This is the best collection of slow motion capture scenes I have come across so far. I enjoy the first scene with the 3 wine glasses that stop the bullet with the first glass.
Tempus II from Philip Heron on Vimeo.
After hunting for a new job this year I finally impressed someone. Surprisingly I’ll be working at Microsoft starting this August. Frankly I’m just ecstatic to have a job that pays a decent salary, and working for a large reputable company will be a refreshing change of pace. Now I feel obligated to once again start using Windows machines …
I really enjoyed Kick-Ass. I had low expectations on talent or plot, mainly my interests focused on watching Nicolas Cage nonchalantly kill everyone in his path. The movie delivered so much more. My favorite scene is when Hit Girl (pictured) infiltrates the stronghold as a lost school girl. I give this flick 2 thumbs up!
I finally got wife approval to pick up a .45 Auto. I was really considering the Kimber Custom II but I ended up deciding on the Para Ordnance GI Expert. I initially really liked the weight and balance in my hand, and for me the extended beaver-tail was not a necessary feature to consider upgrading. I’ve gone through about 500 rounds at this time (about a hundred of those have been my personal reloads). I am extremely happy with my choice. I’m accustomed to my Glock and Heidi’s Sig, so field stripping has proven to be more complicated than with some firearms. I’ve been happy carrying at SOB, but with the 5” barrel length it has started wearing a hole in my shorts from sitting/moving about. I know that trigger pull can vary, but I’m very pleased with a crisp and consistent pull. I’m used to a 40 caliber round, but the larger frame takes the brunt of the recoil from the .45 auto rounds, which helps out greatly with tight groups at 25′ targets. I’ll update more as I continue to enjoy Para’s version of the classic 1911 pistol.
Gotta love TX, it was nice and warm yesterday and now today … snow! Heidi had fun throwing the pugs outside (Click here for a video).
Searching for a job sucks. I’ve already received 3 ‘over-qualification’ responses to job postings (bastards) but I’m still treading water with the hope of getting the part time gig working from home. I’m just waiting to have answers from someone … that and a job that provides benefits would be nice.
Heidi claims I need help (this is altogether not an unusual comment from her). This time she feels it’s not normal to be up past 1 am cleaning the garage. While I do exhibit mild OCD ticks … I’d rather clean a garage at night instead of during a hot Texas afternoon. I like to think of my crazy self as part of the overall charming package!
Heidi and I went to see ’9′ with the Wallace’s. I’m a fan of most anything Tim Burton, so I was excited to see his latest creation. I was truly enjoying the movie all the way until the end where the ending sucked. Overall the animation was fantastic and the premise was unique … but somehow it resulted in ghost creatures raining amoeba’s to create new life. I was pretty lost at that point. Other than that a post-apacolyptic tale with robots is always a win in my book.
I own a few movies. I have spent a few dollars to support the MPAA and its associates. Since I happen to have roughly 8 Tb of hard drive space in my house, I would like to be able to legally backup all of my movies to protect from accidental scratches etc. that may occur. The other day a verdict was announce by some idiot judge illustrating how screwed up the DMCA has made the copyright legal matters. Let me sum this up for you. RealDVD is a software company that tried their best. They attempted to legally sell a product allowing a user to copy a dvd (only once) and honestly attempted to reward to correct copyright representatives. Even though they tried everything they could think of, they were still found to be hawking illegal software due to the fact that it breaks the copyright created to protect dvd’s (even though this was broken and freely distributed in the 90′s). The judge even made a point to announce that it was perfectly legal for an individual to have a digital copy of a dvd … he just didn’t fill in the little detail of how to legally obtain a digital copy yourself. Now I guess I can purchase a copy from ITunes (loaded with DRM) or pay extra for a dvd that comes with a ‘bonus digital copy’ (also loaded with even scarier DRM) … but how do I take what I have already paid for and produce a backup without an additional expense? The answer is apparently simple … break the law by using an ‘illegal’ piece of software, or move outta the US of A. Damn Commies!
