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Your article on the switch from hand-drawn to computer-generated [CG] animation at Disney [Sept. 26] mentioned me and my colleague Andreas Deja as "respected animators ... [who] resisted making the switch to CG." I won't speak for Andreas, but in my case, that statement just isn't true. First, I'm not a Disney employee, even though I continue to work for the company on numerous projects. They include a test with Roger Rabbit animated in CG to prove we could do a squashy-stretchy character, a stereoscopic CG version of Aladdin's genie and, most recently...
...Jethro-style), a cowbell, a casaba, the string of things, a Powerbook, a breath-activated toy keyboard, many hands clapping, and all the crowd laughing.As the evening turned to night, the songs sped, the energy surged. Eyebrows raised up higher on sweat-soaked foreheads when the band began to switch instruments during the second hour of the show.The music started to spiral in the last few songs. The vortex left the dancers so dizzy they could only jump. And just when it felt never-ending, the band rushed off stage, begging an encore and teasing the masses. Not a minute...
...captivating speaker.” And when asked whether the Copland performance would be improved by the participation of the musically-inclined Gross in place of Summers, Fortes said, “I think it very well may.” Even if the switch of narrators leads to a better performance, though, the change of plans occurred after the orchestra had printed season brochures that featured Summers’ photograph. And it came after Harvard Magazine had sent its September-October issue to alumni highlighting Summers’ slated appearance with HRO in the magazine?...
...you’re out of luck.It’s unlikely these concerns alone will suffice to dissuade many would-be iPod owners from making their purchases, but it is worth noting that there are alternatives that let you use an iPod without selling away your right to switch. At least one online music store, eMusic, is home to a wide variety of songs (though not quite as wide as the major download businesses) which sell for substantially less money (roughly a quarter per track, instead of a dollar) and are completely DRM free. The labels and artists...
...Harvard over the summer—including online registration, the new Mather-Dunster kitchen, and wireless Internet in dormitories—there is one new development that students may not have noticed but that come term-paper time will make a world of difference. That change is the switch from Harvard University Library’s (HUL) E-Resources website to the new E-Research @ Harvard Libraries website. HUL has done a tremendous job with the new easy-to-use site, and we applaud them for dreaming up such a helpful resource...