New(ish)
Website update:
www.icecalibre.com is slightly newer.
Even more minimalist I’m still not sure it’s clean enough. Opinions on that drop shadow around the box?
Same old flickr feed and free gallery.
In other news, while not implemented, I did purchase a copy of monoslideshow so perhaps I’ll get that up soon. It looks promising. I need more time.
Also, the contact form is purposefully broken. It work(ed) but I got so much spam from the first 24 hours of having it up I’ve disabled it until I can get a spambot proof version up.
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Tags: IceCalibre, new, website, clean, minimal, white, minimalist
iPod
Well, I was having some trouble and then fixed it so I might as well document it for future reference.
The problem: I’m running Windows 7 and my ipod touch 2gen won’t sync with itunes.
My hardware: Asus P7P55D motherboard with Intel i7 processor. USB is based directly off the motherboard.
Symptoms: I could plug in my ipod and get the windows ‘USB found!” sound, but it didn’t show up in “My Computer” under devices and itunes gave me error 0xE000065 which isn’t terribly helpful other than to google help.
I tried first: restarting various things (drivers etc) and setting the “AppleMobileDeviceHelper” process into compatibility mode (and admin run) as per a forum’s suggestion.
Uninstall and reinstall itunes (both 64 and 32 bit versions) and apple drivers. (forums led me to check the MTP problems within the USB with no avail.
People have tried PCI based USB and it seemed to work for them. Since I didn’t really want to buy new hardware I kept searching.
Also, I tried two itunes alternatives (Media Monkey and Sharepod) which both refused to find my ipod connection. This is weird because remember, the computer was getting some sort of USB connection, the ipod charged and made the plugged in sound.
Also tried “uninstalling” (unchecking the control panel box for) windows media player (which apparently helped others)
Nothing worked in the software / drivers so I dug deeper: the bios.
The true solution:
On my particular hardware’s bios there is an option for “Intel C-State” which was disabled previously. I enabled it and booted. It worked.
As was explained on a forum (and my further research revealed) C-state refers to the processor’s idle speed. (please excuse my probably inaccurate lay-mans description) and the power consumption of the entire PC. This included USB ports.
So, it seemed safe enough to enable and seems to solve my ipod /itunes issues. If my tower gets unstable in the near future I’ll update this post.
Hope that helps!
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Tags: 0xE000065, 2gen, 7, apple, error, help, ipod, itunes, not, p55, problem, seven, syncing, touch, trouble, USB, win, windows
Mikou
Click for full version of crop:
Certainly not designed as a detailed model it’s pretty much the 3D version of a doodle / sketch.
Wipeout was a sort of inspiration, that low flying fast ship idea. Probably only one person per ship, piloting.
Total time from scratch to render: probably about an hour.
Blender 3D and Bunkspeed Hypershot.
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Tags: black, blender 3d, bunkspeed, fast, flying, Glossy, hypershot, racing, shiny, spaceship, studio, wipeout
I’m back
After an extended period of being out and about with my camera I’m coming back around to the computer side of things and that includes blogging. So, I’m back.
In the recent months I’ve done a lot. Like, a whole lot. And I’ll catch up with the following posts, in more or less chronological order.
So, just for the heads up. It’s coming.
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T1i
How could I have forgotten?
Goodness, I bought it like, almost a whole month ago.
Yes, that’s right. I sold my Rebel XS and bought the brand new Rebel T1i (500D) which gives me all my former Rebel goodness + full 1080p HD video!
Among the other favorite features, I’m also really happy about the 12 800 ISO, which is a vast improvement over the 1600 I was using before. My night shots are so crisp and clean. The ISO grain at 1600 is almost completely gone. Of course, you get it back when you are shooting upwards 3200-6400+ but it isn’t nearly as bad as before, and, honestly, what can you expect?
I shot with the kit lens (f3.5) in a candle lit room and got clean shots at 1/8 a second. Cool!
I’ll be working more with the video this summer, and will post to let you know when things come out on my currently empty Vimeo page.
Happy shooting!
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Tags: 1080p, 12 800, 500D, camera, canon, film, HD, iso, lens, movies, new, rebel, t1i, video
Website semi-launch:
After roughly 7 versions, the clean, minimalist IceCalibre.com is staying, at least for a while.
Of course, it will continue to evolve as I see fit, but I think I like the grey, clean styles.
The top title banner with my name is kind of ugly, however, any suggestions?
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Tags: clean, fresh, grey, icecalibre.com, minimal, new, Photography, website, white
New project:
Do you have a face?
Can you say your own name?
Do you own a camera of any kind that can take short video?
Then you qualify!
In the inspiration of the stop motion beatbox and Potter Puppet Pals we’re going to make our own.
What you have to do:
Make a small, few second clip of your face saying your name. You can say it however you want, and being different is encouraged (we don’t need a whole load of the same thing from different people.)
Send your video to icecalibre *at* icecalibre *dot* com and watch the blog for updates!
Have fun with it!
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Tags: Art, face, fun, name, stop motion, video
Fresh Start
So kids, let’s get to it.
Basically, I’m overhauling the entire system.
Instead of the labourous process of posting the photos to the blog, I am going to simply use flickr and link.
The blog, instead will be used for updates and *new* group projects.
That’s right. I’m going to have projects that require user imput to shape.
I have a few planned, but you will find out soon enough.
So, the new site is coming!
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Website.
So guys, for anyone still around…
As you know, I have not updated this blog in forever. And even when I did, it was largely outdated photography that followed a longer gap anyway.
Which means I am throwing in the proverbial towel with the blog scene and making it official.
I’m leaving this site up as long as WordPress will let me, assuming I can salvage from it later.
In other news: my “real” website is coming along quite nicely, and I’m expecting a full scale launch within the next few months.
In the new site I will be featuring Flickr fed galleries that are interactive, smooth and mostly aesthetically pleasing, as well as a host of new features including organization of my photography vs. my art vs. 3D stuff etc… each with their own gallery. I have yet to test this, but I’m confident I can make it work.
I hate to be cliche, but it will most likely be very professional and black and white, unlike the currently brown, green and blue (also the colours of my custom Blender interface, including the nice rounded edges for boxes…)
If anyone has suggestion for what they would like to see on the new site, drop me a comment.
Did I mention the new site might be taking out comments? Does it seem like they are useful? I find no one uses them.
If you are adament on commenting on my pictures, they will be on Flickr anyway (since the galleries are flickr fed) so you can comment there.
So, this is it, friends. The second last blog entry for this blog. (The last being a wrap up and link to the newly launched website)
It’s been fun, I assure you, but I think it’s time to move into bigger, better things. I thank you all for your support, and who knows what will happen in the future.
I’m still around, my camera and I are still inseperable, don’t you worry.
Take care!
Goodbye!
Peace!
-Brennan
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Yams
Who doesn’t love food?
Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone. Nearly a month and a half later, I’m photo-blogging it. Woah.
mmm, I should be a food photographer more often.
As a completely random side note, Chrome’s spell check works when I’m captioning pictures, but not when I’m actually blogging. Wierd.
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Tags: macro, orange, Photography, thanksgiving, yams
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