November 18, 1999

I was too busy and stressed out to do an update today, but this little story made my day (in a cynical way). Thanks to TBTF, citing Bruce Schneier's CRYPTO-GRAM email newsletter, for mentioning how Windows CE encrypts your Windows NT password.

Time Code 2000 sounds a lot like the Dutch 4-camera real-time millenium project I mentioned a couple of weeks ago. It's not the same project, however. TC2k will be projected, in theaters, with all four cameras' video running simultaneously. British director Mike Figgis (of the excellent Leaving Las Vegas and the awful Loss of Sexual Innocence) "thought of doing the film just a few months ago," according to the NYT article. Strangely, the NYT thinks the most interesting part of the project is the use of digital cameras...

If you wanna know how digital cameras can really enhance the film industry, check out Kodak PreView. Take shots of locations and scenes with your fancy digital camera, dump 'em into the software, then tell it what film and filters (among other things) you're thinking of using. PreView processes the image and shows you what the results of your expensive shoot and film processing will be. <drool>...