Tag Archives: Pixar

Live-Action Toy Story

While you probably don’t have an hour or so to sit and watch this live-action remake of Toy Story, you only need to spend a couple of minutes watching to see how amazing it is.

Friday Links: Are you on the Internet right now?

• Tricks for battling creative blocks.
• LEGO Bat Cave, a 20,000 piece work of wonder.
• Google explains how the Mitt Romney/Completely Wrong image meme happened.
• Guy solves Rubik’s Cube while doing one-handed push-ups.
• Are you on the Internet right now?
• Outfitting female fans at Comic Con. Think more t-shirts and less cosplay. If you’re into the cosplay thing, My Little Pony hoodies.
• Can you handle a little passive-aggressive sarcasm? If so, Please to meet the Facebook version of you.
• 1980s Commodore VIC-20 Computer Ads Featuring William Shatner.
• Delicious looking chocolate gaming dice.
• Infographic: Best time of day to send email.
• Are the references to “The Shining” in “Toy Story 3?” Oh yes, yes there are.

The day they almost lost Toy Story 2

This 2-minute video about the day Pixar almost deleted Toy Story 2 is making the rounds today. Definitely amusing, since we’ve all done something totally stupid without a backup before.

The best Halloween costume you’ll see (today)

A long time ago, Luxo, Jr. had a spot on one of the whiteboard walls at The Nerdery. Take a look at Matt recreating the famous Pixar logo.

Now take a gander at this awesome Luxo, Jr. Halloween costume. (found on Laughing Squid):

Friday Links: You’ll find nothing about the end of the world here

• In case you missed it earlier this week, the ad agency bloodline.
• The Cosby Sweater project. More awesome than the law should allow.
• From Forbes: The 7 Biggest Mistakes Clients Make When Choosing an Agency.
• Oglivy Brazil did personalized business cards for kids. It’s a pretty cool project.
• Five stages of grief for StarWars fans.
• Dear recent graduates: How you start an email reveals a lot more about your intentions than you know. What Your Salute Says About You.
• In the NY Times: Study Sees Way to Win Spam Fight.
• Cars 2 trailer done in LEGO.
• Make an X-Wing Fighter from office supplies.

The beauty of Pixar will make you smile

If, like me, you have to see a video linked to about six-hundred and eight times before you deign to watch it, consider this link six-oh-eight. This video that just combines scenes from the Pixar films is oddly mesmerizing and charming. If you need a little pick-me-up, this seven minute video ought to do it.

Friday Links: Props in AdAge for our Agency Primers, Lego Printers, and more

• We got some nice props in AdAge for our Nerdery Agency Primers. It’s a nice way to start the weekend. If you’re new to our Agency Primers you can check out the notes and recaps of what we’ve offered so far.
• Horatio Alger meets Oregon Trail. As part of Galley Cat’s World’s Longest Literary Remix Contest one game designer mixed Alger’s novel Joe’s Luck: Always Wide Awake with the old-school video game we all know and love (we extra-special love it because one of our own nerds worked on the game back in the day).
• SEOLOL, what people search for when they think nobody’s looking.
• Have you seen the Lego printer? It’s full of awesome.
• John Gruber at Daring Fireball breaks down the good and bad of AT&T’s new data plans.
• From the where are they now file: The Star Wars kid became a lawyer.
• Musical Philosophy: pretty sweet posters that interpret song lyrics typographically.
• How Pixar built Toy Story 3.
• Rebranding the license plate, way more interesting than you’d expect.

Luxo, Jr. at The Nerdery

Here we have a picture of Matt who appears to be drawing the Pixar logo on the whiteboard wall. What you don’t see is that Jess had drawn the word Pixar on the wall earlier in the day. However, Matt could not abide having a less than stellar reproduction. If you look closely you’ll see has a printout of the Pixar logo in his hands.

That’s us, nerds who always strive for perfection.

THIS JUST IN! Matt has shared a picture of the original logo drawn on the wall:

And, if you haven’t seen it yet, here’s the trailer for Up, the new Pixar movie due out in May.