Sprinkles of Genius, With a Chance of Doom

"Lemon, we’re not just hiring an actor, we’re hiring a coworker, a human being. And I..."

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:32:31 -0800

“Lemon, we’re not just hiring an actor, we’re hiring a coworker, a human being. And I say, we hire the one that lives by the Code of the Robot! Care, Love, Live.”

AES31 goes through a lot of murderous contortions in order to make timecode datatypes look like...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:16:02 -0800

AES31 goes through a lot of murderous contortions in order to make timecode datatypes look like timecode while still being sample-accurate.

Pro Tools mix automation is terrible. The semantic and the workflow are all complicated and riddled...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:26:02 -0800

Pro Tools mix automation is terrible. The semantic and the workflow are all complicated and riddled with “modes” and “exceptions” and all kinds of ambiguity. The entire system should be junked and redesigned by someone that knows how mix automation is supposed to work.

Industry Observation

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:10 -0800

As of Monday, the top two films are This is It ($36 mil) and Paranormal Activity ($85 mil). The first probably cost $10 million tops, and the second cost about $11 thousand. Both cost about the same amount to market, maybe $10 mil?

File:Oasis of the Seas, October 30 2009.jpg - Wikipedia,...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:38:12 -0800

File:Oasis of the Seas, October 30 2009.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This ship is the inspiration for a certain ship featured in “2012”. Note to captain: avoid icebergs.

Why do we have an IMG element? [dive into mark]

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:13:08 -0800

Why do we have an IMG element? [dive into mark]:

And here I was sitting in Mr. Butler’s math class, under a picture of Carl Gauss, when all this was going on.

"Project Logical Editor A new powerful logical editor opens up countless new possibilities for task..."

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:45:57 -0800

“Project Logical Editor A new powerful logical editor opens up countless new possibilities for task automation and project-wide “power-editing”. The Project Logical Editor allows manipulation of tracks and parts/events, including folder tracks with actions such as deleting everything beyond the cursor, un-muting all muted parts, renaming tracks/events or even deleting automation of a specific type. And this can selectively be done to any, all or multiple selected parts/tracks in one single step. But the Project Logical Editor comes with a large selection of presets, which are available directly from the Edit menu. In addition, users can create their own presets, which are automatically added to the preset menu. All Project Logical Editor presets are also available as targets for user definable key commands, making it an extremely powerful tool that can significantly speed up production and editing”

- New Features :: Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH :: www.steinberg.net

Wow, a toy only I could love, but still, wow.

Bloodybelly Comb Jelly (via MontereyBayAquarium)

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:14:35 -0800

Bloodybelly Comb Jelly (via MontereyBayAquarium)

Patience

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:00:27 -0800

This week’s Economist tells me that Nestlé first began R&D on their Nespresso espresso pod gear in 1970, got their first patents in 1976, started marketing complete solutions in 1986, and lost money on it for a decade. Now it’s their fastest-growing line.

Sorta puts the Microsoft xBox case study in perspective.

"Your attention please: To help ensure the safety of Air Travel, please report any unattended baggage..."

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:26:53 -0800

“Your attention please: To help ensure the safety of Air Travel, please report any unattended baggage or suspicious activity immediately to airport security.”

- Note: not the safety of the airport, or your personal safety, or the safe flight, but the safety of AIR TRAVEL.

Super MD-80, a DC-9 by any other name.

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:52:28 -0800

Super MD-80, a DC-9 by any other name.

Wonk Room » The Chance Of Schwarzenegger’s ‘F*ck You’ Acrostic Being Random: One In A Trillion

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:56:20 -0800

Wonk Room » The Chance Of Schwarzenegger’s ‘F*ck You’ Acrostic Being Random: One In A Trillion :

If he’s going to try to pull that sort of thing he really shouldn’t be so bashful about admitting it.

Busy morning at KAUS

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:50:49 -0800

Busy morning at KAUS

After

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:48:05 -0700

After

Before

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:46:46 -0700

Before

Photo

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:02:57 -0700

Halloween-esque. To happier times…

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:01:56 -0700

Halloween-esque.

To happier times…

For you SXSW fans: I was cleaning out my suitcase to go to...

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:39:47 -0700

For you SXSW fans: I was cleaning out my suitcase to go to Austin this weekend for a “Dance of the Dead” show and I found this at the bottom.

"The [Light Brigade] was not completely destroyed, but did suffer terribly, with 118 men killed, 127..."

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:36:35 -0700

“The [Light Brigade] was not completely destroyed, but did suffer terribly, with 118 men killed, 127 wounded. After regrouping, only 195 men were still with horses. The futility of the action and its reckless bravery prompted the French Marshal Pierre Bosquet to state “C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre.” (“It is magnificent, but it is not war.”) He continued, in a rarely quoted phrase: “C’est de la folie” — “it is madness.””

- Charge of the Light Brigade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It’s Garry Shandling’s Show: The Complete Series

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:58:50 -0700

It’s Garry Shandling’s Show: The Complete Series