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June 03 2010
ENIAC Programmers Project
"Sixty years ago, six young women programmed the world's first all-electronic computer, the ENIAC. Their ballistics program used hundreds of wires and 3000 switches. Never introduced, they never became a part of history. Forty years later, Kathy Kleiman was told that the women in pictures with ENIAC (1946) were "Refrigerator Ladies," models posed in front of the machine."Nothing could be further from the truth. The ENIAC Programmers worked tirelessly to make programming easier for all. They created the first sort routine, software application and instruction set, and classes in programming. Their work dramatically altered computing in the 1940s and 1950s. They paved the path to the modern software industry.
"The ENIAC Programmers Project records the stories, seeks recognition for their accomplishments and seeks to produce the first feature documentary about this dramatic story."
May 17 2010
Stanley Kubrick's 2001 vs Popcap's Peggle. SCIENTIFIC COMPARISON.
"At the far end of the tunnel of human consciousness there is an invisible light. Peggle is the quest for that light. So is Kubrick's 2001, but 2001 has no unicorns.1. PERFORMANCE. Peggle will run on a cheap netbook. So will 2001, but it really needs a big screen to be effective. PEGGLE WINS. PEGGLE AHEAD.
2. GRAPHICS: Peggle runs in 800x600 resolution with simple, cheerful, minimally animated 2D graphics. 2001 is a major motion picture directed by one of the greats of the 20th Century and photographed in Super Panavision 70 with marvellously undated best-of-breed in-camera special effects. 2001 WINS. NECK AND NECK...."
Read on to see which work of genius wins.
March 25 2010
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World - Movie Trailers - iTunes
The trailer is out! It is perfect in every way, although they could have made the characters eyes bigger in post. ;-)February 04 2010
Wild things: 16 films featuring Manic Pixie Dream Girls [A.V. Club]
"Ah, the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, that sentient ray of sunshine sent from heaven to warm the heart and readjust the attitude of even the broodiest, most uptight male protagonist. In his My Year Of Flops entry on Elizabethtown, Nathan Rabin coined the phrase 'Manic Pixie Dream Girl' to describe that bubbly, shallow cinematic creature that 'exists solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace life and its infinite mysteries and adventures.'"December 06 2008
Repo Man Sequel Starts Filming Next Month
“Alex Cox’s Repo Man sequel Repo Chick is finally going into production next month (January 2009). Production Weekly reports that David Lynch is producing the project. “The original 1984 film told the story of Otto, a newly hired repossession man who goes in search for a mysterious Malibu carrying a high value package which was taken from a government lab and has strange effects on anyone who views it. “Cox has previously said that the follow-up will 'unfold against the background of the credit crunch and the subprime mortgage crisis in the US, where repossessions of homes, cars and other forms of property is at a new high. The repo business has expanded to everything from boats, houses, aeroplanes, small nations…children'.”September 23 2008
GET LAMP: THE TEXT ADVENTURE DOCUMENTARY
Documentary film in production, about the history of text adventures, from ADVENT through Infocom to TADS and Inform. (Plus 'Choose Your Own Adventure' books.)
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