shawn
@whileromeburns.bsky.social
VFX Artist and Programmer from Brooklyn. Houdini evangelist. @WhileRomeBurns@mastodon.gamedev.place
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Daily bunny no.3121 begins a new chapter
October 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Daily bunny no.3121 begins a new chapter
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fascinating low-angle satellite photo of new york city.
September 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
fascinating low-angle satellite photo of new york city.
The Fables of Erlking Wood by Juni Ba is a superb graphic novel. Can’t recommend it enough my friends.
September 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The Fables of Erlking Wood by Juni Ba is a superb graphic novel. Can’t recommend it enough my friends.
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A bunch of nasty foes you might encounter along your way :
August 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A bunch of nasty foes you might encounter along your way :
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New fucked up controller....keyboard found
August 5, 2025 at 5:54 AM
New fucked up controller....keyboard found
Best news in a long time www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Best news in a long time www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
Pretty Deadly Vol 1 was friggin awesome. East of West fans should enjoy this western.
June 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Pretty Deadly Vol 1 was friggin awesome. East of West fans should enjoy this western.
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amtrak’s marketing team gets it
June 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
amtrak’s marketing team gets it
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I got up close with a Portuguese man-o-war and my god these animals are shockingly beautiful.
May 3, 2023 at 11:08 PM
I got up close with a Portuguese man-o-war and my god these animals are shockingly beautiful.
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An advance look at “On Parade,” David Plunkert’s cover for next week's issue. #NewYorkerCovers
June 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
An advance look at “On Parade,” David Plunkert’s cover for next week's issue. #NewYorkerCovers
Spring storm rolling thru Brooklyn
April 27, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Spring storm rolling thru Brooklyn
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Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing:
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
How Well Is Congestion Pricing Doing? Very.
One hundred days in, honking is down; bus speeds are up.
www.curbed.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing:
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
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Want to go visit the national parks this year?
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return
Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return at a time when federal employees are being laid off
www.sfchronicle.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Want to go visit the national parks this year?
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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the origin of the name Guybrush Threepwood is one of my favorite things in video games
they didn’t have a name for the Monkey Island protagonist at the time so they saved the sprite as “guy”
the file was a “brush” file in Deluxe Paint so the artist saved it as “guybrush.bbm”
and, well, it stuck
they didn’t have a name for the Monkey Island protagonist at the time so they saved the sprite as “guy”
the file was a “brush” file in Deluxe Paint so the artist saved it as “guybrush.bbm”
and, well, it stuck
im guybrush threepwood
February 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
the origin of the name Guybrush Threepwood is one of my favorite things in video games
they didn’t have a name for the Monkey Island protagonist at the time so they saved the sprite as “guy”
the file was a “brush” file in Deluxe Paint so the artist saved it as “guybrush.bbm”
and, well, it stuck
they didn’t have a name for the Monkey Island protagonist at the time so they saved the sprite as “guy”
the file was a “brush” file in Deluxe Paint so the artist saved it as “guybrush.bbm”
and, well, it stuck
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“Burn it” 1 of 2
February 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“Burn it” 1 of 2
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this is making the rounds on facebook so i thought id bring it here for u m'lord
January 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
this is making the rounds on facebook so i thought id bring it here for u m'lord
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Instagram and Facebook have recently blurred, blocked or removed posts from two abortion pill providers. Instagram also suspended the accounts of several abortion pill providers and hid the providers from appearing in search and recommendations. nyti.ms/4h3PF1x
January 24, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Instagram and Facebook have recently blurred, blocked or removed posts from two abortion pill providers. Instagram also suspended the accounts of several abortion pill providers and hid the providers from appearing in search and recommendations. nyti.ms/4h3PF1x
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January 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Every museum should have a Little Guys Tour, and at the end of the tour you can buy reproductions of all the little guys
December 11, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Every museum should have a Little Guys Tour, and at the end of the tour you can buy reproductions of all the little guys
Framestore NY has the best views
December 5, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Framestore NY has the best views
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Moss R&D.
This started as an excuse to learn more about running Houdini from the command line. I am able to provide a string as an input parameter, and the Houdini project will create the 3D letters and drop them onto the ground and let them settle, then the moss sim kicks in and weatherizes them.
This started as an excuse to learn more about running Houdini from the command line. I am able to provide a string as an input parameter, and the Houdini project will create the 3D letters and drop them onto the ground and let them settle, then the moss sim kicks in and weatherizes them.
December 4, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Moss R&D.
This started as an excuse to learn more about running Houdini from the command line. I am able to provide a string as an input parameter, and the Houdini project will create the 3D letters and drop them onto the ground and let them settle, then the moss sim kicks in and weatherizes them.
This started as an excuse to learn more about running Houdini from the command line. I am able to provide a string as an input parameter, and the Houdini project will create the 3D letters and drop them onto the ground and let them settle, then the moss sim kicks in and weatherizes them.