An interesting essay -- rant? manifesto? editorial? post? -- about turning ourselves into brands. Most online marketing types think that this is how you succeed as an artist (or whatever). Branding, branding, branding! Sell yourself! All. The. Time ( Read more... )

FROM BOING BOING (boingboing.netSix reasons to hate Facebook's new anti-privacy system, "Connections ( Read more... )

For those who are interested in reading my vintage toy blog, Doc Atomic's Attic of Astounding Artifacts (astoundingartifacts.blogspot.com), but are too lazy to actually click over to it because it's not part of the Live Journal universe, your prayers have been answered! Yes, it's now being syndicated on LJ, which means you can add it as a friend ( Read more... )

Died. Walter Cronkite, 92. Probably one of the two most important television newsmen in America. (The other being Edward R. Murrow.) As the host of CBS Evening News, he covered the Kennedy assassination, the moon landing, the MLK assassination, endless presidential elections, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and pretty much every other important event from ( Read more... )

Hey, all. For reasons unknown even to me, I started a new blog over at Blogger. It's toy-related ONLY. Vintage robots, ray guns, etc. It's my goal to update it daily. Why? Because... um... hm. Actually, I have no fucking idea. But at 3:29 in the a.m. it seems like a really good idea.

astoundingartifacts.blogspot.comSo feel free to take a visit if ( Read more... )

Drag Me To Hell. I really liked it. I'm not a huge fan of horror movies, but this... It's just hard to call it a horror movie. It's like a Tales From The Crypt comic or something. It's got a fair share of stuff jumping out at you, but it's also smart, funny, clever, tightly constructed and perfectly shot. Anyone who appreciates Sam Raimi's early ( Read more... )

Happy birthday ladyangel!

Attention Citizens (of this or any other planet)!

Atomic Box will be celebrating Valentines Day by conducting an experiment on the attendees of Katsucon 15 in Washington D.C. While the parameters of the experiment demand, as always, an utmost level of paranoid secrecy, public disclosure laws -- as well as the safety of our gene pool -- require me ( Read more... )

Color junkies, I need your help ( Read more... )

A friend and I created a calendar for 2009 featuring a bunch of ray guns. Geek porn at its finest. Anyway, if anyone's interested, check out the completely plain web site at www.atomicarmory.com.


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