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Smallville Rewatch Master Post
This is the master post for rewatching Smallville. New posts will appear on Fridays beginning August 14th, 2015 ( Read more... ) -
Smallville Rewatch Episode 1.02 Metamorphosis
Episode 1.02 Metamorphosis
Writer: Alfred Gough & Miles Millar
Director: Michael Watkins & Philip Sgriccia
Broadcast Date: October 24, 2001
IMDB; transcript.
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Smallville Rewatch: Episode 1.01 Pilot
Episode 1.01 Pilot
Writer: Alfred Gough & Miles Millar
Director: David Nutter
Broadcast Date: October 16, 2001
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Dear Transformative Works Fandom: Please think about voting for the Hugo Awards
At Obsidian Wings
Are you a fan of science fiction and fantasy novels, short stories, art, movies, TV shows, or meta? Have you heard of the Hugo Awards in the past as a good thing, and heard rumors of shenanigans this year? Do you have US$40 you could spend for the right to vote, and incidentally getting some good e-books out of it? You could be a ( Read more... ) -
Balloon Juice is looking for “a young, up and coming female blogger of color”
preferably Latina, to give a perspective on immigration issues that is sorely missed in the wider political conversation. John Cole is taking a break, and TBogg and Zaid Jilani will be entering the mix, but John says "my circle is so insular I do not know where to go or who to even ask. If you have any suggestions, let me know ( Read more... ) -
Questions about fonts and colors
View poll: Web design-related questions
Also, dear fontologists: what are the technical terms for the two different kinds of lowercase a, and the two kinds of lowercase g:
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The Evolution Man
At Obsidian Wings.
liberal japonicus got there first, but I'll just add something about what I think are the political calculations involved in Obama's "coming out" in favor of marriage equality. In particular, I suspect it's a tactic designed to appeal to a subset of big donors, especially in the financial industry ( Read more... ) -
Non-toxic anonymity in fan communities
The non-fandom blogosphere is having Round #34890104789237557 of Why and How There's Bad Behavior on the Internets. As usual, all of the Thinkers stress the importance of (a) Real Names as a check on bad behavior, or at least (b) Consistent Pseuds. "It's the anonymity that brings out the Evil!" they all agree ( Read more... )
