February 13, 2007 – Scribblings From The Public Restroom Stalls Of The Gods

Cooking With Code

A random logbook thought

By Earl
February 13, 2007
9 comments

I’ve been meaning to ask this question to the Livejournal readers out there for a while, but keep forgetting to ask.
I’ve been thinking about setting things up so that theLogBook.com’s “front page” is posted to my LJ blog automagically, sorta like Scribblings is currently. I look at it as a way of extending the site’s reach just a bit, and maybe showing off some of the cool stuff we have here every week. This would just be the front page menu, not every single review or episode guide listing from each week’s update.
On the other hand, I don’t want to be spammy. I don’t want anyone to feel like I’m spamming their LJ friend pages.
What do you think? Feel free to be brutally honest.… Read more

Gadgetology

Nefarious Video Project #1

By Earl
February 13, 2007
1 comment

Okay. Let’s put some cards on the table. It’s become painfully apparent in the past few days that I’ve got an E ticket on the hormonal roller coaster that’ll be making daily (if not hourly) stops through my home. I’m doing some final animation work as I get ready to start working on the PDF DVD – believe it or not, the wife is bugging me about it (mainly, I think, because she’d like to see it sell and sell well) – though whether or not she’ll show that same enthusiasm about the prospect of me making it to any of the shows this year to peddle my wares personally is a big question mark. I am still planning on having it done by July at the latest. Those who have seen it at OVGE in years past will still be surprised: it’ll be nearly twice as long, necessitating it being either a 2-DVD set or (less likely) a dual-layer DVD. As much as I’d love to do it dual layer, blank single-layer discs are, quite simply, cheaper. (Go price a spindle of DL-DVD+Rs, even at Wal-Mart. Seriously.) I’m still working on adding more stuff to it, including a real gem of a long-lost commercial that’s literally just been…um…unearthed. (Negotiations are ongoing.)
In the meantime, I’m working on a couple of Nefarious Video Projects. … Read more

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I edit Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast and its sister shows Mission Log: Prodigy and Mission Log: The Orville for Roddenberry Podcasts. I was a frequent writer, editor, and voice on the daily Sci-Fi 5 podcast for Roddenberry, and I created and currently co-host Mission Log: Gene-ology. I handle video production on Mission Log Live, Mission Log: Prodigy and Mission Log: The Orville. I'm the technical director for the TrekTalks online telethon event benefiting Hollywood Food Coalition.

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