If I were patient, I'd wait until the 31st of August to write this. But I was just reminded of the existence of this website by John Scalzi, and I couldn't resist finding out if my password still worked. Guess what!

Anyone got a bluesky invite?

I'm almost afraid to ask.

Released five years ago this year:

• Bolt
• The Dark Knight
• Forgetting Sarah Marshall
• In Bruges
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Released five years ago this year:

• Beowulf
• Bridge to Terebithia
• Enchanted
• The Golden Compass
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

(A little late, but better than never)

Released five years ago this year:

• 300
• Cars
• Casino Royale
• The Devil Wears Prada
• The Illusionist

One of the inventors of the MUD, Dr Richard Bartle, has a blog that's available on LJ: http://syndicated.livejournal.com/drbartle_atom/

If you like computer gaming, computer history, or antique playing cards, add this to your friends list right now.

Roy stood over his apparatus in dismay. The latest experiment was yet another in a long string of failures, and there was nothing new to be learned from this one. He sat on a stool, slowly put his elbows on the table and lowered his head into his hands ( Read more... )

I tried out the What Should I Read Next? website, and put in Cryptonomicon, The Final Empire, Paladin of Souls, Anansi Boys, The Sharing Knife, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, and the Illuminatus! Trilogy. Here's what it recommended:

• The Cobweb - Neal Stephenson, J. Frederick George
• Interface - Neal Stephenson, Frederick George
• Idoru - William ( Read more... )

Released five years ago this year:

• Batman Begins
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• King Kong

I just added the names of the films that were correctly guessed to the original post, however three films are still unknown.

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