Do You Think This Camcorder Makes My Head Look Fat?

Elspode · 11-11-2003, 11:31 AM

This is what happens when too much technology becomes too easily available...

I got my ancient Dazzle DPM analogue vidcap device working in XP last night, and now I am free to endlessly harangue you all with meaningless pictures from the vantage point of my office desk...

11-11-2003, 11:36 AM

Get a haircut. And get a real job.

Undertoad · 11-11-2003, 11:39 AM

This is a pig sty. Clean up that mess young man or we will have words.

Elspode · 11-11-2003, 11:41 AM

Real job is looking good, actually...had a second interview yesterday, and was told I am the front runner. Of course, it is going to pay a little more than half of what I *was* making, but after nearly six months of unemployment (and marginal employment), it looks pretty good. Plus, it is in the field I have been in for 13 years.

Light candles, pray, practice voodoo...send energies! I want this job pretty badly. I *need* this job really badly. It is getting sort of difficult to make our $634.00 per month COBRA'ed Blue Cross/Blue Shield payments each month on what the wife makes and my unemployment.

Who the fuck would have ever thought that health insurance would cost as much as a house payment?

juju · 11-11-2003, 11:42 AM

Why is it so much?

SteveDallas · 11-11-2003, 11:45 AM

It's scary... my last job paid 100% of health coverage for the employee and 70% for the family. At the time I left, my 30% share for my wife & kids was $130/month.

And that was 5.5 years ago!

What capture device & camcorder did you use??? That's a pretty good quality pic for a vidcap.

Griff · 11-11-2003, 11:47 AM

This Dad crap really gives you license.

edit: No longer relevent : I swear juju... you keep deleting like that I'm gonna whip up on yah.

11-11-2003, 11:47 AM

(I was sure that you would catch it, but your response has left a tiny question in my brain. If so, <a href="http://www.letssingit.com/george-thoroughgood-get-a-haircut-and-get-a-real-job-3d8x8pp.html">here</a>.)

slang · 11-11-2003, 11:58 AM

The pic looks like maybe you got punched in the eye by the HighCostInsurance demon.

Best of luck on the job thing. I'll send you what energies I can. You may very well end up sleeping more and sharing Cracker Jack with a mouse though.

Elspode · 11-11-2003, 01:07 PM

Right after my last post, I got a call from the Division Manager of the company...he informs me that I am 95% in, subject to the results of a personality test I took (moronically simple and I'm sure it doesn't show me to be a sluggard or an axe murderer) and a drug test (gave all that up long ago...sigh) and a DMV inquiry (last moving violation was eight years ago). So...I think I'm in, probably starting Monday.

SD, I have an old Dazzle DPM USB device connected to my Sony TRV65 analogue HI-8 camcorder. I thought it worked pretty well. Now, if I had a more interesting life, I'd do some caps of video and post them...unfortunately, the coolest thing I have on video (an airshow a couple of years ago featuring a B 29 firing up all four engines and sitting at an impressive idle) is nowhere to be found.

Slang, of all the energies to be sent, yours is the stuff I'd trust the most...you've been where I am at recently, so I know there'd be good stuff involved.

My insurance is high because I my medical history is not great...nor is the wife's. I can't even *get* insurance in an open enrollment situation, so that kind of leaves me the option of working for a company large enough to qualify for a group rate.

Elspode · 11-11-2003, 01:10 PM

Ah...that was a GT song I hadn't heard...

Probably good advice in any case, but I'm a diehard. I feel like my hair doesn't belie anything bad inside me, so I've kept it. No one has told me in my job search that it was an issue, but if so required, I would have cut it. Supporting my family is the first and foremost thing.

Doesn't look like it is going to make a difference here, though...

r9703410 · 11-11-2003, 01:13 PM

FAT HEAD!FAT HEAD!!

Elspode · 11-11-2003, 01:16 PM

Perhaps I should have used less zoom...?

r9703410 · 11-11-2003, 01:17 PM

Yeah just a little.

lumberjim · 11-11-2003, 05:36 PM

good luck el!!!

i am kind of dissapointed, though.

all this time reading your highbrow posts with the marginally condescending tones, I had pictured you with a pipe and smoking jacket, slicked back hair and a monacle. you look more like a guy that sells hot dogs at a ball game. say it aint so

11-11-2003, 11:31 AM	#1
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Do You Think This Camcorder Makes My Head Look Fat? This is what happens when too much technology becomes too easily available... I got my ancient Dazzle DPM analogue vidcap device working in XP last night, and now I am free to endlessly harangue you all with meaningless pictures from the vantage point of my office desk... Attached Images __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-11-2003, 11:41 AM	#4
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Real job is looking good, actually...had a second interview yesterday, and was told I am the front runner. Of course, it is going to pay a little more than half of what I was making, but after nearly six months of unemployment (and marginal employment), it looks pretty good. Plus, it is in the field I have been in for 13 years. Light candles, pray, practice voodoo...send energies! I want this job pretty badly. I need this job really badly. It is getting sort of difficult to make our $634.00 per month COBRA'ed Blue Cross/Blue Shield payments each month on what the wife makes and my unemployment. Who the fuck would have ever thought that health insurance would cost as much as a house payment? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-11-2003, 11:47 AM	#7
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	This Dad crap really gives you license. edit: No longer relevent : I swear juju... you keep deleting like that I'm gonna whip up on yah. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis Last edited by Griff; 11-11-2003 at 11:49 AM.

11-11-2003, 11:58 AM	#9
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	The pic looks like maybe you got punched in the eye by the HighCostInsurance demon. Best of luck on the job thing. I'll send you what energies I can. You may very well end up sleeping more and sharing Cracker Jack with a mouse though. Last edited by slang; 11-11-2003 at 12:05 PM.

11-11-2003, 01:07 PM	#10
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Right after my last post, I got a call from the Division Manager of the company...he informs me that I am 95% in, subject to the results of a personality test I took (moronically simple and I'm sure it doesn't show me to be a sluggard or an axe murderer) and a drug test (gave all that up long ago...sigh) and a DMV inquiry (last moving violation was eight years ago). So...I think I'm in, probably starting Monday. SD, I have an old Dazzle DPM USB device connected to my Sony TRV65 analogue HI-8 camcorder. I thought it worked pretty well. Now, if I had a more interesting life, I'd do some caps of video and post them...unfortunately, the coolest thing I have on video (an airshow a couple of years ago featuring a B 29 firing up all four engines and sitting at an impressive idle) is nowhere to be found. Slang, of all the energies to be sent, yours is the stuff I'd trust the most...you've been where I am at recently, so I know there'd be good stuff involved. My insurance is high because I my medical history is not great...nor is the wife's. I can't even get insurance in an open enrollment situation, so that kind of leaves me the option of working for a company large enough to qualify for a group rate. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-11-2003, 11:36 AM	#2
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Get a haircut. And get a real job.

11-11-2003, 11:39 AM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	This is a pig sty. Clean up that mess young man or we will have words.

11-11-2003, 11:42 AM	#5
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	Why is it so much?

11-11-2003, 11:45 AM	#6
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	It's scary... my last job paid 100% of health coverage for the employee and 70% for the family. At the time I left, my 30% share for my wife & kids was $130/month. And that was 5.5 years ago! What capture device & camcorder did you use??? That's a pretty good quality pic for a vidcap.

11-11-2003, 01:10 PM	#11
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Haircut/Job Ah...that was a GT song I hadn't heard... Probably good advice in any case, but I'm a diehard. I feel like my hair doesn't belie anything bad inside me, so I've kept it. No one has told me in my job search that it was an issue, but if so required, I would have cut it. Supporting my family is the first and foremost thing. Doesn't look like it is going to make a difference here, though... __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-11-2003, 01:13 PM	#12
r9703410 Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: houston, texas Posts: 91	FAT HEAD!FAT HEAD!! __________________ You know you love me!

11-11-2003, 01:16 PM	#13
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Perhaps I should have used less zoom...? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-11-2003, 01:17 PM	#14
r9703410 Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: houston, texas Posts: 91	Yeah just a little. __________________ You know you love me!

11-11-2003, 05:36 PM	#15
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	good luck el!!! i am kind of dissapointed, though. all this time reading your highbrow posts with the marginally condescending tones, I had pictured you with a pipe and smoking jacket, slicked back hair and a monacle. you look more like a guy that sells hot dogs at a ball game. say it aint so __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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