Cast Away

Two Hundred Ninety First Post: Cast Away

I just watched the movie “Cast Away.” It’s a very good movie. I highly recommend it. It would be hard to write a story with one man stranded on an island. But this movie does it and makes it meaningful and interesting. It could be compared to a silent film.

Well the MakeShift 05 entry winners are in. I didn’t win, but I did get honorable mention. The competition was strong this time. The person who one actually had experience of water and irrigation living in Egypt. You can see the entries at: http://makezine.com/04/makeshift/

I watched the reality show “American Inventor” yesterday (03-16-06). The inventions are not really groundbreaking, but there were a few that showed ingenuity. The tech side of the invention isn’t really shown in detail. All you see is a demonstration of the invention. The thing to note is how good and marketable the invention is. A lot of the inventions are junk. However junk or not there is a lot of money and resources it takes to “launch” an invention. These people are selling their houses and spending there savings just trying to get the invention noticed.

This is a trend in any trade. In the March magazine of “Computer Graphics World,” the creator of the 8 minute computer graphic film “Bug Bytes” spent $4500 to create this movie. And getting the word out about the film is also difficult in a sea of films.

So in both inventions and films not to mention other disciplines such as art, the passion must be strong, because of the effort and money that must be devoted to the project. The key words are passion and devotion.

So until you spend $5000 on your next great invention patent... May the Creative Force be with You