Fifteen Minutes of FLAME!

OK, here it is, more than twenty years after the devastating Oakland Hills Fire, and we’re still talking about it. Well, at least I’m still talking about it. This time I’m sharing my experience with the crew from yet another reality show — Deadliest Planet. Watch out! Here comes another urban fire video!

It’s not hard to recall the events of that day, but just before the interview, we visited the fire zone to shoot some B-roll, and this had the unexpected effect of heightening my memories of the experience and probably made for a much better interview. We’ll have to see how the editors piece my sound bites together. I just hope it’s not totally embarrassing.

Stay tuned to thedude.com for show times and dates!

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Gualala 2012

We took Kelly’s parents along this time. We couldn’t have hoped for better weather in mid-January. No Internet for almost four days. What a wonderful trip! Loved it!







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Impossible Photo Shoot

Occasionally marketing asks for things that are (nearly) impossible to shoot. Like when they asked me to photograph a stack of sixty three 96-well microtiter plates on a white background.

I don’t have a studio at work, but luckily, I do have one inside my computer. Thank you Cinema4D!

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This Little Chip Will Change the World

View the announcement here. Pretty exciting stuff!

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My Office Wallpaper

Sized to fit my 30-incher.

Kelly says it’s too shiny. I say it’s not shiny enough!

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Exploring Hyperrealism

I am positively thrilled to be able to do this sort of thing at work.

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Buglady Logo

The original 2D artwork was created by Andrew. I merely “pulled up a Z” and rendered it in Cinema4D.

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Favorite Holiday E-Card

Sung by Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters (1954). Bill Pinkney sings the bass lead, Clyde McPhatter sings the falsetto. Cartoon by Joshua Held (2002)

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Merry Christmas!

We’re having a quiet Christmas this year. Yay! We just shared Christmas kisses with Jeri and Andrew. We are lucky to be able to count them among our very best friends.

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Bruce!

There isn’t a lot I can say here that hasn’t been said far more eloquently by Bruce’s friends and family, so I’ll let the images do most of the talking. Kelly and I laughed out loud while looking at these. We hope you will too.

You were a big part of the fondest memory of our lives – namely, our honeymoon in Bali. We had such a wonderful time that we returned the following year. You were the perfect host – offering us a room in your cool Bali house and accompanying us on our cross-country journey, where we stayed in the best rooms in the best hotels. These memories will be with us forever.

Think you have enough sunscreen there, Bruce?

Of course, we’ve always appreciated your sense of humor, perfect timing, your instant recall of every line of every Cohen brothers film and Seinfeld episode. You are without doubt one of the funniest and most gracious people we’ve ever had the pleasure to know. I think we have a lot in common as well. We see pretty much eye-to-eye politically speaking. We’re Geek brothers under the skin. And then there’s our relationship with food… Anyone up for Dessert?

We hope you and Catharine are having a joyful day filled with love in your Bali paradise. You are truly one-of-a-kind, Bruce. You will live in our hearts and minds forever.

Many more wonderful memories here.

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Playing with Fire and Water

I was asked to create something that could be screened onto a coffee mug. This will definitely not work for that purpose, but it’s so much fun going through the process of learning this fabulous software that I just had to share…

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Chip Load Animation Test

Swipe your pointing device left and right over the image.

The animation’s not perfect. This is just a test. Overall, I’m quite pleased with the results.

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