So, here is a first run at ChromaKey using some iMovie plugins.

Not stellar; in fact, it looks like I will have to pony up for Final Cut Express/Pro or Adobe After Effects if we want to do this well.

Still, it was a lot of fun to make.

I was hoping it would get better, but it seems to be getting worse.

I’m a big fan of Wikipedia – or, at least, I was. But lately I’ve noticed that a lot of pages that I used to refer to – like the rather odd group “Futuristic Sex Robotz” – no longer existed.

That, and the pages that are there are now plastered with little boxes that critique how the page is written, or express dislike for the way in with the page presents references.

I had wondered what was going on and I found my answer here.

Sad. My impression? The golden age of Wikipedia *is* over.

Update: You could join the Article Rescue Squadron I guess.

... discovered by my sons.

Exhibit #1:

Exhibit #2:

And, lest you think that #2 was just a clever editing of the original animation and sound, I present this:

You may now weep for the future.

1. I will be doing a lot of heavy lifting in the project I have at work. Now I just need what I’m doing defined. This, probably, is also up to me. That is not a bad thing.
2. It’s a small Internet (after all). While laughing at this picture I noticed that my friend Bruce Anderson had commented. Logic out, yo – indeed.
3. Do not put heavier strings on a non-locking, standard tremolo. It makes it hard to tune, and the tremolo won’t work the way you expect.