Archive for May, 2007
Hold on tight to your imagination
This post has been sparked off from watching the trailer for the upcoming movie by Satoshi Kon called Paprika set to open in the USA this week. During it, there’s a quote from the New York Times praising the film, saying:
“Evidence that Japanese animators are reaching for the moon, while most of their American [...]
Posted: May 21st, 2007 under Comment.
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Eurovision: A reason to celebrate
Where else in the world do you get a staged event full of so many different cultures? It’s a blast. Sure, the voting is beyond farcicle these days, where it feels more like ‘which country needs the injection of cash from tourism and media spotlight this time?’. Sure, neighbouring countries vote for each other as [...]
Posted: May 13th, 2007 under Comment.
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A year in the grid
Just a quick post to celebrate a mini-milestone. I’ve just realised that my World Community Grid clients have clocked up over a year of run time towards helping research projects in areas such as muscular dystrophy and looking for potential AIDS cures.
I started running the software on my Windows Server box two years ago, but [...]
Posted: May 11th, 2007 under Comment.
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