[-] CounselingTechie@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 month ago

I remember during the "eternity" in between Gen 3 and 4 sprite-work had started becoming popular as had tilemap-work, with the common words being decolors and recolors, decolors being taking the newer sprites and remaking them for an older style, while the recolors was the opposite direction. I remember on TRSrockin, Lugia's Den, and Mewthree's Domain learning tutorials on this, and even having contests for it.

Fast forward to 2006 and people were making romhacks of Johto in Firered and Ruby, but also trying to make Hoenn in Gold, and some even so far as to try making Johto in Red. It was not perfect, but it was enjoyable. I even got into the fun of it too, having a lot of fun making romhacks. One such I remember distinctly involved a Tyranitar on the main screen, and was based in Gen 2, and was honestly phenomenal to play.

Needless to say, the difference I found in my life between the games officially made, and the fangames was that the fangames were not limited by policies of the company, and were only limited by the technology, and the passion of the creator or sometimes creators. Today we live in a modern world, with such projects as Pokemon Red KEP truly exemplifying that spirit with the limitless power of the decomp projects and community.

[-] CounselingTechie@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

I have heard a lot of good about it, and am glad to hear that it is well-deserved. I may make time to watch it in time myself.

[-] CounselingTechie@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 months ago

100%, the world is better at night. I am aware where I live there are more dangers, I have had to push myself to go as fast as I could in the past to get away from some people who were out at night, but the majority of the time I have found that the night-life is the best time to go out.

13

Hello everyone,

As the title said, I am looking at starting some okra from seeds, but wanted to know if I am too late in the season to start, or if I am good for where I am?

I will be growing the okra in large containers specifically, but I could do raised beds if that would be better.

[-] CounselingTechie@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago

I am debating if I wanted to try a second time around with the onions, but maybe try more Egyptian Walking Onions instead of traditional white onions; however, I also have debated if I wanted to just switch to the next in the set for crop rotations. I have decided that next year I am going to attempt crop rotations with my four major sub-sections, being two sets of pots, and two raised beds.

[-] CounselingTechie@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 months ago

I do not have pictures right now, but my plants are doing better. A few more of my peppers in my larger pots are beginning to fruit with more flowers, and a few tomatoes are beginning as well. I feared that my watermelons were dying, but they are back to life and flourishing right now. With my beds themselves, two of my three tomatoes in the beds are doing alright with one doing better than the other, while the middle tomato plant is dead as dirt for some reason. Similarly my onion bed did not survive the storming we had a week or two ago. Sadly I am going to need to figure out the plan there. My indoor tomatoes and indoor onions though are doing very well!

[-] CounselingTechie@slrpnk.net 4 points 7 months ago

Honestly, one thing to look at would be using ollas, or terracotta pots that irrigate the plants for you. It is an easy way to once to twice a week water your plants. I use it almost exclusively in my gardens because my work schedule is too hectic sometimes for daily watering, plus it is much more effective in deep-root watering.

[-] CounselingTechie@slrpnk.net 3 points 7 months ago

Getting the last set of pots this weekend, got large terracotta ones that I am going to be having ollas in with some container style tomatoes and peppers. Maximizing space without necessarily building more raised beds as I don't have the stuff for that, right now. Waiting on one of the local stores to get plants started for selling so that I can transplant them into my garden beds. Going to try okra this year! Determined to see how it works!

[-] CounselingTechie@slrpnk.net 3 points 7 months ago

Very nice with the ground cherries!

[-] CounselingTechie@slrpnk.net 5 points 7 months ago

That is so amazing!!

I got my tomato seeds for my various types I am going to be growing, and then also am going to attempt growing okra! I also got my classic herbs, some peppers, some onions, and garlics too.

Starting indoors then will transfer as necessary.

[-] CounselingTechie@slrpnk.net 13 points 8 months ago

The car's driver AI is becoming more human-like in running down cyclists, that is just concerning.

[-] CounselingTechie@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

This was the first year I've had my house, so I had built two raised beds and had the existing one for the first time this year. I had also built the larger ollas for irrigating an learned how well that it works for the plants to provide water to them with me not having to every morning go out and water the plants themselves, my schedule not allowing for it. Next year will come and I'll do more, plus I still have the winter time for my indoor vegetables I'll be growing, excited for that.

[-] CounselingTechie@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

Now this is interesting, I have been using terracotta pots formed to function like old styled ollas for my plants and have been loving them this year thus far.

view more: next ›

CounselingTechie

joined 1 year ago