http://anotherperfect.com Unfocused, Biased, Irreverent & Irrelevant. A bit like you. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:37:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In case you haven't heard me yapping about my online visual effects tracking and collaboration software, VFX Nexus, well, here I am to do it again. I'm offering to come meet any studio that wants to take a look at VFX Nexus for use in their collaboration and shot tracking. I'll ... http://anotherperfect.com/los-angeles-area-vfx-studios/ This post is part praise, part cautionary tale. In short, I was able to get a reasonable response from Apple's iTunes customer support when some of my iTunes Plus upgrades failed to download properly. However, there is some content that looks like it will not be upgraded--ever? iTunes, at the beginning, ... http://anotherperfect.com/adventures-in-drm/ Just watched the first episode of the new V and am pretty disappointed. In the course of ~42 minutes of TV: The V arrive.  There's maybe 3 minutes of wonder.  They fail miserably at addressing the implications for religion (though they make a half-assed try).  (Also, a guy in a wheelchair starts ... http://anotherperfect.com/v-wtf-is-the-rush/ I'm inviting the contributors to Another Perfect Catastrophe to post their twitter link for those interested to follow. I can't promise that what I tweet will make any sort of coherent sense, but it does get updated more frequently. I do post things of interest from time to time, but ... http://anotherperfect.com/twitter-time/ History Channel had a special on last night (I'm sure it will repeat occasionally) called Day After Disaster.  It detailed what is known of disaster preparations for the explosion of a nuclear device in a major city, with a 10 kiloton device in Washington D.C. as the example.  Sensationalist video ... http://anotherperfect.com/day-after-disaster/ Earlier this year, the Berkeley Repertory Theater announced the production of a Green Day musical - a take on their magnum opus "American Idiot", and the collective world shrugged. When the band themselves confirmed participation, brows raised a little, and when it turned out that the director and producer of ... http://anotherperfect.com/you-know-maybe-i-do-want-to-be-an-american-idiot/ By now, many of the savvy followers of the techosphere have likely heard many a rumor of an Apple Tablet computer, an iPad, or MegaTouch or whatever shiny, touchable flavor of the week the rumor mill has spit out. So, adding fuel to the fire is the Another Perfect Catastrophe ... http://anotherperfect.com/perfec-speculation-apple-tablet/ "Tour of the Universe," 2009. The show was once again excellent. These guys know what they are doing. The weather was perfect, the sound quality was amazing. The setlist might have gone a little like this (corrections are welcomed): In Chains Wrong Hole To Feed Walking In My Shoes It's No Good A Question Of Time Precious Fly On ... http://anotherperfect.com/depeche-mode-at-the-hollywood-bowl-8-17-09/ (At least this one isn't PJ's fault...), I saw Rise of Cobra.  Some really good effects, the scene where they're chasing an H2 through Paris was damn good.  Otherwise, crap.  Most everything predictable, dialog written in crayon (they actually said "knowing is half the battle" twice). http://anotherperfect.com/bad-movies/ I'm still caught up in the technical aspects of getting this blog going so we'll have maximal cromulence once it's primetime. Last few days I figured out how to redirect the old RSS feeds to the new one. It's easier than I could have anticipated ( "There's a plugin for ... http://anotherperfect.com/remote-blogging-about-nothing/