December 2008
Thinking about patents
bijan:
I met up with a close friend a couple of weeks ago in Palo Alto.
He has been building a highly sophisticated product. And if it works, it will significantly change a lot of things (for the better)
He’s a big fan of patents. He recognizes the flaws with our patent system today but he doesn’t want to get of them. He wants to make them better.
My friend Brad Feld has been a thought leader...
The Quintessential Irish Christmas Carol
Fairytale of new york - The Pogues
Ireland
I went back too soon. :(
DidYouTryRebooting.com →
davereed:
Go there.
Rummaging around in the attic. →
I’m back at home for a bit and I’ve decided to have a rummage around the boxes of old VHS tapes from when I was young. Who knows what I’ll find; although I know for sure there’s a tape…
Alicia's Trivial Concerns
akaalicia:
To Whom It May Concern: In light of heightened Christmas elation, I feel as though it is my sole responsibility to call into question the blatantly suspicious nature of our formerly beloved holiday dictator. As a public, can we truly place our trust in an overweight, middle age, suspender-wearing tyrant who has taken an unusually strong liking to children, and who displays a deliberate...
BBC NEWS - Mice suspected in deadly cat fire →
Headline of the year in my books.
Even as I type this, Robert Zemeckis is apparently producing a CG, undead...
– Animation Apocalypse: Bah, Humbug!
I dare you…to take action. You know all those great ideas you have, all those...
– From my new favorite Tumblr. blog (via capucha) (via daisymay) (via lumber) (via geoweasel)
Laika lays off 75, shelves CG film - Business -... →
lumber:
Damn.
Mayerson on Animation: Starting at the Top (Ending... →
This made me smile today. From Cartoon Brew....
Elliot Cowan: I loved it.
Me: Hmm, do I detect a note of sarcasm? Not you Elliot ;) ... I can’t defend the story, but I’ve yet to see anyone explain how Everybody Loves Raymond is so hilarious...
Elliot: I also love Everybody Loves Raymond.
Tim Rauch: Elliot and I are organizing an Everybody Loves Raymond marathon for the first meeting of our Delgo Fan Club.
Elliot: Everybody Loves Delgo is a sitcom I’m working on with my animation brethren…
HOW TO... Pitch An Animated Show Idea
Exerpt via: Animation Apocalypse
1.Base it on/rip off a pre-existing, popular concept
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane fully understands this principle, as he was paid a gazillion dollars by Fox to recreate what basically amounts to the same show three times:
You cannot argue with a gazillion dollars.
A recent survey of the top 20 most trusted companies in the US shows that Google...
– Is Google Squandering Its Biggest Asset? | Techdirt
I predict 2009 will be the year Google turns into a Microsoft style company in the eyes of the public.