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Standard 8mm
I have had to explain this to lots of people, even people I would have expected to know more about this than me. (Especially them, because I seek them out to ask questions, and then end up explaining it to them.) But here goes:
Here are some common low-budget film formats. I will be focusing on Standard 8mm, which is different from Super 8mm.
8mm stock is 16mm wide, but has twice as many sprocket holes.
How to do time-lapse
This is how I made a simple time-lapse of clouds using a camera and Lego Mindstorms.
Bringing Back the Jets
I made a poster to help bring back the Jets.
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Worst script excerpt ever
This amused the hell out of me. Continue reading
Arbitrary rules
What is the term for when a purpose behind a regulation is not at all clear?
I was doing my taxes and calculating my Education Property Tax Credit. One aspect of this irks me. It explicitly states on the form that, “If you shared accommodation … only one of you can claim an education property tax credit …”
I have a room-mate, so one of us claims the credit and we split the results.
Printed movie
A link I got via Boing Boing:
http://www.jemof.com/epfp.html
Someone created a short clip by printing the frames of a video out onto transparencies (using an ordinary inkjet printer) and then taping them together as a film strip. Continue reading
Reset
I’ve restarted my site. I hadn’t updated in ages, so I needed to change something. Continue reading