The Alarm sounds like ... WHAT?

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NOT Well Said! Response to "Why We Fight" from shirtless dude...

Yup,
He's a tool...
Here's GhostCow's (LOL!) response to "Why We Fight".

"Writers Are Greedy"



A perfect example of "teh intarwebs are a privilege, not a right"!

***EDIT***

This is the winning comment from GhostCow's video page!

LeFlaneur00

I'm sorry, but your video is structurally weak. You need a good hook at the beginning, plus you need to clearly state your thesis. Your copy tends to meander and your points (ie "the average writer makes...") are not well supported. Plus, the piece is really lacking a solid conclusion.

I suggest you hire a better writer.

Well Said! Clear simple viewpoint on WGA Strike - "Why We Fight"

It's amazing what four cents can do...

"Why We Fight"

ST:TNG - Episode guide to all 7 seasons, IN SONG!

Yup,
This guy wrote a song out of the episode names of all seven seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Yup,
I'm a big enough ST nerd, that I watched the whole thing.



What's kinda cool though, is to watch how far the show evolved. The look of the later episodes (even in tiny little clip form) is far and away more sophisticated and evolved than the first couple seasons. It almost makes one wonder what you could do with shows today if you were to give them more than three episodes to mature.



Things that make you go hmmmmm...

Don't Worry! We'll be fine without the writers.

No really! The producers have it covered!

WOW! Crazy Craigslist slam on Oracle Post

Mrs. Audio Guy was surfing around on Craigslist, and stumbled on this:

GREAT AUDIO ENGINEER INTERNSHIP (WITH POSSIBLE FUTURE POSITION)

To Jimmy and Paulette Lifton,

Well, I finally got a job as an engineer with a starting pay of $16.00/hr and excellent benefits at a successful postproduction studio that works on high budget feature films. I just wanted to thank you for giving me the opportunity to learn at your facility. The most important thing that I learned is that your facility is the most unprofessional, immoral, poorly run business that I have ever worked at or been involved with in my entire life. I believe from prior experience with successful businesses that in a perfect work environment all of the employees try to make each other look better, all of the employees make enough money to live on, all of the employees are paid overtime for motivation (and because it’s a California state law!) and all of the employees have the capital to create the best product for the client. At Oracle Post none of these simple ideas and laws are even remotely put in to play.

And it goes on from there. Whoa damn does it keep going...

I can appreciate being pissed, or frustrated (hell I've worked some less-than-ideal gigs), but I'm just not sure what this would really accomplish. People talk in this town, but no one really cares if you're trying to shame someone.

Anywho give it a read. If you've ever had to start at the bottom, it's almost ... nostalgic?

Craigslist RANT!

Jon Stewart perfectly sums up WGA strike

From November 1st's "Moment of Zen":


Perfect. Subtle. Smart.
I'm going to miss this show most of all...

Spike Announces Video Game Awards Nominees, I don't care that much...

But I do care enough to post on it!

So even though I went last year, I'm just not that stoked. The list of nominees is pretty much what everyone would expect, and I'm sure it's going to be a Halo sweep because of all the Mountain Dew tie ins.

If YOU'RE interested, you've probably already seen the list somewhere else, but here it is again for good measure.

I mean, there's not even a voice acting catagory. LAME!

Killer Bean Forever! Check out the trailer!

This is really cool.
The lead animator from Matrix Reloaded is working on his own feature film.

All by himself.

The animation is incredible (to be expected), and I love the stylized look and sound.
Check it out:


Killer Bean Forever - Official Trailer


HERE IS THE OFFICIAL MOVIE SITE!

I'm not sold on the MBox2 Micro...

Future Music (my favorite "DVD-stuck-to-the-outside-of-the-magazine-with-sticky-goop" magazine) has the scoop on the new MBox2 Micro, just announced by Digidesign.


It's small.
It's sexy.
I just don't get what it's for.


Near as I can tell it's a thumb drive with Protools software and a headphone jack. There are no inputs, so you can't record into it, and at $279 it's just $20 less then the MBox2 Mini or the M-Audio Firewire 410 (what I use).



I mean even the MicPortPro, at HALF the price, has an XLR port with phantom power and a dedicated headphone jack, and it's not much bigger than the micro.


It just doesn't come with ProTools...


Here's FutureMusic's write up, and here's Digidesign's announcement.