Earlier tonight, I was feeling pretty tired and down. No real reason. I’m attributing it to Winter, and the general crappiness of the skies lately. Maybe it’s due to the fact that I haven’t been sleeping too much lately. The pattern seems to be: tired in the late afternoon/early evening, full awake by 11:30 PM. …
Standing at the Blue Line stop, waiting for the train this morning, I was looking out across Damen. Theer was a steady snow going, and a few inches had collected along the tops of the railing. I looked over, and watched a guy gather some snow between his gloves and pack a snowball. For some …
This has become something I’ve been thinking more and more about, lately. It’s past midnight, and I’m typing away in this journal of a sort. I’m tired, but still up. Part of me feels like cracking a beer and continuing to type; part of me feels like just calling it a night. I’m acutely aware …
On the way to work, I happened across this bit of snow, tucked into the corner of a building. I kept on walking and about 30 feet later, turned around and pulled out the camera. For some reason, I found this image particularly captivating. It made me think about flexibility, and about how sometimes the …
Download File: tracer.flaDownload File: drawer.fla The way I’ve got things set up – I’m working with two .fla files. One to do the tracing (tracer.fla) and one that does the drawing/display (drawer.fla). I’m using the Output Window to get all my information for me, so you’ll need to start off by opening tracer.fla in Flash. …
I’m throwing the .fla files up on here, in case anyone decides that want to give this a go. I’ve tried to comment as best as I could, throughout most everything. See below for more of a step-by-step on how I made things. Please, I’d love to hear how this can be improved. In my …
Man, it’s been a long while since I’ve been bitten by the experiment bug. And actually, it’s been a long while since I’ve really worked with Flash/Actionscript. So this weekend felt pretty darn good. :) So here’s what I’ve got: my attempt at type illustration. A few things to mention, at the start here. First, …
I had been talking about going to see the parade in Chicago’s Chinatown, but today proved to be too cold. I was at the gas station this morning, and after a few moments exposed to the elements, I knew there was no way I could take very many pics. It’s a shame really, since I …
I had agreed to go to a movie night with Justin and Emma and some of Emma’s friends, but decided to stay in tonight. I had high plans of writing some, but got distracted by that whole type illustration thing, and spent all evening trying to suss that out. Ehh. I was going to go …
Justin borrowed my car last night, and he stopped by to drop it off. I went outside to wait for him, and decided to snap some picture of the neighborhood in the meanwhile. When Justin showed up, I hopped in the passenger side and we made our way back to his apartment (so we could …
We went to Hollywood Grill to grab a bite to eat. More of a late breakfast actually. To my surprise, they were rather packed and we had to wait around for a table. I got to meet a friend of theirs (Ricky), and the four of us settled into a hearty breakfast of pancakes, eggs, …
Late last night, Dustin (a3dmofo) and Sherie got to my apartment around 1:15 AM. They’d been in Jamaica the past week, and were adjusting to the rather brisk cold that had swept over the midwest. We talked a while about their trip, and how warm and fun everything was (sounded like they had a blast). …
I came across this on DIK a few days back. Go visit ni9e.com, and check out the Flash-based type animations they’ve got going on. Awesome! When I saw this, I started talking to Ben about how this might have been constructed. I had a few theories on how it might be done through scripting (we …
Felix participated in an overnight Sleep Study, to determine just why he snores so darn much. Sleep Apnea ends up being the answer.
At the Ear, Nose and Throat doctor, Felix is about to get this thing jammed up his nose. He even took video of the procedure. Gross.
Felix visits Chicago Dizziness and Hearing, to determine what might be causing his dizzy spells. Here, he's getting his eyes checked.
