Linkspam is back in woolly socks
Well, the brief hot weather blitz is over: we're back to fog again. My sinuses appreciate it, but I'm kind of sad, because we never really got a real summer. This is the first year since I moved to the Bay Area that I never needed to get the fan out of storage.
On the other hand, great news for the East Bay!
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One of the hazards of Kickstarter: what happens when the fundraiser just punks out?
The Maine GOP thinks that playing World of Warcraft disqualifies someone from being in the state senate. Seriously? Sheesh.
Okay, this public-access recreation of the boulder scene in Raiders of the Lost Arc is entirely awesome.
The Atlantic has an appreciation of The Princess Bride movie and book, on the movie's 25th anniversary.
And Flavorwire has a summary of a Princess Bride reunion in New York City this week.
The Smithsonian's Past Imperfect takes on the great Chicago Fire: was it Mrs. O'Leary's cow?
Why is it dark at nighttime?
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You would think that the digital world would be good for people with disabilities (or at least better than the analog display of information); but apparently DRM fucks with accessibility. Figures.
The Onion's AVClub wants to know where the blue-collar sitcoms all got to.
I stumbled into the archive of the Tor.com Farscape rewatch this morning. Hmm. Might be time for another rewatch myself, although I'm drowning in new television.
Speaking (briefly) of new television: The second episode of Vegas was less talky and introduced another regular female character, but I sure would like it if they gave Carrie Anne Moss something substantive to do.
I haven't seen the 2nd or 3rd episodes of Revolution, since it's on opposite Castle. Is it getting better from the pilot?
I saw the premiere of The Good Wife and am concerned by Alicia's inability to recall even some basic precepts of street law. And Peter's inability to keep his big mouth shut. But I do love the Diane-and-Will show.
Next up: episode two of Last Resort.
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Most humans ... are capable of brutality: it's just a question of what the social setting they are put in encourages.
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Narnia fans: Lev Grossman claims nobody reads in Narnia. Pfeh, I say, and commit the solecism of referring to my own work.
Crossposted from DW, where there are
comments; comment here or there.
On the other hand, great news for the East Bay!
*
One of the hazards of Kickstarter: what happens when the fundraiser just punks out?
The Maine GOP thinks that playing World of Warcraft disqualifies someone from being in the state senate. Seriously? Sheesh.
Okay, this public-access recreation of the boulder scene in Raiders of the Lost Arc is entirely awesome.
The Atlantic has an appreciation of The Princess Bride movie and book, on the movie's 25th anniversary.
And Flavorwire has a summary of a Princess Bride reunion in New York City this week.
The Smithsonian's Past Imperfect takes on the great Chicago Fire: was it Mrs. O'Leary's cow?
Why is it dark at nighttime?
*
You would think that the digital world would be good for people with disabilities (or at least better than the analog display of information); but apparently DRM fucks with accessibility. Figures.
The Onion's AVClub wants to know where the blue-collar sitcoms all got to.
I stumbled into the archive of the Tor.com Farscape rewatch this morning. Hmm. Might be time for another rewatch myself, although I'm drowning in new television.
Speaking (briefly) of new television: The second episode of Vegas was less talky and introduced another regular female character, but I sure would like it if they gave Carrie Anne Moss something substantive to do.
I haven't seen the 2nd or 3rd episodes of Revolution, since it's on opposite Castle. Is it getting better from the pilot?
I saw the premiere of The Good Wife and am concerned by Alicia's inability to recall even some basic precepts of street law. And Peter's inability to keep his big mouth shut. But I do love the Diane-and-Will show.
Next up: episode two of Last Resort.
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Most humans ... are capable of brutality: it's just a question of what the social setting they are put in encourages.
*
Narnia fans: Lev Grossman claims nobody reads in Narnia. Pfeh, I say, and commit the solecism of referring to my own work.
Crossposted from DW, where there are
comments; comment here or there.