adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Six rounds of interviews, and this is how I find out. 010
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 11/02/2026If you are not familiar with chess ratings, an average child would be around 150-200. Grandmasters over 2500. 010
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 11/02/2026I did it! Finally got to 1000 rating. Took me so long, but I’m finally not horrible at this game. 120
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 05/02/2026I’m slowly getting better at chess (on the road to 1000 ELO). Recent game I just played. Some misses, but a nice tactic to win a queen, and a good mating tactic at the end. Check out this #chess game: peanuts87 vs aswaaby - www.chess.com/game/live/16...chess.comChess: peanuts87 vs aswaabypeanuts87 (946) vs aswaaby (941). aswaaby won by checkmate in 36 moves. Click to review the game, move by move. 040
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Still waiting for some time off to deal with the "garage situation." A lot of things in there waiting for e-recycling, extra parts from construction projects being saved "just in case," and a myriad of other stashed away things that need a better home. 000
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 16/01/2026I'm starting off the year by tackling a few small problems that have annoyed me about my home for years. These are all easy-to-solve problems that I've been procrastinating on for years but have gradually made me upset every time I see them. Crazy to go so long with these small annoyances. 120
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Give it a shot! Houdini is free to learn with the Apprentice version. 010
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Typically, we are storing volumes in VDB format and using tools from the openVDB library in Houdini to process them. 010
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Yeah, if you feed it points, Houdini can easily handle many millions, even a few billion points, depending on your memory resources. Lots of tools in Houdini to convert points to volumes, and then to smooth and refine the volumes. 210
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Just doing a quick lookup of that… I don’t think Houdini can read that data format. (Sounds like a custom format), so you’d have to write an importer for it. 010
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Sorry, I don’t know any of what you are asking about. 300
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Another CG nebula, made in Houdini. Using custom volume solver to create internal gravity and pull the volume together into these nice structured threads. 1201
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 10/01/2026This movie should have gotten a much better reception and box office numbers than it got. It’s not a bad movie at all. Amazing visuals, great soundtrack. Solid performances. Sad, but I don’t think we will get any more Tron movies after this. 000
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Lots of work getting this all put together. 100
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Done for GMunk Studio, under Bradley’s amazing direction. Big team of artists doing all the UI bits. My main job was putting together the Houdini systems behind all the image clusters and taking the concept art into final design approved by the film’s director. 110
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Tron Ares is on Disney+ now. I did a bunch of work on the film. This sequence of the film was my main job (FX lead). (GIF pulled from Tenor) Initial concept art by Michael Rigley. Shot finishing by Serjan Burlak, Daniella Levy, and ILM Sydney.media.tenor.coma tron ares poster with a man in a suitALT: a tron ares poster with a man in a suit 171
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 26/11/2025I’m spending my Thanksgiving break doing home repairs because my kid has Hulk-hands and has destroyed the house. 010
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 16/11/2025And, of course, reviews! (Just like Amazon) “Gents: The carriage I purchased of you came well packed and in good order. It is a surprise to me and others how a carriage can be sold at such a price. I have paid double for a less desirable one. It seems to be strong, of good material and stylish” 100
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Going through some old books and found this one that I picked up at a used book store around 25 years ago. I love these kinds of books because you can learn so much about how people lived back then. This is almost 800 pages and has EVERYTHING. The Amazon of the late 1800s. 120
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 02/09/2025-Some people love to ask for a draw when I am clearly winning (lol) Anyway, if you see me out there, know that I’ll probably hang my queen, but I’m still determined to get toward 1000 and eventually learn some better board vision. 020
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 02/09/2025I found a couple funny observations in my journey of the low-rated chess community. -The uglier the board you play with, the more likely I am to lose to you -People with Magnus or Hikaru in their handles are usually terrible -Some people just have no chill. I’ve had to block dozens of users so far. 110
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 02/09/2025all the dumb stuff, lol. I have come a long way though. Started at 700, immediately dropped into the mid 100s 🫣 then climbed my way back up. It’s fun, but frustrating to be stuck. 120
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Over the past year, I’ve been trying to get better at Chess, with the modest goal of getting to 1000 rapid rating. (Currently stuck in mid 700s). It’s funny, because I watch some of the Gotham Chess game reviews, and it just seems so obvious, but I choke during games (tunnel vision, hanging pieces), 120
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 08/05/2025LinkedIn really is the most depressing place on the internet 010
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Not a very successful test, but was worth a try... 060
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Procedural nebula, created in @sidefx.bsky.social . Render engine: KarmaXPU. #cg #art #space #nebula 1222
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 12/04/2025WIP Procedural nebulas (no simulations) in Houdini. Starfields to come later. 1170
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Looking forward to waking up tomorrow to find my retirement savings wiped out. 030
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Can also show in flat-list mode, too. Great for finding items 100
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Nice little UI discovery inside Houdini today. I've been looking for quite awhile for a hierarchy view for object-level assemblies. Turns out the rig tree is capable of this - and even smart enough to filter out non-transformable nodes. 1100
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 27/02/2025"Weapon" Made in 2022 #cg #art #3d #animation 070
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Really bad if true. Massive company, thousands of people affected. www.reddit.com/r/vfx/commen...reddit.comTechnicolor troubles reach further than the US - New messaging just sent to studios globally. 010
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 22/02/2025At the moment it looks like just US operations are affected. But, as a whole, Technicolor appears to be in bad financial shape. So, maybe a matter of time, but not currently the end of Technicolor. 010
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Damn, sounds like all US Technicolor brands (Mill, MPC) are shutting down next week. ☹️ 101
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 29/01/2025$7500 of vet bills coming up. Let’s find out if my pet insurance is worth a damn. 040
adamswaab.bsky.social @adamswaab.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Thrilled to say I will not be turning on my computer for 36 hours. 060
