Now that is a rocket!

http://ddeville.com/derek/Qu8k.html

Top ten in 1000 SCY free!

Tonight I made the top ten in the 1000 free!
It was my first time swimming it, and my time was 11:44.0.
It's 2315, and I'm getting up at 0500 tomorrow to go swim again!

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory play is now on YouTube!

SawStop

Now just how do they do that?
Stopping the blade is one problem, when to stop the blade is a whole different matter!

Video Editing

Well, since I have access to two HDSLR's with a manfrotto video tripod/head, and a 24bit/96KHz four channel audio recorder, I figure that if I'm going to be putting them to good use I needed some better software. I can use apple's imovie, which is pretty good for most basic things, but if I wanted to do chroma keying, DVD menus without the imovie logo, 3D transform, etc. I needed something else. I've looked around for a good free video editior, Linux or Windows, but without much luck. I found a few that look promising for linux, but either they are too hard to use, or don't have enough features. One works nicely, but puts a running timestamp over the top quarter of the video. I decided to just buy a video editor for windows. The one I bought was from Magix. The software was their Movie edit Pro MX Premium bundle with Red Giant Magic Bullet Quick Looks, NewBlue FX light blends, and ProDad Vitascene 2. The Red giant and ProDad effects work great, but I'm having trouble activating the NewBlue FX. The rest of the program is working very nicely, and the simple addition of chroma keying adds so many more possibilities! Another program that looks like it would be worth getting is their Reallusion iClone 4 Standard + Virtual Studio Vol.1. (FYI not happening anytime soon) I think I can do all the same things in Blender, but it will probably be a lot more work. If I remember I will post more about blender later. It's an amazing program.

Courageous, the movie

Mozart makes kids smart

I know this piano piece!