What am I doing?

Solar Decathlon handheld animations. How did I get roped into this?


"It was supposed to be the summer of George!"

"Red Fox"

Finally, I own some real bossa nova

Now Playing: Quincy Jones - Desafinado

{why am i the laziest person on earth}

They make it look so easy

car design tutorials

"My Favorite Wheat Beers"

Futurama Lives

I just read on gotfuturama.com (which I hadn't checked in on in a while) that there may be as many as 3 direct to DVD futurama movies in the works at Fox. The original show had a good run with 72 episodes, but I heard somewhere that there was supposed to be more to the story about Fry going to the future to save the world, or something, don't really remember. Anyway, there is a good chance that DVD sales will play a role in detemining the budget for the films (if they even decide to make them). So if you don't already own them and you would like to see Futurama return with new material (and if you want the DVDs) pick up the original 4 seasons (the five airing seasons were released by production season, hence 4 sets) or even the Futurama Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection DVD (U.S. release date is in August I think), which is less expensive than a whole season and has four great episodes.

How'd they get that espresso machine?

Click here for Bill Ubel's answer in mp3 form

right click to save the mp3

Engaged!

Ann Marie and Ray got engaged last night! Congratulations!

"Electric Car"

"Northport Harbor"

The coolest flash stuff ever!

Click here.

And it's even open source...

I can see my house from here!

http://clusterballoon.org/

From the pages of Popular Science.

Now playing

George Gershwin, Rhapsody In Blue, 16 minutes 29 seconds

Now...

...doing: Organizing photos for the Solar Decathlon

...watching: Danger UXB

...playing: Psyché Rock (Fatboy Slim Malpaso Mix)

What am I listening to over and over again?

Song: Hangin' Round (Acoustic Demo)
Album: Transformer
Artist: Lou Reed

Try some, buy some

Hey... ...you with the money... ...go shoppin now! (click here)

The Unfinished Monk

As you can see, I'm not to good with human features:

Aha! Now The Rubber Band's On The Other Claw!

I posted Ellen's Flash final here.

My final is too none functional (and large for that matter) to be worth uploading.

T-Shirts ...

... and F-Shirts for our friends with two arms on one side!

Since I seem to like drawing in illustrator I thought it would be cool to make my own T-Shirts. I was also inspired by the strange and interesting stuff that comes out of Old Navy, like Ellen's Lobster Rodeo shirt.


"Digital Roto of Ellen's Lobster Rodeo Shirt"

I got some iron-on printer paper. I still haven't made my Lobster Rodeo shirt yet (not that I am making a shirt using a copyrighted design), but I did make a shirt with a hard hat I drew for the solar decathlon and put and old-navy-style fake union name on it (because the guys down at the decathlon construction site are always wearing union shirts).


"Sun Beams Local 244"

And here is me wearing my Sun Beams shirt:


"Wearing My Shirt"

I really want to design more shirts and sell them on my website.

On a semi-related note, John took me to Steve and Barry's for the the first time today. It's awesome. They have really cool t-shirts and everything in the store is less than $10!

{I try not to think of the slave labor they must use to manufacture the shirts}

Steve and Barry's has many Old-Navy-esque shirts, but most of their stuff is considerably more lewd and obscene, which is great if your into that sort of thing.

What else... ...well, why not join the union? Email me or comment on this post to order a t-shirt (iron on transfers for now) in order to become a fully fledged member of The Sun Beams Local 244. $12 dollars plus shipping, unless I'm able to hand it to you personally. Limited supply available so act now to ensure your membership in the union!

"Oak Leaf"

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Today's assorted playlist

Hangin' 'Round (Acoustic Demo) - Lou Reed
Radio, Radio - Elvis Costello
Pump It Up - Elvis Costello
Ooh La La - The Faces
Call On Me (Alternate Take) - Janis Joplin
Whatever Gets You Through The Night - John Lennon
Mambo Sun - T.Rex
Cosmic Dancer - T.Rex
Bang A Gong (Get It On) - T.Rex
Train In Vain - The Clash
Sugar Mountain - Neil Young
Long Train Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers
The Pusher - Steppenwolf
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
It's All Right - Canned Heat
Everybody's Talkin' - Harry Nilsson

Photo Bonanza!

Here are photos from my first New Jersey trip, graduation, the Pennsylvania/NJ trip, a trip to Ashes and Snow, and construction on the Solar Decathlon.


"Angel No.1"


"Elk!"


"Antlers and Scale"


"Eddie and a Baby Rabbit"


"Haley"


"Tucker"


"God Bless"


"Angel No.2"


"Ellen's Tire Shot"


"The Sampler"


"The Finished Sampler"


"The Derisive Graduate"


"Sen. Chuck"


"Brody"


"Big Sky"


"Kinda Creepy"


"Tree in the Park No.1"


"Tree in the Park No.2"


"The Line for Magnolia's Cupcakes"


"Good Times at The Heidelberg"


"Building Blue Space No.1"


"Lulling the Roof"


"Resting on the Roof"


"Standing on the Roof"


"Broken Hose"

This is rather cool

Lawrence sent this to me. I like it.

I spent 6 hours on the solar decathlon construction site today. They were trying to put the roof on. 2 of the roof sections were supposed to have groves in them, but they didn't. They had to cut them with a circular saw but the saw motor burnt out half way through. Someone went to Home Depot to buy a new saw but their car broke down on the way back. I had to go and get the saw from them while they waited for AAA. Then our Lull blew a hydraulic hose while they were setting the first roof panel in place. I must say, these guys never give up. I'll put pictures up later.

{Drinking: Paulaner Hefe-Weizen}

A Message From The Council of Assorted Meats:

Miss Kitty 2003-2005

"She was a good cat. All rabbits in Valhalla beware, Chupacabra is on the loose. Fuzzy briches. Tatters. Precious. Miss Kitty. The Puffice. Miss Bitch. Rest in peace."

-Ellen

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