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I’m not exactly keeping up on the forefront of all knowledge, or all cool things. In fact, there are too many things to even keep up with the popular ones, let along the more esoteric and odd things.

Hmm.. I don’t blog often enough, given that I feel like, at the moment, I could ( Read more... )

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Well, in just a few days, I set out once again for Dragon*Con. It takes me three days to drive down (my own personal Odyssey! No, wait.. that one didn’t go so well..) so I have to leave earlier.

If you don’t know what Dragon*Con is, then.. Well, it’s bigger than I can explain, so ( Read more... )

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I want to see this:

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… and I feel old today.

My right ankle has become stiff. It’s an odd thing, probably related to arthritis, but not (I think) related to my ongoing battle against gout. Gout is an unholy pain akin to having small vices attached to your bones and especially your joints, slowly ( Read more... )

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Today’s show brought to you by the words happy, new and year.

• Happy Kids by The WoodChopper’s Association from the album Woodworks.
• new blue monday by hangedup from their self-titled album.
• New Terrorism by Wendy Atkinson from the album Trim.
• shiny new penny by Winter Equinox from ( Read more... )

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One of the best developments of the web over the last several years has been the rise of the amateur professional. These people have always been around: the creative types with too much time on their hands and access (one way or another) to a lot of fancy gear.

What makes it ( Read more... )

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I am currently enthralled in the midst of the 5 minutes between 11:55am and noon.

No, not my 5 minutes, but rather that of Chad, Matt & Rob. They’ve created a choose-your-own-adventure style video hunt through time and space and zombies that is really fun. It’s not really ( Read more... )

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Just got a call from the local CBC station. Turns out, a friend of mine (Gus!) sent them an email telling them about my Parsec award and how I do this podcast, so they’re interested in doing an interview about it.

Once I picked up my jaw from the floor, I said, casually: “Sure! ( Read more... )

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The following was found haunting a corner of my desktop. It had survived multiple days without any nourishment or acknowledgement, but as I shut down windows on my laptop to restart it, I can’t bear to part with it.

So I let it go, let it fly into the ether and survive, finding ( Read more... )