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But are they local?
A Google search I never thought I'd enter in my lifetime:
"taxidermy repair" -
"A Study in Time"
Via lamardeuse and by di0br on YouTube, A Sherlock/Doctor Who mash-up trailer that is INCREDIBLY AWESOME and makes me wish it was a real thing in the world. -
Mind your k's and y's
Okay, so I may have spent about two hours this morning unsuccessfully trying to track down the phone text font from Sherlock. Via tzikeh, Sherlock's POV font from "A Study in Pink" is close to ITC Johnston and London Underground (nomadicwriter points out the similar and free London Tube).
ETA: Identifont is giving me Depot, Ronnia Light, and Facit. Someone ( Read more... ) -
Con panel etiquette
The original posts refer to San Diego Comic-Con, but they can apply to plenty of others. *cough*Dragon*Con*cough*
Ten Simples Rules For Asking Questions From The Floor, from Mark Evanier
Tom Spurgeon's 135+ tips for attending San Diego's CCI 2010: Tip #113, "...The key points to remember are a) no one else in the audience cares about you and b) you' ( Read more... ) -
Leverage tidbit
More soon, but gotta say: ( spoiler for The Inside Job ) -
Aaaiiiieeeee!
Thank you, Middleman, for making me expect to hear the Wilhelm Scream when bad guys fall out of trees in Merlin. -
I'm making a note here: no success
After all the hoops I jumped through to get "Portal" for free, it turns out my computer doesn't meet the minimum reqs. Which is disappointing but not surprising as it's not really a computer for gaming. Guess I'll have to get a used copy of "The Orange Box" after all. -
Grab the Triscuits
After this past Friday, I think Merlin is my new cracky cheese (or cheesy crack). Well played, SyFy channel, except for your continual trimming down of BBC shows.
And right now I'm having a bit of cognitive dissonance watching the Tennant/Stewart version of Hamlet on Great Performances. (For about 0.1 second I saw Hamlet's switch-dagger as a ( Read more... )