Authentic trucker hat!
Michael Baird August 4th, 2007 print
This You Tube clip has it all. Second hand space suits, carnival ride montage and a moon fight.
Not a bad phillosophy
Michael Baird July 9th, 2007 print
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
Lazarus Long
(Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love, 1973)
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Lateral Forces…
Michael Baird June 25th, 2007 print
Are you kidding me?
Most of the people I talked to and from what I read in the ARE forum say the test is mostly theoretical in its questions and content.
Maybe I missed something, but it seemed like I had a lot of questions with equations. From bending moments to shear stresses and everything in between. I felt I was pretty well prepared and still had a decent grasp on the content and context of the General Structures test, so I think I may have still done alright, but it was NOT what I had expected.
However it turns out, I have the Building Technology vignette schedule for July 20.
Just keep on truckin.
Update: Autompeg4 is now MpegALot
Michael Baird May 15th, 2007 print
The software I described in the tutorial I wrote up not too long ago has been updated by the author.
From Jacob Klint:
I am the author of the autompeg4 program, and I ran across this guide recently. I’m happy to see others are getting use out of the program!
I wanted to let you know that I just released a brand-new version of autompeg4. It has been totally revamped - it now has a nice GUI, a new name (”MpegALot”), much improved multithreaded batch encoding features, and so on. It still retains a command-line mode though for automated batch encodes as you describe here (although the settings file format has changed so old settings files will not work, sorry for the inconvenience!)
You can download the new program here:
http://webfiles.uci.edu/jklint/work/MpegALot10.zip
Looks like he has really put a lot of thought an effort into making this an all in one solution, plus it looks like he has included all of the supplementary downloads in his zip file so it can be a one-stop open source solution. Nice. Check out the description here.
For those interested in the automated solution, another piece of software highlighted on lifehacker a couple times is ipodifier, which basically runs in the background, monitoring folders for new videos. When they show up, it automatically converts and syncs them with itunes. Check out the write-up here.
High tension job
Michael Baird May 15th, 2007 print
And I thought my morning commute sucked.
Try to remember showing up on your first day of work, and your boss starts to explain what you will be doing that day. He probably didn’t say anything about a riding on the outside of a helicopter, remembering to discharge your static electricity (or else), or crab walking on high tension power lines 200 feet above ground.
General Stuctures. Finished.
Michael Baird May 12th, 2007 print
NCARB sure takes their sweet time grading tests. It’s the waiting that kills you. Good news finally arrived today. That’s two down, seven to go. Next test is Lateral Forces, scheduled for Thursday, June 21 at 8am.
Cloud Gate
Michael Baird May 8th, 2007 print
Got this shot after the MS walk on Sunday. Really pleased with the look. Processes include tone mapping, high pass filtering on the bean, unsharp masking and color matching.
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Bathtime & Color Matching
Michael Baird May 3rd, 2007 print
Great tip on lifehacker today about using classic paintings to spice up your photos. I took this cute photo of Olivia and used Claude Monet’s “The Walk. Lady with a Parasol” as a source for the color match. The result is both cute (in my opinion) and vibrant.
