Saw a link to this page on Break and thought it was pretty interesting. Wolf drawings from all over the world with comments and stories.
August 11, 2011
April 15, 2009
So THATS What That Guy Does…
This is what all those guys do on a movie set. Thanks to Mental Floss.
15 Film Production Credits Explained
January 17, 2009
You’re All in Trouble Now
This is the absolute coolest thing I believe that I’ve ever seen.
January 2, 2009
November 1, 2008
Here There Be Dragons
Weather permitting, I’m think about making this run next weekend.
Tail of the Dragon and the Cherohala Skyway
September 3, 2008
Knot
I found a site worth updating the my site for. The animations are exactly what you need.
July 2, 2008
MPLS Please
I had someone ask me to explain MPLS today. It’s an interesting concept and in some cases, if you buy a new service from a backbone provider, you might not even know you’re getting it.
The best explanation I’ve found was on computerworld.com in an article by Johna Till Johson.
I think this sums it up nicely:
“The fundamental concept behind MPLS is that of labeling packets. In a traditional routed IP network, each router makes an independent forwarding decision for each packet based solely on the packet’s network-layer header. Thus, every time a packet arrives at a router, the router has to “think through” where to send the packet next.
With MPLS, the first time the packet enters a network, it’s assigned to a specific forwarding equivalence class (FEC), indicated by appending a short bit sequence (the label) to the packet. Each router in the network has a table indicating how to handle packets of a specific FEC type, so once the packet has entered the network, routers don’t need to perform header analysis. Instead, subsequent routers use the label as an index into a table that provides them with a new FEC for that packet.
This gives the MPLS network the ability to handle packets with particular characteristics (such as coming from particular ports or carrying traffic of particular application types) in a consistent fashion. Packets carrying real-time traffic, such as voice or video, can easily be mapped to low-latency routes across the network — something that’s challenging with conventional routing. The key architectural point with all this is that the labels provide a way to “attach” additional information to each packet — information above and beyond what the routers previously had.”
The rest of the article gets more technical and talks about the steps to implementation. The above is the fundamental info if someone says, “dude, wtf is MPLS?”
June 23, 2008
Lost & Lost
I lost my damn riding gloves today. Gonna have to buy some more. I really wouldn’t have thought that gloves would make that big of a difference when you’re riding, but they do.
June 17, 2008
June 1, 2008
Pads
How would you live if you were a bachelor? I worked with a guy who is currently remodeling a home he bought in Huntsville…I’ll call him “Indiana Jones is Dead” for the sake of this post. He’s been busting his ass to get this house up to snuff and every time I stepped into the place I was impressed. He’s got significant skills.
Now, I’m a movie guy and I like watching movies over and over again. I know a lot of people don’t do that, but I do. So, after a few viewings I’ll start looking at things that you might not notice the first time around. For example, the way people live in the film. I’m just going to list a few places that I’ve thought were interesting/cool in some way.
There are two Wesley Snipes‘ movies with interesting bachelor pads. The first is Murder at 1600. In this movie, Snipes is a cop in Washington DC. He has a second story walk-up in what looks like a brownstone. I like the fact that it’s covered, head to toe, in dark hardwood and he accessorizes with these HUGE Civil War dioramas. The second Snipes movie is U.S. Marshals. Part way through the movie, Snipes takes an efficiency apartment near the United Nations building in New York. It’s a simple two room flat if you consider the second room being the bathroom.
Morgan Freeman has a cool place in Se7en. Another example of a very simple bachelor pad.
Another lawman’s simple living shows up at Clint Eastwood‘s apartment in In the Line of Fire.
A good example of loft style living can be found in Chain Reaction. Keanu Reeves has an apartment full of machine shop tools. Ready to get lathed at a moment’s notice.
A similar industrial sort of residence is shown in the most recent version of The Punisher. Thomas Jane has his place decorated with tools and weapons. I guess when your life is centered around revenge, you really know what theme you’re going to go with at home.
Check out the pole elevator and multilevel aquarium in F/X2. Bryan Brown‘s apartment (shared with his girlfriend and her son) also has a cool kitchen.
If you dig antiques at home, you can’t do much better than checking out Christopher Lambert‘s digs in Highlander. I’m sure the cost is greatly offset by the fact that you’re buying them new as you go along…being immortal has that bonus.
Asian flavor goes to two people/movies. First of the two is Sean Connery‘s apartment in Rising Sun. Small, like in Japan. Clean, like in Japan. And occupied by Tia Carrere, like in Hawaii. And, of course, the second is Pat Morita‘s place in The Karate Kid. Inside is very traditional and the landscaping in the back is great. BANZAI!
