Work has been good, which is why I'm late on this update. Busy busy busy! And cheerfully so.
I just stuffed lunch into my face and I'm taking the next fifteen minutes or so to digest it. Mmmm...
On an unrelated topic, I think the building maintenance people switched our toilet paper supplier or brand or something, downgrading to a cheaper (if that's even possible) form. Bastards.
A month ago or so I was given a heads-up about an interesting project to put static/distortion into a bank of televisions as part of a live performance of a mentalism trick (to be recorded in front of a live audience, that is). Last week I was contacted by the production company and asked for a quote! Woot!
So I spent four or five days exploring possibilities, quickly honing into the tools used by VJs (rave style) to do live effects at dances. Nifty stuff! A whole new world.
Anyway, I submitted my information yesterday to the guy doing the performance (I don't have his production company's e-mail) and now I'm sitting here hoping they go for it. My cost is about three times what they wanted to pay, but then I'll be doing some custom software development to get everything just right, plus I'll be manning the effect during the performance.
I hope they go for it, not just to earn my $1,500, but because I get to buy some nifty hardware to make it all work better. I'm looking at the ATI AIW 9600 something-or-other XT. I was hoping to go with nVidia, but (sadly, annoyingly) the Radeon-based ATI was better. Bastards.
Oooh, and a MIDI over USB control surface. Mmmmm, new toys.
So keep your fingers crossed!
Now to finish fiddling with that balloon-animal reference and put it online with a donations button.
I swear, I have at least three too many projects going on, and I'm neglecting 2/3 of them.
But I enjoy it that way. I hate having free time, for some reason.
Posted by Edwin at January 14, 2005 11:33 AM