Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Carillon Aerobics Instruction and the Salzburg Carillon Control Mechanism

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A carillon, as we all know,  is a musical instrument with at least three octaves (diatonic octaves, for those of you who need to know) tradi...

SR-71 Blackbird Operating Manual

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The SR-71 Blackbird (SR stands for Special Reconnaissance) is or rather was one of the most famous artifacts of the Cold War, being an exoti...
Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Original Treatment for Star Wars

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It goes without saying that one of the central philosophical questions that our society must address is to what extent did George Lucas plan...

Why Can't the British Teach Their Children How To Speak

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Check out this attempt to do 21 accents in English. I notice that as she gets closer to accents I know well, I get more critical.  Thus Br...

Unemployment in VFX & Computer Animation, Part 1

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This is the first post in a very complicated topic, the issue of employment and unemployment in the fields of computer animation & visua...
Sunday, July 8, 2012

Tom Brigham on a 4th of July Long Ago

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In the spirit of the recent 4th of July, here is a picture of Tom Brigham on a 4th of July many years ago.  We are on the Brooklyn Bridge...
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Natalie Jeremijenko Being Photographed in NY

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I shared an office with Natalie Jeremijenko for almost a year at NYU when I was hanging out at Ken Perlin's lab while Ken was on sabba...
Friday, July 6, 2012

Photo-Realism and Nausea

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Of all the phrases that made me sick to my stomach, a client asking for "photorealism" was one of the most potent nausea producers...

Obituary from The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh

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As the first in a continuing series of important, entertaining and/or significant obituaries, consider the following from The Loved One by...
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Photoshop, What Planet are you From ?

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One more time, I tried to do a picture in photoshop and found it completely unusable.  I wonder what planet it is from?  Whatever planet it ...
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