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So I finally decided to disable Bogo, which has been a shoddy solution from the very start. But now its a shoddy solution only supporting the other shoddy, WP-6-only solution, ie. Gutenborg. Tried a few workarounds, but in the end, its wasted time and efforts to get this shoddy piece really working.
\nHence I’m probablly going the dirty’n’hard way, as in: its not quick, but its gonna work somehow: Use meta fields to assign language, add fancy stuff to the theme to indicate the language of the current post or page, connect posts and pages using meta fields, and so on. Maybe also add a simple translation / i18n shortcode for quick inline sections, and a simplified language switcher to the sidebar / navigation.
\nMaybe release a simple tutorial + micro plugin, too. All to be seen in the nearby future.
\n", "content_text": "So I finally decided to disable Bogo, which has been a shoddy solution from the very start. But now its a shoddy solution only supporting the other shoddy, WP-6-only solution, ie. Gutenborg. Tried a few workarounds, but in the end, its wasted time and efforts to get this shoddy piece really working.\nHence I’m probablly going the dirty’n’hard way, as in: its not quick, but its gonna work somehow: Use meta fields to assign language, add fancy stuff to the theme to indicate the language of the current post or page, connect posts and pages using meta fields, and so on. Maybe also add a simple translation / i18n shortcode for quick inline sections, and a simplified language switcher to the sidebar / navigation.\nMaybe release a simple tutorial + micro plugin, too. All to be seen in the nearby future.", "date_published": "2023-05-12T04:29:05+02:00", "date_modified": "2023-05-12T04:29:05+02:00", "author": { "name": "fwolf", "url": "https://2023.wp-devil.com/author/fwolf/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c2a31599f60eec1232806bfc26066ed2?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "image": "https://wp-devil.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ukzhlkoz1ie.jpg", "tags": [ "ClassicPress", "development", "Life and let die", "wordpress" ] }, { "id": "https://2023.wp-devil.com/reorientierung-2022/", "url": "https://2023.wp-devil.com/reorientierung-2022/", "title": "Reorientierung 2022", "content_html": "Nach einigen, eher spontanen Bewerbungen und daran anschlie\u00dfend \u00fcberw\u00e4ltigendem Feedback, orientiere ich mich jetzt, Mitte 2022, etwas um.
\nD.h. die Gespr\u00e4che haben mir u.a. gezeigt, dass ich, wenn ich denn meine Selbst\u00e4ndigkeit erhalten m\u00f6chte, diese besser, griffiger, detailierter aufstellen und definieren muss.
\nDa ist zum einen meine fachliche Ausrichtung: Weiterhin Web Developer / Frontend-Designer, was ich auch ab und zu mal als Gegenst\u00fcck zum DevOp bezeichne, so etwas wie »DevDes«. Die Gewichtung hat sich, auftragsbedingt, in den letzten Jahren st\u00e4rker Richtung Entwicklung verschoben, so dass das Verh\u00e4ltnis bei ca. 60% Webentwicklung und 40% Webdesign & Usability liegt.
\nZum anderen ist da noch das, was ich tats\u00e4chlich an Leistungen durchf\u00fchre:
\nWie ich das jetzt griffig im Portfolio pr\u00e4sentieren kann, ohne wie ein Bauchladen zu wirken, ist der n\u00e4chste Schritt. Es ist ja nicht so, als w\u00fcrde ich alles in gleichem Umfang durchf\u00fchren – so sind Notfallaufr\u00e4ge mit gehackten Websites eher nicht der Standard. Das macht im Jahr vielleicht 5%, maximal 10% des gesamten Arbeitsvolumens aus.
\n", "content_text": "Nach einigen, eher spontanen Bewerbungen und daran anschlie\u00dfend \u00fcberw\u00e4ltigendem Feedback, orientiere ich mich jetzt, Mitte 2022, etwas um.\nD.h. die Gespr\u00e4che haben mir u.a. gezeigt, dass ich, wenn ich denn meine Selbst\u00e4ndigkeit erhalten m\u00f6chte, diese besser, griffiger, detailierter aufstellen und definieren muss.\nDa ist zum einen meine fachliche Ausrichtung: Weiterhin Web Developer / Frontend-Designer, was ich auch ab und zu mal als Gegenst\u00fcck zum DevOp bezeichne, so etwas wie »DevDes«. Die Gewichtung hat sich, auftragsbedingt, in den letzten Jahren st\u00e4rker Richtung Entwicklung verschoben, so dass das Verh\u00e4ltnis bei ca. 60% Webentwicklung und 40% Webdesign & Usability liegt.\nZum anderen ist da noch das, was ich tats\u00e4chlich an Leistungen durchf\u00fchre:\n\n(Klassische) Website-Erstellung, also Konzeption, Design und Umsetzung\nIndividuelle Programmierung (Integration, API-Anbindungen) und Plugin-Entwicklung (WordPress, ClassicPress, andere)\nWeb Performance (Ladezeiten, Responsive) sowie Usability / Accessibility-Optimierung\nShopsysteme (WooCommerce, OpenCart, ..) und E-Commerce-L\u00f6sungen\nTechnische Beratung / Consulting\nProjektrettung, -\u00dcbernahme (etwa wenn der ursp. Auftragnehmer weggefallen ist) und: Notfallprojekte (z.B. gehackte Websites wieder flott bekommen, extrem schlecht gewartete WordPress-Installation auf Stand bringen u.\u00e4.)\nAdministration und Wartung (Updates, auch mit Staging, um Ausf\u00e4lle zu vermeiden)\n\nWie ich das jetzt griffig im Portfolio pr\u00e4sentieren kann, ohne wie ein Bauchladen zu wirken, ist der n\u00e4chste Schritt. Es ist ja nicht so, als w\u00fcrde ich alles in gleichem Umfang durchf\u00fchren – so sind Notfallaufr\u00e4ge mit gehackten Websites eher nicht der Standard. Das macht im Jahr vielleicht 5%, maximal 10% des gesamten Arbeitsvolumens aus.", "date_published": "2022-06-22T12:42:48+02:00", "date_modified": "2022-06-22T14:55:41+02:00", "author": { "name": "fwolf", "url": "https://2023.wp-devil.com/author/fwolf/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c2a31599f60eec1232806bfc26066ed2?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "image": "https://wp-devil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/biwm-utpvvc.jpg", "tags": [ "development", "Life and let die", "Webdesign", "wordpress", "Work vs. Life" ] }, { "id": "https://2023.wp-devil.com/a-journey-into-how-i-research-anything/", "url": "https://2023.wp-devil.com/a-journey-into-how-i-research-anything/", "title": "A journey into how I research .. anything", "content_html": "Going down the rabbit hole: A journey into how I do research. Or: The start of a bookmark dump series
So, things that happen daily, almost all the time – when I’m researching a specific topic, my browser instance may get crammed to the brim with open tabs.
\nThanks to that, I’m an avid user of “Bookmark All Tabs (into a bookmark folder)” ![\"\ud83d\ude00\"](\"https://twemoji.classicpress.net/14/72x72/1f600.png\")
Others just dump this into a “bookmarks of the day / week” post, but I’d like to add some beforehand information, too.
\nLets call this the UNcluttering of my mind for important stuff, like .. Getting Things Done (eg. work tasks).
My original goal was to find out about different options on how to hook into the Twitch API, as I just chose to use StreamElements as an intermediate, but interim solution for The Problem Of The User Interaction(tm) on my twitch channel.
\nThe idea is to use a PHP + JS approach to handle Twitch events and others, and work as kind of a handler or a bridge / server / client solution (the bridge and partial server being the PHP + JS handler, Twitch being the main server and the client obviously is the browser component of OBS). On the other hand, there is stuff like TwitchPress, to play around with. Oh, and apparently there also is an API for StreamElements (just sayin’)
A few selected results from the GitHub search »twitch api« (restricted to ‘PHP’):
\nNow, this was, BEFORE I finally decided on StreamElements for an intermediate solution – because streams get just sooooo much LIVElier with things and animations appearing, when eg. somebody follows, subscribes to the channel, or even dares to tip the DJ via one of the numerous services available (eg. PayPal or Ko-Fi).
\nFirst I thought about creating these with an editor, similar to GIF creation – with the background knowledge, that you are able to use FFMPEG to create videos from images (ie. batch processing of numerous images into one video, and vice-versa). But also, about specialized programs. Searching for this, we immediatedly stumbled upon Maya .. how could we forget about that? Possible different solutions include, amongst others, Synfig, an open-source, cross-platform, 2D animation software.
\nA glance into how StreamElements builds its events – using them as simple web widgets or snippets, being loaded into OBS using the browser component / element – brought up the idea of going with CSS animations instead. Maya etc. is nice, but total overkill.
\nAnd, we have been working with CSS since the early 2000s, so what’s easier? Figuring out some complex animation editor, or use what one has right on hand?
Note: This also ties right into my thoughts about using CSS animations instead of hardware-rendering for those fancy random appearing emotes on Twitch streams. Ie. use a CSS overlay, CSS 3 transforms for resource-friendly generation, and pre-generate the actual sent-out amount of emotes (eg. user drops in 10 emotes in the chat => its being picked up by a bot or observing script, and so on).
\nWell, use a desktop recording software. Of corpse, others thought already as far, and there are quite a few tools around – whether it be online services or a stand-alone solution in python
Beware: An essay of sorts.
\nSo recently, when dabbling into live coding, and seeing almost nobody except regular listeners (to my shows) around, I decided to dig back into “how to promote stuff”.
\nAfter all, next to nobody knows I’m also doing “this live coding thing”. And then, there is so much stuff I usually research when looking into topics. So much effort, and nobody benefits from it, because there hasnt been much exposure of it in the last few years? Eg. my old blog silently died a few years ago (4 years? 5 years?), and getting back on track took waaay too long.
Yes, this weblog is my current home for all my writings and ramblings, but I dont think most ppl know about it.
\nThis got me thinking and tinkering, about all the options to promote oneself, inherant possibilies with using other platforms, and in the end, I decided to do a lot more than I originally thought I’d do. Thus, lets talk about my plans for all of this, the immediate future, as one may say
Originally, I only wanted to promote this lovely piece of live programming show, but – so many things are not working well as a live show, and while writing tutorials and how-tos are a good way for reference, showing things to you directly, in a self-contained format, does help a lot more.
\nMy thoughts went into things like:
\nWhich leads to more thoughts – what do persue?
\nMe thinks, its going to be several ventures.
One is, “classic” self-contained videos on YouTube and maybe Vimeo, ie. tutorials, how-tos (eg. “x ways to achieve a ‘current song’ feature for OBS”), but also podcasty-like, lengthy feature shows.
\nThe other, quite different formats within the live streaming “commmunities”. So, for once, the classic DJ shows are gonna continue, but are going to be slightly refined. I really want to do some kind of album feature thingy, eg. “listening session”, every few weeks. Maybe bi-weekly or on set dates. Plus, adding some pop-up shows here and there, cause I totally miss that .. just when this urge hits you, DO the show! DJing helps me to relax and unclutter my brain from unneeded garbage
Thirdly, some intermedia formats, for instagram, and other “shortish media” (for want of a proper name).
\nWhich by now should be a big bear-like cavern.
\n", "content_text": ".. or what to do with all my online thingies \nBeware: An essay of sorts.\nSo recently, when dabbling into live coding, and seeing almost nobody except regular listeners (to my shows) around, I decided to dig back into “how to promote stuff”.\nAfter all, next to nobody knows I’m also doing “this live coding thing”. And then, there is so much stuff I usually research when looking into topics. So much effort, and nobody benefits from it, because there hasnt been much exposure of it in the last few years? Eg. my old blog silently died a few years ago (4 years? 5 years?), and getting back on track took waaay too long. \nYes, this weblog is my current home for all my writings and ramblings, but I dont think most ppl know about it.\nThis got me thinking and tinkering, about all the options to promote oneself, inherant possibilies with using other platforms, and in the end, I decided to do a lot more than I originally thought I’d do. Thus, lets talk about my plans for all of this, the immediate future, as one may say \nThis future looks not so bad anymore.\nOriginally, I only wanted to promote this lovely piece of live programming show, but – so many things are not working well as a live show, and while writing tutorials and how-tos are a good way for reference, showing things to you directly, in a self-contained format, does help a lot more. \nMy thoughts went into things like: \n\npodcasts – a friend of mine repeatedly told me, over the last few years, why I wouldnt just do my own podcast? One to talk about all that tech stuff, ie. web development, with WordPress, HTML 5, JavaScript, Usability, all that jazz that makes me tick and want to look further; esp. those “This is only a test” committed by (Adam Savage’s) Tested are stuck to the back of my brain, but also “The RTFM Show!” by JayzTwoCents\nscreencasts – its a lovely format, with the option to enhance it with a live show, but not necessarly requiring one\nlive shows – as mentioned before, these are great, but not everything works as good as the other options do; could also be used for quick reports on progress, some news bulletin format-like show, random ramblings and rants (“just chatting”), and so on\nco-programming – working on something, while a clock ticks away, and then doing a quick 10 – 15 recap, after each “burst”; there is a streamer on Twitch (SabrinaSchuh), who does exactly this with “co-authoring”, ie. doing 30 – 45 minutes of concentrated work on your own writing-related project .. this got me looking further in what other streamers do \n(“social”) platforms – which are relevant to what kind of audience? Instagram is for immediate imagery, maybe a bit of music / announcements, simple educational stuff, Facebook is maybe best for event announcements, potentially for live streaming, maybe a bit of a classic page, but not much more; Twitter is .. well .. Twitter. Maybe move more towards Mastodon / GNU/Social, because the geeky / tech-savvy community seems to be lurking there (much more so)? And what about other video platforms (than Twitch, YT Live + FB Live)? What about MixCloud Live?\n\nWhich leads to more thoughts – what do persue?\nMe thinks, its going to be several ventures.\nOne is, “classic” self-contained videos on YouTube and maybe Vimeo, ie. tutorials, how-tos (eg. “x ways to achieve a ‘current song’ feature for OBS”), but also podcasty-like, lengthy feature shows.\nThe other, quite different formats within the live streaming “commmunities”. So, for once, the classic DJ shows are gonna continue, but are going to be slightly refined. I really want to do some kind of album feature thingy, eg. “listening session”, every few weeks. Maybe bi-weekly or on set dates. Plus, adding some pop-up shows here and there, cause I totally miss that .. just when this urge hits you, DO the show! DJing helps me to relax and unclutter my brain from unneeded garbage \nThirdly, some intermedia formats, for instagram, and other “shortish media” (for want of a proper name).\nFurther and further we go, down the rabbit-hole.\nWhich by now should be a big bear-like cavern.", "date_published": "2021-06-15T05:35:55+02:00", "date_modified": "2021-06-15T05:35:55+02:00", "author": { "name": "fwolf", "url": "https://2023.wp-devil.com/author/fwolf/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c2a31599f60eec1232806bfc26066ed2?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "image": "https://wp-devil.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/g8-putjnbua.jpg", "tags": [ "essay", "future", "podcasts", "screencasts", "thoughts", "DJ", "Life and let die", "Live broadcasting" ] }, { "id": "https://2023.wp-devil.com/neue-sendung-code-of-dark-joy/", "url": "https://2023.wp-devil.com/neue-sendung-code-of-dark-joy/", "title": "Neue Sendung: Code of Dark Joy", "content_html": "Morgen, also eigentlich heute, d.h. Donnerstag, 18. M\u00e4rz 2021, werde ich den ersten Testlauf f\u00fcr meine neue Sendung namens Code of Dark Joy machen. Selbige ist spezifisch aufs Live Coding, also Programmierung, ausgelegt. Es wird dennoch Musik enthalten, da wir uns erstmal vornehmlich auf Themen wie “ein sch\u00f6nes Interface f\u00fcr und in OBS bauen” und Artverwandtes besch\u00e4ftigen werden. D.h. prim\u00e4r, um Musik auf Twitch, YouTube Live und anderen Live-Video-Streaming-Plattformen zu senden.
\nF\u00fcr den Anfang habe ich geplant, erstmal an der Oberfl\u00e4che der neuen Sendung zu werkeln; vielleicht den cover “flow” / Cover-Anzeige zusammenbauen, wor\u00fcber ich schon ein Weilchen gr\u00fcbele. Desweiteren eine schnelle Frage & Antwort-Runde a la “fragt mich irgendwas”. Und dabei wird nat\u00fcrlich fr\u00f6hlich d\u00fcstere Musik aufgelegt (wonach auch immer mir sein mag)
Zum Ende hin will ich dann r\u00fcberraiden zu DJ Hatemior, die donnerstags immer ihre Sendung "Day Drunk" macht, und gg 18 Uhr los geht (normalerweise 19 Uhr, aber dank dem Sommerzeitgekasper in den USA und Kanada, m\u00fcssen wir noch 2 Wochen ausharren, bis alles wieder parallel l\u00e4uft).
\nWenn alles halbwegs brauchbar funktioniert, werde ich das wohl in eine w\u00f6chtentliche Geschichte \u00fcberf\u00fchren – wobei ich allerdings nicht versprechen kann, dass die Sendung immer an einem Donnerstag stattfindet.
\nChannel auf Twitch: https://twitch.tv/gothicforesttroll
\nTrinkgeld & Spenden: https://gothicforesttroll.org/donations
\nFratzenbuch-Event: https://fb.me/e/y5Zj30aa
Tomorrow, ie. Thursday, 18th of March, 2021, I gonna start the first test run of my new show called Code of Dark Joy, which is specifically aimed towards live coding. It’s still gonna contain the element of music, as a lot of it focused on the topics of building up your OBS interface and its related periphery, for streaming Music on Twitch, YouTube and other live video platforms.
\nFor starters, I’ve planned to work on the overall interface of the new show, maybe get the cover “flow” / display I have been pondering about started, do a quick “ask me anything” Q & A, and spin some nice dark music (whatever rocks my boat, but yes, also taking requests)
At the end, I’m going to raid over to DJ Hatemiors "Day Drunk", which starts at 17:00 UTC+0 / 18:00 CET.
\nIf everything works out nicely, I intend to turn this into a weekly occurance, although I cannot promise that its always going to happen on a Thursday.
\nTwitch Channel: https://twitch.tv/gothicforesttroll
\nTips & Donations: https://gothicforesttroll.org/donations
\nFB Event: https://fb.me/e/y5Zj30aa
This just depicts what I do for after I’m done with a show – all of them are being recorded, and when I find time, are being uploaded to Mixcloud.
\nEach one gets a specific cover, and lately, also a specific title, which is being selected during listening to the recording.
Whenever I write a post about a show, I also add its playlist, an edited version of the cover, that is differently sized to better fit the blog posting format, and of corpse the Mixcloud embed.
\nImages for covers are usually dug up on Unsplash, or are takin from my local image archive, with all the catchwords that come up in my mind or association chains during listening to the resp. show.
\nTitles I use may be abstract, very directly related to the overall feeling of the show, or my classic “word play” scheme, ie. excessive association chains with some additional word plays included. The last one is actually the main method for creating titles for various blog posts
I may choose to add all the usual info, ie. site URLs, live show times, etc. pp., maybe also some rough info of the content of the specific show, but sometimes I dont bother .. to some extent, people just dont seem to care. Thats why I also only post selected playlists. Lately, interest seems to have picked up, so that I even consider to post a few .. very specifically selected .. playlists of shows on Instagram. That means more editing effort and picking a fitting image, that is still gonna go well together weith the shows regular cover image.
\nAnd of corpse, after uploading stuff to Mixcloud, creating the official post on here, and so on, there is a sharing orgy happening afterwards, to various “social” media and destinations. For this part, in the nearby future, there are plans to use a professional plugin (for WordPress) instead. As I’m a plugin developer myself, its obviously going to be a plugin I’m building myself, so to speak ![\"\ud83d\ude09\"](\"https://twemoji.classicpress.net/14/72x72/1f609.png\")
A random collection of a bunch of things I want to do this year, ie. 2021
\n
For one, I’ve been planning and preparing to write several lengthy, detailed articles about how to use Icecast in combination with OBS, eg. to solve the “current song” issue most DJs run into, when streaming live to platforms like Twitch or YouTube. But also, what you can do further with OBS, just by relying on the the magic of the web (ie. HTML 5, CSS 3 and Javascript).
\nThe other topic is how-tos and articles just about the environment of Twitch and online DJing in general. That includes gathering statistical information from multiple sources, eg. quite a few point towards the statistical result, that the sweet spot for shows per week are only TWO. Anything further supposedly decreases the viewing time or viewers per show per se. Etc.
\nNext on, I want to add several services to my existing web development “empire” (of dirt), specifically aimed towards DJs, musicians, projects / bands. That includes building or restructuring WordPress-based websites towards their needs, and offering plugins, and extensions which allow you to connect your own site with eg. Twitch, at least to some extent. Not to mention I plan to build own plugins to improve my own site and publishing cycles (eg. multiposting to other platforms, straight out of ClassicPress / WordPress), which eventually will be turned into premium plugins.
\nTalking about plugins: Lets not forget about Classic Forms 8, a fork of Contact Form 7 for CP and WP 4.9.x. Gotta get it working till the end of January 2021
Last but not least, I intend to improve on my own channel and shows, trying to get it down to 1 1/2 shows per week = primary show is on Sunday, 4 – 9 pm EST = 21:00 – 02:00 UTC+0, but I also do a different show, once every few weeks, on Thursday afternoon (ie. Central European Time = usually starting around 17:00 CET). This I want to change into bi-weekly, so eg. every odd or every even week. Further improvements include saving money for a decent workstation and streaming computer. Plus improved audio hardware.
\nNeed to get the backlog uploaded to Mixcloud. Its currently sitting at shortly afte November 16th, 2020, spanning 11 recordings. Thus, improving the website (Gothic-Forest-Troll.org) and turning it into a CP-powered site, with optional frontend members only etc. pp. is a totally nice goal for the next few months. Maybe folks might even be inclined to join one of the the Steady subscription plans?
According to several sources, CPU power still overrules GPU power, when it comes to streaming video, at least with common streaming software like OBS; hence I plan to either get a AMD Ryzen 4750G Pro (essentially a SoC with a Ryzen 7 3700 + Vega 11 GPU), or a Ryzen 9 3900X / 3950 X plus a simple GPU like the nVidia GTX 1650.
\nThus, the rough setup is going to be:
\n– CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 4750G Pro or Ryzen 9 3900X / 3950 X, plus a nice Noctua 14/15 cm CPU fan
\n– GPU: either SoC / APU or nVidia GTX 1650
\n– Case: probably Cooler Master HAF XB Evo or the Corsair 4000D Airflow; but no fancy bullshit RGB / LED light garbage
\n– Case Fans: Noctua + Scythe Flex ..
\n– RAM: 32 GB, 3200 MHz, CAS 15 timings (to aim for the 10 – 11 ns sweetspot)
\n– Storage: 1 TB NVMe + raid of regular SSDs (Goodram SSD IRDM PRO Gen2 1TB, Intel SSD D3-S4510 or maybe Seagate Nytro 1000)
\n– OS: Linux triple / multiple boot, one with Kubuntu / KDE Neon base, and the second system is gonna be Manjaro; maybe even with a Windows 10 Pro partition
After intense studies and research, my personal sweet spot seems to be the Rode Procaster, which is surprisingly flexible in its usage. Aside of being a really good microphone for talk and moderation – which is what I want to get back into strongly, having done web radion since the early 2000s – it is also quite comfortable to use as a directional microphone for recording the sound of instruments; which was my initial idea behind getting a Samsung E845 S.
\nNot “hardware” per se, but I finally want to get some decent percussion “hardware”, ie. a nice cajon plus bass or 2-in-one cajon, maybe a bongo or two, very possibly an african conga, and others
And finally, there is those things like with the extended lockdown in Germany till mid of February, and all that stuff going on .. trying out yoga, and picking up sport / stunt kiting again. Actually, my parents both did yoga even before my birth, so its .. both familiar, but also new. Also, I did sport kiting for over 10 years, and that was kind of the only real type ofsport I liked, aside of cross-country skiing.
\n", "content_text": "A random collection of a bunch of things I want to do this year, ie. 2021 \n\nFor one, I’ve been planning and preparing to write several lengthy, detailed articles about how to use Icecast in combination with OBS, eg. to solve the “current song” issue most DJs run into, when streaming live to platforms like Twitch or YouTube. But also, what you can do further with OBS, just by relying on the the magic of the web (ie. HTML 5, CSS 3 and Javascript). \nThe other topic is how-tos and articles just about the environment of Twitch and online DJing in general. That includes gathering statistical information from multiple sources, eg. quite a few point towards the statistical result, that the sweet spot for shows per week are only TWO. Anything further supposedly decreases the viewing time or viewers per show per se. Etc.\nNext on, I want to add several services to my existing web development “empire” (of dirt), specifically aimed towards DJs, musicians, projects / bands. That includes building or restructuring WordPress-based websites towards their needs, and offering plugins, and extensions which allow you to connect your own site with eg. Twitch, at least to some extent. Not to mention I plan to build own plugins to improve my own site and publishing cycles (eg. multiposting to other platforms, straight out of ClassicPress / WordPress), which eventually will be turned into premium plugins.\nTalking about plugins: Lets not forget about Classic Forms 8, a fork of Contact Form 7 for CP and WP 4.9.x. Gotta get it working till the end of January 2021 \nLast but not least, I intend to improve on my own channel and shows, trying to get it down to 1 1/2 shows per week = primary show is on Sunday, 4 – 9 pm EST = 21:00 – 02:00 UTC+0, but I also do a different show, once every few weeks, on Thursday afternoon (ie. Central European Time = usually starting around 17:00 CET). This I want to change into bi-weekly, so eg. every odd or every even week. Further improvements include saving money for a decent workstation and streaming computer. Plus improved audio hardware.\nApropos further improvements:\nNeed to get the backlog uploaded to Mixcloud. Its currently sitting at shortly afte November 16th, 2020, spanning 11 recordings. Thus, improving the website (Gothic-Forest-Troll.org) and turning it into a CP-powered site, with optional frontend members only etc. pp. is a totally nice goal for the next few months. Maybe folks might even be inclined to join one of the the Steady subscription plans? \nPlans for the workstation are:\nAccording to several sources, CPU power still overrules GPU power, when it comes to streaming video, at least with common streaming software like OBS; hence I plan to either get a AMD Ryzen 4750G Pro (essentially a SoC with a Ryzen 7 3700 + Vega 11 GPU), or a Ryzen 9 3900X / 3950 X plus a simple GPU like the nVidia GTX 1650.\nThus, the rough setup is going to be:\n– CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 4750G Pro or Ryzen 9 3900X / 3950 X, plus a nice Noctua 14/15 cm CPU fan\n– GPU: either SoC / APU or nVidia GTX 1650\n– Case: probably Cooler Master HAF XB Evo or the Corsair 4000D Airflow; but no fancy bullshit RGB / LED light garbage \n– Case Fans: Noctua + Scythe Flex ..\n– RAM: 32 GB, 3200 MHz, CAS 15 timings (to aim for the 10 – 11 ns sweetspot)\n– Storage: 1 TB NVMe + raid of regular SSDs (Goodram SSD IRDM PRO Gen2 1TB, Intel SSD D3-S4510 or maybe Seagate Nytro 1000)\n– OS: Linux triple / multiple boot, one with Kubuntu / KDE Neon base, and the second system is gonna be Manjaro; maybe even with a Windows 10 Pro partition\nPlans for audio hardware:\nAfter intense studies and research, my personal sweet spot seems to be the Rode Procaster, which is surprisingly flexible in its usage. Aside of being a really good microphone for talk and moderation – which is what I want to get back into strongly, having done web radion since the early 2000s – it is also quite comfortable to use as a directional microphone for recording the sound of instruments; which was my initial idea behind getting a Samsung E845 S.\nNot “hardware” per se, but I finally want to get some decent percussion “hardware”, ie. a nice cajon plus bass or 2-in-one cajon, maybe a bongo or two, very possibly an african conga, and others \nAnd finally, there is those things like with the extended lockdown in Germany till mid of February, and all that stuff going on .. trying out yoga, and picking up sport / stunt kiting again. Actually, my parents both did yoga even before my birth, so its .. both familiar, but also new. Also, I did sport kiting for over 10 years, and that was kind of the only real type ofsport I liked, aside of cross-country skiing.", "date_published": "2021-01-21T08:22:34+01:00", "date_modified": "2021-01-21T08:34:00+01:00", "author": { "name": "fwolf", "url": "https://2023.wp-devil.com/author/fwolf/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c2a31599f60eec1232806bfc26066ed2?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "image": "https://2023.wp-devil.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/mmezn_tfzso.jpg", "tags": [ "2021", "audio", "djing", "Hardware", "plans", "resolutions", "sports", "thoughts", "ClassicPress", "DJ", "Life and let die", "Linux", "Musick", "wordpress" ] } ] }