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Sunday, March 27, 2005

Wow, has it been.... Forever?

I think so.


To keep you occupied.



Dave, Jeff, and Myself, all put this thing together in about an hour and a half. The costuming was the most time consuming part, really.



This isn't a really big project, just something we had a lot of fun making.



It'll be in high res for the DVD too.


Ooops. Did I say DVD?




Anyway, here's another XS commercial, not as good as the first.




Robin Hood vs. Zorro, plus a Caffiene Free Tropical Blast flavored XS.




It is in fact small enough, that Valerie might be able to watch it with patience.




Maybe not though.




I'm putting lots of space into this one, so that the software will think it's a long post, and will send out the emails.




If a blog post is too short, it doesn't send out the emails.




It should this time, and you guys have fun!!

Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Ah Internet.

Been directly linked to David H's comp for a render farm type of setup, with me running premiere at real-time and him running After FX on normal. His computer was so much faster than mine, that his programs still worked faster than mine, even though my CPU priority was set to the highest level available.


*looks around*


Ok, yeah, in English that means that we were working on the same project from two different computers, but I had to take mine offline to do that. His computer is really SUPER fast, and mine is just an average work PC.


So, I have been thinkin' 'bout putting in a liquid cooler on my system, due to the very LOUD noise levels coming from my 12 cm fans in my case.

Gonna try to overclock (make it go faster than it was designed by using naughty tricks) my processor when I do get a chance.



We've been editing and stuff, so not too much else has happened.

What have we been editing?

Siblings. The intro for which of course is:

"In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the earth. A little while after that, Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, and mankind fell.

Whaddaya know but right after that, two brothers are born, and one slays the other. When I read that, I knew my problem wasn't new. Siblings had been causing chaos since the beggining."


Yeah. It's not a very good production. The Audio is HORRIBLE and you can barely understand what is being said. I have two options: subtitles (eww) or ADR(double eww). ADR is the shortened form of audio dialogue replacement, which basically means, rerecording the lines later, and posting the new good audio over the top of the good video, and deleting the old bad audio.

See?

Yeah.

Oh well.

I'll post a couple screenshots from the movie.

We also want a Cannon XL2 or a Panasonic DVX100a. Better yet, we want the Sony HDR-Z1, due to the fact that it shoots HD resolution, on your standard old DV tape. Beautifully designed, and shoots closer to the film frame rate of 24/48.

One neat thing it has is that thar LCD mounted in FRONT of the camera. One thing is lacks is XLR connections and better video contrast.

Oh well. It's still a nice cam. With my current computing equipment however, the best option is the cannon XL2, due to its 24 progressive frame rate.

Nice camera, and it captures the film look entirely. Not the movie look, the film look. The movie look involves colors, depth of field, and lighting, the film look only involves the motion signature of film.


Wow, I didn't mean to write so technically.

Oh yeah, back to the pictures.



That's Gator (Jeffrey, for Jennifer's sake), coughing.



That's me and Reagan (Reagan and I, for Jennifer's sake). I'm answering the evil phone.

It was originally going to be a gift for our grandparents, but I guess we'll send a copy to anyone who wants one.

I just have to finish it first. :)


You guys have a good time doing God's work, and by the way, I found out how dagblasted annoying bloggers comments section is. They've really destroyed it to some degree, but I'm going to try and fix it.

L8r.

(John Bob, for Jennifer's sake)

Oh, and I would like to say Hi to my General, Jared Kuhn.

We need to play another war game my friend!

Monday, March 07, 2005

Ugh.

I don't really care when I walk through Dallas and I see some guy wandering around with fourteen piercings or when some girl walks half naked across the street. I fell sorry for them, but I know that they are just uneducated.

What hurts is seeing those who HAVE BEEN TOLD what's right and KNOW what God's word says, and yet they still blunder along in their stupidity like a dog chasing his tail.

Hmmm....

Bible study time.

I'll talk at ya more later.

OH, and Jennifer, 'TEH' used to be a mispelling of 'the' but has become popular among geeks and the like. It now means, the essence of, or the core of something.

Like, he is teh awesome, or, that looks TEH Best!

Or TEH Horibble dude!

Uber 1337 actually means Super Elite.

Uber is the German word for super, and l337 looks sort of like leet, short for elite, and now it carries a strange meaning.

Who started it, I don't know, but it's now popular.

Have a nice day!

Friday, March 04, 2005

It's 1:00.

It's One O'clock here, and I'm workin' on a roughcut of some random stuff. Fun.

What are you doing, and what time is it?

Comment as many times as you like, with as many different things as you like.

Oh, and for Derrillynn's benefit, with as many different names as you want.

Fantastic. /Elvis

Have fun!

Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Ah, Identity theft.

Did anyone besides me read that article in Readers Digest?

Just curious.

I would like to make the point that posting under somebody elses name is identity theft.

Ain't recommended by the trusty old webmaster.

Thank you all for your time and patience.

I would especially like to thank Butch Wilcox.

I.P. tracking software is nice, and will always be put to good use, by myself.

The position of Webmaster is totally cool. Yes.

An update on life, and a pichur.

Alright, I'm heading off into the woods to hack at some branches and vines with a large knife with an unspellable name.

If you can tell me what it is, AND spell it properly (not that I'd know) you win 2 respect points from me!

Not that those are really valuable, but hey, don't stare a gift horse in the mouth, it might bite your eyes out.

The vines I will be cutting are very thorny, which is why I'll be wearing my heaviest jeans, my heaviest work shirt, and some coveralls, along with double layer leather gloves.

Nasty. I'll send ya a video of them sometime.

Well then Chaps, that's all.

Why are you staring at me?

OH! You know about the photo. The photo of David Heustis and I fighting it out on a roof in Texas.





Alright, I'm done, you guys have fun, in the sun, eating hot dog buns, with your loved ones, but don't get stung, but scorpiuns.

Ah, whatever, have fun!!

John Bob.

Tuesday, March 01, 2005

I'm beginning to worry....

The very lack of people visiting scares me.

At one point, I got lots of comments. Now, with David Heustis's internet disabled, I have one less.

That's automatically bad. However, I can deal with that, since I know the reason for the loss. What IS evil, is those who once were regulars but are now gone!

What is dat?

Oh well. I don't like the blog very much anyway. I had told Jeffrey that I'd considered shutting it down, but he likes it a lot, so I can't do that. See, if HE likes it, who else might like it that I don't even know about?

Three random people watched Randomosity and liked it, and Fig did too. What is dat?

So, I guess I'd better do a video or something.

Derek says we need to put more videos on our site.

*sigh* I guess I will.

But here's what's crazy about the comments, Esther hasn't commented in over a week, Ashley for three, and I don't know WHEN the last time Tait commented.

THIS is where depression comes in!

So, with the loss of David and Tait, my commentors are all female, so now I must go, and start a womens organization.

Do you personally spell organization with a z or an s? I know people that spell it with an s, but I have always spelt it with a z.

Oh yeah, Dale Heustis loaned us a DVD that is completely AWESOME. I highly recommend it to everybody.

It's a real eye opener for those who hate Bush, and a real relief to those of us who are tired of people calling him bad names that are unrepeatable.

It's called "Weapon of Mass Destruction: The Murderous Reign of Suddam Hussein."

I hope I spelled that properly. It's such a long title.

You can get it from Barnes and Noble through Quixtar with PV/BV, just search for WMD Hussein. Should bring it up.

Now, all yawl enjoy, I'm going to sit here and remain happily depressed. ;)

Kidding.

Have fun!!!

John Bob.