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Aug 13
2009

Taking a few moments to say hello while updates install.

Work has been very, very busy. Not stressful, just busy. I like it.

A couple of weeks ago I put in the order for a blade server cluster to run VMware on. We’re creating a virtual dev lab to improve the overall quality of life in the office. I’ve been having fun with p2v conversions (taking a real computer and making it a pretend one). I’m now turning a Red Hat Enterprise Linux VM into CentOS, so that we can be free of licensing / paid support.

We’ve started working on our Halloween floats already. We built the skeletons of the first 2 battle droids last weekend, and I spent one night this week tweaking them. That’s coming along really well.

Now that the first round of droids is out of the way it’s back to clone sculpting. I’ve got to get back to the chest and finally knock it out.

Tonight is Star Wars minis night. Yay nerding! I’ve got some shiny new mouse droids to take for a walk. They don’t sound like much, but they’ve got it where it counts ;)

What else? Trooping of course. 2 baseball games and a library in recent times. I’ve definitely got to get some less wholesome events in fast. Come on fall convention season!

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Jun 26
2009

yes, i’m alive.

not being in front of a computer all day makes me less posty.

let’s see… tomorrow ends my 2 weeks off (for those who may have missed it, i got a new job and was laid off on my way in to quit. no, really, i went in to tell my boss that i was leaving and he greeted me with my exit package!)

over the last 2 weeks i’ve done a ton of sculpting, painting, etc…

i finished the sculpt for the clone visor, made the mold, cast one up and painted a cody helmet.

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i’ve almost got the codpiece and butt plates done on the clone sculpt, which pushes me well over the 1/2 way point and into “almost done”.

got http://www.watchcityarmory.com/ up and running at last. it’s all in mediawiki. technically it’s stormtrooperguy.com rebranded. it just seemed easier that way. gotta get email set up for it… google apps rocks!

cleaned up the basement quite a bit, including rearranging it.

i got an iphone 3gs on release day. yay video! yay better camera! boo on at&t for not having mms ready yet. jodi now has my gen1 iphone and seems quite happy. speaking of, boo on the fact that the 3gs gets worse battery life and requires a different power supply than the gen1, meaning my clock radio is no longer a charger. boo indeed.

i start my new job on monday. 2 weeks of loafing has been fun, but i’m ready to get back to it, and excited about something new. it’s in waltham too, so the commute is VASTLY improved, and i suspect that i won’t encounter junkies shooting up on the street at the new place.

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Jun 18
2009

I got the idea into my head to finally start working on the new Boba Fett section of my site, with the gauntlets being the first piece.

I got sidetracked by finding a good multiple file upload extension for MediaWiki. I ended up going with MultiUpload. Simple install and easily configurable… what more could I ask for?

With that in place, it was much easier to upload my images. MediaWiki REALLY likes the images to be locally managed, and I tend to agree — Having all of your images contained within MediaWiki will help prevent dead links.

So one extension later and the Boba Fett section has content! Not much, but it’s a start.

Maybe tomorrow I’ll pick at some other parts of it, probably the helmets. That will take a while… I think I’m on my 10th different one now! Ooh, and I can actually take photos of the poor Jango helmet that I made a long time ago.

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