http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:tripleman&section=today deviantART RSS for by:tripleman en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:09:20 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/9336754/ http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/9336754/ Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:30:55 PDT ~tripleman http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/6266837/ http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/6266837/ Thu, 18 Aug 2005 23:58:28 PDT
I met some new friends though and they are great. I look forward to keeping in touch with them and possibly seeing them again next year.

Thank you Brad and Kelly for making it what it was. I don't know what I would do without you guys. Someday I hope to be able to repay you for everything that you've done for me. ]]> ~tripleman http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/6198437/ http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/6198437/ Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:32:55 PDT ~tripleman http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/5981700/ http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/5981700/ Tue, 19 Jul 2005 21:54:52 PDT
What a great weekend+. ]]> ~tripleman http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/5523819/ http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/5523819/ Wed, 01 Jun 2005 17:28:41 PDT
I'm not sure. ]]> ~tripleman http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/5486875/ http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/5486875/ Sat, 28 May 2005 16:12:04 PDT
I just have no idea what I'm supposed to do now. ]]> ~tripleman http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/3482926/ http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/3482926/ Thu, 30 Sep 2004 18:33:53 PDT
Some people just aren't themselves; or maybe they're just not what I thought and hoped they were.

You have no idea how that saddens me. ]]> ~tripleman http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/3160744/ http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/3160744/ Wed, 18 Aug 2004 23:25:56 PDT
For those of you that don’t know, Shambhala is a music festival held near Nelson BC every year and it is incredible. I’ve never experienced anything like it. Six stages, fifty or sixty Djs playing great music for three days straight in a forest, next to a river in a valley that only BC can provide. The setting is gorgeous, the music fantastic and the ambiance is magical. There is nowhere else like it in the world.

This year though, something happened that made all previous years pale by comparison. It was something so tremendous that I have a hard time believing that it was real. I was dancing, listening to the music and having fun with my friends when someone tapped on my shoulder. I turned around and it was a person who I have missed terribly since she moved away and left my life. She smiled at me like only she can. I can say this with complete confidence – she has the most beautiful smile of anyone in this world. There is no comparison. Venus would be envious. This girl lights up more than a room, more than the world, more than the day; and all she has to do is smile.

I’ve never been so surprised and happy in my entire life. We hugged for what must have been five minutes. The rest of the world ceased to exist. It was a moment that I will never forget. I love you, she said. I love you too, I responded. We kept on hugging.

It was an emotional rollercoaster that I was completely unprepared for and, like all rollercoasters, it was scary and fun and exhilarating and I never wanted it to end. Many more things happened and were said this weekend that brought so much joy to me that I am bursting inside. Not only by her but also by all of our friends. It was an event that only might be rivaled if you took every special occasion that you’ve ever had and threw them all into one unbelievable weekend. It was everyone around me that made it what it was, without them it would have been nothing – just another concert no matter how many Djs, no matter how spectacular a setting.

I want to thank my friends for being the people that they are. They are unique and special and without them I would be ever so poor. I cannot thank them enough for the support, wonder and elation that they bring to my life. There are none like you and I am honored to be in your company.

But mostly though, I would like to thank Jenn. I would like to thank her for being brave, for being strong, for being beautiful both inside and out, for being forgiving, for being loving, for being caring, for being compassionate, for being joy embodied.

For being herself, the most beautiful woman in the world.

I feel as though I am the richest man in the world just to know her.

I know I am.

Roger ]]> ~tripleman http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/2224421/ http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/2224421/ Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:56:32 PDT
Alternet.org ]]> ~tripleman http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/1112740/ http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/1112740/ Sat, 30 Aug 2003 13:18:14 PDT
Her moving kind of sucks because I didn't get to spend that much time with her but I am much richer for the few short months that I knew her.

Thank you Sydney for making this summer one of the best summers of my entire life.

I am happy – extremely happy. In fact, I think that this just might be the happiest I've ever been. Work is awesome. I can't think of a better situation. More money would be nice but who doesn't want that. I love what I do, I love the people that I work with and I love the direction and philosophy that the company has. Even our general manager (GM’s aren’t usually the best of creatures) is a really great guy. I love how, if we need something that will really help workflow, we just go and buy it. There's no groveling for money for our department or putting up with useless gear. If you have a reasonable case as to why you need it, then they will do their best to make it work.

My department head mentioned to me the other day that he was thinking of getting me a new computer. He asked me what features and components I thought should go in it. I told him what I thought and three days later there it was. I didn't have to squeeze every last bit of usability out of my existing PC fighting with antiquated technology until management finally acknowledge that my workstation was an dinosaur. I had never even thought of getting a new PC as I was reasonably satisfied with what I had. How cool is that? And that releases my old PC for other things like adding a pre–flight station for our CSR's. The rest of the world notwithstanding, trickle down theory works in our office.

The only caveat: when the subject was first brought up I blurted out "a brand new G5 please" but they didn't go for that. You can't have everything I guess. I'll have to make due with my 2.4 P4.

My friends continue to be the best group of friends on the planet. I just went on another amazing Shambhala trip with some of them. What an awesome event that was. I can't even describe how much fun I had. The music was better than last year and the organizers went all out and really went nuts with the staging, lighting and ambiance. By far though, my favorite component of being there was hanging out with my friends. They make my life so much richer.

I'm rediscovering photography; which I thought I had lost my gift for. The impetus for that was getting my film camera fixed. God, I missed shooting film. Just the sound of the shutter snapping and the motor advancing the film is enough to make me smile. Digital is great for instantaneous results and tweaking of settings but for sheer shoot-by-feel satisfaction and truly amazing output, you can’t beat slide. I only wish that I had a decent slide scanner so that I can digitize my slides, clean them up and manipulate them without the “noise” that my scanner seems to induce. But, as luck would have it my GM has been talking of getting a transparency adapter for the wicked scanner that we have at work. I told you, I love working there. It scans at a true 4800 ppi so I can make huge scans of my photos. It would be a little dishonest if I didn’t mention that there has been some lobbying on my part for the adaptor but we really could use one at work. It would really allow use some creative and qualitative control on some of our projects. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

I also have a tremendous amount of ideas for illustrations which I will try to fully realize and get out there. I think that this might be a prolific time for me if I buckle down and get creating.

I'm still in love with Vancouver in general and my home in particular. Moving back here was the best thing I could have done and should have happened much sooner. A year and a half have gone by and everyday I still say I am so happy to be back in this, the most beautiful city in the world.

I’ve also had a few nibbles on some projects away from my day job and that makes me hopeful that I can set up a consistent graphic design, illustration, and photography gig for a little creative release and some extra cash flow. I can quote clients on a complete project from initial concept to finished, delivered product. More work related coolness, instead of being against my moonlighting, they encourage me to seek out extra projects and will help by giving me a preferred rate on printing which just helps me increase my margins. It brings them business and makes me some more money, how symbiotic.

All in all I couldn't be happier with how my life is going. I'm really looking forward to the nest few years. They should be great.

Now as for the rest of t... ]]> ~tripleman http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/578223/ http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/578223/ Sun, 30 Mar 2003 01:51:01 PST
Afghanistan
Albania
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bulgaria
Colombia
Costa Rica
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Georgia
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Japan
Kuwait
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Mongolia
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Panama
Palau
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Rwanda
Singapore
Slovakia
Solomon Islands
South Korea
Turkey
Uganda
United Kingdom
Uzbekistan

As you can see, the list is hardly anything to brag about. I would imagine that most Americans have never even heard of most of these countries let alone know where they are and so that is why they are not being listed on the mainstream media outlets; that and the fact that this list is so pathetically underwhelming that the laughing would be heard around the world. Man, I’m so glad that the Marshal Islands are involved, they’ll really be able to kick Saddam’s ass. Afghanistan? Who are you kidding? What a crock. Half of these nations have a human rights record that would make Saddam Hussein blush.
]]> ~tripleman http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/557305/ http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/557305/ Fri, 21 Mar 2003 07:09:55 PST
It's about time that I put all of the time spent on these programs to use and do it for a living.

Things are good in my life, but that really doesn't add up to much when you got a complete f$#&ing moron in the White House.

Terrorists? In Iraq? Even the CIA can't link Saddam Hussein to Al Qaeda and they said so in front of congress. The stupid part is that there was a recent pole saying that 51% of Americans think that Saddam Hussein was at least partly responsible for 9/11.

Looks like the Bush teams media strategy is working and the media is eating it up.

Preemptive strikes? They are illegal.They are also setting a very dangerous precedent. Once you start walking down that path where do you stop. The US is pretending to be world cop - a role it's citizens never wanted because they couldn't give a shit about what's beyond their own borders.

I actually saw a debate on CNN the other day questioning whether or not torturing Al Qaeda prisoners was justified if it would save American lives. I AM ASTOUNDED BY YOUR HYPOCRISY. Isn't torture one of the reasons that you want to oust Saddam Hussein? Is it not bad enough that there are people in your own country that are arrested, held without charge,denied their right to counsel, and prevented from contacting their families for months on end? They just disappear. Or doesn't it matter to you because they're Arab?

So go, have your fucking war and for god's sake don't let them take your gas chugging SUV. How else would you get to McDonalds? ]]> ~tripleman http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/454381/ http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/454381/ Tue, 21 Jan 2003 23:40:46 PST
I like the new page but I am definately not a Flash master. The flash movie is rather large to be up there but I only started realizing how to make modular movies near the end and I didn't feel like going through it and changing it. Besides I like the way this one looks and if I'm going to go through the hastle of redoing the thing I might as well just change the whole thing.

All in good time. ]]> ~tripleman http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/384797/ http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/384797/ Tue, 10 Dec 2002 00:57:15 PST
Even though I don't mind this - certainly I can't force people to look at my work if they don't like it - I would much rather someone let me know of their objections and maybe even enter into a meaningful dialog. That way I am exposed to others viewpoints and they are able to get a better understanding of my position.

I am also open to the suggestion that my work is simply not up to the standards that these deviants are expecting. That is very much a possibility. Most of those watching me started doing so after I submitted a large group of photos. Perhaps these people were expecting more photos and, finding no more coming, knocked me off of their list. This could very well be and I have no problem with that but it does bring me back to wishing that people would take the time to let me know why they are dropping me. Don't get me wrong - I am honored that anyone considers my stuff interesting enough to follow but at the same time it would be cool to know what made it uninteresting enough to stop watching.

Missing deviants notwithstanding, a friend and I have taken the time to create a web site that better explains the incident that started this whole thing and our view on the reaction that this incident has gathered. It also contains a few statistics that we feel are relevant to the topic and that might provide some information as to what is really behind the support that Mr. Bush is receiving in the US.

Please, if you do take the time to check out the site, let us know what you think. There is a guest map that lets you pin your location and write a note and there’s an email address there that you can respond too.

Have a cool one and keep on making that great art.

]]> ~tripleman http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/375796/ http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/375796/ Wed, 04 Dec 2002 15:13:36 PST
I submitted my "President Moron" illustration the other day and I fully expected nothing but hate mail. Well, I have received some disapproval, but for the most part I have had encouragement. This is a site for art and self expression and that is what I created that piece for. There have been a few comments stating that I should watch that I'm not stepping on some anti-American policy here but as far as I know none of those comments are from the staff here. I'm not too sure of the exact nature of that policy but if it were to prevent people from expressing ideas like my own then I would be very disappointed. What would be the point of having an "Indy art – political" section if ideas like that are suppressed?

I'd like to think "President Moron" is more than just simply name calling. It is based on a recent comment made by a Canadian political aide and the controversy that boiled up around it. I did not simply choose that word – it was chosen for me. It was a simple comment, "he's a moron" and I chose to articulate it in a simple fashion, an election sign with a simple illustration and two words. It speaks volumes though and I think that it sums up the world's underlying thoughts; the world outside of the US, to be more accurate. What happens on the inside is a little different.

The recent midterm elections were hailed in the US media as the decisive victory that Bush needed and was denied in 2000. Forget that voter turnout was a blisteringly low 39.3 percent of eligible voters and forget the fact that the Democrats had no cohesive plan to run on. It seems that if you name a bill "The Patriotic something Act" that it turns into kryptonite and the Democrats weaken and die. So this last election was held up to be conclusive proof of his charm, agenda, and ability.

There are some other statistics that I think might show a clearer picture:

80% of Americans can't find Iraq on a map of the world even though Iraq is mentioned on every newscast from the local news to 24 hour CNN.

11% of Americans can't find the US on that same map even though they live there.

8% of Americans know who the Prime Minister of Canada is, although these two countries form the world’s two largest trading partners and that Canada is right next door to the US.

And this painful poll (albeit an unscientific CNN viewer poll) is maybe the most telling of them all:

26% of Americans believe that the US should invade Iraq even if the UN weapons inspectors don't find any evidence of weapons of mass destruction.

What reason's they would give for still invading is unclear but the thought that they want a war with a country that they don't even know the location of, for no particular reason, is quite scary. Yes, I know, Saddam Hussein has a horrible human rights record and he has used chemical and biological weapons in the past (provided, I might add, by the US) but Israel has violated roughly the same number of UN resolutions (roughly one a year for thirty years, or one a year for eleven years in Iraq's case) and Turkey, another strong American ally, has a tremendously despicable record including brutalities against the same Kurdish minority as Iraq. There is no outcry in the US against them; quite the opposite, the US is still funneling arms and money to those countries like no tomorrow. Hell, North Korea has openly admitted that it has a nuclear weapons program but there's no threat of invasion. Then again, they also don't have oil. It comes as no surprise then, that the American voters elected an uninformed president, they seem to be equally uninformed themselves.

But I stray from the point. We, in Canada, have received more than our fare share of US whining in the recent months regarding our weak borders, even though the final border that a terrorist travels through is an American border controlled by American border guards. Moreover, how many people slip into the US from the south? Let me put it this way: you have two main borders and ours is the better of the two. Why don't you figure out how to control the border with Mexico before you jail any more Canadians trying to buy gas from a station that literally straddles our two countries?

Canada also, apparently, is a training ground for terrorists, or so I hear. But, didn't all of the 9/11 hijackers get flight training in the US after flying in from London? Quit shifting the blame, we had nothing to do with it

This is the biggest criticism that we have heard lately: Canada has a joke for a military. Whatever – it does us just fine. We don't need a billion dollar a day military. I did not pull that number out of a hat either. It's actually a little conservative. The US spends 390 billion dollars a year on t... ]]> ~tripleman http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/274683/ http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/274683/ Wed, 18 Sep 2002 14:02:46 PDT
Thanks to DevArt, Axialis, Lockergnome and especially Chris Pirillo for putting on the contest.

Now I'm gonna go nuts with the icon making. ]]> ~tripleman http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/269297/ http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/269297/ Fri, 13 Sep 2002 13:30:55 PDT ]]> ~tripleman http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/268596/ http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/268596/ Thu, 12 Sep 2002 19:38:23 PDT salon.com



What cheeses me off the most about the Sept. 11 attacks is that it gave Americans a newer, better reason to be narcissistic. Before they were just (in their own eyes) the world's No. 1 providers of liberty, entertainment and industry. Now they're the world's No. 1 victims, too.
– Name Withheld


]]> ~tripleman http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/266245/ http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/266245/ Tue, 10 Sep 2002 19:24:57 PDT these works and I think that is good. These are also things that I know:

I was horrified and sad to be a human being on September 11th 2001. No other life form destroys so much so easily. Humanity is a terrible thing.

Even now, one year later, I am brought to tears if I think of the sound of all of the man-down alarms that could be heard on that day. They were everywhere and each one represented a firefighter in trouble. So many came to help, so many needed help themselves... Every one of them a hero. Everyone who risks safety for another is a hero.

I cannot comprehend the agony of those that lost relatives that day. Those people in my life that I have lost did not die in so public a way. Grief is such a private thing. There is no peace with all of this attention. My deepest sympathy goes out to all those that were affected that day.

While I have nothing but sympathy for the individuals affected I cannot abide what I see as idealogical opportunism by the American government in the aftermath of Sept. 11th, 2001.

The US has manipulated and interfered with the middle east for a very long time and the reasons have never been humanitarian. The war on afghanistan? Nothing but an attempt to secure a profitable pipeline for
Unocal that is completely
transparent. The new war on Iraq? It was profitable the Bushes and Dick Cheney last time, why not try it again. These people profit from the destruction of illigal wars, according to the UN charter, and profiteer from the reconstruction that occurs afterwards.

All of this takes place under the guise of patriotism and with the help of a complacent mass media.

I am sorry but I can't believe Bush when he states that the terrorists acted out of hatred of the United States' freedom. What they hate is the fact that US freedom relies on the oppression and manipulation of a large portion of the world. My assertions in no way condone what happened in New York and Washington and I have no love for murderers and their tactics but you must realize that the countries that they come from suffer from heavy handed US actions everyday. And the agencies used to perform these actions are not all governmental. Corporations are working away to promote globalization, not to help those suffering from vicious poverty in third world countries, but to exploit resources (that means people as well) from all the continents now that North America is deficient or too expensive.

It could be the attemps to own the food chain by Monsanto or something so common as sweatshop labour that fuels the hatred of the US. This is where the responsability shifts to you and I. These politicians are elected by us (except GW, remember) and these companies are dependant on us for revenue. Take an interest in the affairs of your country, make your view known and stand up for what you feel is right. Curb your
consumption, we don't need all of the crap that we buy. And most of all, remember that even if a person lives on the other side of the world and you can't hear them cry out, their pain is just as real as ours. ]]> ~tripleman http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/264824/ http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/264824/ Mon, 09 Sep 2002 13:51:01 PDT you ripped someone else's work and that is not tolerated here and I'm telling Jark on you. What? Where did this come from? My accuser left a link to the supposedly ripped work and sure enough, they did look very similar. But, when it's a simulated LDC clock screen, how much room for interpretation do you really have? They all look the same in real life.
I had never seen this other work before and certainly did not mean to rip it. I certainly will not claim credit for the idea of making an LCD screen - that I will give to this guy who has had his tutorial on how to make LCD screens, even animated one's like mine was, for a long time. Maybe he got it from somewhere else but who knows.
The real kicker though was when I was looking at the piece I ripped, I noticed that it had been uploaded after I uploaded my avatar.
GODDAMN
Oh, well, live and learn. Now I have a new avatar and, just to be sure I uploaded it as a submission as well so that the creation date would be recorded. ]]> ~tripleman http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/239445/ http://tripleman.deviantart.com/journal/239445/ Tue, 20 Aug 2002 11:58:23 PDT

Gettin' pretty tired of all the broken link pictures above my submissions. Donno' what I'm doin' wrong, if anything, or what.

I'm pretty new at this whole deviant art thing and I'm really liking it. Some of the talent out there is incredible. I find a community like this to be an absolute inspiration and I think that it's a great thing for everyone involved.
Thanks to everybody who looked at and downloaded my icons. I can't believe how many of you there were. Truly humbling.
Feel free to hang out, comment, or whatever else you feel like doing.
Oh yeah, if you do check out my website it's a little incomplete right now so I apologize. I'm nailing down a complete plan and figuring out how I'm going to make it do what I want it to do. Till then feel free to give me shit for having such a half assed web page. ]]> ~tripleman