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512 vampires

March 15, 2007

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As a diehard Buffy fan, it is imperative I link to this.
Via Collision Detection, where Clive makes the soon to be famous determination that the Buffyverse can sustain 512 vampires.

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O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Mostly…
Last night I spotted the announcement that the SciFi Channel is coming to Australia. It launches on several Australian satellite/cable networks on December 1.
I’ve had a look at the published schedule and while it looks good, and is a metric assload more decent SF than we’ve had to [...]

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I’ve always been a Doctor Who fan, but this week’s episode, The Girl in the Fireplace, just blew me away. Stronger writing by a long stretch than any of the “new” episodes, except School Reunion. Fabulous characterisation and depth of emotion by all the actors – Sophia Myles is gorgeous beyond belief and [...]

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Galactica’s back

January 10, 2006

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It’s back on in the US, and thanks to the wonder of the Internet, I get to see it here in Australia.?? Even better than the first half of the current season, the new episode, Resurrection Ship, Part 1, is pacy, well-written and has some great ups and downs. Not to mention, Katee Sackhoff [...]

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It’s all in the numbers

December 8, 2005

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This year has been about the numbers. Really. There are some fascinating places out there on the Web whose very existence revolves around the numbers they have in their names. Here are my “four of the best”:

9rules – more or less an aggregator of quality blog content on a huge range of [...]

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I am Picard…

October 24, 2005

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… who are you? Find out at http://www.tk421.net/character/. Jean-Luc’s description reads:
An accomplished diplomat who can virtually do no wrong, you sometimes know it is best to rely on the council of others while holding the reins.
There are some words which I have known since I was a schoolboy. “With the first link, the chain [...]

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Words… Making a break for freedom

September 13, 2005

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This is too awesome! 365tomorrows is a site you just shouldn’t pass up. In their words:
a collaborative project designed to present readers with one new piece of short speculative fiction each day for one year
How cool is that!? All the authors seem to be unknowns; I guess they’re trying to get their [...]

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