My love affair with the computer. |
In the past couple of weeks I've started learning AutoLISP programming. To some, that may be a bit ironic, since I would consider myself a bit of a "computer expert" of sorts, but not a programmer. In...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:23:00 GMT |
Solar City Space Station |
Many know Author C. Clarke invented the concept of a Geosynchronous Satellite. A place in space that has a position that stays constantly the same, relative to a position on the earth. I wondered if a...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:14:00 GMT |
Screw me, screw you |
I hate having to deal with dishonest people. I find it insulting when someone tells me an obvious lie. There was a situation almost ten years ago where I turned the tables on someone trying to screw m...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:18:00 GMT |
Houston Haunted Houses Suck. |
A co-worker once said to me "Who do we think we are, with a symphony and opera? Houston is an overgrown cow town, always has been, always will be." Such an attitude is a self fulfilling prophecy, comm...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:00:00 GMT |
Dollar Store Art |
Here are some thoughts on Dollar Stores as a source for art supplies. Some stores carry typical craft supplies, but I like re purposing manufactured items for use in 3D art works.I have always been a ...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:49:00 GMT |
What is Art? |
I know it when I see it. I often have my doubts that what some people call Art, actually is. Even if it can be called Art, that doesn't necessarily make it good Art. It's a free country, but I sure se...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:44:00 GMT |
What if you could live forever? |
The Human Brain is a lot like a computer. When your hard drive fills up, what do you do? There must be a finite limit in what a Human Being can remember. Even with our current life spans, we seem to h...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:27:00 GMT |
Digital enema. |
A funny thing happened this week. For a few years I've had my own domain name of "ARARAT-productions.com". Along with the domain is an email account. Unlike a lot of people I know ( or maybe what they...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:17:00 GMT |
Right-wing conspirators are out there. |
Remember the Anthrax scare? Was that ever resolved? It's certainly been sweeped under the rug. I think that was some nut case that took Rush Limbaugh way too serious. Or it was people who wanted to st...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:59:00 GMT |
Flying saucers are real, Part II |
I've had in the back of my mind, the Coanda Effect as a method of attaining flight for a long time. When I posted the link to the YouTube video of the RC model "Flying Saucer", I was thinking about th...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 18:37:00 GMT |
