Earth zoom

So it’s been awhile since I’ve posted again and I’ve had no excuse not to except for being lazy.  So here is a new post where I wish I could imbed video but I cant.  So if you want to see the video you’ll have to click the link.  I was bored the other night and figured I would try to play around in Motion a little bit so I found a tutorial to make a cool earth zoom effect out of some photos.  The problem was that the tutorial was for After Effects.  I don’t have after effects and I’ve never used after effects, but I had Motion so I didn’t think it would be that hard to figure out the differences.  So I took 9 photos, went with it and the result wasn’t that bad.  It could have been better but I figured it was good enough the way it was.  So here it is if you feel like watching it.  Let me know what you think and don’t forget to watch it in full screen, it looks better that way.

http://vimeo.com/4056845

The Observer

I haven’t been on in awhile but I had to write this quick update.  Anyone who watches fringe knows about the Observer and while watching the NFL playoffs Giants vs. Eagles he made a brief appearance.  With 9:37 left in the first quarter he appeared in the camera shot.  It was definitely him and I took a photo of the TV because I cant get a screen shot, so here he is.  I wonder what he’s doing at the game?  Anyone know or have any guesses?

Can They Possibly be Serious?

Sometimes you just think to yourself this has to be a joke or why would someone ever ask that?  Don’t people try to figure things out for themselves?  Some things just shouldn’t be that hard to figure out in the first place.  So what has inspired me to write about stupid questions?  It happened at work and the question came in the form of an email, actually two separate emails from separate people with the same request.

The Most Pressing Issues of our Time

After being sick and not posting for almost a week I have a few issues to talk about.  Now these issues are not for the faint hearted.  The first I read in the local newspaper today which was the second time I have heard this story in a week.  The second I heard earlier this week and I proceeded to do some research finding out it was indeed true.

White Elephant

Today I had the opportunity to participate in my first white elephant gift exchange.  The exchange was held during a dinner and was a great time.  My number was 4 out of about 30 so I didn’t have many choices of what I could choose for my gift.  If you don’t know what a white elephant gift exchange is, here’s how it worked.  The first person picked a gift and opened it, the second person picked a gift, opened it and decided if they would keep that gift or exchange it with the first person’s gift.  It goes on like this until the last person can choose whichever gift they desire from any person that opened a gift.  So number 4 is by all means not a desirable number.  When my turn came along I knew what gift was waiting for me, obviously the largest gift on the table.  I snatched it up, tore wrapping paper and threw stuffing out like it was my job, pulled out what appeared to be a metal fish slotted holder of some sort and quickly realized that some other lucky individual would be taking this home and not me.  I had three other choices before me consisting of a small talking stuffed golfer, a picture frame and the gift I knew had my name written all over it.

What? No TV?

Oh the joys of having a 55 inch high definition TV.  Not a bad seat in the house, cable, DVR, power at my fingertips…What? I can’t watch TV?  You’re joking right?  But two of my favorite shows are on.  Yes, that was the scene in my house last night.

RC Truck Up and Running

Today I took my Traxxas Stampede XL-5 out of the cupboard and ran a few battery packs through it.  I haven’t ran it in awhile and I didn’t keep the batteries charged properly so one of them didn’t last that long.  I tried to shoot some video but I realized it was impossible to drive and shoot at the same time.  I also have a few upgrades I bought to add onto the truck that I should put on eventually.  I should think about putting a new bigger battery on my Christmas list too.  All my batteries right now are OK 6 Cell batteries and if I get a new one it will be 7 Cell or a really good 6 Cell.

Jokes

I thought instead of letting everyone know what I did today since it wasn’t very interesting I’d link to a youtube video.  I looked for a few minutes and this one was pretty good.  50 Jokes I like the binary joke the best and a bunch of them made me smile because they were so stupid.  Hope you like it.  I did.

Weekend Update

So I had a few goals for the weekend and surprisingly already accomplished both of them.  My new page is up and I’m pleased with how it turned out so far.  One thing I did find out though after I published it is that I wont be able to put any videos on the page just yet.  Here’s why…

The Weekend

The work week is over and now I have the weekend to try to get some things done.  Here is what I have on my list, so lets see if I can get any of it done.