Occasionally I'm writing posts specifically relevant to the VFX industry. This is being done on the blog I'm building for the Entrepreneurship in Entertainment Technology class that I teach for Carnegie Mellon. You can check out those posts here: http://www.anirama.com/eet/blog/
Facebook isn't useful to me, and I don't think it's just a generational thing. I want to connect to my friends and colleagues, I'm interested in what they're doing. I think I can share things that they'd be interested in, too. But Facebook's limited methods for organizing relationships don't give me any useful granularity, so [...]
Ironically, I saw this recipe on TV while I was working out at the gym. Just a few easy steps! Fry up a batch of breakfast sausage. Skewer them. Dip them in waffle batter. Deep fry. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Dip in syrup. Yum.
This is me on Christmas when I was 3 1/2 with my first car - a rear engine topless sporty model. I have vague memories of this fantastic vehicle, but I am sure that the early impressions from this experience branded me for life. Years later, as an adult, I pined for a Porsche 911 [...]
I'm trying to get into great shape this summer, and among other things have taken up riding my bike again. I'm not an avid biker, so I haven't spent any time learning about bicycle design and engineering, but the more I ride the more I discover about the intelligent decisions bicycle designers make. My bike [...]
I have been reading Sherlock Holmes in a book and on a borrowed iPad. I've never read a book on an electronic device before and I have to say that overall I liked the iPad experience of reading, though the resolution of the iPad did bother me a bit as the anti-aliasing on [...]
I'm continually impressed with the cafeteria at Electronic Arts. Thursday's lunch was this incredible leg of duck over spring vegetables, drizzled with a pomegranate Balsamic vinaigrette sauce. Yummy. Shot on my Droid.
We got a hold of this for Kevin's birthday. It took a bit to get it to flow properly, but once it did - wow. Delicious and fun. Strawberries, marshmallows, poundcake, bananas, Starburst(!?) and more were available for bathing. Eventually followed with this:
Sunday night was the annual VES Awards. This year we honored Jim Cameron with the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Ed Catmull with the Georges Melies Award. Bill Paxton did the introduction, which was part honor and part roast ("Jim calls his parents on his birthday to congratulate them."). Read more about the Visual [...]
Shared with me at the NAMM show, and I thought I should share it with you. Important stuff.