Foam Fountain
Apparently someone had some fun with some detergent (or somesuch) and the big fountain near our place. The results… shiny. :D
SIGGRAPH presentation
The three of us just got back from campus, where we viewed a SIGGRAPH presentation. Basically, a whole bunch of cool computer animated movies. There was the usual stuff in there – the generic “behind the scenes” crap from Industrial Light & Magic, DigitalDomain, etc. But the good things were the independent stuff, the small… Read more
What you learn studying literature
I forgot to note, also, that Bronwyn knew exactly where my surname is from. She’s the first person I’ve ever met who’s even got the country right, let alone the town. Scary. :)
Santa Cruz
Okay, so a week ago Simon Goldrei invited the three of us down to Santa Cruz for the day, to check it out. He moved here (permanently) about a month or so before I arrived, and has a nice shiny car (in the photos). Thus, given Santa Cruz is some 50km or so away from… Read more
Lake Tahoe Ski Trip
Finally I’ve got all my photos sorted and posted… you can find the ski trip ones here. So, our trip. It was organised by Julius, an intern at Apple who’s here for four more months of his twelve. He sent a message out on the intern mailing list asking for takers for skiing, and I… Read more
Still here
Yeah, I am still here. Just haven’t had much free time this week, with Macworld and all. It’s been fun, but exhausting. This weekend I’m taking it easy, with plenty of time to finally write things up. I’ve got a few hundred new photos to sort through, which I’ll post as soon as I can.… Read more
Never get tired of those Halo bugs
Halo’s a great game. But buggy as #%@!. The Xbox version’s way worse, but even so, the Mac version doesn’t give me more than ten minutes at a time without a major bug. Such as this one here, where the level disappeared. This was in a 16 player online game. I was carrying the flag… Read more