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  • Role Models – Wilt, Andre, and Arnold

    But it had to be posted. This is Wilt Chamberlain, Arnold, and Andre the Giant on the set of Conan. And I just love seeing Arnold being man-handled by these giants.

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  • Dreamlines

    So I found a website called Dream Lines. It’s a rather neat project that I stumbled upon today. If I were to take a mildly educated guess, I would say the basic function of it takes any one phrase that you type. It takes this subject and searches for images of it. I’m not sure which engine they use but my guess would be Google. Once it finds images, it takes a sketch rendering program that is compatible with Java and renders out the images from the search. It does this very slowly and very sketchlike.

    The weird thing is it cycles through multiple images, so while one is being sketched and built, it will suddenly switch to another image, which at the beginning, also is just being started. This creates that dream-like aesthetic that I think the developers were going for and, in my opinion, nailed. So as a word of warning, some of the images take some time to get the final product, and it does have quite the load time. But I think it’s another neat concept and even has some artistic value that I think hasn’t really been seen in recent technological break-throughs.

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  • Role Models – New Cash

    I love finding this junk.

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  • Reading and had to share

    I told myself to post something today, and I had almost given up hope on what to write about. Then I started reading and inspiration was found. Well, not so much on my end. I’ve been reading Beyond Good & Evil by Nietzsche and found two excerpts that I found wonderful.

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  • Sand art

    So this is something I had heard about but never saw until now. Sand art is an amazing art form that, as could be assumed, uses sand as it’s paint. Using a large table with a projector built in, the artist goes about using the sand to create images, using the density of it to create very interesting pieces and works with shadows in mere seconds. It’s pretty fun to watch and imagine how articulate and focused your hand movements have to be. There are others to be found if you google them.

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  • After the fact…

    So it’s been a minute since my last update.  I do, in fact, have a good reason. This weekend was moving weekend. While I could have updated throughout, I doubt very seriously anything I had to say was worth while. It was a long and painful Saturday, starting the moving process at 10:00AM and finally winding down to sleep at 2:30AM. (more…)

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  • Role Models – To my coder girl

    To all you programming ladies you there. You know who you are. 😉

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  • Long week

    So it’s been a looong week and it’s only going to drag out farther. I spent my weekend staying busy. I went down to my father’s for food and to greet Aaron when he got back from Michigan. He finished up with a 13 hour drive, so he was pretty exhausted. Then I drove up to see Dana and her roommates. I do enjoy their company and think they are a phenomenal group. There was a run-in with their neighbors that eventually lead to name calling and angry tones. Wasn’t very awesome.

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  • Role Models – James David Manning Jr. PhD

    So I’m not one to talk about politics, and I might take this down before too long, but I think this is just ridiculous. I know by posting this I am fueling his fire for attention, but I think it’s important to listen to people, no matter how crazy they talk, if only for the sake of realizing just how crazy people can be.

    This is James David Manning, PhD talking about the Patrick Henry revolution and how the white people are about to riot…. and he’s joining. If you can sit through to the end, he starts singing about 8:30 into it. It’s rather amusing if you don’t take it seriously.

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  • Granola Bars and a finish to moderation

    Are actually quite delicious. I was re-introduced to these delightful treats. Somehow the world has a different taste now that I’m coke free. Funny how that works. I also noted that I have felt like I have a lot more energy since I’ve quit the substance abuse, as that seems to be the only way to describe my previous relations to the drink. I have recently considered going vegetarian for kicks and giggles. I guess I really just enjoy challenging myself to try new and different things, or should I say lifestyles. I usually don’t do minor changes. I’m usually a big change kind of guy.

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