LadyCrimson

Too long, can't edit my post. Here's one of a car during a more clear day so you can see the shiny.

Hm. I was finally playing around with Nevada Skies URWLified, saw the OjoBueno post and grabbed those as well. I don't have Bokishi's rig or a superman-graphic card, but together they still look kinda cool I guess. I only grabbed/used the HQ ones (road, autos, woodshacks, sidewalks, vegetation, saloon packs:I skipped the lootables). There's no huge fps/performance drop using them on my i7, but it did increase loading times (fast traveling, enter a door) by a noticeable amount, and if you have that occasional 'stutter', the increased load seems to make the moment of stutter longer/more disruptive (for me). With NVSkies, I like some things about it (rain, thunder) but sometimes I feel like someone turned on digital vibrance to max- the color saturation/contrast is way too much. My picky eyes...anyway, here's some 'regular joe' screens of the OjoBueno road & sidewalk. I still use 4xAA & 8AF, HDR (no bloom). The autos looked good, the woodplanks were ok, the streetlight textures were certainly loads better but probably not worth downloading since you hardly notice them as you run past 'em, normally, imo. So...y'know...they look very good in screenies/up close but frankly, when I'm running around playing, I'm not sure I care/notice that much having them there. Still, it's cool, and pretty. Click for full size. Sidewalks:yup, you can read the litter. The HQ roads (edit:I used the 'lite cracks' version...not as roughly cracked, dimpled, and destroyed looking as the other two options)

I saw the picture of the new Wonder Woman costume. I was not impressed. I also watched Inception a couple times, making it a total of 3. I know it's an 'interpret in your own way' type of movie, but I'm still convinced most of the movie is a mind-screw, and that he's still dreaming...that it may all be a vision of his own inception being done on him. And I was correct...his kids are definitely wearing the same clothes. There's only one time they wear different clothes, and it's not at the end.

Spouse. Pets. When something you're working on turns out well. My pseudo tech-geeking. Photography. A good won ton soup on a rainy day. Standing by the gas wall heater on a cold morning until the skin on your back feels like it's going to burn off. Anything task-oriented that keeps the mind busy & has an end result. (which doesn't include TV). It's all a state of mind. Or chemicals. Some days everything seems to please me, and then other days, even tho nothing is different/nothing has "happened," everything seems to make me grumpy. Watching the heavy wind & rain today feels exhilarating & inspiring, but yesterday I was annoyed by the rain because I was running errands & wishing for summer.

This week I learned how to upload .flv videos on my own websites that ppl can view. Not streaming, but today's high speed internet makes progressive downloading not too terrible. Fed up w/YouTube & wanted to get away from them as much as is feasible. But I have no idea what kind of strain even small video stuff has on shared server hosting so I emailed my host. It's been 2.5 years since I've had to contact him since I hardly do anything anymore (he's a very tiny, personalized host vs. cheap/mass market company). But he still responds lightning fast, remembered who I was, upgraded some stuff I was asking about for free, and from the sound of it, any paltry video use I might do wouldn't be a problem/need a dedicated server so I'm golden (for now). I love that man. Something like 7-8years with the guy...don't care if it costs more, I love love love him.

Yeah....if talking about this forum only, I'm pretty much the same. Does anyone ever hear from some of the 'missing' old-timers or are they completely gone w/the wind?

Socialization is mentally tiring & does not typically energize me. Even w/spouse or best friend, if away on a trip (that constant togetherness) you can literally set your watch by when I start to get cranky & impossible to get along with if I can't be alone for a while. Ppl who need daily (or even weekly...) contact/validation in order to feel 'close' aren't ppl who remain friends for long. But internet interaction doesn't tire me out in the same way (you can choose the level of interaction/involvement) & since even folk like myself still like to talk/interact, it's a nice way to get a bit more of that on a daily basis w/out it equaling a need for extra mental recuperation. Beyond that...I like helping people (answering questions on topics I may know) and I like sharing...both seeing what others have to share and sharing my own things when I have some. I'm one of those people who has a difficult time keeping creative motivation if no one is going to *see* the result. I don't care how many see it...just that someone does (or the illusion that someone has), if that makes sense.

127 Hours - not quite what I was expecting (tho I'm not sure what I was expecting, really). About as good as a movie centered around a chr. who can't move might be. Watchable/kinda interesting, not much more than that. HBO was playing GI Jane yesterday so I forced myself to watch it for Viggo. His role isn't that large and while he had a few moments, it didn't feel that impressive to me. But it's possible my dislike for the film in general gets in the way no matter what. Not to mention those unflattering shorts.

I would still find the monitor borders of a multi-monitor setup extremely & constantly annoying for game playing;I'd never get used to it. I'd have to buy special borderless monitors or something. Hubs doesn't like 'widescreens' for some reason but he has three 19" 4:3 and one 22" widescreen LCD's set up together. He can both use them as "one" single monitor, or as 4 separate monitors (showing stuff from 4 different pcs) that are yet connected somehow in terms of being able to seemingly just mouse-drag something from one to the other. At least, that's what it looks like, maybe I don't understand/misinterpret what he's done, I don't ask. It's cool, but he doesn't play games on them.

Ok, after tossing several crap versions in the recycle bin, this turned out to be the final version of my first real try at a music mix. Kinda new agey techno maybe. I kind of like it, tho I still need work on changing up tempos. But I'm wondering if anyone here has any recommendations on either mixing software or instrument-sound software for making your own beats/sound bits to use...I've been trying MAGIX's trial for mixing & I like it but maybe for this level (eg not super-pro) there's better.

That was absolutely hilarious, and spot on. Many of the generic points can apply to many other 'dream' jobs to some degree, as well. Hubs used to LOVE pc-tech, networking & programming:learning, keeping up with, building, creating...then it became his job for 20+ years, with the first 12 years being full of 60-80 hr weeks, working weekends & being constantly on-call. Now it's the absolute last thing he wants to do in his spare time.

Top:Win7 pc. Because it makes me laugh. I've had it up most days for a couple weeks. Bottom:XP pc. Because I still like it.

Using the generic freebie sounds that came w/a program, I tried making my own brief music mix, because...because I could. It's hard to get the balances right...or get something to sound like actual music instead of so much repetitive noise. But kinda fun trying. Liking this program, may buy it when the trial period is over. I can mix while watching baseball! Heheh Does it totally suck?

Agrees with and echoes Monte Carlo. My parents know a lot of people in Japan (through my father's long ago work)...they'd always bring me little kiddie toys or some elegant small piece of art when they visited. Don't know if mom still stays in contact w/any of them. I hope they're all ok.

Watching the Red Sox/Yankee ST game on espn2. Ah...baseball...how I missed thee. Also, Nielson sent us $2. First time for that. Dear Sirs: I'll send your survey back if you promise not to ever pick me for your black boxes of harassment. (while that would be kinda cool, also sounds like more hassle than I'd want)

Since I prefer a single GPU, the 580 is making me drool. But $500...blech. Maybe it'll drop to $400 by summer/years end when I really want to upgrade from the 275. Not that the 275 is giving me any issues, still runs everything like a champ. I just want new toys.

Didn't play the first one, and so far have no interest in the 2nd. However a lot of people I've met lately are all excited for DA2, so I've been, just now, watching some early Let's Plays. So far the best thing I've seen (and it's very early) is one guy who decided to run his gal chr. out in her underwear (cause it made me lol). The blood splatter setting he was using was really odd tho...it looked like crazy paint splatter on a wall, or something, not blood. edit: do like the party members and the combat doesn't look too bad 2ndedit - like the mage staff or whatever it is too. Wicked looking.

lol...I know. This video stuff has me by the...well, I'm female, never mind. On the plus side, I finally learned all that virtualdub can really do. Thumbs up. Going to try my hand at video cameras again too. I'd forgotten how frustratingly fun video editing is for someone like me...then I bought this PC...need a few more TB's of hard drive space tho...

That's why I have my own website for sharing images. But it doesn't work with streaming videos...or at least, I don't have it set up for that.

You mean like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkxdE4OEYEQ...feature=related Exactly. Hahaha....that was funny. And somehow, by following some other videos from there, I found the Star Trek Rhapsody. Hysterical.

... I promise it's not just a "Boone video." Tho I did want to put in more random npc's...I mean there's Thorn & the sewers and the camps but songs aren't long enough to get everyone in there, grrr (some npc's just won't dance either, or look like crap if they do)...now I can spend the weekend cleaning out the gajillion temp. files.... good times, good OCD times.

For some reason wasn't happy with the my current video project, and then realized it was the music. Was using this one song because I thought it'd be funny/appropriate, but it's not. I don't dislike the song, but it didn't fit the video or created a mood I didn't like or something. Changed the music, much better. At least imo. heh Isn't it weird what a difference a song/music makes for something....

Stayed up all night learning video stuff, recording, editing, recording, editing...games are fun to work with and I'm learning a lot in the process but I may need another video camera this year...

This stupid game has turned me into a video-making addict! It's not even about playing the game anymore, it's about the task-obsessiveness/learning of making videos. Argh! I've been working on a semi-ambitious (or at least very time-consuming *cry*) umpa dance video and learned how to use AVIsynth to do split screen in VirtualDub. Which is awesome. (the short test vid isn't awesome, just showing 4 vids on one screen). It may not be Sony Vegas Studio but it's amazing what virtualdub can do once you figure out how. When the next game comes out that I'll obsess over for months, I'll be ready to make nutty videos from day1. Woot.