_On The State of Things:

Sunday I got busy working on the Coffee Mug project for Blender. So far I'd say it's complete but I still want to use this as an opportunity to learn texturing, shading, rendering. Things like that. While I have the general shape of it ready-subdivision surface modifier included-there's more I can do to go the extra mile. Next week, though.

Today I tried booting up the PyCharm and made the sad realization that while I have and IDE, I don't have python installed. Wanted to build a house, bought the land, forgot to buy lumber. Using public WiFi right now so I'm not gonna download anything here. A vampire can only enter your house when invited as the legend goes. However, I did some talking with ChatGPT to get a bit of a crash course on python and learning programming as a whole. Together, we came up with a lesson plan to move forward:

🚀 1️⃣ Python Fundamentals (You're Here)

✅ Variables & Data Types → int, float, str, bool, list, dict

✅ User Input & Printing → input(), print()

✅ Control Flow (Logic) → if, elif, else

✅ Loops → for, while

✅ Functions → def my_function():

✅ Importing Modules → import random, import math

🔹 Project Idea:

• Make a simple dice roller 🎲
• Build a basic logging system for tracking activities

🔹 2️⃣ Working with Data

✅ Lists & Tuples → Storing multiple values ([1, 2, 3])

✅ Dictionaries → Key-value pairs ({"name": "Dusk", "age": 21})

✅ File Handling → Reading/Writing files (open("file.txt", "r"))

✅ String Manipulation → Formatting text dynamically

🔹 Project Idea:

• Create an RPG-style inventory system 🏹
• Track Project: Winfield gear, mileage, and spending

🔹 3️⃣ Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

✅ Classes & Objects → Creating reusable code structures

✅ Methods & Attributes → Functions inside classes

✅ Inheritance → Creating specialized versions of existing code

🔹 Project Idea:

• Build a character class system for an RPG
• Organize data tracking for art progress or travel logs

🔹 4️⃣ Modules, APIs & Automation

✅ Using External Libraries → (pandas, matplotlib, requests)

✅ APIs & Web Scraping → Accessing online data

✅ GUI Programming → Creating visual interfaces

🔹 Project Idea:

• Automate art tracking with graphs 📊
• Weather API integration for Project: Winfield ☀️🌧️
• Build a simple desktop app to log your daily progress

🔹 5️⃣ Advanced Topics (Your Choice)

🛠 Game Development → pygame

🤖 Machine Learning & AI → TensorFlow, scikit-learn

🔧 Cybersecurity & Hacking → socket, hashlib

📡 Networking & Automation → selenium, beautifulsoup

This structure will guide future projects once I get the basics down.

_Moving Forward:

Tomorrow starts work on the Coffee Shop Logo in Inkscape. Their website already has a library of tutorials ready and once I'm comfortable with the UI and features, then work can resume just as it did in Illustrator-only it won't cost me $25/mo. Then Thursday will have a similar work loop. I already have a few ideas for shitposts just don't expect them to be quality. I'm not a funny guy. On the topic of GIMP, I can see myself making a lot of book covers and such, anything to enhance work that can be done in Inkscape because I remember using PhotoShop and Illustrator a lot congruently.

_Final Thoughts:

I'll get back to work on the Dice Roller soon as I have a secure connection. For now, I'll touch on other things while this coffee bar is still open. I spoke to a friend of mine who's a Psychology Professor and he told me something about the brain. The gist of it is that the more you learn, the easier it is to learn more. Human beings are born with so many excess neurons that are lost by the age of ten. Our brains are truly a "use it or lose it" type of deals. My therapist also told me "What wires together, fires together" so I'd very much like to make a habit of learning these programs and making cool stuff with them.

-Errant out