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Angry Robot BooksTwitter Weekly Updates for 2011-02-20
- #3d #cg Nice example of the MessiahStudio – #Lightwave pipeline http://ow.ly/3VVI5 Get MessiahStudio for $10 http://ow.ly/3VVO3 #
- @lildragon nope , i did :) #
- Yesterday was rust and paint. New #Photo post http://ow.ly/3W1dk on my blog. I got some nice lighting and texture in this one. #
- Just noticed yesterdays post on my blog was number 200, damn seems like that took a while :) #
- RT @tincow: 3D Character Artist looking for work, showreel & folio at http://www.tincow.net/ Willing to relocate #cg #3d #zbrush #gamedev #
- Photo: Art from Grant Morrison’s 18 Days | Parka Blogs http://tumblr.com/xwh1igqyjz #
- RT @fxjobhunt: FX Job Hunt: 3D Specialist http://bit.ly/e2noJD #jobs #vfx #
- @unityassets got a link? #
- Photo: Epic Steampunk Star Wars – WorldWide Gamers http://tumblr.com/xwh1iiyxbq #
- @unityassets you are welcome, glad to help #
- @shaggerty yeah that is a fun one :) glad you like :) #
- @strages yeah, liking most of those #
- @strages ahh, yeah but in practical application, thinking it might be more hazardous, swords, high pressure and hoses. new discipline/style? #
- @philnolan3d damn auto correct ! #
- @eldritchreverie sounds like they need some folks to run games there. my local shop stocks and sells some. #
- @eldritchreverie cool, this store has a pretty rich group of folks running games. recently one close that was not good at that. #
- #Untold and @thewanderingmen interview most popular posts over at WWG site http://ow.ly/3WPw1 #
- RT @chuckwendig: Apple moving to lock down the Kindle app? http://bit.ly/i1pZPt #
- @thewanderingmen looking forward to them seeing the light of the net :) #
- RT @jasonthibault: Should You Self Publish? One Writer’s Take – http://ow.ly/3VMxd #writing #selfpublish #ebook #
- RT @38studios: Many more positions have been posted to our Jobs page. This is a great opportunity to join an awesome team http://ow.ly/3WZwi #
- Buddhist spin on social media http://ow.ly/3X5W8 #
- Photo: badger (by Dave Currie) http://tumblr.com/xwh1iu3ter #
- exhausted – stayed up late last night for no apparent reason. #
- @dabates think servers just went down #
- RT @riftgame: We know that many of you are concerned about the unexpected outage. We're looking into the issues. http://fb.me/t4ZRZP2j #
- RT @volcanoalert: USGS Watching Mount St. Helen's Volcano Following Earthquake Swarm – Yahoo! News : http://yhoo.it/fdudUY #ashtag #
- @tincow be sure to keep an eye on @38studios they have a steady stream of various jobs. nothing character related atm, but watch em. #
- RT @cgeyeltd: We're still after a new 3D artist to join our Essex based studio. With good knowledge of #3dsMax #VRay #Photoshop etc. #jobs #
- RT @mikepanic: #Lightroom is on sale today for those who legally buy #software http://amzn.to/eWz03g $189, normally $299 #
- Thanks @chris68005 and #cgeyeltf for the #ff ! #
- I have been savoring @chuckwendig 's "Irregular Creatures" http://ow.ly/3Z4Gx slowly like a fine whiskey aged in something questionable #
- @lotekk lol why the Silo hate? #
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Red Ring of Death
The following is my latest email to Microsoft concerning my xBox which has suffered the fateful Red Ring of Death. I attempted to send this on a form on their support site which below the field where you type the message has a counter reading 0/1000 characters and counts up as you type. As you can probably tell I am slightly frustrated by this time and so get up to around 800 of my allowed characters per the form. I hit subit before really going off all the way and get an error. The error states that you can only send messages with 500 characters using this form. So far their support site which on the surface seems quite nice has failed on ALL aspects of actually supporting the user. On top of this ever step of the phone support process mentions the web support site and how you should go use it. I would recommend them not doing that as my experience with the folks on the phone was quite nice and the web site made me want to tell Microsoft and my precious xBox to go fuck themselves.
I have already called requesting repair and have been approved on SR xxxxxxxxx. I am unable to print my labels because I get an error when I enter my sr# and zip code that states the zip code does not match. I have tried both the 5 and 9 digit zip code. I have a 2nd SR related to this xxxxxxxx and was told to wait 24 hours. This problem has been happening since Saturday when I got my initial email. I am also not seeing my console registered on my live id (email address) This is turning from what was an initially smooth support experience into a frustrating, disappoint experience very quickly. In addition to the 10 to 15 day turn around time I have once I am finally able to ship my dead console, the days are ticking by quickly adding to that total because I can not even print the required labels to ship the useless brick.
Blender for School
Figured I would throw a work in progress image for my 3D graphics class. This is just a basic modeling exercise. Our task was to model a castle and I had to keep forcing myself to keep it simple or I would potentially never finish it. Thought it might be more interesting to post a screen cap of the model in the interface than a render of something with no real lighting or textures.
Election 2008
Pretty decent turnout at the polls today, At least the poll where i did my duty. Hope veryone else who has an opinion one way or the other takes the time. Here in Alabama it is a very nice fall day. Sunny and low 70′s. No reason not to take 30 minutes and cast a vote.
FDA says yes, Drug CEO says no
The founder of a game company, RocketBoom is fighting for his fathers life. The man’s doctor finds a possible way to cure the multiple myeloma (cancer) using an MS drug. Gets some heavy hitters to go to bat for them with the FDA who says yes, go ahead, only to be shut down by the CEO of the drug company.
Political Post
Hey, we are having an election. I should make a political post, except the whole thing is just really sad. The more of these things we have the more disgusted I get with the whole process. I may get the urge to post something meaningful in the future, maybe after tonights knife fight I am expecting. For now, take a look at the following ….