September 2008 Archives

I know it’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything. The biggest reason is because of a missing module on my web server and an annoying licensing issue with Adobe. Movable Type will set up your image thumbnails for you if you have a certain module installed on your web server, which I don’t. That means every time I do a post, I have to download the newly-updated html, add the thumbnail links by hand, and then reupload it so you can see the neat little images on the right side of the page. Well, I own one copy of CS3 and the activated license is on the desktop computer where I use it the most. I use Dreamweaver ... more

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything but I’ve still been busy behind the scenes. I rendered the missing frames from the hippo animation and edited the whole thing together just like the original, and posted it under a separate link on the site. I’m also tackling the more technical end of things. I came home from SIGGRAPH with four new books, the two most important ones (right now) being on MEL scripting and Python. I got through most of the MEL book (easy stuff) and then decided I needed to go straight to Python (a much bigger book). I also signed up for a class on shell scripting that’s being held this coming weekend. I can get around ... more