 think we're going on day 80 something of the pandemic lockdown I think it's actually closer to 90 now I think about it anyways here in Michigan Governor Whitmire has extended the lockdown so everybody's just dying of boredom just kind of taking a break from making some video tutorials it's actually very hard to even concentrate because everybody's home so all I hear is like leaf blowers and kids playing in their backyards and dog barking I mean my neighborhood's usually pretty quiet and now it's just really noisy so anyways just thought I'd play around with this 3d animation tool blender I want to start making some very basic animations for some of my YouTube and Udemy tutorials just to you know describe some very complex topics very quickly problem is I haven't actually touched 3d technology since so 1999 2000 ish somewhere in there back when 3d studio max was kind of a thing so blender is very new to me and I'm sure I am just scratching the surface of what this thing can do so just to kill some time and learn a new skill here is a shelving unit I'm gonna build so very very simple design if I can figure out how to zoom in whoa too much zoom all right so just got a simple 2x4 and then I'm gonna chop some 2x4s up so you'll have this shelf sits on top of a 2x4 and these two 2x4s are screwed together make that incredibly strong when this thing is sitting on top of it rather than bolted into the side so then you've got all the weight distribution going right down this channel here and then the one above it kind of locks it in place if you put it down hard enough and then screw it all right no idea how much weight this bad boy would even hold I'm guessing quite a bit so gives me an opportunity to kind of play around learn blender let's just render this why not let's just see what this looks like my beautiful shelving unit in all of its glory I'll probably build two or three of these nothing too crazy stocking full of food water toilet paper because for whatever reason Americans are buying toilet paper like it'll never be made again I mean I literally saw Walmart CEO saying just Walmart none of their subsidiaries none of their competitors just Walmart in one month sold enough toilet paper that every man woman and child in the United States could have their own individual role that's insane so come on people stop buying the toilet paper anyways everybody stay safe I hope to talk to you soon and with any luck we'll all come out of this unharmed