Tue, Sep 27, 2011 – 13:41
In August I was working on a project for work… At this point my boss pointed out it would be hard to recognize it as a lightsaber if you’re not a Star Wars geek. I was sort of disappointed at this point that the project specs changed, because I really liked the idea of using [...]
Sun, Nov 21, 2010 – 12:57
Yesterday I spent a good bit of the day wandering through the university quarter of Cologne, in search of Starbase 8, a “science fiction fan store” in hopes of finding out about some kind of nerd club where I could meet other people. The store was pretty awesome, mostly selling action figures for various scifi [...]
Mon, Aug 30, 2010 – 23:14
As anyone who pays attention to Star Trek culture knows, one of the most important debates ever is which captain is the best. So here are my views on this matter. Also I am expanding it to “people in charge of space vessels on TV” since Nate always complains when the people I like are [...]
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 – 16:26
Lately I’ve been looking at a lot of retro work for one of my freelance projects, and I’ve been admiring Simon Page’s work. I would love to develop such a simple, “scientific” looking approach to design, and the dynamic simplicity of his pieces take away some of the aspects I like best about styles like [...]
Mon, Jun 14, 2010 – 14:20
I recently finished the Liveship Traders series by Robin Hobb. I read the two trilogies about FitzChivalry before I went to Germany and found them really great. The writing style is rich, with big words I haven’t seen before (and I have a good vocabulary), descriptive without being flowery. The plot moves along at a [...]
Now that ImagineRIT is over, I have time again to update my blog about these sorts of things. I spent most of Friday rendering nice designs for the kiosk (we had to cut down the graphics for the live version, and the projectors mutilated the video quality) and working on info posters for the room. [...]
Fox’s treatment of Joss Whedon is continuing to astound their audience, I think. Or at least greatly disappoint his fans. Dollhouse has evidently been cancelled after a month off the air. Upon its return on Dec. 5, Fox is now hurrying through all their episodes, apparently showing two each Friday night until mid January. Apparently [...]
Sun, Nov 22, 2009 – 23:44
So, uh… been a while. I’m through my last fall quarter at RIT! In the past …let’s see… three weeks… what has happened? I watched BSG’s “The Plan,” and later suffered a bad case of burnout shortly before final projects were due, which made getting my projects wrapped up exciting. Luckily things pretty much worked [...]
Mon, Oct 26, 2009 – 12:43
My Haydn + Mozart paper was graded over the weekend – not bad by my standards and far better than I expected, considering how hard I found to write it. :) In class Dr. Ruhling went over “Idomeneo,” the opera I watched last week, and now I know a little better what to watch for [...]
