Wed Jul 9 09:13:32 MDT 2003 by Chris

Ooops. We had a minor scheduling issue with the AG pods. Today's class will be held as normal in the normal places. Sorry for the mix up guys!

Our meeting last week with Gronk was productive and fun. Hue, Carlos, Gronk and I were able to discuss some of the methods we've devised to accomplish some of the goals of this project. REMINDER This week we have another Access Grid meeting. Lodestar students will meet at HPCERC, NHCC students are in their normal AG meeting room. Content of the meeting will be announced later today.

Here is a link to the files we are viewing today.

REMINDER we are meeting at HPCERC on Wednesday for the beginning of our class.

Hue and I have rehashed the timeline for the animation. Here is the current time line:
1) Black + Seed Pod opening + conflagration - 30 seconds to 60 seconds
2) Neo floating down brain stem in slow motion - 30 seconds
3) New impacting walls of brain - starts after about 5 seconds and ends at about 15
4) Gronk models emerge, float, spark and flame - about 3 mins
5) Big Bang - 1 second
6) Black - seconds
7) Seed Pod - 15 seconds potentially recycling the seed segment from above

Here is the tentative schedule for the remainder of this project, sorry it's late.

Thanks to all the Lodestar Gronk class for signing up for the DPP mailing list. I will be posting a tentative schedule for the remainder of the class before lab time on Monday.
REMEMBER: Lab hours for Lodestar Gronk class are Mondays 9AM to noon. Sorry we can't offer more - the facilities are quite booked.

I have established a mailing list for the DPP classes. All email concerning the classes should be sent via this mailing list. You can find the link to the sign up sheet in the links on the right hand side of this page. I will be sending out important information towards the end of the week so please make sure you are signed up.

On June 19th at 1 pm in the HPC access grid room, we are all invited to a very special event. We will participate in a presentation by and discussion with academy award winning IMAX producer/ director / writer / designer Ben Shedd (just type his name into Google and you'll get all you ever wanted to know) very well respected producer of large screen movies...
Go to this page for a list of his work...
All Digital Pueblo participants are encouraged to attend

We will be having Access Grid Meetings on the following dates: June 11, July 2, and July 9. All students from the Lodestar pod will need to meet at HPCERC at our normal meeting time. Due to insurance - you will need to find your own transportation.

Hue and I have put together a list of common vocabulary words that are used when talking about digital planetarium animations. You will find the list here. Please check this site weekly for news, updates, etc.