Daily Archives: 2/27/2005

Brainwagon Radio: Oscar Review Preview

Well, this is a very short episode tonight. It was my intention to release a review of the Academy Awards tonight, and to shake things up a bit, I’ve engaged my wife to aid in this production. If you’ve enjoyed the keen commentary of Michael Geohagen’s Reel Reviews, well, toss all those high expectations out the window, we don’t know anything, it’s just a lark for us. Unfortunately, events have conspired to keep us from watching the awards tonight, so you’ll have to wait for our keen insights until we can record them tomorrow after we review all the footage on our Tivo. Perhaps you should prepare by having lots to drink. Check back again soon for a full episode.

Win for The Incredibles

Academy Award Win for Pixar's The IncrediblesWell, the Oscars have more or less just begun, but the news is good for us Pixarians: The Incredibles won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Congratulations to Brad Bird, John Walker, and all of my fellow monkeys who worked on the film. It’s always great to have played a part, no matter how small, in the creating an Academy Award winning film.

Update: Michael Silvers and Randy Thom also won Oscar Gold for their work in Sound Editing on The Incredibles. Well done lads!

Jef Raskin

It is with considerable surprise and sadness that I heard of the passing of Jef Raskin this weekend. I wasn’t a friend: merely an admirer of his work and his appearances at the Hackers conference. I found his delight with model airplanes to be infectious and genuine, and his innovative ideas to be thought provoking. To all those whose life he played a more direct and personal role, you have my condolences.