Another year…

And thus is begins. Another year here at Mary Washington (I was tempted to say Hogwarts). I’ve been able to get most of the classes I want with the exception of one class time. My schedule now consists of (in no real order):


  • Arabic
  • Astronomy
  • Spanish
  • Intro to Film Studies
  • Design Principles


  • So why Arabic? I dunno, it seemed like a cool thing to learn. Not many people know it, and if I ever wanted to throw away my current chosen career and take up international relations, I’d be pretty set. Or maybe if I make a movie about the Middle East…

    Am I glad to be back? Yeah, def. Sure, I miss the summer, I miss all my friends and the music-making/movie-watching/adventuresome shenanigans, I miss TiVo, I miss my family, and my little dog Fred, but Fredericksburg is great and like my second home. So there’s your answer to your unasked question. Now I gotta run, take a shower and head to my 9:30 class…

    Happy Trails,
    Sam.

    Nic Cage and the Cages

    There are some other projects happening at the moment here in the [tentatively titled] Super Best Friends group. Personally I am working on a new homepage for chasinglilly.net, which at the moment is disgusting. I am also working on a solo album, which so far has a total of zero finished tracks. As a group we are working on a revamped, more professional version of the McGrimmy’s, as well as a few spoof movie trailers. The movie series’ we’re going to make fun of with the trailers include National Treasure and Twilight. Will and I recently started writing a script for the National Treasure trailer, “National Treasure 3: Book of Secrets 2″.

    It’s going to be great! And though the script isn’t finished yet, I got carried away and started making graphics for it. So below is a still frame of what the Nicolas Cage credit may look like. It’s based mainly on what I thought the credits in the past two movies’ trailers looked like, and it was made completely in After Effects. (click to enlarge)




    Obviously it’s not done, but it looks much better in motion. Though the font annoys me a bit… Or maybe it’s just what the font says. Either way, the trailer’s gonna be awesome. So get ready…! Well don’t get ready too soon, we’re still in the scripting phase.



    Happy Trails,

    Sam.

    TDT LOST Podcast – Recap Episode 6.05 The Lighthouse


    Listen above or download from here (right-click, save as). The podcast is up on iTunes, so be sure to subscribe!


    In this week’s episode we talk about:

    • Review of the episode

    Also:

    1. Jack’s scar and differences in the timelines
    2. Kate’s extremely terrible scene
    3. The Lighthouse itself
    4. How the mirrors work, who is 108? Who’s being “brought” to the Island? Desmond?
    5. Jack finally starting to figure things out (smiley face)
    6. The MIB and Christian are possibly not the same entity
    7. The temple to be attacked?
    8. THEORIES and MORE!



    Loved this week’s episode! Sorry for the posting delay, guys. This is the first podcast this season that Will and I have done together in the same room on the same mic, so enjoy the better sound quality. Note: we did record this at 2 AM so please forgive and tiredness in our voices. Be sure to keep checking the blog for more podcasts and info!


    Happy Trails and Namaste,

    Sam.

    The Apple iPad is already old news, so what's next for Apple?

    **UPDATE** — Apple has just released new information on their NEXT big product set to release a few months after the Apple iPad is released! More details after the story.


    So do any of you guys remember the Apple iPad? Yeah, it was that thing unveiled this past Wednesday during the State of the Union address. No, not that random address the President gave, the important address that Steve Jobs gave on the State of the Apple Mobile Union. When Jobs took the cloth off the marvelous machine near the beginning of the event our minds were completely blown! Never before had a tablet-esque computer had such a simple interface, such little memory, or such a lack of multi-task capabilities. Oh, did I also mention that it has the phenomenal ability to run iPhone-resolution apps? To add on to all of this, the video event revealed (perhaps most importantly of all!) that the iPad includes “the most beautiful ruler you’ve ever seen in an application”! (click image to enlarge)



    iPad Apple Homepage 1-29-10

    Of course, I gotta give Apple some credit: I dare you to look at the above image and tell me that the iPad’s isn’t innovative. Never before has the world seen anything like this! See how applications appear as small icons which are laid out over multiple screens which you can flip through? Or how there are four main apps at the bottom of the screen? Or even how there is a “Home” button on the device which you can press at any time to exit an application and return to the app-screen? This is crazy stuff we’re dealing with, guys! It’s pretty innovative, and I’m actually truly amazed that no one thought of this exact concept and layout earlier, say in 2007 or something.




    **UPDATE**



    It appears that Apple’s “magical and revolutionary device,” more commonly known as just “the iPad,” is already going to be yesterday’s news! Constantly stretching the limits of innovation, and always one step ahead, Apple has just released the first information on their next big product set to release a few months after the iPad. It’s called *drum roll, please* the Apple iPad nano! (click image to enlarge)



    iPad Nano Ad


    This Apple product is obviously following in the iPad-tradition of being incredibly ground-breaking and fresh. This small device somehow holds as much memory as the obviously-bigger-and-perhaps-expectedly-capable-of-holding-more-memory iPad. Not only that, but it can also play the same apps and games as the once-again-expectedly-more-capable iPad, which in turn runs the same apps and games as the expectedly-less-powerful iPhone/iPod touch. (click image to enlarge)


    iPad Nano Ad 2


    I gotta be honest: Apple is having a stunning week. Just as with the iPad before it, nothing can really compare to the iPad nano. Not that some people won’t try. Sadly, there will be the naysayers and Apple-hating quacks out there who will make ridiculous claims such as “the iPad nano isn’t innovative at all, it’s just a smaller iPad.” But, of course, these will likely be the same crazies who made such obviously false claims this Wednesday that: “This is the big Apple tablet computer reveal? The iPad isn’t innovative or new in the least, it’s just a huge iPhone/iPod touch. It doesn’t really bring anything new to the table.” *Sigh* For some people, ignorance truly is bliss…


    Happy Trails,

    Sam.

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