Since the last post, which hasn’t been posted yet, some things have changed. I accepted a new job. The decision was a complicated one, and not one I’ll talk about here.

 

The new job has included

Back in November, about the time of the last journal entry, I was getting tired of doing the same stuff over and over.

 

Fast forward to now. I’ve been working at the movie company for the last four

Start with a almsot-new E520n running feisty fawn, procured from craigslist. It only took a few minutes to decide this was a more worthwhile system than the old homebuilt brute. (Well that, and the

Between GeForce 7 & 8, XvMC support has been dropped, and 2d performance has gone to shit.

 

On the Mac (FWIH), 2d compositing is actually handled by mapping a texture onto a 3d object. (Add details

We were sitting around tonight talking about the differences between the Dresden Files books and TV show: In the books, Harry has a VW bug. A beetle is air cooled, but it does have some electronics.