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Temporary Set-Ups and WomBot in the Wild

Scopique March 10, 2020

It’s Like Moving In All Over Again Monday nights are our usual get-together nights around here. We sometimes gather together in person, or online if we’re A) sick, B) lazy, or C) all of the above. Last night the group was gearing…

Re-Doing The Computer Room, Pt II

Scopique March 9, 2020

The basement do-over continues. This weekend I finally got going with the painting, which required that I clean out the remainder of what was in the computer space. I am now seriously running out of available room for things elsewhere, and with…

Weekend Update, 2020 Leap Day Edition

Scopique March 2, 2020

Construction Zone During the reconstruction of our first-floor, the bulk of items that needed to be “out of the way” went to one of three places: the garage, the supposed “three season porch”, or the basement. Being in the Northeast, anything that…

Cameras, Crop, and Lenses — Why the Full-Frame Standard is Confusing

Scopique January 22, 2020

I have been spending a lot of time learning about the mechanics of photography now that I have my new G7 camera. As with a lot of hobbies, there’s technical knowledge — how stuff works — and practical knowledge — what you…

Counter Culture; Mining Our Own Business

Scopique January 9, 2020

Counter Culture I have been dropping images and text on Twitter about it, but don’t think that I’ve mentioned here that as a result of the sale of my father’s house, we are upgrading our kitchen. Well, it started as the kitchen,…

A New Camera

Scopique January 6, 2020

Adding yet another hobby to the pile, I am now the proud owner of this baby: So, here’s the shortest version I can compile. When studying VFX, there’s a lot of jargon thrown around that’s shared between cinematography and photography, which I…

Element 3D for After Effects

Scopique December 31, 2019

Rounding out 2019 I spent some collected money on one of my long-term wishlist items, Element 3D from VideoCopilot.net. E3D isn’t a 3D modeling program. You can import 3D models in OBJ format, can lay down some primitives like cubes and cylinders,…

The DSJI Osmo Pocket

Scopique November 13, 2019

I have this really stupid idea in my head that the only thing preventing me from getting back in the saddle with the whole visual effects thing is a lack of quality hardware. I have spent a lot of time on Amazon…

A Study of Flight Controllers

Scopique October 15, 2019

Right now I have the venerable Logitech/Saitek X52 Pro HOTAS (HOTAS stands for “hands-on throttle and stick” which is a lot less NSFW than it sounds) and I like it a lot. In Elite Dangerous, I never have to use a keyboard…

The Courier Lives! Surface Neo and Surface Duo

Scopique October 2, 2019

You had to know this was coming. Back in 2009, there was a rumor that Microsoft was working on a revolutionary yet off-the-wall hardware design under the name “Courier”. This was before Apple released the iPad, which if you remember everyone dinged…