You know when you have a video loop, but to make it loop something disappears in an improbable manner?
And you think, that's a shame, because I really like this little clip.
And you could crop it so, for example, a bird doesn't disappear in mid-flight, but then it looks unbalanced so you need to find some unobtrusive way for the bird to disappear so it appears natural?
30 years of type 1 #diabetes. Got a 5.6 hA1c today. My sugars are glucotypical! (Been under 6 for over a decade) That’s nuts. #openaps#loop artificial pancreas for the win.
In my badger related nostalgia blast today I revisited my first post on b3ta.
It was Jan 2003, an entry into a "Hats of the future" challenge where I claimed hats would be gloves because I'd replaced a head with a hand. Quite badly.
I'd then saved it as a gif, which is a decision that puzzles me to this day, but it might have been saving file size. We had very limited bandwidth back then.
Every few years I try to get one of these to look like it does in my head, but the timing is a bit off, or the transition is a bit shonky, & I think to myself "this is deeply not worth the effort" & I abandon it until a few years later & I think "maybe I'll crack it this time".
But no. It's not terrible, but it's not right, but I'm tired & have had enough.
Reminder to self next time I consider one of these: this is deeply not worth the effort.
FWIW if you're on a big screen and want to go a bit googly-eyed yourself I have a screen full of these wee spirit-cogs from when we were playing around with dragging tiling gifs and suchlike.
On our recent travels we visited a lighthouse. I LOVE lighthouses. They're always in these amazing spots, and the buildings sit so pleasingly in the landscape. And they help stop boats crashing into rocks too, obvs.
I sit on the walls, look out to sea, and imagine what it would be like to be a lighthouse keeper.
A short video loop of a river flowing from right to left, with long reeds in the background. A large black water bird stands on a pole flapping its wings. Either side simple drawn figures also stand on poles, flapping their arms. Across the bottom it says "Unexpected way to spend your afternoon #372".