Transformers – not worth it

Jun 24

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Today I went to see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen with my coworkers. Unfortunately, it was totally not worth it. The movie was very loud (theater speakers were rattling), very zoomed in, very shaky, and very slow-motion. They actually managed to make action sequences boring by too-extensive use of slow-motion. The movie also just plain made very little sense in so many places…

On the plus side (and a completely unrelated note), I got the eyeglasses restriction removed from my license. Apparently my eyes have improved over the past few years. Lucky!

Too Much Spam

Jun 18

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Well, looks like the few bad apples have ruined it for the rest of us… I’ve decided to disable the comment feature here for a while. Mostly because I was getting one legit comment for every fifty spams.

Anyway, the comment feature may return in time, and until then, feel free to email – blog AT colincarley.com

New Toy

Jun 12

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Ordered this a few days ago from Amazon, and it finally arrived:

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It’s a Makita RF1101. Should be a lot of fun in my costuming work.

Device Rebuild and Redesign

May 28

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Now that I’m settling in to my new apartment, I decided to unpack the boxes and other containers holding the parts to my Diabolical Device. Of course, just putting it back together would’ve been too easy. Insted, I’ve also been looking for ways to improve the design and construction as I went. This took longer, but I’m now pretty happy with the new implementation of the base and one annoying control axis.

I hope to have the machine operational early next week (as this weekend is busy), though I also want to order a couple of new parts for it, which will have to wait a week or three.

New roommate

May 20

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So, I woke up the other day and walked into my living room to discover a new roommate.

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Apartment hunt, day 2 – Plano, TX

May 3

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Actually, this happened nearly a week ago, but I’ve lacked internect access for some time now. Headed to Plano, TX, and found a nice apartment up there for less than half what I was paying in California. Time to notify the moving service that they can drop off my containers, and I’ll start getting the place set up…

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Apartment Hunt, day 1

Apr 27

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Had a few backtracks today – the GPS either didn’t have the correct maps for the area, or I lost connection to the satellites due to bad weather, and it put me down the wrong road. Nothing too bad, and the drive down to the hunting area was actually pretty nice, considering the area was supposed to be having some terrible thunderstorms right now. Got about a dozen drops of rain on the windshield on the way, and it’s very cloudy, but that’s about it.

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Move, stop 3 – Ada, OK

Apr 27

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Actually did this leg back on Saturday, but this is the first time I’ve had internet access since then.

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Move, stop 2 – Santa Rosa, NM

Apr 25

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Took a small stop over in the Grand Canyon Caverns, but other than that, the drive has been smooth and fairly straight along I-40. Should be one more leg of the journey, and then I’ll be there!

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Move, stop 1 – Kingman, AZ

Apr 23

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Just stopped for the night (after some dinner) for the first day of the great move adventure, in a little town called Kingman, AZ. Big reason for choosing this spot was that the next town listed on the highway signs was Flagstaff, which is about 120 miles further on. It’s after dark, so time to stop.

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Now for rest.

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And so the great move begins

Apr 21

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Yesterday, I accepted delivery of some moving containers from a company called Door-To-Door, which will help on the great moving project, bringing me from California to my new job over in Texas, where I’ll be doing iPhone work. Details to follow, but for now, back to packing as much into those containers as possible!

And more modelling…

Mar 25

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