Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

A Series of Tubes?

I have finally been able to figure out how to send my isht down the tubes.

After several days of figuring out the most desired codecs and compression methods, using four programs off both windows and mac os, i’ve gotten some test videos up on youtube. Right now it’s just four videos, of a Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 online match. It was a good 2v2 scrimmage. I’ve added annotations, camera work, and a Point of View version.LINK

Anyways, I’ve gotten the hang of illustrator. I will begin regularly shoving deviations down the pipes. This is a great metaphor! Like a big toilet, except that I’m asking people to look into the other end. Post will be edited with a link to the first one shortly.

LINK

Otherwise, life has been pretty okay. Today was the first day of the spring semester. So far I have gotten one good teacher and one bad one, so pretty even. Been jammin some Scion mix CDs. Good isht.

In other geek news, I eagerly await Apple’s latest bomb drops: iWork ‘09, iLife ‘09, Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard), and Apple’s Grand Central Technology. Quicktime does not apparently have dual core support, so rendering and encoding times are a nightmare. I ran a 30GB uncompressed HD recording through VirtualDUB on Windows, into a 1GB AVI, and it took 30 minutes. On the other hand, compressing that AVI into a 200mb flash MP4 through Quicktime took over 6 hours. I don’t know.

That’s all for now. Gotta get back to illustrator-ing. Illing? That sounds blacker- I mean, cooler.

Tech Support

Vince: that’s not transmission’s fault
Vince: that’s firefox’s
Vince: you need to go to the application launcher settings in the FF prefs
Ryan B.: mm k
Vince: and make sure torrents point to transmission
Vince: and just
Vince: BEAT IT
Vince: BEAT IT
Vince: NO ONE WANTS TO BE DEFEATED
Ryan B.: rofl
Vince: IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO’S WRONG OR RIGHT
Vince: JUST BEAT IT
Vince: maybe that will work
Ryan B.: rofl

College Life

“no, don’t take psychology”“don’t take calculus you’re not ready”
“order your books on amazon it’s cheaper”
“its your fault you don’t have the book”
“you’re not proactive enough”
“you’re going to fail”
“your school is trash and you’re going to transfer into a trash school”

THE CHALLENGE.

One hundred works of distinct subjects. One year. All works must be unique and photoshopped. Let the shoopfest begin!

1. Introduction2. Love
3.Light
5. Seeking Solace
6. Break Away
7. Heaven
8. Innocence
9. Drive
10. Breathe Again
11. Memory
12. Insanity
13. Misfortune
14. Smile
15. Silence
16. Questioning
17. Blood
18. Rainbow
19. Gray
20. Fortitude
21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature
23. Cat
24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking
26. Tears
27. Foreign
28. Sorrow
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain
31. Flowers
32. Night
33. Expectations
34. Stars
35. Hold My Hand
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes
38. Abandoned
39. Dreams
40. Rated
41. Teamwork
42. Standing Still
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family
47. Creation
48. Childhood
49. Stripes
50. Breaking the Rules
51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody
68. Hero
69. Annoyance
70. 67%
71. Obsession
72. Mischief Managed
73. I Can’t
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink
79. Starvation
80. Words
81. Pen and Paper
82. Can You Hear Me?
83. Heal
84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle
91. Drowning
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement
96. In the Storm
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation