/04/todays-was-easy.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F04%2Ftodays-was-easy.html" }, { "id": 1624, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Currently reading: Assemblers and Loaders (Ellis Horwood Series in Computers \u0026amp; Their Applications) by David Salomon 📚 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-04 15:19:35 +0200", "date": "3:19 p.m. on Jun 4, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/04/currently-reading-assemblers.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F04%2Fcurrently-reading-assemblers.html" }, { "id": 1625, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I wondered about how to build (in Python) a linked list of tagged items, and how to print its tagged items. Each item has three containers: a link to the next same-tagged item (-1 if it\u0026rsquo;s the last item with that tag), a tag and a value. Here\u0026rsquo;s my solution. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-04 12:23:55 +0200", "date": "12:23 p.m. on Jun 4, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/04/i-wondered-about.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F04%2Fi-wondered-about.html" }, { "id": 1626, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today’s 🏃 was an easy walk-run-walk (800 m 🏃 200 m🚶🏼) of 9 km. Ran 7.2 km in 48:20 min (6:43 min/km), for those wanting deets.\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-03 15:14:00 +0200", "date": "3:14 p.m. on Jun 3, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/03/todays-was-an.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F03%2Ftodays-was-an.html" }, { "id": 1627, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Learning about iOS\u0026rsquo;s sandbox limitations. Pythonista has full access to its own private folders (on device and/or iCloud). You can edit external files, even run Python scripts, but iOS gives scripts no access to files outside mentioned private folders, unless files are shared to it. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-03 10:06:00 +0200", "date": "10:06 p.m. on Jun 3, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/03/getting-to-grips.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F03%2Fgetting-to-grips.html" }, { "id": 1628, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "To bring variety in my 🏃 training, today I did an interval training. It was hot, 28℃ (82℉) in the shade, me in the sun. Still, well-hydrated, it was doable.\nIn case anyone wants to know, 5 times 200 m, with my heart rate above my LT heart rate, or 5:15 min/km on average.\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-02 17:09:00 +0200", "date": "5:09 p.m. on Jun 2, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/02/to-bring-variety.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F02%2Fto-bring-variety.html" }, { "id": 1629, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Now it\u0026rsquo;s two weeks after my first 💉 I thought it safe enough to do some masked shopping (no not that kind 🔫 🤡 of shopping) in my local town. On my way back I walked through a park, back home to my two feline buddies, still locked up in a cage.\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-02 11:50:00 +0200", "date": "11:50 p.m. on Jun 2, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/02/now-its-two.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F02%2Fnow-its-two.html" }, { "id": 1630, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I had to make a peace offering when locking away my 🐱 darlings for their safety (renovation going on). Unfortunately, one of them can’t have it, since he’s allergic to regular cat food. Luckily, he’s up for cuddling and petting instead.\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-02 08:50:00 +0200", "date": "8:50 p.m. on Jun 2, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/02/i-had-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F02%2Fi-had-to.html" }, { "id": 1631, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I guess I need superior knowledge, not reinvent the wheel. For creating a proper assembler, I need to know how others build those, and better non-fiction writing is a good thing too, since I\u0026rsquo;ll be communicating to others (including my future self) via code and comments. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-02 06:51:15 +0200", "date": "6:51 p.m. on Jun 2, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/02/i-guess-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F02%2Fi-guess-i.html" }, { "id": 1632, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I find it empowering that one can build somehing useful inside a computer. What I do, I don\u0026rsquo;t think qualifies as programming, but is more like scripting, using macros, which is useful in its own way, though not as generic as an app on a phone or on the web. Doesn\u0026rsquo;t need to be. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-06-01 06:28:31 +0200", "date": "6:28 p.m. on Jun 1, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/06/01/i-find-it.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F06%2F01%2Fi-find-it.html" }, { "id": 1633, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Wow, such a slow 🏃 At times my imaginary self could’ve pass me by power walking. Ah well, another one for the books, as they say, don’t they?\nP.S. I found out why I was so slow, overreach, Runalyze told me so. A rest day was in order, as well as re-evaluating my training \u0026ldquo;plan\u0026rdquo;.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-31 22:18:00 +0200", "date": "10:18 p.m. on May 31, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/31/wow-such-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F31%2Fwow-such-a.html" }, { "id": 1634, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It’s a bit sad to see my two 🐈‍⬛ darlings locked up in a cage, but it’s for the best. My house is being renovated. They complain now and then, begging with all their feline charms to be released. Of course, I tried to make them as comfortable as possible.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-31 13:44:00 +0200", "date": "1:44 p.m. on May 31, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/31/its-a-bit.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F31%2Fits-a-bit.html" }, { "id": 1635, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Still two days to go before I’m partially protected against COVID-19. According to the Dutch CDC (RIVM) most people showed up when it was their turn. No significant political divide on vaccination in the Netherlands so far, despite of a vocal splinter group of pandemic deniers.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-31 10:26:50 +0200", "date": "10:26 p.m. on May 31, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/31/still-two-days.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F31%2Fstill-two-days.html" }, { "id": 1636, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Continuing my 65c02 assembler project in Python 3, with defining \u0026ldquo;the rules.\u0026rdquo; Without rules, there\u0026rsquo;s unruliness, right? 😉 The script still runs. If it wouldn\u0026rsquo;t have, I could\u0026rsquo;ve rolled back using the Working Copy app. PS, notice the typo! 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-31 09:38:41 +0200", "date": "9:38 p.m. on May 31, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/31/continuing-my-c.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F31%2Fcontinuing-my-c.html" }, { "id": 1637, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My 🏃 was so terribly slow. I blame it on the sudden rise in outside temperature. Nature was beautiful, though.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-30 17:44:00 +0200", "date": "5:44 p.m. on May 30, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/30/my-was-so.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F30%2Fmy-was-so.html" }, { "id": 1638, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Now I\u0026rsquo;m (seemingly) successfully able to filter syntax elements into their own tagged bins, now the question arises how to turn that into object code (byte values)? So I still call it version 0.0.1, very premature, possibly, yet again, stillborn. I hope not the latter, though. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-30 10:34:12 +0200", "date": "10:34 p.m. on May 30, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/30/now-im-seemingly.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F30%2Fnow-im-seemingly.html" }, { "id": 1639, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I have no idea what the best method is to approach an assembler, specifically for the 65c02 CPU. So I scrapped my previous approach and started anew. I also bought the newest version of Pythonista, because the old version crashed too often (new version seems rock-solid). 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-29 16:10:44 +0200", "date": "4:10 p.m. on May 29, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/29/i-have-no.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F29%2Fi-have-no.html" }, { "id": 1640, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I can’t but except it 乁໒( ͒ ⌂ ͒ )७ㄏ 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-28 19:21:00 +0200", "date": "7:21 p.m. on May 28, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/28/i-cant-but.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F28%2Fi-cant-but.html" }, { "id": 1641, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "So, version 0.1 of my Python 🐍 65c02 assembler is ✅ I\u0026rsquo;m sure there are still bugs, but it works. I enter in assembly code and the program stores it in a dictionary object, which could be saved into a file on disk. Not sure when I come to that. First priority is testing the code. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-27 21:57:02 +0200", "date": "9:57 p.m. on May 27, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/27/so-version-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F27%2Fso-version-of.html" }, { "id": 1642, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "😃I\u0026rsquo;m getting closer with my 65c02 assembler in Python. I ripped out the mnemonics processing, which worked perfectly, but was messy code, and got the other stuff to work, like labels, addressing input, program counter manipulation, etc. I also started using the Working Copy app. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-27 18:18:28 +0200", "date": "6:18 p.m. on May 27, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/27/im-getting-closer.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F27%2Fim-getting-closer.html" }, { "id": 1643, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I haven\u0026rsquo;t been at my local T+F club since October 2020, while I still pay membership dues. There\u0026rsquo;s the pandemic, but also the bathrooms (poorly maintained by the owner, the local council) and, on top of that, no one seeming to care about any of the mandatory coronaproof measures.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-27 07:54:22 +0200", "date": "7:54 p.m. on May 27, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/27/i-havent-been.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F27%2Fi-havent-been.html" }, { "id": 1644, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I had an off day 🏃 Counter 9-in-60 back to zero, because I needed more than an hour to run 9 km. Bummer!\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-26 17:49:00 +0200", "date": "5:49 p.m. on May 26, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/26/i-had-an.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F26%2Fi-had-an.html" }, { "id": 1645, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Okay, it\u0026rsquo;s still very clunky, but I can (sorta) write in assembler, type the hexcode in HexIt and save the file to my local Commander X16 folder, and it runs! I couldn\u0026rsquo;t do this before, unless I coded the hexcode by hand, which was rather error-prone. So, yay? 😁 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-26 15:51:54 +0200", "date": "3:51 p.m. on May 26, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/26/okay-its-still.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F26%2Fokay-its-still.html" }, { "id": 1646, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "While awaiting the glaziers for replacing some windows, I\u0026rsquo;ve made progress with my 65c02 Python assembler project. It now creates a list of strings, each with a program counter, a colon, and a series of opcode and operand bytes, all in hex characters and in the proper order 😃 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-26 10:47:40 +0200", "date": "10:47 p.m. on May 26, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/26/while-awaiting-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F26%2Fwhile-awaiting-the.html" }, { "id": 1647, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My house is being renovated, so I had to lock up my kitties for their safety. They do not like it… a bit. They want to roam free in my house, as they’re used to. Hopefully the cage is strong enough to hold these muscular boys. 🐱\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-26 10:00:00 +0200", "date": "10:00 p.m. on May 26, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/26/my-house-is.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F26%2Fmy-house-is.html" }, { "id": 1648, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I had some great progress on my Python 65c02 assembler project. I have all opcodes tested and can check if an instruction is valid. For instance, lda 30,y is not a valid instruction, while lda 30,x is valid. Now it\u0026rsquo;s up to me to test some instructions. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-25 17:27:54 +0200", "date": "5:27 p.m. on May 25, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/25/i-had-some.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F25%2Fi-had-some.html" }, { "id": 1649, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "As seen on Youtube. If a piece of media isn\u0026rsquo;t enclosed in an RSS feed, don\u0026rsquo;t call it a podcast, call it an \u0026ldquo;audio log\u0026rdquo; instead. Words are important and mean something.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-25 08:10:53 +0200", "date": "8:10 p.m. on May 25, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/25/as-seen-on.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F25%2Fas-seen-on.html" }, { "id": 1650, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I 🏃 my 9-in-60 2/5 in rain, hail and thunder. Luckily, it wasn’t raining 🐸 or I’d expected the end of days.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-24 18:01:00 +0200", "date": "6:01 p.m. on May 24, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/24/i-my-in.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F24%2Fi-my-in.html" }, { "id": 1651, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Getting closer, inch-by-inch, to processing 65c02 instructions in Python… 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-24 15:37:20 +0200", "date": "3:37 p.m. on May 24, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/24/getting-closer-inchbyinch.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F24%2Fgetting-closer-inchbyinch.html" }, { "id": 1652, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I discovered a superpower, yield in Python 😲 awesome! 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-23 18:39:01 +0200", "date": "6:39 p.m. on May 23, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/23/i-discovered-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F23%2Fi-discovered-a.html" }, { "id": 1653, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I want to 🏃 more distance in an hour, or IOW, faster. I should be able to do 5 consecutive easy runs of 9 km in an hour before I advance to doing 10 km easy running sessions. Today was 9-km-in less-than-60-minutes (shortened as: 9-in-60) number 1 out of 5.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-23 11:54:00 +0200", "date": "11:54 p.m. on May 23, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/23/i-want-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F23%2Fi-want-to.html" }, { "id": 1654, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "In other news, Textastic, a great code editor on iOS, stopped working when I updated my iPad to 14.5.1 from pre-14.5. It had worked for 5 years after the last update, and it was great. So I did a paid upgrade of Textastic to the latest version. There\u0026rsquo;s code hacking ahead! 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-23 08:51:48 +0200", "date": "8:51 p.m. on May 23, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/23/in-other-news.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F23%2Fin-other-news.html" }, { "id": 1655, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "🤩 this website made me reconsider how to construct my 65c02 cross assembler. I guess I need to whip up a spec sheet before I start coding in Python. All the work is not for naught, since I learned some regular expressions. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-23 08:23:06 +0200", "date": "8:23 p.m. on May 23, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/23/this-website-made.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F23%2Fthis-website-made.html" }, { "id": 1656, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;ve heard Mur Lafferty claim on the I Should Be Writing podcast that she often likes the idea of having written, but not writing itself. This morning I wrote a lengthy e-mail to a friend, that could be read in less than 3 minutes. It took me 2 hours to compose and edit. ✍️\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-22 23:24:11 +0200", "date": "11:24 p.m. on May 22, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/22/ive-heard-mur.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F22%2Five-heard-mur.html" }, { "id": 1657, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I simplified and extended my Python 65c02 assembler. It now checks the source code for valid opcodes and addressing modes. It still doesn\u0026rsquo;t check if any label value is valid. For labels to work, it has to established their values first (in a first pass of two passes). More to do… 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-22 16:16:18 +0200", "date": "4:16 p.m. on May 22, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/22/i-simplified-and.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F22%2Fi-simplified-and.html" }, { "id": 1658, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "There’s a lump in my tablecloth. I hope it isn’t the C-word 🐈‍⬛ 😂\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-22 11:46:00 +0200", "date": "11:46 p.m. on May 22, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/22/theres-a-lump.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F22%2Ftheres-a-lump.html" }, { "id": 1659, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My first 🏃 after being vaccinated 💉 with AstraZeneca. I had a head wind in the first half. On my way back home it went like clockwork with the wind in my back. The pouring rain didn’t bother me, since I could empty my head after two stressful days of pain and recovery.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-22 10:52:00 +0200", "date": "10:52 p.m. on May 22, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/22/my-first-after.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F22%2Fmy-first-after.html" }, { "id": 1660, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m sure there are much easier ways to find the possible addressing modes of the 65c02 cpu. Even so, I spent many hours of code hacking today to get this result, with many failed attempts. Obviously, I\u0026rsquo;m not good at coding, nor problem solving. Practicing it must be a good thing. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-21 23:26:13 +0200", "date": "11:26 p.m. on May 21, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/21/im-sure-there.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F21%2Fim-sure-there.html" }, { "id": 1661, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The AstraZeneca vaccine certainly has side-effects, though mild in most cases. In my case these are pain/stiffness around the injection point, fatigue, and a higher resting heart rate (15 bpm higher than normal). I don\u0026rsquo;t feel like running. Good then that I stocked up earlier. 💉\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-21 10:25:48 +0200", "date": "10:25 p.m. on May 21, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/21/the-astrazeneca-vaccine.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F21%2Fthe-astrazeneca-vaccine.html" }, { "id": 1662, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I had to shop for some heavy 🐈‍⬛ stuff, and without a car, a Dutch bike is a good alternative 🚲 My arm was still stiff from the 💉 yesterday as well as I felt a bit dizzy, but luckily no headache 🤕 nor a fever 🤒\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-20 17:28:00 +0200", "date": "5:28 p.m. on May 20, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/20/i-had-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F20%2Fi-had-to.html" }, { "id": 1663, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Okay, I can has implied, immediate, (indirect), (absolute indirect) addressing modes in this Python script I\u0026rsquo;m working on. It also makes a symbol table for code origin, labels and definitions (equates), used to calculate values and addresses. It\u0026rsquo;s a thing, 65c02 assembly on iPad. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-19 16:42:27 +0200", "date": "4:42 p.m. on May 19, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/19/okay-i-can.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F19%2Fokay-i-can.html" }, { "id": 1664, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "And… 💉 I had to wait 15 minutes afterwards to be sure I didn’t get an averse reaction. Next one will be in three months.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-19 11:50:01 +0200", "date": "11:50 p.m. on May 19, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/19/and-i-had.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F19%2Fand-i-had.html" }, { "id": 1665, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Early bird catches the worm, so to speak. Today’s 🏃 was easy enough and I felt good, despite too short a night. I suppose I’m a bit anxious because of the vaccination 💉 shot later today.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-19 08:57:00 +0200", "date": "8:57 p.m. on May 19, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/19/early-bird-catches.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F19%2Fearly-bird-catches.html" }, { "id": 1666, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Xena Xantippes. Pixel art 🎨 160x144px, 12 colors.\nFor r/SketchDaily, theme: “Xena xeroxes xenarthra x-rays.”\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-18 20:33:00 +0200", "date": "8:33 p.m. on May 18, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/18/xena-xantippes-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F18%2Fxena-xantippes-pixel.html" }, { "id": 1667, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Instead of futzing around with Python, I decided to create a two-pass assembler, and wrote a version of the first pass, in which the label definitions are dealt with, both explicit and inline. I won\u0026rsquo;t create a professional grade assembler, just a hobby one. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-18 14:21:59 +0200", "date": "2:21 p.m. on May 18, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/18/instead-of-futzing.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F18%2Finstead-of-futzing.html" }, { "id": 1668, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Tomorrow I’ll get my first ever COVID-19 vaccination, so I want to remain as fit as possible. Today’s 🏃 proved yet again that I am. 💉\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-18 10:54:00 +0200", "date": "10:54 p.m. on May 18, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/18/tomorrow-ill-get.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F18%2Ftomorrow-ill-get.html" }, { "id": 1669, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Worrywart. Pixel art 🎨 160x144px, 10 colors.\nFor r/SketchDaily, theme: “Worried woman wrestles with wild wombat.”\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-17 19:23:00 +0200", "date": "7:23 p.m. on May 17, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/17/worrywart-pixel-art.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F17%2Fworrywart-pixel-art.html" }, { "id": 1670, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "With 12 ℃ it was a bit chilly at first, but nice after a few minutes of 🏃 I went a slightly different route and had to wait for quite some commuters in cars, who obviously weren’t working from home. Anyway, lovely run at—for me right now—a decent pace.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-17 16:51:00 +0200", "date": "4:51 p.m. on May 17, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/17/with-it-was.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F17%2Fwith-it-was.html" }, { "id": 1671, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Computer science is giving me headaches. Reflection and regular expressions. Argh! I could just as well hand-code machine code instead. 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-16 22:01:35 +0200", "date": "10:01 p.m. on May 16, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/16/computer-science-is.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F16%2Fcomputer-science-is.html" }, { "id": 1672, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Ve nice bye nite. Pixel art 🎨 160x144px, 7 colors.\nFor r/SketchDaily, theme: “Vacationing vampire vandalizes Venice.”\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-16 18:02:06 +0200", "date": "6:02 p.m. on May 16, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/16/ve-nice-bye.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F16%2Fve-nice-bye.html" }, { "id": 1673, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Writing my own 65c02 assembler in Python on the iPad, because I can ♥︎ 👨‍💻\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-16 15:25:42 +0200", "date": "3:25 p.m. on May 16, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/16/writing-my-own.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F16%2Fwriting-my-own.html" }, { "id": 1674, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "After a (needed and deserved) rest day I ran again 9 km. While the highway was rather busy, where I 🏃 there was little traffic.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-16 13:15:00 +0200", "date": "1:15 p.m. on May 16, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/16/after-a-needed.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F16%2Fafter-a-needed.html" }, { "id": 1675, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I drew this many many years ago, and it still cracks me up.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-15 19:20:07 +0200", "date": "7:20 p.m. on May 15, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/15/i-fr.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F15%2Fi-fr.html" }, { "id": 1676, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Savvy with balloons. Pixel art, 160x144px, 7 colors. 🎨\nFor r/SketchDaily, theme: “Upset urial undermines ugly unicorn.”\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-15 14:43:00 +0200", "date": "2:43 p.m. on May 15, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/15/savvy-with-balloons.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F15%2Fsavvy-with-balloons.html" }, { "id": 1677, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": ".·´¯^(\u0026gt;▂\u0026lt;)^´¯·. Pixel art Gameboy (160x144px, 4 colors) 🎨\nFor r/SketchDaily, theme: “Timid tarantula tries to tickle tired tiger, triggering tremendous terror.”\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-14 19:28:30 +0200", "date": "7:28 p.m. on May 14, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/14/pixel-art-gameboy.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F14%2Fpixel-art-gameboy.html" }, { "id": 1678, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I did a run-walk-run of 20 km, 16 km 🏃 and 4 km🚶🏼Afterwards I had to stretch to relieve the muscle soreness. I took a snapshot every 5 km, where ever I was.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-14 13:17:00 +0200", "date": "1:17 p.m. on May 14, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/14/i-did-a.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F14%2Fi-did-a.html" }, { "id": 1679, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I see people leave Facebook, WhatsApp, and similar because they hate they idea of being tracked. However, tracking is done at the backend, using the web and third parties as sources, not only in the apps. In short, whatever you do on the Internet will somehow be tracked.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-14 09:01:44 +0200", "date": "9:01 p.m. on May 14, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/14/i-see-people.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F14%2Fi-see-people.html" }, { "id": 1680, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Binge watching season 4, final apparently, of Castlevania on Netflix. It came out here today.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-13 20:16:31 +0200", "date": "8:16 p.m. on May 13, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/13/binge-watching-season.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F13%2Fbinge-watching-season.html" }, { "id": 1681, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Peanuts winter wonderland. Pixel art, Gameboy (160x144px, 4 colors) 🎨\nFor r/SketchDaily, theme: “Shocked Snoopy surveys sensual snowmen.”\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-13 20:05:23 +0200", "date": "8:05 p.m. on May 13, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/13/peanuts-winter-wonderland.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F13%2Fpeanuts-winter-wonderland.html" }, { "id": 1682, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Round robin ruffle. Pixel art 🎨 Gameboy, 160x144px, 4 colors.\nFor r/SketchDaily, theme: \u0026ldquo;Religious reindeer relentlessly rejects rowdy robin\u0026rsquo;s ridiculous rap.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-12 17:15:58 +0200", "date": "5:15 p.m. on May 12, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/12/round-robin-ruffle.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F12%2Fround-robin-ruffle.html" }, { "id": 1683, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Two things I know little to nothing about, religion and rap. Or is that latter one wrap? Who\u0026rsquo;s to say in their righteous rapturing reasonless mind? WIP 🎨 pixel art for the subreddit Sketch Daily.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-12 13:13:26 +0200", "date": "1:13 p.m. on May 12, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/12/two-things-i.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F12%2Ftwo-things-i.html" }, { "id": 1684, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I could feel this was the 5th4th consecutive day of 🏃 This is when some need motivation to continue. Nature wasn’t helping either, with several hissing geese with chicks I had to give a wide berth, which is amusing, considering I was running around a body of water.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-12 11:08:00 +0200", "date": "11:08 p.m. on May 12, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/12/i-could-feel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F12%2Fi-could-feel.html" }, { "id": 1685, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "If I breathe air, which I do, does that imply I\u0026rsquo;m an \u0026ldquo;air enthusiast\u0026rdquo;? If I create art (express myself) does that make me an \u0026ldquo;artist\u0026rdquo;? I find this need to categorize and organize puzzling; it feels like being judged and objectified by others. How simple the world must be for it.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-12 08:13:23 +0200", "date": "8:13 p.m. on May 12, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/12/if-i-breathe.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F12%2Fif-i-breathe.html" }, { "id": 1686, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "They found the critter themselves. I suspect it has some kind of self-defense, like a strange smell or high-pitched sound. Since the felines weren\u0026rsquo;t serious about eating it, I threw it into a jar and then in the great outdoors (backyard). 🐱\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-11 20:39:00 +0200", "date": "8:39 p.m. on May 11, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/11/they-found-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F11%2Fthey-found-the.html" }, { "id": 1687, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Quail Quilting Quorum 🐦 🖌 Gameboy pixel art (160x144px, 4 colors)\nFor r/SketchDaily, theme: \u0026ldquo;Quarreling Quail Quibble Quietly, Questioning Quilting Qualifications.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-11 20:21:56 +0200", "date": "8:21 p.m. on May 11, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/11/quail-quilting-quorum.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F11%2Fquail-quilting-quorum.html" }, { "id": 1688, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "With 17 ℃ it was a bit tougher to 🏃 coming from Winter temperatures. Still, I somehow managed to run an hour.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-11 12:55:00 +0200", "date": "12:55 p.m. on May 11, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/11/with-it-was.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F11%2Fwith-it-was.html" }, { "id": 1689, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m rewatching Star Trek Discovery 📺 on Netflix, outside the US. Skipping season 1 and FF through the scenes with Ash and the Klingons. Even so, there are lots of plot holes covered by technobabble and wooden acting, as usual for a science fiction series for general audiences.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-10 20:29:28 +0200", "date": "8:29 p.m. on May 10, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/10/im-rewatching-star.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F10%2Fim-rewatching-star.html" }, { "id": 1690, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Da-da-da-daaah! 🐼 🎹 Gameboy pixel art 📺 160x144 🎨 4 colors.\nFor r/SketchDaily, theme: “Pleasantly plump panda plans possible piano performance.”\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-10 17:12:26 +0200", "date": "5:12 p.m. on May 10, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/10/dadadadaaah-gameboy-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F10%2Fdadadadaaah-gameboy-pixel.html" }, { "id": 1691, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today’s 🏃 contained slaloming 🐌 🐌 a dilapidated fortress guarded by lots of geese in the court, and goslings with mama goose hissing at me. So, the usual 😊\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-10 11:07:00 +0200", "date": "11:07 p.m. on May 10, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/10/todays-contained-slaloming.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F10%2Ftodays-contained-slaloming.html" }, { "id": 1692, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Herding Ocelots. Gameboy Pixel art 📺 160x144 🎨 4 colors\nFor r/SketchDaily, theme: “Overwhelmed owl officiates over ornery ocelots.”\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-09 14:47:52 +0200", "date": "2:47 p.m. on May 9, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/09/herding-ocelots-gameboy.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F09%2Fherding-ocelots-gameboy.html" }, { "id": 1693, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "With 16 ℃ it actually feels like Spring and lovely weather for 🏃 I saw some with Winter coat walking the dog, coat open.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-09 10:10:00 +0200", "date": "10:10 p.m. on May 9, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/09/with-it-actually.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F09%2Fwith-it-actually.html" }, { "id": 1694, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The Covid-19 vaccination is strictly regulated here in the Netherlands—no surprise there. There\u0026rsquo;s no skipping lines, it seems. OTOH, you don\u0026rsquo;t have to choose a vaccine, and two dates are planned with some months in between. I can choose when I get the shots within a 5-day period.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-09 08:05:55 +0200", "date": "8:05 p.m. on May 9, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/09/the-covid-vaccination.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F09%2Fthe-covid-vaccination.html" }, { "id": 1695, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Presumed prehistoric pixelated picture 📺 160x144 🎨 10 colors.\nFor r/SketchDaily, theme: “Nattering neighbors nauseate nearby neanderthal.\u0026quot;\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-08 19:46:32 +0200", "date": "7:46 p.m. on May 8, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/08/presumed-prehistoric-pixelated.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F08%2Fpresumed-prehistoric-pixelated.html" }, { "id": 1696, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "In other news, it appears I joined Twitter 12 years ago, on 8 May 2009. Back then, I could’ve picked many 3- or 4-letter handles, but I’m happy I didn’t, because those get hacked all the time nowadays.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-08 10:02:37 +0200", "date": "10:02 p.m. on May 8, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/08/in-other-news.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F08%2Fin-other-news.html" }, { "id": 1697, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I can see irony in people leaving Hey e-mail, while maintaining their Prime subscriptions. Amazon warehouse and delivery working conditions are much worse (and have been for years) than the—in comparison—🌪in🫖 going on at Basecamp.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-08 09:54:27 +0200", "date": "9:54 p.m. on May 8, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/08/i-can-see.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F08%2Fi-can-see.html" }, { "id": 1698, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I wonder if I\u0026rsquo;ve read a book, should I be proselytizing it to new readers, or just enjoy the experience? Books are even more personal than movies or streaming series, and I found telling others I loved one of those very hit or miss, and vice versa (e.g. I don\u0026rsquo;t like Ted Lasso).\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-07 21:01:19 +0200", "date": "9:01 p.m. on May 7, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/07/i-wonder-if.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F07%2Fi-wonder-if.html" }, { "id": 1699, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "One would expect that having done several long runs recently would give me good results, but alas, that’s not how it works. Was nice sunny weather and I wore a t-shirt and shorts, despite it being 11 ℃.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-07 16:16:25 +0200", "date": "4:16 p.m. on May 7, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/07/one-would-expect.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F07%2Fone-would-expect.html" }, { "id": 1700, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "And done! Gameboy pixel art 📺 160x144 🎨 4 colors. 👾\nFor r/SketchDaily, theme: \u0026ldquo;Merry mongoose makes moaning mallard mailbox.\u0026rdquo;\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-07 10:50:53 +0200", "date": "10:50 p.m. on May 7, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/07/and-done-gameboy.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F07%2Fand-done-gameboy.html" }, { "id": 1701, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Lemming launcher? 📺 160x144 🎨 6 colors.\nFor r/SketchDaily, theme: \u0026ldquo;Loathsome lemur laughs, loads lemming launcher.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-06 14:26:56 +0200", "date": "2:26 p.m. on May 6, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/06/lemming-launcher-x.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F06%2Flemming-launcher-x.html" }, { "id": 1702, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Sun bather 🐈\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-05 18:36:00 +0200", "date": "6:36 p.m. on May 5, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/05/sun-bather.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F05%2Fsun-bather.html" }, { "id": 1703, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Koala knight and pirate kakapo. 📺 160x144px 🎨 18 colors.\nFor r/SketchDaily, theme: \u0026ldquo;Knightly koala kicks knavish kakapo kid.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-05 18:22:01 +0200", "date": "6:22 p.m. on May 5, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/05/koala-knight-and.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F05%2Fkoala-knight-and.html" }, { "id": 1704, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "After a rest day I had problems keeping my pace steady. I suppose the gusts of wind had something to do with it. Bad days are clearly part of 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-05 11:33:00 +0200", "date": "11:33 p.m. on May 5, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/05/after-a-rest.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F05%2Fafter-a-rest.html" }, { "id": 1705, "type": "post", "title": "ASCII art for May 5, 2021", "text": "I tried this iOS app called ASCII Art, made by a high-schooler. It works surprisingly well for a free app. I cropped and resized a photo I made last week to 109x164px (width x height) and the resulting text was 109 x 85 characters.\nAs expected, this doesn\u0026rsquo;t display very well on my blog. The 109 characters wide is much too wide to fit onto a phone screen in portrait orientation (40 characters seems the limit). I could resize the photo, but I\u0026rsquo;m afraid the details would get lost. 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", "dateiso": "2021-05-05 09:18:41 +0200", "date": "9:18 p.m. on May 5, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/05/ascii-art-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F05%2Fascii-art-for.html" }, { "id": 1706, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Reddit seems down.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-04 20:37:59 +0200", "date": "8:37 p.m. on May 4, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/04/reddit-seems-down.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F04%2Freddit-seems-down.html" }, { "id": 1707, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "ascii art ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣤⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣤⣤⣤⣤⡄⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀ ⠿⠿⠿⠿⠇⠀⠈⠛⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-04 19:25:52 +0200", "date": "7:25 p.m. on May 4, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/04/ascii-art.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F04%2Fascii-art.html" }, { "id": 1708, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Here\u0026rsquo;s my current podcast list, in alphabetical order of title. I used Overcast, Apple Notes, and Procreate to make the image.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-04 19:13:28 +0200", "date": "7:13 p.m. on May 4, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/04/heres-my-current.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F04%2Fheres-my-current.html" }, { "id": 1709, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I\u0026rsquo;m already seeing vaccinated people not wearing masks (e.g. in shops). Kids can\u0026rsquo;t be vaccinated, yet are roughly 20% of the population. Herd immunity requires 70 - 90% of the population to be vaccinated. Effectively ALL adults need to be vaccinated before measures can be lifted.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-04 16:32:04 +0200", "date": "4:32 p.m. on May 4, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/04/im-already-seeing.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F04%2Fim-already-seeing.html" }, { "id": 1710, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Jackal joyriding. Pixel art. 📺 160x144px, 🎨 18 colors.\nFor r/SketchDaily, theme: “Jittery jackal jeopardizes journey jumpstarting joyride.”\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-04 16:16:04 +0200", "date": "4:16 p.m. on May 4, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/04/jackal-joyriding-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F04%2Fjackal-joyriding-pixel.html" }, { "id": 1711, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It isn’t fast, though faster than what I’ve done recently. I guess one good run isn’t enough, but I feel progression. 🏃 The goal is 15 km per day, but that’s still far-off into the future.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-03 12:05:00 +0200", "date": "12:05 p.m. on May 3, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/03/it-isnt-fast.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F03%2Fit-isnt-fast.html" }, { "id": 1712, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Crazy Conspiracy Concept. Pixel art 📺 160x144px 🎨 19 colors.\nFor r/SketchDaily, theme: “Injured iguana inconveniently illustrates ideal illuminati infiltration.”\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-03 10:06:49 +0200", "date": "10:06 p.m. on May 3, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/03/crazy-conspiracy-concept.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F03%2Fcrazy-conspiracy-concept.html" }, { "id": 1713, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Ancient Greece themed harpies 🦅🧚‍♀️ and hamsters 🐹 Pixel art, Gameboy compatible (📺160x144px 🎨4 colors).\nFor r/SketchDaily, theme: \u0026ldquo;Hallucinating harpies haunt horrified hamsters.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-02 16:31:03 +0200", "date": "4:31 p.m. on May 2, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/02/ancient-greece-themed.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F02%2Fancient-greece-themed.html" }, { "id": 1714, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Sunday run day 🏃 was so true, so I had to pick a more boring route than usual to avoid other runners. I mostly ran alongside a highway, on a separate road, as is customary here in the Netherlands, where traffic is separated to improve safety and efficiency.\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-02 11:42:00 +0200", "date": "11:42 p.m. on May 2, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/02/sunday-run-day.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F02%2Fsunday-run-day.html" }, { "id": 1715, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s theme on the Sketch Daily subreddit and the reference photos I\u0026rsquo;ll be using on a 160x144px canvas, 4 color palette, compatible with Nintendo Gameboy. It\u0026rsquo;s a lot.\n👾 🎨\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-02 09:40:31 +0200", "date": "9:40 p.m. on May 2, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/02/todays-theme-on.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F02%2Ftodays-theme-on.html" }, { "id": 1716, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Recycling goblin. Pixel art, 🎨 Sweetie-16, 160x144px, 13 colors.\nFor r/SketchDaily, theme: \u0026ldquo;Green Goblin gentrifies grumpy geese, gratifying glistening goldfish.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-01 15:22:37 +0200", "date": "3:22 p.m. on May 1, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/01/recycling-goblin-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F01%2Frecycling-goblin-pixel.html" }, { "id": 1717, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Rich Uncle Pennybags. Pixel art 🎨 Sweetie-16, 160x144px, 7 colors.\nFor r/SketchDaily, theme: \u0026ldquo;The guy from Monopoly.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2021-05-01 09:57:45 +0200", "date": "9:57 p.m. on May 1, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/05/01/rich-uncle-pennybags.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F05%2F01%2Frich-uncle-pennybags.html" }, { "id": 1718, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I was fed up with cheaters in the Sketch a Day app, so I’ll break my 65-day streak tomorrow.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-30 22:01:51 +0200", "date": "10:01 p.m. on Apr 30, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/30/i-was-fed.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F30%2Fi-was-fed.html" }, { "id": 1719, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "9 km 🏃 in an hour, sorta. I met this man who, judging from how frequent we meet, seems to walk daily in his walking frame for at least 7 km, despite his disability. I salute him here for effort!\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-30 10:51:00 +0200", "date": "10:51 p.m. on Apr 30, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/30/km-in-an.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F30%2Fkm-in-an.html" }, { "id": 1720, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Chapter 3 of On Writing Well deals with clutter in one\u0026rsquo;s text. I\u0026rsquo;m more of a discovery-writer, with a lot of clutter in the first draft. Right now, I\u0026rsquo;m writing (in Dutch) for my fortnightly running blog, and want to try out bracketing superfluous text as a tactic to write better.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-30 08:58:49 +0200", "date": "8:58 p.m. on Apr 30, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/30/in-on-writing.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F30%2Fin-on-writing.html" }, { "id": 1721, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Too cute for words 🥰 🐈\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-29 18:14:00 +0200", "date": "6:14 p.m. on Apr 29, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/29/too-cute-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F29%2Ftoo-cute-for.html" }, { "id": 1722, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I suppose now I\u0026rsquo;m writing every day (several times a day, really), reading the book On Writing Well by William Zinsser seems appropriate. 📚 ISBN-10: 0-06-000664-1\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-29 17:55:00 +0200", "date": "5:55 p.m. on Apr 29, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/29/i-suppose-now.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F29%2Fi-suppose-now.html" }, { "id": 1723, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "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 🙏😊\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-29 15:42:00 +0200", "date": "3:42 p.m. on Apr 29, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/29/km-in-minutes.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F29%2Fkm-in-minutes.html" }, { "id": 1724, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "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.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-29 12:42:47 +0200", "date": "12:42 p.m. on Apr 29, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/29/i-wondered-why.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F29%2Fi-wondered-why.html" }, { "id": 1725, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Quick and dirty (unedited) self-portrait, based on a rapid 2-minutes pencil sketch. Pixel 🎨 Gameboy (160x144px, 4 colors).\nFor the Sketch a Day app, prompt “portrait.”\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-29 12:04:10 +0200", "date": "12:04 p.m. on Apr 29, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/29/quick-and-dirty.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F29%2Fquick-and-dirty.html" }, { "id": 1726, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The little shop of horrors (1960). Pixel 🎨 Gameboy (160x144px, 4 colors).\nFor the Sketch a Day app, prompt “shop.”\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-28 21:05:19 +0200", "date": "9:05 p.m. on Apr 28, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/28/the-little-shop.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F28%2Fthe-little-shop.html" }, { "id": 1727, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "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\u0026rsquo;ve l̶e̶f̶t̶abandonned two social networks (Facebook and Strava), which I found to be time sinks. Change begets change.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-28 12:37:57 +0200", "date": "12:37 p.m. on Apr 28, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/28/after-having-it.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F28%2Fafter-having-it.html" }, { "id": 1728, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "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.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-28 11:45:00 +0200", "date": "11:45 p.m. on Apr 28, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/28/second-consecutive-day.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F28%2Fsecond-consecutive-day.html" }, { "id": 1729, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I guess I\u0026rsquo;m a bit rusty…\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-28 09:29:22 +0200", "date": "9:29 p.m. on Apr 28, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/28/i-guess-im.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F28%2Fi-guess-im.html" }, { "id": 1730, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "15 km per day proved to be too hard, so after a proper recovery I aimed lower, 9 km per day? 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-27 12:11:00 +0200", "date": "12:11 p.m. on Apr 27, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/27/km-per-day.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F27%2Fkm-per-day.html" }, { "id": 1731, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "GET TO DA CHOPPA! Pixel 🎨 Gameboy (160x144px, 4 colors).\nFor the Sketch a Day app, prompt “helicopter.”\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-27 09:50:00 +0200", "date": "9:50 p.m. on Apr 27, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/27/get-to-da.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F27%2Fget-to-da.html" }, { "id": 1732, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "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.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-26 16:26:56 +0200", "date": "4:26 p.m. on Apr 26, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/26/so-before-getting.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F26%2Fso-before-getting.html" }, { "id": 1733, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Cobra Bubbles from the Lilo and Stitch movie. Pixel 🎨 160x144px, 12 colors.\nFor the Sketch a Day app, prompt \u0026ldquo;bubble.\u0026rdquo;\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-26 12:23:01 +0200", "date": "12:23 p.m. on Apr 26, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/26/cobra-bubbles-from.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F26%2Fcobra-bubbles-from.html" }, { "id": 1734, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "🎧 MuppeTrek, a podcast (mostly) covering an episode of the Muppet Show and of Star Trek TOS.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-25 19:09:09 +0200", "date": "7:09 p.m. on Apr 25, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/25/muppetrek-a-podcast.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F25%2Fmuppetrek-a-podcast.html" }, { "id": 1735, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "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!\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-25 10:58:07 +0200", "date": "10:58 p.m. on Apr 25, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/25/lavender-castle-supernova.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F25%2Flavender-castle-supernova.html" }, { "id": 1736, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Karaoke in the desert. Pixel 🎨 160x144px, 8 colors.\nFor the Sketch a Day app, prompt “karaoke.”\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-25 09:52:59 +0200", "date": "9:52 p.m. on Apr 25, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/25/karaoke-in-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F25%2Fkaraoke-in-the.html" }, { "id": 1737, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Sun bather.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-24 15:15:56 +0200", "date": "3:15 p.m. on Apr 24, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/24/sun-bather.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F24%2Fsun-bather.html" }, { "id": 1738, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It\u0026rsquo;s pollen season. Pixel 🎨 160x144, 6 colors.\nFor the Sketch a Day app, prompt \u0026ldquo;microscope.\u0026rdquo;\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-24 11:35:34 +0200", "date": "11:35 p.m. on Apr 24, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/24/its-pollen-season.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F24%2Fits-pollen-season.html" }, { "id": 1739, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "🎧 The Incompetable 563: When Harry Met Sally (With Monsters)\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-23 21:01:07 +0200", "date": "9:01 p.m. on Apr 23, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/23/the-incompetable-when.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F23%2Fthe-incompetable-when.html" }, { "id": 1740, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "SF ray. Gameboy pixel 🎨 160x144px, 4 colors.\nFor the Sketch a Day app, prompt “ray.”\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-23 18:03:46 +0200", "date": "6:03 p.m. on Apr 23, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/23/sf-ray-gameboy.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F23%2Fsf-ray-gameboy.html" }, { "id": 1741, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I even received a compliment during today’s 15 km run in 109 minutes.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-23 13:51:41 +0200", "date": "1:51 p.m. on Apr 23, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/23/i-even-received.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F23%2Fi-even-received.html" }, { "id": 1742, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Trying to understand game development using Pythonista on my iPad. It isn\u0026rsquo;t my first attempt at Python, nor at programming games.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-23 10:57:45 +0200", "date": "10:57 p.m. on Apr 23, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/23/trying-to-understand.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F23%2Ftrying-to-understand.html" }, { "id": 1743, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Commodore 64 multicolor pixel 🎨 drawing, 320x200px, 12 colors.\nFor the Sketch a Day app, prompt chance.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-22 11:39:55 +0200", "date": "11:39 p.m. on Apr 22, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/22/commodore-multicolor-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F22%2Fcommodore-multicolor-pixel.html" }, { "id": 1744, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "A factory of factories of factories of factories. Pixel 🎨 160x144px, 11 colors.\nFor the Sketch a Day app, prompt \u0026ldquo;factory.\u0026rdquo;\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-21 11:56:28 +0200", "date": "11:56 p.m. on Apr 21, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/21/a-factory-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F21%2Fa-factory-of.html" }, { "id": 1745, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel 🎨 160x144px, 9 colors.\nFor the Sketch a Day app, prompt \u0026ldquo;cereal.\u0026rdquo;\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-20 14:30:03 +0200", "date": "2:30 p.m. on Apr 20, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/20/pixel-xpx-colors.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F20%2Fpixel-xpx-colors.html" }, { "id": 1746, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Seen while 🏃\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-20 12:52:00 +0200", "date": "12:52 p.m. on Apr 20, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/20/seen-while.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F20%2Fseen-while.html" }, { "id": 1747, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Future tribe. Pixel 🎨 160x144 px, 16 colors\nFor the Sketch a Day app, prompt tribe.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-19 20:21:58 +0200", "date": "8:21 p.m. on Apr 19, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/19/future-tribe-pixel.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F19%2Ffuture-tribe-pixel.html" }, { "id": 1748, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "A more painterly approach with pixel 🎨. 160x144px, 14 colors.\nFor the Sketch a Day app, prompt tulips.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-18 16:05:20 +0200", "date": "4:05 p.m. on Apr 18, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/18/a-more-painterly.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F18%2Fa-more-painterly.html" }, { "id": 1749, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "First and hopefully not last 15 km 🏃 I wasn’t actually fast (1:45 hrs) and extremely tired afterwards.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-18 11:31:00 +0200", "date": "11:31 p.m. on Apr 18, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/18/first-and-hopefully.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F18%2Ffirst-and-hopefully.html" }, { "id": 1750, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Tomorrow I\u0026rsquo;ll try to reach my daily distance goal of 🏃 15 km per day, and keep it there while my body slowly adjusts to the training load. Today I was tired an hour in, which was an improvement over yesterday.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-17 11:56:00 +0200", "date": "11:56 p.m. on Apr 17, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/17/tomorrow-ill-try.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F17%2Ftomorrow-ill-try.html" }, { "id": 1751, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Shoo, git, scram\u0026hellip;ble. Or s\u0026rsquo;mthing 🤷\nFor the Sketch a Day app, prompt scramble. Pixel 🎨 160x144px, 12 colors.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-16 16:31:23 +0200", "date": "4:31 p.m. on Apr 16, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/16/shoo-git-scramble.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F16%2Fshoo-git-scramble.html" }, { "id": 1752, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "🏃 13 km in slightly less than 90 minutes. I tried a different route, hoping it was longer. Alas, almost the same distance. So I had to make an additional loop to make it thirteen full thousand meters, with legs already tired after 30 minutes of running. Tomorrow will be 14 km.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-16 11:45:00 +0200", "date": "11:45 p.m. on Apr 16, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/16/km-in-slightly.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F16%2Fkm-in-slightly.html" }, { "id": 1753, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Bride of Frankenstein minute 67:\n It’s coming up,\n overcast.fm/+OcDput0J\u0026hellip;\n Like a flower,\n youtu.be/g5nzLQ63c\u0026hellip;\n🤣\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-16 11:32:19 +0200", "date": "11:32 p.m. on Apr 16, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/16/bride-of-frankenstein.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F16%2Fbride-of-frankenstein.html" }, { "id": 1754, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It is kind of frustrating that a blogpost, read in less than five minutes, takes many hours to write, especially if only 40 (or less) people will be reading it, and maintaining it costs €70/yr, or €1.40 per post, especially now that there have been no races for me to compete in.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-16 08:09:54 +0200", "date": "8:09 p.m. on Apr 16, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/16/it-is-kind.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F16%2Fit-is-kind.html" }, { "id": 1755, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I get that people get excited over vaccinations. However, it’s not a cure, and doesn’t protect 100%. So, hand washing, social distancing, and wearing masks in public places remain essential to protect the weakest. After vaccination measures can be relaxed, but won’t disappear.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-15 16:57:35 +0200", "date": "4:57 p.m. on Apr 15, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/15/i-get-that.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F15%2Fi-get-that.html" }, { "id": 1756, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Mechanics keep our world working.\nFor the Sketch a Day app, prompt mechanic. Pixel 🎨 64x64px, 11 colors.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-15 15:24:47 +0200", "date": "3:24 p.m. on Apr 15, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/15/mechanics-keep-our.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F15%2Fmechanics-keep-our.html" }, { "id": 1757, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Another consecutive 🏃 day. After yestday\u0026rsquo;s \u0026ldquo;speed\u0026rdquo; I had to moderate today\u0026rsquo;s slightly. After 12.5 km I was pretty tired and stiff, remedied by some stretching. My current goal is daily 15 km runs at an easy pace by the end of April, which shouldn\u0026rsquo;t be much of a problem, I guess.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-15 12:10:00 +0200", "date": "12:10 p.m. on Apr 15, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/15/another-consecutive-day.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F15%2Fanother-consecutive-day.html" }, { "id": 1758, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "The prompt for the Sketch a Day app was exam. My experiences with exams are generally negative, especially preparing for it, and only needing a fraction to pass. I remember nothing of what I’ve learned. A good thing, since most of it was later proven factual wrong.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-14 17:22:37 +0200", "date": "5:22 p.m. on Apr 14, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/14/the-prompt-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F14%2Fthe-prompt-for.html" }, { "id": 1759, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I went for a run, and today I ran almost 1.5 km farther in 75 minutes than yesterday. Still not in shape, though, because that’s still 3.5 km more in the same amount of time, or 30% faster than I went today. Obviously, I still have a long way to go to get back into shape.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-14 10:58:42 +0200", "date": "10:58 p.m. on Apr 14, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/14/i-went-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F14%2Fi-went-for.html" }, { "id": 1760, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Go glove, GO!\nDrawn for the Sketch a Day app, pixel 🎨 64x64px, 11 colors.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-13 13:57:37 +0200", "date": "1:57 p.m. on Apr 13, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/13/go-glove-go.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F13%2Fgo-glove-go.html" }, { "id": 1761, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Alternative parking road sign. Pixel art, 64x64px, 10 colors.\nFor the Sketch a Day app, prompt \u0026ldquo;parking.\u0026quot;\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-12 13:24:27 +0200", "date": "1:24 p.m. on Apr 12, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/12/alternative-parking-road.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F12%2Falternative-parking-road.html" }, { "id": 1762, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I went for a 🏃‍♂️ It went much better than yesterday, when I kept hitting my maximum ♥️ heart rate, like I was sprinting 8 km long. Now, at the 8 km point, I got ⚡️➕❄️ , because of course I did. Tomorrow the same course in opposite direction. I do it just to get back in shape.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-12 11:04:00 +0200", "date": "11:04 p.m. on Apr 12, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/12/i-went-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F12%2Fi-went-for.html" }, { "id": 1763, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "So, now it\u0026rsquo;s up to studying the craft of developing apps on the web. I suppose it will be well-covered, since it\u0026rsquo;s the thing powering most websites. For now, it will be a hobby, to extend my art hobby.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-12 08:24:32 +0200", "date": "8:24 p.m. on Apr 12, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/12/so-now-its.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F12%2Fso-now-its.html" }, { "id": 1764, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "How to build a game with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript - LogRocket Blog\nI used this to test if my own server could be used to create HTML5 games.\nYep.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-12 08:18:03 +0200", "date": "8:18 p.m. on Apr 12, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/12/how-to-build.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F12%2Fhow-to-build.html" }, { "id": 1765, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I have this managed shared account for which I pay 36 euros per year. I should use that to learn how to make HTML5 games, using my pixel art. I saw that game servers are really meant for players, not developers, and priced accordingly. As usual, I went for a complicated solution.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-12 07:44:56 +0200", "date": "7:44 p.m. on Apr 12, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/12/i-have-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F12%2Fi-have-this.html" }, { "id": 1766, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "A counting Count Von Count. Pixel 🎨 sprites are 48x48px, 4 colors.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-11 15:15:43 +0200", "date": "3:15 p.m. on Apr 11, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/11/a-counting-count.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F11%2Fa-counting-count.html" }, { "id": 1767, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel 🎨 64x64px, 4 colors. Drawn for the Sketch a Day app, prompt \u0026ldquo;loud.\u0026rdquo; Aerosmith\u0026rsquo;s Steven Tyler is pretty loud.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-11 08:56:50 +0200", "date": "8:56 p.m. on Apr 11, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/11/pixel-xpx-colors.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F11%2Fpixel-xpx-colors.html" }, { "id": 1768, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Creating pixel art made me think of my own game, to keep it more focussed. Since I don\u0026rsquo;t own a working desktop computer, a native app is out of the question. The alternative is HTML5 on a web server, which isn\u0026rsquo;t free and rather complicated.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-11 07:52:37 +0200", "date": "7:52 p.m. on Apr 11, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/11/creating-pixel-art.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F11%2Fcreating-pixel-art.html" }, { "id": 1769, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "There used to be a term for maxing out the number of characters in a Tweet, but sadly I\u0026rsquo;ve forgotten it. It probably is for the best 🤔 Since Micro.blog has a soft limit for the character count, perhaps that can be a source of creativity. I see very little experimenation, though.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-10 23:12:37 +0200", "date": "11:12 p.m. on Apr 10, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/10/there-used-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F10%2Fthere-used-to.html" }, { "id": 1770, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies theme was \u0026ldquo;Gate.\u0026rdquo; Pixel 🎨 160x90px, 10 colors.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-10 21:42:48 +0200", "date": "9:42 p.m. on Apr 10, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/10/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F10%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1771, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "One of my favorite podcasts. Captain Scarlet, Thunderbirds, etc.\n Spell it out in lead? Ooh!\n overcast.fm/+Y1pEAdGw\u0026hellip;\nThe Gerry Anderson Randomiser podcast, Four Feather Falls - Gunplay.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-09 21:08:02 +0200", "date": "9:08 p.m. on Apr 9, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/09/one-of-my.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F09%2Fone-of-my.html" }, { "id": 1772, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s theme for Pixel Dailies was \u0026ldquo;whirlpool.\u0026rdquo; Pixel 🎨 64x64px, 5 colors.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-09 19:58:00 +0200", "date": "7:58 p.m. on Apr 9, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/09/todays-theme-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F09%2Ftodays-theme-for.html" }, { "id": 1773, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Drafts\nI\u0026rsquo;ve downloaded the free version of Drafts as an alternative to Apple Notes for my micro-blogging. It has been a while that I\u0026rsquo;ve used the app (version 3), so it was quite different from the simple app I was used to. It even has support for Taskpaper, a ToDo app on MacOS.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-09 18:49:29 +0200", "date": "6:49 p.m. on Apr 9, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/09/drafts-ive-downloaded.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F09%2Fdrafts-ive-downloaded.html" }, { "id": 1774, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I use HEX Editor by aZeR DiLLs basically for two things:\n replace Window returns (hex 0D0A) by MacOS returns (hex 0A) with HEX-iT! change the file extension with RENAME Both are hard to do on iOS otherwise.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-09 15:25:17 +0200", "date": "3:25 p.m. on Apr 9, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/09/i-use-hex.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F09%2Fi-use-hex.html" }, { "id": 1775, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "For the Sketch a Day app. The concept \u0026ldquo;sharp\u0026rdquo; as pixel art, 32x32px, 7 colors.\n👾 🎨\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-09 08:40:00 +0200", "date": "8:40 p.m. on Apr 9, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/09/for-the-sketch.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F09%2Ffor-the-sketch.html" }, { "id": 1776, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "A man rag of reserve. Pixel art 32x32px, 11 colors. 🎨 For the Sketch a Day app.\n👾\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-08 13:11:00 +0200", "date": "1:11 p.m. on Apr 8, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/08/a-man-rag.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F08%2Fa-man-rag.html" }, { "id": 1777, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I love 1950\u0026rsquo;s SF movies and their low budget look. This pixel 🎨 was prompted by today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies theme \u0026ldquo;mole.\u0026rdquo; It\u0026rsquo;s 48x48px, 4 colors.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-07 22:17:00 +0200", "date": "10:17 p.m. on Apr 7, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/07/i-love-s.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F07%2Fi-love-s.html" }, { "id": 1778, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Spongebob Squarepants inspired pixel 🎨 240x160px, 14 colors.\nDrawn for the Sketch a Day app. Today\u0026rsquo;s prompt was \u0026ldquo;reef.\u0026rdquo;\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-07 13:26:00 +0200", "date": "1:26 p.m. on Apr 7, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/07/spongebob-squarepants-inspired.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F07%2Fspongebob-squarepants-inspired.html" }, { "id": 1779, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "This pixel 🎨 WIP shows that it pays to work a little longer at a piece before taking a break. After 2 hours or so, I really needed a break, so I exported both versions and put them on top of each other, to see the difference.\nIt\u0026rsquo;s not done yet, though, not by a long shot.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-07 10:16:00 +0200", "date": "10:16 p.m. on Apr 7, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/07/this-pixel-wip.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F07%2Fthis-pixel-wip.html" }, { "id": 1780, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s theme for Pixel Dailies was punchcard. This is a still frame of an animated GIF, 32x32px, 4 Gameboy colors. 🎨\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-06 21:42:00 +0200", "date": "9:42 p.m. on Apr 6, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/06/todays-theme-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F06%2Ftodays-theme-for.html" }, { "id": 1781, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I’ve gone with the unconfirmed etymology of the word, mountain valley village. Drawn for the Sketch a Day app, prompt Nepal.\nPixel 🎨 240x160px, 16 colors.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-06 17:02:00 +0200", "date": "5:02 p.m. on Apr 6, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/06/ive-gone-with.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F06%2Five-gone-with.html" }, { "id": 1782, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It snowed last night… It will be molten in a few hours, since it’s above freezing. 🏠\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-06 09:53:00 +0200", "date": "9:53 p.m. on Apr 6, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/06/it-snowed-last.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F06%2Fit-snowed-last.html" }, { "id": 1783, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "When I really, really want to make something awesome, I need strip down an idea to its essentials, and then add what I need. That\u0026rsquo;s what I did in this basic design of a mountain valley village, the supposed etymology of the word Nepal. Pixel 🎨 WiP, 240x160px.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-06 08:53:58 +0200", "date": "8:53 p.m. on Apr 6, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/06/when-i-really.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F06%2Fwhen-i-really.html" }, { "id": 1784, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I had to look up today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies theme \u0026ldquo;Super Boss.\u0026rdquo; After going through a boring explanation on YT about Final Fantasy (boring game IME), I decided to go my own way—nothing surprising there—and fixed their obvious typo; it should be: \u0026ldquo;Supper Boss\u0026rdquo;, clearly!\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-05 17:31:09 +0200", "date": "5:31 p.m. on Apr 5, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/05/i-had-to.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F05%2Fi-had-to.html" }, { "id": 1785, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "If you\u0026rsquo;re not on the floor, squirming in laughter, I can totally understand. I now appreciate the existence of the laugh track for reruns of unfunny tv shows. I\u0026rsquo;m looking at you, Happy Days, after the Fonz jumped the 🦈 Aaayyy!\nNintendo Gameboy pixel 🎨 160x144px, 2 colors.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-05 12:21:35 +0200", "date": "12:21 p.m. on Apr 5, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/05/if-youre-not.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F05%2Fif-youre-not.html" }, { "id": 1786, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Not sure if this qualifies, but it\u0026rsquo;s a drawing.\nDrawn for the Sketch a Day app. Today\u0026rsquo;s prompt was \u0026ldquo;funny.\u0026rdquo;\nPixel 🎨 Nintendo Gameboy resolution, 160x144px, 8 colors.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-05 09:43:52 +0200", "date": "9:43 p.m. on Apr 5, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/05/not-sure-if.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F05%2Fnot-sure-if.html" }, { "id": 1787, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies theme was box art. How quaint, like LP\u0026rsquo;s and land lines, so oldskool. 80x80px, 12 colors.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-04 17:12:01 +0200", "date": "5:12 p.m. on Apr 4, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/04/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F04%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1788, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I needed that earlier bread bun for what I actually wanted to draw, a bunny made of bun, just for fun, and the pun.\nIt was drawn for today\u0026rsquo;s prompt (bunny if you hadn\u0026rsquo;t guessed) for the Sketch a Day app. Pixel 🎨 64x64px, 6 colors.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-04 09:58:34 +0200", "date": "9:58 p.m. on Apr 4, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/04/i-needed-that.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F04%2Fi-needed-that.html" }, { "id": 1789, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I made this isometric perspective bun for PixelJoint, 64x64px, 5 colors.\npixel 🎨\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-04 08:58:10 +0200", "date": "8:58 p.m. on Apr 4, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/04/i-made-this.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F04%2Fi-made-this.html" }, { "id": 1790, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "On my reading list now. Gamasutra - The Aesthetics of Game Art and Game Design\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-03 11:56:03 +0200", "date": "11:56 p.m. on Apr 3, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/03/on-my-reading.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F03%2Fon-my-reading.html" }, { "id": 1791, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "A delicate balance indeed! Pixel 🎨 20 colors.\nFor the Sketch a Day app. Today\u0026rsquo;s prompt was delicate.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-03 11:21:49 +0200", "date": "11:21 p.m. on Apr 3, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/03/a-delicate-balance.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F03%2Fa-delicate-balance.html" }, { "id": 1792, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "My contributions for PixelJoint are often more considered, since it is a community of such excellent artists, making me want to do just a little bit more effort. This one is called: \u0026ldquo;Early Catch.\u0026rdquo; It\u0026rsquo;s 60 x 48 pixels, 10 colors and pixel.\n👾 🎨\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-02 21:48:29 +0200", "date": "9:48 p.m. on Apr 2, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/02/my-contributions-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F02%2Fmy-contributions-for.html" }, { "id": 1793, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies theme was cobblestone, and I cobbled it together in isometric perspective 😅 pixel 🎨\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-02 20:37:28 +0200", "date": "8:37 p.m. on Apr 2, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/02/203728.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F02%2F203728.html" }, { "id": 1794, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Fresh from the isometric digital pixel 🎨 oven…\nDrawn, reluctantly (since my art is allowed grudgingly, it seems, not being traditional in nature, like pencil on paper) for the Sketch a Day app.\nI keep setting myself up for failure, as a non-conformist, so it appears.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-02 15:26:31 +0200", "date": "3:26 p.m. on Apr 2, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/02/fresh-from-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F02%2Ffresh-from-the.html" }, { "id": 1795, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Another one for April Fools Day, a Carrot Kar, they are terrible to drive in, and are generally driven by fools. Drawn for Pixel Dailies, in jest, pixel 🎨\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-01 21:33:42 +0200", "date": "9:33 p.m. on Apr 1, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/01/another-one-for.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F01%2Fanother-one-for.html" }, { "id": 1796, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It isn\u0026rsquo;t really cross-stitched, but I came close (enough) to the real thing by some photo manipulation in Procreate on a pixel 🎨 image I did earlier today. I could do more, but then it\u0026rsquo;s easier (and faster) to do the real thing instead.\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-01 15:36:33 +0200", "date": "3:36 p.m. on Apr 1, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/01/it-isnt-really.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F01%2Fit-isnt-really.html" }, { "id": 1797, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I couldn\u0026rsquo;t settle on a color palette, so I didn\u0026rsquo;t. Happy April Fools!\nDrawn for the Sketch a Day app in Pixaki on iPad. I used four color palettes: Cold-23, Ministeck-24, Sweetie-16, and Jellyfish-16. If I had Lego bricks, I could build a 32 x 32 pixel 🎨\n", "dateiso": "2021-04-01 11:23:04 +0200", "date": "11:23 p.m. on Apr 1, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/04/01/i-couldnt-settle.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F04%2F01%2Fi-couldnt-settle.html" }, { "id": 1798, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "It took me much longer than expected, but the result was worth it. Ministeck board 80 x 96 holes. Mistakes were made. 🧶\n", "dateiso": "2021-03-31 18:02:58 +0200", "date": "6:02 p.m. on Mar 31, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/03/31/it-took-me.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F03%2F31%2Fit-took-me.html" }, { "id": 1799, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "When I bought this sleep-couch last Friday, the salesperson said she had assembled it herself, NP. Now I have it, I see 5 steps to get things wrong 😑 I know from past experiences I will get things wrong, where anyone with a half brain wouldn’t.\n", "dateiso": "2021-03-31 12:33:59 +0200", "date": "12:33 p.m. on Mar 31, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/03/31/when-i-bought.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F03%2F31%2Fwhen-i-bought.html" }, { "id": 1800, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "That\u0026rsquo;s some hairdo! 🎨 Drawn for the Sketch a Day app, today\u0026rsquo;s prompt majestic.\n", "dateiso": "2021-03-31 11:27:00 +0200", "date": "11:27 p.m. on Mar 31, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/03/31/thats-some-hairdo.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F03%2F31%2Fthats-some-hairdo.html" }, { "id": 1801, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies theme was Daffodils. I added a unicorn called Daffodil. 👾🎨\n", "dateiso": "2021-03-29 23:07:00 +0200", "date": "11:07 p.m. on Mar 29, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/03/29/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F03%2F29%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1802, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "For the Sketch-a-Day app, prompt fox. Pixel 🎨 32x32, 10 colors.\n", "dateiso": "2021-03-29 12:03:22 +0200", "date": "12:03 p.m. on Mar 29, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/03/29/for-the-sketchaday.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F03%2F29%2Ffor-the-sketchaday.html" }, { "id": 1803, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s Pixel Dailies theme was CardGame, restriction 5 colors max. Pixel 🎨 64x64, 5 colors.\n", "dateiso": "2021-03-28 20:30:57 +0200", "date": "8:30 p.m. on Mar 28, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/03/28/todays-pixel-dailies.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F03%2F28%2Ftodays-pixel-dailies.html" }, { "id": 1804, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "DDC 2308, pixel 🎨 64x64, 4 colors. Last one on FB, alas. IG was already off my list a few days ago. Goodbye for now, Facebook 🙁\n", "dateiso": "2021-03-28 10:16:16 +0200", "date": "10:16 p.m. on Mar 28, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/03/28/ddc-pixel-x.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F03%2F28%2Fddc-pixel-x.html" }, { "id": 1805, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "April 1 is approaching quickly. It\u0026rsquo;s then that I want to abandon (not quit) Facebook/Instagram for daily use. The big F will keep tracking me, though, unless they are forced to stop by law. It\u0026rsquo;s this dopamine rush I want to get rid of.\n", "dateiso": "2021-03-27 22:37:33 +0200", "date": "10:37 p.m. on Mar 27, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/03/27/april-is-approaching.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F03%2F27%2Fapril-is-approaching.html" }, { "id": 1806, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "For the Sketch-a-Day app, pixel 🎨 32x32, 2 colors. The prompt was fast.\n", "dateiso": "2021-03-27 10:09:13 +0200", "date": "10:09 p.m. on Mar 27, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/03/27/for-the-sketchaday.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F03%2F27%2Ffor-the-sketchaday.html" }, { "id": 1807, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Today\u0026rsquo;s theme of Pixel Dailies was sea plane 🎨\n", "dateiso": "2021-03-26 20:47:34 +0200", "date": "8:47 p.m. on Mar 26, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/03/26/todays-theme-of.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F03%2F26%2Ftodays-theme-of.html" }, { "id": 1808, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art, 32 x 32, 2 colors, inspired by 1984 Mac OS icons. For Sketch-a-Day app, prompt \u0026ldquo;dive\u0026rdquo;.\n👾 🎨\n", "dateiso": "2021-03-26 13:14:15 +0200", "date": "1:14 p.m. on Mar 26, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/03/26/pixel-art-x.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F03%2F26%2Fpixel-art-x.html" }, { "id": 1809, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "DDC 2306. Pixel art, 16x16, 2 colors. Inspired by the very first pixel artist, Susan Kare, designer of 1984 Mac OS' B+W desktop icons on a 32x32 grid. She was able to provide clarity and whimsy. I tried to give this octopus some personality within the limits. (enlarged 4x).\n👾 🎨\n", "dateiso": "2021-03-26 10:16:11 +0200", "date": "10:16 p.m. on Mar 26, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/03/26/ddc-pixel-art.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F03%2F26%2Fddc-pixel-art.html" }, { "id": 1810, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I wondered if I can publish from Apple Notes to micro.blog without too much fuss? And can I add a photo too?\nYes, I can, but only the text, it seems.\n", "dateiso": "2021-03-26 08:47:15 +0200", "date": "8:47 p.m. on Mar 26, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/03/26/i-wondered-if.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F03%2F26%2Fi-wondered-if.html" }, { "id": 1811, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "DDC 2305, pixel art, 64 x 64 pixels, 13 colors. 👾🎨\n", "dateiso": "2021-03-25 18:58:17 +0200", "date": "6:58 p.m. on Mar 25, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/03/25/ddc-pixel-art.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F03%2F25%2Fddc-pixel-art.html" }, { "id": 1812, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Pixel art, 160 x 90 pixels, 8 colors. Abstract arabic scribblings on a crab. 👾🎨\n", "dateiso": "2021-03-25 16:11:29 +0200", "date": "4:11 p.m. on Mar 25, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/03/25/pixel-art-x.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F03%2F25%2Fpixel-art-x.html" }, { "id": 1813, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "Was at the pet shop this morning and it was eerily quiet. Normally there are at least a few cars parked outside. I suppose most are on a short break for Easter before the third wave hits our country.\n", "dateiso": "2021-03-25 13:25:00 +0200", "date": "1:25 p.m. on Mar 25, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/03/25/was-at-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F03%2F25%2Fwas-at-the.html" }, { "id": 1814, "type": "post", "title": "", "text": "I bit the bullet and paid for a month of micro.blogging goodness. Hope to meet some new people here.\n", "dateiso": "2021-03-25 13:19:15 +0200", "date": "1:19 p.m. on Mar 25, 2021", "permalink": "https://renevanbelzen.micro.blog/2021/03/25/i-bit-the.html", "timelinelink": "https://micro.blog/conversation.js?format=jsonfeed\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Frenevanbelzen.micro.blog%2F2021%2F03%2F25%2Fi-bit-the.html" } ]