Posted in Mobile on Oct 31st, 2006
…looking up from your window on the MARTA train to see a zombie pawing at the window. Thank you nameless undead guy at the Buckhead station.
–
Geoffrey Fortier
http://www.arcane.org
Archive for October, 2006
Posted in Political on Oct 31st, 2006
While many political forecasters have been predicting the possibility of the Republicans losing control of Congress in the upcoming elections, I’m remaining cautiously optimistic. Several mechanisms are in place to defer the voting power of dissenters to the current regime. The most aggressive redistricting in the history of modern America is one well-known method, [...]
Posted in News on Oct 27th, 2006
(IGN) MGM and New Line Cinema are moving ever closer to making J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit a big-screen reality. And now it seems that the studios may be planning not one, but two films based on the 1937 fantasy novel. MGM chief operating officer Rick Sands revealed the plans this past weekend during a trade [...]
Posted in Science on Oct 26th, 2006
(Space.com) The Sun had sisters when it was born, according to new research, hundreds to thousands of them. And at least one was a supernova, providing further support for the idea that there could be lots of planets around other stars since our solar system emerged in such an explosive environment. “We know that [...]
Posted in News on Oct 24th, 2006
From IMDB.com: Two families, the Graystones and the Adamas, live together on a peaceful planet known as Caprica, where a startling breakthrough in artificial intelligence brings about unforeseen consequences. A spin-off of the Sci Fi Channel series “Battlestar Galactica” set 50 years prior to the events of that show.
From Wikipedia: Caprica is an [...]
Posted in Reviews on Oct 23rd, 2006
I’ve not read the Frank Miller graphic novel, but I am familiar with the historical events it is based on (Battle of Thermopylae, 480 B.C.E.). I have to say, this trailer looks very surreal, almost more like a music video for some bleeding edge musician than a historical action movie (i.e. Troy, etc). Does paraphrase [...]
(New York Times) Once President Bush signed the new law on military tribunals, administration officials and Republican leaders in Congress wasted no time giving Americans a taste of the new order created by this unconstitutional act.
Within hours, Justice Department lawyers notified the federal courts that they no longer had the authority to hear pending lawsuits [...]
Posted in Journal on Oct 18th, 2006
Roving reporter and impulse buyer, Ed Macauley brought his most recent find to my attention. While shopping in Midtown Atlanta, he came across this rather unique variety of soup mix. I’m sure it’s just the thing you need to spice up your next dinner party or Soup Night. It’s worth the click-through, [...]
Posted in Journal on Oct 18th, 2006
I came across this web site in my morning read yesterday and shared it with a few folks on instant messenger. Essentially, its a photo gallery of Victorian era post-mortem photography. Apparently it was a novel but eventually enduring custom of the era to enshrine the memory of dead loved ones using the wondrous new [...]
Posted in Gaming on Oct 17th, 2006
(Dr. Dobb’s Portal) Chris Crawford wrote his first computer game in 1976 on an IBM 1120. He joined Atari in 1979, became manager of programmer training and a successful game designer: His Eastern Front was a best seller. He is a true legend in game design. His book The Art of Computer Game Design is [...]
