Graphics

I'm taking a graphics class this semester and I wanted to share a few things that I have done so far. All of these were done in a program called Maya.

Here is a castle made with basic polygon objects:

















Here is Popeye made with curves:




















Here is a Lego man and a spool made with NURBS surfaces:

Robots are cool

Yeah, you know it. Robots are pretty cool.

The other day I saw the movie I, Robot and I really enjoyed it. I just looked at the rottentomatoes.com ratings for I, Robot and I was surprised that it got such low ratings. I also just saw War of the Worlds and I was surprised that it got higher ratings than I, Robot. I enjoyed I, Robot more than War of the Worlds. It kept me more interested in the story and things made more sense. Also, I didn't like how War of the Worlds ended; there were some things that weren't explained and it seemed like there wasn't much of a resolution.

Anyway, back to the robots. Here's a cool video about a Japaneese robot called Keepon. It was made to study social development by interacting with children. It has two cameras for eyes and a microphone in its nose. And, it can be programmed to do some interesting things like dancing to rythms. Enjoy this video:



Heres another video about robots, but this time with fictional robots ... robot insurance, specifically. I always get a good laugh out of this video:

"Camping"

Over the weekend my brother and I went "camping" with some extended family for a family reunion. I say "camping" because we had cabins and there was a pavilion with a sink and a fridge and stuff like that. I don't call that real camping. Here's a link to some photos that I took:

"Camping" Photos

Here's a few of my favorite shots:

CC

When choosing a title for my blog, I wanted something different and interesting. So, I found a list of interesting words and I came across "conglomerate." I liked the sound of it and the definition fit for something like this. Then, I realized that the first letters together are "CC."
So, I thought that I would write a little about a few interesting things that are referred to as "CC."

1. Cross Country
Cross Country running is a great sport. I ran cross country in high school. There's nothing like running for fun!




2. Conquer Club
Conquer Club is an online Risk game. A while ago I was looking for a place to play Risk online and I cane across a few different places, but Conquer Club is the best one out there. They have a great community of players and as of now they have 87 different maps to play on. There are many different game settings as well, so you can find the settings you like the best. If you enjoy playing Risk this is definitely something you should check out. Click the banner below to check it out and join if you'd like.



3. Command & Conquer
This might be an exception to 'CC' since it's 'C&C', but Command & Conquer is a real-time strategy game series for the PC. There are many C&C games out there, but my favorite is Red Alert 2.
Wikipedia: Red Alert 2

4. .cc
In computer programming, ".cc" is a C++ source file extension, although ".cpp" is more common.

5. cubic centimeter, carbon copy, closed captioning, etc ...
More things that can be abbreviated as "CC" or "cc" can be found here: CC

Craig's Blog

Welcome to Conglomerate Craig! I'm planning on making this a blog of things I'm interested in: movies I've seen, games I've played, etc. Stay tuned for updates.