Lectern

I "sanded" some of the base. I use quotes since I used a Dremel, not the most subtle of sanders. It took two coats of stain to get the dark color I wanted. If I sand this I will have to do it correctly with coarse to fine paper because the wood is fairly soft and marks easily. I could also paint over it but I tend to hate the look of painted wood. My Mac Mini is sitting in a repair shop and they are taking a look at it. I should get an answer today or tomorrow. Whether they fix it or not I still have to go to the mac store to have my laptop fixed it does not want to give me my CD back.

Eureka! One Problem Down!

The lectern has a light laminate on it. I'll either paint it or sand it down and stain it. I am going to sand some of the bottom tomorrow to see if it will work. The wood might be too cheap. On another note the thing that caused my Mac to crash repeatedly during my opening show was the network card. I was beta testing it with a wireless connection which is why I never had the problem before. At the gallery the computers were not connecting wirelessly so I switched to a wired connection. Time to call Apple and get a replacement. The problem might be my mac mini or architectural problem, a new computer will answer that.

Thesis Updates

I have ordered a lectern. Hopefully I can stain it dark. Oddly it arrived at my parents house as I was typing this. If I cannot stain it I will have to build one myself. It seems my Mac Mini did not have a bluetooth problem but rather a networking problem. If I send the OSC data via cat5 cable the computer crashes. I will try to connect wirelessly and see if that solves the problem.

As for the motion capture project that is on a hiatus for now. The files should be uploaded next week to the subversion server and documentation will go up when Dylan and I have a moment to write it up. For more information on that go here.