Scott R. Sullivan

May 22nd, 2009 by Scott

Really? It appears so.

Recently, with Cheney’s assessment of the current administration’s lack of planning to shut down Gitmo, there has been a lot of coverage over Obama and Cheney.

However, it was Vice President Biden (the gift that keeps on giving) who once again opened his mouth to the dismay of Obama:

Biden continued: “But, look, what the president said is that this is going to be hard. It’s like opening Pandora’s Box. We don’t know what’s inside the box.”

He also said that “to the best of my knowledge” the number of prisoners “who are a real danger who are not able to returned or tried” has “not been established” by the Obama administration.

So he basically just confirmed his predecessor Dick Cheney’s analysis that the decision was taken “with little deliberation, and no plan”. (Souce: UK Telegraph)

It is sad to watch the continuous parade of the kids having they keys with Obama’s recent statements, Speaker Palosi’s accusation that the CIA lied, and everything else going on.

It is refreshing to see a clear analysis of the situation coming from former Vice President Dick Cheney. Bravo, sir.

May 7th, 2009 by Scott

Live Digital Caricatures with cartoon and caricature artist, Angie Jordan, is a form of entertainment that offers an experience unlike any other.

The main website offering this experience is both LiveDigitalCaricatures.com and DigitalBlacksmiths.com and the latter has just updated their site with some major redesigns and additions.

I urge you to check out the Digital Blacksmiths site, at the least for the articles and tutorials!

April 8th, 2009 by Scott

Drawn by my wife, Angie Jordan. Not much else to say, except, I think this sums up the results of the administration’s stimulus plan:

January 10th, 2009 by Scott

Its official now that NOAA said it:

The Central and Southern regions experienced below-average temperatures, while above-average temperatures were felt in the West, Southwest and Northeast. This resulted in a near average annual temperature for the contiguous U.S. and the coolest annual temperature since 1997.
(Source)

Do we see a trend? Woohoo! And its snowing as I write this!

January 3rd, 2009 by Scott

(This post, originally published on Dec 28, 2008, has had additional news ammended to the end)

This is perhaps one of the BEST articles I have read in a long time. Mr. Booker, of The Telegraph (UK), has written a wonderful piece discussing why 2008 has become the year “global warming” has died.

The story begins:

The first, on May 21, headed “Climate change threat to Alpine ski resorts” , reported that the entire Alpine “winter sports industry” could soon “grind to a halt for lack of snow”. The second, on December 19, headed “The Alps have best snow conditions in a generation” , reported that this winter’s Alpine snowfalls “look set to beat all records by New Year’s Day”. (Source)

And it just gets better after that. I strongly recommend reading the entire piece. Its thoughtful and provides many specific points.

UPDATE:
Alright, I just read another article that fits in with this one so, I’m amending the new information to the original above.

Apparently, the cards are falling faster than I had thought. In a land where socialist beliefs are the norm, voices of sanity are rising fast in the European Union. Despite attempts to make challenging the disproven theory of global warming illegal in some countries, some leaders refuse to believe in the hype and are speaking up:

EU’s new figurehead believes climate change is a myth
The European Union’s new figurehead believes that climate change is a dangerous myth and has compared the union to a Communist state. (Source)

I think 2009 will see even more of a decline in support for this global warming myth. Sort of like how these have been some of the coldest months in history!

December 25th, 2008 by Scott

Merry Christmas from us to everyone. On this beautiful winter morning, it is nice to remember what Christmas is all about.

After all, it was Jesus who died for our sins so that we could be saved. It is humbling to know there is nothing we can do, it is all through God’s grace that we are forgiven our sins. God bless you.

Scott

December 23rd, 2008 by Scott

So many of you know I’ve been playing around with Tilt Shift photography. I’ve been basically, making miniatures out of life size reality with the help of Photoshop.

Well, someone has outdone the concept and has created a video by taking a TON of photos and running them through Photoshop via the batch edit. The final result is a miniature stop motion video created from real life, live action!

Metal Heart from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

December 19th, 2008 by Scott

Okay, so there has been a boom in the popularity of what is called “tilt shift photography.” This is a type of lens that can rotate around 90 degrees and is used for architectural photos.

The effect creates an extreme depth of field and looks like a model. The following images are from my own Flickr account from trips I’ve taken. They are all real locations, not models, and blurred in Photoshop.

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December 19th, 2008 by Scott

The first picture is a welder’s mask/helmet. My grandfather was a welder his entire life and used this mask in his shop. He even used this mask when he was contracted to be a welder for the Bay Bridge in Baltimore.

The second and third pictures are of Zoe. She’s our 5 1/2 month old German Shepherd and Black Lab mix and she just loves the camera, as you can see in the pics!

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December 19th, 2008 by Scott

It has been a very busy past few weeks. The video production and animation business has been keeping my freelance video pipeline full. The magic has been going full force.

In fact, I was just performing at Philly’s Electric Avenue celebration on Wednesday. They had all the buildings light up in a choreographed light show to music. Broad Street was shut down to cars so we could fill the streets and watch the show. I was strolling around doing magic for the crowd.

While it was very cold (so much for global warming!), it was a beautiful evening and lots of people showed up for the celebration.

I had to laugh. At the end of the night, we all went back to the green room to get coffee, unload, and head our own ways. While I was dressed in my typical magic attire (black suit), there were a few other, more ‘noticeable’ entertainers. This one was unwrapping his lights!