Projects
Spacecraft Communications
Do you remember what the Astronauts sounded like during the Apollo program? What? Not old enough to have seen it or too old to remember? Well then, have a listen to this. I thought I would try to duplicate that classic sound. Its all about the Quindar tones. I added some pink noise, white noise […]
Learned to Use LaTex
I finally got around to learning how to use the LaTex type setting program that has been around the Unix/Linux community for years. I tried using LEd and it worked just fine, but I decided to use Eclipse instead since Eclipse is available on both Windows and Linux…
Flight Training Device
For some time I have wished that I had access to a Flight Training Device or Flight Simulator that had real knobs and guages. Computer flight sims are fine but what I really want to do is practice IFR procedures and using a mouse and keyboard just doesn’t cut it. After seeing on the web […]
Colin Hammon Memorial
The father of a close friend. Colin was once a helicopter pilot in the U.S. Navy who flew combat search and rescue (CSAR) missions during the Vietnam ware. He passed away after a long battle with cancer.
Gymnastics Movie
An internationally acclaimed documentary about what it takes to persevere in the high pressure world of competitive gymnastics. Critics rave “This is THE move to see this season!” – says a leading reviewer for a major news organization. “Run, don’t walk to the theater to see this movie.” – exclaims an important critic from a […]
Five Minutes Worth of Dogs
Nikki reminded me that this was missing from the “movie” page [on the old web site]. “I made this movie because it was the best subject for a movie…that and I had a bunch of pictures of dogs that I didn’t know what to do with.” – Director Nikki J. (movie coming soon)
The March of Time
A family album set to the music of the time. Chronicles sister-in-law’s first 40 years. Produced for her 40th birthday. Over 400 pictures were scanned in to make this movie. Lots of on-the-job training during the making of this one. It took about 3 months to make this 42 min movie.
Thailand
Documents two trips to Thailand in the late 1980′s. Scuba diving excursion and visit to the Bridge on the River Kwai. The raw footage stayed packed up in boxes for 14 years. After I built my new computer in March 2004, which included a video capture card and the Adobe suite of video editing software, […]
