MaximumRD

 Gaylord Opryland resort....heh ..gaylord...wont be able to make graceland, I am going to check out the Dukes of Hazard Museum though...yeeeehaaaaw...we are not really country music fans lol 🍺😎😜

I've had that opportunity before -- to tag along with my wife on her business trip -- and it's awesome.  Enjoy.  Make sure your wife gets out to see the sights too in the evening. 

No problems there Rick, 😉 Melissa has always been THE PLANNER, a seasoned traveller who had  already covered half the globe by the time we met! So it's more like, Rob, here is our itinerary and what we will be doing 😜😂  So last night we went to downtown to BB King's blues club and today I run around the resort while she's attending conferences and we meet up later and head downtown again tonight, fun city. 🍺

Those are excellent, Rob!

😮 Wow! When you said quick sketches with the Apple Pencil, I was not expecting to see sketches made by a professional illustrator.

Well thanks guys you are far too kind. 

I'm sorry, man.  Seems perfectly normal to feel as you do.  Aging is just a series of one indignity after another, isn't it? 

Don't worry too much, I'm sure all will be well.  And hopefully you'll be able to see better after it's done. 

Good luck!  I'll be sending good vibes your way. 

Thanks so much, I avoided Googling as you know that tends to bring the most horrific results to the top BUT I am glad I did as the articles I read seem to indicate a painless procedure for the most part, a topical applied to the eyelid for freezing so the draining is painless. From what I read their can be minor bleeding due to eye structure so most of the annoyance or discomfort is after the procedure and the healing process but I can deal with that, normal recovery type stuff I am fine with, considering all I have gone through with my eyes the last several months that is the least I am worried about but I am relieved some about the initial procedure now. I will be glad when it is over with. 

Hope everything went well!

Edit - never mind 🙂 I missed your update

Mint Tea sounds like it would hit the spot right now. I'm going to add that to my shopping list.

What's a normal night in front of the PC like at Casa de MaximumRD?

Watching video's, reading forums, wearing headphones and walking lightly and being extra quiet closing both doors to the adjoining bathroom as I go multiple times throughout the night / wee hours (yes, I said wee intentionally) so as not to disturb my sweet slumbering wife and, well that's about it really. 😝

Great post! 

If ya didn't want to make the video then why did you make the video?  Simple as that. 😁

Now I know how to open my next video! 😉

MAN CANNOT LIVE BY TOILET PAPER ALONE. 2021 will be the year of the Japanese bidet.

Also Bottom-Half Showers  🛁 

How does it handle older systems? Does it accept a 240p signal?

480p Tubes are still better for retro games, but 4K is better for TV shows. You need both

I agree, but if you don't have space for both it becomes an issue. My tubes are in the garage and I have a few "beater" consoles that I keep hooked up out there. My "good" consoles are in the house and I use an older Samsung HD TV that still has s-video and component, despite being 1080p. It has a 4:3 aspect ratios setting too and most retro games look great on it. When that dies, it will be an upgrade and I know that some 4K TVs do not play well with the oldest consol...

No, but if I did I'd attribute it to my declining memory.

Yes and I believe this is intentional. I have channels created for specific uses - for example, one YouTube channel just for my living room - these channels will be subscribed to zero channels, and after a year there will be a few subs to very large, mainstream entities that YouTube likes too promote. They're like "shadow subs".

Ah ok, it's something I have heard others claim as well and honestly, before I noticed it I too assumed it was just something "forgotten" however there have been some that there was simply no way I'd have subbed to, yes I have a TON of subscriptions but there is just no way in hell I'd subscribe to certain channels as they have only ever had content that is of zero interest, which is why I knew immediately something was up. 🤨

Hey, yo, it's casual. You're looking fit as a fiddle there, Rob 🦾

Funny you should say that 😝 as I am JUST getting over some type of Stomach Flu or bug, past 2 weeks it's been just liquids and light foods, I had it BAD, like I actually vomited, last time I vomited from Flu or Virus I was a child as typically I got a cast iron stomach. About a week in I made the mistake of eating too heavily thinking I was mostly better and BAM total relapse, nausea, diarrhea but today woke up feeling I'd say 80% better, so much so I have been in an a productive mood, doing laundry, did dishes, cleaned bedroom night tables and dressers, just thankful to say feeling uncommonly chipper and motivated after being in lazy recovery for too long. Will have a light meal later. So HOPING FINGERS CROSSED I am on the other side of it now. Also from eating like a bird the past week+ I definitely lost extra weight through this time, Melissa has been noticing of late, I am not one to weigh myself and don't even recall the last time I did but out of curiosity I decided to and let's just say I am a couple of pounds less than I ever thought I'd be for what I consider my normal so bonus I guess 🤷‍♂️🤨I recorded it for reference but I am considering it my "sick" weight, will see if I level off or maintain but for now I can easily say I am currently about 30 pounds lighter then when I was pushing maximum density back in 2012 or so before switching to intermittent fasting, cutting out sugars and other lifestyle changes to help with diabetes etc. Gotta take the wins where I can get them these days right? 

As Tony the Tiger used to say, "I'm great!"  I got a whole 48 hours to myself with no work, no chores and no social obligations.  I'm gonna eat, sleep, play, print, read and goof off!

Nice to see you back in the YouTube saddle again, MaximumRD!

oddly a bit of a uploading spree (for me lol) also uploaded a Beer tasting, first one in like a year! Also uploading as I type this a food sampling that I think will surprise!

I need to find a recycling place like that!

Will do!

This is a happy surprise MaximumRD!! So happy to see The Captain back in the saddle again!

Thanks guys means a lot!

You too MaximumRD!

Have a great weekend!

You too dude!

@MaximumRD What is this supposed to be? I get a DNS error and can't get the site to come up.

 Poop. I just checked, no DNS error but broken from what it was when I initially posted it. Shame. For the past few months it was pretty much a multi-emulator in your browser, you know like those HDDs you can buy (or set up your own) multi-arcade and consoles emulation setup with everything from art to backgrounds to screenshots and animated previews, just select the platform, select from a large library of games and start playing. I stumbled on it a while back and even waited a couple months just to be sure it was legit and sticking around. Shame, hope it comes back at some point. It was much like this screenshot but in your browser, pre-configured, even my plugged-in gamepad just worked. Ah well, best intentions....

Very much like this but in browser, free, no weird pop ups even with adblocker off and I had checked for malicious verus etc. Seemed clean, sure it seemed to good to be true as well. I had even found someone posted a video about it. No idea how long it was previously up for. 

Here is video from 2 months ago, hopefully just down for maintenance....

I get THIS currently, let's hope it comes back eventually......

I been checking daily with no good results until now. Curiously at this moment, it redirects to

https://www.retrogames.onl/

Though nowhere near as slick or featured as when I posted the original link at least there is something to work with so I am posting here immediately as obviously there are no guarantees on how long it will remain up. 🤷‍♂️At the redirected URL (or simply go direct to the new one) choose the platform, pick a game from the alphabetized listing and lastly click PLAY NOW. 

See 3 screens below showing it working as I mentioned. 

I love MAME and all that it offers.  Yet I've always had a few favorites that I just can't get to work correctly (especially controls).  Examples:  Asteroids, PunchOut!, Defender.

yeah works great with my xbox 360 controller but I have not been good configuring stuff like race games that require a wheel or paddle games etc. 

Nice Rick 😎😎😎😎😎

That guy is so good in Discovery. 

I bet many do not even realize all the great SciFi , Horror and Fantasy creatures he has brought to life. 

WOW Rob! You did this all on your own?? That's amazing 🦸

Thank you, I tend to not see anything I do as special but I do appreciate the compliments. I used to draw comics in school and high school of me and my friends, over the years through various hardships and mental issues I just abandoned it but having recently been gifted the Apple Pencil / iPad min 5 by my wife I been having fun rediscovering my creative side, I probably knocked this out in about 10 or 12 minutes or so and yes it was just off the top of my head thinking I would just draw Spidey. Though I am not too familiar with the various modern drawing tools and apps, back in my teen and young adult years I played around with Deluxe Paint and Brilliance on the AMIGA I had back then, art , animation and even basic titling for my home videos I outputted to composite to my VCR. Good times.

I once even drew a image of the Danny Devito Penguin from BATMAN RETURNS with nothing but Deluxe Paint and a standard tank style ball mouse, took me forever but I was quite proud how it came out but sadly lost over the years, but I figured if I managed THAT with such basic tools surely an iPad with Pencil would allow more creative freedom though there is something to be said with creating something identifiable and creative with lesser tools for sure.

Anyway, I AM having fun at least trying to be creative again, I will add anything else I do here for sure, I think it is a good outlet mentally as well, thanks for noticing. I think I WILL get better, I been using a basic tool in one of the apps that I enjoy as these images are never exactly as I picture them, this tool basically if you can imagine creating lines and when they connect the fill in making a solid line, I KNOW REAL ARTIST and digital experts would explain this better, I might do a short demo video at some point, anyway when the lines / shapes I make fill they create the outlines of the image I am trying to create, though I never know exactly the result I been quite impressed and happy with how they turn out, having multiple points of "UNDO" is truly amazing as well. I am also using only free or limited apps to do these, I am thinking though soon I will move on to the apps and tools that truly mimic the pencil to paper experience, with multiple levels of pressure sensitivity and even tilt control with the edge of the pencil for fine shading I have been so impressed with how close it is to the real thing. I really am having fun learning these tools, again I probably should have explored digital art more than a decade ago but I just did not really have the means. I guess it's really never too late though. I will get better. 

I didn't know the name, but that's definitely a familiar face from the various shows I watched. RIP

I remember him, his look was so distinctive, great actor.. RIP

I thought he had Parkinson's Disease. Too bad. RIP.

Another 🕯️ of popular culture has left us a little earlier than we'd have hoped. He truly brought Squiggy to life. Loved Laverne & Shirley.

Looks good! 

Aliens stole your hair!!!  Lol.  Looks good, man.  And that picture of you and your wife is just priceless.  But seriously you've been playing too much Space Invaders man.  Those little aliens stole all you hair.  Just Messina with ya man.

I don't get why people expect subs 4 subs

@Yo-Yo some people are desperate to inflate their sub count, I have always done the youtube thing for my own fun, I only sub to channels I watch and only want people to sub me because they like my videos, sadly many others have a different agenda.

This is great @MaximumRD‼️ Thank you for posting!! 😎

Heh THANKS JUSTIN, well honestly I wanted to uploads SOMETHING and tried to come up with something that I could do quickly mostly because my last couple videos prior where like 6 months ago back in MARCH. Now I had the Grizzly Addams full beard with lots of gray 😆in it, starting to look like the hermit I mostly am but after shaving it down to a goatee I thought it looked much better at least even if I haven't had a haircut since before the whole Virus thing started, we avoid going out and with Melissa working from home YOU MIGHT THINK if anything that would give me more time to organize my thoughts, get my head together and plan and make videos.....WELL WHEN YOUR WIFE IS WORKING FROM HOME AND YOU ARE AROUND EACH OTHER 24/7 EVERY WAKING MOMENT believe me that is not the case 😏, barely a moment to myself these days let alone enough to put together and upload a video 😜I KID, MOSTLY..........no I'm not, HELP ME......😩

He was one of the detectives in Highlander, and great in Lebowski. Another big loss.

He was great, R.I.P.

Has Tanaka issued a statement yet?

What a great manager. Really liked his Odd Job look.

Sure have. It's one of my favorite cities to visit! Had lots of fun shopping and dining at Horton Plaza.

Just a couple nights so far and having a great time!