In my never-ending quest for lo-fi, low-effort YouTube (and blog) content, I make the most of whatever limited assets and time I have to churn out highly-compressed but—I hope—charming content for the masses.
Such is the case with today’s post. I made this video with just one picture I took with my iPhone SE’s camera (mainly to show Dr. Fiancée that I was playing as Blackbeard the Pirate in Civilization VII). I recorded the voiceover with the Voice Memo app on my phone, and used iMovie (again, on my phone) to put in the picture (three times) against the voice message.
Apparently, when I send the finished video file to Telegram, it deeply compresses the video quality (although I think it does the same if I save the video to my phone and upload it to YouTube from there). The most it can muster is 360p, which might as well be a VHS recording that I’ve sloppily converted to a digital format.
Whatever the case, the video was a fun experiment. I hope you agree!
Blackbeard Sails into Civilization VII
Happy Friday!
—TPP
The Portly Politico 
That doesn’t look like Ian McShane! 😂
I just mentioned your impending nuptials on FSB and said that if Tina and I were in your position, we’d be spending our honeymoon watching the Ashes! A good job cricket isn’t bigger in the US – for soon to be Dr Wife anyway! 😂
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Haha, but it does look like Edward Teach!
Awww, thanks, dude! I’ll have to pop over there today at some point.
Thanks again for your post! I’m going to get it edited and scheduled ASAP.
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The guys and gals at FSB wish you all the best for tomorrow.
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Thanks, dude! I’ll have to head over there and say hello and thank you to everyone.
Your review (excellent review, by the way) is scheduled for Monday, 1 December 2025. WOOOOOOT! Thank you so much, man. I’ve just about gotten posts done through that date; just gotta hammer out a couple of others.
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