Uit het maandarchief: september 2006
Exiting the supermarket, I look at two 7-year-old boys schmoozing and giggling. They’re watching me as they whisper, I wonder why. I pass them by, and one of them shouts: “that’s the sexy man“. OK. I can only hope they overheard their mother earlier, or youth is damned. Then again, what mother would blurp such [...]
Lees verder →There’s this magical land at the end of the train. It’s a land with endless seating, in sharp contrast with the crowded wagons. People are drawn to this land with the same intensity they walk in the direction of a train that arrives on the track, no matter where the doors will stop. Trains are [...]
Lees verder →I’ve been working with Poser all week, animating humans as they walk and talk. Poser is a great application that allows you to animate any part of the human body, from the twist of the wrist to the height of the eyebrows. I never understood why animators of feature films claim that their characters had [...]
Lees verder →After years of verbally terrorizing people who stick with paper, blind to the endless opportunities of, say, a palm pilot or a digital shopping list, I bought a paper agenda. Let’s face it (talking to myself): unless you own a small lightweight virtually no battery consuming digital device that allows easy text-input, you’ll be struggling [...]
Lees verder →I just got off the phone with my local Mac dealer who will have new Mac Pro’s on display in Antwerp stores as early as tomorrow (= in 2 days). As Apple ram and discs are overpriced, they will test different third party brands and offer configurations remarkably cheaper than Apples. If you need over [...]
Lees verder →I dreamt that I was roaming the Antwerp marketplace with my childhood friend Nicholas. He was my best friend between the ages of 3 and 12. After that, we went to the same school but drifted apart. 3 months after, our haircuts, which had been in unison for all these years, were different. He absorbed [...]
Lees verder →We’re turning into the couple that invites friends for cosy diners that end in candlelight coffee. We’re becoming dangerously happy. Thank God learning UVW unwrapping is a pain in the ass, or I’d die one morning due to an overdose of dopamine.
Lees verder →Mobiele kiekjes
