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an online Journal by Micah Vanderlinden

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Wu-Tang, Pharcyde, and Karen O.

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My Last FCP7 Film

Getting ready to start post on the last film I will edit using FCP7. I’ve got a documentary, two short films and a bunch of smaller stuff before I will take a week off to upgrade my edit station and all associated software. I am extremely excited and terrified for this to happen. Premiere Pro is definitely first up on the chopping block and I have heard a lot of great things about it (Walter Murch’s current NLE) but the automation of FCPX is undeniable (shot recognition, keyword based organization, etc). 

The percentage of married-couple households with children under 18 has declined to 23.5% of all households in 2000 from 25.6% in 1990, and from 45% in 1960.

Over time, the traditional structure has had to adapt to very influential changes, including divorce and the introduction of single-parent families, teenage pregnancy and unwed mothers, homosexuality and same-sex marriage, and increased interest in adoption. Social movements such as the feminist movement and the stay-at-home dad have contributed to the creation of alternative family forms, generating new controversy and concern for the American family.

Let it burn.

How Austin does the holidays (Taken with instagram)

How Austin does the holidays (Taken with instagram)

Tonight (Taken with instagram)

Tonight (Taken with instagram)

Afternoon coffee: marzipan, mocha & mint coffee grinds brewed in a french press with a triple shot of Bustelo espresso. And a biscotti! Say word.  (Taken with instagram)

Afternoon coffee: marzipan, mocha & mint coffee grinds brewed in a french press with a triple shot of Bustelo espresso. And a biscotti! Say word. (Taken with instagram)

What happens when you cross process a cross processed doodle. (Taken with instagram)

What happens when you cross process a cross processed doodle. (Taken with instagram)

Gravityman pictures in motion (Taken with instagram)

Gravityman pictures in motion (Taken with instagram)

Just got my set of RigWheels! Filmmaking ingenuity at its best.  (Taken with instagram)

Just got my set of RigWheels! Filmmaking ingenuity at its best. (Taken with instagram)

Something like fall (Taken with instagram)

Something like fall (Taken with instagram)

Christmas lights.  (Taken with instagram)

Christmas lights. (Taken with instagram)

Why Spotify can never be profitable: The secret demands of record labels
By Michael Robertson, MP3tunes, gigaom.com
Imag­ine a new hot-dog sell­ing ven­ture. Let’s also say there’s only one sup­pli­er to pur­chase hot dogs from. Instead of sim­ply charg­ing a fixed price for hot dogs, that sup­pli­er demands the HIGH­ER of the fol­low­ing: $1 per hot dog sold O…

A very good example of how the  current music industry works. Something needs to change dramatically soon. The model for film distribution is up for debate too.

Why Spotify can never be profitable: The secret demands of record labels
By Michael Robertson, MP3tunes, gigaom.com

Imag­ine a new hot-dog sell­ing ven­ture. Let’s also say there’s only one sup­pli­er to pur­chase hot dogs from. Instead of sim­ply charg­ing a fixed price for hot dogs, that sup­pli­er demands the HIGH­ER of the fol­low­ing: $1 per hot dog sold O…

A very good example of how the current music industry works. Something needs to change dramatically soon. The model for film distribution is up for debate too.

Lunch-ish (Taken with instagram)

Lunch-ish (Taken with instagram)

Getting ready for some test shots (Taken with instagram)

Getting ready for some test shots (Taken with instagram)

Morning doodle (Taken with instagram)

Morning doodle (Taken with instagram)