The future is not very practical. The shapes of airlock and science fiction doors are so interesting. The bump outs here and there look awesome. Until I built the door, I never gave it much thought. In movies and television, no one contorts their bodies to get through the portals quicker. Or…when they do, they […]
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Just Another Door in the Wall (Part 3)
Time Clouds the Mind Since they say confession is good for the soul, I have one to share. I am not a carpenter. It has been a while, so I might have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express. The wall build out is really not terribly exciting. In fact, detailed pictures of it are pretty […]
Insider’s Look of the Science Fiction Portal
Ed Catmull, the first CEO of Pixar, is a fascinating thinker with some incredible ideas about running a creative team. In one presentation, he was discussing why everyone loved the movie Toy Story. It isn’t because it’s a single great idea, he said, Toy Story is a collection of great ideas. Everyone brought their ideas […]
How to Construct a Portal to Another World
Introduction My grandparents owned a beautiful Victorian home with these heavy, oak pocket doors that separated the dining room from the sitting room. As a child, these doors were quite scary. They were very heavy, so it took a little bit of effort to get them moving — and, once rumbling down their tracks — […]
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