Posts Tagged ‘bitstrips’

I have been an avid Bitstripper for the last year and a half. Recently, I have been making efforts which causes me to not be on the site as much. Nonetheless, when I get some down time, I will spend it making a new comic.

On Dec 4th. Bitstrips came out with a new builder and added more items to their builder. In this screencast, we go over the items added and show you a little bit about creating a character and a comic. We also talk a bit about Bitstrips for Schools – a site for teachers and students.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (50.7MB)

Commandment #1 – Thou shalt maketh thine iPhone App compatible doth 3.0 versions….

OK, it does make sense – If you make an iPhone app or if you want to keep the iPhone app in the store, you must update it for the new version of the software. For some, it may not need any real updates – just someone to test and say; “Yeah, it’s 3.0 compatible.”

It does get frustrating when you look through something like Firefox plugins and see an add-on that hasn’t been updated in a very long while. Even the plugins for this site: sometimes you have to watch what you install, or else you might just break the system.

Therefore, we submit this: These 1 Bitstrips for you all to obey… or at least get a chuckle out of.

The other day I decided to play with the Beta version of CamStudio. The new beta version seems to be more stable and very useful. I like it a lot.

What I decided to do was record this week’s Bitstrips – a how to model. I created a simple face on the site. However, I used a method a lot of Bitstrippers are applying. It’s called the “Moon Method”, or what I like to call “Moonwalking”. Basically, you use the Moon Prop to create art.

The best part about this program is that you sometimes have to find ways around the art to create what you want. A good example was last weeks’ Segway article. And of course, this weeks Moonwalking comic.

It’s not much the picture as it is the accompanying video. The background music is by a band called “Sunspot“. It’s my favorite SS song – Scott Bakula. Enjoy!

It was a Double Whammy this week. Earlier, one of my favorite play websites – Bitstrips – celebrated a 1 year anniversary. At the same time, Thomas – author over at Dorkazine – celebrated a birthday. It was a lot more than a year and we won’t say how old he is, only that he achieved the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything (If you ever read Hitchhiker, you’ll know).

Getting back into the regular swing of things – this week we focus on the Rock Band. It apparently will not be as hard to get on the game system as it was to get into an iTunes library. Still, September 9th is the magic date. So get those drum sticks ready, polish up the boards and here they come – the Beatles.

Well… soon….

ITM – here is a little Bitstrip I created for the moment

One thing that has been stressful is trying to get all the items I need to record a bunch of video at the Consumer Electronics Show. Some of the stuff I needed I had to order online. However, with some delays I’ve been waiting for these products in the mail. While I’m sure it will show up in time, it’s definitely concerning me right now.

This weeks Bitstrips we talk about the trip. Because of the trip, there may not be a Bitstrips next week.

I think I could put together an album that Simon Cowell could question. Maybe someday I will put together an album of me singing all the holiday favorites. Then again, maybe not.

So therefore I leave it up to Bitstrips to do that for me. This week we remember the old commercials we used to see about this time of year where Zamfir played the pan flute, Lawrence Welk conducted the Holiday album or even the barking dogs put together 12 tracks available on Album, cassette, 8-track or CD.

Maybe someday those commercials will come back. In the meantime, we can put together a rendition of it.

OK. It’s 4:51 AM and I am still up in front of the computer. I spent a lot of time on the site today doing major fixes and finishing the move of all the media. At 4 AM this morning, I completed the task. All 153 Podcasts are now on a new server. You should be able to get to any of the content over the last year.

Since I was up, I decided to commemerate with a Bitstrip. I call it an esoteric look at re-coding. Now I am going to sleep. Good night. ZZZZZ……….

Well, the election is over and now it’s time to put the cabinet together. Need some nails, glue and instructions… Aw heck! Who am I kidding. We don’t need no stinkin instructions.

CNet reported that the new cabinet is without a Chief Technology Officer. The CTO is a pretty important position and the IT guy that takes that role will have to be on top of their game. The CTO will have not only other IT people on their case but those IT people most likely will blog about it. Talk about cut-throat.

This week on Bitstrips, we sit down with President-Elect Barack Obama and ask him about his hunt for the CTO.

It has been a long day. It all started yesterday when we began the process of moving a website to a different server so I could put up the new version of said site. All heck seemed to happen after that.

We’ll leave the water heater out of this story, let’s just say I have taken 3 cold showers in the last 3 days. YAY!

I have found I not only hit the limit on my website, I went WAYYYY past it. I had to remove 2/3rds of the podcasts just to get under quota. I am not sure what happened – but now I am on the hunt for a service to store the data. Once it finds a new home, I will make all adjustments. For now – Episodes 1-52 of the weekly podcast and the first 24 Quickcasts / 5 min show. are down.

So in momentus fashion, I offer this week’s Bitstrips to use part of an old favorite Edgar Allen Poe poem to create the scene and this week’s comic. Enjoy. (BTW – no Week in Tech History for the weekend due to the podcast space problem. Sorry).

Happy Halloween!!

Comcast increased their Bandwidth again. The Internet giant has plans in Residential and Business Service from 12 to 50 MB per second. Prices range from $42.95 to $189.95 a month.

Unfortunately, if you are a residential user, the faster speeds don’t mean a larger cap. While it doesn’t mean to download more, you can get pages a lot faster.

So now we run into the same issue again. So why not in Bitstrips format?