Below is a short video of Ralph Bakshi discussing entrepreneurial animating during tough times: He punches Disney in the groin for poisoning a generation of animation. Chastises young animators today for being "lethargic, uninspired, terrified." Instructs whippersnappers to get out there, band together, starve a little and create something new. Great stuff. (via: Fanboy)
Bakshi is the creator of such notable films as Fritz the Cat, Wizards, Lord of the Rings (animated version) and Cool World. Bakshi makes reference to Coonskin a couple times in the above video. It was produced in 1975 and was notable for a number of reasons. Firstly, it was banned pretty much everywhere for its racial themes. It also innovatively melded live action, photography, and stylized animation.
By the time I fished the three pounds of pork hunks from the lard and stacked them on the cutting board, far more guests had arrived than I had originally planned.
The best part for me though (and how I realized this trend without having to see the numbers) was that in general conversation more people knew what Firefox was. A couple years ago, most of the population assumed the internet was only accessed through IE and when I asked them what browser they were using I got a look of utter confusion. No more.
Happy days.
PS: Chrome has become my default browser because of its speed and fewer bugs than FF. I kinda like IE7 but not having spell check as default makes no sense.
The popular search engine Google announced plans Friday to launch a new site, TheGoogle.com, to appeal to older adults not able to navigate the original website's single text field and two clearly marked buttons.