Category Archives: Greenwich

Heliotropic

Posted on January 31, 2019 by d4vid

This is the view from my cubicle looking over my monitors.  That bright, sideways isosceles triangle is a sliver of window.  (I think I’m the only one happy that my department is moving a few floors down during construction for … Continue reading →

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Jonah

Posted on January 4, 2019 by d4vid

Between this ad and the “Bilby” short film, I feel like I may have been the one holding DreamWorks Animation back all these years.  They ought to have thrown me overboard years ago.

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Paperclips

Posted on November 30, 2018 by d4vid

Played this inspired (if somewhat harrowing) in-browser game called Universal Paperclips.  Definitely worth the time to play to the absolute end.

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Pareidolia

Posted on November 2, 2018 by d4vid

I suffer from pareidolia as much as  anyone.  Which is why when I look at the control panel in the elevator at work I can’t help but see a sad, unshaven clown.

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Ghillie

Posted on November 1, 2018 by d4vid

Words cannot do justice to the colors of New England foliage.  The leaves don’t turn yellow, they turn golden. My first visit to New England in the fall, back in 2014, it was a revelation that even the leaves of … Continue reading →

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Samhuinn

Posted on October 30, 2018 by d4vid

Halloween decorations.  Halloween decorations as far as the eye can see. Blue Sky Studios really goes all out for Halloween.  On the afternoon before Halloween, employees brought their kids who went trick or treating from cubicle to cubicle. It was … Continue reading →

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Bullpen

Posted on October 29, 2018 by d4vid

Blue Sky Studio’s (smallish) theater has this on display out in front of it.  It’s a Moviola.  I don’t think I’ve seen one since the “Bullpen” at the Marcia Lucas Post-Production Building swapped them all out for Avids.  I cut … Continue reading →

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Velcro

Posted on September 25, 2018 by d4vid

Drove home from work in torrential rain and appreciated my new car and its All Wheel Drive.

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Meleagrine

Posted on September 20, 2018 by d4vid

Driving the quiet, winding, forest route to work this morning, I had to stop to wait for a line of wild turkey to cross the road.

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Modernist

Posted on September 19, 2018 by d4vid

Apparently, the building in Greenwich CT where Blue Sky is located is of some architectural note.

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Onboarding

Posted on September 17, 2018 by d4vid

Today was my first day at Blue Sky Studios.  First time I’ve started at a new company in seventeen years. The last time was in 2001, starting at DreamWorks.  My second day of work was 9/11.  Here’s opening Day 2 … Continue reading →

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Verdant

Posted on September 2, 2018 by d4vid

For my first day in Stamford, I decided to try driving the backroads route to Blue Sky to see what my commute will be like.  No photograph could capture the overwhelming beauty of the landscape at Magic Hour. Rolling hills … Continue reading →

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