Blizzcon

Just got word that the Producers worked their magic and got permission for me to film The Guild Panel at this years Blizzcon. So it looks like I will be going down to Anaheim Saturday Oct. 11th. While I'm down there filming the panel I'll be able to interview fans of the show as well. Should make for some good BTS material for the DVD. Never been to Blizzcon.. should be fun.

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vitamin L?
L for LOVE.

or are you dying for some
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S for SEX.
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The Guild Shoot (Codex & Zaboo)

Today was another Guild shoot. Today's shoot was at one of The Guild's producer's house in Van Nuys. This was good news as I didn't have to get up so early and she lived only 15 minutes from me. I got there around 9am and set up my stuff. Today was going to be easier as we were working in just one room with two people as opposed to five rooms with many actors like yesterday. Of course these are the main two characters so there was more stuff to shoot but today shouldn't be as long as yesterday.

Today I got to meet Sandeep who plays Zaboo and man is a funny guy. Like Jeff (Vork) from last night it was so hard to not laugh while shooting, both actors are improv actors. Felicia and Sandeep have great chemistry and timing. They would ad lib stuff and I would just crack up.. luckily I have a lot of these banter between takes on film and hope to cut something together. There were alot of camera movement and set changes but everything went fairly smooth. I got out of there around 9pm and it was another fun filled shoot day.

The crew and people associated with this show are fantastic. Alot of them are volunteers or getting paid very little. They do it because they love The Guild and I think its makes the long hours not so horrible.

Next weekend more shooting... can't wait...

The Guild Shoot (Tinkerballa,Clara,Vork,Bladzz)

This weekend was one of many weekends I was volunteering to help out one of my favorite web series The Guild. Today's shoot was going to happen at the creator, writer, producer and star of The Guild, Felicia Day's house. She lives in a very cool house in Los Angeles area. When I got there at 7:30am I got my "good morning" hug from Felicia (she's a sweetheart), while the crew had begun to set up, I found a area to set up my battery chargers and tapes and then got to work filming the set up. They were setting up Tinkerballa's very pink room. I got to meet more of the crew, which was great since I was going to be doing interviews with them in the weeks to come. I got to me Amy who plays Tikerballa's as she was the first to shoot. It's always fun to see how things are put together. I'm a huge fan of The Guild and I know how TV works but it's still fun to watch them create something that you love right in front of you.

After Tinkerballa's (Amy) shoot it was time to shoot Clara's part. I met Robin who plays Clara and then they brought her three kids and a special new character (which I can't say who..) and we did some of Clara's lines. Next was the kids part and these are the same three kids from season one and they have grown up quite a bit, especially the powerstrip eating baby. So we spent hours and hours getting the kids stuff done. By this time we were behind schedule and Vince (Bladzz) showed up and Jeff (Vork) showed up for their parts.

After the kids and Clara's stuff we broke for lunch. At this time it was 3pm. We started to shoot just Clara's lines with no family. That took a few hours. After that we started to shoot Vork (Jeff's) lines. Jeff is way to funny and it was so hard to stop myself from laughing. After his stuff it was time to shoot Bladzz which went fairly quick. By the time we were done it about 10pm. It was a long but very fun and productive shoot day. I took about 3 hours of video and 250 stills. Now I have to get some sleep and get up early again for tomorrow's shoot.

【演講影音】談國際文化資產交流－吳錦發老師

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全程共約3小時，分成10小段 (按下方左邊數來第三顆按鈕>|號，再點一下螢幕即可直接跳下一段)



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今天中午，臨時接到發哥的來電
表示他在彰化有場演講，花了很多時間準備資料，希望可以分享給更多人

講題：談國際文化資產交流
講者：吳錦發老師
時間：2008年9月27日（週六）14:00-17:00
地點：建國科技大學
培訓營：區域型文化資產　守護志工培育營

主辦：彰化縣拓展文教基金會
電話：04-7119975


延伸閱讀：
大地照片走廊（吳錦發講座「談國際文化資產交流」）
大地點播站
彰縣拓展基金會 文化資產志工培訓／自由時報

【演講影音】台灣青年 台灣歌－Freddy

全程錄影檔
上集

下集

演講錄音檔


今天Freddy的演講
我看到過去都只有長者一個人來聽演講的
今天他的小孩一起跟來
當然，也看到了很多young generation

他在談話中提及
身為熱愛音樂的他，如何堅持台獨的色彩
以及他如何身體力行，發揮個人魅力，傳播台灣意識

延伸閱讀：
大地照片走廊（台灣青年 台灣歌－Freddy）
大地點播站
【9/27飛揚台灣系列講座預告】台灣青年 台灣歌－Freddy

Birthday Dinner

Tonight my good friend Christopher took me out to Chevy's for a be-lated Birthday dinner. It was great catching up as Christopher and I haven't seen each other since he was my best man at my wedding at the beginning of August. It was a nice dinner and conversation. Just wish we both had more free time to do it more often.

It Just Hit Me

Today I said goodbye to about half of my co-workers. We are winding down at my current job and finishing our last two episodes with a few lucky folks and it just hit me that I will be out of a job in a few weeks so I started to update my resume so I can start sending it out again. That is one thing I hate about freelancing..well there are many but the worse one is looking for a new job every few months. This one lasted about seven months which is pretty long but once again I have to start bugging friends for any leads. If anyone is looking for a Post Production Supervisor please let me know... thanks

TV is Back

So excited to have TV back.. so far we've watched the premieres of Heroes (Fantastic), The Big Bang Theory (Laughed so hard) , How I Met Your Mother (Very funny), Sarah Conner Chronicles (Can't wait to see more), Fringe (Cool new show) , Survivor Gabon (Great cast of characters) and a few others.. but there are still some big ones that I am looking forward too like Pushing Daises, Kyle XY, Amazing Race and the return of Battlestar Galactica.

I have cut back on TV.. alot. I use to watch about 30 hours of TV every week and for the life of me can't figure out how that worked with a 60 hour work week and 40 hour school schedule.. but somehow I made it work. As I have gotten older and time seems to have gotten shorter I pick and choose what I really want and stuff that can wait till DVD. I think I'm currently down to about 10 hours a weeks of must see TV. This TV season looks to be just as good as last season... bring on the new shows.

連續50秒的「台灣、阿扁，加油」影片

全程錄音檔


先分享連續50秒的加油聲
更多精彩影片，請見阿扁總統台中座談會，全程實況錄影


228 Taiwan Spirits

參加這場座談會的心得就是和戰場一樣
原本預計1,200人的場地，突然湧入不知幾倍的人潮
不只座位不夠，連空氣都變得稀薄

現場加油聲不絕於耳，民眾都很激動
阿扁總統領袖的特質，無人能擋 n_n~

今天的live直播也特別順利，影、音都沒有 Lag真是台灣神保祐
（煙斗謎之音：沒錯，我超怕那顆已經用了十年的ＨＵＢ當場掛掉，那我就準備被網友們幹譙到臭頭）感恩（煙斗謎之音：感溫台灣神保佑啦）

延伸閱讀：
大地照片走廊
全程錄音檔
台灣奶神一人廣播電台
9/25 阿扁總統，台中與你博感情

挺台灣的店－－台中老樹咖啡店

按圖進入觀看幻燈片


　我覺得開家香醇濃郁的好咖啡店，真是一種幸福。朋友就算很久、很久不見了,卻仍然記得你的味道,然後很快的喊出你或你的店名。

　我二、三十歲時,在自立報系工作,夜間到報社上班前,常常跑到濟南路的老樹咖啡喝一杯香醇濃郁的咖啡,拿起晚報,好好思索今天要畫個什麼超爆笑旳漫畫。老樹咖啡店帶著一種和洋風,一種既不妥協又似融合的氛圍,窗外的車水馬龍,又使得坐在裡頭的客人,有那種冷眼看盡過往行人的快感,我喜歡和朋友約在這裡,大罵統治者的專橫無理,有點像小資產階級,多了些閒錢,心思改戀,想玩他一玩,又不敢太過革命的在矛盾裡掙札,於是漫畫的幽點的諷刺和自嘲的靈感就來了,這種氛圍,使得咖啡的味道更令人印象深刻。

　可是下了班,偶而去老樹，喝杯咖啡，這一晚就不必睡了。老樹咖啡非常的Bold，太過濃烈的結果，整晚都睡不著，不過這也和老樹的老闆徐姐的個性相符。

　從前在電視台曾經為了老樹特別做過一集節目，收視率很好。後來聽說徐姐去中國打官司，因為有人盜用了老樹的名開咖啡廳，老娘豈有善罷甘休的道理？

　我那天到了台中，特地到公益路的老樹坐坐，再嚐一回老樹咖啡，裝璜的風格依舊、咖啡的味道照樣濃烈，徐姐知我來店，打電話到店裡來，第一句話就是：「魚夫你怎麼沒出來救台灣！」「怎麼沒有，你沒看到我又重出電視螢幕嗎？我還是長昌總部的資訊長呢，被馬英九告的呢！」聊著、聊著，徐姐要這攤咖啡，我婉拒了。

二十幾年了，從本土政權尚未執政到本土政權下台一鞠躬，徐姐沒變、我沒變，咖啡的味道沒變，真好！

公益路2段8號; (04) 2310-5050
營業時間：10 am-1 am

影片: 感動人的音樂－王明哲老師

感動人的音樂不需要理論
更不需要任何理由

影片介紹：
1. 阿嬤的海墘
2. 台灣兒歌
3. 阮有一個夢（首唱發表）
4. 夢中花
5. 美麗FORMOSA
（欲聽下一段，請按＞１鈕）

聽了
就會知道什麼是海洋的氣息　什麼是土地的感動
什麼是身為一個台灣人的骨氣和驕傲

9/21海洋之聲「大地的天空」節目，專訪台灣派歌手王明哲老師
老師在訪談中談到他對台灣前途的擔心與媒體審判阿扁總統的荒謬
更說到土地無私給予老師創作的養分
身為一個台灣人，可以用音樂，文學等等創作來告訴世人與教育我們的下一代什麼是母親台灣？
什麼是台灣意識．下一代沒有台灣意識，是我們這代不夠打拼，沒有創作好的東西讓大家傳唱．身為台灣人對此責無旁貸．



vedio by Rainbow （專訪王明哲老師一刀未剪版 ）

影片介紹：
1. 阿嬤的海墘
2. 台灣兒歌
3. 阮有一個夢（首唱發表）
4. 夢中花
5. 美麗FORMOSA
（欲聽下一段，請按＞１鈕）

延伸閱讀：
海洋之聲
海洋照片走廊
大地的天空BLOG
大地照片走廊
王明哲BLOG
專訪預告

Birthday Wishes

I got a ton of Birthday Wishes from my Online friends... it was fantastic. My friends over at the Treks in Sci Fi forum even made me some Birthday videos and posted them on youtube. There was alot of geeky love gong around. I have a bunch of great online friends that I consider just friends even though we have never met person. Folks like Rico, Jen, Rick, Meds, Tim, Bryan, Rob, Morelius just to name a few. Thank you all for making this crazy work day a wonderful Birthday.... Love to you all.

Happy Birthday To Me

Today is my 38th Birthday. This was going to be a pretty low-key day since we celebrated on Saturday. Last night I got a call from my story producer informing me that my runner got his car impounded. And we had several very important runs that had to be done early in the morning. Since it was 11 at night there wasn't much I could do so I decided that I would come into work early tomorrow and do them myself. Only problem was that Tuesdays and Thursday are the days Harry takes the jeep so he can go to the park. So now we had to postpone that so I could get up early and take the Jeep to work and do the runs.

I got to work at 8:15 and my boss wasn't here at he said he would be. I couldn't deliver the DVD's unless I had a drive on and he was the only one that could call and get me one. Come to find out that he got out of work an hour before I got there at 7am and went home to freshen up. So I called him and left a message and he finally got back to me around 9:25am.. so I got to work early for nothing and waited an hour in my office for him to return my call and let me know that I had a drive on. He finally called and I was able to deliver the DVD's to NBC, and of course when I get there.. the person I was delivering them too wasn't in the office yet.

So that is how my Birthday started. After that everything was pretty good.. my co-workers Erin, Armando and Maggie took me to Chevy's for a Birthday lunch. And of course they surprised me when the waitress came over and put a sombrero on my head and they all sang happy birthday. Then a few hours later Darla (my boss) came over with a cake and cup cakes and the entire post crew sang happy birthday and we all ate cake.

I was hoping to go home a little early as I had gotten here early but around 5:30 Jarrod my boss calls and tells me that he needs a run to Paramount/Compton area at 6:00pm. Maggie was doing runs today for me but there was no way I was going to let her drive to Paramount/Compton after dark but Jarrod insisted that this DVD had to be delivered. I was not happy and of course the person that I am said I would take it. This sucked because I did wan to go home early and Harry planned to take me out to dinner for my birthday. Well I called this person that we were suppose to take this DVD too to make sure she would be there. She informs me that there is already plans set for her to get it tomorrow morning and didn't need it tonight. So I got so spend the last 30 minutes stressing trying to figure out how to get this DVD to this person tonight.

Needless to say I was done and headed home. Once home Harry and I went to one of our favorite but rarely visited restaurants Outback Steak House and had a very nice birthday dinner.

[cgtalk文章翻譯]逼真的算圖演算法

譯者序:

CGTALK是高手雲集的專業論壇. 常常有些大師級的對話能夠釐清一些書本裡面也沒寫的重要觀念. 全局照明有很多專有名詞與演算法 例如光子映射 最終聚集 光緩存等. 有些觀念我是翻譯這個討論串後 才比較了解. 這個討論串是由joost_db提問, 主要回答者有CaptainObvious (Simon Lundberg), jeremybirn (Jeremy Birn), thev (Vlado). 

英國人Simon Lundberg提供了珍貴的觀念解釋. 一般在3ds max的MentalRay Final Gathering (FG)設定 其實指的是irradiance map. 如果你只把FG選項打勾 其實就只有計算irradiance map而已. 必須要把MentalRay的GI與FG同時打勾 他的計算才有Final Gathering的意義. 只有勾選FG根本不能稱做是Final Gathering計算 因為你沒有發射光子根本就沒有最終收集的意義. 精確的命名應該是要像Vray那樣把第一次反彈設為irradiance map 第二次反彈設為Photon Mapping, 這樣的命名才符合實際演算的意義. MentalRay的FG選項有誤導的嫌疑. 

以下文章翻譯自此cgtalk討論串:

Photorealistic Studio Methods (started by joost_db)

[joost_db問到]: 我是一位工業/產品設計師，最近想要改善我超爛的算圖效果 想要算出真實的效果。我希望能達到專業攝影棚的算圖效果---例如產品攝影，或是汽車等. 越真實越好。

我看到一些超讚vray效果圖, 看了一些線上教學，對Vray有非常深刻的印象。

我讀了3dword雜誌有一篇文章，講到利用“最終聚集(Final Gathering)產生真實影像” 。我覺得很多地方都會談到FG，但是我不知道FG到底是什麼。目前只知道，FG是一種能夠計算光線在場景中反彈的計算方式。

我在mental ray裡面看到FG的選項 ，但vray中沒看到 。FG是不是一種能建立光線反彈的簡單方式？或者特殊的算圖方法。是否有可能在vray裡面使用FG技術？ 

[Vlado回答]: “Final gathering”是mental Ray的專有名詞;一般對這類的GI演算法都被稱做 “irradiance caching” 。許多新的算圖器都支援irradiance caching的技術。如果是V-Ray，它的“irradiance map”算圖引擎最接近mental ray 的“final gathering”演算法。

[Simon Lundberg回答]: 每當談到全局照明(global illumination) 常常會被各種名詞搞混。我來告訴你這些名詞的差異：

首先，談到全局照明。這是一個集合名詞，用來描述光在漫射表面彈跳的現象。基本上，這個彈跳是在整個場景中彈跳。全局照明並不局限於任何特定的技術。

這麼多方法中，能夠實現全局照明的其中之一技術是---光子映射(photon mapping)。光子映射是一個相當簡單的技術，這就是為什麼它這麼受歡迎。這是一個較快的技術，但你是幾乎不可能利用它來達到高品質的全局照明。用數目少的光子只需要幾秒中就可以算出來。獲得中等數目的光子地圖將花數分鐘算圖。獲得高品質的光子貼圖將花費你幾天。當你使用光子映射時，GI基本上是用數以萬計非常不準確的光點構成的。藉由將這些光點作平均化的動作，你可以達到無光斑的算圖結果。缺點是，算出來的效果會缺乏細節和準確性。

光子映射是這樣的：

1 ：光子映射是在最終計算前先預先演算(pre-pass)。同時光子映射也會被平滑化(smoothed out)。 

2 ：當真正開始算圖時，會從攝影機發射光線(rays)到場景當中。 

3 ：當一個光線射到物體表面，那個表面會依據光線與存在表面的光子貼圖(photon map)來計算他的亮度。

計算全局照明的最原始方法，是蠻力演算法(brute force method)，有時被稱為蒙特卡羅法(monte carlo)或無誤差演算法(unbiased)。這表示，每一個像素都會射出超多的隨機（或半隨機）的光線。這種做法是很精確，但速度緩慢的。這類的演算法主要是由Maxwell 與 FPrime這類的軟體採用。然而，大多數算圖器也可以使用這種方法，雖然預設值不是用蠻力演算法. 蠻力演算法的計算流程：

1 ：光線自攝影機發射到場景中。 （請注意，這個計算不需要預處理(pre-pass)!） 

2 ： 其中的一個光線打到場景中的物體。 

3 ：從步驟二的撞擊點中，再次發射大量的光線到場景中。 

4 ：從步驟三中的撞擊點, 再次發射大量的光線到場景中。

所以，即使是簡單的場景，仍會耗費大量的光線。如果是本來不用GI只需要算幾分鐘就能算完，用光子映射大概要花10分鐘，而以蠻力演算法則需花數個小時計算。

因為蠻力演算法是如此緩慢，所以才發明了：輻照緩存(irradiance caching)這個技術. 輻照緩存採取非常準確的全局光照採樣數，但是並非計算每一個像素。如果計算一個平面，全局照明不會有劇烈改變，所以沒有必要計算每一個像素的資訊。如果你用輻照緩存，你可以計算場景中不同位置的光照，然後用內插法把其餘的位置給計算出來。這種技術的缺點是，它如同光子映射一樣, 需要預先計算(pre-pass)，它也可能導致光斑問題與細節表現的損失。如果你是用蠻力演算法計算，結果是雜訊點(noise)很多。但是雜訊點通常比光斑(splotches)好看 。

這就是為什麼你需要final gathering, 因為這蠻力演算法計算與輻照緩存都是一種很慢的演算法，而光子映射則是品質很差，於是有人想出了一個相當棒的方法---Final gathering！這個方法首先你要計算出光子地圖，這將含有光斑和細節損失的問題。然後你使用比較慢，但更準確的計算方法去計算光線反彈。基本上，它是這樣的：

1 ：計算光子地圖計算，同前。 

2 ：開始算圖然後自攝影機發射光線。 

3 ：光線打到場景中，一如往常光線產生陰影。但是這時光子地圖是完全被忽略的，因為它的低質量。 

4 ：光線自第三步的撞擊點再次發射光線。但是這次打出的光線打到新的表面時 就會把光子貼圖考慮進去，而影子光線(shadow rays)在這次就不追蹤了（因為陰影已經計算在光子貼圖當中了） 

光子貼圖是用來創造一個基本的整體環境，然後您使用的final gathering將光斑平滑且將失去的細節救回來。這種算圖時間會比單單用光子映射算的久，但是質量會高出很多。此外，由於您沒有自final gathering的光線射出陰影光線(shadow rays)，所以可以幫您節省大量的時間。光子映射+最終收集是非常受歡迎的技術。最終收集可以與蠻力演算法或輻照緩存混合運用。

不幸的是，就是這邊容易搞混。當mental ray使用者講到final gathering，實際他們指的是irradiance caching！在許多的算圖器中，irradiance caching被稱為final gathering，不管你到底是不是真的在使用final gathering技術。

如同Vlado所說，您實際上是想用“irradiance map”技術 。或者你可能是要用蠻力演算法，如果您想要速度慢，但效果更真實的算圖。

不是只有Mental Ray才能夠使用Final Gathering技術。其他渲染器如Turtle，這套算圖器能做兩件事，平滑化光子貼圖與根據撞擊點計算一次反彈的間接照明。

[jeremy回答]:Final Gathering只是眾多全局算圖演算法中的其中之一種技術。只要你有一套好的渲染器，其實你那麼不用擔心他不支援Final Gathering。

[joost_db說到]: 我讀了vray使用手冊，釐清了我的困惑。

我的結論(the bottom line)是，所有不同的GI算圖法(irradiance caching, irrandiance map, QMC, photon mapping, light cache等等），其實都是執行相同算式，只是用不同的解法而已。因此，它們之間的差異不是在根本上的不同，而是在得到結果的過程不同。所以這些算法可以得到產生非常相同結果，唯一的差異是算圖時間與品質會不一樣。

所以基本上，雜誌說他們使用“final gather” , 那只是他們的算圖設定的方法而已。我可以載入相同的場景，然後用vray, 並使用QMC, photon map, light cache等方法, 我能相同的結果----只是算圖時間會不同。

[Simon Lundberg回答]: 如果您在Vray的第一次反彈(primary light bounce)中設置成QMC， Vray將會以brute force演算法做運算。

如果是要計算寫實效果(studio lighting setups)，我建議您盡可能使用irradiance caching。如果用irradiance caching算出來的品質不夠好，你可以考慮使用區域光(area lights)。

用自發光的平面(luminous planes)跟區域光(area lights)的優點比較起來，發光的平面算圖比較快（如果您使用的輻照緩存） ，而且他們的反射效果比較銳利。例如汽車反光效果(carpaint) ！

[francescaluce回答]: 你講的完全不正確(exactly none)。如果你使用發光的平面作為反射來源，當照亮場景時，他回傳的資料會得到不吻合的照明感 而且這些資料難以被finalgather做平滑處理，尤其是在動畫上。

[joost_db說到]: 我詳細閱讀了您對final gathering, irradiance caching, photon mapping, unbaised methods等等方法的說明...我想我現在100 ％了解了，但想要在更確定！

用vray能讓我選擇第一次反彈的計算法與第二次反彈的算法。當我選擇“Irradiance map”作為第一次反彈，這將在場景中散佈許多小點。對平坦表面的點會比較少，相對幾何體變化大的地方會有比較多的採樣點（聽起來就像您所說的Irradiance map） 。然後, 如果我使用qmc （我相信這是無偏差的演算法unbiased method）作為第二次反彈的計算法，然後設定成十次反彈, 根據先前的Irradiance map，QMC會發射大量的光線---但不是每個地方的光線密度都一樣，在Irradiance map分布較少的位置，會發射較少的光線，但是在Irradiance map分布較密的地方 ，會發射較多的光線...這樣說正確嗎？

如果上述是正確的....用這種方法就很道理了。純粹的無偏差算圖器Pure unbiased（例如Maxwell） ，其實浪費了很多時間在處理不需要有高品質GI的地方。上述方法（irr map + qmc）能夠得到百分之一百與maxwell一樣的效果，但是又沒有浪費時間在計算不需要高精度的區域。

因此，算圖品質幾乎相同，但計算較少

[Simon Lundberg回答]:完全正確，Maxwell “浪費”了很多計算時間。這就是為什麼他算圖很慢。但也不能說這種方法就是無偏差的。無偏差的定義是沒有任何的人為誤差計算(artifacts)，但您還是會得到noise。Irradiance caching可導致細節損失與漏光(light leaks)。對於一個無偏差渲染器(unbiased renderer)這絕不會發生的。即使您使用irradiance caching作為第一次反彈, QMC作為第二次，你仍然會得到誤差。

第一次反彈(primary bounce )是由攝影機射到場景當中的。因此，如果您第一次反彈設定成irradiance caching，第二次反彈設成photon mapping，您會獲得一張標準的光子貼圖與最後收集，跟你用mental ray一樣。如果你用irradiance caching作為第一次反彈, QMC作為第二次反彈，在我看來，這樣做有點浪費，因為你在第二次反彈時還是用了QMC, 所以沒辦法幫你節省到多少時間阿。再者, 最後算圖效果還是會有irradiance caching產生的錯誤

我是建議使用光緩存(light caching)作為第二次反彈。Light caching就像是光子映射，不同的是光緩存是自攝影機發射光子而不是自燈光發射光子。它具有photon mapping大部分的優勢。用起來很棒。然後用irradiance caching或QMC作為第一次反彈（作為final gathering） ，以維持細節表現。

[Giorgio Luciano回答]:這真是有趣的討論。可能是因為拜vlado和Jeremy大師現身的關係。 Vlado是全世界最好的渲染器(譯者注: 指的是Vray) 開發者之一，Jeremy寫了一本關於Lightning and rendering的書！能在星期天下午學到這麼多東西真的很棒喔!

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曲名：『來自天上的旋律』

這樣子的曲名，似乎是要講一段神話，其實不是，這是我最近親身體驗的一次奇妙際遇。

在一個深夜裡的凌晨3點半，熟睡中的我腦海中突然響起一段優美的旋律，連同旋律的背景襯底的架構，都非常清晰可記。

這旋律4句，短短8小節，搭配著背景襯底，讓我從睡夢中驚醒，我心底明白，這不是我平常寫歌、編曲的手法，所以趕緊翻下床把『她』記下來。

這音樂祥和、莊嚴而又充滿著疼惜，似乎不像來自人間，而可以一直循環的4句旋律，也不像我們人間寫歌所使用的曲式，我不知道如何取名，只好稱為：『來自天上的旋律』，曲子不是我創作的，我只是幫忙完工而已。



那一個深夜的凌晨3點半，日期是2008年8月30日，也就是當天下午，30萬台灣人就要集結街頭遊行嗆馬。

而『來自天上的旋律』似乎在透露
他們心疼我們目前的處境
他們也很願意來疼惜我們

http://www.twango.com/media/eds3343.public/eds3343.10069

包子丸

台灣動物百科 － 八色鳥 [八色鶇]

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八色鳥 [八色鶇]
學 名 Pitta Nympha
英文名 Fairy Pitta

八色鳥生性隱密，常活動於森林底層，飛行快速但通常是短距離，在繁殖期間，活動的範圍不會離巢太遠。以蝸牛、蚯蚓、昆蟲等動物性食物為主食。

台灣有 9成以上的候鳥，是度冬的冬侯鳥，而八色鳥是夏天飛來台灣繁殖的夏候鳥。五月份起八色鳥陸續自菲律賓、婆羅門洲、南洋一帶飛抵台灣。部份個體留在台灣繁殖，其他飛往更北方的日本、韓國等地繁殖，同年秋季再回到南洋一帶過冬。

在台灣西部丘陵均可發現其蹤跡。原本八色鳥是普遍的夏候鳥，但因人們過度捕捉及環境破壞雙重因素影響，已成稀有鳥類。

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Guild Shoot

Today I got to volunteer on a wonderful web series called The Guild I was producing, shooting and will be editing Behind the Scenes stuff for there second season DVD. I'm a huge fan of Felicia Day, the star, producer and writer of the Guild so it was a thrill to met her and she is as sweet a person as you can ask for. The entire production team was fantastic. We worked from 7:30am to 3:30pm and the time just fly by. I took about 3 1/2 hours of video and roughly 150 still photos. I can't say much about the story but it was an awesome shoot and I look forward to the next couple of weekend shoots.

If you haven't watched season one of this fantastic series check it out here. It's only 10 episodes running 3 to 6 minutes each... it's really funny.

LADIES & GENTLEMEN

PRESENTING TO YOU...

MR WONG WEI KANG'S BIRTHDAY!!! ;)
beside the calm and peaceful sea, is where we had our dinner.
foursome!

im addicted to him; only him.

Vine Tattoo Leg

The ever increasing trend now, seems to be catching on. Without a doubt, limits are pushed to move this "styled" tattoo in bigger scales than what it was, originally.

Due to the increasing popularity of this tattoo, I will control the number of people getting it done, so as to, it will not become too common in time to come. Therefore, I will push the limits even further by doing various variations in accordance to this style !!

I guess I owe the "Lovely Ms.Kim" a kiss, for the inspiration tothe many out there!! Woo hoo !!

Birthday BBQ Bonanza

Today I celebrated my 38th birthday with family and friends. We had a very nice BBQ in the backyard. About 20 folks showed and we have some great tasting BBQ even though I burned the dogs a bit.. it was all good. The highlight was my drinking beer.. for those who don't know I don't drink.. or I don't drink very often.. maybe a beer or two once a year. My brother said he would stay longer if I drank with him so I decided to have a few beers. This was the first time my brother and I (pictures above) drank together and he got a kick out of it. After one beer I was dizzy, two beers I was feeling pretty good, then on the third beer Jessica encouraged me to chug it which I did and felt sick afterwards.. the nausea passed I went for my fourth beer.. and that when my laughing attacked happened. For those who have experience it I'm sure you remember it well.. for those who haven't... maybe one day you will.

It was a fun time had by all.

Violin's Tattoo

Due to the recent popularity tattoo of Ms.Kim's tattoo, ( Which was done on the 2nd Event of Immortal Nite @ Chillies) I had a request from my friend Violin, to do something similar on a bigger scale.

Enoy it !!

First Birthday Gift

Today when I got home there was a package waiting for me from my friend Rick from Aberdeen Washington. Of course my birthday was a few days away and I got online and asked him if he wanted me to wait to open it. He said no way open right away so I did. There were two gifts inside, one was a very cool Marvel 2009 Calendar and the second more personal one was a three section picture frame with some beautiful shots that Rick had taken. He recently got a new camera and has taken some very incredible beautiful shots.. so he framed three that he thought I would like. It's a great gift and I want to Thank Rick and Amy for giving me my first birthday gift this year.

The Guild Shoot

Whoo hooo.. got my call sheet for The Guild shoot on Sunday.. call time is 7:30am. That's kind of early.. but I'm still excited to be part of the team.

音樂片：西門二十四

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作者名稱：陳保倫
團隊名稱：24hours

走出捷運西門六號出口，映入眼前的是西門的繁華、絢爛、喧囂，然而這是屬於午夜12點前的景象，過了午夜12點的西門則是呈現另一種景象──孤寂、安靜。這兩種互為矛盾、互為拉扯的情感，啟蒙了人們感官。因此本短片以音樂影片型式，記錄了西門24小時的喧鬧與寂靜，透過影像紀錄西門豐沛的生命力、以文字傳達西門矛盾的情感、以音樂傳達西門超真實的擬象生活。團員名單︰陳保倫（隊長），李麗蓉，聶瑋齡，王韶憶，葉原榮，黃登鍵

Twitter

So I finally joined Twitter, if you don't know what it is it's a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (otherwise known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. Updates are displayed on the user's profile page and delivered to other users who have signed up to receive them. The sender can restrict delivery to those in his or her circle of friends. Users can receive updates via the Twitter website, instant messaging, SMS, RSS, email or through an application such as Twitterrific or Facebook.

It's a pretty cool way to keep up to date with my life.. if you belong to Twitter look me up. I can be found under Geekyfanb

The Guild Shoot

Just found out that I'll be shooting some behind the scenes stuff this coming Sunday. Can't wait to get started. This should be alot of work.. but also alot of fun.

memories

My dear boys and girls. I truly apologize for the extremely long hiatus.

Over the past month, lots have been going on personally and it somewhat did affect me in lots of ways and it took my mind off completely in giving you guys out there what you need.

I am taking a break from life and looking for a fresh start but business still resumes as usual at Immortal Tattoos, Singapore.

Love ya all !!

I understood one thing -

Life is the strongest drug ; you will never know what kind of trip you are getting yourself into. Just like every other drug, to Life, there are side effects. - The Memories. - Kugan of Immortal Tattoos, Singapore !!

預告片欣賞: 《愛在波蘭戰火時》(Katyn)

本預告片已獲得海鵬電影授權委託台灣玉山網路電視台無償宣傳及上傳

『這是一部扣人心弦、發人深省的影片，波蘭的歷史苦難世所共知，而這一段人權迫害的史實與台灣的「228事件」有兩點特質最為相近，其一是受害者包括許多社會菁英份子，其二是加害者用盡各種手段掩蓋事實真相。這不只是一部具有深度的電影，同時也是最佳的人權教材。』　　

二二八事件紀念基金會　柳照遠

精彩片段欣賞


中文官網：http://katyn.swtwn.com
部落格 ：http://blog.sina.com.tw/katyn
高雄地區首映時間: 2008年9月16日(二)
高雄地區上映時間: 2008年9月19日(五)

【戰火愛情】─劇情大綱

最殘酷的戰爭，最堅貞的愛情…
二次大戰期間，德國、蘇聯聯手瓜分波蘭，蘇聯俘虜了波蘭軍隊並佯裝示好，以爭取他們的投效…。安娜的丈夫安德烈是名波蘭軍官，他依戰俘協定必須遣往蘇聯。無論安娜和女兒如何懇求他留下，他還是得跟著部隊離開了家…。安娜帶著女兒逃往南部克拉科的婆家避難，不料卻遇上了德軍與紅軍的東西夾擊…。此時，一名蘇聯軍官救了安娜，並希望安娜能嫁給他，但遭到了安娜的斷然拒絕…。

歷盡千辛萬苦，安娜終於回到了婆家，卻發現在大學教書的公公，已遭到了德軍的逮捕。安娜只好暫時到照相館工作，藉著與丈夫的書信往返，一解相思之苦。然而丈夫安德烈突然失去了聯絡，頓時讓安娜心急如焚…。某日，同袍帶來了安德烈的死訊，但任憑安娜翻遍所有死亡名單，就是全然找不到丈夫安德烈的名字。憂喜參半的她憑著直覺，堅信丈夫將會活著回家團聚，直到她輾轉獲得安德烈遺失在蘇聯邊界卡廷森林中的一本日記…。

究竟安德烈人去了哪裡？安娜最後能找到他嗎？！而安德烈的日記裡，又寫了什麼秘密？一樁驚天撼地的世紀秘辛，即將揭開…。（波蘭，118min）

【戰火卡廷】─時代背景

「卡廷事件」是第二次大戰期間波蘭軍官戰俘被集體屠殺的事件。波蘭大導演華依達在《愛在波蘭戰火時》中，保持其一貫敢於解決尖銳問題的作風，對這個隱密的歷史事件從側面進行描述。
1939年9月1日，納粹德國對波蘭發動戰爭，佔領波蘭的西部地區。

半個月後，蘇聯卻也從東部進入波蘭，佔領寇松線（Curzon Line）以東的全部波蘭領土，俘虜了約25萬名波蘭軍隊官兵，波蘭自此從歐洲地圖上消失。蘇聯隨後將波蘭官兵分別囚禁在新建的戰俘營，其中光是斯塔羅別利斯克、科茲爾克和奧斯塔什科夫等3個戰俘營，就關著包括9000名菁英軍官在內的共約1萬5千名波蘭官兵戰俘。

1943年4月13日，納粹德國攻入蘇聯境內，在德軍所佔領的蘇聯斯摩棱斯克市（Smolensk）附近的卡廷森林裡，竟發現了被屠殺的波蘭軍人萬人塚，德國軍方於是立刻對國際宣稱這是蘇聯所為。4月15日，蘇聯發表公報，對此予以斷然否認，並宣稱這些波蘭戰俘是在德軍入侵蘇聯之後落入了德軍手中，是被德軍所殺害的。

此後，蘇聯和德國均組織調查團前往卡廷森林進行實地調查，但都沒有取得一個明確的結果。戰後，紐倫堡國際軍事法庭在審訊納粹德國戰犯時，竟也迴避了對「卡廷事件」的明確態度，使之成為一樁未了的懸案。

此後，波蘭方面和國際社會針對蘇聯的說法，多次提出懷疑並展開激烈爭論，但蘇聯始終堅持既定的立場。而由共產黨所領導的波蘭政府更是企圖一手遮天，不斷對波蘭民眾教育洗腦，宣傳「卡廷事件」是由納粹德軍所一手主導的。

1985年，戈巴契夫（Mikhail Gorbachev）成為國家領導人之後，由蘇聯和波蘭歷史學家組成的聯合委員會，開始對此事件進行了深入的調查。1990年4月13日，在波蘭總統雅魯澤爾斯基訪問蘇聯之際，蘇聯首度承認了「卡廷事件」確是由蘇聯紅軍所為。

蘇聯解體兩年後，俄羅斯領導人葉爾欽（Boris Yeltsin）發表官方聲明，證實當時「卡廷事件」確是由史達林（Stalingrad）親自簽署而下達的指令。「卡廷事件」在沉冤了半個世紀後，終得昭雪。

Saturday Night Live (此片僅限美國地區觀賞)

Palin/Hillary Open

Getting Old Sucks

Today I had a doctor’s visit. I went back in June and they did some blood work. So today I got the results. Blood pressure is a bit high 89 over 139, but the bad news was my Cholesterol was too high 241, that's the most it's ever been. So I'm now taking medicine to control it as well as having to change my diet. I go back in three weeks to make sure the new meds aren't affecting my liver. There were a few other items that needed addressing but over all everything seems to be working fine. Seems like the older I get the more issues I have.... oh well it could be worse.

the long awaited holiday is finally here to stay!!! ;)

he is my sleeping handsome! hahaha.

Fringe

Tonight Harry and I were able to catch a speical repeat of the premiere of JJ Abrams (Lost) new TV series Fringe. It's kind of like the X-Files but not. Here's a short synopsis, When an unlikely trio uncovers a deadly mystery that involves a series of unbelievable events, they discover it may be part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between science fiction and technology.

Both Harry and I enjoyed it enough to want to watch the second episode. Check it out if you can.

Whoo Hooo

Today I got confirmation that they liked my idea and that I will be volunteering my services as producer, camera person and co-editor (along with Harry) for the DVD Extras for the web series The Guild second season. I'm very excited to be part of such a cool series. If you don't know what The Guild is, check out www.watchtheguild.com

Memory

作者:CV STUDIO 王思云、余曉玲、陳佩如、盧莉玲.

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本片係謝志偉任新聞局長時所舉辦的Woweyetaiwan系列之一,音樂影片類入圍作品，原網站可能已遭九劉政府新聞局刪除，本台將其陸續復原。
只消是愛台灣的影音，九劉政府看來已展開消滅行動，本台將竭盡能力保護這些台灣人的影像。

7 Years Ago

We must never forget!!!

十月三號 日本經典名曲精緻音樂會

跟各位親愛的朋友推薦以下的音樂會，我有去上一場，聽到感動流眼淚..
故鄉室內樂是我們台灣人的驕傲！請大家踴躍的參加，


親愛的故鄉之友，大家好:

台灣很少有全場日本經典名曲的精緻音樂會。在國家音樂廳，不曾有過
全場中提琴及鋼琴演出日本經典名曲。不斷挑戰不可能，這就是故鄉室內樂
團在國家音樂廳演出十多場西洋名曲及台灣名曲之後，要挑戰深度之旅~日本
名曲的原因之一。

本團的國際傑出音樂家廖皎含(2005,2007,2008年)及黃瑞儀(2003,2006年)
連年代表本團在日本演出，深受讚賞，是演出日本名曲音樂會的最佳人選。
今年八月，鋼琴家廖皎含在日本鋼琴獨奏會的安可曲<化為千風>，感動滿場
觀眾，有許多觀眾已決定搭機來台欣賞10月 3日這場日本海外難得一見的日
本經典名曲音樂會。

這必然是台灣最精彩的一場日本名曲深度之旅。<<淚光閃閃(涙そうそう)>>
及<<化為千風(千の風になって)>>，無疑是近年來日本最動聽的兩大金曲。
10月3日將由中提琴與鋼琴精心演出。加上十餘首日本百年來最膾炙人口的
<<早春賦>>、<<夕焼け小焼け>>….等等，一流的演出場面必定深留腦海。

這場音樂會的安可曲，更有非聽不可的台灣最動聽的中提琴名曲<<思慕的人>>
，歡迎大家與親友前來國家音樂廳共享這場感人肺腑的名演出。

故鄉室內樂團 敬上

思慕A郎


化為千風





參考鏈結

故鄉室內樂團

故鄉室內樂團節目表

故鄉日本經典名曲饗宴~廖皎含、黃瑞儀鋼琴與中提琴二重獨奏會

故鄉日本經典名曲饗宴 A Feast for Japanese Music 網路訂票

Sarah Connor Chronicles

Today was the first episode of the second season of Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles premiered tonight and man was it tense. Made me realize how much I missed this series and I'm so happy it's back. And this episode had an OMG moment at the end that's going to make this season AWESOME.

Star Wars: Clone Wars

I finally got to see this movie. I've been wanting to see this since it came out a few weeks ago but time has been very limited. Today I knew I had to go or I don't think I would have been able to see it in the theater. Harry wasn't interested so I went alone. Star Wars Clone Wars is an animated weekly series that's going to start up in October. It tells the story between episodes two and three. The WB decided to release the first three episodes in the theater to get everyone excited and man did it work.

I'm a huge Star Wars fan as it was this that got me started on my love of sci-fi/ fantasy and collecting action figures. This was a non stop action film and really started to flesh out some of the characters from the movie. I know Cartoon Network has ordered 100 episodes so we are in for a long haul with this series and seeing what they did just with the first three episode has really gotten me excited for the series.

Updated Website

Spent the weekend updating my website.. I've been wanting to do this for quite some time. I added a "My Wedding" section with 36 pages of pictures. I changed "My Partner" page to "My Husband". I added 14 pages of pictures to "My Toy Room" section and added a report and pictures on Harry and my final adventure at Star Trek the Experience. So check out my website if you haven't already and let me know what you think.

中華冥國的"長官"於830的嘴臉

中華冥國有一種叫做"警察大人"這種"長官"的動物，最喜歡面子與欺負台灣人，尤其是要宣傳台灣意識的團體，打壓絕不手軟，事情是醬子開始的…… （感謝大地的志工們奮力爭取自己的權利，也感謝所有路見不平，出手相助的武林高手們 n_n~ ）


228 Taiwan Spirits video by Cathy

（文字source: 龜毛萍's BLOG）……這個條子來找碴前後六至七次，一直來找碴，反正他就是決心要我們一群志工難看到底，顯示他〔大人〕的威風．

這張是恁祖嬤第三次站在旁邊一直拿著相機對準他，他也老大不爽我在〔青〕我，反正誰怕誰，恁祖嬤就是看不慣這種看門狗的作風．對面亂台一百多天的暴民紅衫軍一個屁也不敢吭，但對手無寸鐵低聲下氣的又沒犯罪的台灣人，卻是這種耍流氓的嘴臉，如此兩樣對待方式，這種惡行惡狀如果不拿出來分享實在可惜．

其實當天還有好幾個精彩鏡頭與對話，很可惜恁祖嬤沒有即時錄影錄音存證，把那些精彩畫面給錄下．當時，我們有幾位志工軍發揮恁北跟恁祖嬤的精神，出來跟這位條子嗆聲，尤其是同修贊儀跟敏哲兩位超強的恁祖嬤，內容實在精彩．若是有人將這片錄影整理出來後，再好好上傳到YOUTUBE去，讓全世界認識認識這位台北市警察５０７１

台灣鄉親，未來反搜證的工具隨時準備好：ＤＶ，數位相機，攝影式手機，只要能留下畫面的通通隨身攜帶，為了維護自身安全，保障我們的人權，與陳水扁留給台灣人的民主價值．忍讓紅衫軍暴民當年被糟蹋的民主精神，現在通通一件一件回報台灣人的時候到了．


延伸閱讀：
龜毛萍－專欺負台灣人的死條子
BBC－Huge rally against Taiwan leader
台灣大地文教基金會－830照片走廊
i~小瑜的BLOG

2008/9/20〈週六〉台灣派網友聖山一日遊

活動主旨：台灣國聖山生態教育園區踏青，團結台灣派網友，發揮台灣意識。
活動日期：2008年9月20日（星期六）
集合地點：台灣大地文教基金會（台中市西區自治街155號6樓之2）
集合時間：上午8：00
出發時間：上午8：30
結束時間：晚上8：00（回到台中）
交通方式：遊覽車
費 用：每人600元（經費不足部分，由基金會補貼）

報名資格：
1. 具有台灣意識者。
2. 願意為台灣奮鬥者。

報名方式：
1. 請填妥姓名、身份證字號、出生年月日、聯絡電話，
吃素者請註明，直接寄到本會信箱E-mail：

tati@taiwantt.org.tw

2. 電話報名專線 04-23723710。

報名截止日期：2008年9月16日

活動行程：

08：30中投公路逍遙遊→09：30國史館台灣文獻館→12：00台灣國餐廳「巷仔內」用午餐→13：20南投酒廠→14：15「國」政資料館→15：30台灣國「聖山」→18：00台灣國餐廳「巷仔內」用晚餐→20：00滿載而歸

【行程特色】：全程都有導覽義工做深度的解說，讓大家更瞭解台灣這塊土地上所發生的人、事、物。

外縣市的朋友到大地文教基金會的 交通路線

備註：

1. 遠途的朋友，如果有住宿問題，請洽本會安排。

2. 怕蚊蟲叮咬者，請著長袖長褲，或自備防蚊液。

3. 請自備防曬、雨具、個人慣用藥品。

4. 請著輕便球鞋和服裝。

5. 何謂聖山運動

Star Trek Poster

Today Harry and I got our Star Trek XI posters. While at Comic con this year you have the opportunity to sign up to get a free Star Trek Poster. I signed both Harry and I up. What I didn't expect was the size of the Poster.. I thought the poster was going to be a mini poster as that is what they normally give out at comic con, but it's not. It's a large theater poster and sent in a very solid tube so it's in perfect shape. It's a great addition to my collection.

Scare with Dad Last Night

Last night while driving home I got a call from my brother. I was in the middle of driving home and didn't have my blue tooth so I couldn't answer. When I got home I checked my phone and there wasn't a message from him, which is kind of weird. So an hour passed and I get a call from my Mom. Now it's 9pm and I know something is wrong, as my Mom doesn't call me this late. My mom tells me that my Dad is in the hospital again and it looks as though he had another stroke. Michael my brother has had enough and can't deal with Dad anymore. I immediately called my brother to get details on Dad. They were still in the waiting room and a nurse was looking him over. She said it looks like a stroke; he couldn't walk, slurred his speech and was sweating very badly. So I hung the phone with my brother and told him to call me back when he found out more info. So another hour passed and my brother called me back to inform me that Dad's blood sugar level was 32. He recently found out he had diabetes and he is suppose to keep his blood sugar between 80 and 140. The nurse gave him OJ and cracker to try and raise his sugar level and it seemed to work. I called Dad this morning and after 3 glasses of OJ and a few crackers they managed to get his blood sugar level back up to 108 and everything went back to normal. So no Dad learned a lesson about letting his blood sugar get to low as well as too high. I'm just glad everything worked out for the best.

Dr. Horrible's Soundtrack

So if you caught the phenomenon known as Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog in July then you’ll want to check out Itunes for the entire Soundtrack from the very shiny web series. You can go to the main website and click on the link to itunes.

http://www.drhorrible.com/

All Good Things....

Must come to an End... Star Trek The Experience officially closes today. It's a very sad day in the Star Trek Fandom. It was a great run while it lasted and both Harry and I have many great memories.

敢鬥－－獨臂劍俠莊易軒

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作者：瞳夢工場＿陳宏銘、張再興、廖詩欣
天生只有一隻手，但是永不放棄，勇敢的戰鬥下去。