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Drinking for Keeps: The Double Grenade. Video. Video. Video. Video. Domino Day 2010 - 1000 Subscribers Special. 201011191019.jpg (JPEG Image, 442x700 pixels) - Scaled (51%) Crazy Lion Man. Categories October 23, 2010 3:06pm By Rowdy Joe Videos Crazy Lion Man Soon to be crazy lion poop! Another Parkour Flip Flop Spiderman Stunt Fail Comments Related Posts Recommended Posts. Impact: Earth! The CGI achievements of Pixar. These days most people don't consider the technology that goes into a CGI movie or advert. It's assumed that the computer does most of the work and those involved simply take the accolades. But that thinking is naive, as computer graphics have evolved dramatically since the first CGI scenes were incorporated into movies and, in many ways, Pixar has always been at the bleeding edge of what was technically possible.

To understand the development of Pixar's rendering technology (called Renderman, incidentally) let's go through some of their movies and explain the advancements that each contributed to each, making each production special. Toy Story (1995) The fact this could be made at all was probably the biggest innovation, but behind that was a very careful balancing act between the complexity of the images and animation, and actually getting the production completed within a reasonable timeframe.

A Bug's Life (1998) See also: A Bug's Life - The Forgotten Pixar Movie Toy Story 2 (1999) FOUND Magazine | Like Birds Flying. Homeless man's radio voice makes him a web star. Sandy Cay, Honduras | Private island for rent on the cheap. Sandy Cay, one of two unbelievably affordable private islands for rent off the coast of Utila, itself a tiny island about 30kms from mainland Honduras. Photo: MCT Lauren Viera finds her own private paradise at an unbelievably affordable price.

It takes a while to sink in. A few hours pass, and it still feels surreal, as if you're merely house-sitting, borrowing someone else's wealthy lifestyle, waiting for her to return and relieve you of your time in paradise. Private paradise ... the tiny island viewed from a distance. But after a day or so, the fantasy becomes reality: You're on an island all your own, the days and nights and sand and sea are all yours, and there's no one to feel beholden to - not even the family of pelicans guarding the wooden dock in the turquoise water. Advertisement This is life on Sandy Cay, one of two unbelievably affordable private islands for rent off the coast of Utila, itself a tiny island about 30 kilometres from mainland Honduras. All of the basics are there.