A thing for you to read

Wow, lots of new patrons since the last video! Welcome, and thank you! From time to time I post little text updates about what's happening, and what better time than when I'm stuck between classes and have nothing to do...  Thursdays are awful. Four more weeks...

Since it's been a long long time since I actually put this to paper (or in this case, digital paper), and since many of you are new to the whole Patreon thing, I'll reiterate that my current goal for video production is to have three videos made each month. November's looking like a month where that won't happen :(  There's just a lot of crap going on related mostly to family, and I won't bore you with details, but a lot of schedule-rearranging has needed to be done for the sake of my dad who needs medical attention. Nothing is super wrong and he's not going to die or anything, but a lot of things need to be done quickly and the timing isn't super great. But not to worry--this is only a minor setback.

The good news is that the LightScribe video is doing very well and has pulled my channel numbers up, so my Adsense targets are on track. I'm quite glad this happened because it's putting my mind at ease.

A headquarters update--
HQ is coming along nicely, and my dad and I have come up with the plan for the basement. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, it will help to look through older posts) We know roughly the materials we need to order, and we'll be ordering them soon. We decided to change the order of things slightly since rather than beat the old minivan to crap again, we're going to save our backs and I'll pay to have the materials delivered. So, to free up space in the garage, those bats of insulation are in place! There's currently no insulation in the ceiling of the garage (that requires a different type and planning), so that still needs to be done, but at least now I can run a space heater in there and it's bearable. Once we have the lumber and drywall delivered, it's off to the basement. When that starts, I'll be sure to bring you along!

Also a note on the autonomous vehicle video idea of naivete--
Two of you have been amazing by answering my questions via email! As I sort of figured I was barking up a strange tree with the guide wire idea, but! There were great topics discussed which opens a new opportunity for a more broad video I think. Likely a ways off, though.

The next planned video is on closed captioning. This is not only a (hopefully) interesting topic, but I'll be using it as an ad of sorts for community subtitle submissions which I've just turned on after way too long. If any of you have an interest in the topic and would like me to discuss something specific, let me know!

Thanks for your support, everyone!