was super busy today it being the kinda-last day of school, added more stuff to lyla tho (in testing branch tho since i havent merged it yet lol)!
today:
1. learnt ab structs in rust and revisited yesterday's topic!
2. came up w another concept --irl dress to impress:heavysob: (i feel like i just come up w concepts then trash the idea after realising it really doesnt make sense)
today i:
1. ownership in rust (i will say this has been kinda hard) plus some kinds related stuff to do with memory in general. i think the whole concept of stacks and heaps is really neat.
2. also lots of mechanics in math, i feel like theres got to be an easier way to go about mechanics lol
3. ive still been trying to think of my next high seas project because as much as id wanna submit stuff like the slack hwf i feel like it doesnt really tick the criteria i set for myself for my high seas projects
today i:
• finished up the common programming concepts of rust (ive absolutely loved using rust book + tech with tim) / worked on some stuff in a huddle in my channel to lock in (yes, thats my ascend sweatshirt lol)
• fixed up some stuff on @LYLA
• continued with the designs from [redacted] i mentioned like a week ago in a #C0JDWKJVA| huddle
• got 2 other girls in nairobi to make #C0859S3MM1T| closer to happening !!
today i:
1. i was out of nairobi for a huge chunk of the day
2. continued learning rust. rust data types are…interesting, ive only covered scalars so far. decided to go for pen and paper notes so heres a pic of that (ignore the pen smudges) :P really hope rust clicks in 🤞
3. had to stop working on xbox status for slack because microsoft will not let me make an azure account because it cant verify my phone number (i did some reading and it seems to be an issue in my region so i might not get to make this 🥲)
today i:
i had class from early morning up until right after noon
started working on a slack bot that updates my status according to what i play on xbox (using this) :D
started learning rust #rustaceanera (github.com/v1peridae/loulearnsrust-)
chat i finally deployed hwf knock off on heroku heres how it works, nothing fancy but was defo interesting making a bot. do i see myself doing this in the future? probably not. up next, learning rust.today i:
1. went to the dentist!
2. school :pf:
3. did NOT ship hwf ( i swear im gonna do it )
4. added sources to github.com/v1peridae/endfemicideke
today i:
spent alot of time working on endfemicideke.netlify.app, github.com/v1peridae/endfemicideke its been rather weird here in kenya so im trying to make a centred place to have everything and also a constructive way to deal w how im feeling rn (i feel like scrappy wont let me have link only so theres a screenshot attached of the footer since the website covers pretty heavy topics :D)
finished the poster (i cant show the finished product now 😞)
did NOT make my slackbot as promised
today was filled with lots of school work speedrun lol:
• pulled an all nighter
• today a local business reached out for a poster design so ive been trying to make one (also i asked before i posted it here just to make sure they were cool w it :) ), this is the first very rough draft to just make sure im getting what they want but ill pretify it later:
• not much progress w @loumakespopculturereferences (idk why the name isnt changing sob), just added a few more emotions and that was it. i do plan to ship it tmrw tho. learning ab slack bots is interesting to say the least lol
• been a really weird day where i live so ive been keeping up w that, might make a website hopefully before christmas to document it since i feel like alot of ppl dont quite understand the situation rn
how we feel bot is starting to come into shape :D
today i did a lil bit less technical stuff:
1. hosted show and tell; 53 ppl joined and 26 super sick projects!! (super fun!!!!!!)
2. started working on some ideas for [redacted project] on figma (i spent an unbelievable amt of time collecting inspo for this so i think it was worth mentioning
3. also hopped on a call w @brunoblaise for #C07J6TP1LLB| will post what we got from the call in channel soon tdlr were considering making it more safari themed to make it more memorable and unique (not confirmed) so like tents and stuff in the somewhat wild. but i promise its not small tents its something like the pic
4. did some athena nbo stuff, really lots of pre-planning rn and trying to get other organisers. also looked into women in tech we could invite, i have quite a list already. i think for venues i have a pretty solid idea of where :D so excitinggggg
so i found a purpose for my slack bot, slack version of how you feel a place to log your emotions basically !
i also finished editing my ascend vid but it's incredibly short </3 debating if i wanna have it on youtube or not because of the length :heavysob:
i finished my maths work + econ work tho :D
ive been doing some projects that have lowkey been on backlog. started with adding sharing and deleting to jurnl: jurnl-app.netlify.app/#/shared/OuvWrWwIYCrzLNNn9V4E (lmk if this jurnl link works for you!!!)
also made a design for the stuff Gaurav and Malted are working on
im still thinking of other stuff that are useful. i have sm ideas but i need them to be useful stuff not something like a yapdollar browser extension :heavysob:
continued w slackbot, im gonna post ab that tmrw :))
Hi Scrapbook ppl. So today was one of my more unproductive days since it was quite a mentally draining day, this past week has been like that because of some stuff outside my control but I hope its at least one of the last I feel the way I’ve been feeling. I’ve been thinking alot and I really just want to yap here about it since its related but what I’ve really loved from doing near-daily scraps is that as much as you have a couple of bad days you can always check and remember all the rest of the good and productive days youve had so you dont beat yourself up on the few "bad" drops in your super big pond of accomplishments and things youve managed to get done or learn. This takes me back to Ascend at SpaceX when Osi talked about having some kind of achievements sheet and for me scrapbook really feels like that. Ty to the scrapbook team for really just making this, much love <3 Anyways, today when I got back home, I took a walk today to clear my mind. Here's a pic, the trail was really nice and shaded from the really hot sun:
1. finished up the website i was to make, it's gonna be used tmrw so i really need it to not break then. i wont be revealing what it's about yet since i dont rlly feel comfy doing tat rn
2. slackbot making, say hi to @loumakespopculturereferences (pfp is sunshine lebron reference) (tools.slack.dev/bolt-js awesome place to start, ty Amber), it doesnt do anything yet since i kind of got rid of 1/2 my braincells trying to figure out why .env stuff werent working lol
scrapy doesnt seem to allow links from me anymore lol, here's how many hellos it took before i got it working
i have returned! i’ve had a little bit of a rough past couple of days but im locked back in now i promise. today i:
1. started working on a website my mum needs done by Thursday
2. enjoyed some very last minute cake (we ordered it yesterday evening so it wasnt fancy or anything, vegan cake is awesome tho)
3. did some overdue work
4. tried to catch up with some non-school things i missed out on
I've been writing alot about how I feel today and I thought of this concept for Jurnl
taking a break from slack for a while but i submitted the assignment at 4am and i somehow got extra credit lol. i also worked a lil bit more on the ascend vid + submitted anchor!
finals week :noooo: (dde + arcane in the black rectangle since netflix doesnt allow screenshots)
jurnl update: i finally got it to work and it's ready to use!! i went thru sm trouble bc i made a rather unwise decision to not use branches :heavysob: (side note, nice to see all this activity in scrapbook!)
no luck w jurnl yet but some luck w the video for ascend so far (quality is terrible since its been compressed a bit too much :noooo:! also started working on the certs for each participant so hopefully i get those sent out sooni didnt lock in today because i was disoriented from messing up my sleep schedule again :pf: i did try to figure out why everyone can still see eachothers posts on jurnl + tried out some new concepts for the logo, sent the post event counterspell email from yesterday out and started working on an ascend vid (finally). btw you can try it out for now but your jurnl entries will still be seen by everyone lol jurnl-app.netlify.app
today i:
jurnl
• jurnl's up but for now you can see other ppls posts (which is not what is supposed to happen lol), working on a fix rn
counterspell
• some post event stuff like having ppl add their pics to a drive folder + drafting an email im gonna send to the participants
today i:
made the terrible amazing decision to pull an all nighter
counterspell
• went shopping for essentials
• ordered boba!! (this was interestingly enough the hardest part of my day)
• made webite PR for schedule
• made a list for attendee pick up and drop offs that needs to be signed by parent / authorised person
• sent out email reminders
hack east africa
• WE ARE SO BACK- started making a to do list for myself for this :)
no jurnl update for today </3
today i:
jurnl
• made updating an entry possible
• arranged the entries from newest to oldest
counterspell
• made some certs that will be sent via email to participants
• planning for tmrw since i have lots of shopping to be doing
alt ppl connect app
• we kinda thought ab it more and realised its not so great of an idea rn (which is ok! some ideas dont work and thats fine)
today i:
jurnl
• added access to older entries + made scroll invisible so it looks somewhat decent
• fixed some issues i was having with the wanna jurnl button
counterspell
• finally completed RoS
• called food places to place orders
• did some insta promo
• made launchpad application
other stuff
• talked to someone tday ab making like a place where alt ppl in africa can connect. would be a rlly cool way to have stuff like events centred around diff subcultures
• i feel like ive been making mistakes much more lately so ive been trying to see if i can improve on that :D
• reminiscing ascend we are so back :DDD
back in nairobi ! post-ascend depression tho 💔 gonna get back to jurnl soon.
today i:
survived 23 hours in the air !!
tmrws gonna be epic
i probably wonr get to post a scrap later so here’s one from istanbul airport !
today:
1. laptop was out for repairs again. when i got it back i spent a couple of hours experimenting with playground.tensorflow.org which was super fun :)
2. packing for asc end! (trying to not ping ppl 😭)
today i didnt work on anything :heavysob::
1. i was at the salon getting my hair braided for 8 hours
2. my laptop went to get some repairs (got repaired but came back with more issues :pf:)
uh so for now, here’s a pic of a cat which im seeing for the 2nd time in the span of 3 weeks
today i:
made jurnl sign in page :D (google sign in), sent one last batch of sponsor emails and called some + contacted teachers on linkedin + more maths
i am nolonger feeling sick which is awesome. i have a new idea ive been working on ! (the vines might or might not be there. to be on the safe side, on the coding end ill do it without them until i get a reply from the owner letting me know if i have permission to add them to the site)
another somewhat not so productive day since i didnt wake up feeling any better from yesterday :noooo: i got to see a doctor tho :) aside from that today was nice :D i also submitted some school work so i dont have to worry about physics work until december. for now enjoy this podcast episode i listened to today!
been feeling sick today so nothing major but i started learning a couple of sql stuff on frontend masters (shoutout github education pack lol) and i started thinking of some stuff i wanna make next week. rn im thinking journal so imma see how that idea goes.
i locked in last night and today and added a couple of stuff to hackadoro:
1. i made the data on the to do list save so when you reload the page its still gonna have your to do list stuff (localStorage for the win, probably just dont clear cache/cookies. i tried firebase but it just wasnt working out)
2. i added some convenience features like adding to do items w the enter button
3. changed the music a lil (just changed one song)
4. made the font smaller since it looked rlly weird on ms-edge with previous font size, same for spacing
5. did NOT change the logo nor did i change the bg :heavysob: i have no creativity so theyre gonna stay like that </3
6. made a readme
i think its ready for use now so ig im gonna ship it - link to the repo
today i tried to learn ab some backend stuff for hackadoro so no update ab it BUT i did make my terminal in a way i liked it! (also idk why my computer misses out on the A and calls me louis)
readable? probably not. swag? SO SWAG (inspo to do this from @/phthallo)
today:
1. internet was out for a solid amt of time so i went roaming around nairobi
2. when i got back i continued working on hackadoro. added some small features like a "total time spent" and break/work indication i still do not know what i wanna do w the bg + logo. i also made it live (but i will warn you that it might not work the best just yet!). heres the repo too :) i also started thinking ab the backend stuff which im not so sure how im gonna work it out but it was nice seeing what kinda options i got
added music (why is radiohead there? awesome question. idrk either, ill add more focus music soon lol), added a todo list, decided the session stats might go into settings or something and projects will be a selectable feature or something :ptoday i:
made lots of pomodoro site progress (i intend to change the logo thingy soon, as well as add an actual bg for now those are just gonna be a placeholders, ill also add more sections on the right soon) :) + did some minor tweaks on the plane hackathon proposal w the help of @/Pixelglide (he added a new section!! :)) )! + continued experimenting w pixel art and trying to get the hang of it
lol i lost my streak (fr this time) last night for some reason but ngl im not too bothered by that :) ive been thinking alot about what i wanna do with what i code bc alot of what ive been workinf on doesnt rlly have much of a purpose (im sorry rizzlergpt), its just code that does stuff. so my goal with high seas is to make projects that can be useful for other people while also learning new things. anyways enough of me yapping (on scrapbook of all places :heavysob:)
today:
i started off with working on a pomodoro timer (this is gonna be my first complete react project lol). i wanna have features that can make it better for programmers :) so i think im gonna work and complete this for the next 2 weeks and see how it goes :) i also started working on a list of other stuff id wanna make that have the same kinda goal. i also started learning some pixel art since for my pomodoro timer i wanna add some orpheus art there
worked on the counterspell nairobi site and made a PR :)
didnt code but worked on some FD stuff & watched acon on gh universe :D (and saw my scraps on gh universe lol)
its currently 00:21 and i just remembered i forgot to post a scrap (rip my streak:notcool:)(my streak did NOT die somehow). yesterday i:
1. met a prospective sponsor
2. did lots of physics work, this was super fun
3. finally got ahead enough in my robotics class so i dont need to worry ab it for the next 3 weeks
4. prepped for some work stuff i have tday
5. changed the name for the evoque ysws to evoke lol
today i worked on :
1. USD-fying the counterspell budget
2. not-so-secret secret ysws stuff (evoque)
3. arranging meetings with sponsors (HEARD BACK FROM MICROSOFT FINALLY!!!)
4. maths :notcool:
5. speedrunning robotics since i couldnt get an extension when i'll be going for ascend
made a website that lowkey ate :P its not done yet.
did some stuff for an unofficial ysws (will show once i get home) at a halloween event rn!
made some few changes on my emu but nothing significant for now :noooo: i did however work on some stuff for a ysws :D
very busy today with school and some robotics work but on the brightside no assignments tmrw :) tmrw i plan to continue my emulator :D (image of one of the robotics assignments i did today, its rlly weird but interesting working on non-robot js on DDE)
i finished the website for my spooky boba. i'll try to make some improvements sometime soon but i think i like it a decent amt now. today i also went to the office and also met a sponsor which went decently well! i worked on some more budget still and did a bunch of school assignments. i also had a meeting with my progress manager (that's my homeschool's fancy name for homeroom tr) to change my maths schedule and i rlly like my maths schedule now!
nearly done w my site for the spooky manor, i think i can finish it by tmrw, just need to add the links and prettification :D github.com/v1peridae/spooky-manor
did lots of maths work tday and worked on my spooky manor site a little today, ive realised i feel more productive if i try to get the general idea functional first before adding all the other coolsies and making the format prettier github.com/v1peridae/spooky-manor :)
today's been pretty interesting:
1. I taught(?) someone how to do scene kid makeup & hair (the question mark is bc i mightve overloaded them w info lol)
2. I worked on part of the keyboard for the emulator
3. i also found out theres a rock climbing place 10 mins from me so im gonna check that out tday or tmrw
today i worked on:
1. an assignment on DDE for my robotics class
2. started working on my chip-8 emulator but i switched tutorials since i wasn't rlly sure where to start. i think im getting the idea so i might go back to the one i was using to see if it makes more sense :)
3. contacting a boba shop for discounted boba for counterspell since we're getting like 100
today i was sponsormaxxing (this infact didnt go as great is i hoped it would bc i rlly didnt know what to say :nooo:). i also did some stuff for counterspell nairobi and i started learning how to make an emulator w this super cool tutorial.
made some css for my scrapbook (except idk why its not working on my scrapbook :noooo:) this is how its supposed to look like in theory
today might be the final no code day for now.
1. i met with a sponsor for #C07NWHUHD63| today also sent out some more emails. learnt that if its a small company, reach out to the ceo, a bigger one, reach out to marketing and sales (that’s what been working for me).
2. i also did lots of maths and physics work today. im rlly happy im getting ahead.
3. learnt a bunch about architecture all because of a building i saw
4. wanna work on my scrapbook css by tmrw + i wanna start deciding on a side of tech to focus on since some chunk of the cause my burnout was from focusing on wayy to many things that are all wayy to different.
day 4 of no code. today was a semi no-code day, i didnt do any coding but i learnt about it in my robotics class. i also did lots of maths work and econ work today for assignments i wanna submit early (i rlly wanna clear out my schedule by submitting everything wayyy earlier). i also got some tickets for an SMEs convention (im mostly only gonna use that to network for #C07J6TP1LLB|). counterspell related, i got to work a lil bit on the budget, if you wanna check it out its here :)
day 3 of no code, i was super busy today but managed to make this :D
day 2 of no-code week:
I wasnt home for some part of the day (i was very much dying in the heat lol) but I got back a few hours ago and I made some more changes to counterspell nbo's poster concepts and social posts, i also sent some emails to sponsors. gonna work on a sign up form tmrw
day one of code-free week was rlly productive:
1. i made a proposal for hq for an event. never really done anything like this
2. i got venue confirmation and met some likely sponsors. learning how to speak to sponsors has been super cool
3. i gor back into journaling :) pic of some stickers ill be using on my journal (cant do actual journal entry pic)
DDE today again, i am having some major coding burnout :noooo: so i'm gonna be taking a break from coding for the next week or so (i'll still update my scrapbook w all the cool stuff im learning outside coding)
DDE grind bc Dexter is such a cool moving arm, yall should try DDE sometime!
didnt code but i went to check out venues for counterspell and hackea :)
ive been so locked it tonight and did some more social media work for counterspell. im gonna continue tmrw morning to try to fix my programming lang bc i cant seem to find a fix for it yet :noooo:
I added blinking to the website as well as making the homepage (github.com/v1peridae/spooky-manor) + i made changes to a poster concept for counterspell
spent most of yesterday and today working on this for counterspell as well as making some minor changes on my spooky boba design. i'm gonna spend the weekend working on spooky boba as well as trying to make my programming lang work. ik github misses me so i'll try to focus on coding and fix stuff up this weekend :noooo:
design progress :D
day 2 of working on the design :)) (its lowk scary so i just blurred out the first part until i ask if its ok to use)
started working on inspo for my spooky boba manor project
sooo i scheduled a bunch of emails today using the template! ill go back to coding tmrw i promise
no coding today but i spend the day learning ab hackathon planning and adding locations for counterspell nairobi
spent the day trying to figure out this :noooo:
added lists :)
fixed up functions and added strings :))
not much coding today, still trying to fix the error :noooo:
today was probably the hardest day of making fjaril, i added functions tho i messed up a bit so im trying to get them to work :) im also thinking of doing a name change and call it something diff from fjaril
Part of yesterday and today I worked on adding logical operations and fixing a rlly huge error I had (this took up most of my time). I also gave it a name, fjaril which is Swedish for butterfly and I worked on part of the read me.
today i made the guestbook and this is how it is c:
its been a while since i lastly made a post but i have been working on my website little by little (took a break b/c i had a competition). i removed some sections and added some others and made a few more minimal changes to how it looks :) tomorrow im going to fix my about me and edit some stuff on the other pages :)
day 4 of revamping my website:3 (i forgot about day 2 and 3 helppp)
