Category Archives: musings
Stanley Kubrick’s B-day & Launch of Urgent Fundraiser
Today would have been Stanley Kubrick’s 83rd birthday. There is a reason that launching a fundraiser today for “Outside In“ is very appropriate. In 1985, I was at a library in Knoxville, TN watching movies on VHS, trying to catch … Continue reading
Fundraising Update
Interesting things how timings work… I just completed major overhaul of the Team 11 and donation stuff plus added a new corporate sponsorship page today. And, then today, I got two grant rejections and one grant “IMAX film cannot apply” … Continue reading
Sometimes It’s the Little Things…
I have no idea who sent this but it arrived a couple of days ago. I’ve been slammed with all the attention and the work on how to best leverage the exposure. But with thoughts of this swirling around in … Continue reading
Why We have not found Alien Life
This is a very thought-provoking essay from SEED magazine worth a read. And it’s one of the first things I’ve come across that addresses the core themes in Outside In. It’s my view that answers, discoveries – actually even the … Continue reading
Why is there an “Earth Day?”
In 1966, another crazy guy (and I mean that it in a good way, like “the crazy guy making an IMAX film in his basement”) started a public campaign to get NASA to release a rumored satellite photograph of the … Continue reading
11 Reasons to NOT to make an IMAX art film in your basement: #7: “Too Much Data”
Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons. Popular Mechanics (1949) #7: “Too Much Data” If you recall from reason #5, “a 5.6k IMAX image at 32-bit color will contain 752,640,000 bits of data or nearly 1 … Continue reading
11 Reasons to NOT to make an IMAX art film in your basement: #6: “Space Cams are too small”
Great acts are made up of small deeds. Lao Tzu #6: “Space Cams are too small” So, this one does not sound nearly as dramatic as “It’s impossible!”. But actually, it’s a bigger deal. It seems like a great idea … Continue reading
NASA's desperation – A Single Raised Eyebrow for SPACE!
NASA does very cool things like repairing Hubble and of course the Cassini mission, Mars Rovers and more. But one of the initial inspirations behind “Outside In” was NASA’s very lame “Why Saturn” page from several years ago at the … Continue reading
Old concept shots coming soon.
I’m currently working on downloading new images to update the Zeitgeist image database. The database has images based on Google’s Zeitgeist (and other sources) that reflect what images people are interested in over time. These images are building blocks for … Continue reading
Am I a Mac or am I a PC?
Whenever I show footage, invariably I get the question “Are you making this on a Mac?” or even more pointed “So, you are making this on Mac, right?”. What’s interesting about this question is that it’s both irrelevant and reveals … Continue reading
