The past eight years have been quite eventful for me. Everything’s changed, from health to housing to jobs, and I feel like the trajectory is definitely upward. Across all these milestones, I’ve been slowly working on my weight, taking breaks when needed and celebrating at each mini-goal. Those mini-goals were necessary because I had so […]
Weighed and Measured: Heather’s Guide to Start Healthy Eating
Eating healthy foods in the right portions while sticking to a budget can be hard… but it doesn’t have to be! Here’s my Guide to Start Healthy Eating.
Streaming Upgrades, Part 2: Graphics
The tech is ready. Now it’s time to think about the actual screens, graphics, and overlays I’ll be throwing at the world. Here’s how I went about updating them all to try to bring a little order to the chaos.
Streaming Upgrades, Part 1: Streaming Tech
If I’m going to stream and expect people to listen and watch, I’d better make it an experience worth their time. Here’s the first of a three part series about bringing our stream to version 1.0!
Elite: Beagle Point, At Last.
We made it. 3 months and 18 days. 100,000 light years. Jump number 2,070 brought us to Beagle Point, and the end of the Distant Worlds 2 Expedition for CMDR Lanids and his flock of Harpy viewers.
I learned something unexpected on the way.
Elite: Which Way is Home?
It’s been three months and eighteen days. Tonight we will arrive at Beagle Point after a journey of over 100,000 light years. Now what?
A Tale of Two Oculuii
In about three weeks, two major new headsets are coming from Oculus to drop into consumer’s greedy little hands. You better believe I’m one of them!
Weekend Recap and Looking Ahead
It was a busy weekend here in the Orksandcats.com Palace. Let’s go over what happened this weekend, then lay out some thoughts for what the week ahead might contain. New VR, anyone? (Updated at 4:55PM!)
Elite: Into the Abyss
We’re now four months into the Distant Worlds 2 expedition, and we’ve entered the final stretch of the journey to Beagle Point. This is where it gets hard… and lonely. We’re coming to The Abyss.
Deleting Facebook: Enough is Enough
A wise man once said: “Enough is enough. Shit, or get off the pot.” Facebook is the communal toilet of modern society, and I’ve finally decided it’s time for me to park one last brick on it, then say my goodbye. I’m deleting Facebook. Read on if you want to know more, but that’s the meat of the post.