A while back I spent some time trying to find the best option for media (DVDs, etc.) storage. I wanted to store a lot of DVDs while taking up minimal wall space (width). I looked at all sorts of options, and nothing seemed satisfactory ( Read more... )

This evening, my wife and I watched an episode of Eli Stone (a show we both greatly enjoy) called "Flight Path" and I was mostly very happy to see something very rare for American television: An atheist character ( Read more... )

EDIT: I received a couple of responses quite quickly, so the TV has found a home.

We have a 34" Toshiba flat screen (NOT flat panel--it is a CRT, so pretty big and heavy) television that we no longer need and would love to send it off to a good home. As standard definition CRT televisions go, it is quite nice and in perfect working order. It is ( Read more... )

I predicted that there might be video of this on YouTube. I couldn't find it back then, but apparently the multi-talented J.C. Hutchins found video and posted about the event (not so much about my injury though) on MINE!

So, for your viewing amusement, I hereby present Jonathan Coulton, the zombie attack, and my injury -- LIVE ON THE INTERNET!

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We're watching the movie "21". It seems like it has the potential to be an interesting story ( Read more... )

... on entirely non-work topics: Whedon, The Cabin in the Woods, and rambling into steampunk!

(Beginning review: Wed Jul 9 10:37:57 2008 PDT)
# <- (10:38) From sj [awake (why?!)][WFH], to water, geektalk, Movies ( Read more... )

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/09/DD5Q101D24.DTL

(They quoted part of my comment on this story in a follow-up article).

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Hilarious ... and good advice too!

Another of my compadres, one Scott Sigler (soon to be the next Stephen King), has just today launched his first major hardcover novel, "INFECTED". Ooh. It looks so shiny. Plus, check out this promo video! Wow!

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I have never seen a video trailer for a book that rivals movie trailers. Holy carp ( Read more... )

Tomorrow's the big day when my friend Seth Harwood's outstanding crime noir novel "Jack Wakes Up" comes out in print, and tomorrow's the day he's hoping to make a crater on Amazon's charts. I will be with Seth and a bunch of others in a coffee shop in Berzerkeley tomorrow morning for brunch and book buying (via the free wireless) and watching Jack ( Read more... )