About a week ago, a short film called Elephants Dream was released online. It is an animated film designed to not only entertain but to prove that highly technical, visually engrossing animation can be produced using open source technologies.
The film was produced using Blender, an open source software package for “3D modeling, animation, rendering, […]

In other news, not unrelated to the birth of our son, we will not be moving away this fall. We like it here and we’re staying. More later.

Introducing Sage Horie Grieselhuber, 5lbs 1 oz. He was born at 3:59 AM on May 13.
Mom and baby are doing fine.
For those of you who can read Japanese on their computers:
清士 堀江 グリセルフーバー is his name in Japanese.

The New York Times published this fascinating story of a tribe of Columbian hunter-gatherer’s who want to join the modern world:
The Nukak have no concept of money, of property, of the role of government, or even of the existence of a country called Colombia.
What is it, exactly, that they could be looking for?

John and his family are traveling in China to pick up Xiu Dan, a little girl that they have adopted. His log and photos are here. The pictures are gorgeous.