There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather than the village bum's ability to whittle sticks and smoke cigarettes. The reason why the child does not is plain enough - the bum has put himself on an equality with him and the teacher has not. --Floyd Dell

Here I am testing the smoke app. My camera is not calibrated. The brightness, contrast, etc are all wacky, which is why I'm in the dark. I keep telling people I need absolute dark for my work and that's why the windows are covered in aluminum foil. I think they believe me. The voices say I can trust them.

The lag is bad for many, many reasons. I should be able to eliminate the lag with little effort. I'll post again when the silicone layer is dry enough to test.

To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can. --Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)

I've been tortuously waiting for my sleek Samsung SP-P310ME Digital Light Projector (DLP). It felt like the UPS guy was waterboarding me by making me sign for it. Just hand it over, brownie! Now that it's here, I've been tweaking this and that to align it with my acrylic. The wooden frame holding it up is weak and wobbly. Not a final product, but hey, I've been focusing more on the software.

Tomorrow I suppose I'll head down to the local hardware store to pick up some silicone caulk and toluene to make a compliant surface. After the compliant surface, maybe I'll order some Rosco Grey. After that, designing the table frame and internal structure to hold mirror, fans, and other secured components. I plan on making it as portable as possible. I'm going to need a sturdier front surface mirror. The one I have has already cracked a bit in the corner. Lame.

Yawn. It's late. There's always tomorrow.