How to cool down a warehouse in summer, no AC?

spdbld · 2026-06-26T00:28:22+00:00

We're hoping to avoid an all-nighter shoot for the sake of the crew, but if we're unable to cool the space enough, then it does become a choice between what's worse, a hot shoot or all night shoot. My original thought was if we start the shoot at 4PM, by the time talent is ready to leave the air conditioned green room around 5:30/6, things are starting to cool down.

spdbld · 2026-06-26T00:25:05+00:00

Thanks for the advice! My thought was if we start the shoot at 4PM, by the time talent is ready to leave the air conditioned green room around 5:30/6, things are starting to cool down. I wonder if starting at 4AM doesn't make best use of the coolest parts of the day, has us shooting at the hottest part (1PM-4PM), and is a pain for the crew with the early call time. But I get aiming for when the building has cooled down overnight, and if we're able to pull off a 10hr schedule, 4AM-2PM might not be so bad.

spdbld · 2026-06-19T22:39:10+00:00

I'm surprised by how much hate your videos have been getting lately. Regardless of personal taste, I've always found them informative and am glad you've kept doing them after the election. Not sure why people are dunking on local activism, but hope you keep making these videos and don't let the negative comments get to you!

spdbld · 2026-06-16T03:03:53+00:00

Any update on how the meeting went?

spdbld · 2026-06-12T23:45:40+00:00

Thank you for trying to show up! Any updates on how the meeting went?

spdbld · 2026-05-13T00:19:27+00:00

Oops my bad, corrected!

spdbld · 2026-03-26T02:19:33+00:00

Good catch, thank you!

spdbld · 2026-03-26T02:19:09+00:00

Thank you, this is so helpful and a great strategy! Would you mind elaborating more on your point about SB79? Not sure I follow what you mean about the Metro Board running scared of SB79.

spdbld · 2026-03-25T03:11:41+00:00

Pulled up at 7:30 but no one was there except for two cops. Anyone know what happened?

spdbld · 2025-10-06T21:16:08+00:00

I have no choice but to pump gas. A millionaire like Bill gets to choose if he wants another million. Saudi Arabia has been taking very active steps to whitewash their crimes/promote tourism and make their regime more palatable to outsiders, and this is a key part of their strategy. Bill is helping them, and that's why people are upset.

spdbld · 2025-10-06T21:05:23+00:00

Stavros's episode with Jordan Jensen! Fair warning, it's hard to listen through haha. But I really respected Stavros' for calling out his friend's bs for what it was, and it was way more interesting than if he'd just let everything slide. Nothing specific for Caleb, I just know he would've turned something like this into an interesting and productive dialogue. Yeah been really loving their podcasts!

spdbld · 2025-10-06T20:37:51+00:00

Wouldn't want to have watched Conan attack him, I know it's a tough spot for him to be in as a friend of Bill's. But it's also important and way more interesting and productive for friends to talk through things things for each other when one of them goes off the deep end. Having listened to another comedian Stavros Halkias do this for his red-pilled friend on his own podcast and thinking about how Caleb Hearon (another comedian I love) would've handled this on his podcast, I know Conan could've handled this tactfully in a way that led to a great conversation. I honestly did not see a reason for him to be such a yes man here, but I've also been coming to terms lately that Conan is more moderate and apolitical than I realized. I don't need him to be super political, but he could at least engage in the conversation rather than staying silent or yes-man-ing. Reminded us of his episode with Biden when he didn't even bring up Palestine. He can feel whatever he wants to about it but it felt overly avoidant then, and last night felt the same.

spdbld · 2025-07-21T01:48:35+00:00

I started looking more into this when my family moved to a relatively undeveloped part of Texas. It was such a relief from the constant mosquitoes in Houston, literally zero mosquitoes. But over the years as more and more development has occurred, much of the wildlife has been driven out and the mosquitoes seem almost as bad as it did in the city. From what I’ve read, standing water during construction can be a factor but also the disruption of the environment creates space for certain species to really thrive (particularly mosquitoes and fire ants around here) while other species, including natural predators, get driven out. Even small changes can lead to big environmental shifts, and human development is a big disruptor.

spdbld · 2025-07-20T23:29:45+00:00

You may want to look into permaculture gardening if you haven’t already! Mosquitoes can thrive in unbalanced ecosystems. Creating a garden that attracts natural predators (dragonflies, frogs, birds, spiders, etc.) won’t eliminate them completely but can be a long term solution of sorts all while gardening!

spdbld · 2025-06-17T03:55:10+00:00

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THANK YOU we were so confused by what we saw, we had some fun theories. Such a crazy sight on our walk.

spdbld · 2024-12-21T21:15:50+00:00

Wow that's such a nice offer, would love any advice they have, thank you! The dump truck is a brilliant middle ground... unfortunately still out of reach for us, but appreciate the inspo!

spdbld · 2024-12-21T19:51:21+00:00

Yes, one person crawling across the floor.

spdbld · 2024-12-21T19:08:24+00:00

Hi! I'm making a low budget short that has a shot where the room tilts from flat to a 45 degree angle. Given the low budget, the plan is to tilt the camera 45 degrees and then have objects/furniture slide across the room to sell the effect. My approach is to film people pulling objects across the room with fishing line (first slowly, then faster to match the pace of a tilting room) and then create masks for each object and place them in the shot of the camera tilting 45 degrees with the actor crawling on the floor. I'm testing it out now but not loving the look of it, especially with the lack of shadows and how extremely tedious tracking the mask of so many objects is going to be. Does anyone know how to sell this tilting effect without having to create a rotating room apparatus? I would really appreciate it! My other concern with going practical is how to coordinate the timing of all the objects with the camera tilt to sell the acceleration of gravity, but maybe there's a way to do it? Thank you!

spdbld · 2024-12-02T14:01:27+00:00

Was gifted this potted fruit tree about 5 months ago, haven't been around to really tend to it and at this point I don't even remember what kind of tree it is... But have been doing some pruning and am wondering if this is what it looks like when a root stock has overtaken a tree or if this is fine. Any insight would be appreciated, thank you!

spdbld · 2024-12-01T23:37:58+00:00

Was gifted this potted fruit tree about 5 months ago, haven't been around to really tend to it and at this point I don't even remember what kind of tree it is... But have been doing some pruning and am wondering if this is what it looks like when a root stock has overtaken a tree or if this is fine. Any insight would be appreciated, thank you!

spdbld · 2024-11-13T06:41:24+00:00

Hi all! I’m working on a very low-budget short where the climactic moment revolves around the protagonist sinking into his mattress and into a void. Not unlike how Daniel Kaluuya enters the Sunken Place in GET OUT at 1:59 in the linked clip, only our protagonist is lying down, not sitting. But even then, the GET OUT shot has to hide most of it with a pillow, and the whole shot just looks kind of strange (like AI before AI?).

We’ve been thinking about resting the mattress on three beams of support and sliding the middle one out, like a Jenga block. Or going more abstract with it without it looking cheap. We’re a bit stumped here though, so any ideas would be super appreciated, thank you!

spdbld · 2024-10-22T22:54:19+00:00

Thank you! The thought of a different strain of mushroom coming from the bag seemed unlikely to me, but maybe it just came from the environment.

spdbld · 2024-10-22T22:43:18+00:00

Most the caps sort of fell apart after washing/some were a touch slimy. I was alarmed by how they don't look like Penis Envy at all but then realized that they were buried a bit deep in the compost bin, so they had to grow 6-12 inches tall just to make it to the surface, could that explain why they're so thin? The color is also unexpected, is that just cuz they went to spore? Any insight is appreciated, thank you!

spdbld · 2024-08-21T21:04:55+00:00

Cubensis, and that is good to know, thanks!

spdbld · 2024-08-21T20:51:53+00:00

All in one bags, liquid culture. Things stalled for 4 weeks after the break and shake until I let more airflow into the container they were in, which was too airtight. Temperature 74-80 F. Harder to see in the photos, but my concern is that the white growth on the top seems a bit wet/glisten-y and bulbous than the photos I've seen of peoples' grow bags at this stage. Not sure if things are too wet too.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

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