Geeky Pumpkins of Halloweens Past
Saturday, October 31st, 2009 Posted in Sci-Fi/Fantasy | No Comments »I'm not much of a pumpkin carver myself, but Katie likes to get creative. Here are some Jack-O-Lanterns she's done, inspired by science fiction, fantasy, comics and games. From 2003... Gourdzilla! Inspired by a Grand Ave. strip earlier that week. Also, Aeryn ...
@LOL_Spam: Sometimes You’ve Gotta Laugh
Friday, September 4th, 2009 Posted in Humor, Spam | 1 Comment »Sometimes you've just got to laugh, you know? I remember getting my first piece of spam in college, in the days before anyone bothered with filters because spam was so rare, and thinking, "this could get bad." Talk about the ...
Comic-Con 2009 Round-Up
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 Posted in Comic Con 2009 | No Comments »We're back from Comic-Con International in San Diego. As always, it was fun but exhausting. Photos are up at Flickr (most of them -- there's still a few from Saturday and Sunday panels that we need to go through). Costumes For ...
Link Archive
Saturday, June 13th, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »I used to keep a sidebar linkblog here, but I've long since stopped. These days I'm more likely to post an interesting link to Twitter, or just save it up for a later post. I figured the WordPress ...
Filker Tom Smith Needs Help
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Posted in Music, Sci-Fi/Fantasy | No Comments »Musician Tom Smith (author of the Talk Like a Pirate Day theme song and Girl Genius' Transylvania Polygnostic University Fight Song, and a.k.a. filkertom on LiveJournal) is in the hospital after a nasty injury, facing expensive surgery and months of ...
Did the Flash Save Comics?
Thursday, May 1st, 2008 Posted in Comics | No Comments »Yesterday's article about the Flash (warning: major spoilers for this week's DC Universe: Zero) in the New York Daily News brings up the hero's key role in launching the Silver Age of Comics. Superheroes had fallen out of favor ...
Linkage: On Fx and SFX
Thursday, December 20th, 2007 Posted in Computers/Internet, Mozilla, Sci-Fi/Fantasy | No Comments »VXWorld: Crossing the Uncanny Valley - on the current state of the art of photorealistic computer animation, from Final Fantasy through Polar Express to Pirates of the Caribbean and Beowulf. As pointed out, one reason that Davy Jones worked ...
Will Internet Explorer 7 finally put IE6 to rest?
Thursday, October 4th, 2007 Posted in Browsers | 6 Comments »Microsoft's Internet Explorer Team reports on a new IE installer release. They've changed a couple of defaults, updated their tutorials... and dropped the requirement for Windows Genuine Advantage validation: Because Microsoft takes its commitment to help protect the entire Windows ...
Flash vs. the Pirate Torpedo
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 Posted in Comics, Humor | No Comments »Arr! Barry Allen may not know how to celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day, but he do celebrate Jog Like a Pirate Day! From Showcase #13, it's "Around the World in 80 Minutes," a tale of the Flash. (Mostly ...
ΠR8
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 Posted in Humor | No Comments »If ye be wonderin' why this site be lookin' strange this day, wonder no further. It be Talk Like a Pirate Day. This day o' pirate speak is brought to ye by the Text Filter Suite of Dougal ...
Pirates vs. Sylar
Sunday, July 29th, 2007 Posted in Comic Con 2007, Comics, Heroes | 4 Comments »I'm still attending Comic-Con in civvies, but Katie wore two costumes this year: another update of her pirate outfit on Friday, and a Sylar victim with a telekinetic slice across her forehead. Saturday, of course, for the big Heroes ...
Pilates of the Caribbean!
Monday, January 29th, 2007 Posted in Humor | 2 Comments »Found these next to each other at Costco the other day:
Pirates ’n’ Prada
Monday, September 25th, 2006 Posted in Signs of the Times | 4 Comments »Wow, they'll take anyone in that crew! Somehow, I'm not convinced! The following movies were not harmed in the making of this blog post: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Beerfest, The Devil Wears Prada, and Barnyard.
Yarrr!
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006 Posted in Humor | No Comments »It be Talk Like a Pirate Day! Ye might be findin one o' these blasts from the past to yer likin': Pirate Ships o' San Diego Voyage o' th'FyreFawkes Pumpkin Arrt Pirates Dinner Adventure Parrrty Weapon Thar be more pirate postings if ye wants them. Piratify yer blog!
Tall Ships of San Diego
Monday, July 24th, 2006 Posted in Comic Con 2006, Travel | 4 Comments »I mentioned that on Saturday, we left Comic-Con for a few hours to check out the ships at the Maritime Museum of San Diego. We saw five: The Star of India, billed as "the world's oldest active ship" The HMS Surprise, ...
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