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I’ve figured out the rules for NBC’s Olympic broadcasts. Simple, really. Basically, it’s: Show someone if at least one of the following is true: They are American; Something happened to me today that only my fellow childhood numismatists will appreciate: I glanced through my pocket change and noticed something distinctly odd – a well-worn dime. On a closer look, turned out it was a silver Roosevelt from 1948. I hadn’t found a silver coin in circulation in decades. This was once the holy [...] One of the websites I administer recently had a database failure that knocked the site offline for 12 hours. It was at one of the big, cheap hosting ISPs, where things work fine when they work fine, but problems are unpredictable and slow to be fixed when they occur, particularly at night. Since I do not [...] Second in this series. I’m not quite sure this is done, but they’re studies, and I think I got the key elements I was after here. One or two more in this series at 9×12″, then I’ll plan out the full-sized one. Did this one on the smooth side of the paper with a lot of [...] We’re off to a tremendous start here. NBC’s assessment of American attention spans – which is probably accurate and backed up by hideous amounts of actual study that I don’t want to even know about – appears to have reached the conclusion that a 90-second luge run exceeds the attention span of a typical American [...] …mostly I think this one is about done. Finished the brush blending and overall tone balancing, and I’m feeling pretty good about it. There remains the issue of the large open spaces of the quadriceps area and the peroneus/extensors area of the lower leg, and if I have a wave of bravery, maybe I’ll lay down [...] Kind of sad how the last picture you take with your old camera is a picture of your new camera. So today I got my new Nikon D5000, and retired the Canon PowerShot IS3, which served me faithfully for about 4 years. I think. Seems like every new camera costs about $1000 by the time you [...] (…for now) This one was supposed to be a quick study, but it took on a bit of a life of its own. It’s not what I’m planning for the larger piece, but I do like it. Black and white charcoal on blue paper, 13″ x 10″. I’m planning a few more of these studies, working out [...] I remembered my white pencil tonight. Still burning through the Strathmore velvet gray paper left over from Head Drawing at AAU. All on one sheet: a few gestures, a 10, a 30, and a 45. Should be pretty obvious which is which. I got a little too ambitious with the 45 and couldn’t finish it – [...] I used to think that people who said you had to see paintings in person to really get them were just snobs who wanted to flaunt their glamorous travel stories. Maybe some are, but after seeing the Waterhouse exhibit in Montreal, I get it. Twelve hours of frequently harrowing driving for six hours of viewing time, [...] |
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