ancient maya

SIGGRAPH 2006 :: conference Day 1

2006-07-31T09:49:00.000-05:00

as is the nature of the conference, I am more concentrated on meeting the people that are here live rather than blogging...but I don't want to lose the current impressions. besides, I have a bit of a live audience for the blog. so, let's catch up.sunday was the last day that I could sleep in to a reasonable hour. now, it's up & out early every day!The Mayor of Boston spoke at the opening

conference schedule

2006-07-28T09:28:00.000-05:00

If you want to see my SIGGRAPH Conference schedule, you can follow this link:http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=6st1tthl47085hj6i5sh1ooj0k%40group.calendar.google.comor, maybe it will embed properly here (click on agenda for a list and scroll back to July & August of 2006):

in the air

2006-07-27T11:53:00.000-05:00

I should have loaded my personal copy of the American Airlines "Safety Video" on this laptop. For the record, the S80 does not have video screens, so we had to watch the live demonstration. I was so looking forward to seeing my animated bits while seated on the an AA plane! I did the yellow slides and rafts inflating and floating off, while the camera makes a gentle S-curve around the front of

in the terminal

2006-07-27T09:37:00.000-05:00

I arrived at the airport entirely anc completely early. So early that the previous plane (bound for New York City) was still at the gate. I witnessed the "shift change" or the lounge seating. Now before me are a brand new cast, never to be assembled quite like this arrangement again.I am going to SIGGRAPH Conference, I should say. It's a sort of pilgrimage, a new years day, a grand adventure, and

colorado vacation

2006-07-10T22:09:00.000-05:00

july 10th, 2006mountain timemanitou springs, CO (colorado springs)el colorado moteli'll never be in this room again.probably. #24, back bedroom. it has two cedar lined closets, two single beds, a ranch oak desk, and other old southwest furniture.i am in bed. ruby rosetta is in the other bed, now asleep after our long chat before bed. we talked about money, our love for technology (she is

2005-12-23T20:49:00.000-06:00

it's nice to know that i'll always be remembered...by some search engine!i knew I had this blog...from the RI days when I was holed up in an interior office somewhere in a far south tendril of Addison. now I might just use this blog again.altho, i've got so many options for internet posting. i might have to develop a master plan. and then, of course, follow it.blog here.check my self-published

2002-09-25T17:57:00.000-05:00

are we still on?!

2002-04-03T23:40:00.000-06:00

meanwhile, read this because it is infinitely more interesting and infinitely more frequently updated [based on the principle that division by 0 -how often I update- yields infinity!]

2002-04-03T23:37:00.000-06:00

no internet. no posts. maybe someday soon?! ...

2001-12-04T01:41:00.000-06:00

yesterday (actually, today, but the part of today that has yesterday's date) was a cloudy, sleepy day. my city was skipped over for the big 3December events...with no time for us to make our own event. so, my friend B and I hung out all day, ate lunch at El Chico, talked about 3D, shot pictures for 3D reference, and sat at computers modelling...i then found out that I had just a little work to

2001-12-04T01:36:00.000-06:00

(quickly) a b c# (slower) e d c# b a# (hold this, then:) a wasn't that satisfying? [melody from aaliyah|aaliyah:hidden track]

2001-12-02T00:55:00.000-06:00

sometimes, like tonight, i post from my office, nestled firmly in an anonymous business park somwhere in texas. the facade is non-descript, the hour is late, and i typically do not see another soul until daylight (or until i go back home). but, just a few minutes ago, right before i started posting tonight, I saw a shadow move on the floor just outside my office door. i turned to look, and a man

2001-12-02T00:44:00.000-06:00

my friend has gotten a high-res digital camera from sony. it takes incredibly big pictures. portraits of people become studies of the pourous structures of their skin. i don't think you should get that close to people in real life. [there are notable exceptations] it's just too much...stop taking pictures like that, man!!!

2001-12-02T00:41:00.000-06:00

okay...so there were absolutely no posts in the month of november...i was busy...really.

2001-10-31T01:11:00.000-06:00

these late nights are going to be my downfall...now, exactly why did i want to go into business for myself?! oh! so I don't have to get up early in the morning after working so late at night!!! it ends up that you work overtime in the creative business whether or not you are self-employed... i do need a day off, tho. my overall artistic output each day is going down because I haven't stepped

2001-10-29T22:27:00.000-06:00

should i get NEXT DAY SHIPPING, or should I get 5-7 BUSINESS DAYS? I won't even be home to sign for my package, and will have to go down to the UPS office anyway, so what does it matter?

2001-10-29T22:22:00.000-06:00

not many of you will remember Votrax. It was a voice synthesizer for your 8600/186 personal computer. with a simple BASIC (not many of you will remember this programming language...) program you could get this thing to read stuff to you, or, with the output of another BASIC program, pronounce exotic, randomly-generated ALIEN names. It would've been a lot of fun with the poplular pop-psychological

2001-10-29T12:43:00.000-06:00

too busy...too busy...i've got a lot of fish on my frying pan, that's for sure!! but i've written many blogs IN MY HEAD. not that you can read them there, and even I'm having trouble accessing them once they are posted in my brain. i stayed up for 3 days straight to finish setup for an animated short last weekend...that was crazy...and I started having some mild hallucinations. that was fun.

2001-10-15T23:53:00.000-05:00

i'm back from a 984 mile drive in my little CRX this weekend... from texas to kansas and back...just a little more than the distance of crossing Afghanistan diagonally...it's not a big country at all! mostly at night...just like the bombing in Afghanistan...except for I did do some drving during the day...just like the bombing in Afghanistan now. my life is remarkably parallel to current

2001-10-09T22:50:00.000-05:00

blah...i'm afraid i've eaten dinner too late, and cannot digest it properly. i've got a headache now. i've just dealt with a flurry of phone calls and then emails, which has taken me away from writing. now i'll head back to it full force. i'm still interested in the news, tho there's not much "new" about it in the last couple of days. it was sweet [dude, sweet] for awhile after the attack,

2001-10-07T16:50:00.000-05:00

right in the middle of "this old house" and just as they were getting ready to install an "egress" window into a newly renovated bedroom, since the small window currently there would not be grand-fathered in under local building code, and right before---here comes the news!!! this stuff is so carefully chereographed by < someone >: it seems that no two world leaders schedule their speeches for

2001-10-06T00:29:00.000-05:00

i was working in the lab late one night I am riding a writing wave! I need to stay here for the next month straight and just surf this baby across the ocean...but i'll probably fall asleep and then gulp down some salt water, and that's not good for me... tomorrow there will be a collected cacophony of creative voices here, and i do need to get some sleep before the meeting, since i'm hosting

2001-10-05T22:52:00.000-05:00

the heady intoxication of fall has begun. today is the day that life changed. with the cold snap, i have stopped wearing my regular shorts, and have put on some nice pants. I can wear my nice shirts again, without fear of getting them ruined under the hot sun. people are wearing jackets and sweaters. it seems that, today, we have all made our change in wardrobe at once. together. and the

2001-10-05T14:00:00.000-05:00

rain today. good. i like the rain...millions of little drops all collaborating to bring refreshment to the earth. and the coolness. and the breeze. it's fall at last. better than that hot ass summer! in the fall, my mood changes to a more contemplative acceptance. i am open to new love and connections. i find more inspiration and organization. [ rh is singing "rain down..."] i have an

2001-10-03T02:00:00.000-05:00

if you've missed alex on radio 1190, then you've missed a good show! well chosen music, it was a good intro for me to what's new in indiepop: "for twee folks" you could tell she was nervous for awhile (the first two bits) - but by the end of the show she was smoother. [the first show is always rough, eh?] even some of that deodorant-dry wit slipped in ("if you didn't call in, you don't get

2001-10-02T23:28:00.000-05:00

phenominally inspiring evening tonight. i realize i should post more. i'm back in the creative groove now, and i've got consistent net access. i just need to get into the habit of writing. alex liked my name for her radio show, which i'm about to listen to (go, alex!). and i've spent the evening talking ideas with a good friend...

2001-09-24T18:55:00.000-05:00

more trials and tribulations...actually, just minor irritations as i struggle with my "connectivity." during my unintentional hiatus for (a whole!) week, i got a lot of things done, and did some dandy thinking. those moments are lost, however, and we're all stuck with what i'm currently typing. i painted two rooms in our new offices this week.one is this color: neptune (indy) and the other is

2001-09-17T01:04:00.000-05:00

my apologies for that...i should disconnect the "blog this" right-clicker when reading through the news...back to our regularly scheduled exploration::

2001-09-17T00:51:00.000-05:00

one tumb up for Mr. Ebert on his sentiment for not building another memorial in his article "make it green" - however, one thumb down for making it another park which is just liking making it a memorail. if you don't name it, people will forget why there's a park on prime real estate (even Central Park has a name, and an organization of defenders) and build anyway. I'm with the developer who's

2001-09-16T21:18:00.000-05:00

more news!!! nightline is on [can you tell that i didn't pay my cable bill...no news channels...]

2001-09-16T21:00:00.000-05:00

i tweaked the site today.its working well, now, and i've even recruited carl to post using it. tv is back to normal. i'm going through news withdrawl...

2001-09-15T20:22:00.000-05:00

i'm very tired today, since i stayed up until 3 or 4 am last night reading posts...and then had a morning meeting. getting up is always traumatic. but especially on a saturday when you cannot sleep in. i will turn in early tonight, and then probably get up in the middle of the night to get some work done. [?!] it rained for awhile today, and my car wouldn't start during the rain. after the

2001-09-15T02:19:00.000-05:00

you must visit alex and then send her nothing but encouragement! i wish to be as open in my writing as she is in hers...as friendly and honest. starting a new journal as i did on that tuesday {9.11} i got bogged down rather quickly in reaction. now on to the exploration::maya [creating the illusion of the world].

2001-09-14T23:59:00.000-05:00

enough of this commentary on the news...it's not my particular specialty, nor the intended focus of this newly-initiated blog. back to the "maya" ::

2001-09-14T23:57:00.000-05:00

quickly!!! post before it becomes saturday and the date shifts....

2001-09-14T00:26:00.000-05:00

please not another memorial! don't build another peaceful, reflective park! make it a big-ass building with beautiful architecture. I found an article tonight. i don't usually read all these articles, but this quote comes at the end of a Jonah Goldberg column: "America will find an appropriate way to mourn. But if we must have a shrine or monument for our remorse, let's put it on the 200th

2001-09-12T22:35:00.000-05:00

very tired. must drive home now. if my car starts. maybe i can get some rest tomorrow. but there is a long list of things to do. always waiting on technology...now i'm venting on technology... it's still amazing how evil people can be...just a few people.

2001-09-12T06:25:00.000-05:00

woke up this morning very early. even after staying up late. i usually love to sleep in. but this morning the dream started when I awoke, instead of ending as an ever-fading memory. "it is an obscenity" [cg-gma] is a good summation of yesterday's events. i see it as the expression of some group's phenominal stupidity. it's easy to hijack a plane. it's uncreative, base, and primitive. i

2001-09-11T23:07:00.000-05:00

9*11*2001. today has simply been a jolt of reality. sadness reigns. but so do strength and heroics and courage and unity and patriotism. there is no justification for the simple-minded, meaningless acts of terrorism that were done today. as in the words of my friend, it's just like stirring a beehive with a stick. it seems like a good idea ("we'll get those pesky little bees...we'll destory

2001-09-11T13:25:00.000-05:00

even before i get the chance to construct some kind of normal reality, the world is turned on it's ear. our attention is rivited now. everyone. and we see just how frail things appear to be, but how strong things actually are. in reality [how do we know this?!], the frailty and strength is in a turbulent mixture that suffuses every construction. frailty: the lives of the victims of these

2001-09-11T10:49:00.000-05:00

okay. things are appearing now. i just have to adjust what people see when they visit (my "template") and hope i make a good impression.

2001-09-11T10:45:00.000-05:00

trying to publish this blog has gotten me bogged down. apparently, there are some server issues, and i'll have to be patient. at least the posts are still there, and i'll be at leading edge of someone's consciousness soon, weaving that illusion.

2001-09-11T10:07:00.000-05:00

i've been reading many interesting blogs lately, and it seems a good idea to start one (you have to mention "blog" in the first sentence of a new blog under the TOS). i used to do this (on-line journal) a long time ago, in the primitive and almost completely text-based days of the web...hard to imagine those times now, but that's the "illusory appearance of the world" isn't it? someday i'll