this blog isn’t dead
Michael Baird November 30th, 2007
The owner is just really busy with his new job.
Papercraft Chicago
Michael Baird September 19th, 2007
People with an interest in architecture, crafts, glue and a little spare time may want to head over to this website buildyourownchicago.com. They sell postcards of Chicago’s architecture and historic landmarks that are meant to be cut up, folded and glued. Now you can finally build your own tiny paper Chicago and stomp around Wrigley Field just like godzilla would.
The site has postcards to order, instructions and tips for the best finished models and even hints on how to add extra details like N-scale wheels to the paper elevated train cars. Fun stuff.
- 3D , Architecture , art , tutorial
- Comments(2)
Authentic trucker hat!
Michael Baird August 4th, 2007
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
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)
- Architecture , Thoughts , art , quotes
- Comments(2)
Lateral Forces…
Michael Baird June 25th, 2007
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
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
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.
