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I have interviewed so many incredible founders over the years but one that really stands out is Pixar co-founder Alvy Ray Smith. In this episode, Pixar co-founder, Alvy Ray talks me through the relatively unknown history of computer graphics and the pixel, the accident which changed his life, and the pivotal part Steve Jobs played in the Pixar journey. From S3:E17 of the Danielle Newnham Podcast - listen here. Dr Alvy Ray Smith is a computer scientist and pioneer in the field of computer graphics.

Hello! I’m playing around today with a video today, a brand new feature that I’ve been given the go-ahead to try out here, and I have some semola — I have literally boxes of it in my pantry, which I am cooking my way through, in quarantine — so I thought I would show you how to make one of the best pasta shapes out there, cavatelli. I realise that there …

Welcome to Girl Culture, the newsletter where Caroline Siede examines pop culture, feminism, and more. Learn more about Girl Culture’s mission here Maybe more so than any other season of Doctor Who, season two is the one I struggle to sum up in a straightforward way. Unlike Christopher Eccleston and Matt Smith, who emerged fully formed as their respective Doctors, David Tennant takes a minute to find his feet in the role, and it’s both fascinating and a little jarring to watch that process unfold.

Welcome to my last post in my Secret History of Comics! I’ve shared all my anecdotes and insider knowledge on Marshal Law, Charley’s War, and now Doctor Who! Last week the Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Special of the Star Beast aired and I shared the first part of my Star Beast experience: Secret History: Doctor Who Star Beast Regenerated!· November 26, 2023 This week is my last post on Doctor Who and it’s about the truly magical experience I had on the film set of Star Beast.

Hendrie, the new documentary about Phil Hendrie that arrives this week, has two key points to make: Hendrie is a massive talent who had a far-reaching influence on the world of comedy, and for whatever reason, he never really earned mainstream fame and respect he probably deserved.  The film, directed by Patrick Reynolds, arrives on VOD this Friday. It’s relatively lo-fi and no-frills, running about 70 minutes and featuring mostly interviews with Hendrie himself — mainly as he drives around his California hometown in a Cadillac Eldorado — and some surprisingly A-list talking heads.

Back in 2012, social psychologist Amy Cuddy presented a TED Talk about ‘power posing’, a technique for improving your mood and confidence by putting your body in an expansive pose. For example: standing with your feet hip-width apart, chest out, and hands on your hips. Like Wonder Woman, or Matilda, depending on your preferred cultural reference. That TED Talk is still the second most popular of all time, with over 70 million views, but it faced an immediate backlash with critics claiming the idea is pseudoscience.

Share This is Larry Wilcoxson, “senior advisor” for newly famous Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Naples. He’s also a fierce combatant, recently caught on camera menacing opponents, in the Great Donalds family v. Lichter family “Classical Charter” and Collier County GOP Civil War. Press reports indicate Wilcoxson has been arrested at least four times, including: felony grand theft auto (2014), felony aggravated battery (2003), and possessing a stolen credit card (1998). But he has only been convicted of stolen credit card possession, as far as I can tell.

The Ontario government recently announced that cursive writing, which was dropped from the elementary curriculum in 2006, will be made mandatory again in the upcoming school year. This development has sparked tremendous interest and debate. Some people have voiced disapproval, arguing that cursive is no longer a useful skill in a highly digital world. Others have applauded the change, insisting that cursive writing is beneficial for young writers, offering them another means of expression.

I had been meaning to post something about this once I’d got the general election, in which I’m quite involved in my day job, out of the way. After all, here in the UK we’re on the brink of an important turning point, with plans now underway to close the country’s last remaining blast furnaces: the two at Port Talbot, which featured in chapter 8 of Material World, and the two still in operation at British Steel over in Scunthorpe.