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I found this via Cat Sparks and Jason Fischer who themselves found it on the Ban Comic Sans site. Those three links alone are worth the price of this post, but check out the video. Nerdy font based fun. It’s brilliant. See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. .
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Aussiecon 4, better known as Worldcon, is fast approaching. Looks like I’ll be doing a few bits and pieces there in the way of panels and workshops as well as having a top time with friends and colleagues. I’ll write more about that stuff later. In the meantime, check this out. I’ll be going...
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I count myself among the slackers in comparison to this lot. Writing is an often thankless task, slogging away at improving our craft and, hopefully, eventually developing a decent level of skill and recognition. But I don’t think many of us work as hard as the folk listed below. I saw this over on...
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For those of you in the e-revolution, you can now read the Dark Pages anthology on your Kindle, iPhone or any other e-reader you choose. Dark Pages is now available on Kindle from Amazon and in any other ebook format from Smashwords. You can find the Amazon Kindle edition here. You can find multiple...
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Today, May 25th, has become a day of considerable significance. Two fantastic authors, Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett, have made May 25th a day to remember. Back in 2001, two weeks after the death of Douglas Adams, fans began Towel Day. On Towel Day you carry a towel with you in remembrance of Adams...
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If you took an ice cube, dipped it in liquid nitrogen and then buried it at the north pole, it still wouldn’t be as cool as this. Stories like this make me love humanity so much I could cry. For all the arseholes out there and all the shit that is contantly going down,...
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This is a bit of nonsense, but it’s quality nonsense. The Onion is an awesome site and did a great skit today on a free speech ruling. Read the whole thing here, or check the image below for the nutshell version. Dude, that is some quality swearing. .
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Once again, S F Signal comes up with the good stuff. This is a fan video showcasing David Tennant’s run as the tenth Doctor with a variety of backing music. It’s a brilliant piece of editing and a fitting tribute to a great Doctor. I’m not entirely sure what the relevance of the Christopher...
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The recent volcanic eruption in Iceland is awesome in so many ways, but it seems to me that no one is drawing enough attention to the coolest thing about it. The name of the volcano is Eyjafjallajokul. Seriously, how cool is that? If I wrote a name like that into a fictional fantasy people...
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I picked this up over on S F Signal and liked it. See what you think. .
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