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LOTR Special Effects at OSCON

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-see dept.

gnat writes "The IT Director for Weta Digital, Peter Jackson's company doing the digital effects for the Lord of the Rings movies, is keynoting at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention. They use a ton of Linux and Perl." FWIW I believe Hemos and I are speaking too, but I'm much more interested in seeing this LotR thing.

2 of 112 comments (clear)

  1. Perl? by Fastball · · Score: 5, Funny
    use LOTR::Ringwraith

    Get that module to CPAN stat! I want it! ;)

  2. I'm glad Taco & Hemos have made up... by schwatoo · · Score: 4, Funny

    But I didn't realise they weren't speaking.

    --
    I have trouble with passwords among other things.