Inspiration at the second attempt

I think I need to work on my lateral thinking.

I spent at least two hours this afternoon using Power Point and trying to bend a graph to my will. It looked fan-frikkin-tastic, even if I say so myself. All the information present in a clear and precise manner; good, bright colours, easy to read, friendly writing, no extraneous material to detract from the slide at all. Could I animate it? Could I heck as like. A large chunk of the afternoon went by with my patience thinning even as my arteries thickened. Another half hour and I reckon I should have started popping rivets.

I was, in short, hot under the collar and getting hotter. And I hadn't even started the presentation notes to accompany it.

Then, over the water boiler, making my X^th cup of coffee (where X = a very large positive integer), I had the revelation. I put it together as a chart, see. As my boss put it: "It's all a learning experience". What I want was not a graph to be animated, but an animated graphic that looks like a graph. It doesn't need any underlying data; it's a demonstration of the principle, not an academic proof.

Another hour later I had my fancy graphic with oodle upon oodle of groovy animation plus the speaking notes.

Water heaters, eh? Is there nothing they cannot do?

Inspiration at the second attempt

I think I need to work on my lateral thinking.

I spent at least two hours this afternoon using Power Point and trying to bend a graph to my will. It looked fan-frikkin-tastic, even if I say so myself. All the information present in a clear and precise manner; good, bright colours, easy to read, friendly writing, no extraneous material to detract from the slide at all. Could I animate it? Could I heck as like. A large chunk of the afternoon went by with my patience thinning even as my arteries thickened. Another half hour and I reckon I should have started popping rivets.

I was, in short, hot under the collar and getting hotter. And I hadn't even started the presentation notes to accompany it.

Then, over the water boiler, making my X^th cup of coffee (where X = a very large positive integer), I had the revelation. I put it together as a chart, see. As my boss put it: "It's all a learning experience". What I want was not a graph to be animated, but an animated graphic that looks like a graph. It doesn't need any underlying data; it's a demonstration of the principle, not an academic proof.

Another hour later I had my fancy graphic with oodle upon oodle of groovy animation plus the speaking notes.

Water heaters, eh? Is there nothing they cannot do?

Splish splash

Wow. The rain is almost literally hammering down out there and I have to go out in it sometime in the next half hour. It's a long time since I've seen it that heavy.

I'll be glad when this drought is over.

Splish splash

Wow. The rain is almost literally hammering down out there and I have to go out in it sometime in the next half hour. It's a long time since I've seen it that heavy.

I'll be glad when this drought is over.