I've probably been first in line to bash The View more times than I can count. However, my opinion of the show has changed in light of their grilling of McCain. Apparently, the women on The View are the only journalists these days with any balls.

As reported in the NY Times...

And another thing:

Announcing the VP -- and this VP in particular -- the day after Obama gave what many consider to be an excellent speech is a hell of a way to swipe the news cycle away from the Democrats ( Read more... )

Ebay will require that all U.S. sellers accept paypal. At the same time, money orders and checks will be banned.First, my fairly objective attempt to explain the situation. It will be followed by my wholly subjective call to arms against the new policy. However, I'd like people to know what's going on, first. So here's the deal ( Read more... )

IRONY!

One of Wall-E's central themes has to do with the dangers of a consumer culture. The making, marketing, buying, and disposing of... stuff.

So it is with great pleasure, and no small amount of snarky attitude, that I present to you Pixar's Wall-E Merchandise Forum..So sad ( Read more... )

Dropped my video camera today. Screen's busted and the record button doesn't seem to do anything. Not sure what else might be wrong; possibly a lot.

It's a Panasonic DVX 100B SD camera.

Anyone know any good repair places? Should I just take it to B&H?

Any advice is welcome.

Died. Arthur C. Clarke. 90. Science fiction writer whose humanistic approach to science and technology lead to such classics as Childhood's End, 2001: A Space Odyssey (and its accompanying film), Rendevous With Rama, and numerous other novels and short stories over his 60+ year career. He was the winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula awards for his ( Read more... )

Died. Gary Gygax. The legendary creator of Dungeons & Dragons. He was 69.

Died. Ben Chapman. Played the "Gill Man" in Creature From the Black Lagoon. He was 79.

There were actually two actors playing the Gill Man in the movie. Chapman played the creature on land, and appeared in all the publicity stills. Ricou Browning handled the role under water.

Happy birthday Theodore Sturgeon. (Even though you've been dead since something like 1985.)

Sturgeon was a science fiction writer of great literary fortitude, a stylist of unmitigated range, and a man known among his peers as a "writer's writer." His short stories number among the best in science fiction, and his novels, including More Than Human ( Read more... )

Died. Milton Lesser. 79. Lesser wrote numerous science fiction stories, as well as such novels as Earthbound (1952), The Star Seekers (1953), and Recruit for Andromeda (1959). He was more famously known as the author, using the name Stephen Marlowe, of the Chester Drum series of detective novels.