Post Test...It's Been A While

OK...I had to Update Eventually

Here's a house interior I modeled and rendered in Maya.

Just thought I'd update this a bit...Hey i've been away for over a month...so...

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas! It's been a busy last couple weeks. And I have to work Christmas eve, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day...which is really too bad.
Anyway, here's a quick christmas tree model I slapped together and rendered in Maya...I'm trying to realize it's Christmas tomorrow!

Digital High Definition Camcorders

This is something I would love to have. As a amateur filmmaker, it would be very nice to have a camera that shoots a decent picture. It's very convenient now to have a digital camcorder and a good film editing software package. Together they can help you create am awesome film on a low budget. This Sony camcorder costs around $5000US...it would really beat the Samsung camcorder I'm currently using.

Christmas Commercials Before Halloween?!?!

There was some really early Christmas advertising this year. I heard commercials on the radio before Halloween had even gone by...that's pretty early for the Christmas Commercialism to start, don't you think...? Since Halloween is now past, I'm sure that all the stores will have their Christmas decorations up by the time I'm done writing this blog...

Looking For Apartments To Rent

I went looking for an apartment today. Since I recently accepted a job offer at Sitel, I need a place to stay for a while. I start training Sunday afternoon, so there really isn't to much time left to find a good spot. I'd really prefer a bachelor apartment, actually just something where I'm on my own. I dodn't really like the idea of sharing a place...although I know it's cheaper...There's some high-rise apartments that aren't too expensive, and I'm still looking at a few houses with apartments (maybe basement, like my old place) I hope I find something soon!

A Few New PC Games

I bought a couple computer games recently. One was GTR 2, a FIA GT racing sim. Another game that I have got in more recent times is Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter...that's a long name, which is why it is usually referred to as GRAW. I plan on buying The Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones game sometime soon. Other games on my buy-sometime-soon list include The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion; Company of Heroes; Splinter Cell: Double Agent; and FEAR. These are all PC games, although many are available on consoles as well. GAME ON!

Coffee + Coca-Cola = Enough Caffeine

Here's an equation - Coffee + Coca-Cola = Enough Caffeine. Brilliant. If I'm feeling tired out, but I want to keep going without falling asleep all the time, I need my coca-cola at night, and my coffee in the morning...hahaha. It would be better to sleep a bit more, but it's more fun to sit in front of a computer screen with a can of coke in your hand. OK, I'm joking, and I'm really not addicted to caffeine at all...although I just had a brainwave - we can build a Tim Horton's on our street corner!

A Couple 24 Inch Widescreen Monitors

Here's two cool 24 inch widescreen LCD monitors. They both have a resolution of 1920 x 1200. That's great for games that support it, but you need to have a decent videocard to push pixels at this resolution - especially with anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering on. Some games that I have and would like to play in widescreen are (of course) Half-life 2 and its following episodes; Age of Empires 3; and Far Cry. Valve makes the Half-life series work perfectly in widescreen and Age of Empires can work, but I've heard it stretches the HUD at the bottom of the screen. Anyway, these widescreen monitors are great for a lot more things than just games - widescreen movies look nice, and you have a lot more screen area for working on things like Maya. You can have two windows side-by-side, for example. And LCD monitors are awesome because they don't put off as much heat or take up as much space as the old CRT monitors (yep, I know all about that, my 19 inch CRT is almost as deep as my desk - they really isn't much room left in front of it).

Oh, by the way, the silver monitor here is the Samsung Syncmaster 244T($1759.99) and the black monitor is the Dell Ultrasharp 2407FPW (on sale right now for $799.99). These prices are in Canadian dollars and the Dell is definitely a better price...:)