Sunday, September 22, 2002
 Spirited Away was a big hit in Japan and now it's coming to the U.S. The trailer is a beautiful example of how computers have been used to do traditional animation. The result is not computer animation, per se, but it is also not traditional. The 3-D effects and other stylistic elements are absolutely dazzling. It will be opening in selected theaters this week. The only unfortunate thing is that it is being presented by Disney. I suppose that shouldn't bother me, afterall, Disney didn't create it. I just hate when the mouse gets its dingy gloves on things.6:16:02 PM 
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 The Google Toolbar is a nice little utility that is an add-on to Internet Explorer. It provides a convenient place to do web searches without having to first go to a search engine website. It also provides a number of other useful functions, such as site searches, history of searches, backward links, automatic translation of non-English websites into English and more. If you haven't tried the Google Toolbar, then go here and install it immediately.10:36:13 AM
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Here's a fun little diatribe about global warming that I found on Google [here]. I don't think he supports a number of his statements very well (although, I agree with many of them due to reading I have done other places), but his rhetoric is pretty amusing. |
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On September 30th, MIT will be launching the first of its free online courses as part of its OpenCourseWare (OCW) initiative [here]. This is a very exciting initiative, as it opens up knowledge to people who are not inclined or don't have the resources available to attend a university. The OCW homepage can be found here. 9:56:13 AM
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