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Keira and Bella are gettin’ Big!

// November 2nd, 2009 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

Here are the two little rapscallions.  Keira is on the verge of taking off after Bella (cat) in this pic.  Just a little visual update.  They’re both healthy and happy!

Keira and Bella, Big!

What happened to the short movie?!

// October 29th, 2009 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

The short answer is… My wife is pregnant!  My focus is re-fixing on a few things and the movie project will have to go on hold for now.  I’ll have more posts once we have more detail.  For now, it’s important to know that she’s healthy and so is the baby.  I’m so excited

Short Movie

// September 14th, 2009 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

I finally got all of the video put together!  Now comes the daunting task of separating audio and replacing.  The video looks decent considering it was put together with practically 0 budget and a hand held camera.  I had some serious fits with the codecs but in the end, DivX won out.  It worked for all of the effects that I needed.

I’ll update you soon, hopefully with a video link!

Extra Long Weekend

// September 8th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Uncategorized

Gotta love em…

Haven’t gotten much done though.  Started working on my Microsoft Certifications and a friend’s website.  I need to get back to my video.

I’m distracted :p  Someone suggest some focus techniques lol

Codecs suck

// September 3rd, 2009 // No Comments » // Entertainment, Filmmaking, Thoughts, Uncategorized

So,

I finish editing the video together and low and behold, it won’t compile.

I should have seen it coming considering that every time I split a video, a new FFDShow icon would appear in the systray.  It gets to about 30% and fails due to “disk space” (nope) or “some other error” (….??…..)

So I uninstalled the ffdshow codec and installed the newest DivX full pack.  Got to 75% this time.  I think the answer is ditching Movie Maker.  The problem is, it’s free and I don’t have the budget for anything really decent.

I may give it a go again though.  Maybe having ffdshow in there dorked up the project.  Will let ya know.  This weekend I’m going to tackle it again.

Filming

// August 28th, 2009 // No Comments » // Entertainment, Thoughts, Uncategorized

I grabbed my camera and the first scene of the script and tried my hand at a few minutes of footage.  My wife stood in as the actress and I filmed short segments from several angles.

I’m working outside at night with little lighting, so it’s tough to get the shots I want but I edited what I could get into a decent effort.  I’ll provide more detail about the script and such soon.  Just wanted to let anyone who reads this know that “doing it” beats sitting around and “wanting to do it.”

Meet Keira

// June 4th, 2009 // 6 Comments » // Uncategorized

I havent’ posted in the past few days because we have a new member in our family!

Keira

This is Keira, a (presumably) mix German Shepherd / ?.  I think she has the face shape of a Husky puppy.  Her first vet visit is this afternoon, maybe he can tell us what he thinks.

She’s playful, full of energy and seems to be remarkably intelligent.  My wife and I are excited about this, it’s something we’ve wanted to do for years.

By the way, I no longer require login for comments, tell me what breeds you think she is!

Finally! My right foot lands first!

// May 24th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Uncategorized

There’s nothing quite like moving.

There’s nothing quite like being comment-spammed while not present to fix issues accordingly.  If anyone visited in the past 3 days, I apologize for the crap appearing in the comments section.

That aside, I have corrected the comment spam filtering and I am going to post tomorrow with several items i contemplated during the past several days.  Thank you, all of the devout readers.

We’re done moving and my Internet service is back in action, you’ll hear from me soon.  Hopefully with less crap spam in the comments.

Peace.

I feel a draft, do you have any kevlar?

// May 22nd, 2009 // 4 Comments » // Uncategorized

I don’t have a commentary on this one, but I just had to post it.  Click the image.  The U.S. rocks.

Pink Boxers... Stylin.

Load up the trailer, now MOVE.

// May 22nd, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Uncategorized

For a few days, I won’t be able to post new entries.  The misses and I are moving across town.  I’m excited and franticly trying to get everything in order at the same time, so my weekend is pretty crammed.  I’ll shoot out a message when we’re settled (probably Memorial Day).  For the time, browse the other posts I have up on the site, and start up a few dialogues.  Wish me luck and have a great weekend!