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With the success of Wall-E it is time to go back to 1984 and see how things started. The very first animated short was called The Adventures of Andre and Wally B. Wally B seems a bit similar to Wall-E in name. Considering the Pixar crew loves to credit back to their origins there probably is a connection. Although it is technically not a Pixar short, the animation was by John Lasseter, who was working on his first computer animated project and would move on to be a pivotal player at Pixar. The animations were rendered on one Cray X-MP/48. This was a serious piece of computer hardware in 1984. This Lucasfilm Computer Graphics Project might be the Steamboat Willie of a new generation and should be given some healthy respect for computer graphics produced in the early 1980s.

Luxo Jr. (1986) which is the same image seen in all of Pixar’s opening logo sequences (bouncing lamp) was the first short produced by the Pixar corporate entity, but was not the first work produced by their team.

In the early 90s before Pixar became the entertainment giant, these shorts were regularly shown on Sesame Street. The digital market has really exploded since those days. More information can be found at Experienceproject.com

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The man named God Lucky(Really?) Howard was arrested by undercover detectives for selling cocaine in his neighborhood. ABC News

Proving God does exist and cocaine is one hell of a drug…

Everyone knows you can’t really see a ninja…

Public schools in Barnegat, NJ were locked down briefly after someone reported seeing a ninja running through the woods behind an elementary school. Turns out the ninja was actually a camp counselor dressed in black karate garb and carrying a plastic sword.

From APP.com

Next week it will be pirates.

Don’t look too close into the eyes… It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Lesotho.