It's after midnight and I'm not terribly sleepy yet. I'm getting there though.
I just took the trash out front to be picked up tomorrow mornight. There were no clouds in the sky and the temperature was actually nice. I was out in khakis and a t-shirt. Just last week we had lows in the 20s. It's odd like that here in central VA.
Capital One bit me today. Last month, October, the due date was the 11th. I had marked on my calendar that CapOne gets paid on the 11th. Only, this month it was due on the 6th. I got slapped with a $35 late fee and for some reason the minimum due went up by $100. In looking at the statements available online, October is the only month in the last 5 that end on the 11th. The 11th was a Wednesday. grr. It looks like they aren't jacking up my interests rates though. That's a good thing though if they did, I'd just move the balance to my American Express. I wish I could pay them off. I'd been out of credit card debt for a few years, but then I bought a house that needed fixing up. Oh well.
I was going to ramble on about something else. I can't remember what that was though.
Friday, November 10, 2006
Friday, November 03, 2006
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Sold!
Well, it's official. I am no longer the proud owner of a Modified 1997 Suzuki GS500E. I sold it to some guy from Baltimore. He's a mechanic and sounded like he's had several bikes. I guess he thought the price was good because he brought cash and didn't try to negotiate on the price.
I thnk the bike has a good new owner. Now we just need to figure out what to do with the money.
I think I might miss the bike, but I haven't been riding it much and we needed the cash more than I needed the bike in the driveway. Besides, the bike cover I had is in tatters. Now I don't have to figure out what to do to keep it covered this winter.
I thnk the bike has a good new owner. Now we just need to figure out what to do with the money.
I think I might miss the bike, but I haven't been riding it much and we needed the cash more than I needed the bike in the driveway. Besides, the bike cover I had is in tatters. Now I don't have to figure out what to do to keep it covered this winter.
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
insom
it's after one A.M. and I'm a little too restless to sleep.
Outside the sound of an owl hooting rises above the thick blanket of insect chirps
once in a while a car will pass by, its tires making a hushing sound on the road
i'm going to go back to bed to hopefully go to sleep.
Outside the sound of an owl hooting rises above the thick blanket of insect chirps
once in a while a car will pass by, its tires making a hushing sound on the road
i'm going to go back to bed to hopefully go to sleep.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
An unfortunate name for a cool little program.
The Sect of Homokaasu - The Rasterbator
This website has a program on it takes an image you upload and "rasterizes" it so you can make posters and murals on your printer. It takes the brightness (and optionally color) information from your image and makes a large image made up of round dots. This image is then broken up into the number of pages needed by the output size that you set. It then makes a .pdf and sends it to you.
There also is a stand alone application that you can download.
This website has a program on it takes an image you upload and "rasterizes" it so you can make posters and murals on your printer. It takes the brightness (and optionally color) information from your image and makes a large image made up of round dots. This image is then broken up into the number of pages needed by the output size that you set. It then makes a .pdf and sends it to you.
There also is a stand alone application that you can download.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Monday, August 14, 2006
Ligers are real and big!
Apparently, sometimes (rarely) a male lion and female tiger will mate in captivity. Their offspring can be really, really big.
http://www.sierrasafarizoo.com/animals/liger.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/liger.asp
Google search
Google image search
If a male tiger mates with a female lion, the offspring is called a tigon. They might look like ligers, but aren't as big.
http://www.sierrasafarizoo.com/animals/liger.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/liger.asp
Google search
Google image search
If a male tiger mates with a female lion, the offspring is called a tigon. They might look like ligers, but aren't as big.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
My week (boring)
I am midway through my second week being self-employed. I haven't settled into any kind of schedule yet.
Monday morning I read the first 5 or 6 chapters of the Maya Fundamentals training book we have. I spend a few hours in the afternoon at Blair media. After that I went to my old place (which is now Pilgrim's Progess the Movie Headquarters) and loaded up most of my computer equipment that was left there. I brought that home, unloaded it. Hung out for a while and then went back to the old place and waited around for Tim to get back so I could use his pickup truck to bring my table, desk and chair home.
Tuesday morning I hooked up my computer (the main workstation). Most of the day I worked on Pilgrim's Progess test shots. Even though it won't be used for anything, it feels good and useful to get my brain back into this kind of work.
Wednesday was taken up almost entirely by attending an auction at the University of Virginia. We were there from 10am till 2pm. We got a desk/table for Rebecca and a bunch of wall cabinets for various places in the house. We paid $57.75 for both of them. I might spend almost that much getting them down here. I didn't get the chair I wanted. After we left the auction, my wife and I ate a late lunch at Red Robin. Then we went to Old Navy so she could pick up a few things. After that we hooked up with one of my friends and sometime client who gave us a tour of the new basketball arena at UVA. I did a lot of 3D work on that building before it was built/finished so it was interesting actually be inside it. It's pretty cool, and I think, the largest facility of its kind in the state of Virginia.
This morning (Thursday), I'm installing the Maya personal learning edition so I can ... umm... learn it. I may work on the Apollyon scene animatic. This afternoon I'll be at Blair for a few more hours. After that, more PP stuff.
Tomorrow (Friday) morning I'll be picking the stuff up that I bought at the auction. I don't have any plans for the afternoon yet. Maybe we'll go to a baseball game in the evening. Some friends are going. We've been invited.
Monday morning I read the first 5 or 6 chapters of the Maya Fundamentals training book we have. I spend a few hours in the afternoon at Blair media. After that I went to my old place (which is now Pilgrim's Progess the Movie Headquarters) and loaded up most of my computer equipment that was left there. I brought that home, unloaded it. Hung out for a while and then went back to the old place and waited around for Tim to get back so I could use his pickup truck to bring my table, desk and chair home.
Tuesday morning I hooked up my computer (the main workstation). Most of the day I worked on Pilgrim's Progess test shots. Even though it won't be used for anything, it feels good and useful to get my brain back into this kind of work.
Wednesday was taken up almost entirely by attending an auction at the University of Virginia. We were there from 10am till 2pm. We got a desk/table for Rebecca and a bunch of wall cabinets for various places in the house. We paid $57.75 for both of them. I might spend almost that much getting them down here. I didn't get the chair I wanted. After we left the auction, my wife and I ate a late lunch at Red Robin. Then we went to Old Navy so she could pick up a few things. After that we hooked up with one of my friends and sometime client who gave us a tour of the new basketball arena at UVA. I did a lot of 3D work on that building before it was built/finished so it was interesting actually be inside it. It's pretty cool, and I think, the largest facility of its kind in the state of Virginia.
This morning (Thursday), I'm installing the Maya personal learning edition so I can ... umm... learn it. I may work on the Apollyon scene animatic. This afternoon I'll be at Blair for a few more hours. After that, more PP stuff.
Tomorrow (Friday) morning I'll be picking the stuff up that I bought at the auction. I don't have any plans for the afternoon yet. Maybe we'll go to a baseball game in the evening. Some friends are going. We've been invited.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
A New Beginning
Well, Friday was my last day as a full time employee of Liberty University. Things are looking up for me, income wise... even after health insurance and taxes take their toll.
I'll mainly be working for DRC Films (My old room mate) in making a modern movie adaptation of Pilgrim's Progress. It should be fun and full of new (hopefully not scary) experiences.
I'm grateful for the opportunities that have reared their heads at this stage of my life.
I'll mainly be working for DRC Films (My old room mate) in making a modern movie adaptation of Pilgrim's Progress. It should be fun and full of new (hopefully not scary) experiences.
I'm grateful for the opportunities that have reared their heads at this stage of my life.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
castrati [cringe]
Weirdness.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060712/sc_nm/arts_farinelli_remains_dc_2
excerpts from the story
"ROME (Reuters) - Historians and scientists have exhumed the remains of legendary castrato Farinelli in Italy to study the anatomical effects of castration carried out on young boys to turn them into high-pitched stars of the opera.
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Castrati played heroic male leads in Italian opera from the mid-17th to late 18th century when the bel canto was the rage in Europe. Farinelli, born Carlo Broschi in 1705, was the most famous of them all, in a stage career lasting from 1720 to 1737."
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The last surviving castrato, Sistine Chapel chorist Alessandro Moreschi, lived long enough to make recordings in 1902 and 1904, though on the dated gramophone records his voice sound like what Clapton described as "Pavarotti on helium."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060712/sc_nm/arts_farinelli_remains_dc_2
excerpts from the story
"ROME (Reuters) - Historians and scientists have exhumed the remains of legendary castrato Farinelli in Italy to study the anatomical effects of castration carried out on young boys to turn them into high-pitched stars of the opera.
ADVERTISEMENT
Castrati played heroic male leads in Italian opera from the mid-17th to late 18th century when the bel canto was the rage in Europe. Farinelli, born Carlo Broschi in 1705, was the most famous of them all, in a stage career lasting from 1720 to 1737."
...
"
The last surviving castrato, Sistine Chapel chorist Alessandro Moreschi, lived long enough to make recordings in 1902 and 1904, though on the dated gramophone records his voice sound like what Clapton described as "Pavarotti on helium."
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