5/15/1999
Okay, first time I've had a chance to sit down and work on this project for a while.  
My goal is to have approximately 20 pictures of so-called "masters" that have added
cartoon bubbles to them.  Of course, these cartoon bubbles are going to be rather
off-the-wall (keeping with my warped sense of humor).
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So far, I have 10 pictures done.  Sometimes the going is rather quick, but others
can take a bit to find the "perfect" quote or saying.  I just finished my 1st pass
on Michelangelo's "The Creation of Adam."  When I brought it up, I immediately thought
1-800-COLLECT.  So, there.  However, Canaletto's "The Basin of San Marco on Ascension 
Day" took a bit more work.  I think the funnier ones are the ones that jump out at you.
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"Issac" (gotta find the name of the original painter) was quite funny.  I've seen this
situation before.  <g>  There is a picture at the Getty by Reubens that I am reminded
of.  In fact, "Issac" might even be by Reubens.  I'll have to check it out.
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Okay, picked up an interesting Pollock piece.  Maybe I can do something with it?
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I got a little red rooster - ha.  I'm thinking of taking a more serious approach to
my next couple of pictures.  Maybe I can even work in some chain of events or
recurring themes.  That would be ideal.  There's a red rooster on the prowl.
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For the past couple of weeks, I've been toying with the perfect quote for Goya's
"May 3, 1808."  Think I finally found it.  Kept tossing and turning on it.
Guess I stole one too many Twinkies from my roommate.  Gonna catch up with me.
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Sometimes picking fonts, colors, sizing is harder than picking the actual saying.
Guess there is a lot to be said for "framing" a picture.  The proper frame is
important to the rest of the piece.  Wrong color scheme can kill the whole thing.
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Sizing these so it looks decent on a web browser is going to be hard work.  
Wonder what resolution I'll use.
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First one without someone saying something.  Trend?
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I like this stuff with inanimate objects.  Neato.
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Okay, I have my twenty desired pictures now.  If I feel the need for more, I think 
I have some potential candidates.  So, I'm done for the day.  Wow, have I really 
worked this long?  Yikes.  Time flies.  Now, I need to think about how I'm going 
to present them.  Web-based makes the most sense, but right now all of the images 
are different sizes.  That could be a problem.  Powerpoint slide system?  
Who knows?  The shadow knows.  <g>
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6/01/1999
Okay, formatting pictures.  I think I decided that 800x600 is a decent resolution.
Most of the images were originally envisioned at 1024x768.  Therefore, when
I shrunk them down they kinda suck.  Little blurry.  Worst one is Hopper's
Night Hawks.  Maybe I will post the original (full-size) version along with it.
I'll have to see how much disk space this will all take up.  Might be a lot.
Too bad I left my CD-R back at home.  Damn, I could have used it here.  Oh, well.
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I know you rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone...
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Guess I'm going to have to do some HTML coding to present this on my web page.
Hmph - <off on mad coding spree>
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Fixed Warhol and Pissaro.  Maybe I will keep the smaller pictures at their
original resolution.  The resizing algorithm introduces too much noise.
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Finished an initial version of the page.  Nothing fancy.  Hey, you want fancy?
Pay me!
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All right, I caved in and added the large version of Hopper's painting.  
Left the smaller (distorted) one there as well.
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Gotta try and track down those "unknown" paintings.  Ease my mind a bit.
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Praying that my web server won't choke on this.  If it does, well, I'm dead.
Got to also pray that the connection in the room isn't bad.  Oy, vey!
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6/02/1999
Well, I found out that my web server choked on long file names with spaces.
Not good.  Spent the last thirty minutes working on getting it so I can
view the files.  Clicking on everything now to make sure it all comes
up correctly.
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Okay, all looks fine here.  Rearranging the order a bit.  Try to have
it make some sense.
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I'm done.  I'll show it to a few people before I present this afternoon.
But, it's all up and working.
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All in all, this was a rather interesting experience.  Fun.  Got a
chance to do a little creative thinking on my part.  We'll see how
well received it all is this afternoon
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