December 16th, 2007
Damn that Volokh Conspiracy commenter for finding me another webcomic to waste time on.
As a legal geek and mild horror fan, I find Supernatural Law nicely amusing and a fun read. Based on the webcomic, I’ve decided to take a flyer by ordering some of their collections of past physical SL comics.
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August 1st, 2007
Bruce Schneier provides plenty of rope for the Head Weasel of the TSA to hang himself. And there are still two more parts to come!
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July 29th, 2007
More proof Arlington is being taken over by undesirables from Cambridge. Note the “Arlington-based” in the article.
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June 25th, 2007
For people who are into self-punishment, be aware that book 2 (Fatal Revenant) of four of The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant will be out this October.
Though if dictionary publishers were more on the ball, they’d strike a deal with Donaldson’s publisher to give away a paperback collegiate dictionary with each copy of Fatal Revenant. Lord knows Donaldson loves his 4-bit words (let alone 2-bit ones).
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May 25th, 2007
Star Wars opened on 25 May, 1977.
Tempus fugit and all that…
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November 4th, 2006
Tom Cruise is rumoured to be starring in the latest Star Trek movie – as Mr Spock.
May JJ Abrams rot in hell forever.
(via)
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October 11th, 2006
A friend of mine has a company called SmartFlix. The idea is that instead of buying how-to videos for $N00, you can rent them instead. Check it out — lots of interesting stuff.
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September 11th, 2006
The remastered Balance of Terror will air locally on Channel 5 at 02:05 on 18 September. Set your TiVos on stun!
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September 8th, 2006
Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Her five-year mission: to explore strange, new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.
September 8, 1966.
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August 31st, 2006
It appears that Star Trek is going to be given the “Special Edition” treatment.
While it does sound cool at some level, what’s the point? And changing the music, noises, and SFX shots to be more modern? Won’t that create horrible mismatches with the rest of the footage?
The cynical part of me wonders if this isn’t a ploy on the part of the studios to push fans (who have seen the atrocities Lucas has committed on the original Star Wars films) to start buying DVDs now, so they can have the originals before they go out of print.
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