So I kinda got distracted by hours of more mocap research and general testing during my days off, hence why I haven’t really been around much (even for my own stuff). Here’s my first test.
No matter what I did it was always jerking around like a meth addict. Then upon reading the documentation I discovered the program now has the option to export in DMX as opposed to SMD which I’m more familiar with. Here was the result of that:
It’s been a blast figuring this stuff out.
Yesterday I was going to work on one of my reviews but came up with a problem. The weather as too good to pass up. I ended up taking an enthusiastic walk through the woods… and to the bank. Plus a side trip to purchase some pickled ginger.
Anyway, onto other stuff… I’ve been contemplating a purchase on steam.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/227740/
I still have some of my tax rebate leftover to get it, that and my birthday is coming up so I might as well get myself something I know I’ll use (No one is going to gift it to me, and I’ll make sure of it). I’ve been following this software since it originally came out. It rarely goes on sale, and if I strike now I’ll be able to learn about basic mocap and have fun with it.
The good news is that the kinect works perfectly with my laptop (and it should), meaning I can pack up my studio and go pretty much anywhere to do some goofy animation.
Speaking of birthdays I got some early presents. A Vietnamese robe and two piece Chinese shirt and skirt suit. Both black and red. One of my coworkers who shares the same interests for oriental culture as I do is moving to another place and doesn’t use them. We’ve exchanged gifts before, like hairsticks, tea, teapots, I’ll have to think of something to return the favor with. Maybe a house warming present with some flowering teas and some bento boxes.
This brings “Red Ring Of Death” a new meaning.
A Lauderhill man told a bizarre tale of needing to find a victim who had a Taurus zodiac sign when he described the fatal Easter Sunday stabbing of his live-in girlfriend to police, authorities said Monday.
A broken and bloody Xbox 360 gaming system was found near her body, along with three knives, police said.
I share the same zodiac sign, and now I know to avoid contards like the plague. 
I might need to go into hiding.
Lets see… Kinda got distracted during the weekend. Had company over, a good portion of Slackers were playing TF2 (and some of us in CS:GO tonight), work hasn’t been too bad and nothing really interesting to be reported. For a weekend that doesn’t happen too often.
Oh well, tomorrow is probably my Friday. I’m sure I’ll be posting random things. I already have some to do lists.
I seriously have no words for this. It writes itself.
Earlier this week a Target shopper sparked a controversy on Twitter after discovering that the same gray dress was listed as “Manatee Gray” in the plus-size version and simply “Heather Gray” in the “Missy” category. The company is now scrambling to apologize for the snafu, saying it uses the manatee color name all over the site. That makes us wonder — what other totally inappropriate and/or wacky color names are floating around out there?
Manatee gray. Because that’s what it looks like when these ladies put it on. 
Actually they should be flattered. They say the story of mermaids originally came from manatees. So actually the dress is complimenting them! 
In case no one knows, the new XBox Microsoft is developing has been confirmed to require a 24/7 connection to the internet. I’m waiting for them to do this with their operating systems. 🙄
Some random dude showed up on our server and tried to deliver us information that we didn’t (need to) know. He would eventually leave learning what he didn’t know either!
This should be interesting. Heavy Weapons Guy made the first one a lot of fun. Now we get Brock Sampson and GLaDOS! 😀
