We picked up some Toy Story toys at a garage sale this weekend, which have become the center of Brighton’s life for the time being.
John Lasseter, director of Toy Story, has a great story about how, five days after the movie came out and audiences started falling in love with it, he
realized that Woody, Buzz Lightyear, all the Toy Story characters… they didn’t belong to us at Pixar anymore,
but to the people who had made those characters a part of their own lives.
Of course, the lawyers at Pixar will tell you a very different story.
A few months ago, I found (via TT) a wonderful series of short videos, “Mr. Deity“. There are eight episodes so far, and most of them are brilliant… especially episodes 5 and 7, featuring Lucifer.
But when many anecdotes complement each other, and editors pull that out, you get something cool that no current review database can match. - January 28th, 2012 at 8:46 PM
As I imagine it, wiki-like curation would be an important element. Amazon reviews are useful not just for ave. stars, but anecdotes. - January 28th, 2012 at 8:42 PM
RT@evan Someday knowing the ins and outs of copyright will be like knowing the intricate rules of internal passports in Communist East ... - January 28th, 2012 at 8:10 PM
Federation makes a lot of sense... pre-existing communities centered on X (e.g., Android devices) just set up an instance and federate in. - January 28th, 2012 at 8:06 PM
Cool! My development skills are minimal, but I'm trying to pick up Django by building a rudimentary review site. - January 28th, 2012 at 8:04 PM
Why we need a free culture, community-run review site, independent of any merchant: http://ur1.ca/7x7cn Anybody want to start one with me? - January 28th, 2012 at 12:39 PM
And finally, I won an eBay auction on a trio of 1929 
