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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 18/07/2023

First time I can remember where I've pre-purchased tickets to two movies on the same opening weekend.

Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 17/07/2023

I worked a little on this film and I'm excited for it be out in the universe. It's a good one. 🥰🥰🥰 twitter.com/20thcentury/status/1680…

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 17/07/2023

Don't get me wrong, Discovery has a place in my heart for entertaining me much over the years, but watching a weird Shark Week ad in front of my Sunday night HBO just doesn't seem right.

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 06/07/2023

This is a Threads App fan account now. See you over there. I'm "jaxzin" everywhere I can be, or "jaxzin78" if that's not available for some reason.

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 05/07/2023

7 years at Lucasfilm today. I’ve lost count of “pinch me” projects, but these stand out: a Disney attraction, a VR launch title, a PlayStation game, a Star Wars movie, the first Star Wars TV show, and a Marvel movie. I’m incredibly grateful I get to fulfill my childhood dreams

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 05/07/2023

I know I’m biased but I also had little to do with making it so I want to say…Dial of Destiny was wonderful. I loved the story that was told and especially how it was told. One last ride with Harrison as #IndianaJones.❤️❤️❤️

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 01/07/2023

Strange New Worlds getting me teary two episodes in a row. This season is already so brilliant. #StarTrek

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 01/07/2023

I’ve lost count at the number of times I’ve opened a non-functioning Apollo this evening. 😢

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 30/06/2023

I love the clear correlation I can make that running my HVAC improves my air quality in my office thanks to the home data collection I can do with @googlenest and my @esphome_ VOC gas sensor and particulate sensor, and their integration with @homeassistant, @InfluxDB & @grafana

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 21/06/2023

I am cisgender. It’s not a slur, it’s a fact.

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 14/06/2023

Figured out how to use the `integral` function in @InfluxDB Flux queries to turn my solar power into an estimate of total energy. This calculated data matches the stats in the @Tesla app, so I think I nailed it! My understanding of Calculus paying off in the real world! #math

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 14/06/2023

100+ hours in and I just realized the falling rocks are there for me to use Recall and ride them back up to the islands in the sky. #zelda📷 #totk #gaming

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 13/06/2023

Randomly cancelled debit card, locked out of online banking, unlocking over the phone requires me to list transactions by memory. “Just go in with a photo ID and see a teller!” It’s 2023, it can and should be more convenient than that. They shouldn’t be blocking me from my money

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 09/06/2023

The last week as measured by my office air quality sensor. It was rough but DIY air filters helped!

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 07/06/2023

DIY air filter in my office is way more effective than I expected. The room still isn’t dropping to healthy levels but it’s an improvement.

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 07/06/2023

Gaze pinching an IRL thing will definitely be a mistake my brain makes someday, like the times I’ve tried to thumb scroll a paper book.

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 06/06/2023

One of the many reasons I have a lot of faith the Apple Vision Pro will be something different, ARKit was first released for iOS 11 in 2017. I imagine it was in development for years before that. They've been building the software toward this device for a very long time.

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 06/06/2023

Umm, someone set the skylight to the wrong color temperature in Connecticut.

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 06/06/2023

Rewatching Super 8 and it’s a shame this cast of child actors aren’t all as celebrated as the kids from Stranger Things. The talent is incredible. Of course Elle Fanning is the standout and has gotten the recognition.

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 05/06/2023

I try not to be an Apple apologist, so I feel justified in pointing out the specs of a Macbook Pro vs the specs of a Vision Pro to compare the prices and that it's positioned to compete with laptops and not other HMDs. But we'll find out in time if this tweet is foolish.

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 05/06/2023

Definitely seeing some variants of "No wireless. Less space than a nomad" reactions today. 🤣

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 01/06/2023

Well, time to start saving up for another HMD for my collection! I've been so happy with my Quest 2 over the years, so I can see the Quest 3 will likely replace it in my day-to-day because of the improved specs and the fact it will probably be a drop-in replacement.

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 01/06/2023

Characterizing remote workers as lazy is ironic. I genuinely would love a breakdown of this VC/C-suite's productivity over the years. "I'm grinding every hour of the day"...sure you are, Chad, sure you are. twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/16639…

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 28/05/2023

Got my 72 yr old Dad setup with a Steam account so my parents can buy and play Firmament on the new MacBook M2 he just got. Xbox controller + AirPlay and my Mom is playing it on their big screen TV. They were both huge Myst/Riven fans. I love everything about this. ❤️❤️❤️

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 19/05/2023

I propose we need the same kind of digital locker for games that movies have. I understand better than most that releasing the same game on different platforms is a different level of investment than releasing a digital video on different platforms. I still said what I said.

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 12/05/2023

So I asked ChatGPT to write me some Python to do the same thing directly from the video file. Holy shit it worked and it's really really fast. Here's the first results, another 30 min video turned into star trails, or plane trails.

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 12/05/2023

I was unhappy with how long the image stacking apps I was using to create a star trail image were taking last night, given that I need to extract all the frames to separate files, import them, etc. 27,000 frames for 30 minutes of video was untenable.

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 07/05/2023

Being woken at 4:30am by a beep you can’t find suuuuuuuuuuuuucks. It was not a smoke detector. It was not a UPS backup power supply. It was not my NAS. It was a base station for my cheap weather station that showed no sign of being in an alarm state. 😡 It’s now 5:15am.

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 07/05/2023

My son genuinely asked me today if I knew what Doom is and it might be the most offensive thing he’s ever said to me.

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 06/05/2023

My family decided against a Florida vacation this year because of the open fascism. I’m also trying to find ways to actively support transgender folks from CT. Donating money is one way. twitter.com/vote_checkbox/status/16…

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 06/05/2023

From a host at Trail’s End Buffet to an ESPN.com Fantasy Engineer to a galaxy far, far away! This month I celebrate 15 years of service at The Walt Disney Company and today I got my Mickey statute.

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 05/05/2023

I'm a little sad that didn't have time to play a star war or watch a star war today. I was too busy making the star war, for which I am grateful. #MayTheFourthBeWithYou

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 02/05/2023

This is Emily on my team! Learn about what we do and how she makes magic (literally)! twitter.com/ILMImmersive/status/165…

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 24/04/2023

Also thanks to @Synology for this footage, that's where it was actually recorded as a timelapse, on my NAS with their Surveillance Station software. Worth every penny.

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 24/04/2023

I hear they were filming the second season of Welcome to @Wrexham_AFC this weekend and there are spoiler leaks from the set. Not cool folks, not cool. Please don't anyone spoil it for me.

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 24/04/2023

Caught the aurora from my backyard in Connecticut! #NorthernLights #aurora

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 19/04/2023

I only knew one Iris DeMent song until tonight. The theme from the later seasons of The Leftovers is so ingrained in my psyche that her voice was instantly recognizable in this week’s episode of The Big Door Prize. Is it just me?

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 12/04/2023

Another novel use for #ChatGPT, answering our road trip questions as we drive through New Mexico. The fact it can understand geography based on my very rough descriptions is amazing.🤯

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 10/04/2023

Also the opening taught me that the Super8 train crash was a re-creation of an identical scene from The Greatest Show on Earth that I wasn’t aware of. I love the other connections from this movie to that Amblin homage. #movies #spielberg #filmmaking #TheFablemans

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 10/04/2023

I wasn’t prepared for how great The Fablemans is. The final shot, the way the camera becomes a character, it was this beautiful moment of Spielberg saying “…and then Sam/I went on to become one of the greatest directors of all time”.

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 08/04/2023

Shout out to a lot of invisible heroes that make things happen behind the scenes, but especially to @itsburche who performed a bunch @PlayStation magic to get our friends at @PerpGames the build for this physical edition. Can't wait to get my copy! #StarWarsTales t.co/Pc9IASBY4G

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 02/04/2023

It’s complete! The case snaps together, the controls work well enough, and it now lives on my son’s nightstand as a WiFi remote for his overhead LED RGBWW lighting! I’ll write up a howto soon. #3dPrinting #arduino #maker #HomeAutomation Powered by @home_assistant and @esphome_

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 28/03/2023

I know I’m talking to the void, but as a country built on a constitutional right to the freedom of speech it’s insane to me that our Congressional leaders think banning a social network is even an option. But we live in fascist times so… 🤷‍♂️

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 09/03/2023

I hate too many meetings. But I will always prefer to be in an extra meeting to learn I don't have additional work to do than to miss a meeting where I could have identified there is work for me to do.

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Brian R. Jackson @jaxzin.bsky.social · 04/03/2023

ChatGPT is often inaccurate and imperfect, but its the sounding board/rubber duck that now gets me to the answer I'm looking for quickly, similar to how Google in it's prime was usually the third or fourth link. Both are still a whole lot faster than scanning documents myself.

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