So, after 9 days, Facebook starts emailing me. I’m getting messages stating “9+ friends have posted statuses, photos and more” Thanks Captain Obvious! Was I under the mistaken impression that the world stopped moving just because I wasn’t logging in? These emails remind me of a crack dealer showing up Read more…
I can’t get my head back in it. I have things to do, a long list of projects, and I can’t seem to get my brain back into the mode of doing any of it. I’m all alone in this dark place, like I’m locked in a basement with no Read more…
Started the fixed Closed Captions out to tape, working them in-between the big job. Found out why one episodes got rejected – it had the wrong captions for the wrong episode! That was bad. Not sure how many deaf filmmakers are watching the show, but I’m incredibly sorry about that. Read more…
And life rolls on. ‘Connecting’ with people virtually through a machine via sites like Facebook isn’t really connecting as much as a filtered interface where you can pretend to be something you aren’t to impress people who are equally creating a facade. Now I don’t have a girlfriend or a Read more…
Here’s a terrible realization. I’m no longer particularly relevant. Less than a week off Facebook and it’s as if I don’t exist in most people’s lives, even those I was somewhat a part of for a time. Strangely, this has nothing to do with my sabbatical from the Face, but Read more…
I actually LOGGED IN to the post apocalyptic hellscape that is Myspace yesterday. That’s how bored I am online without Facebook. There’s nothing there. It’s just an empty soulless place where profiles go to die. I think Myspace needs to be re-classified as ANTI-social media. Even emo goth kids can’t Read more…
Still no Facebook, no cheating. This must be what a “timeout” feels like. My parents were of the era when they used to paddle kids for being bad, so I have no clue what the non-violent parenting model feels like. I hate texting, so I’m really not getting communication from Read more…
I deleted the link to Facebook from my shortcuts. It was just too easy to accidentally hit it. I mean actually accidental, not I’m pretending it’s an accident so I can cheat accident either. I feel like I just locked myself in a closet. It’s terrifying how much Facebook was Read more…
No Facebook for 30 days. So far so good. I have a routine. Wake up, feed cats, check email, log in to facebook, check webstats, and read some news. Removing #3 wasn’t that big a deal today. I’ve got so much work to do for the paid job that I’m Read more…
Another Closed Captioning Crisis resolved. It didn’t take that long, but it was a headache and a half. The solution was to use a standard DV timeline, turning off the Mercury Playback Engine of the NVIDIA card and to roll back the IEEE1394 driver to a pre-64bit legacy driver. It Read more…
So all the work done on the closed captioning over the last year has a major snag. There are ‘dropouts’, meaning whole sentences that aren’t making the cut. Because of broadcast standards and practices, this is unacceptable. Now I have to figure out how to fix it. Whilst working on Read more…
Every year I read J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion. I don’t just read it, I totally geek out and go into the BOOK OF LOST TALES, UNFINISHED TALES, and CHILDREN OF HURIN to make it a somewhat complete reading experience. This is both my favorite book of all time, and contains my Read more…