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Re: Trisha’s Quote of the Day: When movie critics stop being neutral and start having opinions

Desienna2 — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:32:30 -0000

hi,

I'm Luca Desienna the editor of Gomma Books Ltd.
a small publishing house based in UK,

I'm looking for Jillian Pullara that wrote the poem 'days'
which was published in 'Names in a jar'

please let me know if you can kindly get me in touch with her,

my email is desienna2@gmail.com

many thanks,

Luca Desienna

Re: Blightyvision: “The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff”

Guest — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:40:35 -0000

Ooops, that was supposed to by a :)

Re: Blightyvision: “The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff”

Guest — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:39:52 -0000

No DVD yet, but it's on iTunes :(

Re: Comic Non-Sans: Katsucon 2012 in the Artist Alley

Charles — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:33:41 -0000

I noticed a lot of the same things on my end. I dropped off a number of commissions on Friday, expecting to see them at some point late Saturday or Sunday. They were ready for pickup less than 2 hours.

But I do need to remark on the caliber of artist: it was very high, and very affordable. Which is why I got 4 commissions instead of my usual 1-2

Re: Graphically Speaking: “Chronicle” review

Dan O'Neill — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:43:21 -0000

Good review. There isn’t much new or different this film is doing or saying but the format works perfectly and gets us inside the heads of these characters through all of the fun and not-so fun moments as well. Check out my review when you get the chance.

Re: Geekly Speaking About interviews Josh A. Cagan

TimeHorse — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:36:00 -0000

Bravo!

Re: Blightyvision: “Treasure Island”

Tim Sevenhuysen — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:34:35 -0000

Sounds awesome. I'm going to try to check it out.

Re: Comic Non-Sans: Watching your goals

Travis Dommert — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:09:55 -0000

Thanks for the mention of irunurun, the greatness app! Our story started 9 years ago with our founder struggling to build his insurance practice. The answer: focus on doing just 6 things consistently every week.

When he started tracking just those 6 things, life got simpler. It wasn't easy, but simpler. In fact, out of 100 points possible each week...he initially averaged in the 30's; but over time he began to master those 6 things...they became hard-wired. After 6 months, his business took off.

7 years later, after sharing his story and his method with other business owners, and seeing them switch from busy/reactive to focused/intentional, he got the notion to develop it into an app. It's not really about goals as much as it is about helping people achieve their potential.

And, it goes way beyond work. Want to be your best at work? Start by being your best in life. Align your work with your life. BE the person you want to be...and your work will rise with the tide. So as much as people use our app for sales and business, they also use it for mixing a dose of fitness, family, faith, learning, and fun into their otherwise reactive, rat-raced lives.

Run hard! ...and let us know how we can help!
Travis
president | irunurun

PS: And you are right about the "invite a friend" feature...adding teammates and creating mutual accountability for living life on purpose with other people you care about will take you to another level. Thanks for checking us out!

Re: Lincoln’s Video of the Day: The Joy of Books

Tim Sevenhuysen — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:53:21 -0000

Really cool video. Thanks for sharing it.

Re: Comic Non-Sans: Watching your goals

Tim Sevenhuysen — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:21:10 -0000

I set my goals prior to each day, and measure my success by my ability to complete that day's To-Do list. I usually block out my work about a week at a time. It's been working for me, but I like the idea of the points system for accomplishing goals.

Re: Trisha’s Take: The Samsung Chromebook review

Trisha Lynn — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:19:45 -0000

Thanks for mentioning your review, which is indeed more thorough than mine. I do note, however, that I was reviewing the Chromebook from the perspective of someone who would be using it very casually rather than long-term use.

Re: Trisha’s Take: The Samsung Chromebook review

DearThey — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:53:43 -0000

Umm, I think the author missed the point of these devices. And the delete and home functions are just mapped differently. For a slightly more thorough perspective:

http://non-technical-tech.com/...

Re: Trisha’s Take: The Samsung Chromebook review

Trisha Lynn — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:01:53 -0000

The function keys are redundantly named because they have only one function to them, but it's not the usual that you'd expect on a full-sized laptop. I also forgot to mention that there's no "End" key either, and that really bothered me a lot.

Re: Trisha’s Take: The Samsung Chromebook review

Tim Sevenhuysen — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:22:18 -0000

No Delete or Home key? Wow. Those are really vital. Even my 10-inch netbook has those on its 90%-size keyboard. (Granted, you have to use a Function key + the arrows to do Home/End/PgUp/PgDn, but still.)

Re: Steven Moffat contradicts David Yates on Doctor Who film

Kara Dennison — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:25:17 -0000

In response to that, I encourage anyone who can to have a look at the extras on the new TVM release. There's a variety of information on what went wrong, how badly it *could* have gone, etc. The initial intent of the '96 movie was basically what they're talking about here, and McGann's audition reel has some of the original script. When it came to what was made, though, it *was* keyed into the existing mythos. The format was Americanized to the pain, but plot- and canon-wise it's in there, especially compared to the early storyline of the Doctor being off searching for his father.

In the end, as unfortunate/painful/poorly-lit/Eric-Roberts-ful as the TVM was, it did end up revitalizing the franchise with the Virgin novel series (which is where Moffat was 'discovered' as a Who writer for his story 'Continuty Errors') and Big Finish (where we got Mark Gatiss, Rob Shearman, and Nicholas Briggs). The people with the money *then* didn't want a reboot, and I can't imagine they'll want it now either.

^^^ This is why no one invites me to con parties anymore. ^^^

Re: Steven Moffat contradicts David Yates on Doctor Who film

Trisha Lynn — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:47:25 -0000

I have to say, if this is for real, this is a terrible idea for a U.S.-ian version of "Doctor Who" to not be keyed into the existing mythos. No offense to Paul McGann and his take on the Doctor, but it just didn't work in 1996. And besides, because there is such a larger North American audience than there used to be, we're definitely more Brit-savvy than that audience was, so we don't really need to be coddled.

Re: Tom Hanks is In the Garden of Beasts

Rick Evans — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:04:33 -0000

I've been waiting for an H. H. Holmes film since reading Rick Geary's "The Beast of Chicago" back before Devil in the White City came out.

I liked Larsen's book but felt he took many narrative liberties to make the story more compelling. There were things that nobody could have know that were slipped in.

Re: Blightyvision: “Japanorama”

Neovader III — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:08:39 -0000

Woss' tributes to Japanese culture, the REAL Japanese culture, is spectacular. Thanks for bringing this show to light, anyone with even a passing interest in the real Japan needs to watch this.

Re: David Yates in a post-Harry Potter World: Doctor Who

Ray — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:39:42 -0000

Try this in a sentence with slightly different proper nouns, attributed to JJ Abrams, and question how it would have gone: “Gene Roddenberry and Rick Berman have done their own
transformations, which were fantastic, but we have to put that aside and
start from scratch.”

Also, if he's going to get into casting? This:
http://captainsblog.dreamwidth...

Re: Trailer Watch: The Lorax and ParaNorman

Jillers — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:15:17 -0000

Hmmm.... I don't know about The Lorax... it's one of my personal favorites, and there's a bit of character incontinuity. The Lorax was not comedic, he was tragic. He didn't show fear, just sadness and disappointment. Also I hate that song they use in the trailer.

Re: Blightyvision: “Sherlock Holmes” (1968)

Chris — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:41:44 -0000

Did you end up buying Hobo with a Shotgun? It looks....interesting

Re: Graphically Speaking: A reaction to “The Human Centipede”

Rick Evans — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:12:24 -0000

I prefer the term "gore-nography" to "torture porn" ;)

Re: Blightyvision: “Doctor Who” Series 11.2 (Spoiler-free)

Rick Evans — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:03:09 -0000

1) My wife and i were worried about Matt after David, but we thought his debut was awesome and we haven't been disappointed since. He channeled nearly every doctor.
2) My wife tells the story of how she was terrified by her first Dr. Who experience was Vampire Planet (Dr 6, I think?). I was always scared by the opening itself, being somewhat claustrophobic
3) My only issue with River Song was that her history with the doctor should have been around the mythical fifteenth Doctor
4) Canon? Dr. Who has a canon? That show contradicted itself constantly. Sometimes within the same Doctor!

Anyway. We don't have access to the real-time seasons so we've been avoiding as much contact as we could until the DVDs come out for Matt Season 2

Re: Musical Taste Review: Jonathan Coulton – Artificial Heart

Rick Evans — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:01:07 -0000

I must admit that I did not enjoy this album as much as I wanted to. In addition to the mixing that left the vocals cringing behind the music, I found the songs to be so overworked as to be rendered unintelligible; Would anyone understand what was behind "Good Morning Tuscon" without an explanation?

His "Thing a Week" offerings were stronger, tighter and more lyrically and musically complex than anything on Artificial Heart. His creativity seems to thrive when he has no time to revise and revise.

I could see what he was trying to do with this album but like a writer who writes like an "Author" should write rather than in his own voice, Coulton crafted songs like he thinks a "Musician" should. His own voice is more powerful.

Also I saw TMBG/Coulton last month in an annoying, yet interesting venue: The "Events Center" of Norwich, VT. That is to say, a tent with no actual stage across from a Subaru dealer. Had to drive 100 miles for the show. I hope they appreciated it as much as we appreciated them coming.

Re: Trailer Watch: J. Edgar

Arkonbey — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:37:59 -0000

Is it just me, or does the "old J. Edgar" makeup look abysmal? I think it's barely better than the makeup from the ST:TOS episode "The Deadly Years".