It’s been a heck of a year. Highs and lows, peaks and valleys. If you had told me a year ago that I would be moving to Australia, to build a team to work on a huge, high profile project…
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Sydney at night
Video from the 66th floor of the Meriton World Tower of downtown Sydney.
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Photos: Legoland California
Had the opportunity to visit the really cool Legoland attraction in California with the family last week and I really love the miniature Lego versions of famous landmarks, as you see from the number of shots I took… Here’s a…
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PHOTOS: Dragon*con 2010
Did my annual weekend of high geekery this past few days at Dragon*Con 2010 (also known as Dragoncon) in Atlanta, GA. And here’s some pictures to prove it: [slickr-flickr type=”gallery” search=”sets” set=”72157624751567739″ items=”20″]
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I Dream of Jeannie cast at Dragoncon 2010
The introduction of the Jeannie cast – Bill Daly, Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman at Dragoncon 2010
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This is why I love Twitter… #wookieleaks FTW!
Today, inspired by the Wikileaks story around the conflict in Afghanistan, Twitter was bombarded by a new meme, #wookieleaks (or, more properly, #wookieeleaks). Tweets that referred to the “declassified documents” of the Star Wars films. Being a good and proper…
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A walk in downtown Sydney
Darling Harbour, Pitt Street, etc
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Photos: I Love LA!
Before this latest trip to the land Down Under I got stuck in LA for a day, so I did what all smart people stranded in the land of movies did… I turned tourist, with the help of my lovely…
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Great Scott! Back to the Future was released 25 years ago today!
“You made a time machine… out of a DeLorean?!” In more news to make me feel like an old, old man, I note that today is the 25th anniversary of Back to the Future, a movie that is a perennial…
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Quick review: Supanova pop culture event in Sydney
Just got back from day one of the Supanova pop culture convention here in Sydney, and here’s some quick thoughts: The venue (the Dome at the Sydney Olympic park) was WAY too small for the number of people who came,…
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I miss Warren Zevon.
I’m filling the dishwasher after another nondescript day, and I’m listening to the classic rock radio station on the kitchen’s radio station. A comforting flow of innocuous memories, music once vibrant now freeze-dried and repurposed to make Boomers feel Safe…
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Frank Frazetta, Rest in Peace…
Sad news. One of the great fantasy artists… no, one of the great ARTISTS, ever, has passed away. Frank Frazetta was 82.
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Deeds, not words: It’s in the doing, not the talking, that matters
I have a friend that I adore, a good person who is fun to be around and know. He is also, sadly, a dreamer. He has ideas of making great art, or of creating a million-dollar invention… and I know…
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VIDEO: The JoeLanta 2010 1/6th scale super-diorama!
Here’s video of the amazing diorama the team behind the Joelanta 2010 collectors show put together for last weekend’s event. 1/6th scale mayhem!
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Review: The Knight Rider Companion is a true labor of love
After reading about this on Ain’t it Cool News, I took a leap of faith and ordered it. And boy, am I glad I did. Knight Rider was one of my favorite shows when I was 12 and it still…
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Joelanta 2010
Some video, all shot with the iphone 3gS, of the Joelanta 2010 collectors show this March in Atlanta Georgia. This