If you’ve never seen this before, you’re too young to read this. Go Away. For the rest of you:
End-Game.
So, this semester I’m learning Maya—it’s the same 3-D animation software that Pixar uses. I felt as though I’d be naturally good at it, because I’m an artist, sculptor, computer whiz. But it’s actually been quite a challenge. The program is so challenging, in fact, that we’ve already begun working on final projects—which aren’t due until after my birthday in January.
A Nightmare
I remember my dreams very infrequently. When I do, they tend to be vivid. Last night, I woke, bolt-upright, sometime around 3 in the morning and said outloud: “I just had a nightmare that Teresa Heinz Kerry won a contest to design Michelle Obama’s inaugural gown, and it was orange and horrible!”
This is for my sister.
I don’t think you watch The Daily Show or Colbert Report, but even Cristo said, “Oh, your sister will love this. She really needs to watch this.” Regency nerdness begins around 1:40, but you should definitely start from the beginning.
Google owns my soul, and I love it.
I just discovered the greatest Gmail trick, and it makes me absurdly happy. Go to Settings in the upper-right of your screen. Select the far-right tab, Labs. Scroll down and enable “Google Calendar gadget.” (I also added the Google Docs gadget and the Mark As Read Button.) Presto! You have [...]
more changes
Some readers have no doubt noticed that the layout of this blog changed dramatically a few weeks ago, from the old pink-and-green. That’s not the only change. My portfolio website, positdesign.com, is about 70% flipped to a beautiful brand-new template that I built for it.
election night
This election is crazy. It’s like a giant weight has been lifted; one friend said today he feels like he’s been fighting cancer for eight years, and woke up this morning cured. I understand that nothing will be better or perfect overnight, but at least we’re not veering off the tracks anymore.

