Working on bigger projects with people in remote places always is a hassle. Today1 I received the long anticipated hard disk with the blue screen shots I should be working on. I popped it into the USB port but Windows thought the device was damaged and suggested to replace it. Luckily I remembered that the person who sent me the disk was a Mac user so I tried connecting the device on some Mac and it worked. Then my data-odyssey began…
Another convention report, my apologies! I haven’t thought that I would be on so many (= two) conventions in the field of digital film in such a short span of time. But attending the Digitale Cinematographie convention this Thursday in Munich was something way out of the ordinary because a little dream never dreamed came true: Seeing my work on the grandeur of a real IMAX theater silver screen.
Recruiting day for me! Yesterday I was too tired and lacked of motivation getting some of my demo reels to the important representatives of Some Great Company. And I even shook hands with one of the people who got me into VFX at all.
Just great! As soon as I settle for something in the great Format Wars it is the wrong thing. According to CRN Toshiba’s CEO Atsutoshi Nishida made a point a few hours ago and officially surrendered to Sony’s Blu-Ray format after many months of battling.
“Neat!” — that was the first thing that escaped my mouth after installing the Second Beta of Mozilla’s Firefox 3. In fact it’s nothing so very special but the new Firefox features one little detail that I’ve been waiting for since my first contact with web-browsers about twelve years ago…
Out of a spark of curiosity I attempoted to order Amazon’s Kindle from Amazon.com. Not because it is such a great thing that rockets human civilization to the next level, but because I am a helpless early-adopter and Gadgetinator. Now I only wish I was in an US prison. Because of that. ‘Nuff said.
Yesterday my HD-DVD drive arrived from Alternate. Bulk version, eighty bucks (Euros), no fancy-schmancy stuff attached like Pet-Print-Studio or crap like that. No, just plugged in and it works. Perfect! But I had no HD-DVD media at the time, so I thought I just go to the mall and get one. That’s when my odyssey started… yes, another one.
Today I got a nice call. And I don’t get many nice calls. Only when holding a presentation. And that’s how I received today’s call: During my presentation. A couple of minutes later, when it was over, I got another call from the same number: It was EVGA’s tech support.
Today I was eager for a new Pixar poster. Who would’ve thought that I spent nearly one and half hour talking with the guys and gals from Pixar?
I’m just a nerd. My long anticipated gadget I purchased arrived today. Wanna guess what it is? Here are some clues:
Today I got a nice call. And I don’t get many nice calls. Only when holding a presentation. And that’s how I received today’s call: During my presentation. A couple of minutes later, when it was over, I got another call from the same number: It was EVGA’s tech support.