Candy Emberley

@candycomposer.bsky.social

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Composer for Wildermyth and other stuff. Viola, music prep, indie games, generally just an absolute nerd

Avocados at a farmer's market, with a sign that says "organic avocados 4 for $28, 2 for $15, $8 each"
A couple's selfie in front of a large outdoor Christmas tree from many years ago
A poll of 8,750 adults revealed the secret to better aging in America. What is it? Money. The Pew survey found income levels can affect someone's physical health, social life and even cognitive skills in retirement. Dig into the data here (link destination not shown). Another interesting finding: Americans want long lives, but not too long. About 3 in 4 Americans want to reach their 80th birthday, but less than 30% want to live to 100. Not rich? You can still follow this scientific advice for a longer life (link destination not shown).
A shipment of CDs of the Wildermyth soundtrack
A rectangular magnet with a cheerful drawing of a bug running around while wearing a thimble for a hat and holding a needle. There's an appropriately sized horse for the bug made of twigs and buttons for wheels instead of feet
View of the sky to the north. Some clouds but mostly clear and blue
The confirmation message reads "Your appointment request has been submitted. We have received your request and will contact you about scheduling your appointment. If you have further questions, you can contact us at (555) 555-5555." In the United States, 555 prefix phone numbers do not exist.
At least 30 bottles of homemade vanilla extract
Screenshot showing my most listened to podcast in 2024 to be NADDPOD's Patreon feed. "You listened to 442 episodes for a total of 21 days 20 hours 30 minutes of 'NaddPod Patreon Exclusives'"
A copy of the video game Wildermyth for Nintendo Switch console
Selfie, wearing a green and blue sequined conical witch hat with a wide brim
Screenshot of highlighted article text, reading "Dungeons & Dragons games require minimal investment of time and material"
Screenshot of a USA Today article headline reading "Last week's CrowdStrike outage was bad. The sun has something worse planned." The hero image is a close up image of the sun with solar flares
Screengrab of a LinkedIn email subject line and preview. It reads: "LinkedIn - 1 Owner role hired at Crybaby - Candy, Crybaby is a top company hiring for Owner roles"
A heat map of the United States, showing where my dialect is most similar to. Minnesota is the highest matching state, but the upper Midwest and west in general are pretty high matches, while the south and mid east coast are the furthest related
A nighttime photo of vertical blinds. A small patch of light on the blinds is partially blocked by a ceiling fan, giving the light the appearance of a stereotypical cartoon ghost
Screenshot of an automated message summary from Copilot in Skype. The message teaser says "Hey, this is Bing! How can..." and beneath that is the following text encompassed by an oval: "Imagine a new form of government". The conversation is dated 6/1/23
Product description reading: "Big manly wooden spoon carved from Walnut wood, Maple wood, Cherry wood. It is 16 inches long and 3 inches wide. I can make it any length you want on request. Ladies, this is what you need to get for your man."
The Staples Business Advantage logo, followed by a line in larger fonts and all caps saying "business is human". The word "human" is in a bold handwriting-esque font. The vibe is a bit in the direction of "we may be robot overlords but we are friendly, yes, friendly to the hu-man"
A screenshot of three buttons at the bottom of an email. One says "reply", another "forward", and the third is an emoji button
A close up photo of a bright green poster taped to a traffic signal pole. The text at the top reads (in all caps) "black Google Pixel 6 wearing a Spigen case - matte black". Beneath that is a photo of the front and back of the phone in black ink only. Under the photo, there is more text (also in all caps): phone was lost in this area. Please return to owner. Call [phone number redacted in photo]. $133.769 reward for a safe return"
A screenshot of Adobe Acrobat with a sheet music PDF file open. None of the music in the screenshot is at a legible size. At the top right hand corner is a highly colorful button labeled "AI Assistant", and a notification bubble below it which reads "Looking for key takeaways? Ask AI Assistant (beta)"
Image of a notification pop-up which reads "Try out experimental AI features. Get help writing, organizing tabs and creating custom themes". There are two buttons below the body text for "Continue" and "No thanks"
A screenshot of five internet search results (each from a different website) expressing the same or similar problem - Windows Explorer hangs or crashes when attempting to move, modify, or delete ogg vorbis files. Each search result's blurb contains a partial explanation of the issue
Pro Tools open with a project window barely visible on the left side of the screen. The "X" button to close the window is not fully visible, so the only place to grab the window and move it into full view is in the tiny area between the top edge of the window and the top edge of the X
A Windows OS blue screen of death message stating "Your device ran into a problem and needs to restart. We're just collecting some error info, and then we'll restart for you. 60% complete. For more information about this issue and possible fixes, visit https://www.windows.com/stopcode. If you call a support person, give them the info: Stop code: memory management" ("Memory management" is in all caps)
A child's painting of a leprechaun sitting on top of a set of stairs. The painting is on a piece of wood shaped like a bell. The year "1994" is painted under the stairs
A small black dog sleeping on a couch, snuggled with a fleece blanket next to a person in plaid pajamas (only elbow of person visible)