Unfortunate word clipping
A screengrab from one of my rss feeds in myyahoo.
Stanford Magazine
The July/August issue of Stanford Magazine ran a cover story on Stanford in Hollywood. I was fortunate to be among the alumni mentioned, and am included in a Flash illustration (I can't include the link, but go to the page and click on "The Players," bottom right). That's me in about the middle.
Fourth of July – Carol Channing!
I'm normally not a celebrity hound, but there was something about seeing Carol Channing at a Fourth of July party that made me have to say hi to her. "Hello Dolly" was played a lot in my house, and when she sang it yesterday it brought back memories of my dad singing along. I had [...]
Angora Fire – Lake Tahoe
We spend a week each summer at Stanford Sierra Camp by Fallen Leaf Lake. We had only been there 24 hours where the fire bell rang due to the Angora Fire. The fire started over the ridge but only about 2 miles from us. This is a picture only about an hour after the fire [...]
Which end of California are you from?
I wrote this awhile ago but never posted it. Here's a mulitple choice questionaire to determine whether you're from Northern or Southern California: 1. “Equity” a) company ownership b) an actor’s union 2. “Stock” a) company ownership b) raw film 3. “Very seductive, and I know I’m going to get screwed.” a) “I’m going to [...]
Shasta
Caught a nice rainbow on the McCloud River close to where it dumps into Lake Shasta. It's about 18". We do all catch and release - this guy was only out of the water long enough to get the picture.
Camera speed effects
The Police - "Wrapped Around Your Finger" Music videos have made interesting use of varying camera speeds to create unusual effects. The Police used it in "Wrapped Around Your Finger" - by running the camera at 200% speed and a sound track for the band to sync to during the shoot at 2x, they created [...]
Radio RDS fun
We were driving in my wife's Audi today which has RDS on the radio. RDS allows the broadcasting station to display information such as their name, call letters, song title, etc. The station we were listening to chooses to display the name of the song currently being played. They started playing "I'd Really Love to [...]
Why “24” Is Only Worth 2 Minutes A Week
Let me summarize the plot in terms of the bad guy's plan: "So guys, I was up all night working on this. Here's the deal: we'll blow up a train so we can steal a secret hardware device that will allow us to melt down all of the nuclear reactors in the US. And at [...]
The Only Way To Watch “24”
My sons and I started watching "24" last season, but after about 8 episodes we got behind and never caught up. This week I was cleaning up the TIVO and was going to delete the remaining episodes when Eric came up with the right way to watch the show: "Why don't we just watch the [...]