For those of you that missed it on the twitter, I am still not a fan of driving from Orange County, CA to my house.
Also if you missed it on the twitter, kids that live behind me decided my house would be good target for BB gun fire. Even after they shot one through the window. I think the free ride in a cop car from their house to ours convinced them it was a bad idea. I am also sure the cost of the window will help.
Old people think video, remember photographs. But I’ll drive up there anyway when I can to crawl around in an attic to double check.
I probably would have missed traffic if I would have left earlier. But Grandma made liver for me for dinner. Couldn’t pass that up. /me likey liver. Yes with onions. And bacon. Good stuff!
I have a few photos I need to upload. Maybe tomorrow.
I have some video I need to process and upload. Maybe tomorrow.
I’ve moved pressd. donburnside.com/pressd is where you will find it now. More on this later in the week.
To the old dude at Starbucks wearing the shear-almost-too-tight-white shirt. Ew.
Grand Dad drinks Bloody Mary’s with Tequilla. Don’t think I wasn’t tempted. If it weren’t for the fact that tequilla makes me miss flights, I might have tried it.
People look at me funny in traffic as I sing along to the iPod. Hey Mr. Comb Over, wtf?
2 nights of record breaking bad sleep in a row. I know, I’m on a roll. I’m hoping to break that trend.
Now.
Why yes, yes I did.
I’d keep an eye on Josh for something too. I gave him a copy to have fun with. C’mon, it’s a smoking gorilla! Can’t beat that. And watch for the singing polar bear at the end.
Almost all of the film on reels has been digitized and most of that has been converted into DV format, ready for editing. I still have to go through and see if there are any reels that I need to redo for whatever reason (usually because the DV cam is off frame a little). I expect to have the last of the reels digitized today.
Next steps are.
Looks like this should be done before the end of September, and except for the sample I showed you above, I am more than pleased with the overall results.
Anyone need some film transfers done?
Sure there was a day 2, but I didn’t really share.
Have I mentioned that I have made the Bell & Howell projector my bitch?
Look at that. Running all smooth and silky. Not too bad for such a tempermental machine that’s for sure.
But I have figured out the trick to get it run right for the most part. I was able to knock out almost 4 300′ reels today in about 2 hours, and I’m very pleased with that. I say almost 4 because one of them broke part way through the transfer and I couldn’t find the glue we are using when that happens, so I’ll do that one again tomorrow.
One of the hurdles I’m running up against now is drive space. So far, the 8 reels I’ve captured are taking up almost 6gb of space in the format right from the camera. As soon as I start converting those to dv so I can edit them, I expect that number to triple. And since I only have about 5gb of free space left on my Mac, I’ll have to move those to an external drive to process and edit them. That will slow me down a bit I’m sure.
8 300′ reels down, 9 to go. Then I get to start in on the 50′ reels. I’ll be using my grandfathers external hard drive by then for sure to storage and transportation. I’m also hoping to somehow score a more powerful machine out of this as well. Would be handy since iMovie takes over an hour to import these from the camera directly. Ugh.
So I spent about an hour yesterday going through Dad’s shed looking for his 8mm projector. I found his screen. A few boxes of photos. Some antique do-dads. A tic-tac-toe game I made in 7th grade shop class.
But not a projector.
So, it’s back to the grand ‘rents today to continue the project, using Grand Dad’s projector. For now, I’m just going to have to make it work.
In other news…
Fireballed.com has been updated and is now live. Feedback, as usual, is greatly appreciated. The other site I’m working on should be done today ready for the switch over shortly thereafter.
The Hollywood Car Show domain is live and site is almost finished. Shooting for go live this weekend. Episode 4 is in the tubes too, so go get it.
Was able to put a fraud alert on my credit across all agencies. Next up, a trip to Temecula to get another copy of my birth certificate, right after I procure a new lock box.
Next week w(t)f should get back to normal apprearance. I just need to find the 20 minutes or so I need to move pressd out to it’s own install.
Check pressd too. The RIAA has shut down muxtape and I’ve been reading that Pandora is, again, in trouble, but not with the RIAA.
Ok, gotta go to the beach!
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