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A New Roof for my House
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New revised website
New day dawns for pluckey's web
Motivated by Concentric Network Solutions’ closing of Chattanooga Online at the end of May 2011 (and thus the shuttering of the webspace I’d been using since, oh, 1995), I made the move this weekend to this new format for this blog and associated materials. I’m using WordPress self-installed on the new web host. So far, so good. I’m still filling in holes and repairing broken links, adding titles and fixing categories, uploading content and refining interfaces (most notably to picture galleries and other archives, coming soon).
A few glimpses at previous incarnations of my website. Here’s a Wayback Machine link to 1998. Then I simplified the look; here’s a link to 1999′s version. Then around 2000 I hit on the color scheme seen today, but still with an unrefined interface. I made some minor improvements (mainly adopting Blogger as my infrastructure), leading to this peek at 2004. And other than intermittent blog and picture posts, the website remained the same… until this weekend’s complete renovation. What are my plans for pluckey’s web? It’s a place to store what I’ve written, shot, created, thought; an archive of interesting (to me, anyway) glimpses and resources. Yes, I use Facebook for status updates and promotion and such; but I intend to use these pages for more in-depth coverage on the things I find important (or trivial — it’s just a website, you know). It’s all part of being a content producer: producing (and sharing) content.
The old website had accumulated 6,163 visitors since 12/5/1999
Editing Examples
Here are some excerpts from some videos that I edited recently…
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Mounted to guitar
At a recent concert (at the Mudpie in Chattanooga, Tennessee), I attached my GoPro Hero HD camera to one of the guitars, for an interesting perspective.
SF 2010, Part 4
Part 4 of my pictures from my San Francisco trip in January 2010. On Friday I departed from the Bay Area via AmTrak’s California Zephyr train. Originally intended to go from Emeryville, CA to Chicago, the Zephyr’s journey was cut short due to severe winter storms. Instead, the train only went as far as Denver. I enjoyed my private little sleeper compartment (The Roomette), the meals in the Diner Car, the soothing clickety-clackety of the rails. Once I got to Denver (left California on Friday morning at 11 am, arrived in Denver Saturday night at 9 pm), I stayed in the downtown Marriott and flew back home on Sunday. Another great trip!
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SF 2010, Part 3
Part 3 of my pictures from my San Francisco trip in January 2010. On Monday I hung out on Haight Street and rested, and on Tuesday I toured Alcatraz with April and Jody.
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SF 2010, Part 2
Part 2 of my pictures from my San Francisco trip in January 2010. On Sunday, I travelled around downtown with King: we went on a walking tour of Victorian buildings, climbed inside a World War II submarine, and so on.
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SF 2010, Part 1
Part 1 of my pictures from my San Francisco trip in January 2010. After riding the early morning (3 am) shuttle from Chattanooga and flying from Atlanta to SFO, I sacked out for a long, long sleep on Friday, followed by more rest on Saturday and going along with King for a few errands. Also, I learned how to get killed playing Left 4 Dead 2 (multiplayer) with King.
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Swinging through Red Bank
The Red Bank Neighborhood Pride Association had an entertaining entry in the Christmas 2009 parade in Red Bank, Tennessee. Shot & edited by Philip Luckey.
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CO-241 Study Guide
CO-241 students:
Here is the Nonlinear Video Editing study guide!
Click on the above link to see the PDF. To download to your computer, right-click (PC) or control-click (Mac) on the link and choose “Download Link…”
The final exam is Thursday, Dec 17, at 5:30 pm in the same classroom.
My father’s obituary
My father’s obituary:
“William Thurston Luckey, Jr., originally from Thomson, Ga., born August 5, 1933, left this earthly home to reside with his Heavenly Father in the early morning hours of Sunday, November 29, 2009, after a six-year battle with cancer.
William was retired from sales and was founder of Lucktronic Technologies. He was an alumni of Middle Georgia College, Georgia Tech and Purdue University, and was a faithful member of East Maryville Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, William T. Luckey, Sr. and Alma Luckey; and sister, Wilma. Survivors include his wife, Patricia Flynn Luckey; sons, Scott Luckey of Kansas City, MO, and Philip Luckey of Chattanooga; granddaughter, Abigail of Kansas City, MO; step-children, Carol and husband Mike Low, Nick Shipley and wife Kristy of Maryville, and Phillip Shipley and wife Candy of Social Circle, Ga.; step-grandchildren, Mikey Low of Murfreesboro, Shelby Low and Kaylee Everett of Maryville; mother-in-law, Julia Flynn of Maryville; sisters-in-law and husbands, Linda and Rev. Terry Russell, Pam and Mike Brown of Maryville; cousins and many friends.
The funeral service will be on Monday, November 30, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in Smith’s Trinity Chapel (Maryville, TN) with the Rev. Keith Johnson, Rev. Terry Russell, and Rev. David Webster officiating. Family and friends will assemble at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at Grandview Cemetery (Maryville, TN) for the interment.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations in William’s memory be made to East Maryville Baptist Church Building Fund, 1150 Brown School Road, Maryville, TN 37804. We would like to thank all those who prayed for him, our church family, Thompson Oncology Group, Hope for Today Cancer Support Group and Susan Johnston of Blount Memorial Hospice. Family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 30, 2009 in Smith’s Trinity Chapel. Arrangements by Smith Funeral & Cremation Service, 865-983-1000. www.smithmortuary.com”
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The Wide Canvas of Faces
I made my public debut as a video artist on Saturday, April 4th, 2009, at the CreateHere gallery on Main Street, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. I’ve titled the piece “The Wide Canvas of Faces.” I built an 8-foot by 2-foot canvas from wood strips, canvas dropcloth, and white paint, and projected onto it from a strategically-placed video projector. Here’s an example of roughly how it looked. I enjoyed the entire experience, from concept to execution, and learned a lot about the logistics of Relief Projection. Thanks to everyone for their help!
SF 2009, Part C
The last set of pictures (Set C) from my San Francisco trip.
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SF 2009: 37-Corbett
When I’m visiting the Bay Area, I find their public transportation system to be very, very useful. San Francisco is an easy city to get around in, without a car. What’s it like, you wonder, to ride a MUNI bus, in January of 2009? Well, now, have yourself a look, as I ride back to Haight Street on the 37-Corbett:
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SF 2009, Part B
More 2009 pictures (Set B) from my San Francisco trip. And there’s still more to come!
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SF 2009, Part A
Yes, I’m in San Francisco for my annual trip to the West Coast. Check out my Pictures page for SF pix. Also, to review the previous trips, look in my blog archives for January (from 2000 to 2009). Y’know, at this point I’ve “lived” in San Francisco for over two months. Good times.
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Facebooking
Yes, I’m on this little site called Facebook. It has the capacity to consume amazing amounts of time, but it’s interesting to see this little slices of my friends’ (and barely-known acquaintances’) lives.
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The Leap of Faith
Yes, you’ve heard correctly: I’ve taken the “leap of faith” and entered the Realm of the Self-Employed. I resigned from Atomic Films in August, 2008, after eight years of employment as their video editor. Nowadays, I’m supporting myself with professional freelance video production and postproduction, design, and consulting. This also gives me time to work on my Community Communication Project and go back to school (in fact, I’m currently teaching Nonlinear Video Editing at Chattanooga State Technical Community College, and I’m planning on taking some college courses at either Chattanooga State or UTC in the spring). You can still reach me via email: pluckey (at) gmail (dot) com
Trying to look professorial…
Class starts soon at Chattanooga State… and I’m teaching it! Nonlinear Video Editing, Co-241, with me as Adjunct Instructor. Exciting and humbling.
I’ll be explaining to the students how to edit video using a computer. Fortunately, it’s something I’ve been doing professionally for many years. And I enjoy explaining how things work. Still: Exciting and humbling.
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