Shaving Geekery
July 10th, 2006Take that, Mach 3!
How not to do your job better
July 7th, 2006This is not the best of ideas.
Not that the FBI doesn’t deserve a flogging, too.
Capturing Vertigo to a T
July 6th, 2006From a (positive) review of the final issue of Lucifer:
Vertigo have released countless Sandman spin-offs over the years, of which this is just one. The numbers have dwindled recently, but back in the day you couldn’t move for stories featuring a minor character who had three lines of dialogue in Sandman #17, usually discovering the exciting world of lesbianism and tarot. Most of them were, shall we say, less than memorable.
Your patent office at work
June 22nd, 2006The Geek Hierarchy
June 4th, 2006Sad, but true.
Death to Mary Sue!
June 3rd, 2006If you’ve read any SF or fantasy (or, god forbid, fanfic), you’ve undoubtedly run across Mary Sue, even if you don’t recognize “her”.
Anyhow, here’s a hilarious parody of Sues and the lamers who foist them on us.
He’s dead,…Dave
May 30th, 2006Actor Gary Lockwood has the distinction of being “killed” by two of the more iconic characters in SciFi — Captain James T. Kirk and HAL9000.
(Now if only we had the chance to see Kirk and HAL9000 face off directly…)
Sherman! Set the Way-Back Machine!
May 12th, 2006A frighteningly time-wasting site where you can look up the TV shows and toys you frittered away your childhood on. You know you can’t resist…
Ever wanted to know who falls for the Nigerian spam?
May 8th, 2006Well, here’s a local example.
The incredible shrinking paper
May 8th, 2006According to this article from E&P, the Globe’s daily subscriber count has dropped to under 400,000 in an 8.5% decline from the same six-month period a year ago.