Disillusionment…
This recent (to me) song, “Failure” by Lara Marling sums up some recent feelings I’ve had about the industry: He used to be a singer in a rock and roll band he would write the songs and i’d tremble at...
View ArticleMeet the Zipinator!
Also known as Zippy… Not related to new media production, unless you count getting me to work! It’ s my brand new 2009 Honda Fit! I know buying used is the “better, more economical” way to go, but I...
View ArticleOur current record uptime
My assistant made it 28 days & 2 hours without a reboot. Pretty cool. (The thing he had to reboot for still isn’t fixed though…sigh)
View ArticleParts fail…just didn’t want this one to
These things fail, I understand that. It’s just the timing of that failure almost never works in your favor. This morning one of these failed on my 46TB SAN. I have now discovered two things: 1) A $100...
View ArticleA little distraction
This was an actual call made to one of our producers from one of our editors. It was just too funny not to share with the world. Click here to view the embedded video.
View ArticleA kind of Pie you probably should avoid…Working for Free
I’m a big fan of pie – apple, pumpkin, lemon -but that’s not what I’m talking about here. More about PIE in a moment A link came across my reader today that I completely agree with. MICHELLE GOODMANÂ...
View ArticleEditQuette
Click here to view the embedded video. This is a pretty good list – I could add some more, but these cover most of the basics. Good job.
View ArticleAnd we’re back…
Just a brief note to say that buttonpusher.tv is back up and running. We got hit with a “base64 hack“. It infected every single PHP file on the server that hosts buttonpusher.tv. So its been a pain to...
View ArticleUncanny place…
So I built a simple 3D environment (sometimes called 2.5D) in After Effects to do some moves on some archival photos. I think they look nice. I even built in some depth of field so that I could play...
View ArticleAnatomy of an Edit
If you’ve ever wondered what all goes in to making a promo for a network like PBS, I’ve made this short little video. The clip below is 4 hours and 30 minutes of editing work (which is about half of...
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