February 12, 2021

Scoop: Lincoln Project co-founder resigns. (Steve Schmidt)

Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt is resigning from the group's board amid a series of scandals that has rocked the high-dollar anti-Trump super PAC, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: Schmidt, a veteran Republican operative, is the latest and most high-profile departure from the group, which is reeling from revelations that another co-founder, John Weaver, used offers of professional advancement in a series of attempts to solicit sex from young men.

[link:https://www.axios.com/lincoln-project-co-founder-resigns-ad554687-f2d1-4b7c-ac0c-5aa555fb312f.html|

February 10, 2021

Android/Win10 graphics editing app recommendations requested please.

I feel a little silly asking for this because I'm a former professional video producer who managed a corporate video production department. We had things like After Effects, Smoke, Flame, Combustion, World Builder & a ton of other professional graphics/video editing/production tools. I expanded our machine room to more than 100 rack-mount CPUs to render HD graphics, which required a major HVAC upgrade, & negotiated an upgrade to the size of the diesel fuel tank (supplying the generator) on the roof of the building so that even if the power was out all weekend the machine room (rendering) would still keep running.

So, that's the world I'm used to.

Now, I just want to do some basic things on my own.

Here's what I want to do: I want to take my cell phone pics & add lower thirds. The idea it to make it look like the subjects of the pics (our cats) are appearing on TV, with a typical CNN/MSNBC/etc lower third. I want to be able to save templates, choose my pallet, & do basic animation (like fly-ins or an animated opening logo).

Ideally, I'd like to be able to create templates on my Win 10 PC, & copy them to my Android phone where the animation is preserved, & I can add details to the template like the cat's name & a description like "Nap Enthusiast."

ANY help is appreciated! Thanks!

February 8, 2021

THANK YOU to the folks who gave me hearts!!!

Like many of us, I've gone through some hard times over the past year or so, & every day I've felt like my "DU family" has been here for me... the whole time I haven't been able to travel across the country, or to another continent, to see my family relations (by blood or by marriage) & all the friends who live there.

THANK YOU!!! Thank every one of you. You have made the whole T* era... well... survivable... which is probably the most I can ask.

February 5, 2021

"Sleepy Joe" and the "Do Nothing Democrats"

Can we all just take a minute, think about everything Joe Biden & Democrats have done since he's taken office, reflect on how Republicans called him/us "Sleepy Joe" & the "Do Nothing Democrats," & say...

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!