My first attempt in blender at using physics to create an animation. Thanks to Super3boy for the fine tutorial that explained how to do this.

Hilarious!!

Becoming a hair stylist

Well, as promised, I've been working for a couple of hours tonight on Blender's particle system to create hair. Yesterday, I managed to create a simple ball that emitted hair from everywhere...tonight I've managed to take a monster's head I'd earlier made and give him a stylish 80's mohawk! It took awhile, and a little trial and error, but the end results are worth it. Next up, I need to work on my "box modeling" skills and create a good looking head with a little less geometry. Although I'll probably start working on improving my lighting skills next.

I know this doesn't look like much, but after much hardship I've finally gotten a "small" handle on the new hair and fur system in Blender 2.46! Next step is to take a model of a head that I've been working on and see if I can give it a realistic looking head of hair and maybe a beard.

Wassup!

I don't know...I'm having a totally weird evening. I've been sick the last couple of days, missed work and everything. Actually my whole family has been sick. First my son came down with something? He mostly had a stuffy nose and sore throat. Then my wife and I both came down with symptoms. She's been achy, sore throat, headaches...while I've been runny nose, achy, weird stomach. I've ate a couple of times today, but I still feel like I could use something, but don't know what. Nothing that we've got sounds good, and gas is sure way too expensive to be trekking out just to satisfy a craving, especially when I don't know what for!

I've been doing a lot of learning the last week or so on a 3D program called Blender, a free 3D program that's been around for a few years now. It's basically a professional level 3D creation tool like the one I've paid for to use called Truespace, only much more powerful. I've tried using it in the past, but it's user interface is extremely daunting. I recently bought a book called, "The Essential Blender" edited by Roland Hess. It's extremely well written and has already got me doing some pretty amazing stuff. I hope to be posting some examples here soon. Anyone interested into getting into 3D CGI, I higly recommend that you look into Blender, which can be found HERE If it looks like something you'd like to try, I highly recommend getting Roland Hess's book, and just follow all the tutorials in order.

Alex graduates from Anthis Career Center

Worrying infection showing up in Texas

Excerpted from Slice of Sci-fi.com


Have those black-oily aliens from the X-Files invaded Texas? Doctors puzzled over bizarre infection surfacing in South Texas

According to some medical news out of the southern part of that State one might think they have. Doctors are trying to find out what is causing a bizarre and mysterious infection that has surfaced there.

While the disease isn’t deadly it makes those who get it wish they were dead and that is no laughing matter. Called Morgellons Disease, those infected will break out with beads of black, tarry sweat and get lesions that never fully heal.

“Sometimes little black specks come out of the lesions and sometimes little spaghetti-like fibers,” stated one sufferer of the disorder.

Currently about 100 cases of this strange disorder have cropped up and been verified in the State with patient’s exhibiting a variety of bizarre symptoms and a great deal of pain.

Others complain of having overwhelming feelings like bugs are literally crawling under their skin.

The only course of treatment seems to be a regiment of antibiotics, pain meds and anti-parasitic remedies, but nothing seems to be 100 percent curative.

The pain and anguish is so intense that one patient took his own life to get relief from the horrendous symptoms.

So far, pathologists have failed to find any cause for the infection or how one contracts the disease.

For more information on Morgellons, visit the research foundation’s Web site at www.morgellons.org.

Taking a bigger lead

Looks like yesterday Barack Obama has taken a bigger lead by sweeping North Carolina and "almost" taking the lead in Indiana, which few were expecting him to show even that respectably here in the hoosier state. I would have liked to seen Mr. Obama take Indiana as well, but I guess this is going to have to be drawn out a little bit longer. He has now stated though that he's going to begin campaigning in states other than just the Primary states that are left to win. This is a definite sign that he's planning on winning the nomination, otherwise why spend money campaigning against John McCain?

It's my personal opinion that Barack Obama is the candidate offering the best hope of repairing the damage that's been done to the moral fabric of this country over the past seven years. John McCain is just another George W. Bush, with the same idea that military confrontation is the only way to handle everything...and Hillary Clinton will bankrupt this country that's already in dire trouble with healthcare and economic plans that just don't make any sense whatsoever.

Just got back from seeing Ironman...what an incredible movie! This one ranks right up there with the best of them! Robert Downey Jr. gave probably his best performance ever. This movie had too many great moments to count them all. I highly recommend seeing it whether you're a superhero fan or not...it's simply a great, entertaining movie for the entire family.