The new Incredibles trailer came out today! [...] » Read more

The house guests who came during the early part of the month for the Northwest Garden Show decided to make my house a miniature gardening and interior decoration project. As indirect and direct results of their visit, I’ve learned how to make thin crust pizzas, install insulation, prune fruit trees, and how to coordinate [...] » Read more

Five years ago today I started work at Pixar. I can’t believe it’s been half a decade already. Actually, I’m not sure it was exactly five years ago. The INS refused me entry into the country the first time around, turning me around before I even got on the plane; so I can’t [...] » Read more

Despite the blissful respite from gloom afforded by the visiting girlfriend this last weekend, I face reality - November is here. I seem to whine about this every year. I don’t think it’s seasonal affective disorder; I just hate the shift from daylight saving time back to normal time, and suddenly finding myself having [...] » Read more

Susan came up last Thursday and visited over the long weekend, which was very nice. We went to Bumbershoot on Saturday where we saw a lot of people (many of whom were dancing energetically to their own beat), a couple of buskers, some pretty slick break dancing, and the Dusty 45s. On Sunday we [...] » Read more

I’m quoted in today’s Los Angeles Times article about Pixar (registration required). Kinda cool, except I sound really stuffy and I don’t think I said anything quite that stuffy during the interview with Ms. Huffstutter (which took place two Mondays ago). They took a lot of pictures of me and Dana, most likely because [...] » Read more

Unlike previous years, this year’s SIGGRAPH flew by quickly. The shortened schedule helped, and since I didn’t have to work the booth I was forced to schedule things carefully in order to figure out what I wanted to see. The trip started earlier than usual. I flew down to LA two Fridays [...] » Read more

Coming down with a cold at any time is unpleasant. Coming down with one the night before an important business trip is bad. Trying to discreetly deal with the nasty symptoms in front of respected customers and peers is very bad. Descending from twenty thousand feet in a plane while suffering from total [...] » Read more

I half-jokingly predicted at the office that Nemo would rake in $65 mil over the opening weekend. Well, it currently looks like it’s on track to surpass that. Kudos to everyone at Pixar for an amazing five successful movies in a row. [...] » Read more

This doesn’t really belong in the same blog entry as the house cleaning, so it’s a little out of order. Anyways, last Saturday I flew down to Oakland to attend the Finding Nemo premiere, and the wrap party which followed. The movie was presented in digital at the Paramount Theatre. The good [...] » Read more