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BBC Formula 1 graphics from New Zealand

Formula 1 fans watching the BBC, including N.Z. which gets the U.K. feed via satellite, will see graphics from Dunedin Company Animation Research . I must admit I'd rather be in Melbourne to see it li... Read more →

RIP Tony Hart - The Television Artist

I think there is a direct link from the brilliant work of Tony Hart to the work I do today and my preference for visual tools (click to view the map). Thanks Tony, from a big kid who watched your tele... Read more →

Play-Doh, coming soon... is here!

2.5 tonnes of plasticine on set. 40 animators. 3 weeks. 189 2ft bunnies 150 1ft cubes 10ft x 20ft purple wave 30ft giant rabbit. 6 cameras. 40 animators working through 4 ho... Read more →

Recommended Television for my Swedish Readers...

If you’re reading this from Sweden, according to the stat’s 1 – 2% are, keep an eye out for the Kiwi movie Whale Rider . It’s a wonderful movie based on Maori legend and filmed at Whangara – a small s... Read more →

The new Sony BRAVIA "Paint" Advert is...

As good as the first one! Sony BRAVIA - View The New Advert The Director – Jonathan Glazer The new Bravia TV commercial was be directed by award-winning director Jonathan Glazer, who is responsi... Read more →

Time to save Top Gear

This is a bit off topic but if you are a fan of the BBC Show Top Gear it’s time to act: RobiNZ Personal Blog: Time to save Top Gear - Sign the "Save Top Gear!" Petition Read more →

A look back at the early days of the net, maybe even BIM?

This 1972 documentary on the early days of computer networking is fascinating. The ARPAnet pioneered many of the concepts and technology that became the Internet and it may even have the first mention of BIM? J.C.R. Licklider of M.I.T. “When they are developing plans the blueprints, as it were, don’t have to be copied and sent all around the country, the blueprints come out of the database and appear on every-bodies scope and the correlation, the coordination of the activity, is essentially right there in the computer network itself”. (about 11:00 min) “It’s just fundamental that if one wants to... Read more →