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Housekeeping
I decided it was time for some housekeeping. Where possible, I fixed broken links in my earlier blog posts, and marked links as broken when it wasn't possible to fix them.
A zen concept: what's the practical difference between a broken link, and a perfectly good link that nobody clicks on? Not much, I'd imagine. Even so, it feels good to do a ( Read more... ) -
Star Trek Memories
Star Trek Memories
I bought the DVD sets of ST: TOS last year and finished watching all of them a few months ago. Paramount has since re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-released at least some of the TOS episodes on home video, this time on HD-DVD (just in time for HD to lose the format wars to Blu-Ray). Because I have only an ordinary DVD player ( Read more... ) -
So Here's The Story
As the month of March progressed, I've debated whether to link to Viscosity Breakdown, my most recently published science-fiction short story. (It's not as if the story will vanish at the end of the month, but you'll see in a moment why March is significant.) Why was I reluctant? See, my stories have my name on them: really just my first ( Read more... ) -
Arthur C. Clarke: 1917-2008
Elegy for Clarke in WIRED
One of my favorite films is 2001: A Space Odyssey. Talk about a science fiction dream team: Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick. There are few other collaborations I'm aware of in which the collaborators each brought exactly what was needed to the project they undertook.
As I click the POST button, I sincerely hope ( Read more... ) -
Rocky's Boots
I apologize to my one non-me reader on the planet (Cat) for not blogging more frequently. (The prediction I made in my first post came true.) Although it would perhaps make more sense to finally post my long-delayed Star Trek Memories article (which I'm still working on); or to write a summary of my December 2007 trip to Arizona; or maybe to ( Read more... ) -
Doctor Who and the French Dalek
Doctor Who and the French Dalek
This is the best Doctor Who / Monty Python crossover since John Cleese had a cameo in a Douglas Adams-written Doctor Who serial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfNfDiqAF9Q
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2007: A Cloud Oddity
The blogosphere has been abuzz during the last few hours with news of this ( Read more... ) -
Shine On...
Syd Barrett has died at age 60.
The BBC on Syd
The Guardian on Syd
Reuters on Syd
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You Say It's Your Birthday
A long time ago, I hatched a cunning plan: I'd send Paul McCartney a birthday card for his 64th birthday, which back then seemed a long way off. It isn't really procrastination that's prevented me from following through, but the lack of a real, confirmed snail-mail or e-mail address for Sir Paul ( Read more... ) -
Self-Righteous Singer In Trouble Again!
Scott Stapp is back in the news. According to an E! Online article posted this morning, he was arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public only hours after he got married ( Read more... )