|
| GPU Gems II Chapter |
01/04/05 |
| Eric Enderton and I wrote a chapter for GPU Gems II describing part of Gelato's hider including a full implementation based on a generally useful C++ GPU toolkit. |
| DISH 6000 Upgrade Kills TiVo |
11/02/03 |
| Problem fixed as of 11/13/03! Nice work, Dish guys. DISH Networks disabled TiVo on the top of the line HDTV Model 6000 receiver with their latest software update. There is reason to believe this may have been intentional. Here's the letter I sent to their support team. |
| PARC - Python Animation Rendering and Compositing |
06/13/02 |
| A Python and C toolkit for simple animation, rendering and compositing. A micropolygon based renderer with motion blur, depth of field, and procedural shading and geometry via Python plugins. The scene description language is also Python, which means PARC both extends and embeds Python. |
| Bokeh |
04/15/02 |
| Bokeh is a Japanese term describing the quality of out-of-focus regions in a photograph. I describe how to simulate bokeh in a CG renderer. This page contains a bokeh depth of field demonstration and links to the PDF for the Siggraph bokeh sketch. |
| Graphics Programming Books |
02/10/02 |
| Want to learn how do program your own renderer? Here are some good books that I've found useful for doing computer graphics programming. |
| Renderfarm Statistics |
01/27/01 |
| A description of the hardware render farm used at PDI to create Shrek. Details of the machine configurations and interesting trivia tidbits are provided. |
| Shrek Rendering Statistics |
01/27/01 |
| Graphs of the rendering log data from Shrek including memory usage, scene complexity and other fun facts. | |
|
| New Year's 2005 |
01/04/05 |
| We got a bit of snow this holiday. Updated January 11th. |
| Deck Construction |
01/04/05 |
| We built a deck this summer. Emily and I are now enjoying the results of our fantastic crew's great work. |
| Happy New Year 2004 |
10/18/03 |
| We got some big snow this holiday season. A great way to start the new year. Its nice to have a year with good digits again. |
| TD Fire |
10/18/03 |
| On the way back from our hike to the John Benson Sierra Club hut, Emily and I saw a fire start near I80 and head up and over the ridge to Tahoe Donner. |
| Thanksgiving '03 |
10/18/03 |
| Thanksgiving in Tahoe! Somehow we've managed to convince our family and friends to turn a one-time event into a new family tradition. |
| Loch Leven and the Ducks |
10/18/03 |
| This summer we tried to hike to all the locally known hotspots. Loch Leven is a small lake near the summit where Cici loves to chase ducks. |
| May Snow |
05/11/03 |
| It was a late snow year up here in Serene Lakes. Here's some pictures that show what the house looked like on my birthday, May 11th, 2003. |
| Petroglyphs |
05/04/03 |
| Our friend Jennifer signed us up to go learn about and see some rock art outside of Reno. It was really hard to withstand the urge to bring our rockhammers... |
| Skiing with Lynelle and Sharon |
03/30/03 |
| Some pictures of the last day we went skiing this year. Our friends, Lynelle and Sharon came out for what we thought was one of the last days with snow. |
| Naomi's Bat Mitzvah |
01/05/03 |
| Photographs of the party following Naomi Wexler's ascension to adulthood! Ah, tradition. |
| Cici Wonderdog |
12/30/02 |
| What's up with Cici? Well, she lives a dog's life in dog heaven aka Soda Springs, so what would you expect? |
| Nature |
12/30/02 |
| Some interesting nature photos that don't fit into any other article. |
| Snowboarding |
06/14/02 |
| A picture perfect day (or two) for my friend Gilles and I to float down the powder at Sugar Bowl and Soda Springs. |
| Olympics2002 |
06/14/02 |
| Emily and I drove out to Salt Lake City to see the 2002 Winter Olympics. We spent a week attending nordic events and watching the best atheletes in the world heat up the snow at Soldier Hollow. | |
