Hey ho, liebe Metalheads in und um Köln.

Heute Bock auf 3x Metal auf die Ohren im sonnigen Kölle?

Für schlappe 13 €?

Im MTC gibt's heute ein Dreierpack mit Firestorm (Heavy metal, Frankfurt), Sick Of Searching (Metal & progressive, Köln/Aachen) und Stonebound (Melodic hardrock, Kerpen).

Also auf zur Zülpi!

Ach ja: Bin natürlich dabei!

Mehr hier:

https://www.rollingdice-events.com/event-details/firestorm-rooted-future-tour-mtc-koln

...und da:

https://www.regioactive.de/konzert/firestorm-stonebound-sick-of-searching-koeln-mtc-2025-06-20-ZGJpdjyvJG

More #FirestormArmada. Pink underlayer, ProAcryl Warm Yellow airbrushed top layer, PA Golden Yellow edge highlights. The metallic parts are a payne's grey base, then Vallejo game air silver and PA Burgundy gradient for the lenses.

These Sorylians will be the last of my old Spartan FSA. I've got no inspiration for the Terrans and there's a friend I'd rather give them to and see what he comes up with.

#spaceships #wargaming #miniaturepainting #minipainting #miniatures
#wargames #firestorm

Still working through an old box of Spartan #FirestormArmada models. The game is having an odd little resurgence at my local, and this brings me up to two fully painted basic fleets. The paint job is ivory and burgundy (Pro Acryl) base layers with a black wash and heavy brighter drybrushing. I wanted a slightly mottled and worn look. And of course the plunging red slash the dagger-like warships need.

#spaceships #wargaming #miniaturepainting #minipainting #miniatures
#wargames #firestorm

Distrobox is neat!

So I've been running #Firestorm for #SecondLife against a local Mesa build in #Debian because Debian has ancient crap versions of everything. I like the stability but running modern stuff can involve a lot of workarounds, sometimes distro breaking workarounds.

And now I can just spin up Bazzite, and launch Firestorm without the local Mesa... and it actually gives me better performance in some locations than the old solution!

Get what I like about Debian without the downsides(at the cost of some disk space, but that's a small cost) or the VM shenanigans I'd have previously used. #Linux

#SecondLife #Firestorm 'New features coming soon (part 2)'
https://www.firestormviewer.org/new-features-coming-soon-part-2/

Goofing around with some old #FirestormArmada Aquan spaceships. There's a guy at the local with a humongous collection that came out of hiding and I'd forgotten how much I like the game. Especially compared to the bloated lumbering mess that the third edition of #DystopianWars has become (the publisher actually agrees with me, they're working on a new edition to fix those problems).

#spaceships #wargaming #miniaturepainting #minipainting #miniatures
#wargames #firestorm

#SecondLife "Some statistics – #Firestorm versions, who’s running what?" - also, a survey.
https://www.firestormviewer.org/some-statistics-firestorm-versions-whos-running-what/

The "Linux Early Access (Beta Channel) – 7.1.12.77211" version of Firestorm fixed most of the FPS drops and lag I had with Second Life. If you left SL because of lag, you may want to check out the same version for your operating system.

https://www.firestormviewer.org/early-access-beta-downloads/

Wasn't online at all yesterday, gathering strength.

Today, I have paid-subscribed to 7 newsletters to help support independent journalism, in addition to continuing to support The Guardian, Pro Publica, Mother Jones and others who support the truth.

If you can, you might want to, as well.

Take care of yourselves, but if you're able, don't turn away. This is actually happening.

1/n

Would be interesting to see what happens if there were a grassroots campaign in California to petition the EU and PRC for disaster aide because of American congressional leadership refusing to act. It's happened before in Vulcan, WV.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_Bridge?wprov=sfla1

Hackaday Links: January 12, 2025 https://hackaday.com/2025/01/12/hackaday-links-january-12-2025/ #HackadayColumns #Hackadaylinks #hackadaylinks #amateurradio #SuperScooper #enforcement #interactive #california #WheelChair #firestorm #aviation #pasadena #labcoat #atlas #drone #space #fire #fcc #ham #jpl

Hackaday Links: January 12, 2025 - The big news story of the week of course has been the wildfires in California, whi... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/12/hackaday-links-january-12-2025/ #hackadaycolumns #hackadaylinks #amateurradio #superscooper #enforcement #interactive #california #wheelchair #firestorm #aviation #pasadena #labcoat #atlas #drone #space #fire #fcc #ham #jpl

#fires #firestorm #pasadenafires I’m feeling a wee bit weird right now. I live near the periphery of the Eaton fire, LA, Pasadena, and have 0 to fear, odds are great but I live in a large building, and just realized that I am the only one on my floor still here out of 11 units. Empty halls. The rest have gone south to avoid bad air quality or worse. Forty people still in this historic 7 floor building, but none are left on my floor. Feels creepy as hell. Tho’ I know it’s very safe.

The scale of loss due to the fires experienced this week in Southern California is incomprehensible. So many businesses and homes burned including several of my Disney Imagineering colleagues. #LAFirestorm2025 #LAfires #Disneylandfires #firestorm

From my archive. As we approach another Summer, here's a throwback to 2020... #bushfire #firestorm #climatecrisis #auspol #australia https://pazzoredento.wordpress.com/2020/11/29/bushfire-or-rona-or-both/

My contribution to #ausmusictshirtday is Firestorm from Broken Hill.