Witnessing the Dawn of Digital Cinema — Whatever you thought about the Star Wars prequel itself, the digital theatre experience we know today in 2022 was pioneered by this event: … The world-premiere, first public demonstration of Texas Instruments’ new “digital light processing” (DLP) projection technology, in 1999. (Article originally published in the Motion Picture Editors…

And how modern nutrition practice helps keep us fat — “A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.” — Max Planck Not long ago, there was a New York Times review of a…

On trusting my gut, and taking leaps of faith — Roughly each decade or so, I’ve gotten a little bored with my career, and pivoted to something different. So what have I learned from all that …? “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” —…

L.A., the final frontier … — Going through some old papers, I found an interesting letter to friends back East … in the form of a journal entry for Tuesday, April 4, 1995. At the time, I was an up-and-coming Avid (video) editor doing the freelance circuit in Los Angeles, living the dream of working in…

And a day which set in motion something unexpected … — They say never to meet your idols … you may not like what you find. But I’ve met mine — and they’ve been amazingly cool people. Nowadays, when a new Star Wars movie is released, it’s fun. But back during the original Trilogy, it was a HUGE event. Just imagine…

And the whirlwind weekend that made it happen … — It’s 1997. The White House, Washington, D.C. And no one is more surprised than I am, on being escorted by a Secret Service officer into the West Wing, for an unexpected personal tour. “And you may ask yourself … ‘How did I get here?’” 🎶 First, a bit of backstory…