That sounds really cool actually!
How did you end up building such a studio at home etc? Sounds like a lot of work to me!
(Always cool to see what kind of people hang around here on HN as well!)
How did you end up building such a studio at home etc? Sounds like a lot of work to me!
(Always cool to see what kind of people hang around here on HN as well!)
Maybe the most unusual part is, none of this would work unless I could run the show by myself. My TriCaster is programmable with macros which is what I've done. I am my own director while on the air.
Oh -- with a friend I created a map making system which runs on an i5 and produces ~ 40,000 maps a day. Here are some samples I threw together a few months ago. These are 100% produced using FOSS including the map databases and fonts! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/172O4Xl35np8RnbRi07PD...
My last computer class was as a senior in high school, 1967-68 semester. This was BEFORE computers had screens.
I agree with the others here that an AMA might be worth it :)
There's a lot of untapped potential in geospatial (even with Google taking most of the mindshare)
The base map and overlay are both produced in QGIS using the NaturalEarth database. Because GrADS can't read geographical info from graphics they are built by hand and the parameters are entered into GrADS by hand.
Animations are made from still png frames using ffmpeg.
OpenSans is my font.
All of this runs on an i5 with 8Gb of RAM under CentOS7. I make around 40,000 maps a day (one per frame in the animations).
I am 68 years old. My only computer training came 51 years ago. This is all self taught.
I am very happy with my life and where we live. I really don't want develop a big business. Can I just be an artisinal meteorologist?
https://photos.app.goo.gl/wPD2M1yrGZ6ZsEFt7
We park on the street. :)
Seriously, I was on TV in Connecticut for nearly 30 years. Where I lived was common knowledge. I'd often meet someone whose friend had told them I lived in their neighborhood.
Only once did someone knock on my door just to say hello. Most people are respectful and there are dozens of other clues to where I live since I run a business there.
I appreciate your concern, really.