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   prom™️ (promovicz@chaos.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Sep-2023 11:25:35 JST prom™️

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   @ajroach42 Lots of cool projects - you really don't have to joke about being prolific. Good luck!

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     Andrew (Television Executive) (ajroach42@retro.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Sep-2023 11:25:37 JST Andrew (Television Executive)

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     That's the end of my list from 2017.

     The list from 2023 has a lot more on it, but that'll start tomorrow.

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     Andrew (Television Executive) (ajroach42@retro.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Sep-2023 11:25:38 JST Andrew (Television Executive)

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     - Robots: I have been on a robot kick recently. I want to build robots. Maybe ESP8266 or Arduino based.
     Then: (Considered)
     Later then: I built a bunch of robots! None of them were special or impressive, but it was fun.
     Now: I'm considering a roboSumo league, but I don't think having kids around the makerspace is a good idea, and I haven't been able to talk adults in to doing robo sumo.

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     Andrew (Television Executive) (ajroach42@retro.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Sep-2023 11:25:39 JST Andrew (Television Executive)

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     - Freelancing: I used to freelance as a web designer and developer. I was pretty good at it, and I made a fair amount of extra money doing it. Extra money is nice. I'm toying with doing this again.

     - then: I never did
     - now: I have more or less committed to building a thing for myself that I will then try to sell to other people.

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     Andrew (Television Executive) (ajroach42@retro.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Sep-2023 11:25:41 JST Andrew (Television Executive)

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     - Cassettes By Mail: For two years, I did a monthly Mixtape service. It was $8 per month, I had ~10 subscribers (one month I shipped 3 tapes, one month I shipped 30. Most months, I shipped around 10.)

     I would curate a collection of local/independent music, usually a collection of 45 minutes from 2 artists (one on each side) and put together custom packaging for it all. I dubbed the tapes on pro-grade equipment, with nice labels, and high quality double sided J-Cards.

     It cost me about $2.50/tape. I took $1.50 for myself. The remaining $3.00 was split between the two artists (at $1.50/tape each.) We were never going to change the music industry, but it was cool. (This was in 2013-2014) I've considering bringing this back with the option for CDs or digital delivery, because I like helping musicians make money.

     then: dormant
     now: Active, Cassette, CD and digital download. Production costs have gone up a bit, and we pay our artists a little more.

     Learn more at httpS://cassettesfor.me

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     Andrew (Television Executive) (ajroach42@retro.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Sep-2023 11:25:41 JST Andrew (Television Executive)

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     - Maker Space: I used to run a kind of Maker Space out of the Record Store. I'd love to open up a real Maker Space in the Tyson's Corner area in the Washington DC metro. Who's interested in helping

     then: (considered)
     now: https://ellijaymakerspace.org

     7,000 sqft of maker goodness, mostly focused on media production, in the north GA mountains.

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     Andrew (Television Executive) (ajroach42@retro.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Sep-2023 11:25:42 JST Andrew (Television Executive)

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     - T-Shirts: I design and sell t-shirts through my website.

     I use movie posters, art, and comic books that are in the public domain. Occasionally, I use my own illustrations or photographs as well. I'm pretty active with this, still, but I haven't given the website the love it deserves, and it's starting to show it's age in a bad way.

     - Then: (Active)
     - Now: you can find most of our current shirts at https://ellijaymakerspace.org

     We make a lot of shirts, and have fun with it. They're made by hand, and I don't have to depend on a flaky third party.

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     Andrew (Television Executive) (ajroach42@retro.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Sep-2023 11:25:43 JST Andrew (Television Executive)

     - DVDs and BluRays: For a while, I made DVDs of public domain films or TV shows, two movies per disc. Occasionally, I'd include some special features, like vintage commercials or audio to classic radio programs. This was fun! and it was a way for me to practice various design skills. I would love to do more of this, but I never really found an audience for it, so I only really consider this stuff around Christmas, as gifts for family.

     Then: (suspended/retired/active but mostly as gifts for family?)

     Now: I have full on disc printing and duplicating facilities and I can do hundreds at a pass.

     I got it for doing CDs, but we've done some DVDs too.

     I want to do more of this, bu I don't know what the market is, or for whom I would make them.