I think the green laser is for setting the focus plane. The IR laser/sensors (which form an invisible X on the focal plane) are to trigger the flash and special shutter.
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 6:09 AM on July 25, 2008

Dammit, I was going to come in here and brag about my $16.68 and low UID, but user frakking 1 had to come in and ruin my fun.

Best of luck to you, Sean. I'll be looking for this type of progressive forward-looking government in my state - hopefully you can make a difference in yours.
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 7:37 PM on July 16, 2008

Shit.
This pisses me off.
Fuck, the guy was only 71.
So many cunts wanted him silenced.
Now the cocksuck(ing) motherfucker is tits-up.
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 10:18 PM on June 22, 2008

I bought four "pullets" from a local farmer who had free-range chickens. Two turned out to be roosters, so once they started crowing and fighting, I had to do the deed. This blog was tremendously helpful for this first time (sub)urban chicken farmer.

I now have two laying hens, and two pullets, bought pre-sexed from the local feed store.

The best advice from the blog (other than the chicken tractor - something I built for mine) is the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 2:55 PM on June 10, 2008

When I was but a lad, my family was vacationing in the Smoky Mountains, and we were witness to the results of an accident involving a CANDY TRUCK which strew its' remains across the road and shoulder.

My parents wouldn't stop.

I never forgave them this transgression.
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 8:50 PM on March 28, 2008

Mastercheddar - according to This recent story, contractors with cost-plus accounting usually secure the highest bid because it makes them more money through their government contract.
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 7:11 AM on October 12, 2007

Enron Hubbard:

MAC addresses are FREQUENTLY cloned at the push of a button these days. They are easily changed.

It's but a flash of a bit of firmware on many cards.

Just sayin.
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 4:04 PM on October 5, 2007

Metafilter's own StickyCarpet invented morphing.

How did this not get any love?
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 12:56 PM on September 5, 2007

11 now, BTW.
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 9:44 PM on June 7, 2007

I don't know if this was alluded to in the original Russian, but the reason for most of these "clones" is that they were all based on the same original rotoscoped character studies.

The already choreographed, filmed, traced motion of characters was then used as templates.

Since it was very expensive to do those initial rotoscopes, using them over and over with different characters overlaid onto the motion probably saved a bunch of money,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 5:30 PM on April 10, 2007

Man. I shouldn't have waited to hit post - 6am beat me to the punch.
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 5:31 PM on April 10, 2007

Gorgor, I have no proof other than what I've read on the intarwebs - the Wikipedia article I linked above and others say that Disney used rotoscoping with Snow White and Cinderella, so those high(er)-budget productions seem to be the sources for some of the "cloning of actions" (re-use of roto plates) in some of the other (lower budget) clips listed on the Russian site.

I think you're misinterpreting what I wrote a bit, though. I'm definitely not belittling the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 8:53 PM on April 10, 2007

I know a friend who is downloading ~15GB .ts (transport streams) or .mkv (matroska video format) files of current 1080i and 1080p movies from newsgroups. He says each has only taken a few hours to download. He's playing them back with VLC on a Mac Mini Intel Core Duo to a Samsung 61" 1080p DLP rear projection system.

Granted, most of these are caps from HD cable channels, but he's seen some which are labeled as HD-DVD rips.

They look and... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 4:50 PM on February 15, 2007

Their photoshopped PS3 Grill reminds me of a parody I did years ago.
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 7:46 AM on November 24, 2006

I presume this is where they took their name?
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 3:30 PM on November 19, 2006

One of these installed in a rack on a show I worked on a while back.

Also, here's a picture of one side of an audio system in which there was some discussion as to whether we'd even use all of it, though we ended up using the whole thing.

Large speaker stacks can certainly be visual placebo. Don't forget that the performers can also fit that bill.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 10:16 AM on September 29, 2006

From the first link:

"In one of Hasted's favorites, pieces of tape on the carpet mark positions for 'The President' and 'Mrs. Bush.' "

(Referencing this picture)

I saw this very type of staging when I worked a Presidential event a few months ago (self link).
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 1:53 PM on September 28, 2006

I saw him in Chicago mid-August. He was dressed well, and didn't make eye-contact.

He seemed so out of place, and now I can understand why.
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 4:29 PM on September 8, 2006

dabitch:

It's the link on the "." of the original post.
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 5:07 PM on September 9, 2006

crunchland:

Funny thing about your link there - he's plugging my buddy Jeremy Likness, who went through a similar transformation...

The internets make the world a much smaller place.
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 10:45 PM on September 2, 2005

Wow, punkbitch, at least tell me why you think it shit - the guy really turned his life around.
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 10:23 AM on September 3, 2005

No worries, punkbitch.

I will admit that the weight loss and bodybuilding "scene" contains a lot of spammy ad stuff, but Jeremy is the real deal. He does self-promote, but his plan is solid and he honestly enjoys helping people.
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 2:24 PM on September 3, 2005

Way back, right before the Cecil article was posted, folks on alt.fan.cecil-adams, including myself, discussed this.

Seems that the theories haven't changed much in 8 years...
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 5:54 PM on July 1, 2005

That bloody pulp is actually a pizza flying out of the delivery boy's bike box.

I did a double-take myself...
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 9:48 PM on June 24, 2005

Re: iBook or Powerbook:

Yep, it can be done.

Doesn't have to be LinuxPPC, but it could be.
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 9:44 PM on June 18, 2005

Not all drug companies are like this.

Unfortunately I don't feel comfortable saying more about why I know this since my livelihood depends on services for drug companies.
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 5:26 AM on December 5, 2004

This peculiar building. Same picture, with text details.
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 10:23 AM on November 22, 2004

Why isn't it?

Because the HMOs treat their members as liabilities rather than assets and turn the thumbscrews on them as a result.

For instance, I recently went in for surgery (to repair a hernia) and buried deep in the pre-op paperwork was a warning that I should decline all hospital-provided lab work because my HMO was having a dispute with the hospital's lab. Their suggestion was for me to get the lab work done at their... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 6:41 AM on November 1, 2004

This is where you'd normally find the GI Joe PSAs, but it looks like Fensler has been hit with a cease and desist...
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 8:33 PM on October 4, 2004

A net.friend of mine is also blogging his hurricane experiences at his site. He's doing some cool multimedia - video and time-lapse.

I'm in FL myself, though I'm pretty far west. We've had a couple of squalls from feeder bands, but nothing of serious note. Around four or five this morning is when we're supposed to get the actual front.
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 10:14 PM on September 4, 2004

Posting from just north of Tampa, here.

The winds are starting to pick up, but looks like we're going to luck out compared to Sarasota.

It was looking really bad for a bit there - we were going to catch the brunt of Charley.

My house is well out of the evacuation zones, so I've got several extra people here who were evacuated this morning.

My folks live on Tierra Verde, off of Fort Desoto, and... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 2:37 PM on August 13, 2004

I was actually very surprised that the Human Trafficking issue didn't get mentioned here in the Blue when the Justice Department had their convention concerning it here in Florida last month. The brothers Bush and Ashcroft were all there to commit to doing everything they could to squelch modern day slavery.

I worked with the production company which did all of the staging and AV.

Some interesting notes from the Convention:
1) Human... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 12:57 PM on August 11, 2004

This is incredibly embarrassing for me as a Floridian.

I guess I'll have to write to my government again - this time with an, "I told you so..." because they LOST MY VOTE from 2002.
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 11:12 AM on July 28, 2004

Ha! The author's discomfort is mildly amusing to me.

I still occasionally go to proms - and I do the same thing there that I did at the four proms and four homecomings I went to in high school - work!

One of my companies does large-scale DJ/video services. We set up 10'x30' screens and run around the dance floor with cameras. We play music videos and CDs. We supply lighting and fog machines.

Every year, on the floor, it's... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 5:32 PM on June 17, 2004

Sinner:

Nope, we don't record the evidence. The cameras just run to a switch and then to the screen.

Plus, our cameramen are trained to keep the nasty out of frame so it doesn't find it's way onto the screen.

If we were to record these actions, we'd be liable for criminal child pornography, I'm sure.

Let me be clear, though, I'm not happy about this state of affairs - I don't want my employees or... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 7:47 PM on June 17, 2004

This was all over NANOG this morning, as of around 9am EST.

A bit later, maybe 10am EST, Apple replaced their Akamai DNS entries with their own DNS servers.

Other companies did the same. It looks as though everyone is back on Akamai though.
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 11:55 AM on June 15, 2004

As far as what the stuff is that comes out, well, psyllium seed is a bulking laxative, I'm guessing that drinking CLAY and then having the large intesting suck out all of the water will probably result in black impacted nodules of some sort...
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 7:26 AM on June 3, 2004

A friend of mine just got taken to task for bringing a box cutter through security.

It was a complete accident - he uses the damn things for his job and switched out carry-on cases last minute, leaving one in a pocket of the new case.

Despite being an accident and his record being squeaky clean, he's still got a court date for a misdemeanor charge.

Someone with the desire could do as much damage with a ballpoint pen.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 7:05 PM on January 26, 2004

swell,

My friend is most certainly not a dumbass. He flies about 60 days a year, and uses knife-tools every day he is not flying. That simply increases his chances of making a mistake.

I suppose you've never forgotten to take things out of your pockets before you wash your pants? This is the same problem. By the time you get to the security checkpoints, you've already checked the bags you can carry these "weapons" within. In the cases... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 6:03 AM on January 27, 2004

So many people have been posting great stuff about this that the mainstream media just hasn't caught onto yet.

MP3 trading is much like the old Cassette days.

I've bought as much, if not more music in spite, or because of widespread mp3 availability. I *know* I've found music I never would have heard before because of mp3.

The people who circumvent copyright by obtaining mp3's they don't own the corresponding album to,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by tomierna at 6:56 PM on April 19, 2000