I'll be staying offline for a while.

I know every time I've said this in the past, it'd last for a few days, then I'd come back all "Hey hi I'm wonderful now". But hell, nowadays I can count the number of contacts I have with one hand without overlapping, so this isn't a huge public notice to fifty-something people across several messenger networks. This one's been a long time coming.

I've hit a point in my life where I no longer know what to do with myself. I'm unemployed, uninvolved, and without a lasting creative drive. I need to find my focus.


For the most part, the internet will be little more to me than an outlet for information and polished works while I get my life back on track.

I'll see you guys around.

thatoneguy297 shared a link with bauske who shared this link with Twitter.

>>> [In B Flat] <<<

You've got twenty videos, all with music (sans one with spoken word), and all of them work interchangeably with each other, at any given moment. You play whichever two (or three, or four, or as many as) you want, and go from there.


After having a play-through once and wishing I thought to record, I decided I'd record my second play-through (which played through somewhat similar to the first, thanks to memory).

>>> In B Flat (3nT Playback).mp3 <<<
Length: 11:04

If only I could actually compose music like this.

Tags: music, sharing stuff

Chinon 674 Macro 1974 - Super 8 Camera

Won this gorgeous piece of filming equipment off eBay just last weekend for a cool $26 (plus $18 in shipping), and it's in near-perfect shape - No corrosion, buttons and lens work. I've still yet to acquire film for this (Super 8 film still exists!), and I'll be tracking down a weird-but-not-uncommon battery, aaaand an instruction manual which will be somewhat harder to locate.

For now though, ( photos! (+15) )

AND THAT'S ALL HE WROTE about the Super 8, got another thing here too. More of a PICKLE of an issue.




HELP ):

I have ANOTHER TWO cameras here that I picked up from my dad, who got them from a charity store for a total of $15. They run on VHS-C cassettes - Or they're supposed to, but one doesn't load the tape properly, and the other (whilst having perfect tape control) has a busted record button. Regardless, this hasn't deterred me from wanting to use them, and I know what I need.

An analog video capture card.

Here's where it gets tricky. What I need is something in USB, Expresscard (54mm), or Firewire (4-pin) form, to use on my laptop. I've tried looking around, but everything I see either doesn't work at a satisfactory level (based on reviews and specs), or is entirely built for television and won't accept anything that isn't a television channel. I'm also totally without knowledge about analog video capture in general, so I don't know what's good or what works.

I've gotten a few suggestions, but I'm still looking around, so HELP? ):

Tags: photo

I love my retirement fund because it sends me letters and tells me about the money I don't have. One day I will be 65 and will finally be able to have that money, but it will not matter because I will be rich and also have more money than the retirement fund.

That or I'll break my legs.








apparently this took me 90 minutes what the hell I am so slow with doodle shit (really it was all the writing, I am a slow writer)

Tags: comic
Listening To: Jon Hopkins - Light Through The Veins (Tom Middleton Remix) | Powered by Last.fm

Yes.




Yes.

Tags: internet, youtube

Forget Avatar.

The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.

With the exception of a few birds and the photographer in a few of the shots, this is completely CG. Architectural abstraction based and modeled after real-life structures. I highly recommend watching it in HD.

Compositing Breakdown (T&S) from Alex Roman on Vimeo.

Don't believe it's totally CG? Here's a compositing breakdown, complete with 3D wireframes.

Tags: animation, art, sharing stuff, video

What happens if you combine two $30 gift cards, two Pixar movies, and myself?

( ???????? )

HELL YEAH

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( You are about to view content that may not be appropriate for minors. )

Tags: art, dicks

Aaaah I do these two memes back to back every year, SURE I NEED TO PROCRASTINATE MORE SO I'LL DO THIS ONE NOW.

( THE YEAR 2009 )

( THE YEAR 2010 )




I have no idea how long it took me to fill this one out, because LiveJournal updates the timestamp now! Ugh!

Tags: new years meme
Listening To: Sufjan Stevens - The Transfiguration | Powered by Last.fm

So, y'know those journal memes where you ask people to ask you all sorts of questions?

http://www.formspring.me/CHICAGOlollie

Apparently there's a website centered around the Q&A thing now? I'uno, it's been a long time since I've done anything like it, so what the hell! Signed up, box is available for anyone. Expecting a few snarks, already got one! Good times!

Tags: internet, q&a