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  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,237
    ps1borg said:
    MistyMist said:

    transfomers3 isnt kind to Chicago

    wing suits are kewl

    skyscraper building is falling sideways, and they in it!  

     

    achooo  omg need the nyquil  oscar mike gulf

    nyquil expired last april  - can breathe 

    Wing suits are kinda like hang gliding without the hanging part :)

    I had a co-worker on my last job, he was a contracter and only came in to the office one or two days a week usually.  He hated the winter.  The rest of the year, when the season opened up, he'd spend every Wednesday jumping out of perfectly good airplanes!  And sometimes he used his wingman suit.  I always wondered if I'd seem him next week, or on the news that night.

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,237
    LeatherGryphon said:

    Somebody should animate this:  All that's needed is a Vickie, a long red dress, a stage, a sprig of flowers, a handkerchief and a weird hat.  Not a lot of posing required, mostly just translation.  Although getting 16 Vickies and 16 dresses in the same scene could pose a challenge. surprise

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQkmqK5U5Uo

    A week or so ago in one of these threads somebody said they were going to watch a Benny Hill marathon during a storm.  I chimed in and said watch for the episode where the Benny Hill gang did this type of dance while sitting in what looked like the bottom halves of a Dr. Who Dalek.  I've been looking for that episode of Benny Hill for years.

    Kind of creepy, one of the posts said.  I kind of agree.  That's not dancing!  Roller skates or the misnamed hoverboards (they don't hover, so the name is incorrect). 

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,237

    Oh, man, TroutFace...glad you made it through!  Please take care of yourself and stop by to say hello now and then.  I hate to hear things like this about friends.

    Dana

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,183

    Take care of yourself, Ed. yes heart

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776

    Troutface update:

    *hugs*

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,428

    I do not want to wake up and get out of bed.  Wait if I am posting this I am already up but still in bed it seems. 

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,597
    edited February 2016
    DanaTA said:
    LeatherGryphon said:

    Somebody should animate this:  All that's needed is a Vickie, a long red dress, a stage, a sprig of flowers, a handkerchief and a weird hat.  Not a lot of posing required, mostly just translation.  Although getting 16 Vickies and 16 dresses in the same scene could pose a challenge. surprise

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQkmqK5U5Uo

    A week or so ago in one of these threads somebody said they were going to watch a Benny Hill marathon during a storm.  I chimed in and said watch for the episode where the Benny Hill gang did this type of dance while sitting in what looked like the bottom halves of a Dr. Who Dalek.  I've been looking for that episode of Benny Hill for years.

    Kind of creepy, one of the posts said.  I kind of agree.  That's not dancing!  Roller skates or the misnamed hoverboards (they don't hover, so the name is incorrect). 

    Dana

    Agreed that it is kind'a unusual/weird/creepy but I don't believe it's rollerskates.  It seems to be a folkstyle of dancing that has smooth machine-like gliding as it's goal.  If they're not using skates (which I don't believe they are) these girls have achieved a high degree of proficiency and are probably tops in their field.cool  Don't take this the wrong way but I'm very curious to see under their skirts. surprise  Maybe they have a stable of large trained racing turtles. laugh

     

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  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,428

    out of bed and dressed for the day but so tired.  I want to download an audio book to my iphone but not sure which one.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    no inspirations to watch a movie today.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    TroutFace said:

    Troutface update:

    Ended up going to the E.R. Sunday morning as the wound refused to heal.  E.R. doc took one look at it and admitted me into the hospital Sunday afternoon.  By Sunday evening they had determined it was a strep infection in the foot and had me on 2 kinds of antibiotic intravenously, 24/7 drip.  Sunday night my temperature hit 104F and I was pretty sure this was it for me, but somehow with ice packs they got me back down to 102F and it stabilized there.

    Two MRIs on Monday morning, one with and one without dye.  Back into bed and more IVs, plus blood pressure meds as it went way up AND insulin as my blood glucose was running about 215.  Lovely.

    Bone surgeon drops by and tells me the MRI shows the bone is clear, so I get to kep my foot.  Dodged the bullet there!

    Nothing but IVs Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and most of Thursday.  Fun... not...

    Finally released Friday.  No more diabetes pills, now I have to inject insulin, I'm back on blood pressure meds, and I get to take amoxicillin for 5 days.  Got trained to do my own would care so I don't have to spend $150/visit to get it done at a clinic.  Urgh.  Sent home with two bags of goodies and a pile of meds...

    ..first wound care at home went well today, felt weird hosing out and packing a hole in my foot but it all worked out.  Taking blood pressure meds and antibiotic now.  Turns outt he doc prescribed the insulin but didn't supply any needles so I'm screwed until I can get in touch with the doc Monday.  Thankfully 2-4 days won't cause any permanent harm, but I am angry beyond mortal imagination about the stupid oversight.  Feh!

    No more beer except 2-3 per day on weekends as it can cause issues with the insulin, and none at all while on the antibiotic.  I have a fancy shoe that keps weight from going on to the front of my left foot.. I walk funny.. but it beats amputation.  Bought bread and hummus, peanut butter, and sugar-free blueberry jam so I will eat OK while the foot heals.  Thank God I got paid Friday, but all my savings money went into medical supplies and cab fare for 2 weeks of to/from work (to stay off the foot as much as possible).  Got a cane.. again.  It might be permanent this time, oh well.

    I hate injecting myself (got to do it Thu/Fri at the hospital as training) but it beats dying of liver and/or kidney and/or heart failure (3 most popular ways to die if you're diabetic).  Oh, and going blind, that happens too.

    Anyway, I'm alive, the foot is still attached and healing nicely, and I likely have a good 15-20 years left in me if I bloody well take care of myself!  But I am in a most hateful mood and my milk of human kindness has gone sour, I'm going to hide as much as possible as I'm seriously on the edge of going off on someone who probably doesn't deserve it. sad Nothing like wondering when you're finnally going to slip up and croak to put a serious edge on you (well, it does ME, anyway).

    Will post sporadically.  Everyone take care of yourselves, don't end up like me.  You won't like it. sad

     

    {{hugs}}

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,428

    Rest of the day I have to relax! Hopefully?   Got to go to work tomorrow.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    Sundae!  

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    doh, gotta call grocery delivery truck broke dowm, delivery will be a few more hours yet

    sundae fixins on that truck >.<

  • starionwolfstarionwolf Posts: 3,670

    I just remembered that I have another debit card that I could've used to pay for my Platinum Club fee.  I wish I didn't accidentally cancel the membership.  Now I need to spend $24 to reactivate the account.  Ah well, that is life.  It is too cold for me to go to the store and add money to my card.

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    LeatherGryphon said:

    Ouch! sad  Take care, get well,  stay connected.

    Doing all I can!  I've gotten REAL good at wound care, while I wouldn't want it as a second career I'm certainly no amateur any more... indecision

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    kyoto kid said:

    ...not the prognosis I hoped to hear.

    Indeed, take care of yourself. 

    May go down to the clinic this week myself and see about getting a blood chem update just for peace of mind.

    I have a friend here who has to do insulin injections, don't think I could handle sticking myself. 

    There is some promising research relating to a stem cell treatment I read about that could be a a real breakthrough in curbing diabetes.

    We need that Star Trek medicine.  Wave a little "salt shaker" like device with flashing lights in it over where you hurt and everything is good again.

    Yeah, take care of yourself!  Your health is critical, don't end up like me.. full of drugs and doomed to stay that way until my body finally gives out from the damned stuff. indecision

    I've read abut the stem cell research.. I can but hope.  It's all a matter of time and money, really.

    I thought I'd never be able to stick myself but the tech is pretty amazing.. the needle is tiny and fine, you can barely see it and when getting poked I can barely feel it.  I inject in my belly fat so there's not a ton of sensation there anyway, it feels like soeone stuck me with a toothpick!  The insulin dispenser looks like a magic marker, I just put a needle on, prime it, turn the dial to the number of units I need and: poke, press button, wait 5 seconds, unpoke, done!  And only twice a day, too.  It's not like my poor departed love Sabine, she was Type 1 and injected 4-5 times a day with BIG needles.. she was a damn sight braver than I am.

    Anyway, I promise not to just fall over dead, we'll all have plenty of warning (lol)! surprise

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776

    Morning. Is a beautiful big blue sky day that had just enough of a little hint of autumn in the air at sunrise to get me wondering if I want to get yp before dawn in the middle of winter again this year :)

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    TroutFace said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ...not the prognosis I hoped to hear.

    Indeed, take care of yourself. 

    May go down to the clinic this week myself and see about getting a blood chem update just for peace of mind.

    I have a friend here who has to do insulin injections, don't think I could handle sticking myself. 

    There is some promising research relating to a stem cell treatment I read about that could be a a real breakthrough in curbing diabetes.

    We need that Star Trek medicine.  Wave a little "salt shaker" like device with flashing lights in it over where you hurt and everything is good again.

    Yeah, take care of yourself!  Your health is critical, don't end up like me.. full of drugs and doomed to stay that way until my body finally gives out from the damned stuff. indecision

    I've read abut the stem cell research.. I can but hope.  It's all a matter of time and money, really.

    I thought I'd never be able to stick myself but the tech is pretty amazing.. the needle is tiny and fine, you can barely see it and when getting poked I can barely feel it.  I inject in my belly fat so there's not a ton of sensation there anyway, it feels like soeone stuck me with a toothpick!  The insulin dispenser looks like a magic marker, I just put a needle on, prime it, turn the dial to the number of units I need and: poke, press button, wait 5 seconds, unpoke, done!  And only twice a day, too.  It's not like my poor departed love Sabine, she was Type 1 and injected 4-5 times a day with BIG needles.. she was a damn sight braver than I am.

    Anyway, I promise not to just fall over dead, we'll all have plenty of warning (lol)! surprise

    I'll have to keep you to that promise :)

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    rendering gianni in ds wit vascular maps. cheeky his figleaf way too undersized for his proportion >.<

    spent a few hours in sony acid.  don't see how to swap instrument voice,  help file says something about softsynth.

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited February 2016

    ...

    MistyMist said:

    rendering gianni in ds wit vascular maps. cheeky his figleaf way too undersized for his proportion >.<

    spent a few hours in sony acid.  don't see how to swap instrument voice,  help file says something about softsynth.

    you need to connect a voice to an output channel.

    http://amano-guitar.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/using-and-importing-virtual-instruments.html

    perhaps this might help but anyway think they are VST files (?) and clicky on soft synth button ought to bring up a file requestor with all the synthesizers listed....

    Post edited by ps1borg on
  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited February 2016
    ps1borg said:

    ...

    MistyMist said:

    rendering gianni in ds wit vascular maps. cheeky his figleaf way too undersized for his proportion >.<

    spent a few hours in sony acid.  don't see how to swap instrument voice,  help file says something about softsynth.

    you need to connect a voice to an output channel.

    http://amano-guitar.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/using-and-importing-virtual-instruments.html

    perhaps this might help but anyway think they are VST files (?) and clicky on soft synth button ought to bring up a file requestor with all the synthesizers listed....

    Thanks!!

    ui is sooo intimidating . came with kewl sound effects like plane noises.

    nyquil kicking in  

    ssippss tea

    Post edited by Mistara on
  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited February 2016

    http://orig11.deviantart.net/a32f/f/2016/045/3/3/141_a10_flight_test_carrara_by_realmgal-d9rswve.mp4

    eeeeek is difficile  wanted to show it banking but keyframing made it like jerk inside the frame, jerk motion a terminology?

    cloud layer disappeared, 

    not exactly this lol
    "you got 10 back pockets", "left cheek left cheek left cheek "
    - havent given any thought to smoke plumes

    Post edited by Mistara on
  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    is it Spring yet?

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,237
    ps1borg said:
    TroutFace said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ...not the prognosis I hoped to hear.

    Indeed, take care of yourself. 

    May go down to the clinic this week myself and see about getting a blood chem update just for peace of mind.

    I have a friend here who has to do insulin injections, don't think I could handle sticking myself. 

    There is some promising research relating to a stem cell treatment I read about that could be a a real breakthrough in curbing diabetes.

    We need that Star Trek medicine.  Wave a little "salt shaker" like device with flashing lights in it over where you hurt and everything is good again.

    Yeah, take care of yourself!  Your health is critical, don't end up like me.. full of drugs and doomed to stay that way until my body finally gives out from the damned stuff. indecision

    I've read abut the stem cell research.. I can but hope.  It's all a matter of time and money, really.

    I thought I'd never be able to stick myself but the tech is pretty amazing.. the needle is tiny and fine, you can barely see it and when getting poked I can barely feel it.  I inject in my belly fat so there's not a ton of sensation there anyway, it feels like soeone stuck me with a toothpick!  The insulin dispenser looks like a magic marker, I just put a needle on, prime it, turn the dial to the number of units I need and: poke, press button, wait 5 seconds, unpoke, done!  And only twice a day, too.  It's not like my poor departed love Sabine, she was Type 1 and injected 4-5 times a day with BIG needles.. she was a damn sight braver than I am.

    Anyway, I promise not to just fall over dead, we'll all have plenty of warning (lol)! surprise

    I'll have to keep you to that promise :)

    +1

    Dana

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,142
    edited February 2016
    TroutFace said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ...not the prognosis I hoped to hear.

    Indeed, take care of yourself. 

    May go down to the clinic this week myself and see about getting a blood chem update just for peace of mind.

    I have a friend here who has to do insulin injections, don't think I could handle sticking myself. 

    There is some promising research relating to a stem cell treatment I read about that could be a a real breakthrough in curbing diabetes.

    We need that Star Trek medicine.  Wave a little "salt shaker" like device with flashing lights in it over where you hurt and everything is good again.

    Yeah, take care of yourself!  Your health is critical, don't end up like me.. full of drugs and doomed to stay that way until my body finally gives out from the damned stuff. indecision

    I've read abut the stem cell research.. I can but hope.  It's all a matter of time and money, really.

    I thought I'd never be able to stick myself but the tech is pretty amazing.. the needle is tiny and fine, you can barely see it and when getting poked I can barely feel it.  I inject in my belly fat so there's not a ton of sensation there anyway, it feels like soeone stuck me with a toothpick!  The insulin dispenser looks like a magic marker, I just put a needle on, prime it, turn the dial to the number of units I need and: poke, press button, wait 5 seconds, unpoke, done!  And only twice a day, too.  It's not like my poor departed love Sabine, she was Type 1 and injected 4-5 times a day with BIG needles.. she was a damn sight braver than I am.

    Anyway, I promise not to just fall over dead, we'll all have plenty of warning (lol)! surprise

    ...I'm now on a two dose regimen for Diabetes plus a Statin for Cholesterol. Really doing the slam dunk on my innards.  Was at my RPG game today and had to hit the dunny more times than I liked. I hate side effects of meds that make you feel ill. Almost worse than the actual ailment.

    Hey, hang in there looking forward to more music.

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  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited February 2016
    MistyMist said:

    http://orig11.deviantart.net/a32f/f/2016/045/3/3/141_a10_flight_test_carrara_by_realmgal-d9rswve.mp4

    eeeeek is difficile  wanted to show it banking but keyframing made it like jerk inside the frame, jerk motion a terminology?

    cloud layer disappeared, 

    not exactly this lol
    "you got 10 back pockets", "left cheek left cheek left cheek "
    - havent given any thought to smoke plumes

    I'm seeing playback problems via the website but I DLd the AVCD MPEG file and it plays back smooth. There are a coupla things about that I guess nobody writes down real basic stuff like you need to create a "look at" target - an axis no geometry -  for the camera and  keyframe that instead of the camera, will make life a lot easier.

    and second you need to adjust your frame rate somewhere wherever it is being written, there's absolutely no value using fractional frames for animation and your video codec is set to 29.97 fps, a video speed but it aint going to play nicely with whole frames ....

    So see if you can at least set the fps to 30, or better still 24 cos apart from anything else less renders per second at 24 fps, and you will prolly need to do that in the editing software somewhere as well as set the frame rate in Carrara. Anyhow is real important that both frame rates match there. 

    I don't use Final Cut to turn frames into video, I use a mograph program called Motion that works very much the same way as Blackmagic Fusion and write video from there before I port it to an editor. Editing software tends to mangle animation frames if/where/when it can.

    Is important to develop a workflow where WYSIWYG when you write the video, you can waste a lot of time fixing keyframes when the problem is with the video codec, for example.

     

    eta oh ps you should be looking for a video codec with "P" for "Progressive"  on the end, like 720P or 1080P or academy progressive or something :)

    Post edited by ps1borg on
  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    kyoto kid said:
    TroutFace said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ...not the prognosis I hoped to hear.

    Indeed, take care of yourself. 

    May go down to the clinic this week myself and see about getting a blood chem update just for peace of mind.

    I have a friend here who has to do insulin injections, don't think I could handle sticking myself. 

    There is some promising research relating to a stem cell treatment I read about that could be a a real breakthrough in curbing diabetes.

    We need that Star Trek medicine.  Wave a little "salt shaker" like device with flashing lights in it over where you hurt and everything is good again.

    Yeah, take care of yourself!  Your health is critical, don't end up like me.. full of drugs and doomed to stay that way until my body finally gives out from the damned stuff. indecision

    I've read abut the stem cell research.. I can but hope.  It's all a matter of time and money, really.

    I thought I'd never be able to stick myself but the tech is pretty amazing.. the needle is tiny and fine, you can barely see it and when getting poked I can barely feel it.  I inject in my belly fat so there's not a ton of sensation there anyway, it feels like soeone stuck me with a toothpick!  The insulin dispenser looks like a magic marker, I just put a needle on, prime it, turn the dial to the number of units I need and: poke, press button, wait 5 seconds, unpoke, done!  And only twice a day, too.  It's not like my poor departed love Sabine, she was Type 1 and injected 4-5 times a day with BIG needles.. she was a damn sight braver than I am.

    Anyway, I promise not to just fall over dead, we'll all have plenty of warning (lol)! surprise

    ...I'm now on a two dose regimen for Diabetes plus a Statin for Cholesterol. Really doing the slam dunk on my innards.  Was at my RPG game today and had to hit the dunny more times than I liked. I hate side effects of meds that make you feel ill. Almost worse than the actual ailment.

    Hey, hang in there looking forward to more music.

    Ugh, poor you!  Anibiotics send me to the bog all the time, it's a cuse but I guess it's not as horible a side-effect as it could be.  You hang in there!!!!!!!!

    laugh

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    edited February 2016

    Today's stupid: Agency said show up Monday for work.  I get up, get dressed, wound care, and taxi into the office to keep me of my foot...

    ..get in.. ofice dark.  7:45AM and nobody in.  Late start for everyone?  I email my boss andt tech lead, hey I'm in, let's rock and roll! Email back from tech lead "Holiday today see you tomorrow".

    indecisionindecision

    So here I sit all alone.  I'm going to finish up this one function I'm working on and then I'm going to pack up and go home. indecision One round trips worth of taxi money down the toilet, well, I'm getting 3 hours in today so that makes up for it. Still...

    Grouse-o-gram off to my agency, but at least I got brekkie, got my pill into me, and had a nice dry run for tomorows trip in to work.  The coffee is good, so sucking all up that I can get. indecision

    Post edited by Serpent on
  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,183

    Bummer. no

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,183

    How to tell Lab breeds apart.

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