Playing at some attempts to make a splash image for Blobber. Took the Blobber part of this image, cleaned it up a bit and applied a Cubist filter with Gimp.
Virtual graffiti with Blobber
A bunch of us with the Charleston Linux Users Group got together in Marion Square tonight to mess around with virtual graffiti (laser tagging) using Blobber, a program created by one of the members.
Blobber’s become a pretty cool piece of software in a fairly short period of time. You can select different colours to draw with, and can even track multiple lasers so more than one person can draw at the same time.
We had a good time using lasers to draw all over the base of the statue of John Calhoun, creating no mess and leaving nothing behind after we finished.
If you’re interested in finding out more about it, we’ll have it set up at our upcoming Linux Demo Day on September 14 at Muddy Waters in West Ashley (1331 Ashley River Road) from 1-4PM. Come on out and join us!
Kids in the Hall: Still awesomely funny
Kids in the Hall show tonight was totally awesome. They definitely haven’t lost their irreverence and ability to offend (Buddy Cole‘s monologue would definitely offend lots of people here). But they’re still funny as hell. A few recurring characters made appearances which brought much applause and shouting from the crowd, and lots of new stuff that I laughed very hard at. There was even some improv going on, like during the Two Salesmen skit when Bruce McCullough dropped the big jar of ‘fat’ and spilled it all over the stage.
My favourites were Gavin meets the Jehovah’s Witnesses and the final skit of the night with Head-crusher guy Mr Tyzik and a video camera. It was a pretty hilarious skit and a good way to end the show. Dave Foley’s time travel machine was pretty good too.
There were a lot more people at the show than I expected, filling about half of the North Charleston PAC. Didn’t think there were that many people in Charleston who knew who Kids in the Hall were. One guy even held up a Canada shirt that showed up on the screen during the last skit.
It was kind of funny watching Scott Thompson try to figure out what to do with the bra that was thrown onto the stage (and eventually putting it on).
Fantastic show and I’m glad I got to go see it.
Charleston Tea
Today’s visit to the Charleston Tea Plantation for their First Flush festival turned out to be a lot of fun.
A field of tea bushes (Camellia sinensis) when you drive into the plantation
The factory tour is definitely very interesting and informative. One of the must-do’s while you’re there.
Plenty of people came to enjoy the great weather and live entertainment
According to the Tea Trolley tour guide, the original plantation up in Summerville was abandoned after the original owner died. All of the plants at the Charleston Tea Plantation were propagated (cloned) from plants recovered from the original plantation. If you’re in Summerville, some of those unruly bushes on your property might just be tea bushes!
Bloggers at the Riverdogs
And Tweeters too
Had a good showing of people at the Riverdogs game tonight. We all had a good time watching the game and chatting.
Took lots of pictures, including this one of a foul ball being hit
Vera continues to amaze me with her ability to wield those knitting needles without stabbing herself. And she even does it without looking! Here she is working on her Carolina Panthers beanie.
There’s also footage of Jared rocking out at the karaoke tent to some Fuel. Once I figure out what to do with it I’ll post it somewhere.
Awesome time had tonight. And the Riverdogs won too!
