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If you have a spare 45 minutes, this is a very funny (and factualy informative) history of oil. It explains our current situation and many of our past motivations. He’s the first person that I’ve heard give eloquence to the “we’re in Iraq for oil” argument. I’ve never considered it a conspiracy, and found the […]

The US is bankrupt, which is old news. The real 2006 deficit has been announced to be 3.5 trillion. That’s just 2006 folks. John Williams, an econometrician (what a dorky title!), writes:
Indeed the unfolding fiscal nightmare likely will entail a U.S. hyperinflation and a resulting collapse in the value of the world’s primary reserve currency, […]

If you’re interested in the middle east, take a look at this. It’s an edited transcript of a discussion about Saudi Arabia’s changing education system. Many of the comments are from intellectuals who were educated at a more liberal time. It’s amazing to see how concepts such as logic and science are slowly being wiped […]

I worked on the wolf transitions and some set extensions on this film. I hear it’s due out in January 2007. Check out the trailer here. If you watch closely there are a couple wolf transition effects shots near the end. Me and a few other folks at Framestore CFC did all the really classy pink and blue glowing in addition to some set extension, eye glows and other cleanup work.