I’ve never been a huge opponent of DRM. It seems natural that copyright owners would seek to protect their property in some way and the draw backs, such as increased power consumption by devices playing protected files, seemed minimal. But today defective by design hit home. I’ve already blogged about loving Larry Brown but I [...]

Actually, I just strategically painted, melted and sanded it. It’s Marvel Comics’ Thor from the Marvel Zombies miniseries. It’s very detailed and very true to Sean Philips art style in the comics. You should really go buy it. (I’m broke.)

I’ve been mildly enamored with this thing since I saw it. I finally got one out of the claw machine in Athens, GA’s Alps Road Kroger. Sweet Jesus, is it awful!

I wrote a three Macintosh tutorials for Macinstruct.com. There’s a “People’s Choice” prize and you can vote for your favorite here. I think I have a total of five votes across three entries so there’s not really any hope for me to win “The People’s Choice.” But if you’d like, go vote before June 19 [...]

Breygent Marketing’s Classic Sci-fi & Horror Poster Collectible Cards are pretty freakin’ sweet. They’re 3.5″ x 5″, larger than a standard baseball card so you can soak in all the old poster art goodness. I was fortunate enough to get a The Day the Earth Stood Still chase card. There are also autographed chase cards, [...]

SciFi.com is gutting annihilating their archive of science fiction stories. As of Friday, June 15, 2007, SCI FICTION will no longer be available on SCIFI.COM. SCIFI.COM would like to thank all those who contributed and those who read the short stories over the past few years. Get it while it’s extant. Link via BoingBoing via [...]

Due to my various psychoses and nueroses, a large, colorful chunk of plastic helps me deal with keys. So, I made this keychain yesterday. I’m a pretty proud that I found a use for those too-cute Marvel toys. Here’s Cap for sale on eBay. I also figured out why I was mistaken about the fourth [...]