Yum Yum, its Del.Icio.us...

Well, the web can be something of a confuising place, and bookmarking every page you come across that seems remotely interesting can cause more trouble than it solves... but then thats where Del.icio.us comes in. Its a dynamic web site that allows you to organise and catagorise your bookmarks. Not just that but you can also tag them in such a way that other people can easily find what you want them to see.

Here is a link to my Del.icio.us account. Take a look- it links to all the blogs in 104. Yay.

Jamming up the works...

Like most of my Generation, I was brought up watching ABC and Sesame Street, always slightly bemused that all the characters loved eating their peanut butter and Jelly samwiches. Big Bird and the rest being my role models at the time, I wanted to be like them. I couldn't manage the big yellow feathers so instead I tried something closer to home. Peanut butter and Jelly. I was so excited that I didn't give the Jelly enough time to set and it was like eating peanut butter trifle with soaked bread (wholemeal) instead of sponge. After that terrible experience I always looked at American tastes with a suspicious eye... untill the other day...

I had noticed in the Supermarket that there was, on sale, what looked suspiciously like Jam. 2 Jars for four Dollars. I grabbed them instentaniously, as you do when you are a Uni student, and rushed home to try my new yums.

BUT

They werent Jam! They were "conserve" ... What? Who? How? Who is this third party?

The explaination is as follows:

Jam and Jelly to most people are the one and the same. Made of fruit, spread on bread, has a weird name in America. But why then, if there is no difference, is there a distinction made between Jam and Jelly?

Its all about how it is made!

Wikipedia tells us that:
"Jams are usually made from pulp and juice of one fruit, rather than a combinations of several fruits. Berries and other small fruits are most frequently used, though larger fruits such as apricots, peaches, or plums cut into small pieces or crushed are also used for jams. Good jam has a soft even consistency without distinct pieces of fruit, a bright color, a good fruit flavor and a semijellied texture that is easy to spread but has no free liquid."

Aha! But then why is there such a thing as Jelly? What makes it special enough to deserve its own name? JELLY is JAM that has actually had the fruit pulp removed by a filter! Ahha! Its pure Juicy Jam. The mystery is solved! Or is it...

What is Conserve then? Why do we have conserve in Australia... are we going brand mad?

Dum dum daa!

(To be continued)

Things to take a look at...

So the Majority of people looking at this blog are going to be students of Multimedia? Take a look at some of my links on the side bar- sites such as High End 3d and 3dbuzz are great sources of plugins, and in 3d Buzz's case, Video tutorials.

If you want to get into Maya, take a look at 3d Buzz- if you want to get into compositing and after effects take a look at Creative cow- but remember, if you want to get into anything at all, you've got to get into the program and mess around a little.

The Uni labs are there! Use them! :D

(This is an example of a shot created using both Maya and After effects)

A man being made...

I am currently working on an animation with a crew of four other people. One of my jobs is character design- a reasonably challenging task. All in all there are three characters that appear in this animation; The main character- a gaunt man, a doctor and a Nurse.

The doctor and Nurse only appear briefly, but the Gaunt man is a main focus through the entire duration, so he must be made to look as good as possible.

I have been going for a somewhat exagurated look, but I am avoiding going as far as "Cartoony"

you can have a look at it here

The body is a work in progress but the head is more or less complete.

Internet revolution...

I have not really been taught about the Internet yet. Thats why I am in MPI104.

I mean sure, I can use it. But I dont really know how to post a webpage up thats anything slightly more complex than a blog. I maintain a DA site, and this blog, but they are all more or less the Web's version of a pre-packaged microwave meal. I need to learn a little bit more about coding my own webpage. I need goals. I need to create a portfolio page.

Thats the mission. :D


(Links in Safari must be in HTML...)

HTML is formed using code tags, enclosed within <>.

HTML Example one- Making a clickable highlighted link:

A link is formed using the following tags and format:
The opening tag is < A HREF= followed by "(website URL)" and a closing >
The Display text is inserted immediatley afterwards and closed with < / A >

The end result will look like:

This links to my first post

Definate sarcasim

I like to think of product placement as a game. Its like where's wally, only easier.

And then there was Blog...

I am Jeebuz. This is my blog.

I could say welcome.

I could say I'm all chirpy and so enourmously happy that you have seen my blog, honestly I am, and that your little visit will mean so much to me and possibly, yes, quite possibly change the way I look at the world and even, gods willing, live my life.

But quite honestly, Im not that worried about it. More than likley, I don't know you. Post if you want, but yeah, don't go out of your way if the content of this blog does not interest you. We will be as passing ships in the night. Hi, hello, begone.

BUT remember- in this world of computer anomnity, random names- hidden identity, do not go at liberty to abuse or insult those you meet, even if it is in a somewhat non-existent way. Although I do not know you, and you not I, manners should be universal.

Cut me, and do I not bleed pixels?

Yours in virtual sincerity
-Jeebuz