It's just graft now

We did a bit of filming yesterday, but not very much. But since our last shoot I've modified the lighting to make it softer, and I think that has improved matters, especially from a shadows point of view. The initial excitement of all this has worn off now, it's just hard graft, and the end still seems a long, long way away. Still, can't stop now, I've told the world!

We started to film a new jig yesterday and I was happy with the result until this morning! I woke up realizing that I could improve the design, so unfortunately most of what we did shoot yesterday is going to be superseded.

I still haven't downloaded what we shot last week yet - my computer has been on the blink all week. I tried to install some software, and just kept going round and round. Trouble was, it did actually appear to be working, just very, very slowly. After several days of faffing about, I eventually found some references to the problem, and did as they suggested. But what sort of program has to be installed in Diagnostic mode, after modifying the registry and disabling System Restore, not to mention being connected to the internet with no firewall or AV software running???

Anyway, the upshot is that I've got nothing else done this week, but my PC is now singing, as it has forced me to do some house-keeping, like removing temporary files and defragging my disk.

One thing I have managed to do is to register some domain names. I'm calling the DVDs "Workshop Essentials", but unfortunately workshopessentials.com has already gone. However, I have got workshopessentials.co.uk, workshop-essentials.co.uk and workshop-essentials.com. The latter is quite nicely readable, too, so I'll probably use that. None of them point anywhere at the moment, but as I'll have to revamp my website for this venture anyway, I'll get them all to point to that.

On the subject of pointing, the US company I bought off doesn't offer redirection as standard; I was astonished that they want $120 a year to redirect the domain to my webspace! Stuff that, my UK host, HomepageUniverse, offers that for free with the basic package. I have to wait 60 days before I can transfer my domain to a different host, but I sure will. That's ridiculous. Pity really, as I was very impressed with their support. I even got a phone call from them welcoming me on board! Sweet.

Bob is away next week, so no filming for a fortnight, but I now have a bit of a backlog anyway, and I need to check that my idea for a better jig is actually sound before I film it, so I still have plenty to do.

It's a long way to Tipperary...