Last week the Clone Wars was canceled. On the same day, I received disc 1 of season 1 from Netflix. I had heard good things about the show from many different people. Though its a cartoon intended for kids, they all said it was worth watching. So I got started Read more…
This weekend I got to play a tabletop RPG with a group IN PERSON. I got into the RPG thing pretty late in life. I dabbled in DnD with a few friends a little in 6th grade but that became more of a LARP as we used it as an Read more…
The impact of Kickstarter continues to grow. Now Kickstarter has been used to revive noted geek show canceled before it’s time Veronica Mars. And they achieved $2mil in funding in just 10hrs. They currently sit at $3.3mil with 28 days to go. That’s ridiculous. My wife and I discovered the Read more…
My desktop has had some problems for awhile now. I’m not exactly sure what’s wrong but it often blue screens. The other day Windows wouldn’t boot up. It powered up and went through the motherboards start up screen followed by the Windows logo and a failure to launch. I’d been Read more…
We finished up Downton Abbey this weekend. And *SPOILERS*…. …I was right with half my predictions. There was no resurgence of cancer for Mrs. Hughes but Matthew did die in a car accident. And right after his heir was born. Far to predictable for my taste. I know some people Read more…
We recently got onto the Downton Abby bandwagon. For months I had heard lots of good things about it from quite a few people, so we decided to give it a whirl. In the two or so weeks since we started, we’ve watched an episode a night. Considering we haven’t Read more…
Kickstarter is bringing about a new age. Before the internet, if you had an idea for something you had to either be rich already, be very persuasive with rich investors or take out a big loan that might ruin you financially. But now, with the power of crowd sourcing, if Read more…
Watching Sesame Street recently, I’ve come to the conclusion that Oscar the Grouch is a Time Lord. He lives in a trash can that is clearly bigger on the inside than the outside. A whole heard of elephants live inside after all. Now, since the Doctor is the last of the Read more…
This weekend I’ll be at Owlcon with Grey Gecko Press. Last year was fun and my first con experience as an author trying to sell a book. The logo for this year is pretty amusing (see below). If you’re in Houston near Rice University, swing by. GGP’s booth is right Read more…
Continuing the Trek theme for the week, I recently read a piece of an interview with Brannon Braga in which he talks about the original concept of “Enterprise”. BRANNON BRAGA: That was not how we wanted to do it. We wanted to do a show that was set on Earth, and Read more…