One day years ago, I was listening to Jeff Wayne's excellent musical version of "The War of the Worlds": specifically, the stirring sequence where the ironclad Thunderchild manages to destroy one two Martian War Machines before being sunk. Suddenly, my brain cross-linked it with the premise of the "Space Cruiser Yamato" series, where humanity ( Read more... )

This is NOT from the upcoming movie, but from a Japanese tie-in game. It rules anyway. If possible, click through and watch the HD version instead of the embedded one!

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Starr, who's currently unfamiliar with the Yamato franchise, said that the ship looked like the ether flyer Thunderchild to her. I took that as quite the compliment :)

While installing OS X Leopard on a customer's computer, we chatted about fine-scale modeling, digital video production, and modern professional typesetting. Suddenly, it struck me: I'm not making this stuff up, I actually can speak with some authority on these topics, cause I've done them, and made plenty of mistakes while I was at it ( Read more... )

My "grown-up" moment for the week: not bidding on a Lego Mars Rover on eBay even though it came to $10 below retail. I just don't need to be spending $85 on Lego right now. But I thought about it for a second ( Read more... )

My Sunday Technicon experience was brief and poignant. Reluctantly awake by 10:00, and out of the Microtel by 11:00, I headed back to McBryde for a final time.

My plan was to leave Blacksburg by 1:00, thereby getting home around 6:30-7:00 and having time for dinner and decompression, so my time was brief and rushed. I got to catch up briefly with nanoreid ( Read more... )

The apartment purge continues. This weekend: my plastic model kits ( Read more... )

This was supposed to be the week where I caught up on sleep and email and life. I think I'm about 83% caught up on email, but the rest of it all still needs some work ( Read more... )

While assembling my new Chobits "Chii" figurine for my monitor top, I realized that the figure can be assembled without her skirt, leaving her standing underneath an umbrella in the rain in just her sailor shirt and panties. With a pleased look on her face, for that matter. With that in mind, here's a poll:

Poll How do my LJ readers feel about my discovery?

It is 60 degrees outside... and I am stuck inside. There's got to be something work-related I can do outside... maybe the newspaper racks all need painting, or something.

Here's a belated welcome to our little LJ community for rhaps and shrewlet. Now they'll discover we have an entirely new way to pester them ( Read more... )