Mom sues after IVF brings 2 babies instead of 1
WTF?! Can you imagine when these children is 18, and find this article?
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Just stuff
Finished The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Book 2. It's a horror manga (technically, not a horror story, but just as gruesome). I started Book 3 while waiting for a doctor (for almost 50 mins for a 3 min check up...and the appt was EARLY! WTF). If you like bizarre stories, and don't mind the nudity (yes, some of the characters are NUDE...kind of odd, but the male's "parts" are crudely drawn, while the female parts are detailed...c'mon *groans*), and don't mind some of the cruelty of dead people.
I'm a little bit frustrated with school because in my class, "Principals of Animation", I'm the one that "TEACHING" the teacher! He knows shit about Maya Software, and it drives me batty that he doesn't quite know how to do very SIMPLE things (View Compass, changing frame view, changing Perspective view). It's different if I need to know a technique such as, "How do I select a face and change the lighting only on that small area, not the rest of the model?" Compared to, "How do I get out of Hypershade?" (a workspace that modifies color and texture of a model). Dude - you click on "Perspective Mode" icon. HOW f**king hard is that?! It's like me teaching about Photoshop when I only touched the surface, compared to someone, like Kat, who does it for a living. Well, the best thing I could do is to learn about Maya on my own at home. Hell, I can even make glass and chrome surfaces.
As much as I'm excited about my classes (finally getting into the core of designing), It's just a bit dragging.
I went to Great Adventure with Roy, Roni, and Paul. Besides the little "problem" we had in the morning, and slight rain (Mom said it was POURING ALL DAY, while, it just drizzled for a little while), we had loads of fun. I love El Toro...my favorite ride ever.
Mom and I went to the Mall on Sunday so I can use up my dozen of gift certificates. I have $150 for Lord and Taylor, and I don't even know what to get! The clothes ain't my style.
I'm thinking about waiting until November or something, and see if they have a winter jacket that I'll like. My old jacket is bleh. It was also my brother's 31st birthday, so Mom and I took silly pictures to send to him. My favorite one is putting a bra on top of our heads, "Bosom Buddies" was the title.
Hobbes woke me up this morning...again. If I shift or move, he comes running to my face and start licking me and curling all over me. I have to stay STILL, but it gets uncomfortable if you're in a weird position.
He's getting the doghouse tonight. :-)
Halo 3 came out at Midnight last night, and will sell more today...Halo 3 for the gaming world is like Harry Potter. I don't play Halo, so I can't understand the hype. :-D
Go away.
I'm a little bit frustrated with school because in my class, "Principals of Animation", I'm the one that "TEACHING" the teacher! He knows shit about Maya Software, and it drives me batty that he doesn't quite know how to do very SIMPLE things (View Compass, changing frame view, changing Perspective view). It's different if I need to know a technique such as, "How do I select a face and change the lighting only on that small area, not the rest of the model?" Compared to, "How do I get out of Hypershade?" (a workspace that modifies color and texture of a model). Dude - you click on "Perspective Mode" icon. HOW f**king hard is that?! It's like me teaching about Photoshop when I only touched the surface, compared to someone, like Kat, who does it for a living. Well, the best thing I could do is to learn about Maya on my own at home. Hell, I can even make glass and chrome surfaces.
As much as I'm excited about my classes (finally getting into the core of designing), It's just a bit dragging.
I went to Great Adventure with Roy, Roni, and Paul. Besides the little "problem" we had in the morning, and slight rain (Mom said it was POURING ALL DAY, while, it just drizzled for a little while), we had loads of fun. I love El Toro...my favorite ride ever.
Mom and I went to the Mall on Sunday so I can use up my dozen of gift certificates. I have $150 for Lord and Taylor, and I don't even know what to get! The clothes ain't my style.
I'm thinking about waiting until November or something, and see if they have a winter jacket that I'll like. My old jacket is bleh. It was also my brother's 31st birthday, so Mom and I took silly pictures to send to him. My favorite one is putting a bra on top of our heads, "Bosom Buddies" was the title.
Hobbes woke me up this morning...again. If I shift or move, he comes running to my face and start licking me and curling all over me. I have to stay STILL, but it gets uncomfortable if you're in a weird position.
He's getting the doghouse tonight. :-)
Halo 3 came out at Midnight last night, and will sell more today...Halo 3 for the gaming world is like Harry Potter. I don't play Halo, so I can't understand the hype. :-D
Go away.
A little overdue
This is kind of little overdue.
I sent email to the Cat Lady on About.com about Jamie's passing. She put up Jamie on the website. Here's the links
The Passing of a Special Cat: Jamie
As some may remember, Jamie won September Cat of the Month last year.
Sept Cat Picture of the Month
Because of Jamie's story, Frannie (Cat Lady), set up a Special Needs Kitty page for those Kitties that have special needs.
I sent email to the Cat Lady on About.com about Jamie's passing. She put up Jamie on the website. Here's the links
The Passing of a Special Cat: Jamie
As some may remember, Jamie won September Cat of the Month last year.
Sept Cat Picture of the Month
Because of Jamie's story, Frannie (Cat Lady), set up a Special Needs Kitty page for those Kitties that have special needs.
Friday, September 21, 2007
God of War : Finished
Finished the game, God of War two days ago...in wee hours in the morning. Boy, this game rocks. They have God mode, which is unbelievably HARD. You get bitten in the head twice by a Hydra...you're dead with a capital D.
I tried a bit, and it's defintely much harder (no shit?!), but I'm willing to try a little. I'm on my little break from video games for a bit, but will contiune play GTA: San Andreas as I have a bit more to go before I can call this finished.
I probably will play Okami as well. That's a pretty interesting game. I started it a bit, so now I'm starting again. It's an interesting game. Far different from all the shooter games that I've been playing lately (GTA, God of War, Resident Evil 4, RE 0)...I'm in control of a dog...and yes, I can pee. :-D
I think the next game I want to play after Okami is Fatal Frame...that's supposely supposed to scare the crap out of you. We'll see what happens!
Going off to Great Adventure with a few friends of mine...and Roy's coming as well. Think I can conquer Kingda Ka again?! :-)
Physical Therapy is going well. It's just the matter of relearning how to move my body, and stretching.
Busy busy...
Game On.
I tried a bit, and it's defintely much harder (no shit?!), but I'm willing to try a little. I'm on my little break from video games for a bit, but will contiune play GTA: San Andreas as I have a bit more to go before I can call this finished.
I probably will play Okami as well. That's a pretty interesting game. I started it a bit, so now I'm starting again. It's an interesting game. Far different from all the shooter games that I've been playing lately (GTA, God of War, Resident Evil 4, RE 0)...I'm in control of a dog...and yes, I can pee. :-D
I think the next game I want to play after Okami is Fatal Frame...that's supposely supposed to scare the crap out of you. We'll see what happens!
Going off to Great Adventure with a few friends of mine...and Roy's coming as well. Think I can conquer Kingda Ka again?! :-)
Physical Therapy is going well. It's just the matter of relearning how to move my body, and stretching.
Busy busy...
Game On.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Interesting!
I am a member of Game Accessibility from IGDA. Their mission is to provide accessibility for anyone who has a disability to play games. http://gameaccessibility.com/
There's one guy that I admire, he is paralyzed from the neck down, and he can whip my ass in The Matrix. He uses a special controller that enables him to play any game. Anyways, someone brought up this article that IBM is working on a prototype that is basically a virtual interpreter in the UK. See this video. I apologize that it's very short, but you get the idea. The signs are BSL, not ASL.
Here's the article:
A group of students working for IBM develops technology that automatically converts the spoken word to British Sign Language.
Technology that translates spoken or written words into British Sign Language (BSL) has been developed by researchers at IBM.
The system, called SiSi (Say It Sign It) was created by a group of students in the UK.
SiSi will enable deaf people to have simultaneous sign language interpretations of meetings and presentations.
It uses speech recognition to animate a digital character or avatar.
IBM says its technology will allow for interpretation in situations where a human interpreter is not available.
It could also be used to provide automatic signing for television, radio and telephone calls.
'Disenfranchised citizens'
The concept has already gained the approval of the Royal National Institute for Deaf people (RNID).
"RNID welcomes any development that would make the information society a more equal place for deaf and hard of hearing people," said the charity's director of new technologies, Guido Gybels.
"Sign language users are among the most disenfranchised citizens as a result of services and products not being designed with their needs in mind."
But Mr Gybels says there is still a long way to go before such prototypes are in everyday use.
IBM runs a yearly initiative called Extreme Blue which invites technically-minded and business students to collaborate for 12 weeks.
"We had a profoundly deaf mentor, so he kept a close eye on what was being done and checking whether our translation corresponded to real BSL," said Maria Vihljajeva, the student who developed the business plan for SiSi.
The students used two signing avatars developed by the University of East Anglia.
One of them signs in BSL and the other uses Sign Supported English - a more direct translation using conventional syntax and grammar.
Converting SiSi to use other languages should also be straightforward, according to Tom Klapiscak, another student who had technical input into the project.
"We designed the SiSi architecture in such a way that new translation modules can easily be plugged into the system," he said.
"Obviously this would involve the work of creating the translation module itself - which is no small task."
Mr Gybels of the RNID says he is "very impressed" with what the students were able to achieve in just twelve weeks.
"Creating a system that can actually bridge the gap between hearing people who speak English and deaf people who use BSL is very important."
There's one guy that I admire, he is paralyzed from the neck down, and he can whip my ass in The Matrix. He uses a special controller that enables him to play any game. Anyways, someone brought up this article that IBM is working on a prototype that is basically a virtual interpreter in the UK. See this video. I apologize that it's very short, but you get the idea. The signs are BSL, not ASL.
Here's the article:
A group of students working for IBM develops technology that automatically converts the spoken word to British Sign Language.
Technology that translates spoken or written words into British Sign Language (BSL) has been developed by researchers at IBM.
The system, called SiSi (Say It Sign It) was created by a group of students in the UK.
SiSi will enable deaf people to have simultaneous sign language interpretations of meetings and presentations.
It uses speech recognition to animate a digital character or avatar.
IBM says its technology will allow for interpretation in situations where a human interpreter is not available.
It could also be used to provide automatic signing for television, radio and telephone calls.
'Disenfranchised citizens'
The concept has already gained the approval of the Royal National Institute for Deaf people (RNID).
"RNID welcomes any development that would make the information society a more equal place for deaf and hard of hearing people," said the charity's director of new technologies, Guido Gybels.
"Sign language users are among the most disenfranchised citizens as a result of services and products not being designed with their needs in mind."
But Mr Gybels says there is still a long way to go before such prototypes are in everyday use.
IBM runs a yearly initiative called Extreme Blue which invites technically-minded and business students to collaborate for 12 weeks.
"We had a profoundly deaf mentor, so he kept a close eye on what was being done and checking whether our translation corresponded to real BSL," said Maria Vihljajeva, the student who developed the business plan for SiSi.
The students used two signing avatars developed by the University of East Anglia.
One of them signs in BSL and the other uses Sign Supported English - a more direct translation using conventional syntax and grammar.
Converting SiSi to use other languages should also be straightforward, according to Tom Klapiscak, another student who had technical input into the project.
"We designed the SiSi architecture in such a way that new translation modules can easily be plugged into the system," he said.
"Obviously this would involve the work of creating the translation module itself - which is no small task."
Mr Gybels of the RNID says he is "very impressed" with what the students were able to achieve in just twelve weeks.
"Creating a system that can actually bridge the gap between hearing people who speak English and deaf people who use BSL is very important."
Sunday, September 16, 2007
God of War
I stopped playing GTA: San Andreas for a little while, I'm currently playing God of War. I've heard some good things about it, but thought it was a game that I wouldn't like. I couldn't be more wrong. I saw the trailer of this game on YouTube, and HOLY CRAP...I bought this game for my birthday. Loaded it up...and damn.
So far, my favorite boss is the Hydra, which is the very first boss. Here's a video, I didn't make this video, but I did the exact same game play.
what's even weird, right after this is done, I have to go in the mouth (yes with the hanging ball thing showing as well as icky stuff inside), to get the Captain's key....which the Captain is hanging on his dear life on the Hydra's throat. Kratos (the main character), rips the Captain's key off his neck and the Captain falls down to the belly of the Beast. Ahhh...what a game.
So far, my favorite boss is the Hydra, which is the very first boss. Here's a video, I didn't make this video, but I did the exact same game play.
what's even weird, right after this is done, I have to go in the mouth (yes with the hanging ball thing showing as well as icky stuff inside), to get the Captain's key....which the Captain is hanging on his dear life on the Hydra's throat. Kratos (the main character), rips the Captain's key off his neck and the Captain falls down to the belly of the Beast. Ahhh...what a game.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Been a while eh?
The last few weeks has been uneventful. Sorta.
Couldn't sleep tonight, so thought I would post a quick note. Just finished Book 6 of Harry Potter. It's taking longer than expected to finish the whole series, but I'm getting there!
With Roy's mom's gift to me, and my dad's gift certificate, I was able to get a real nice radio replacement for my car. When I bought my car 5 years ago, I promised myself that I would get a nice stereo, or interesting faceplate. I've always wanted one of those. Finally, I thought I would get it for my birthday as well as my car's birthday. Good thing I waited, otherwise, the ones that I would have gotten 5 years ago would not be iPod friendly.
I love it. It has quite a lot of features, and some that I know I will not use, but you know what, I think I'll get another good 5 years out of them. It's just so freakin' cool. :-)
Started my classes last week. Finally we're getting to the "meat" of game design, by that I mean programming and creating actual games. I got involved in another group, and thank goodness that I like my group compared to the fiasco from last year.
Physical therapy for my back is going well, but during the week, I can't seem to get comfortable. It's as if I feel detached from my back and legs. Hopefully, over time it will get better, but it's just annoying not being able to find a right spot to be comfortable in.
I'm still playing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. I struggled with one mission for the last two days. I really suck at flying airplanes (not real planes, but you know what I mean). Then I had to keep Roy's words in my head, "Enjoy the process. Don't rush." Sonofabitch, it worked. I realized that I cannot just jerk the controller's analog stick quickly. I have to do it nice and slow. And finally beat the crap out of that mission...moving on. I'm starting to really like wielding double AK-47s after I reached the "Hitman" weapon skill...that took ages.
Speaking of classes, I really miss History. I learned some new things here and there so far. Majority of it, I already knew, but some things I didn't.
Last Saturday, I saw a friend (well, I haven't seen him in like 9 years, but I still know him from my American History class at RIT), Matt Hamill for his UFC: Champion vs. Champion on TV. He really whipped serious ass. He kept going after Mike (the UK guy), and knocking him down with a bunch of wrestling moves (which I recognized from seeing my brother do them). I was really impressed. Matt lost...which in a way not surprising because this was taken place in London, so there may be some favoritism towards Mike. Mike was a wimp and suffered a lot of blows by Matt. I know there has been some "choice words" of deaf people that knows Matt, but I don't care. He treated me with respect, and was nice to me all the time.
Now I'm off to drink my milk/sugar concoction.
Couldn't sleep tonight, so thought I would post a quick note. Just finished Book 6 of Harry Potter. It's taking longer than expected to finish the whole series, but I'm getting there!
With Roy's mom's gift to me, and my dad's gift certificate, I was able to get a real nice radio replacement for my car. When I bought my car 5 years ago, I promised myself that I would get a nice stereo, or interesting faceplate. I've always wanted one of those. Finally, I thought I would get it for my birthday as well as my car's birthday. Good thing I waited, otherwise, the ones that I would have gotten 5 years ago would not be iPod friendly.
I love it. It has quite a lot of features, and some that I know I will not use, but you know what, I think I'll get another good 5 years out of them. It's just so freakin' cool. :-)
Started my classes last week. Finally we're getting to the "meat" of game design, by that I mean programming and creating actual games. I got involved in another group, and thank goodness that I like my group compared to the fiasco from last year.
Physical therapy for my back is going well, but during the week, I can't seem to get comfortable. It's as if I feel detached from my back and legs. Hopefully, over time it will get better, but it's just annoying not being able to find a right spot to be comfortable in.
I'm still playing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. I struggled with one mission for the last two days. I really suck at flying airplanes (not real planes, but you know what I mean). Then I had to keep Roy's words in my head, "Enjoy the process. Don't rush." Sonofabitch, it worked. I realized that I cannot just jerk the controller's analog stick quickly. I have to do it nice and slow. And finally beat the crap out of that mission...moving on. I'm starting to really like wielding double AK-47s after I reached the "Hitman" weapon skill...that took ages.
Speaking of classes, I really miss History. I learned some new things here and there so far. Majority of it, I already knew, but some things I didn't.
Last Saturday, I saw a friend (well, I haven't seen him in like 9 years, but I still know him from my American History class at RIT), Matt Hamill for his UFC: Champion vs. Champion on TV. He really whipped serious ass. He kept going after Mike (the UK guy), and knocking him down with a bunch of wrestling moves (which I recognized from seeing my brother do them). I was really impressed. Matt lost...which in a way not surprising because this was taken place in London, so there may be some favoritism towards Mike. Mike was a wimp and suffered a lot of blows by Matt. I know there has been some "choice words" of deaf people that knows Matt, but I don't care. He treated me with respect, and was nice to me all the time.
Now I'm off to drink my milk/sugar concoction.
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