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Tag Archives: Geek Stuff
Cut-rate parasites
In the comments to my final post in my Top 100 movies list, an anonymous reader objects to my statement, regarding Casablanca, that Letters of Transit signed by General de Gaulle wouldn’t hold much weight in Vichy France, or a … Continue reading
Department of Technical Annoyances
Earlier today I downloaded and installed the newest version of my Internet security program (Norton 360, for those who care), which seems to be working fine. But now Firefox seems to be in the habit of clearing my “personal data” … Continue reading
Time to go polish the warp drive nacelles
I was sitting down to do some nice, substantive blogging, but then I hopped over to SamuraiFrog‘s place and found this video: And then my head exploded. “I love you, Dream Woman!”
Bring on the Gelatinous Cubes!
As just about everybody with a blog already knows, Gary Gygax, one of the inventors of Dungeons and Dragons, died last week. I’ve been too busy to post about it until now, and I also didn’t want to make the … Continue reading
If adventure has a name….
It’s amazing how time slips away from you, isn’t it? I file things away in the back of my mind to blog about one of these days, and then I realize it’s been a couple of weeks. But hey, it’s … Continue reading
Drink up me hearties!
So in the last month we’ve finally caught up on our Johnny Depp swashbuckler viewing by watching the second and third Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Dead Man’s Chest and At World’s End. Prevailing opinion of these movies, so far … Continue reading
Top Men
Indiana Jones, standing on some crates: Who cares about crates? Well, remember the very last shot in Raiders of the Lost Ark…a warehouse full of crates…and what’s in one of those crates…. (via)
Top Ten Bond Females
So I was thinking of stealing a posting habit from Tosy and Cosh, and start doing Top Ten lists of random stuff, and the other night, as The Family Unit sat down to watch For Your Eyes Only, I figured … Continue reading
The Big E
The USS Enterprise under construction in JJ Abrams’s upcoming Star Trek movie: That’s a pretty cool image, even if shots of the Enterprise in drydock are getting a little passe, aren’t they? I mean, the various Enterprises are shown in … Continue reading
Listening as a Geek!
Yippee! I received 93 credits on The Sci Fi Sounds QuizHow much of a Sci-Fi geek are you? Take the Sci-Fi Movie Quiz Although, I must admit that I guessed with pure randomness twice, so a score that actually reflects … Continue reading