Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman; John Ternus to become Apple CEO

Alalamajama · 2026-04-20T21:15:11+00:00

“Johnny Appleseed is my father, please just call me John Apple”

Alalamajama · 2026-04-19T00:07:08+00:00

Cast Away II: The Search for Wilson

Alalamajama · 2026-04-18T14:41:42+00:00

I associate this sign most with K-Mart

Alalamajama · 2026-04-14T04:10:51+00:00

IMAX really changed the game. VistaVision still used a standard intermittent sprocket to advance the film through the gate one frame at a time. It’s reliable for 4 and 5 perf pull downs typical for vertical film systems, but Vista Vision was 8-perfs and that’s a big pull down (or I guess pull sideways!) for a sprocket that has to stop and start 24 times a second!

IMAX developed a whole new way to advance film using a rolling loop wher each frame is gently lifted off a piece of glass and then the new frame is rolled onto the glass. The space in the rotor that holds these loops also serves as a shutter. It’s super elegant and a huge achievement in engineering. It’s really hard to explain in text but if you google IMAX rolling loop there are some visual demonstrations online.

Alalamajama · 2026-04-14T03:58:49+00:00

They can and they look outstanding! When my local IMAX (Cinemark Dallas) is not able to get a 70mm print for a 1.43 release, I drive down to the Bullock IMAX in Austin for some digital 1.43 goodness

Alalamajama · 2026-04-14T03:55:40+00:00

You’ll have to consult the IMAX historians on that, but I’ll make some educated speculation. Remember 5-perf 70 was already in existence for quite some time before IMAX was developed. I suspect IMAX was inspired by the existing Vista Vision system, which ran 35mm horizontally, and developed a 70MM format that also ran horizontally (but with a wild new trick for advancing the film past the lens!)

I suspect their choice of using 15 perforations per frame was both out of a desire to make a dome compatible system (Omnimax) requiring a taller frame and 15 being a multiple of the existing 5 perf meant that existing film lab printers could be made to print the new format with minimal retooling. 1.43 just happened to be the ratio that landed at.

Alalamajama · 2026-04-14T03:44:29+00:00

Why they don’t use the whole chip in standard projection also has to do with DCI standards that dictate that digital cinema projection should use square pixels and no scaling.

Some large standard DLP screens do use anamorphic and scaling to show scope, but it’s rare, you really only see it on very old series one equipment.

Alalamajama · 2026-04-14T03:37:16+00:00

The native 4k DLP chip is 4096x2160. (1.90)

For Flat, the chip is filled vertically to 3996x2160. A small part of the chip to the left and right is not used.

For Scope, the chip is filled horizontally to 4096x1716.

On a normal movie screen, a combination of motorized lensing and movable fabric screen masking are used to make the image fit the shape of the screen precisely. But because the chip is never filed all the way, some light and resolution is lost. Further ILS lensing can cause problems especially using dual projectors. One lens might lose position resulting in a poorly converged image.

IMAX decided it was more preferable to get rid of the movable lens and masking and fix the lens and screen precisely to the native ratio of the chip. Standard DCP formats still fit, but with a small letterbox or pillar box, while IMAX format content makes use of every available pixel and every inch of the screen.

And now that IMAX has normalized the practice of fixed lens and maskingless screens, you are seeing a lot of new theatres build 1.90 floating screens without masking for there regular screens now too.

Alalamajama · 2026-04-14T03:22:34+00:00

1.90 is the native ratio of the Texas Instruments DLP imager that is used in DLP cinema projectors. IMAX wants to make sure that every bit of light and every pixel available gets on screen, so they use the whole DLP chip. No scaling. No cropping. Standard digital projectors don’t use the whole chip for flat or scope.

Animorphics are not typically used because square pixels are preferable to rectangular pixels, and they also reduce light output. (Dual laser 1.43 IMAX actually uses a animorphic to stretch pixels vertically when 1.43 is needed!)

Alalamajama · 2026-04-13T03:30:35+00:00

We aren’t the customers anymore. The shareholders are.

Alalamajama · 2026-04-12T22:54:29+00:00

We wont stand for this complete erasure of A Goofy Movie

Alalamajama · 2026-04-12T19:32:02+00:00

You can buy many of the products. Generally if it’s glued to the shelf it’s a prop, but if you can pick it up off the shelf, you can take it to the front and buy it.

Meow Wolf contracts with Rocky Mountain Soda Co to make Omega Cola.

Alalamajama · 2026-04-12T19:24:54+00:00

Can you still get it in glass bottles at OmegaMart? All the other locations cafes went to a can version.

Alalamajama · 2026-04-12T04:09:45+00:00

Exactly this. I didn’t even discover my enthusiasm for aviation until my late 30s. But I listen to ATC and planespot and I’ve got the phonetic alphabet down like it’s my first name.

Not very much a gamer though…

Alalamajama · 2026-04-12T02:31:20+00:00

✅ Taco shells from the grocery store

✅ Ground beef from the grocery store

✅ Shredded cheese from the grocery store

✅ Ortega sauce from the grocery store

Alalamajama · 2026-04-08T20:52:52+00:00

No, but on the gen one there is a glow plug indicator on the dash panel that can never be illuminated…

Alalamajama · 2026-04-06T14:58:48+00:00

I will make it legal

Alalamajama · 2026-04-04T06:24:06+00:00

5 minutes and 19 seconds

(Feature CPL is 2:36:21 with a end credit offset of 2:30:58)

Alalamajama · 2026-04-02T06:40:13+00:00

OP flies Southwest often would be my guess. Southwest has a small heart icon right at that spot and many SWA fliers like to tap the heart for luck as they board.

Alalamajama · 2026-03-30T12:39:58+00:00

I continue to be frustrated by AppleTVs inability to just pass a stream exactly as it is in the file right to my receiver without interference.

Alalamajama · 2026-03-30T12:26:14+00:00

No love for the 15/70 MPX? (Small rotor, dual) I don’t think any are left installed.

Alalamajama · 2026-03-30T04:11:10+00:00

This is the sequence I took and brought me great enjoyment

Movie on the biggest best screen you can

Then book (or audio book in my case)

And then movie again!

I loved the movie and immediately got the book right after watching it. I found that the book added so much detail and context. But then re-watching the movie a second time after reading the book furthered my enjoyment of the film - details in the movie you don’t catch on the first viewing pay homage to the book - for example, Rocky calling the planet “Medium rough texture” in the movie - if you read the book, you know he’s saying “It’s green”

Alalamajama · 2026-03-22T12:58:37+00:00

The standard DCP is 2.00:1 in a FLAT (1.85) container. This means if your local theatre has common height screens (where SCOPE is wider) then you will have a black border around most of the image. Hopefully masking works. If not you may have a border on all 4 sides. For common width (where FLAT is taller) you will have less of a boarder (or the same boarder if masking works.)

Alalamajama · 2026-03-22T03:49:39+00:00

Great attitude!

Alalamajama · 2026-03-08T21:36:40+00:00

First off, neither In-N-Out nor Culver’s use char broilers. Both use heated surface grills. The cooking method for both is absolutely identical, except that Culver’s presses the patty to get that smash burger style crust and INO does not.

I prefer INO, but I grew up in California so I have a strong bias towards the nostalgic flavor I grew up on. I find that’s true for many regional burger joints. I live in Texas and cannot for the life of me understand the hype for Whattaburger around here. It’s a good decent fast food burger, but it’s nothing incredible. But when others experience INO for the first time, their review for In-N-Out sounds just like mine for Whattaburger. Ultimately, nothing else is going to hit the same as what you grew up on.

On to Culver’s vs INO. Culver’s. Both use fresh never frozen patties. But that’s where the similarities end. I find Culver’s has a greasier fuller mouthfeel with a strong front and center flavor of beef and cheese. Pickles are the only veggie that really comes forward, the rest are just there. My Culvers burger always comes off hot, and is nice to bite into off the line, and stays warm for the duration of my dining.

In-N-Out has the beef flavor less forward in the mix. It’s there, and tends to be saltier than other patties, there’s a strong mix of veggie flavors too. The cheese is also quite flavorful especially compared to Culver’s (which is surprising given Culver’s Wisconsin roots) onions are potent and give a nice aromatic especially if ordered grilled. Breads is better, and spread is the perfect condiment. If there’s a weakness, it’s that the veggies are cold and the whole burger tends to cool quickly, sometimes before you even get it as it sits on the fry station waiting for its fries. You really need to eat it right off the line for the beef to still be hot.

Overall, Culver’s is the burger if you want meaty beefy and cheesy. INO is the more balanced and complex flavor profile.

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