Weekly Comments

What I learned this week: Going on a trip to a state competition puts you WAY behind work-wise.
What I want to learn in the future: How to stay focused in these last few weeks.
Something that frustrated me: That contest. I feel cheated because of the time restraints. 1pm means 1pm, not 2:30pm. Ugh.
Something that made me happy: I missed a lot of school this week :P

Hey, so I haven't finished this film, but it's pretty good so far. It's called Spy vs Guy, and it's on Vimeo. Click the link!

Pixar / Moore's Law

Three things I didn't know:
1. The Pixar guys knew that they would eventually be able to make something like Toy Story because of Moore's law.
2. Moore's law used both 12 months and then 24 months, and currently uses the average of 18 months (I normally hear 12 months, but that's just me.)
3. Moore's law is much like evolution - tiny changes become big results.

Two opinions:
1. Moore's law has become less useful in recent years as processor growth has slowed.
2. Animation will only keep getting better.

One question:
1. Imagine what animation will be like in 20 years? Lifelike?

Robotz

Three things I didn't know:
1. Robots are directing films now.
2. There are robots voiced by a seven year old boy.
3. They've already entered contests.

Two opinions:
1. DEY'RE ADOWABLE! (Translation: They're adorable.)
2. Robots making movies? We're all screwed.

One question:
1. How can I get one? "Robot, do my BOCES final project."

Neil T. Weakly Comments

What I learned this week: That staying focused thing? Gonna be tougher than I thought.
What I want to learn in the future: How great summer is. To learn this, I need to start sleeping in every day. Is everyone okay with this? Yes? Okay, cool.
Something that frustrated me: Lack of sleep. Lack of focus. My League of Legends game has been off.
Something that made me happy: Daft Punk's new single, "Get Lucky!"

Here's Patton Oswalt's complete nine minute uncut version of his filibuster speech from this week's Parks and Recreation episode. In it, he discusses his plans for Star Wars Episode VII, which includes an Avengers crossover and a decapitated, but not dead, Chewbacca.

Seriously, watch this.

Jonathan Coulton Starts Kicking

Three things I didn't know:
1. That Jonathan Coultan had a Kickstarter.
2. That he was going to make a Code Monkey comic.
3. The comic is called "Code Monkey Save World," which totally sounds like something from the song. "Code Monkey get up, get coffee. Code Monkey save world."

Two opinions:
1. I can't listen to Code Monkey anymore. Not after last year.
2. It's awesome that the comic takes characters from several different JoCo songs. Am I hip for saying JoCo?

One question:
1. Will Kickstarter ever become unsuccessful?

Disney Theft

Three things I didn't know:
1. Disney steals?!
2. Companies sometimes don't do checks to see if their images are copyrighted elsewhere online.
3. There's almost nothing that Woodger can do to stop this.

Two opinions:
1. Disney sucks.
2. Stealing is bad. Stealing a design someone worked really, really hard on is worse.

One question:
1. What does everyone think of my photoshop?

Weekly Comments

What I learned this week: These last two months are going to be a slog, and I need to learn to stay focused.
What I want to learn in the future: How to not forget what to do. Maybe I need to make weekly lists. I don't want to, but if I have to, I will.
Something that frustrated me: My play. I feel uncomfortable in every practice. It isn't good.
Something that made me happy: Um. This week has gone by fairly fast, but I've been exhausted.

Elysium, the newest film from Neill Blomkamp (director of District 9) looks awesome. Check out the trailer.