Stuff I did this evening:
- broke the connector on the battery pack I’ve been using inside the still-not-finished Octoclock while removing it to use it to power the Witchin’ Coat
- powered up the Witchin’ Coat via my computer’s USB and decided what fabrics I want to use to diffuse the LEDs (a white fabric, with a sparkly black one atop it)
- half-assedly cut and sewed one panel that will have LEDs attached to it
- picked all the conductive thread out of the coat, and removed the LEDs from it
I think that is enough for now. I took some notes as to the exact way I want to stack things (coat, LEDs, white fabric, black fabric) and am now going to put all the bits away until next time I want to fool with this.
Earlier today, I got the next page of Rita halfway done. Not as much as it sounds as it’s just a single figure that takes up half the page. There’s some background stuff I’d like to do as well; I might fool with that while I eat some dinner but I probably will end up just poking at the net.
And of course half the day went to just slouching in the living room playing video games. I have been playing Diablo 3, and finally got to the point where it started being slightly challenging – the last few bits of Act 4 actually kind of woke me up, and the final boss of that made me finally change up the mindless tactics that had carried me through the game. Finishing Act 4 finally unlocked difficulty levels beyond the first three, which are named “normal”, “hard”, and “expert” but should be called “beginner”, “easy”, and “normal” IMHO. I’m not sure I’d actually recommend it; the gameplay is okay but the story is so by-the-numbers, and the whole thing is kinda grindy. That’s been tickling some part of my brain that just wants to be awake but kinda bored during the deepest parts of winter; basically I guess it’s a good game to hibernate to. I’m also hoping it will be fun for local co-op when Nick gets back in town.
Anyway. I typed this up while eating. Which I’m pretty much done with. So I guess now I’ll post this, go brush my teeth, and go to sleep.