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Friday / IU / photo / television / video — Comments Off
28
Oct 16

Live! On tape!

Sometimes we do a news show in the morning.

Which reminded me of the five-plus years I did morning shows. They were much earlier than this, but I still had to get up early enough to be here, so that somehow counts.

This was actually a re-shoot. And a valuable lesson was learned, just as it should be, in the friendly and forgiving confines of a learning laboratory. Which means we had a good sized crew back in the studio first thing on a Friday morning for a show we’d already tried to do once.

Later in the day we spent some time in one of our fantabulous new production studios:

The engineer is the lady on the left, and she’s presiding over a software teleconference. This is going to be a radio booth, production studio and a place we do podcasts in. We’ve got a few nice production set ups on the new building. Guess that means we’ll have to produce a lot.

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25
Oct 16

In the studio

Hanging out with the ladies doing the hip and happening show:

You can watch the show right here. This is episode four, and we’re learning a lot in a hurry.

(They’re probably learning faster than I am.)

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24
Oct 16

How much is that kitty in the window?

“Not for sale, hooman.”

Friday / photo — Comments Off
21
Oct 16

When you can’t see the trees for the horizon

Sitting at a red light on the way back from the grocery store, it went like this:

“Such a long red light … Why are all of these cars in my way? Hey, cool! Neat bike! Check out that paint job! And great nose art, wow!”

And then I noticed the dog in the sidecar. And, finally, the goggles.

You figure that pooch knows the weekend is here. But then you think, maybe every day is a Saturday to that dog.

Meanwhile, as workday turns into weekend, this is the view from the recliner in my home office:

Did you ever think that maybe everyday could feel like Saturday to the rest of us, too?

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19
Oct 16

Meanwhile, on the big screen

On Wednesday nights I have students in the television studio. That’s a two-hour experience. Meanwhile, just outside the studio, in the atrium, the giant television is getting a workout:

One of the video game groups — there is a video game major and several groups — is showing off some of their side projects. I walked by just in time to watch a zombie monster thing rush the screen.

That’s a video game that’s 12 feet tall and 26 feet wide.

The video game makers were initially concerned about frame rate on the big screen. But then they plugged in some video games and were very pleased. The screen supports Wii, X-Box and Playstation. It also boasts six Directv tuners. There’s a lot of things you can do in there, even zombies.

Nice bowtie, though.