Josh writes: Just thought you’d like to know. I work in the Instructional Technology Center at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Recently, we began the implementation of a portal using Oracle, and we had to name the server. So, in honor of his journey to Mount Doom, and for saving Middle Earth, the server has been named “Frodo.” “frodo.utm.edu” will soon be a permanent fixture to our online presence. Anyway, just thought I’d pass that along. Oh, and LOTR rules!

The folks from lawrencemakoare.com write: Lawrence now has an official website. We hope to keep it updated regularly with exclusive news of Lawrence’s current and upcoming projects. We would welcome submissions of any relevant news articles, photos, artwork etc and anything we use will be credited to the relevant source. [More]

A 10-metre-high wall of King Kong-sized building blocks has gone up to create a backdrop for Peter Jackson’s latest NZ$200 million movie. Filming is due to start next month on Jackson’s remake of King Kong and work is two-thirds finished on a state-of-the-art $12 million sound stage in the Wellington suburb of Miramar. [More]