Archive for May, 2005
May 30, 2005 at 7:15 pm · Filed under Art, Experiences, Work
echology setup
NIME is over. The installations all worked out (for the most part) and now it’s time to move on like I said I would. After all the cleaning up of course.
Echology was relatively successful. There was a little disaster in the last 15 minutes of its show, but those who saw it before then became well engaged. People came and played. They tried various combinations of sound directions and tactics. What I noticed the most was how people not only came and played and left, they communicated to eachother over the table. I don’t think that the interface was engaging as a game itself; it’s more that the nature of the piece, the subject matter that everyone can enjoy, the belugas and life, brought out conversation in everyone.
For this I am happy. For now I must sleep. zzzz
May 18, 2005 at 9:51 am · Filed under I am feeling...
It’s been a long time since I have felt this. That tiredness in the morning that is so absolute, so there that your brain cannot think of doing anything but sleeping. Sleeping and it is maaadd at you for getting up so early. Mad at you for using an alarm clock and waking it up with the drone of CBC talking about election hangover.
Pushing myself to the bus stop, I walked with Noah and with a feeling of guilt for my horrible mood. We get to his car and his lights had been all night. His battery is dead and he must wait for BCAA. But he grins and bears it. Sends me off with a hug and a smile and I wonder – why can’t I be like that? Why am I groaning about an “early” 10am meeting when some people are getting up at 5am after leaving work at 11pm the night before to start another day.
No I have it pretty good in life. I’m very fortunate and I have to remember that even when my brain is accusing me of neglect, of sleep deprivation. Mom was so right when she said every hour of sleep before midnight is like 2 hours after.
May 14, 2005 at 5:46 pm · Filed under Sweet Finds
BBC- Doctor Who – Radiophonatron
K-This little page is a lot of fun. I found it while looking for more info on Christopher Eccleston and his leaving the show after this first season. It makes me sad that he’s leaving, but it’s funny because that’s what happens with The Doctors. They come and go. Recommend the show though. Some of it looks fake, campy, cheesy. But I think that if everything was suddenly realistic, it would take away from its appeal.
May 13, 2005 at 8:41 pm · Filed under I am feeling...
still here. i forgot that it was daytime still though it will not be for long. i forgot that i was home this morning. it’s not too bad, you just get to this point after a day of debugging and troubleshooting. my perception has been spent looking inside the box, on the board, within the code that when i focus on the outside my eyes and mind take a few minutes to adjust. going to a movie in a bit – will i make it or will i fall asleep? i might stay up, quite well fueled on chinese soda crackers and diet coke. i have not had a diet coke in a long time and i think i’m still right – the aspartame makes me buggy. that stuff we’ll kill you.
noah is doing some user testing for robert on the smart seat project right now. i’m writing and wondering if he is enjoying himself because he had been excited about doing it. it might be fun…might be tiring.
two weeks from tomorrow echology goes up. need stability before then. tomorrow i will make an attempt in finding some stability and connection in my own life and home and then on sunday i will get back to the lab for more troubleshooting.
May 12, 2005 at 9:45 am · Filed under Work
interaction table
The deadline is getting closer and closer. The installation will premiere 2 weeks and 2 days from now. We still need time to test and make sure the system can stay stable for 8 hours. It’s crunch time now but I’m having fun, somehow I’m managing to manage most of everything else in my life (working life that is, social life will take a rest for a while). The thesis has been put on the backburning but it’s simmering, brewing away for when NIME is all fried up. I think I’ll pour that NIME experience into the thesis pot afterwards and then I’ll get a taste for the other ingredients needed.
Everything this summer is completely undetermined, yet so determined by the work ahead of me. That’s what I will be doing, pushing to get the thesis work done because without that in the fall I don’t know what will happen. Will I end up in Regina? I don’t know yet. Part of me wants to go home for a visit so much but another part is scared to use up that time because it is sooo precious these days. Every day counts because I only have 365 a year.
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