Category: Unrelated

Aug 04 2009

What is it with creationists?

By Dan Johnson in Atheism, Religion, Unrelated

What is it with these people that they can’t let go of arguments that have been refuted time and again by respected scientists. Oh, wait. I forgot. That would mean they were wrong, and since they have God™ on their side, they just can’t be wrong. So many of them think they have The Truth™ …

Jul 23 2009

Remember that text you shouldn’t have sent last night?

By Dan Johnson in Unrelated

Somebody does. I came across texts from last night a while back, and hadn’t been back for several weeks. It continues to remind me that although some things change (like lots of people texting all the time now), some things never do. Warning: Some of the language may not be safe for work. The way …

Jul 22 2009

Look Out! A Meme! 15 Books I’ve Read That Will Always Stick With Me (Part the Second)

By Dan Johnson in Unrelated

Since I wasn’t able to finish my list the first time through (Yeah, I know… fifteen minutes. Bah! I take my own time.), I’ve continued it here in this second post. As DuWayne points out in his most recent post, there’s been some discussion about whether or not people have been following the rules for …

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Jul 21 2009

Look Out! A Meme! 15 Books I’ve Read That Will Always Stick With Me (Part the First)

By Dan Johnson in Unrelated

Yes, I’ve been tagged with the meme that seemed to run through Facebook, then escaped into the blogoshpere at large. DuWayne got tagged, and spread the love around to include me and several others. The instructions as originally given: Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you’ve read that will always stick …

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Jul 19 2009

New 3D Models for Google Earth (I Hope)

By Dan Johnson in Unrelated

Today I finished my fourth model for Google’s 3D Warehouse, in hopes that it will be included in Google Earth’s 3D Buildings layer. My first model was accepted (on July 12th), and now shows up in Google Earth. My next two were finished early last week, and my fourth was finished just today. All three …

Jul 04 2009

My First Model in Google’s 3D Warehouse

By Dan Johnson in Photos, Unrelated

202 S Neil St, Champaign, IL, US, 3D Warehouse Screenshot

Today I finally got around to posting a model to Google’s 3D Warehouse. This is where Google gets the models that are used in Google Earth for 3D buildings. I have another that I’m working on, but it’s much more complicated. In order to get one up more quickly, I chose a little nondescript building …

Jun 27 2009

An Amazing Animated Short from Ani7ime

By Dan Johnson in Unrelated, Videos

This evening my wife and I watched a short (about 15 minutes) animated video produced by Ani7ime Studio (廣州美術學院數碼藝術專業) called Water Brain (我要看). There are no spoken words, so don’t worry if you don’t understand Chinese. From the page on Vimeo, the poster has this to say about Water Brain: This is a story about …

Jun 27 2009

Hey, Jason

By Dan Johnson in Unrelated

Or maybe it’s over here.

Jun 25 2009

A Shitty Week, and Gaming with [PROTOTYPE]

By Dan Johnson in Games, Unrelated, Videos

No, I haven’t posted in nearly two weeks. I don’t really have much of an excuse, either. It has been a shitty week though. Our car died (when two of four cylinders have no compression, it’s time to let the patient go). We got another car (used: I’m a cheap bastard). After filling up the …

Jun 05 2009

HDR Photograph with CHDK – Raccoon Skull

By Dan Johnson in Photos, Unrelated

I must admit that I’m not much of a photographer. I do, however, have a digital camera that I like to play around with. I based my camera purchase partly on the ability of the camera to run CHDK (Canon Hack Development Kit). This software greatly enhances the capabilities of the camera, including saving in …

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