http://whatwouldjessedo.com/wp Jesse Cortez Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:45:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, I did get my soapbox racer done for the derby on Nov. 1st. I met with success in that I actually built it in two days! It even had fully functioning steering and a brake! Unfortunately I didn't really get a chance to use the latter since it was ... http://whatwouldjessedo.com/wp/soapbox-was-slow-but-got-some-press/ [caption id="attachment_100" align="aligncenter" width="594" caption="Not sure if I will be able to attain this build quality... but I'll have a better seat."][/caption] I've decided to build a soapbox racer for the 2009 soapbox derby in SF on Nov. 1st. I have no experience with this whatsoever, but how difficult can this ... http://whatwouldjessedo.com/wp/soapbox-derby-car-parts-shopping/ Here's one of my favorite things I've built while working at the Academy of Art. I refer to it as the Graphic Design Timeline, although it's really a grid. Since time runs along the Y-axis, I guess "Time Stack" is more appropriate than "Time Line". This project is a solution ... http://whatwouldjessedo.com/wp/graphic-design-timeline-grid/ I just thought I would share a couple of flash animation pieces I did for an online art class for the Academy of Art University. These were for a graphic design portfolio class, a way to add some life and interactivity to some potentially dry subject matter. Was flash necessary ... http://whatwouldjessedo.com/wp/some-flash-animation-work/ John "Super Ugly" Williams was announced as the winner of the G4 Dark Horse contest yesterday on-air! I suppose my camera work and video editing skills help to put John at the lead. Although I will give him much credit for being not only very comfortable in front of the ... http://whatwouldjessedo.com/wp/g4-contest-winner/ An official partnership with the people at Twin Oaks Creative is in the works. They say as soon as I build one site in particular (my own), we can talk more... http://whatwouldjessedo.com/wp/posse-up/ So the cable channel G4 is having a contest to find the perfect nerd who would be capable of being a special correspondent at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con. In one day we shot and edited a super awesome audition tape for my friend Super Ugly, an Oakland jack-of-all-trades artist-musician-white ... http://whatwouldjessedo.com/wp/here-is-one-more-post/ Brandon is a freaking sweet dude who is by all accounts a metal-working genius. He is the type who has a brain that works so hard it make you feel really lazy just looking at him standing still. In addition to his technical expertise, he also dabbles in nude modeling. ... http://whatwouldjessedo.com/wp/project-completed-mullins-chain-drive/ After setting up several Wordpress based sites for other people, I'm finally walking the walk and using WP for my own site. Changes are surely to come a I refine the layout theme. http://whatwouldjessedo.com/wp/hello-world/