February 12, 2002
It’s late at night, so I can’t write fluidly, but I wanted to record that I watched the final episodes of NieA Under 7 today, and I am thoroughly impressed. The ending was a total surprise to me. The crew behind NieA deserves a good round of applause. I also finished the fourth Gasaraki DVD, of which I should probably write a POV review. Good stuff. I’m reminded of why I like Gasaraki: it’s well-animated, and it actually […]
Monday, February 11, 2002
The job hunt continues. I have had very poor luck so far, but the game is early yet. I watched episodes four and five of Boogiepop Phantom today. I’m becoming increasingly impressed with this show. Its major flaw is the realism applied to its character designs, as that makes it very difficult to keep track of the characters. If it didn’t suffer from that drawback, it would […]
Friday, February 8, 2002
Maintaining a schedule is hard. It’s hard in a lot of ways. It’s hard to give up those things that you want to accomplish or learn but clearly don’t have time for. It’s hard to accept that some of those things that you want to accomplish or learn will require a significant amount of your time. It’s hard to change your schedule when you realize that part of it is […]
February 7, 2002
Wow. According to my Network Solutions license agreement: You agree not to transmit through the dot com mail service any unlawful, harassing, libelous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene or otherwise objectionable material of any kind or nature. I can certainly agree that I should never send harassing or libelous e-mail. But have I ever sent a threatening e-mail? Or a harmful one? I can’t be sure. This is a high standard […]
Wednesday, February 6, 2002
The second most interesting e-mail I received today was from an employee at TEKsystems, about a Unix/NT sysadmin job. I called the sender and expressed interest in the position. I should hear more about that today or tomorrow. The most interesting e-mail I received tdoay was this: Subject: urgent and confidentialFrom: madam abacha <family_abba2002@yahoo.com>Date: Wednesday February 06, 2002 — 06:35 PM Dear friend, I am Mrs. Mariam Abacha, the widow of Sani Abacha THE Late […]
February 5, 2002
I performed an experiment tonight. I tried to draw a series of sketches, which I would assemble as an animation. Below is a transcript of my experience, and I’ve posted the finished animation. 8:41 p.m. — Begin drawing the first sketch.9:08 p.m. — Finish the fifth sketch. I now have five drawings of a cup, in various positions, rotated about 170 degrees.9:15 p.m. — Attempt to scan the first drawing, which is still within the sketchbook. I have to put […]
Monday, February 4, 2002
Catch all the Super Bowl ads you missed at iFilm.