Cannes embraces computer cartoons

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'Shrek' puts computer cartoons in Cannes
limelight

'Shrek' puts computer cartoons in Cannes
limelight 05/15/2004 03:48 PM
AP via New Jersey Online May 15 2004 7:41PM GMT

From His Computer To Cannes

From His Computer To Cannes 04/18/2004 03:18 AM
Sifting through 70 hours of home moives, as well as tape recordings, snapshots and even phone messages, Caouette has pieced together a wrenching look at his life, called Tarnation. The cost of making this starkly stylized and riveting documentary, edited with Apple's iMovie software on a Macintosh PC, was $218.32. By Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle (via MyAppleMenu)

Atlanta Embraces New Trend in Computer
Help

Atlanta Embraces New Trend in Computer
Help 09/23/2004 02:41 AM
As the complexity and functionality of computers has surged in recent years, so has the number of software conflicts, hardware meltdowns, rampaging viruses, and other digital gremlins. In more simple times a technologically-inclined friend or neighbor could be called upon to save the day, but now that same type of haphazard help is no longer sufficient to cure modern malfunctions. With no choice but to seek the help of licensed professionals, computer users have scrutinized their options—and have been sorely disappointed. On the one hand they can receive phone support, which is often difficult to understand and is replete with communication barriers. On the other hand they can take their computers to a local mom-and-pop repair shop, but unfortunately that requires disassembling the entire system and lugging it to and from a car. So what’s a computer owner to do? High-tech experts like Keith Abbey have the answer: on-site computer support. The growing trend of on-site services has begun to sweep across the nation, which is why Abbey decided to ride the wave by purchasing an Atlanta-based franchise with Geeks On Call® -- the nation’s premier provider of on-site computer support. [PRWEB Sep 23, 2004]

How-to cartoons for kids

How-to cartoons for kids 04/16/2004 11:50 AM
Howtoons are how-to project cartoons for kids, with a good mix of mischief, smartassery, and science. Link (Thanks, Joe!)

More Clone War Cartoons

More Clone War Cartoons 06/04/2004 03:55 PM
Rumors are floating around that we'll be getting 20 more Clone Wars episodes plus a DVD set . . .

Playing some GBA cartoons

Playing some GBA cartoons 06/17/2004 06:34 AM
Chicago Tribune Jun 17 2004 10:59AM GMT

spamusement! cartoons from spam

spamusement! cartoons from spam 07/21/2004 01:06 PM
i like the one where prince kabila from nigeria thinks he's the red baron

E3 Cartoons On The Small Screens

E3 Cartoons On The Small Screens 04/14/2005 10:12 AM
Random Nintendo has posted what appear to be the first screens for a new upcoming Nintendo DS title Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. Looks to be done in a very slick animated style - check it out! Release date for Europe is May 6th. A thanks to Matthew for the tip.

Great DVD cartoons at 99-Cent Only
stores

Great DVD cartoons at 99-Cent Only
stores 09/18/2004 06:34 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: I'm stopping at my local 99-cent store today. As reported in Cartoon Brew:

Rivaling Fleischer studios with their abstract rubber-hose animation style and hot jazz musical scores, the RKO Van Beuren Tom & Jerry cartoons (1931-1933) have become classics for their sheer surrealism. Currently in distribution at 99 Cents Only Stores is one of the greatest bargains I've ever seen: a dvd of nine Van Beuren TOM & JERRY cartoons! That's 11 cents per cartoon! And if that's not enough for you, it comes with a free 10 minute phone card inside the package!!

(Semi-related aside: Many moons ago, I wrote about a trip to the 99-Cent Only store for the print edition of bOING bOING) Link

Einstein Simplified: Cartoons on Science

Einstein Simplified: Cartoons on Science 09/01/2004 12:15 AM

Cartoons Calm Archer's Nerves (Reuters)

Cartoons Calm Archer's Nerves (Reuters) 08/17/2004 09:05 AM
Reuters - South Africa's Kirstin Jean Lewis has a unique and comical way to stay calm in between firing arrows during the suspense-filled archery shootouts at the Athens Olympics.

Guardian Unlimited | Cartoons |
24.12.03: Christmas message

Guardian Unlimited | Cartoons |
24.12.03: Christmas message 12/27/2003 06:39 AM
God bless us, each and everyone.. [cartoon] .. What Bush Served for the Holidays 12/27 .. YOU MUST SEE THIS CHRISTMAS CARTOON! .. Steve Bell

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Digital video restoration process ruins
old cartoons

Digital video restoration process ruins
old cartoons 04/08/2005 03:19 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: Amid says: This post is a primer about DVNR ("digital video noise reduction"), a technology that is used by movie studios to clean up dirt and grain from film prints. It works fine in live-action, but when used with animation, it has a tendency to erase and distort parts of the image.

Recent releases of Rocky & Bullwinkle, Woody Woodpecker, Tom & Jerry and Looney Tunes have all been marred by DVNR technology. This is not a new problem and DVNR has ruined many cartoon releases since the early-'90s, but it's been angering a lot of cartoon fans in the online community recently. The post has links to other articles and discussions of DVNR and cartoons.
Link

Garfield, Doonesbury, Political
Cartoons, Commentary & More Available
through NewsGator

Garfield, Doonesbury, Political
Cartoons, Commentary & More Available
through NewsGator 09/14/2004 10:59 AM

NewsGator Technologies & uclick Announce Premium Content Partnership

DENVER, CO - September 14, 2004 - NewsGator Technologies, the leading RSS software platform company, announced today that it has started to distribute RSS feeds for some of America's best-known comic and commentary brands. NewsGator users will now have access to twenty exclusive feeds from uclick, LLC, the online arm of Universal Press Syndicate (UPS), the largest independent syndication company.

In addition to UPS's content, uclick also makes content available for syndication from Tribune Media and Creator's Syndicate. "We're thrilled to work with NewsGator, the leader in the exploding new medium of RSS technologies, to bring some of our best content to readers wherever, and whenever, they want it," said Chris Pizey, President and CEO of uclick.

Greg Reinacker, President and Founder of NewsGator, said, "This agreement marks another step in our effort to provide the best content available in the market to our customers. Subscribers to NewsGator Online Services can now add some of America's most beloved content to their premium subscriptions and keep up with it wherever and whenever they want. Imagine fresh political commentary in your Outlook folder, Doonesbury on your Media Center, and the latest advice from Motley Fool on your cell phone."

In addition to reading Garfield, Doonesbury, Cathy and Ziggy, users can tap into content from Dear Abby, Focus on the Family, Horoscopes, News of the Weird, The Boondocks, among many others.

The uclick feeds are among the more than 100 premium content feeds available to subscribers to NewsGator Online Services. The subscription service allows users to read their subscribed content any time, any place and on any device. NewsGator Online includes a web edition, a POP edition which works with any popular email client, and the mobile edition, which enables users to read their subscribed feeds on any mobile device that supports HTML, including wireless phones and PDAs. NewsGator Online Services also features synchronization so users can ensure their feeds appear only where and when they want them, and an ever-increasing range of customization tools and features.

NewsGator Online Services is a subscription service and is available at http://services.newsgator.com. Pricing starts at $5.95/month. The new feeds are available to subscribers at http: //services.newsgator.com/subscriber/PremContent.aspx.

About uclick

uclick is the largest packager and distributor of branded comics, word games and other content on the Web. uclick, based in Kansas City, syndicates the highly sought-after work of more than 140 nationally syndicated creators of comics, puzzles, games and text features -- on the Web and wireless devices. More than 200 newspaper Web sites feature uclick content, including NYTimes.com and WashingtonPost.com. uclick content is also found on major portals such as AOL, Yahoo.com, MSNBC.com, CBSNews.com and iWon.com. uclick's content catalog includes such brand names as "Bloom County," "Garfield," "Doonesbury," "Cathy," "FoxTrot," "Ziggy," "The Boondocks," "Pat Oliphant," "News of the Weird," "Universal Crossword," "Dear Abby" and more. In addition, uclick develops and hosts Web sites such as Garfield.com, Doonesbury.com, Ziggy.com and sites of other key creators. uclick has also developed two successful subscription-based services, My Comics Page and The Puzzle Society.

uclick is an Andrews McMeel Universal Company. Andrews McMeel Universal also includes Universal Press Syndicate and Andrews McMeel Publishing. Visit http://www.uclick.com for more information.

TCS: Tech Central Station - Bad Cartoons
Make Bad Citizens

TCS: Tech Central Station - Bad Cartoons
Make Bad Citizens 05/29/2004 08:52 PM

In Cannes

In Cannes 04/09/2004 03:56 PM

I just arrived in Canne. I'm giving a talk tomorrow and will be on a panel the day after for Milia...

See you later Cannes

See you later Cannes 04/09/2004 03:56 PM

See you later Cannes and thanks for all the mussels.

I met some really cool people this trip and got a glimpse into "the other side". Enjoyed myself very much. Weather was beautiful too.

Now I'm off to Tokyo via Frankfurt. I have a horrible 4 hours layover in Frankfurt. Anyone going to be in Frankfurt this afternoon? Maybe we can play scrabble or something...

cartoons of people with adolescent
faces, pale skin, big hair, microscopic
pug noses, ittle bitty lips and beady
eyes

cartoons of people with adolescent
faces, pale skin, big hair, microscopic
pug noses, ittle bitty lips and beady
eyes 12/29/2003 01:07 AM
Japan's Empire of Cool: Country's Culture Becomes Its Biggest Export .. read this article

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Opening day for Cannes festival

Opening day for Cannes festival 05/12/2004 02:32 AM
The glamorous Cannes Film Festival gets underway, kicking off with Pedro Almodovar's latest film.

Nortel & Orange 3G Cannes

Nortel & Orange 3G Cannes 05/21/2004 10:08 PM
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Apple ads up for Cannes award

Apple ads up for Cannes award 06/22/2004 07:27 AM
Apple has been nominated for awards in this year's 51st International Advertising Festival in Cannes, reports Macworld UK...

Security tightened up at Cannes

Security tightened up at Cannes 05/09/2004 04:46 AM
Fears over protests and terrorist attacks see security at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival stepped up.

French PM wants new Cannes talks

French PM wants new Cannes talks 05/11/2004 05:10 AM
France's prime minister wants fresh talks with striking arts workers over fears the Cannes Film Festival could be disrupted.

Cannes Fest Goes Hollywood With Lineup
(AP)

Cannes Fest Goes Hollywood With Lineup
(AP) 05/11/2004 01:30 PM
AP - There'll be no boring brown bunnies this time at the Cannes Film Festival, which has tossed in ogres, zombies, Greek warriors, assassins galore and a potty-mouthed Santa Claus to make up for last year's dreary offerings.

Cannes Celebrates iMovie Film

Cannes Celebrates iMovie Film 05/20/2004 01:08 PM
”The surprise hit of the Cannes film festival is a movie made by a first-time director with a budget of precisely $218.32,” reports Charlotte Higgins for The Guardian. “Tarnation was created by 31-year-old jobbing actor Jonathan Caouette, using the Apple Macintosh package iMovie. It is a touching and often disturbing family history pieced together via photographs, home movie images from the 1970s and 80s, and interviews by Caouette with his mother and grandparents.” [May 20]

Klingon language workshop at Cannes

Klingon language workshop at Cannes 05/16/2004 04:54 AM
"Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water," is a documentary on Klingon-speakers debuting in Cannes. In conjunction with the release, the Klingon Language Institute is holding a workshop/confernece at Cannes for interested parties.

KLI members featured in the film include Dr d'Armond Speers, a linguist who spoke only in Klingon to his son until age three and a half, and Rich Yampbell, composer of Klingon national anthem taHaj wo.

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Publicists With a Cannes-Do Attitude
(washingtonpost.com)

Publicists With a Cannes-Do Attitude
(washingtonpost.com) 05/20/2004 10:09 PM
MIRAMAX hires DNC spin guys including Fabiani/Lehane to market FARENHEIT 911 .. comedian .. mocked .. Post:

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Cannes to Announce Festival Winners (AP)

Cannes to Announce Festival Winners (AP) 05/22/2004 05:19 AM
AP - The cartoon ogre tale "Shrek 2," Tom Hanks' crime comedy "The Ladykillers" and Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11," a scathing attack on the White House, were among films competing for Cannes Film Festival prizes Saturday.

Creative standards on the rise at Cannes

Creative standards on the rise at Cannes 08/09/2004 12:58 PM
newmediazero Aug 9 2004 5:24PM GMT

Shrek sequel to compete at Cannes

Shrek sequel to compete at Cannes 04/21/2004 06:18 AM
The sequel to animated feature Shrek will be in competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.

'Fahrenheit 9/11' Wins Award at Cannes

'Fahrenheit 9/11' Wins Award at Cannes 05/22/2004 03:47 PM
Director Michael Moore's documentary, which is critical of President Bush, won the Palme d'Or best film award at the Cannes film festival today.

Cannes premiere for Moore movie

Cannes premiere for Moore movie 05/17/2004 04:45 AM
US director Michael Moore's controversial film Fahrenheit 9/11 has its world premiere in Cannes on Monday.

Arthouse heroes return to Cannes

Arthouse heroes return to Cannes 04/19/2005 09:53 AM
Wim Wenders, Jim Jarmusch, Gus Van Sant and Lars von Trier have films in competition at Cannes this year.

Coens' 'Ladykillers' in Cannes Festival
(AP)

Coens' 'Ladykillers' in Cannes Festival
(AP) 04/21/2004 12:52 PM
AP - "The Ladykillers," the Coen brothers' remake of a 1955 comedy caper, will be among the 18 films in competition at the Cannes Film Festival next month.

iPod ads win Cannes Lions Award

iPod ads win Cannes Lions Award 06/30/2004 09:10 PM
Apple's iPod "Silhouette" advertising campaign has won a Media Lion Award at the 51st annual Cannes Lions Festival, which celebrates the best in international advertising, marketing and creativity...

Almodovar opens Cannes festival

Almodovar opens Cannes festival 05/12/2004 08:14 PM
The Cannes Film Festival begins in France with Spanish director Pedro Almodovar's new film.

Moore's Politics on Center Stage at
Cannes (AP)

Moore's Politics on Center Stage at
Cannes (AP) 05/23/2004 01:46 PM
AP - "Fahrenheit 9/11" put Michael Moore's politics at center stage at the Cannes Film Festival. And there they stayed, right up to the closing act, when he accepted the top prize.

'Fahrenheit 9/11' Is Awarded Prize as
Best Film at Cannes

'Fahrenheit 9/11' Is Awarded Prize as
Best Film at Cannes 05/22/2004 05:23 PM
"Fahrenheit 9/11," an indictment of White House actions after the Sept. 11 attacks created by the Michael Moore, won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

Protesters Block Film Headed for Cannes
(AP)

Protesters Block Film Headed for Cannes
(AP) 05/08/2004 08:56 AM
AP - French show business workers protesting cuts to their unemployment benefits briefly blocked a shipment of movie reels headed for the Cannes Film Festival, demonstrators said Saturday.
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Ari Fleischer: Still saying nothing
after all these years

Ari Fleischer: Still saying nothing
after all these years 03/14/2005 06:14 PM
The former Bush White House press secretary's memoir is long on praise for his boss and criticism of the "liberal" media, and short on revelations.

Blogs for Bush: Ari Fleischer with the
Bloggers

Blogs for Bush: Ari Fleischer with the
Bloggers 08/30/2004 08:53 PM
Blogs for Bush .. Ari Fleischer .. photo

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Computer disks lost; 3rd incident at Los
Alamos lab

Computer disks lost; 3rd incident at Los
Alamos lab 07/10/2004 04:54 AM
Seattle Times Jul 10 2004 9:39AM GMT

Computer glitches lost voting data

Computer glitches lost voting data 07/28/2004 02:36 AM
Miami Herald Jul 28 2004 7:30AM GMT

Former women's world champion Zhu Chen
of China lost to laptop computer 'Star
of Unisplendour' here on Tuesday

Former women's world champion Zhu Chen
of China lost to laptop computer 'Star
of Unisplendour' here on Tuesday 06/09/2004 02:55 AM
Xinhua News Agency Jun 9 2004 6:58AM GMT

Fiction: LOST BOY LOST GIRL By Peter
Straub.

Fiction: LOST BOY LOST GIRL By Peter
Straub. 11/15/2003 07:49 PM
So in addition to the standard-issue frissons to be found here (and one of the most startling involves only a light bulb), this book also attempts a Google ...

Lost mail campaign gets lost in post
(Reuters)

Lost mail campaign gets lost in post
(Reuters) 06/27/2004 01:25 AM
Reuters - A postal campaign to highlight the quantity of letters that go missing each year has been given a stamp of authority after none of the letters arrived at their intended destination.

Lost Revenue? Nope ... Just Lost
Opportunities

Lost Revenue? Nope ... Just Lost
Opportunities 04/15/2005 06:43 PM
Whenever we hear about established industries whining about how much money they're losing from alternative forms of media consumption, we just shake our heads. If you do too, then brace your neck before reading on. A new study by Accenture says that TV networks will "lose" $27 billion in the coming five years because of ad skipping by DVR users. Not being able to read the full story on AdAge, we can only assume that Accenture thinks advertisers will pull back from the networks to the tune of $5-plus billion per year, simply because DVR watchers can skip ads. Not likely. The connection is highly dubious and the figures are entirely far-fetched. Yet even more troubling is the age-old "lost money" methodology. Each ad skip does not proportionally diminish the network's coffers -- no money is being subtracted from their bottom line. Rather, any "losses" from ad skipping would come from the network's inability to adapt to new trends and attract those dollars elsewise. The networks are losing money to ad-skipping no more than record companies are losing money to downloads. The quicker they see these as lost opportunities, instead of lost dollars, the better for them.

Lost without Lost? You might be in the
Land Down Under

Lost without Lost? You might be in the
Land Down Under 04/05/2005 05:23 PM
Delays in getting new episode of US shows in Australia have led many to turn to BitTorrent. It may be time to rethink the broadcast model.

NEW ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM IN FLORIDA:
FLAWED... electronic records from first
widespread use of touch-screen voting in
Miami-Dade County have been lost ,,,
records disappeared after two computer
system crashes last year, leaving no
audit trail for t

NEW ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM IN FLORIDA:
FLAWED... electronic records from first
widespread use of touch-screen voting in
Miami-Dade County have been lost ,,,
records disappeared after two computer
system crashes last year, leaving no
audit trail for t 07/28/2004 07:38 AM

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for want of a pen a kid was lost?

for want of a pen a kid was lost? 05/12/2004 09:59 PM
The pen is mightier than...? Remember Afghanistan? Terry, former Nitpicker, is now a public affairs specialist in Kandahar. He's learned that the children of Afghanistan want nothing more than they want a pen. Maybe we can help them out by sending some?

All was not lost

All was not lost 09/27/2004 03:10 AM
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Just how lost PFF is

Just how lost PFF is 09/09/2004 11:12 AM
I continue to be astonished at how far PFF has moved from its roots. The group has issued a press release demanding Supreme Court review of Grokster, buttressed with supporting blog entries by Bill Adkinson and a "grid" by Solveig Singleton with a six (yes, count them, six, with some including italics) factor test that courts are to apply to decide whether a technology is legal or not. I can well understand New Dealers racing to craft multifactored tests to regulate innovation. But I thought the whole point of the conservative (economic) movement was to teach us how harmful such regulation was to innovation and growth. Any test that cannot be applied on summary judgment guarantees that federal judges will be forced into a complex balancing to decide which innovation should be allowed. And thus, any industry threatened with competition can then use the courts to extort from these new competitors payment before they are permitted to compete. That is precisely what Valenti says the VCR case was about. He didn't want to stop the VCR, he tell us. He wanted only to force VCR manufacturers to pay for the right to sell consumers VCRs. Courts, and lawyers, have ruled Silicon Valley long enough. The great hope of the Grokster opinion was that it would return us to the time when entrepreneurs could invent without seeking a permission slip from a federal court (to borrow from the President) . It is simply bizarre to see PFF now call for a return to the days of industrial policy regulated by federal judges. Especially bizarre when you consider how taxing this policy will be to many of the "supporters" of PFF. Many (e.g., Apple, Microsoft, Intel), but alas not all (EMI, Vivendi, BMG). Thus the danger of putting principle up for bid.

"Lost"

"Lost" 09/24/2004 03:00 AM

lost at sea

lost at sea 12/19/2004 03:48 PM

I am having a really hard time sleeping. For almost three weeks, I try to go to sleep between ten and midnight. I fall asleep for about ten or fifteen minutes, and then I wake with a start. My legs feel antsy behind my knees, my brain won't shut up, and I end up tossing and turning for about twenty minutes, until I get so angry that I get out of bed and read until at least one in the morning. Last night, it was two-fucking-forty before I was able to fall asleep. When I wake up, I have a headache, my neck hurts, and I feel like I haven't slept at all. This is really getting old.

I know it's not diet, but it could be lack of exercise. I was pretty damn sick the last two weeks, and running when I have a cold is the opposite of enjoyable. Darin says that I should exercise more, and I agree. I miss running, and I discovered, to my horror, that I've put on nearly ten pounds since August — a product of my Body By Guinness and Linux fitness fatness program.

But it's more than just that. If I'm honest with myself, I actually think my brain is kicking me out of bed every night because there's stuff I have to deal with that I've been avoiding: things I need to write, people I need to talk to, and issues I need to resolve. Anne recently did what she calls "Emotional Housekeeping," and I think I'm going to do it myself.

So today, I will catch up on e-mail (I got it down to 200-ish, but it's swelled back up to > 500), and finish several interviews (including Slashdot's Ask Wil Wheaton Anything). I will also take some ideas that have been brewing in my brains and move them into my The Writer's Notebook, to make room for new ones. A symptom of my insomnia (and maybe it's wrapped up in the cause) is a lack of inspiration. I haven't sat down to do any real creative writing in far too long, and I'm starting to feel performance anxiety, you know? It's like standing at the edge of a pool that you know is filled with cold water: the longer you stand at the edge, the harder it becomes to get up the courage to dive in.

I hope that getting all these unresolved e-mails and related issues taken care of will encourage my brain to actually quiet down when I want to go to sleep.

Weird . . . when I started writing this, I truly didn't know why I've been so agitated, but I think I just got it — or at least I've got it narrowed down. Who says blogging isn't therapeutic?

Cannes embraces computer cartoons

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