Archive for October, 2007

31 Oct

Happy Halloween!

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29 Oct

Heroes - “The Line”

Everything’s coming to a head in Heroes now. Tonight’s episode was all about most of the characters coming up against their the line in the sand and deciding if they’re going to cross it. In the coming episodes, those choices are going to come back to haunt them for sure.
And on to the […]

26 Oct

Emergency Zombie Defense Station

What do you do during a zombie uprising? If you don’t have an answer, you are going to be woefully unprepared when the end comes. Fortunately, a gentleman named John Lucas has come up with something that should help. As part of a Zombies Are Love swap over at Craftster, he built […]

25 Oct

Brave Men Run by Matthew Wayne Selznick

When I started listening to podcast novels, or podiobooks, I asked Chad for some recommendations. He immediately suggested Brave Men Run, by Matthew Wayne Selznick. He told me it was kind of a superhero origin story, combined with a coming of age story for an outcast high-schooler. The coming of age part […]

22 Oct

Heroes - “Fight or Flight”

We had a reasonably solid episode tonight, though the focus on Matt’s storyline is frustrating as always. They seem to be tying things together more tightly then last season. The most of the storylines seem to be more obviously connected, although I have to admit I don’t trust what’s obvious anymore. What […]

21 Oct

Not all bots are hardware

Tonight I got a heads-up from Bruce. It seems there’s a Storm gathering on the internet, poised to take over our computers for who knows what nefarious purpose. The Storm worm has been slowing infiltrating as many as 50 million Windows-based PCs around the world. Thus far this botnet has seen only […]

21 Oct

Natural Selection by Dave Freedman

Ever since I first read Jaws, I’ve been a huge fan of the giant shark novels. Peter Benchley captivated me with a story made so terrifying because it seemed so plausible. So it was almost a foregone conclusion when I came across Natural Selection at the check out counter of my local drug […]

19 Oct

Reading Program Promotional Poster

By popular demand, I present this promotional poster for a reading program, as conceived on Scott Sigler’s forums:

This ought to scare nearly anyone into reading. Click on the image for the full 1920×1200 version, suitable for use as a wide-screen desktop wallpaper.
Original photo swiped from Scott’s old contact page.

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19 Oct

Heroes

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19 Oct

Heroes

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