Monthly Archives: July 2011

The future of Netflix may not be a streaming paradise

I’m sure many of you are aware that Netflix announced a price hike a couple of weeks ago that seemingly came out of the blue. Netflix will no longer offer a $9.99 package of DVD-by-mail and unlimited streaming, the company … Continue reading

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L.A. Noire

Reports of insanely long hours, no OT and a never-ending ‘crunch time’.  Looks likes VFX peeps have another industry to commiserate with. Why Did L.A. Noire Take Seven Years to Make? Locally, when the tweets were reported by the Australian … Continue reading

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Not your father’s no-budget indie

How the Polish Brothers Are Raking It In With a Stealth, No Budget Movie Call me jaded but I don’t think established Hollywood players leveraging their ‘old media’ success should really be championed as role models for ‘no-budget’ film making … Continue reading

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Daily Inspiration, July 11th, 2011

If you are bit of an editing geek and a bit of a techno geek you must read the book “Droid Maker” (DroidMaker.com) about the genesis of the technological side of Lucas Film (as well as the industry as a … Continue reading

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Daily Inspiration, July 8th, 2011

Driving through Los Angeles may not sound like it would inspire much of anything short of road rage and frustration but the area does have its moments.  On a regular basis I get to drive through Topanga Canyon and then … Continue reading

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Daily Inspiration, July 7th, 2011

Last night I met up with @lorenwhite, @pietaricreative, @joshpetok and @michaelkammes (is it weird to refer to people by their twitter handles?) for drinks and just to hang out.  I’d not met any of them before but I wanted to … Continue reading

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Daily Inspiration, July 6th, 2011

I’m not sure how many times I’ve watched this video but I’m always finding new things in it that I missed before.  Some things that caught my eye were the number of camera moves done in post, how much the … Continue reading

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Fair Use and freedom of expression

Kind of Screwed “Remember Kind of Bloop, the chiptune tribute to Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue that I produced? I went out of my way to make sure the entire project was above board, licensing all the cover songs from … Continue reading

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Daily Inspiration, July 5th, 2011

After taking a couple days off for the holiday Daily Inspiration is back. Easily the best product ‘demo’ I’ve seen in a long time (possibly best I’ve ever seen). This is a great showcase of tools that are accessible to … Continue reading

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RAID is not a backup

On multiple occasions I’ve seen people use the term “backup” when talking about RAID 1 or RAID 5 and that is not correct. RAID 1 and RAID 5 provide redundancy but they do not provide a backup. Redundancy protects you … Continue reading

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