May god have mercy on us all.Syncydink v0.0.3 is now live, making it the first major update of Syncydink since December 2017. There's still not much in the way of new features, as most of this was cleanup and package updates, but development should be much simpler from now on since the mess that was Video Modes is gone.

I've also switched out the opening page with a card that shows slightly more info. In the coming days, this will fill out some to actually include documentation on how to use the player, as well as news and updates, so users won't have to guess about when the last time I changed things was.

https://beta.syncydink.buttplug.worldHere's the URL for the beta of the upgraded Syncydink. Outside of the widget set changes, the biggest change right now is to Video Modes. 

Mostly, that there aren't Video Modes anymore. :)

You can hit Escape on a keyboard to open and close the side panel now. This will be extremely important if you have a movie that's larger than the side widget. :)

Javascript, javascript, and more javascript. Well, ok, it's actually all Typescript. But you get the idea.buttplug-js has been lagging behind our C# libraries for a while, so I spent the first chunk of this week bringing it up to date, and buttplug-js v0.8.0 is out now. We now have Lovense device queries working everywhere, which is a massive help for the new versions of firmware constantly being released. Also fixed quite a few bugs.

Once that was finished, it was time to go update the rest of the apps that depend on it. I've updated our Twine and Tutorial apps, so they run on the new version. Buttplug Playground also got an update, and now supports per-feature control, meaning if you have a piece of hardware with multiple features (like the Lovense Edge, Max, Nora, or Mysteryvibe Crescendo), you can now control motors/rotators/etc individually).

Ok, guess we're sticking to Fridays for weekly updates. Or maybe Saturdays, as is the case now.First off... If you ever wonder what I'm doing with your money, well, the image in this post is a good indicator. I get a lot of questions on our discord about cheap toys that work with Buttplug, which is why we have support for things like the Youcups Warrior 2 and Pipijing Whale. People want something to play with, but may not be able to shell out for a Lovense, much less a Launch or ET-312. I try to keep a list of < $50 toys from Alibaba that may take a couple of months to arrive and be less-than-body-safe, but will at least provide something for people to work with.

That means I also find stuff like bluetooth speaker onaholes.

Fun new toy showed up today, as there are lots of computer vision papers and tools coming out of a big CV conference this week

So, for those of you that don't read computerese...

Dear god, if I never talk about web browsers again it will be too soon.Too bad that's my dayjob. >.>

Was at a dayjob meetup all week, so not much got done in terms of development on Buttplug. I mentioned this might be happening in the update last week, so no real surprises there.

Ok, gonna try a new thing. Weekly updates! Just so you have some idea what's going on, since you're like, you know, paying me.These will probably get posted on Wednesdays from here on out.

**This Week: **Unfortunately the update this week is gonna be super boring, because it's one of those super boring tasks weeks. Almost all of my time has been spent shuffling our hosting, so the end of this post is going to be about one of the topics nobody voted for in that last poll. :)

Finally, patrons actually getting a prerelease of a video!Video is done but I'm still working on the description and stuff, so you get a whole 12+ hours of it all to yourselves before I release it for real tomorrow morning. :)

I'm currently filming the Buttpluggin' with qDot UFO SA overview video. I was trying to record some of the movies that came on the demo disc, but I forgot to turn my voice over mic off while recording. It ended up picking up the sound of the UFO SA being controlled by the video, which, without visual context, ends up... yeah.Please enjoy the sounds of robot nipples being tweaked.