During my graveyard shift last night, was extremely gratifying plus not the least a very humbling experience too witness law enforcement in action rendering backup via an incident on site that may've gone pear-shaped for moi so just a shout out for all the guy's and gal's in blue doing it 24/7 without fuss or fanfare - up…
What made me feel good today? The thought that I start a new job, in a new role (GUI art) at a large studio doing AAA stuff in 7 days and that this is my last week in a studio and art role that I don't really like much. :D Here's hoping the new job is as good as I hope and not as bad as some of the horror stories I hear…
My scholarship application and exams for Ph.D at Japan is finally over and the result is positive ! I have a scholarship ! (MEXT 2016) The University and the professor who I sent my research proposal to has finally returned to me and said "he liked the idea" and wanted to get a bit more detail on two areas. I updated the…
starting tomorrow as the Lead Lighting Artist at Counterplay games on Godfall, one of the first PS5 games. should be a cool project to work on. Also it's a remote position, so I get to work from home in my PJ's and gets my commute down to 0 hours per day :D lots of talented ppl working on the project, cant wait to get my…
I can run under a two minute mile. [vv]98084869[/vv] This story is very cool, 3-year-old boy receives 3-D printed hand for free. Full story here - http://metro.co.uk/2014/09/10/boy-born-without-fingers-gets-amazing-iron-man-prosthetic-hand-for-free-4863677/ And Project CARS is looking very good.…
Yesterday I signed a contract with the company I'm with :D next month my internship ends and turns into full time employment... I'm so goddamn happy. I've studied game dev for 6 years, worked on passion projects for 2 and freelanced for 1 but never officially worked in games. It's always been my no.1 dream and it finally…
Got outta bed this morning feeling the blues...winter has definitely kicked in hard, here in the Antipodes. Bloody snowed on Mt Dandenong, just the other day for Chrissakes! when during the height of Summer in Melbourne we're typically hit on average with 36C+ temps...WTF!!! O_o Anyhoo, flicking through Stefan Morrell's…
I have had a wrist problem for quite a while now, even had a MRI scan for it. Most likely a scaphoid fracture or something else causing a bone in my wrist to cause pain at certain angles. Doctor only saw a lot of fluid in my wrist, claimed internal ganglion and told me to use my wrist less to let it rest. A month has…