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News and views from the this year's OSCON
OSCON continues to grow in popularity and influence. Our Perlmeister stopped in for the talks, the tutorials, and the latest news from the battle lines of the digital millennium.
This year's Open Source Conference (OSCON) in Portland, Oregon, continued the trend of increasing popularity and higher attendance. Between July 24th and 28th, more than 2,800 attendees experienced tutorials and conference tracks on Perl, Python, PHP, JavaScript/ Ajax, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, Linux, and Apache. Talks on legal topics and industry field reports were also well received. Major industry players like Google, Yahoo, Sun, HP, IBM, Intel, and AMD were present in the exhibition hall, showcasing their Open Source efforts and looking for programming talent. The traditional Google-O'Reilly Open Source Awards went to outstanding developers Julian Seward (Valgrind) and Peter Lundblad (Subversion), but also to community and legal activists Gervase Markham (Firefox) and Cliff Schmidt. For the best corporate liaison, Stefan Taxhet was recognized for OpenOffice.org. The Perl community's "White Camel Awards" went to Perl podcaster Josh McAdams, to Jay Hannah for running the Perl Mongers, and to long-time Perl contributor Randal Schwartz.
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Linus Addresses Criticism for Harsh Language
Kernel king admits his tone has alienated volunteers, but says the demands of the process require directness.
New SSL Attack Lets a Malicious Listener Steal Session Cookies
New flaw in an old encryption scheme leaves the experts scrambling to disable SSL 3
Leading Open Source Coder Rants about Rants
Lennart Poettering wants to change the way Linux developers talk to each other.
HP Splits into Two Companies
Enterprise giant frees itself from ink and home PCs (and visa versa).
Mozilla Labs Shuts Down
Mozilla's product think tank sinks silently into history.
Internet Giants Launch Collaboration to Improve Open Source
TODO group will focus on open source tools in large-scale environments.
Fedora Announces New Partition Manager App
New tool will look like GParted but support a wider range of storage technologies.
Mozilla Releases a New Firefox
New public key pinning feature will help prevent man-in-the-middle attacks.
Tool Predicts Which Websites Will be Compromised
Carnegie Mellon researchers say 3 million pages could fall down the phishing hole in the next year.
SSH Key Management Guidelines
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When a team fails to make the playoffs, the media, fans, and the team are quick to point fingers and fire or get rid of those that are supposedly the reason for the teams down slide.
As the Sabres mediocre season is sliding to an abrupt halt, many are calling for the heads of GM Darcy Reiger, head coach Lindy Ruff, and wondering why under achieving players like Max Afinogenov and soft players like Tim Connolly are still on the team.
Lindy Ruff, favorite adopted son of Buffalo is quick to take the sabre in the belly on this one:
When your not going well (critics) point to the coach. I think it's fair.
So Lindy is ready to take the fall if necessary. Will he be happy about it, probably not, but its business, and his chances of winning a Stanley Cup will be better elsewhere (remember, Scotty Bowman's only team that never won a Stanley Cup – the Sabres, he won them everywhere else he went).
Craig Rivet, short termed Captain of the team, wants to lift the weight off his new coaches shoulder:
Let me tell you, this has nothing to do with the coach.
Now maybe this is just the slight backhand of a guy watching his former team make a serious run at the piece de resistance in the NHL, while his current team is unmoth-balling golf clubs.
Thomas Vanek won't defend anyone:
Everyone is the problem, its everyone together.
Well Mr. Galisano and Mr. Quinn, you won't listen to the fans, so now your team is saying it. This group of players and coaches is not going to cut it. So next year, take those third jerseys and make them the teams primary colors, returning us to a team that thralled us with tradition, and bring back a lasting memory of a building that once was the splendor of downtown Buffalo – and give us a new image from the inside out. We want a winner Mr. Galisano, and we want one now.
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Treat your loved one like royalty this Valentine's Day by taking him or her to the castle — White Castle, that is. For about 20 years, the oldest fast food burger joint in America has pulled out all the stops on this special occasion. In a one-night-only celebration, White Castles get a makeover with pink and red decor, table cloths, candles, even table service and photographs. No, they don't make sliders of Kobe beef or serve your meal on silver platters, but for those who don't take this Hallmark holiday too seriously, it's the perfect way to pig out with your sweetie. You will need a reservation (seriously), so call 513-559-0575 ext. 14 to select a participating location and dinner time between 5-8 p.m.
To women, nothing says 'I Love You' quite like a big, fat cockroach on Valentine's Day. That's right, for just $10, you can name a special bug living at the Bronx Zoo after your sweetie - because like love, a cockroach is indestructible.
With the holidays right around the corner, this weekend promises plenty of twinkling lights, Christmas songs and the one gift the three wise men forgot: booze.
Television can be scary year-round (ex. Keeping Up with the Kardashians, The Rachel Zoe Project, Breaking Bad), but terror gets turned up a notch this time of year. With Halloween around the corner, here are some horror-ific shows to check out.
White Castle is the oldest fast-food burger joint in the country, serving up savory, moist cardboard-like mini sandwiches for 90 years. That's right, back when people enjoyed a night of Prohibition-grade bathtub gin, they could wash it down with some sliders.
The large signs started showing up right outside of Ellis Park as we drove to the USA vs. Slovenia soccer match: "Johannesburg is ready." Sure, these signs were meant to tell foreigners that South Africa had everything in order for the 2010 World Cup. But they also seemed to be a pep-me-up for South Africans, as if the signs were saying, "Johannesburg is ready. Right, guys? Right?"
Before I left on my trip to South Africa to enjoy the World Cup, plenty of people tried to discourage me. My mom said it was too dangerous, and my friends wondered why I'd want to fly that far just for a soccer game.
No matter your last name, everyone's green on St. Patrick's Day, but finding authentic (and near authentic) Irish events in German-dominated Cincinnati can sometimes be difficult. Not anymore.
The newly opened Irish Heritage Center of Greater Cincinnati will offer a variety of Gaelic-oriented events tomorrow and on the holiday itself, Wednesday. They include Irish musical groups and dancers, an Irish art exhibit, sing-alongs, films, food and an indoor Children's Parade.


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Analog vs. Digital Video Surveillance: The Fight in the Streets
Integrators and vendors hash out the technology, opinions and realities of going IP with video surveillance
Another integrator raised the question of whether the industry was adopting the most recent IP addressing standards (IPV6).
Cisco's Beliles was quick to share his thoughts.
"[The] IPV6 [standard] is lagging behind in adoption in the U.S. and in Europe compared to Asia," Beliles admitted. "But the reality is that a number of technologies are available to ensure that IPV4 technologies and equipment will work with IPV6. It is not mandatory to have IPV6, and it is wrong to say that without IPV6, you're not on the cutting edge."
The same integrator who had wondered about the IPV4 to IPV6 transition also asked about trends the panel was seeing in getting network cameras up-to-speed with light sensitivity and infrared lighting.
"IR is the biggest limitation of network cameras," said IQinVision's Paul Bodell. "The CCD still has more sensitivity in the IR range and in low-light environments. Some years ago, you might have said that it was 20-30 percent less sensitive, but that difference between CCD and CMOS is much less noticeable today." Bodell said that current advances are making that gap between network cameras and analog cameras even smaller, and he expected the IR and light sensitivity issue to be negligible.
The general consensus from the integrators at the panel was that, yes, IP video is nice and getting better, but that they were up against concerns over price and bandwidth that are hard to shake.
"It's not us who you have to convince [about the benefits of IP video]. It's the end user or the engineer working for the end user who is making the call," said one Atlanta-area video and security integrator.
Another chimed in that the transition isn't an easy one.
"You have to gracefully approach your client and create a smooth transition to convert them toward an IP world," said a local integrator. That integrator stressed that convincing a client to shift from a major investment in analog video surveillance to one in IP video wasn't as simple or as easy as many in the vendor community believed. Just because they have a business network, he said, doesn't mean they are ready to pay the costs to shift technology.
Banerjee closed the discussion with his status report coming from a vendor company that itself was negotiating the analog to IP video shift.
"I don't think 12-year-olds can set up IP systems," said Banerjee, jokingly referring to one of Anderson's opening statements. "I think it's harder than that. But if that is the case, then you [integrators] are all out of business because I'm going to start a business full of 12-year-olds."
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243 Pine Forest Drive has a Walk Score of 38 out of 100. This location is a Car-Dependent neighborhood so most errands require a car.
This location is in Greenville. Nearby parks include Green Forest Park, Watts Park and Cleveland Park.
Nearby schools include First Baptist Church Kindergarten, Augusta Circle Elementary School and Greenville Technical Charter School.
The closest grocery stores are Hilton Street Grocery, Palmetto Olive Oil Co and Publix Super Market at McBee Station.
Nearby coffee shops include Starbucks, The Universal Cafe and Marquette Meat Market and Cafe. Nearby restaurants include Joy of Tokyo II, Zoes Kitchen and Moe's Southwest Grill.
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"You'll go mad trying to figure out what people want. I don't bother. I write the stories I want to read."
She's smart, muslim, and one of the most relatable new characters in comics.
A disgruntled post by comic colorist Jordie Bellaire has led to a small movement on Twitter.


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If you are experiencing a medical emergency please dial 911 immediately
An umbilical catheter is a flexible tube that is inserted into a blood vessel in a newborn's umbilical cord. This tube provides a painless way of drawing arterial blood for testing and for giving medication, nutrition, and fluids through a vein.
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Quick Don't Do It: Pizza Hut Crazy Cheese Crust Pizza
If it's not apparent from this blog, I love excess when it comes to food. So I was actually excited when I saw the new, weird, grotesque Crazy Cheese Crust Pizza. It's the one with pockets of cheese built into the crust.
Because, let's be honest, stuffing the crust with cheese has just never been enough.
My 'problem' was my wife did not share my enthusiasm and insisted we were NOT ordering the 'cheese abscess pizza,' as she dubbed it.
So I waited. And tried to talk her into it again a few days later. No dice.
But I found my opportunity on a long work day a few weeks back. I was hungry, had no time to leave the office and needed some eats.
Let's just skip to it: the pizza was gross. Or rather, the crust with cheese abscesses was gross. It was just far too much: chewy, rubbery, nasty.
The remainder of the pizza made it's way out into the newsroom, where it was devoured. Despite that, everyone had the same reaction.
Don't do it.
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Guy Re-Enacts Classic Romantic Movie Scenes With His Boss's Dog On His Lunch Breaks [mmsspp/via]
Previously: Classic Movie Quotes Updated For The Digital Age
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Disney Insults and Comebacks
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All I want in life is a guy that understands that I will never love him as much as I love a bunch of fictional teenage wizards, I don't think that's too much to ask.
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It's been a whole year since I created these characters. Now the family has doubled, and I've made it into a blog (x). Gosh, look how far we've come.
deviantart posted this on facebook and this happened omfg
Pointing out that youtube hAS A DARK SIDE
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You Know You Grew Up on Disney Movies If…
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I'm on this new diet. Well, I don't eat anything and when I feel like I'm about to faint I eat a cube of cheese. I'm just one stomach flu away from my goal weight.
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IF YOU THINK IM GOING TO SPEND MY DAY LISTENING TO THIS SONG ON REPEAT UNTIL I MEMORIZE ALL THE LYRICS BACKGROUND NOISES DRUM BEAT HARMONIES then you are absolutely right my friend
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The Anti-Phishing Working Group. A place to check out that suspicious email. (Although, a good rule-of-thumb is to consider any suspicious email to be a scam.)
What is Phishing? Phishing attacks use 'spoofed' e-mails and fraudulent websites designed to fool recipients into divulging personal financial data such as credit card numbers, account usernames and passwords, social security numbers, etc. By hijacking the trusted brands of well-known banks, online retailers and credit card companies, phishers are able to convince up to 5% of recipients to respond to them.
[Via Macintouch]
I haven't upgraded to OS X 10.3 yet, so I can't try this, but the way Macintouch describes it, "Mobster" sounds cool.
Mobster 1.1 watches the music you play in iTunes and uses recommendation information from Musicmobs to suggest other music that you may like. It includes iTunes control, playlist creation, library browsing, and an option to weight recommendations with a slider that ranges from Mainstream to Hipster.
ThinkSecret.com reports that Apple may announce a very low cost G4 Mac at MacWorld.
With iPod-savvy Windows users clearly in its sights, Apple is expected to announce a bare bones, G4-based iMac without a display at Macworld Expo on January 11 that will retail for $499, highly reliable sources have confirmed to Think Secret.
The new Mac, code-named Q88, will be part of the iMac family and is expected to sport a PowerPC G4 processor at a speed around 1.25GHz. The new Mac is said to be incredibly small and will be housed in a flat enclosure with a height similar to the 1.73 inches of Apple's Xserve. Its size benefits will include the ability to stand the Mac on its side or put it below a display or monitor.
[Thanks Macintouch.]
Sandy McMurray, of the Corante Apple blog, thinks out loud about how to convice someone to swith from Microsoft Window, to a Mac:
I've had hands-on, daily experience with Windows and Mac systems since 1980. These days, I use four systems in my tech support and writing work: Windows 98 SE, Windows XP Pro, Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X.
Although I have a lot of respect for XP Pro, I prefer to work in Mac OS X. I can make the arguments for both sides of the Windows vs. Mac debate, but for me it simply comes down to this: my blood pressure is lower when I'm using Mac OS X.
Mike, over on the TechDirt site, makes a good point about the reality of the recent headlines about AOL spam being reduced:
AOL is claiming that their new spam filter has greatly reduced spam, creating nice looking headlines about less spam. Of course, you could question their findings. The details show that what was reduced was spam complaints. This might be a proxy for the amount of spam that got through to inboxes, or it might just show that AOL subscribers have wised up and realized that reporting spam to AOL doesn't seem to do a bit of good -- and they've just given up on it.
Boldface added by TechPopuli.
The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg, in a column about the security and usability problems with Microsoft Windows, wrote:
Meanwhile, the company's historic rival, Apple Computer, has been making giant strides in ease of use. The Macintosh, with its OS X operating system, is rock solid. It is elegant, and -- when you do a feature-by-feature price comparison with Windows competitors -- it's surprisingly affordable.
The Mac is also packed with extras that Windows lacks. It has a suite of easy, free, multimedia programs that can't be matched on Windows at any price. It has a better free browser and e-mail program than Windows. It can read and create PDF files without requiring the purchase of any extra software.
Apple upgrades its operating system far more often than Microsoft does. The company's new iMac G5 model is the single best desktop computer I have ever reviewed. And Apple is the only computer company whose business is focused on consumers and small businesses.
Best of all, the current Mac operating system has never been attacked by a successful virus, and almost no spyware can run on it. This is largely because the Mac's small market share presents an unattractive target for digital criminals. But it's partly because the Mac operating system is harder to penetrate. I'm sure there will eventually be viruses that afflict Mac users, but nowhere near the 5,000 new Windows viruses that appeared in just the first six months of this year.
David Weinberger is doing the research on replacing his TiVo with the open-source MythTV. I'm not far behind him.
Cynthia L. Webb of the Washington Post posts...
(comments in parens added by me)
Here's my Top 10 list of the technology developments that I think were most notable this year and are likely to remain a significant influence on the sector in 2005:
10. VoIP's Big Leap: Vonage, Skype
9. Merger Mania (eg Oracle/Peoplesoft)
8. iPod Nation
7. Pay-For-Play (Success of iTunes, and the RIAA and MPAA protection rackets)
6. The Song in the Sky -- Satellite radio
5. Squelching Spyware and Spam (or more accurately, the failure to squelch it)
4. Firefox Rising
3. Open Sesame (like linux, thunderbird, et all)
2. Blogs Get Real (I think they've been real for awhile, but it's nice to be noticed)
1. The Search For Dominance (the ever growing importance of search as the way to manage all this information)
Dave Winer reports a rumor that Apple will announce at MacWorld a new version of the iPod that connects to satellite radio.
Chris Anderson, the editor of Wired Magazine, recently wrote a piece called The Long Tail. Now he's gonna expand it into a full book, and he'll be sharing his progress with us in a blog.
The e-mails, often forwarded by friends, vary in wording, but the underlying message is always ominous: Soon, all cell phone numbers will be made public to telemarketing firms. That means, according to one version, that "your cell phone may start ringing off the hook with telemarketers" and your precious, limited cell phone minutes will be eaten up with calls you don't want.
It's not clear where the e-mails originated, but industry and government officials say they are an urban myth; they are not true. There is no list of cell phone numbers being turned over to telemarketers, and telemarketers are barred from calling cell phone numbers.
This article on the Technology Review website, discusses the possible future goals and directions of the space program.
This past year, people in the United States bought twice as many digital cameras as film models, according to the Photo Marketing Association. Next year a bigger change may loom: Cell phone cameras are projected to sell even more than regular digital cameras.
The larger story, though, is how people are using their digital cameras differently from the film models. Consider the photos snapped by National Guardsmen showing abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, which were e-mailed widely and shown on national TV. Or the Nashville man who helped police nab the mugger who jumped him at a carwash, by using his cell phone camera to photograph the mugger as he fled.
Ever since I got my Jeep Cherokee I've been intrigued by the "data access port" that is under the dash. Seems I'm not alone, as a whole subculture of "car hackers" -- using the real, non-evil, version of the word 'hacker' here -- who are modding their cars for fun and efficiency.
There's an article in Tech Review on the subject.
"Car makers definitely make their share of stupid or annoying user-interface decisions, such as requiring the ignition key be turned to engine-run position before the power windows will work," says a hacker known simply as "Hobbit". "One of my hacks is a simple switch that enables all the power windows with the key out."
In my digital photography seminar I'm a big supporter of cropping photos as a simple way to improve them. This article on the Optimization website seems to agree, and goes further to suggest other benefits, and uses.
Note how the author is now more recognizable in the cropped version (behind the sunscreen) and the lettering is larger and more legible. Most importantly, the image has more impact, with the subject taking up more of the frame. This cropped image could be shown with a smaller dimension, saving file size.
It's looking like Apple's iPod is the "It" gift this holiday season.
Cynthia L. Webb, Washington Post:
Apple couldn't ask for a better dilemma -- with nine days left until Christmas, retailers are reporting a shortage of the popular iPod digital music player.
People still can find the item on Apple's Web site and at the computer maker's stores, but the gadget shortage at mass market retailers is kicking the iPod up to that lonely top shelf of mega-popular gifts of days past, just like Tickle Me Elmo and the Cabbage Patch Kids. The only difference so far? We haven't heard about any pushing and shoving in the aisles over the iPod -- yet.
Adobe has warned that versions of its pdf reader programs can be exploited to possibly execute malicious code. This potentially affects Windows, Unix, and Mac OSX versions of the program. eWeek:
This could allow the execution of malicious code with the privileges of the user, iDefense said. An attacker could exploit this bug by sending an e-mail message including either an attached PDF file or a link to the file.
Earlier versions of Acrobat Reader 6 may also be vulnerable, and Adobe Acrobat may also be affected, iDefense said. Adobe has released Version 6.0.3 of both Acrobat and Reader for the Windows and Mac OS X platforms, which fixes the problem.
I'm looking around to see if the Mac OS X utility Preview, which can also open pdf file, has this bug. More later.
Some Geeky, and some silly, items to add to your living space.
[Thanks Cool Tools]
Blockbuster has announced that it's eliminating late fees on it's video rentals. They think this will make their customers really happy.
The thing is, they actually haven't eliminated them, just reduced them, and changed the structure.
Here's how it was described in The Boston Globe:
Under the new policy, movies and games will still have rental periods -- two days for a new movie release and a week for games and all other movies.
Customers will automatically be given a one-week grace period to return a movie or game. If the movie or game is not returned by then, the customer will be automatically charged the sale price of the movie. The purchase price can be refunded, minus the $1.25 restocking fee, if the movie or game is returned within 30 days.
So the way this works is, that after 9 days there's a late fee of $1.25, and after 30 days the late fee is the price of the video. And remember, that a lot of these rental videos are "priced to rent", ie not $10, but $60, or more. I wonder if each video will be labelled with their "purchase" price?
That's not "eliminating" the late fee.
Here's a kinda cool gadget that let's you unlock your car door by rapping a code on the window. Thanks Boingboing, and Engadget.
* Estimated that nearly 1 million lockouts happen every year in Australia alone
* Highly secure, user defined, five to twelve digit AUDIBLE KNOCK code
* Shuts down for an hour with three wrong attempts
* Easily installed onto your existing central locking by auto electricians or car alarm installer with no drilling required
* No waiting around for hours for road rescue
* Avoid damage to your vehicle whilst breaking in to retreive keys
* 2 Year Manuacturers defects Warranty
* Extremely convenient to have even if you never get locked out
* Buy it NOW! Before You Desperately Need a Knock-In-Key!.........
The first trailer for Steven Spielberg's film, "The War of the Worlds."
AP Technology via Yahoo! News:
An Indian cellular phone company plans to air a new Bollywood movie on mobile handsets for free and in full Thursday in a bid to promote its video-streaming service.
Walt Mossberg reviews Jasc's Photo Album:
I've been trying out this new edition of Jasc's Photo Album, and I like a lot about it. It's relatively straightforward, and it has some unusual features. But it's not as good as the Adobe product because, despite the new virtual albums, it still forces users to rely too much on a well-organized and well-understood system of folders on the hard disk. And I simply don't believe users should have to master the computer's file system just to enjoy their pictures.
Back in October the Washington Post compiled this comparison of cellphone rates from the various major companies.
The CompUSA stores are sending out this invite:
Tis the season........
Get into the holiday spirit and join the festivities at CompUSA nationwide for an Apple users exclusive holiday celebration. The event will be held from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Thursday, December 2, 2004, so get there early!
Eat, drink and be merry, the coffee and donuts are free and the deals are worth celebrating. Do your shopping early and take advantage of special pricing on almost every product in store, and exclusive offers from CompUSA and Apple vendors just for you.
Get shopping tips and advice from the Apple Solution Consultant, the Apple employee available at most CompUSA stores.
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Back in the October issue of Wired Magazine there was an article called The Long Tail. The idea is that in this age of Amazon and iTunes Music Store, it's possible to make available for purchase all the low-volume items that are never carried by brick&mortar stores. And the discovery is that there are buyers for basically all of these low-volume items. It turns out that there is a customer for everything, as long as there's a cost-effective way to offer it. And the net makes it cost-effective.
From the Wired article:
...it is an example of an entirely new economic model for the media and entertainment industries, one that is just beginning to show its power. Unlimited selection is revealing truths about what consumers want and how they want to get it in service after service, from DVDs at Netflix to music videos on Yahoo! Launch to songs in the iTunes Music Store and Rhapsody. People are going deep into the catalog, down the long, long list of available titles, far past what's available at Blockbuster Video, Tower Records, and Barnes & Noble. And the more they find, the more they like. As they wander further from the beaten path, they discover their taste is not as mainstream as they thought (or as they had been led to believe by marketing, a lack of alternatives, and a hit-driven culture).
I've been thinking a lot about this since I read it. Now Doc Searls has picked up on the meme and added this article from The Independant.
Here are three facts. Every one of the 1.2 million tracks on Apple's iTunes Music Store site has been downloaded at least once. A large-ish bookstore can carry 130,000 titles. More than half of the online bookstore Amazon's sales come from the titles ranked lower than 130,000. Put these facts together, and you have an indication of a phenomenon that has got analysts of the information economy very interested: the "long tail".
Take a look at these, and think about it. It may be a real breakthrough in understanding how the new technology is changing, and mostly improving, the way things work.
BTW, one aspect of the long tail that troubles me is, that it seems to benefit the sites that "aggregate" the content of many-many creators, more than it does those creators. Put another way, iTunes may be making decent money selling 2 downloads per year from 10,000 artists, but each of those artists is only selling 2 copies per year, not really paying the rent.


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Two Dalek,
Red Dalek,
Blue Dalek,
Black Dalek,
Blue Dalek,
Old Daleks,
New Daleks.
This one has a little car.
This one has a little scar.
Say! What a lot of Daleks there are.
Yes. Some are red, and some are blue.
Some are old and some are new.
Some are sad,
and some are glad,
But most are very, very bad.
- based on One Fish, Two Fish by Dr. Seuss and for the Doctor Who Poetry Contest
(via doctorwhoknew)
Charm: Needs work
Intelligence: Genius
Ingenuity: Macgayvering that shit
Planning: Tactician
Diligence: Willing and ready
Spontaneity: Stiff
Temperature: Cold until microwaved
Turn on: Quantum Physics
Wit: On fire
Understanding: Average
A reminder from the Time Lord: the clocks go forward one hour tonight. It's wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff.
- That we're cold, heartless, and mechanical incapable of feelings or emotions.
I may not necessarily be in touch with my feelings all the time, but I do have them and I can be warm. Most people would never guess I was an INTJ to be honest. Whereas someone would find us cold for not necessarily thinking of the best for some person or a group, we tend to act more on logic and with fairness. Impersonal at times yeah, but sometimes you need a person to make an unbiased decision.
- We hate people.
I don't hate anyone. I dislike people who are full of shit and hypocrites to the extreme. I dislike phoniness and people who think they're better than anyone else. I dislike authority. Especially dislike rude people and I get annoyed when some people can't do their jobs right. At most, we might have high standards, but we know it's ridiculous because we can't reach our own standards. I just like for people to be upfront and not full of themselves.
- That we think we're special snow flakes.
I've seen that everywhere, that we think we're so great and special solely because we're INTJs. It's not that- it's just that it's very hard to be an INTJ and not want to be someone else. I spent a lot of time wishing I was someone else, because I couldn't find people who understood me. Everywhere I went there was some misunderstanding and no one to relate to. It's very lonely when you're you and have no one else to be cool with that fact. It's a lot of effort to stick to who you are and not want to conform to everyone else's standard and many people don't get that. For why be myself, if I'm always going to be ostracized for it?
- That we're arrogant.
That's not to say some INTJs aren't arrogant, because anyone can be arrogant. But I find in our culture, we love for people to be self deprecating. When someone tells so and so they did a good job- oh, no it wasn't good at all- and everyone expects that. They don't expect people to be confident and go thanks, I was sure I did a good job on it. The thing about INTJs is that we know what we know and we make damned sure of it. We also know the things we aren't well versed in and can admit it. I'm good with doing both because people SHOULD acknowledge their skills and know where they could use improvement.
- That we are incapable of having fun.
Bullshit. Some of the INTJs I know are the weirdest, quirkiest fuckers I've ever met. And I'm the same. I somehow turned into the comic relief of my group of friends at times and I enjoy going out and meeting new people. I'm good friends with EXXP types and when we hang shit gets really interesting. It all depends upon the person in question. We aren't all stiffs.
- Only interested in science.
I like science, but it was never my main interest. Though, I did entertain the idea of being a forensic scientist or a computer scientist for a while (still do some coding for fun when I get time). Where people encouraged me to do science I determined I was too lazy and did what I really loved, which is writing articles and stories. I like to do plenty of performing arts things as well, when I see it's not normally listed as an INTJ hobby/occupation. You can find us in any field that we have an interest in and that's the end of the story. Doesn't matter what it is.
- INTJs only get along with other INTJs.
No. No. No. I've met other INTJs I've wanted to punch out at times. When people try to say that we hate all these other types, like the EXXPs or something, it's stupid. One, it depends on the people in question, not their types. But fuck it, some INTJs are immature as fuck and I'd rather have the company of someone that isn't going to debate me all the time. Even though I'm an INTJ, it doesn't mean I want to argue all the time. Sometimes I'd like to just shoot the breeze and not leave a place annoyed with someone. I honestly think two INTJs are more likely to butt heads than other types because we can be so stubborn and headstrong unwilling to back down.
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Roy Fjastad over at West Coast Street Rods hosted a get-together today at his shop, with free barbeque and drinks all day. If that's not guaranteed to draw a bunch of hot rodders out on a cool overcast Sunday morning, I don't know what is. Additionally, Lady Luck Clothing were in attendance and selected a number of hot rods present to appear in their calendar, shooting them with a model inside the shop while Roy busied himself at the barbeque outside.
We made a weekend of it, dug the hot rod out, cruised up to Brad Masterson's Fire Party in Lynwood the night before, stayed in the area and hit Roy's shop on the way home. All low key, like minded people with no big show hassles, entry fees, or public in attendance, just good clean fun with rods and customs. That's what they're for right?


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However I'd like to point out that you could add call a routine to
compute the MD5 or SHA-1 hash of the data copied with copy_from_user()
in sys_init_module() and reject it if it doesn't match a precomputed
value (which has to be securely stored somewhere in kernel space for
each and every module that the is allowed to be loaded).
However I'd like to point out that if modprobe is actually resolving
unresolved symbols in the module before it loads it, the MD5 or SHA-1
won't match, which is the case with Linux, according to a previous post
on this thread.
However I'd like to point out that you wouldn't win anything even if it
worked, without removing the numerous other ways root can subvert the
running kernel --- or, equivalently, all running processes (e.g. with
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Wednesday is the last day for the lower Manhattan store
This thought-provoking book argues that New York City itself has become a follower rather than a leader. Once-distinctive streets and neighborhoods have become awash in generic stores, apartment boxes, and garish signs and billboards. Legendary neighborhoods (Little Italy, Hell's Kitchen, Harlem, the Lower East Side) have been smoothed over with cute monikers, remade for real-estate investment and for sale to the highest bidder.
"It's a world peopled by 20-something interns who can somehow afford to split rents of $3000+ a month, who come to New York from the Midwest, eschewing things like walkups because living in a gated, fully loaded environment "is just so much better in so many ways. It's like living in a hotel."
Observer: Gated Communities
The Bloomberg Way: ""It's a notion of governance in which the city is run like a corporation. The mayor is the CEO, the businesses are clients, citizens are consumers, and the city itself is a product that's branded and marketed. And New York is a luxury product."
Julian Brash, Ph.D., a Brooklyn-born professor of anthropology and urban studies now at Montclair State University, has written a book entitled "Bloomberg's New York: Class and Governance in the Luxury City."
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Brian Rose: before/after
The original Junior's in Brooklyn is selling its iconic and beloved two-story building to the developers of a high-rise luxury tower!
The Junior's building, with all of its flashy and fantastic classic details, will be demolished. Rest here: Jeremiah's Vanishing New York
While the average rent for a studio in Williamsburg reached $2,709 in December, the mean rent for a studio in a non-doorman building on both the Upper East and West Sides was $1,905 and $1892, respectively.


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It's 2 p.m. on a fall Monday, and I am fresh from the funniest hour I have spent in months.
"Team Not Forgotten'' will not be.
"TNF'' is three Quad-Citians (they are open to more) who are hilarious athletes with a fresh and unique approach to life.
Nathan Tackett, Mike Kinney and Flynn Schulz are three of the biggest-hearted, coolest dudes on the planet. They are ultra-athletes -- not the smoothie-drinking-matching-spandex types -- but free-wheeling, mind-over-matter competitors who know how to have fun.
Humor, though, is just part of the package that endears TNF.
They are generous veterans who understand the sacrifices made to protect a nation. Tackett (Marines), Kinney (Army) and Schulz (Army National Guard) pay their own way into competitions and give any prize winnings to veterans' causes.
Their next challenge is the "World's Toughest Mudder" from Nov. 17 to 18 in Englishtown, N.J.
It's a 24-hour obstacle race on a 12- to 13-mile loop. Last year's winner made seven laps. TNF is shooting for eight to 10. If they win, they plan to donate the $15,000 to the Wounded Warriors Project.
TNF is good enough to win and will have a good time before, during and especially after the "World's Toughest Mudder.''
"Our military backgrounds taught us that we defend and take care of our nation, and when we get home, our nation helps us,'' said Tackett, 39, who started the Quad Cities Hash House Harriers, a unique running-fitness troupe that fancies itself a drinking group with a running problem.
You know the QCHHH is on hand at a local race when you see a group of runners in red dresses or pirate costumes.
"This is just the beginning,'' Schulz, 32, said. "The goal is to get to a point where we designate a cause each time we compete. We know there are lots of steps to that, but you must start somewhere. That's where we are.''
TNF has competed in three events in preparation for the "World's Toughest Mudder.''
First was the "Run across Iowa Relay", a 337-mile relay (longest in the world) with a team of 10. They finished second.
They finished the "Tough Mudder Wisconsin,'' a 12-mile obstacle run, in the top 5 percent, and the "Dances with Dirt'' 50-mile ultra in Michigan in the 13-hour time frame to qualify for the New Jersey event.
"We are not professionals, we are not graced with natural talents or huge sponsors, but what we do have is respect, friendship, determination and knowledge to pursue what others might think impossible,'' Kinney, 28, said.
"And to do it while having fun. Nathan and Flynn are amazing in that they are mentally and physically strong. Me, I just try to keep things light. Maybe a horse joke or two.''
The key for the three is never to lose sight of the goal of competing and raising funds and awareness for veterans' causes.
"Sponsorship help is appreciated,'' Schulz said. "But it will not stop us from competing and trying to make a difference. And living the high life when we compete.''
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Industrial output drops by 1.9 percent in February
India's industrial output contracted by 1.9 percent in February against a growth of 0.8 percent in the previous month due to a sharp drop in manufacturing production, government data showed Friday.
The industrial output, measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), had posted a sluggish growth of 0.8 percent in January.
The contraction in February production has dampened hopes of revival in the economy.
For the first 11 months of the fiscal ended March factory output stands at 0.1 percent, according to data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
Manufacturing production shrank by 3.7 percent in February. However, electricity output jumped by 11.5 percent and mining production increased by 1.4 percent year-on-year during the month under review.
In terms of industries, 13 out of the twenty two 22 industry groups in the manufacturing sector have shown negative growth in February.
"Such a steep fall in manufacturing disproves that growth has bottomed out. Both consumer demand and investment conditions seem to be weakening thereby further dampening the outlook for manufacturing," said Arbind Prasad, director general of FICCI.
"Revival of manufacturing growth requires some bold reforms in the area of business regulatory environment which should be the focus and priority for the government," he said.
As per use-based classification, the growth rates in February 2014 over February 2013 are 3.9 percent in basic goods and 4.2 percent in intermediate goods.
However, capital goods slumped by 17.4 percent.
The consumer durables and consumer non-durables contracted by 9.3 percent and 1.2 percent respectively, with the overall drop in consumer goods being 4.5 percent.
"Shrinkage in the production of capital goods and consumer durables shows that industrial revival is far more difficult in the present scenario," said D.S. Rawat, secretary general of Assocham, while expressing disappointment over the monthly numbers.
"The negative growth of manufacturing has got serious implications for the overall growth, employment and trade balance," Rawat said.
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Publication date: 3 July 2014
We're developing a network of people that are interested in Fieldwork for Healthcare from a human factors, HCI, informatics, ethnographic, user experience, ergonomic, design and usability related perspectives. We have run two CHI workshops, published a book, have another book forthcoming, and there is talk of a journal special issue and another workshop in the pipeline. We want to broaden our network and reach out to more researchers and practitioners who want to hear about and get involved in future activities. To help us achieve this, Morgan & Claypool Publishers have given us five copies of the new book to give away, all you have to do to enter the competition is to join our email list to receive future announcements. Visit the website to find out more.
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This talk will present the pedagogical motivations for having students build and moderate their own repository of questions using the PeerWise web-based tool. The repository serves not only as a drill-and-test library that students can use for practice, but also as a creative medium for engaging students in critical reflection and deep learning. A brief overview of PeerWise will be given, illustrated with examples of genuine student contributions and case studies of its use in practice. A summary of current research will be presented, and the talk will conclude with a look to the future.
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It's called the Walkman NWZ-A17, and this wafer-thin player has a lot going for it, says the Audiophiliac.
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Standalone MP3 players are still in demand, and the NWZ-A17 Walkman is a portable player that features up to 30 hours of battery life while playing full 24-bit/192kHz high-resolution music.
The now-dead iPod Classic put Apple on top of the tech world, and paved the way for bigger, brighter things. Here's our tribute to a tech icon.
The now-dead iPod Classic put Apple on top of the tech world, and paved the way for bigger, brighter things. Here's our tribute to a tech icon.
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eBay Inc announced overnight via their blog that they have fallen victim to cyber attackers who have compromised their information systems and stolen an undisclosed amount of personal identifiable information (PII). Following the Target USA, Nieman Marcus attacks a trend is beginning to emerge, online retailers targeted by attackers whom we can surmise to be cyber criminal in nature (due to who and what was targeted). Whilst it's still very early days and eBay's initial blog is sketchy (initial breach disclosure is usually vague with little detail), some interesting points have emerged by what they haven't said.
- No mention that encryption was used, for both customer passwords and or the databases they reside in. Questions to ask are "Were the passwords encrypted and salted? If so with what?" and "Were eBay's customer databases encrypted and if not, why not?." I suspect that because eBay's financial transaction arm PayPal needs to be PCI DSS compliant, eBay may not have to if they have moved all credit card processing, storage and transmission to PayPal and thus "out of scope". "Out of scope" is another worth of an article all of it's own.
- eBay don't offer mulfi-factor authentication for users and that is a major downside considering all of eBay's peers – Google, Microsoft, Yahoo do and have done for a while now. There is no mention of multi-factor authentication for it's own internal systems ie, data/information segmentation – if you want to get access to customer data, you need to provide two factors of authentication.
- They state that "the database did not contain financial information or other confidential personal information." What they don't state is these days, attackers are primarily after personal identifiable information and credit card/financial information as a secondary target. You only need to look at how much both are being sold for on the Darknet, credit cards fetching $3-5 per record to PII which can get as high as $20-35 depending on how much information is available. PII is much more valuable because you can do more with it ie, apply for fraudulent loans and credit cards or information to use for further phishing attacks.
This validates the view that Prevention doesn't work and that while most security budgets are put into the Prevent phase, organisations need to look at the Detect and Remediate phases or as Cisco put it "BEFORE – DURING – AFTER"


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text: World View: War Between Syria's Rebel Groups Threatens Wider Proxy War Print article Send a Tip by John J. Xenakis 14 Jul 2013 post a comment This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Unnamed U.S. officials name Israel as Latakia, Syria, attacker War between Syria's rebel groups threatens wider proxy war Russia stages largest military drills in post-Soviet era Unnamed U.S. officials name Israel as Latakia, Syria, attacker Smoke rises in the city of Latakia.(Reuters) On Friday, July 5, mysterious explosions struck a big Syrian arms depot in Latakia, destroying large supplies of Russian weapons, including advanced radars and cruise missiles. The explosions are a big setback to the regime of Bashar al-Assad and its planned attack on Aleppo. However, the source of the explosions was unknown, and some suspected a terrorist group aligned with al-Qaeda. Israel has remained quiet about the explosions, but now unnamed U.S. officials have leaked to CNN that the explosions were caused by Israeli airstrikes. Israel is denying the U.S. reports, saying, "It has been a long time that we are not intervening in Syria's bloody war." Israel has struck Syrian weapons supplies in the past, and has been warned by the al-Assad regime and by Hezbollah that any further attacks would risk drawing retaliation in the form of a new warfront against Israel through the Israeli border in Golan. CNN and Debka War between Syria's rebel groups threatens wider proxy war The unexpected assassination of a Free Syrian Army (FSA) commander by the al-Qaeda linked Jabhat al-Nusra, and threats of revenge by FSA leaders, is signaling a kind of "side war" between rebel groups in Syria that almost guarantees a victory by the regime of president Bashar al-Assad. But the dithering by the West in general and the U.S. in particular in making a decision to provide arms to the FSA and other secular rebels in Syria has had an ironic effect: The FSA is the ONLY rebel group without weapons. The al-Nusra front has been receiving weapons from al-Qaeda in Iraq, and from Qatar. Of course the al-Assad regime has received huge quantities of the deadliest and most advanced weapons from Russia, which has been freely supplying these weapons to Syria and lying about them, while using its U.N. Security Council veto to prevent even a simple condemnation of al-Assad from being adopted. The Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, which has been actively fighting alongside the al-Assad army and was crucial to al-Assad's victory in Qusair, has been receiving arms and supplies from Iran, and according to reports has even received some of the weapons delivered to Syria by the Russians. So the reason that the West has given for not supplying weapons to the FSA and other secular rebels is that some of the weapons might fall into the hands of al-Nusra, but since al-Nusra is already receiving arms from outside Syria, the net result of the Western policy is to make sure that the secular Syrians are the ONLY group not receiving any outside weapons. As I've written many times, Syria is in a generational Awakening era, and there are many survivors of the massive slaughter of Sunnis by Alawites in the extremely bloody civil war that climaxed in 1982 that want no part of another civil war. If it were up to the Syrians alone, then this war would have collapsed long ago. But every time it came close, the Russians stepped in and provide a new massive supply of heavy weapons to the regime, so that the psychopathic al-Assad could use them slaughter and massacre innocent Sunni women and children in the bedrooms. So, the war is turning more and more into a true proxy war, being fought by foreign fighters -- Hezbollah and Iranian fighters supporting al-Assad, and al-Qaeda linked al-Nusra fighter opposing al-Assad, with both sides being supplied with weapons by outside countries. And according to the previous story, Israel is also getting more heavily involved. I blame the Russians and Vladimir Putin for this. This has been one of the stupidest foreign policy mistakes that Putin has made. Thanks to Putin, Syria has become a magnet for outside forces on both sides, including al-Nusra and Hezbollah. And according to recent reports, al-Nusra is being joined by foreign fighters from Chechnya and Russia's Northern Caucasus, and after fighting the Syrian government, those fighters will return to Russia and fight the Russian government. AP and Turkish Weekly Russia stages largest military drills in post-Soviet era Russia's president Vladimir Putin has doubled the size of military exercises to take place in Russia's Eastern Military District. There will be 160,000 servicemen, 1,000 tanks and armored vehicles, 130 aircraft and 70 ships from the Pacific Fleet. Putin ordered the snap drills on Friday evening, as part of a major shake-up in the military establishment. Since the Eastern Military District is close to Syria, some analysts have suggested that Putin called for the snap drills because of the revelation that last week's Latakia explosions were caused by Israeli air strikes, as described in a previous story. However, the Russian's point out that similar drills have been held in other military districts. Itar-Tass (Moscow) (Trans) and Ria Novisti (Moscow) Permanent web link to this article Receive daily World View columns by e-mail


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Last week Ash Miles and myself spent a fantastic three days filled with education and inspiration at Reasons to be Creative in Brighton. This is a conference that brings together some of the most talented designers, coders, filmmakers, animators, installation builders, illustrators, and artists who offer a little window of insight into their work and careers.
Delve into the career of a CG animator with Eamonn Butler
We've got a very special open day coming up this week, when we'll be joined by Eamonn Butler for an insight into his career in VFX. And if his film 'Beans' (above) is anything to go by, Eamonn's sense of humour will keep you entertained throughout.
RWBY Returns!
Hello folks, it's been a while hasn't it? Seems like an age since I last clamoured around the blogosphere. Well, here I am, making a triumphant return for your pleasure and amusement to talk once again about the amazing online show - RWBY!
Story, Character and Animation Masterclass with artists from Pixar
VanArts and Pixar Animation Studios are coming to London for a 3 day event this coming August, offering you a fantastic opportunity to learn from a Pixar Story Artist, Pixar Art Designer and Pixar Animator.
MPC wants you!
If you're after work in VFX, keep a keen eye out for the movements of MPC in the next few weeks!
A truly VFXcellent week!
Last week was super busy for everyone here at Escape Studios, as we crammed in a heck of a lot of VFX related activities, we visited and hosted some of the most skilled artists in the business and simply had to blog about it!
Double it! Two Escape webinars on the horizon...
It's fair to say that we're well known amongst the VFX community for our top quality online VFX content. When it comes to educating yourself in the realms of VFX, Escape Studios YouTube/VLE (Virtual Learning System) will more often than not be on your list of first stop offs for online tips.
CG Student Awards 2014 – Enter Your Best CG Work Now!
This year's CG Student Awards competition has just launched and they are now taking entries. As big supporters of this competition we're delighted to see it back for another year, and it's looking bigger and better than ever. Dedicated to students studying for careers in Next-Gen Games and VFX / Animation industries, this competition is a great opportunity for students and alumni to showcase their work to industry experts, offering a little helping hand up the VFX career ladder.
Terribly tired of Toy Story?
So, we all loved Toy Story, and most of us who can remember watching it back in 1995, managed to find the same place in our hearts for it by the time the third cinematic instalment arrived in 2010.
Softimage Creatives - London user group meeting this Wednesday
Calling all Softimage (XSI) fans out there - get yourself down to the next user group event tomorrow night. With an awesome line up of speakers it's another great opportunity to catch up with your fellow animation Softimage users and a chance to check out some of the Softimage projects from over the last year.
Reasons To Be Creative
I've said it before and I'll say it again - the role of an artist is a complex and often challenging one. Every artist, no matter what stage you're at in your career, will struggle with diminishing motivation and inspiration. It's incredibly easy to slip into this state as we work ourselves into the ground, letting the pot of ideas run empty. But you are not alone! I know this because last week I spent three days at Reasons to be Creative in Brighton and was surrounded by artists and developers from across the creative industries, all looking for a fix of something that would get their creative juices flowing…
Trojan Horse was a Unicorn Festival - Intrigued?
The imaginatively named 'Trojan Horse was a Unicorn' festival is an event taking place this September in Portugal for Producers, Animators, Game Developers, Concept Artists and 3D Generalists.
Orchestra + Animation = Awesome!
Don't you just love it when two intricate art forms collide to make something equally as wonderful as each ingredient on its own? We saw this video (above) created by students from the University for the Creative Arts, and not only did we fall in love with the computer generated imagery, but we were impressed by the fact that this animation was synchronised with a live recording of Milhaud's 'La Création du Monde'.
Beware the Batman!
Beware the Batman, the new show about the Dark Knight, is facing somewhat of an uphill struggle. DC have decided to dumb down their animation hour this year, meaning fans of the incredible Young Justice and Green Lantern shows that were cancelled to make room for it are already on the back foot. And it's not reminiscent of the classic Bats shows; Alfred is a young, ex-military knucklehead. Kevin Conroy isn't providing his voice skills. And it's entirely CG.
Dreamworks to Build Chinese Theme Park
Ever wanted to travel to China? The culture, the history, the Dreamworks Theme Park– hold on a second, what was that last one?
How far would you go for your dream job?
One would certainly expect that creatively editing footage is a very valuable skill to demonstrate to a prospective employer in the VFX industry, especially so when that prospective employer is DreamWorks Studios, the position? Post-Production Assistant.
John David Wilson - Animation Legend
The art world was moved last week, as we were informed of the death of iconic English animator, John David Wilson, at the age of 93. Wilson was a household name in the animation world and is well known for his work during the 50's and 60's.
"Two years from now, it's going to be one of the most badass things you've ever seen in your life"
The role of VFX in modern blockbusters has for a long time gone unnoticed, but since the recent furore at the Oscars it seems more and more people are speaking out about the importance of VFX and henceforth, the artists that create the magic.
Building Bridges
Beyond: Two Souls brings the game and film world one step closer together.
VFX that pass the test of time?
Doctor Who is a real household name for many people who grew up wanting to understand what VFX were all about, nowadays we consider the 70's and 80's visuals rather novelty, but it's worth considering that a lot of these opinions are derived from unfair context of hindsight.


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Jared Allen is leaving the Vikings, hoping to land a free agent deal with team that in his mind has a more realistic chance of contending in the short term.
Reports say Allen has cut his list of dream Chasing a Ring landing spots down to less than five. And one of those teams is the Green Bay Packers.
Bill Huber of Packer Report says the Patriots, Giants, Buccaneers and, yes, Packers are the four teams on Allen's wish list.
Not on the wish list? The Denver Broncos, the team believed most likely to sign Allen.
That Allen would leave the Broncos off the list tends to indicate that the creation and subsequent leaking of the list is more a negotiating ploy meant to pry extra money out of the Broncos than an actual realistic run down of potential suitors.
It's unlikely under any circumstances that Green Bay would put in a bid on Allen, an aging defensive end who is about as bad a fit in the Packers' 3-4 defense as one could possibly imagine.
So don't worry purple faithful, you won't have to look at Jared Allen in green and gold next year. The likelihood remains that Jared will be lining up in Denver.
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CALGARY — Environmental non-governmental organizations can't seem to stop themselves. Maybe it's time to heed the words of people such as U.K. MP Douglas Carswell ("We're spending money that we don't have to solve a problem that doesn't exist … Continue reading
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Ed Whittingham: Polarizing the energy debate isn't very helpful
In the past 18 months, critics of the Pembina Institute have made several attempts to malign our reputation as Canada's leading clean-energy think-tank by misrepresenting our work and our revenue sources. Unfortunately, Barry Cooper's column Sunday continues that effort, repurposing … Continue reading
Barry Cooper: Business, government should quit appeasing or supporting green groups
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With all this talk of a potential government shutdown, it would help, wouldn't it, to get to the bottom of what that scenario would actually entail? Well, according to this timely dispatch from The Associated Press, the term might be a bit of a misnomer, given what would actually happen (or not).
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