No I didn’t watch the big game yesterday. I didn’t even watch the Simpsons. Mostly I worked on my 3D animation project and after my repetitive strain injury started to flare up, I watched a bit of Malcalm in the Middle and talked to Anna on the phone. I think this project is cool, but I wish I knew more about 3D Studio Max. I did find this great resource though — 3dcafe.com. I found what I was looking for under the free stuff button.
Max 6.0 Review
Here is a link to a review of the new version of 3D Studio Max 6. I’m barely learning 5.1, but it looks cool all the same.
If Your Mom Finds Your Blog
Blogger now has an official stance on the subject.
U of L Security Problem with Flash Screen Savers
I think I figured out how to fix the University’s problem with their flash screen savers. All they need to do is put a blank text field overtop of their flash screen savers so that they will get the text-copy/paste menu instead of the About Macromedia Menu when people right click. They should pay me or something.
U of L IT Security Hole Update
I talked to someone in IT. They said they are aware of the problem but at this point they don’t know how to get around it.
Where is Boing Boing?
Can’t get on their website, but you can find their mailblog at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boingboing-mailblog/
The Scandal They ARE Speaking About
When people like Maher Arar are seized, jailed, interrogated without charges, on unspecified allegations of unspecified connections to unspecified terrorist groups, and tortured — why doesn’t anyone seem to want to do anything about it?
The Matrix in ASCII
ASCII and the Matrix are together at last.
Look What Can Be Done In Only Two Short Weeks
Scientists have synthesized a virus from scratch and it has “become bioactive” (started reproducing).
Read more here.
My Other Blog
In case anyone reading this was wondering, yes I do have another blog. It’s a student rep blog for the Faculty of New Media. You can find it here.
The Faculty is accepting nominations for New Media Reps til Wednesday. I’m going to run again — we’ll see if anyone else does.