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Toy Story, 20 years later: how Pixar made its first blockbuster

But here at SXSW, where movies, technology, and music swirl together in a multimedia stew, he’s pretty much the same thing.

Pixar started as a division of Lucasfilm, and then became a hardware company, making shorts to show off the capabilities of its hardware.

"It was a road picture," Docter said of the planned special, in which a ventriloquist’s dummy would team up with the small, one-man-band toy from the award-winning short.

That project never came together, but the company then brokered a deal with Disney to make several feature films.

According to Susman, the Pixar team initially thought they could render the film over 20 months using 53 processors.

Each of the machines in the render farm was named after an animal, and when it completed a frame it would play the corresponding animal’s sound.

"Even to this day, just thinking about doing this talk, it was like, 'Whoa, we were part of the first of something.' »

Introducing the New Firefox: Firefox Quantum

Authored by blog.mozilla.org

We looked at real world hardware to make Firefox look great on any display, and we made sure that Firefox looks and works like Firefox regardless of the device you’re using.

As part of our focus on user experience and performance in Firefox Quantum, Google will also become our new default search provider in the United States and Canada.

We’ve already heard from many voices about Firefox Quantum while it was in beta, and here’s what they have to say:. »

Teenager’s Bones Recovered from Scottish Cave

Authored by archaeology.org

EIGG, SCOTLAND—The Scotsman reports that tests have confirmed that some 50 human bones discovered in Frances Cave on the island of Eigg belonged to a single teenager who lived between 1430 and 1620.

The cave is also known as Massacre Cave, after a story of clan warfare said to have wiped out as many as 400 members of the Macdonald clan by their Macleod rivals in 1577.

The Macleods are accused of setting a turf fire at the entrance to the cave that suffocated the hiding Macdonalds. »

Advertiser Boycott Escalates Against Sean Hannity

Authored by thewrap.com

Sean Hannity has now lost 11 corporate sponsors since his Thursday segment questioning the motives of women who have accused men like Alabama senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual misconduct.

Also Read: Sean Hannity Fans Call for Boycott as 3 Sponsors Pull Ads.

Also Read: Oops: Sean Hannity Links to Parody Roy Moore Account Before Interview With Embattled Candidate. »

John Travolta: Sexual battery case involving 21-year-old male masseur surfaces

Authored by mercurynews.com

An officer was sent to the scene, and learned that an employee wanted to file a complaint against the “Pulp Fiction” star for sexual battery.

That tome, the basis for Scientology practices, classified the homosexual as “the sexual pervert.”.

The masseur pushed for his case to be prosecuted but the officer determined that the “details do not meet the elements of battery … or sexual battery.” »