Mar 26, 2004

Icon SF

Well, we're off to ICON

It's my first con, so I'm sure I'll have some unique experience. I don't know if I ever would have gotten the mojo to go on my own, so its cool that nepthys and mortalis are coming out for it. We get to see them AND do something fun and new.

I'll let you know how it all goes.

4:29 pm | permalink | /life | 0 writebacks |

We Saw This Guy!

A few weeks ago, when visiting upstate, we saw a Mercedes driving around playing a video on FOUR SCREENS of his car while driving with no passengers.

I didn't see the video, but Sara was like "Was that what I think I just saw?" and my Dad just said "Yeah." Apparently, they booked him for doing it!

From CNN.com

A driver in Schenectady, New York, was arrested last month after rolling past police with a DVD titled "Chocolate Foam" playing on the passenger-side sun visor in his Mercedes-Benz, authorities said. The movie also was rolling on screens set into the car's headrests.

The driver was accused of breaking state laws prohibiting watching TV while driving, as well as another law making it illegal to exhibit sexually explicit material in a public place.

Umm... Yeah.

1:53 pm | permalink | /technology/film | 0 writebacks |

The Gimp for Windows

The Gnu Image Manipulation Program for Windows 2.0 is stable and released today, (following the source code release a few days back) along with a fresh version of GTK+ 2. It's free and the installers are super-simple, so all of you still running on Microsoft OSes get downloading! You'll be glad you did!

If you're installing on Win95/98/ME, please uncheck the WIMP theme option in the Gimp installer options to save yourself some headaches. Also, be sure to install the version of GTK+ 2 that's on that page as well.

My little logo guy at the top right of glitchnyc.com was done on an early beta using paths and selection masks, which allow you to do some basic beizer curves and point-to-point selection. Very cool.

1:36 pm | permalink | /technology/opensource | 0 writebacks |