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[Dec. 4th, 2020|08:20 pm] |
You can find more info on my userinfo page - but this is just here to say that I'm very happy to be friended by anyone that wants to read me. I rarely post friends-only, and that only tends to be about things that mention work, so if I don't friend you back you're not actually missing much...
If you do friend me, this would be a good place to leave a comment introducing yourself, and letting me know how you found me! |
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| You can tell by how engorged it is |
[Feb. 8th, 2010|06:47 pm] |
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[Feb. 8th, 2010|01:32 pm] |
Poll #1522916
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 101In the past week I have updated In the past week I have read I keep intending to update more |
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| And finally |
[Feb. 7th, 2010|10:42 pm] |
Looks like Avatar is going to scrape in at 20th most successful film of all time, a whole 14 places behind Titanic.
I wonder if James Cameron's next film will also be declared a flop in advance before pulling in more money than a small country. Three for three would be pretty funny. |
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| Things which please me # 74: Skins |
[Feb. 7th, 2010|10:40 pm] |
Just finished episode two of season one. It's magnificently good. Fantastic writing, really nicely drawn, and walks the line between completely absurd and emotionally real incredibly well. Simply a joy to watch - if stressful for the sheer inevitable car-crash of it all.
Anyone who spoils me will die. |
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| Things that annoy me #82519: Comic Book Information |
[Feb. 7th, 2010|10:37 pm] |
I've heard good things about Geoff Johns' take on Superman. I'd be happy to catch up with what he's written so far. I'm 99% sure that there are collections out there of the stuff he's produced. Can I find a bibliography? No.
Similarly, if you've heard that Green Lantern has been well written recently and fancy getting caught up to date, there's no real way to know which books to even buy. Scanning the DC website there's nothing that says "Like this? Read all these other things!" which is, frankly, criminal. Do they not _want_ my money? What I eventually dug up was this - a fucking Amazon List.
I'm sure that if you're a fanboy you know exactly what to read, which message boards will keep you updated, etc. But the casual reader? Lost.
On the other hand, to pick a recent book series - if you want to read all of the Sookie Stackhouse books (the ones True Blood is based on) then a 5 second search lands you at the author's web page, where there's a complete bibliography, complete with ISBN numbers. See, that was simple, wasn't it? |
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| When Doves Cry Machines Dance |
[Feb. 7th, 2010|12:26 pm] |
via ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif) charlies_diary (Charlie Stross' blog) |
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| Delicious LiveJournal Links for 2-7-2010 |
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| I don't really get the bit on the right... |
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| Shiny! |
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| Delicious LiveJournal Links for 2-4-2010 |
[Feb. 4th, 2010|11:01 am] |
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Jack Bauer wouldn't have done _that_.
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Which was a discussion on my journal last week...
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Apparently a lot of people are hitting 1.1.1.1 even though it only just came into existence...
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A study of more than 700,000 adults showed that those who scored top grades at school were four times more likely to develop bipolar disorder than those with average grades.
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| Eine Kleine Nachtmusik |
[Feb. 3rd, 2010|10:55 pm] |
via ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) nancylebov
Make sure you watch until 3:00...
And now bed. |
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| More questions for the crown |
[Feb. 3rd, 2010|05:27 pm] |
I know that when Titanic was nearing the end of its production James Cameron offered to give back his share of the profits and directors fee in order to keep the studio happy.
Does anyone know if they accepted, and if he actually made any money off of it in the end? I mean, I assume so - but I don't _know_. |
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| Stupid Designs |
[Feb. 3rd, 2010|11:48 am] |
Just left a comment on BenWerd's blog post here and was surprised to notice that there's no way to receive email notifications whenever a reply is left to it.
Which strikes me as the quickest way to discourage discussion I can think of.
The alternative it provides is an RSS feed, which is staggeringly less efficient - it means that I have to have an RSS feed for each discussion I want to pay attention to, and that each person who wants to scan discussions has to set this up (which is a lot of clutter) - and then the server will get hit on an hourly basis (or more often) on discussions that aren't generating any new comments. |
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