278 points ggm | 2 comments | 13 Dec 25 08:15 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

It's his 100th birthday today.

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sgt ◴[13 Dec 25 08:24 UTC] No.46253041[source]▶

Such a legend! I bet he still has his Amiga somewhere in his Hollywood hills mansion.

ggm ◴[13 Dec 25 08:43 UTC] No.46253117[source]▶

For Mary Poppins, Disney used the sodium vapour process to get monochromatic light into a narrow channel for matte from a light splitting prism.

It's charming. I'm sure digital post offers many advantages. Van Dyke might be one of a few who has done both.

reactordev ◴[13 Dec 25 12:36 UTC] No.46254129[source]▶

Kind of a tangent comment

1. metadope ◴[13 Dec 25 14:20 UTC] No.46254676[source]▶

Tangents are a sine of the times.

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2. reactordev ◴[13 Dec 25 22:38 UTC] No.46258907[source]▶

cos of this economy?

Computer animator and Amiga fanatic Dick van Dyke turns 100