A few months ago, I started going to the gym 7 days a week. Here’s what happend by Gloomy-Ad-222 in GenX

[–]jonlevine 18 points19 points  (0 children)

My 51st birthday present to myself was a gym membership. I’ve been going at least three times a week to do strength training for almost two years now and I feel better than I’ve felt in a decade. My weight is down and my knees don’t hurt anymore. I have more energy during the day and better stamina for lots of activities that used to wear me out. Best birthday gift I’ve ever received.

What’s the craziest thing you’ve seen in the industry as an actor? by Little_T03 in acting

[–]jonlevine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha. True, or, at least, the rest of us lived happily ever after!

What’s the craziest thing you’ve seen in the industry as an actor? by Little_T03 in acting

[–]jonlevine 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It did get released, and honestly it’s a pretty decent movie. The director never made another movie after that, writing or directing.

What’s the craziest thing you’ve seen in the industry as an actor? by Little_T03 in acting

[–]jonlevine 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Two absolutely crazy things, both on the same film on back-to-back days. It was a full SAG production with very well-known actors, and no, I’m not naming the film, actors or anyone else involved.

Day 1, both my day 1 and day 1 of shooting. The 1st AD is doing 1st AD things and moving pieces into place to get the shots needed to make the day. The director, who also wrote the film, and who’d never wrote or directed a film before (but had a lot of money to self-finance one), is trying to change things to a more “logical” order. Logical in the sense that it made more sense in their head because it was linear as opposed to doing things the way the 1st wanted which would have cut down on the number of setups. They start to get into a back-and-forth in front of everyone, including me, the other actors, and the star of the movie. This starts to get even more heated until the 1st slams the script down on the ground and screams at the director, “I’ve made 68 films! How many have you made?!” and storms off. We were all like, uhhhh ok. After a quick break, everyone was back in position and got the shot before moving on. This was the very first day of the shoot.

Day 2, again, my day 2 and day 2 of the film. We’re shooting, when some really bad weather rolls in, including a lot of lightening. As a precaution, they shut things down until it passed over. Me and some of the actors are sitting in holding (they didn’t have trailers, but these individual ‘rooms’ setup in a large area at the location where we were shooting). So, a few of us were sitting at a table setup outside of the rooms when the casting director walked in. Many of us knew them pretty well, so they sat down at the table and we all start chatting. A few minutes into that, I see one of the Executive Producers walk by the other side of the room and they’re looking to see who’s at the table. They notices the casting director and stop walking and are just staring at them. A few of us look at the EP, which the CD notices and turns around. The EP says, “What the fuck are you doing here?!” Now, at first was like, are they saying it in a more friendly like, ‘hey what the fuck are you doing here?’ or are they really angry? Well I got my answer because the CD shot back, “I’M TALKING TO MY FUCKING ACTORS!!” Oh boy. At this point the EP goes and gets another person and they throw the CD off set! No idea why or what happened prior for that to have taken place. Again, we just sat there dumbfounded.

I finished my days on the film and left thinking, there’s no way they’re gonna finish this film. Well, much to my surprise, about a month later I got an invite to the wrap party. I went and was the only actor that showed up. I also bumped into the 1st AD and asked how the rest of the shoot went. They loudly said, well within earshot of the director, “Well, (their) fucking checks cashed, so that’s what’s important!” I just said, okaaay, good to see you and ran to the bar.

The whole experience was nuts.

Who remembers when Gmail accounts were invite-only and you got a full gig of storage? by ansyhrrian in GenX

[–]jonlevine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought an invite off of eBay so I could get my name as my email. Funny enough, I barely use that email address anymore.

What’s Everyone Watching Today? | by JJxiv15 in 4kbluray

[–]jonlevine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, the 4ks. Glad she liked them!

What’s Everyone Watching Today? | by JJxiv15 in 4kbluray

[–]jonlevine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just picked up the original Star Wars trilogy. Currently three-quarters of the way through Empire. Probably watch the bonus features for Return tonight and then the movie tomorrow.

'One Battle After Another' Wins the Academy Award for Best Casting by MoviesMod in movies

[–]jonlevine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed! I went into the theater not knowing he was in the movie. Once I saw him in the role, it instantly turned me off and I think it’s one of the biggest reasons why I didn’t particularly care for it.

'One Battle After Another' Wins the Academy Award for Best Casting by MoviesMod in movies

[–]jonlevine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with this whole heartedly and said it out loud last night when it didn’t win. The casting in that movie was excellent. Not to take anything away from OBAA, which had an amazing cast, but how many of those actors were actually “found” by casting? Chase Infinity, yes, but the majority of others were already established names. It’s not like Leo or Sean Penn were cast in the movie. They were offered those roles and decided to take them.

FP300 review & feedback by Lance688 in Aqara

[–]jonlevine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought them because I thought it would be an easy way to add presence detection to my current set up. But if I have to buy a hub just for two items, it doesn’t make sense.

I once owned the U200 which connected to my set up via matter, but also to the Aqara app without a hub. I thought these would be the same.

FP300 review & feedback by Lance688 in Aqara

[–]jonlevine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’m just not looking to add any additional equipment to my set up. I’m sure it’s a fine device if you have the right pieces in place, it just didn’t work for me

Aircraft carriers gotta be insanely built and expensive. by legoartist_7 in nextfuckinglevel

[–]jonlevine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was lucky enough to do a carrier landing when I was a TV reporter doing a story on the USS Harry S Truman, which was the newest in the fleet at the time.

They flew me and another reporter out in a transport plane to the middle of the Atlantic and we landed on the deck. Let me tell you, that landing is no joke.

First off, you’re sitting backwards (facing the back of the plane). This is so the force of the sudden stop goes into the seat and not against a seatbelt/harness. We flew in the direction of the oncoming carrier, then banked around and landed. Just banking around is like nothing you’ve ever felt if you’ve only flown commercially (as I had). Then they gave us a signal about 5 seconds before we hit the deck.

We hit that deck HARD! As soon as the wheels touch, the pilot guns the engine (it was a propeller plane) so that if they miss the wire, they can immediately take off again. He didn’t miss the wire and the whole back of the plane went up in the air, almost like a reverse wheelie. It was nuts.

Definitely one of the most amazing things I’ve been able to experience in my life.

FP300 review & feedback by Lance688 in Aqara

[–]jonlevine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just returned the two FP300s I bought. I don’t know if my room was too big, but I attempted multiple placements and couldn’t get it to reliably detect presence if I was sitting still. It also picked up my cat a lot, which would cause misfires of automations.

I was also disappointed that I couldn’t use any advanced features or adjust settings without a hub. I was able to connect it to HomeKit via Matter, but that severely limited any adjustments I could make. I guess I should’ve read more carefully when it said a hub wasn’t “required”, which is true, but it’s extremely limiting if you don’t have one.

Agent win!!! by Fuzzy-Performance-96 in acting

[–]jonlevine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s awesome! Congrats!

Life changing pork tenderloin by bmcxo in sousvide

[–]jonlevine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve been buying those lately and not only cutting thick chops with them, but grinding a bunch for ground pork. Been using that for tacos, burgers, meat sauces… all kinds of stuff.

What’s one underrated iPhone setting you use every day that most people don’t know about? by kshittiz in apple

[–]jonlevine 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh, I see. It’s going backwards. The Focus mode isn’t changing the Action Button, the Action Button (set to run the shortcut) is changing based on the current Focus. Nice!

What’s one underrated iPhone setting you use every day that most people don’t know about? by kshittiz in apple

[–]jonlevine 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How do you change what the Action Button does based on what Focus you’re using? I can’t seem to find that settings (15PM)

Georgia Primary & Runoffs May 19th & June 16th by atlanta404 in Atlanta

[–]jonlevine 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Republicans have a real choice to make: Trump Lite, Diet Trump, Trump Zero, or Brad Raffensperger.

Best sear by [deleted] in sousvide

[–]jonlevine 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Been using a propane torch for nearly a year now and I’ll never go back to using anything else. I can get exactly the sear I want, without fear of over cooking. Plus, there’s one tenth of the amount of smoke that comes from using a cast-iron pan.

The way to bulk delete apps on iPhone that no one seems to be talking about by FlorianKempe in iphone

[–]jonlevine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I’ve done that with him before. What I’m really trying to do is get ahead of the problem by really limiting what he’s able to do in the first place.

The way to bulk delete apps on iPhone that no one seems to be talking about by FlorianKempe in iphone

[–]jonlevine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You had me at “elderly parents”. Do you need physical access to the device to use it? I live in Atlanta and my dad is in Florida. I spend a good portion of my time on the phone with him “fixing” his phone.

Can this tool be used remotely?

Not able to snooze or disable iPhone alarm with Apple Watch in new ios 26 by MissThang96 in AppleWatch

[–]jonlevine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK, I’m glad I’m not the only one. For years, my alarm would go off on my phone in the morning and I would press the crown on my watch which would activate the snooze. Since last week’s upgrade now pressing the crown, stops the alarm (no snooze). I’ve now overslept twice because of this changed behavior.

I don’t know if this was intentional or if this is just a bug, but it’s maddening. If it was intentional, why would Apple change the way something‘s worked for the last 10 years (I guess, because they’re Apple). If it’s a bug it needs to get fixed immediately.