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Pretty much out of nowhere, I suddenly decided that what the world really needs is a Battlestar Galactica-themed version of the classic Battleship game. Besides the obvious cool factor of having a board full of miniature BSG ships, I think there’s a lot of depth to be added by tweaking the rules a little […]

I’ve discovered that Claire responds really, really well to “The Ballad of Serenity” as a lullaby. (That’s the theme song from Firefly in case you didn’t recognize the title.) I’ll sing it softly to her at bedtime or naptime as I hold her and then transfer her to the crib, repeating it as necessary until […]

Right now, Sci-Fi is showing a rerun of “Law & Order.”
Maybe I’m being a little slow here, but I’m having a hard time seeing how that fits with, you know, that whole “science fiction” thing.
Did they spin off a “Cylon Victims Unit” or something?

Mood:confused

I grew up watching “Dr. Who” on the PBS station out of Albuquerque, usually late at night, and in my earliest experiences, with my hands over my eyes to protect me from those damned terrifying Daleks. My inner four-year-old can still hear the cries of “EXTERMINATE!” echo in the darkness of my childhood bedroom. […]

I’ve been totally stressed out by work lately, which means that, at some point, my head exploded and I found myself with a desperate need to play with Photoshop for a while. Thus: a crapload of new LJ icons!
Art of Noise x3
Mike Oldfield x5
Firefly/Serenity x9
Princess Bride x17

Art of Noise(because I had no music-related […]

I broke down and picked up the first season of the new “Battlestar Galactica” show on DVD as a bonus Christmas gift to myself, using a coupon attached to the Serenity DVD as an excuse. In the past week and a half, we’ve blown through both the season 1 DVD set as well as […]

I’ve found myself not listening to my iPod as much over the past year or so, even though I love it and it has done more to preserve my sanity at work than any three other gizmos, and I lay the blame on headphones. I disliked the original iPod earbuds (uncomfortable, crappy); my over-the-ear, […]

I have occasionally been bored enough or in need of something completely different from my normal mode of being focused on code and servers and misbehaving software. When it gets really bad, I end up staying up too late playing with Photoshop.
A couple months back, I did a few Nausicaa icons; last night I […]

For ages, I have pooh-poohed Joss Whedon’s “Firefly”, thinking it a silly trifle of network TV, the kind of thing that can’t stand up to “real” sci-fi. “It’s no ‘B5′,” said I, despite how my coworkers tried to change my mind. Then the trailer for the movie arrived, and I started to wonder […]

Google Earth (formerly Keyhole) is now free (for the base level of jaw-droppingly great service)!
You need Windows (so I’m out of luck until I get into the office tomorrow), but in the mean time, here’s a great first peek to whet all of our collective geek appetites. Google also provides some great samples for […]