Why I Hate Adams & Hoover or I Just Need to Rant

by philrw
230 words - 2 min read
Rants and Raves
I figure it’s safe to blow off some steam here, so here goes: I hate my apartment. It’s spacious, I have it all to myself, but here are some of the things I just can’t stand: The NOISE. I will absolutely without a doubt live next in a place that has less noise. This is divided into sub-categories: Traffic. Busses, trucks, obnoxious “cool” cars, extremely loud motorcycles, deafening stereo bass booming “gangstas,” the emergency vehicles that go by at least once every hour. The only relief I get is once or twice a year when they shut down the streets for marathons and runs.
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2 Quotations

by philrw
34 words - 1 min read
Osophy

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Benjamin Franklin

There are no problems; only situations which allow us to be creative.

Philip Rosenberg-Watt

Strange Thought

by philrw
11 words - 1 min read
Osophy

It’s so quiet, you can hear the pain in the air.

from CBS

by philrw
201 words - 1 min read
Film/TV/Theater
I realize I haven’t posted a new entry in a while so I thought I’d do it now. I’m sitting on Stage 16 on the CBS lot in Studio City, CA. They finally got us wireless internet access so I can make productive use of my time as a 2nd AD (e.g. write blog entries). I feel more productive when I have the internet. 🙂 Anyway, Four Degrees is going pretty well. Adam Lipsius is directing and Randy Riggs is producing. I found this software called Gorilla that helps manage the production, I think it’s good software.
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Trek’s End

by philrw
63 words - 1 min read
Film/TV/Theater

It’s funny. Ever since I was a kid of 7 years old there has been a Star Trek of one form or another on television. And yesterday the last episode of Enterprise aired. I wonder when the next incarnation will be? Soon? Later? Perhaps Paramount feels it is wise to let the franchise rest for a while. I will certainly miss it…. ☹️

iTunes Music Store sells Videos, iPods Surely to Follow

by philrw
78 words - 1 min read
Film/TV/Theater Tech

Did I call that one or what? iTunes 4.8 now supports video. You can buy music videos and such stuff now on the iTunes Music Store. Mark my words: video playback support will soon follow on iPods. Probably the iPod Video or something like that. Perhaps the iPod Photo will get a firmware upgrade to allow video playback to an external monitor or to the internal screen & headphone jack.

The future is bright for digital filmmakers/content providers.