This book looks good.

I released a virtual 10 inch with four new Tree Wave songs.

I use primarily open-source apps, but I still use Windows because I think Linux is way too far behind to be reasonably cost-effective for personal use. This is a pretty good summary of my gripes against Linux, and also against open-source development in general.

I’ll add that this is one of my primary problems:
2.1 No good stable standardized API for developing GUI applications (like Win32 API). Both GTK and Qt are very unstable and often break backwards compatibility.

This is how open-source developers’ poor understanding of UI design and user experience are embedded into Linux design. To get a taste of this, install GIMP on Mac or Windows, and notice how the dialog boxes (particularly the open/save dialogs) are different from what you’re used to. In fact, GIMP open/save dialogs are vastly inferior to Windows WIN32 API open/save dialogs. I’m not willing to take such a major hit in usability just to save $100 on my operating system.

You’re Not My Father is going to be installed at the MCA Denver, show opening this Tuesday. I got one more submission to the project since I finished it, so the version at the museum will be 20 seconds longer with the new footage. Here’s the AVISynth script that I used to edit the raw footage into the exact same cuts as the original clip:

#DJ: 271, 1267, 3130, 3744, (4210)
#close: 6744, 7565, 8704
#walk: 2905, 4750
#sit: 10702

sound=wavsource("original_audio.wav")
src1=DirectShowSource("raw_xvid_audio.avi",29.97)
#src1=DirectShowSource("dvd.mpg",29.97)

# DJ! (18 frames)
clip1start=3744
clip1=trim(src1,clip1start,clip1start+18)

# You can't tell me what to do (82 frames)
clip2start=8025
clip2=trim(src1,clip2start,clip2start+85)

# DJ walks away (61 frames)
clip3start=2905
clip3=trim(src1,clip3start,clip3start+61)

# Joey sits (216 frames)
clip4start=10702
clip4=trim(src1,clip4start,clip4start+216)

finalclip=clip1+clip2+clip3+clip4

#finalclip=tweak(finalclip,0,2.9,0,2)
#Tweak(clip clip [, float hue] [, float sat] [, float bright] [, float cont] [, bool coring] [, int startHue] [, int endHue] [, int maxSat] [, int minSat] [, int interp])

#finalclip=audiodub(finalclip,sound)

finalclip=trim(finalclip,0,340)

return(finalclip)

I’ve finally finished the documentation of the YTMND show at the gallery. The show is up until May 2nd.

http://worldtv.com/blog/guides_tutorials/flv_converter.php

Expensive, but I doubt there’s any other way to capture processor-intensive stuff at 1280×1024/30fps: VGA2USB

My archived Myspace login page from March 2007 stopped working today.

It looks like it’s possible to play video files within programs that use the SDL library:

http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=348340

http://www.ffmpeg.org/

http://www.thebookpc.com/product_info.php/cPath/68_33/products_id/431