Friday, May 30, 2014

A Story from World War 2 for Memorial Day

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revised In honor of Memorial Day, here is a story that my father told us, my brother and I, about his time in the Solomon Islands as a ...
Saturday, May 24, 2014

Is the Giant Pangolin Evidence of Evolutionary Convergence in Cartoon Villains?

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We are all aware of the controversies around the issue of whether or not evolution should be taught in our public schools and/or wheth...
Sunday, May 18, 2014

Scientific Breakthrough in Visualizing 3D Blood Leads to Bidding Frenzy

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All Hollywood has been abuzz with rumors of a new technology which shows blood in 3D in a much better way. “This is what we have been...
Thursday, May 15, 2014

The Hills Illuminated by Fire and the Esoteric Prophecy of Human Resources

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draft/in progress At 2AM last night, I walked out onto my patio to check on my garden, where to my surprise I saw that the nearby hills...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Mysteries of Underbidding in Visual Effects: Underbidding for Effect and by Mistake

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Part one of this series is  here . In part one of our series on the “mysteries of underbidding in visual effects”, we discussed som...
Monday, May 5, 2014

Great Moments in Ukrainian Diplomacy: The Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks

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Ukraine!   Ancient land of peace and harmony, how fondly we remember you!  There are whole chunks of the American population who are desce...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Red Line Madness

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Some things mortal man was not meant to understand.  I had occasion yesterday to test an assumption I had made about the Red Line, th...
Thursday, April 24, 2014

Submarines, Spies and the Search for Malaysia Airlines 370

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Every day when I get up, I check to see the latest news on MH 370, our missing 777. Every night when I give up for the day, I check to ...
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Mysteries of Underbidding in Visual Effects: Deliberately Underbidding

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This is the first in a series of posts on the psychology and process of bidding in visual effects.  In this first series, we look at the ...
Sunday, April 20, 2014

Malaysian Airlines 370, CNN and Worker's RIghts

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Although we do not know what happened to Malaysia Airlines 370 beyond the certainty that it is a tragedy, we must remember that every clo...