Loklo Media 3D Animation Blog

So, I’ve taken the plunge, bought an old copy of XP Pro for good price, and decided that It would be worthwhile to have windows portable – so I can transfer my 3ds Max license as needed and work away from my desk once in a while. If it weren’t for Autodesk, I would not be doing this. Trust me.

So – enter the Bootcamp Assistant. I wanted a 21gb partition for Windows, and had 61gb free. But apparently I didn’t have enough contiguous free space available, so I had to settle with 14gb. (Found this out through multiple trial and error, running fsck from single user mode, trying to partition from bootable OS X installer disc, etc etc). So then I found nLite - a slick program to slipstream XP (or Vista), add service packs if needed, and remove unwanted components from XP, to minimize installed disk space. So I took out Outlook Express, all the unneeded languages, drivers, added SP3 (my disc was SP2), took out the games, and unneeded accessories, then burnt the disc again. Installed, and voila. It didn’t save as much room as I was hoping for, but every little bit helps on a 14 gb partition.

So I continued on with the Bootcamp process… It rebooted into the Windows installer (from the Disc), and there I had to reformat the partition again using the windows format, instead of the Mac format (found that out the hard way too… oh if only I read the manual first!). I decided to go with a FAT32 partition, so my files would be accessible from OS X. The rest, is just windows malarkey.

I still am not able to get iSight working in Windows on the MBP… driver won’t install properly. Not sure what to do. Not that it matters…

I love Windows 7 (64). I’m running it on a quad core q6600 overclocked to 2.93ghz with only 4gb Ram (mATX mobo with limted capabilities). I’ve also got a Macbook Pro with Leopard, and I have to say that they are fairly equal on my charts, for most things. Overall I still prefer OS X, but Win7 is still great.

I just set up my second monitor, and found this awesome program for multi-monitor, multi-taskbar support. http://www.mediachance.com/free/multimon.htm. It gives me a second taskbar on the second display, which allows me to select windows on that display without coming over to my primary. (I’m running a Samsung 226BW 22″ as primary on left, and Acer x203w 20″ as secondary on right, via Gigabyte Radeon 4870 1gb card; Samsung connected via DVI, Acer connected via HDMI->DVI).

Well, after deliberating, procrastinating, “designing” and researching for over a year, I’ve finally got the www.loklomedia.com website updated. Much cleaner, simpler, and faster to edit and change. I was trying to get it to be a part of this WordPress system, but after trying to wrap my head around all the .htaccess mods necessary, I gave up. so I installed a CMSMS system (which I generally prefer over Joomla for most things), customized a template, loaded it with content, and set it live.

I would REALLY love some comments and feedback on it. The old site is still available at www.loklomedia.com/old-site for comparison sake – but I might not stay there forever.

Yep. A lot.

My renders for my 8100 frame animation are taking a long time. My main quad core workstation motherboard is in the warranty process, leaving me with 2 instead of 3 quads for rendering. And the one that’s down is a little faster, with more ram. So, yeah, I feel it.

Maybe there’s a hexa-core, or octo-core, or dual hexa-core on the way from Santa? What, I can dream, can’t I?

I’ve got some WordPress themes coming soon. A Variety of designs. Keep coming back for more info. Add comments to this post if you have any requests.