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Rudolph & Santa: RESTORATION FINISHED!

I have always loved the Rankin/Bass stop motion holiday specials. I have seen the pictures of the original puppets in disarray and they looked bad. However it looks like they have now been restored! Check out the link below to see pictures of them in all their original glory.

Rudolph & Santa: RESTORATION FINISHED!: updated 8-15-06
The original Rankin/Bass Ani-Magic Puppets of Rudolph and Santa from the 1964 TV special, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer have finished their restoration process. The puppets spent the early half of this year residing among other modern day stop-motion puppets in one of Hollywood’s leading animation studios where experts in puppet construction and preservation have been meticulously working to restore them to their original specifications. This includes detailed cleaning, careful repair of broken parts and reconstruction of a few minor missing costume pieces. Now finished the puppets arel be back in working condition, able to stand and pose as they were originally designed. For the first time in 40 years, Rudolph’s nose can once again light the night with his famous red glow.

Also, here is a link the the people at Screen Novelties that did the restoring.

I found this via Cartoon Brew.

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FOG

The other day in Charlotte, NC the fog was out and what was interesting about it was that from where I work, it was below me.


Clouds in the Morning

Clouds in the Morning

Also a Co-worker shot a few more…Check his out too.

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Christmas Lights….Downtown

In Rock Hill, SC .. Downtown they have had these lights up that are not too flashy, but are just right to set the mood.

I went down this last weekend and took some pictures. I tried playing with exposure times and even to get some pics of the blue lights, I used a neutral density filter. It was tough to take them and have them look right.


Blue Christmas Lights

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More IE7 thoughts…after the release.

Remember when IE 7 was coming out? I said that I belived that the interface alone would be a deterrent to some. Well, I have heard 3 people, and I am sure they aren’t the only ones, have said…I got IE7, didn’t like the way it looked, and it was confusing..so I went back to 6.

I was getting my hair cut last night, and the woman whom I use, said We just bought a laptop and we got online and the first thing we started getting pop-ups. (Naked Women pop-ups in front of her Children)
Doesn’t that suck after you just got a new computer and that is your first experience? Ok, I can deal with Naked women…but I am talking about regular users here.

I am sure people get tired of me preaching about Firefox…but Here you go.

What have been your experiences with IE7 and “regular users”?

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Weird Al Rocks.

This is YouTube Gold. Al “Interviews” Kevin Federline.
(Just to let you know…I really dislike that I had to type that guys name on my blog)

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It’s beginning to hurt a lot like Christmas

My buddy JT over at theGigCast wrote a nice *cough* Christmas Song.
Head over there, download, and check it out.

Nightgig » It’s beginning to hurt a lot like Christmas
It’s beginning to hurt a lot like Christmas
As to the mall I go
Credit cards melting down, at every shop in town
And the line at the post office seems to grow and grow…
It’s beginning to hurt a lot like Christmas
It happens every year
But what’s a guy to do, but try to make it through,
And pray the end is near!