Steven B Smith 🇨🇦
@sbsmith.bsky.social
Steven from Lightning Rod Games. I’m mostly trying to add games industry mutuals right now. Toronto 🇨🇦
This is because we made fun of Nic Robertson. We’re being punished for our winter hubris.
January 26, 2026 at 12:25 AM
This is because we made fun of Nic Robertson. We’re being punished for our winter hubris.
I accidentally spilled hot coffee on my sleeve and it froze instantly 😆. That convinced me I should probably cut my walk short and go back inside. Still a beautiful sunny day in Hamilton Ontario.
January 23, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I accidentally spilled hot coffee on my sleeve and it froze instantly 😆. That convinced me I should probably cut my walk short and go back inside. Still a beautiful sunny day in Hamilton Ontario.
My old twitter account was TheGrittyDev and I moved here about a year ago. If I follow you, there's a good chance we were mutuals. I used it for DMing and keeping up with peers. I'm sad that network is gone, so let's remake those connections!
January 22, 2026 at 8:29 PM
My old twitter account was TheGrittyDev and I moved here about a year ago. If I follow you, there's a good chance we were mutuals. I used it for DMing and keeping up with peers. I'm sad that network is gone, so let's remake those connections!
I was designing a birthday card the other day and needed to redraw this mouse at least five times before it stopped looking like a penis.
December 31, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I was designing a birthday card the other day and needed to redraw this mouse at least five times before it stopped looking like a penis.
The lost crumpled paper water shader has been rewritten, saved, and checked into the repo. Now I can make the shore foam look better. #gamedev
December 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The lost crumpled paper water shader has been rewritten, saved, and checked into the repo. Now I can make the shore foam look better. #gamedev
A Fold Apart used emissive glow so the player stood out in puzzles on small screens. They popped too much on big ones though. I wanted to try fresnel edge glow, but it made the character look like a cutout. But then adding a smoothstep to the world normal y made them pop AND blend #unity3d #gamedev
December 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Much better. Still I didn’t score deep enough so they didn’t rise the way I wanted. Lots of room for improvement. Not sure how my very first batch was amazing and my next two have been not at all that.
December 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Much better. Still I didn’t score deep enough so they didn’t rise the way I wanted. Lots of room for improvement. Not sure how my very first batch was amazing and my next two have been not at all that.
Even when you’re not a beginner, sometimes you just screw it up (like I did today) and need to try again (like I will tomorrow).
December 2, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Even when you’re not a beginner, sometimes you just screw it up (like I did today) and need to try again (like I will tomorrow).
My adorable enemies continue to vex me.
November 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
My adorable enemies continue to vex me.
I usually bake my baguettes on unvarnished quarry tiles but I decided to give a baguette oven a go and it produces a different but very nice result. I will need to reduce my recipe a bit so they don’t swell to fill the whole thing next time. Crust was great.
November 20, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I usually bake my baguettes on unvarnished quarry tiles but I decided to give a baguette oven a go and it produces a different but very nice result. I will need to reduce my recipe a bit so they don’t swell to fill the whole thing next time. Crust was great.
Baking bread and I wish I had taken a picture of my first batch. Yeast was dead (but still smelly 🤔) and made baguette-shaped yoga mats. I don’t have a good source for fresh yeast, so I bought quick rise dry yeast (first time ever!). That made blimps! Rise is great but I prefer fresh yeast flavour.
November 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Baking bread and I wish I had taken a picture of my first batch. Yeast was dead (but still smelly 🤔) and made baguette-shaped yoga mats. I don’t have a good source for fresh yeast, so I bought quick rise dry yeast (first time ever!). That made blimps! Rise is great but I prefer fresh yeast flavour.
Despite Stoney Creek being a very windy area, and all other stations having wind shelters, the designers of the Confederation GO decided they were not necessary. ⬇️
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Despite Stoney Creek being a very windy area, and all other stations having wind shelters, the designers of the Confederation GO decided they were not necessary. ⬇️
On the platform side there are two elevators, and a single staircase to access the platform. ⬇️
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
On the platform side there are two elevators, and a single staircase to access the platform. ⬇️
I have people in my family who use canes and walkers and they would struggle at this station. Instead of having an elevator, like nearly every other station, they constructed an entire building just to hold one of the biggest ramps I have ever seen ⬇️
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I have people in my family who use canes and walkers and they would struggle at this station. Instead of having an elevator, like nearly every other station, they constructed an entire building just to hold one of the biggest ramps I have ever seen ⬇️
Always funny to run across something like this, years later, in functional software, and having only the vaguest idea why I made this decision.
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Always funny to run across something like this, years later, in functional software, and having only the vaguest idea why I made this decision.
The weekend started with plumbing maintenance. I had to break through concrete to get access to a back water valve that the installer sealed up. Turns out they need maintenance every year and wow did this ever. Now onto more pleasant landscaping. Today is putting down retainer for a path.
September 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The weekend started with plumbing maintenance. I had to break through concrete to get access to a back water valve that the installer sealed up. Turns out they need maintenance every year and wow did this ever. Now onto more pleasant landscaping. Today is putting down retainer for a path.
They need to change the AI icon, and then when you click on it, there is a popup that says “Get out”.
Pinterest has been ruined by AI, making it difficult to use for reference anymore, as clout-chasers make infinite copies of what’s popular completely burying other stuff in an avalanche of sameness
Pinterest has been ruined by AI, making it difficult to use for reference anymore, as clout-chasers make infinite copies of what’s popular completely burying other stuff in an avalanche of sameness
August 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
They need to change the AI icon, and then when you click on it, there is a popup that says “Get out”.
Pinterest has been ruined by AI, making it difficult to use for reference anymore, as clout-chasers make infinite copies of what’s popular completely burying other stuff in an avalanche of sameness
Pinterest has been ruined by AI, making it difficult to use for reference anymore, as clout-chasers make infinite copies of what’s popular completely burying other stuff in an avalanche of sameness
My body is a temple.
The temple:
The temple:
May 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
My body is a temple.
The temple:
The temple:
Hahahaha! I have solved the left/right evenness problem. Equally crispy crust along the length. The last thing to do is to figure out how to do this faster so I don’t lose as much heat when I open the door of my cheap oven. The bread at the back is turning out way nicer than the bread at the front.
January 28, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Hahahaha! I have solved the left/right evenness problem. Equally crispy crust along the length. The last thing to do is to figure out how to do this faster so I don’t lose as much heat when I open the door of my cheap oven. The bread at the back is turning out way nicer than the bread at the front.
Good crumb but crust could be crustier. It is great near the edges of the tiles I bake on. So I guess it is getting the most steam. Next time, I will try separating my tiles and cutting my parchment paper so steam moves around it more.
January 21, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Good crumb but crust could be crustier. It is great near the edges of the tiles I bake on. So I guess it is getting the most steam. Next time, I will try separating my tiles and cutting my parchment paper so steam moves around it more.
This week’s baguettes used a bit more water, a longer proof, I put my tray of boiling water in the oven early to build up more steam, didn’t open the oven for 15, let heat out then kept baking at lower temp for another 5. Also proofing in a couche helped the bottom, and I cut better ears.
January 21, 2024 at 9:40 PM
This week’s baguettes used a bit more water, a longer proof, I put my tray of boiling water in the oven early to build up more steam, didn’t open the oven for 15, let heat out then kept baking at lower temp for another 5. Also proofing in a couche helped the bottom, and I cut better ears.