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Criss Angel Looks Like A Dong

Derek — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:56:19 +0000

You be the judge.

Los Angeles Crime

Derek — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:45:08 +0000

At Least They're Honest

As I was driving down Sunset Blvd the other day, I saw this filming location sign hanging on a street light. It said “CRIME” and had an arrow pointing right. Maybe it was for CSI or maybe there’s a movie filming called “Crime”, but I thought about all the people who might not know what the yellow signs around LA are for, and all the tourists that probably saw that sign and thought to themselves, wow, I guess I won’t go down that street.

Jesse Is Like A Modern Day Robin Hood

Derek — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:17:34 +0000

3 x 2 = 6

A modern-day Robin Hood with bad aim. However, he did manage to throw a few darts at a dartboard and practically split one of them in half. The picture you see above is the actual outcome of two consecutive throws and was not set up manually or altered in any way. The tip of the second dart struck and wedged itself into the plastic fins of the first dart. The only thing that would have made this more awesome is if it hit any number higher than 3. At least he’s consistent.

Farewell Mike

The Sandwich Social

Derek — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:49:24 +0000

Imma-eatchoo

I don’t know a single person who doesn’t enjoy a good sandwich. They are simple to make and delicious to eat so I decided to throw a Sandwich Social to celebrate the best lunch entrée ever in the company of friends, old and new. Everyone brought different items to craft their perfect sandwich. There were all sorts of breads, meats, cheeses, and produce to choose from. One of the highlights included a Grilled Cheese Truck tribute which was a grilled cheese with provolone, swiss, cheedar, Kraft Easy Macaroni and Cheese, and Trader Joe’s Pulled Pork (pictured above).

Here are some pictures of the event for you to salivate over.

The Sandwich Social Flickr Set

Back To My Mac – Practical Use/Joke

Derek — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:55:52 +0000

Smile, You're On Camera

Today at work, I was killing time during a render, when I stumbled across a great use for the Back To My Mac function of MobileMe. Essentially it is a feature that allows you to remotely connect to your Mac over the internet and see your files as if they were attached to your local computer as an external drive, or see your screen and control your computer from within a window. It works great when it works, but there have been several times where it won’t work due to incompatible routers or networks. I’ve actually read a few stories online about how people have recovered stolen MacBooks and MacBook Pros by watching the thief log into various sites and then reporting it to the authority. But that’s all besides the point of this post.

Since I knew that my roommate Jesse was home because I had just spoken to him on IM, I decided to play a little joke. I launched MobileMe’s screen sharing option and opened up iMovie and launched the capture window and set it to record from my built-in iSight camera. Once I had that set, I opened up my iTunes library and picked a song that would be funny when played at a high volume. The theme song to Family Matters seemed like it fit the bill. (Don’t ask why I have that song). Next, I launched Text Edit and typed a quick message to Jesse. I wanted to make sure it was large enough and obvious enough for him to see when he walked in so he knew it was a joke, and not my computer malfunctioning. The final step was turning my volume all the way up on both iTunes and my computer and pressing record on iMovie and play on iTunes.

In hind sight it would have been more funny if I could have figured out a way to hide the capture window and then just kept doing this over and over again until Jesse figured out what was going on.

The image at the top of this post is a screen capture of the whole set up, and if you watch the video, you can actually hear the screen caps firing off. I was quite pleased with the over all performance of Back To My Mac. I am sure I used it for the opposite purpose of what they had intended when adding this feature to MobileMe, but there’s nothing wrong with stumbling onto an accidental feature. They should turn this into a selling point. Anyhow, here is the video. Enjoy.

AC/DC Smoke

Derek — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:39:35 +0000

AC/DC Smoke

Originally uploaded by GBMB

trapcode particular + sound keys test

AJ showed me an awesome music video the other day and asked how they did it, so i tossed together a particle system and grabbed a song from my itunes to test it out. not nearly as cool, but somewhat close. i need particular 2.0 i think.

Cricko

Derek — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:57:01 +0000

Cricket

Pour out a little liquor for this badass dog. It’s a terrible feeling losing a friend. Hope there’s a doggy heaven where she can eat all the dog beef jerky she wants.

Farewell Mike

Derek — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:42:36 +0000

The Top Bunk of the Star Suite at The Ivy Hotel

Pictures from the party

Mike is leaving for Europe so we all journeyed down to The Whale’s Vagina to celebrate in style (style doesn’t require class does it?).

Amtrak hooked us up with our own train car on the way down and turned a blind eye to our cases of beer and bottles of booze. I believe it was for the safety of the other passengers and not because we deserved our own car.

Mike reserved the Star Suite at The Ivy Hotel in the Gas Lamp District in downtown San Diego which turned out to be pretty awesome except for the noise complaints at 6:30 pm. We pre-partied in the suite and then hit the city.

Drinks and dancing at Voyeur and The Bitter End followed by more nonsense in the suite.

And just hours later, we were on a train heading back up to Irvine to cap off a pretty awesome 24 hours of mayhem.

Via Wordpress iPhone app

Derek — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:52:24 +0000

Dave Attell @ The Hollywood Improv

Pets Make You Smile

Derek — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:31:48 +0000

Do you have a pet? Is it the most cherished thing in your life? Does it weigh 20 lbs or less? Does it run around the house and rip shit up all the time? If you answered yes to those questions, then consider getting yourself a Pet Shelf. It’s the best way to show your guests that you love your pet, but just can’t be bothered by chasing it around the house all day.

Simply take your pet and place it on this shelf to keep it from running amok. If your cherished pet has even the simplest understanding of the laws of gravity, it will know that taking a step off the shelf will cause it to fall. Most animals learn this concept at a very early stage in their little animal lives. The Pet Shelf works best on small dogs, but has been known to work with cats as well as long as the shelf is placed no lower than 20 feet in the air. The Pet Shelf, however, should not be used with turtles as I have found they do not grasp the concept of gravity and/or falling as well as other animals.

For all of you who were unable to answer yes to the questions at the beginning of this post, consider purchasing or adopting a pet that you can one day place on a shelf while you play online poker and eat frozen burritos.

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