Category: legacy
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Vernor Vinge: The Singularity
Go ahead, read the whole thing. “Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended. Is such progress avoidable? If not to be avoided, can events be guided so that we may survive? These questions are investigated. Some possible answers (and some further…
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Homebrew camera “steady” rigs info…
Rig time… here is a current list of the links I have found interesting in the “build a steady rig” quest. Ed note: I updated this and hid the links behind the [more]. Enjoy! Ed note 2: Updated again
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Small film info linkfest!
Some general info that is also worth keeping links to… Ed note: I added a lot of info to this page and broke it up under the MORE. Check it out, learn and be happy.
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Hold ‘er steady!
I tossed and turned a bit and realized sleep wasn’t going to happen (not feeling too well at the moment) so I got up looking for something useful to do. I had intended research building a “steadicam” rig for handheld use with my video camera. Let’s face it these things are really just a handle->gimbal->offset weight…
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Visual to do…
Things/techniques I need to test with the camera… Resolution/grain under good lighting Pan/Tilt stability on a good tripod Color balance test Progressive vs. frame mode Strong sidelight performance (half a face lit, half in shadow) Manual exposure control Manual focus Depth of field tricks… can it be done?
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Check me out…
I am feeling a little better, I got some stuff done today that I will put up for you to grab… for the moment you can hit my stills gallery to see the 3D work I just put in it. This is basically a local copy of my Renderosity Gallery. Enjoy!
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One ring…
Long weekend, lots of stuff happened and it all went nicely. I am going to have to just summarize for a bit at the moment. Walking around the city on Saturday I think I caught a flu of some type. I am currently watching Pi. I got a chance to see The Last Samurai, I…
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Things in process…
I am down here visiting Tatsumi tonight and had a good time helping with the holiday decorating. Here is a short bullet list of what’s happening: I have pushed the release date for the short film we have in process back a month or so. I expect a release in late February I am working…
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Off to TES… and bleeding teeth.
Hade a dentist appt. today, got three teeth prepped for posts/crowns. It sucked. On my way in to TES to support Flagg and hopefully improve my [[e2:karma]]. See you later!