Well, poop.

I had hoped to be able to make it out to Ren Fest next weekend to meet glesyn and raibeart, but I don't think it's going to happen.

I'm editing a video of a stage play - remember the entry about image stabilization? As much of a lifesaver as that is, and as much time as it will save, it's still a very lengthy process: accounting for not just the automatic processing but also the manual changes that have to be made along the way, it takes about fifteen minutes to process thirty seconds of footage.

The show was written for a woman with cancer, and it is her performance that leads the cast. She is failing - nearing the end of her life, probably - and her husband, the producer of the show, understandably wants to see a finished product before she dies. I agree.

If not for that, I wouldn't worry about it so much: it's been this long, what's a few more days? The situation has lit a fire under me to get the editing done. I plan to spend every waking moment that I'm not engaged in something more imperative on this video, and that process will bleed into the weekend.

So no ren fest for me this year.

If you're interested in reading about lessons learned on this project:

Article One

Article Two

Well, poop.

I had hoped to be able to make it out to Ren Fest next weekend to meet glesyn and raibeart, but I don't think it's going to happen.

I'm editing a video of a stage play - remember the entry about image stabilization? As much of a lifesaver as that is, and as much time as it will save, it's still a very lengthy process: accounting for not just the automatic processing but also the manual changes that have to be made along the way, it takes about fifteen minutes to process thirty seconds of footage.

The show was written for a woman with cancer, and it is her performance that leads the cast. She is failing - nearing the end of her life, probably - and her husband, the producer of the show, understandably wants to see a finished product before she dies. I agree.

If not for that, I wouldn't worry about it so much: it's been this long, what's a few more days? The situation has lit a fire under me to get the editing done. I plan to spend every waking moment that I'm not engaged in something more imperative on this video, and that process will bleed into the weekend.

So no ren fest for me this year.

If you're interested in reading about lessons learned on this project:

Article One

Article Two

A Headline That Isn't

Microsoft Adding jQuery to Visual Studio

I have suggested in the past that .NET was really nothing more than just an overcomplicated shell to Ajax, a methodology more than a technology. This, of course, pisses off the Microsoft apologists, but how else can you explain the ability to write .NET apps in just about any language you care to? C#, vbScript, javascript, JScript...the libraries (and I'll admit to talking out of my ass, here) really just encapsulate what the Thinking World is already doing for free.

If you're a developer who uses JQuery for your apps, keep a local copy updated. Mark my words: Microsoft will buy what you're using for free, close it off, and sell it back to you.

And the computer world will, once again, marvel.

(For the record, I write my code longhand. I don't need no steenking Visual Studio.)

A Headline That Isn't

Microsoft Adding jQuery to Visual Studio

I have suggested in the past that .NET was really nothing more than just an overcomplicated shell to Ajax, a methodology more than a technology. This, of course, pisses off the Microsoft apologists, but how else can you explain the ability to write .NET apps in just about any language you care to? C#, vbScript, javascript, JScript...the libraries (and I'll admit to talking out of my ass, here) really just encapsulate what the Thinking World is already doing for free.

If you're a developer who uses JQuery for your apps, keep a local copy updated. Mark my words: Microsoft will buy what you're using for free, close it off, and sell it back to you.

And the computer world will, once again, marvel.

(For the record, I write my code longhand. I don't need no steenking Visual Studio.)