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Archive for April, 2008

Aargh…Riff stuck in head.

Posted by Neelakantan K.K. on April 20, 2008

The riff is stuck in my head.

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Blender Time Again.

Posted by Neelakantan K.K. on April 19, 2008

Okay, I should be studying for my end-sems. But then I wanted to play around with Blender again. Damn it, that thing’s addictive.
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Anyway, I decided to start off simple. No fancy organic modelling or complex Ferraris. Just a plain scene of some apples on a plate. The plate is on a glass-top table, which is on a floor.

The apples were easy — SpinDup (Blender’s Lathe tool) a set of vertices.

Follow same method for plate.

Table was a bit of a difficulty. I decided to have two different cubes for the glass-top and the rims.

Floor– just a textured plane.
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Then I decided to add lights. Lighting was not coming off right. I went to Blender’s Wiki for help on Lighting rigs. And then… I realised that my workflow was screwed. I was adding lights after materials, basically screwing up all my shaders. :( *Sigh*

I’ll have to rework the scene. Models will stay, I’ll have to create a spare material, assign it to the models and then read up on lighting. Then create a proper rig, and most probably ray-trace it.

Let’s see.

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Before I die…

Posted by Neelakantan K.K. on April 19, 2008

I’m going to learn to sing and play the guitar.

Which means I need the following.

  • A new ear
  • a new larynx
  • An acoustic guitar
  • An electric guitar
  • An e string for my old Lap slide guitar

Hmm…looks achievable.

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Must read this.

Posted by Neelakantan K.K. on April 17, 2008

Read
Laugh.

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God knows…

Posted by Neelakantan K.K. on April 16, 2008

I need a new nose.

For the past couple of days my routine has been.

Step 1:: Sneeze.
Step 2:: Wipe Nose.
Step 3:: Curse.

Repeat from top.

And now I’m irritated. I’m also bored. I have to study. I also have to collect my exam roll no. Damn It.

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Countdown tag.

Posted by Neelakantan K.K. on April 13, 2008

Have been tagged by The Soliloquist and threatened with physical violence…

Ten things you wish you could say to people right now (don’t take names):

  • Could you tell me when you’ll be ready?
  • You hate too many people.
  • I know.
  • Here comes the sun, it’s for everyone.
  • Lay off for a bit.
  • Leave the dog alone.
  • Fuck off.
  • I have torn shoes. Big Fucking Deal.
  • *Wink*
  • You ain’t seen nothing yet.

Nine things about yourself:

  • I can eat quite a bit.
  • I do not return missed calls.
  • I seem to always have a blocked nose.
  • I think the Bible is funny.
  • I wash my clothes myself.
  • I do not exist.
  • I am a figment of your imagination.
  • I did not write this post.
  • I refuse to speak without my lawyer.

Eight ways to win your heart:
Heart? What heart?

Seven things that cross your mind a lot:

  • Why am I doing this?
  • Why am I not doing this?
  • Why can’t I do this?
  • Why am I not surprised?
  • Why do not-so-good things always happen to me?
  • Hey, Look at the cool lizard.
  • Wow, the ceiling is white.

Six things you wish you never did:
You expect me to tell you???

Five turn-offs:
Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah.

Four turn-ons:
I refuse to tell you

Three things you want to do before you die:

  • Mindfuck the Indian bureaucracy.
  • Go about distributing fake notes.
  • Rob a casino.

Two smileys that describe you:

  • :P
  • *evillaugh*

One confession:
I need new shoes. :(

If you want to do this, go ahead.

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Whee, Look at all the pretty shades.

Posted by Neelakantan K.K. on April 5, 2008

Okay, My monitor is officially screwed. It is displaying everything in various shades of blue,green and yellow. I am assuming that the color tube has conked. Well, it’s an old monitor. And it does look kinda cool.

In other news, I have to submit a term paper by Tuesday. Which means I must finish it by tomorrow morning.

I also have a CCB test on monday, a PoCo presentation on either monday or tuesday and an L&OA test on tuesday.

PG II farewell on the 12th. Must arrange stuff for that also.

Tsk Tsk Tsk.

Life is Good.

Update:: Have finished Term Paper. Must Print it out.
Update II :: Monitor has been replaced by a temp. Bright colours, I missed you.

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