I meant to post about this a few weeks ago when I first came across it. I am super excited about the second season of True Detective having 3 brand new main characters and being set in a different state.
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Evolution of The Legend of Zelda
Few games have my captured my attention through the years like the Legend of Zelda. When I was growing up, I attended school in the morning and rescued Zelda in the afternoon. I’ve battled through time, explored 3D Hyrule on a horse, and, more recently, prevented evil from spilling over from an alternate universe by […]
On the Death of STARGATE UNIVERSE: a TV Industry in Flux
With only a single episode left to savor in the second and final season of the SyFy original series Stargate Universe, now is the perfect time to examine the factors that led to the show’s cancellation. THE SAD TRADITION By now sci-fi fans expect it. They groan inwardly when SyFy cancels another awesome show, and […]
Cross-Training Your Creativity
Like the body, the mind can also grow and develop through training. But while many of us attend to the needs of our body by exercising regularly and eating right, few people recognize “the need to train our minds in the same manner.”
Why You Should Throw Away the Best Idea You Ever Had
See the thing about good ideas is that you can’t kill them. You can throw them away, sure. But if the idea is truly good, it will always come back to you.
Creativity vs. Copyright, Quotes from Cory Doctorow
“Anytime someone puts a lock on something that belongs to you and doesn’t give you a key, that lock is not there for your benefit. The lock I’m talking about here of course is digital rights management, or DRM—the so-called locks that are used to restrict copying and use of digital works”
Storytelling of The Future with Tucker Max
I listened to Self-Publishing And The Bookstrapper’s Guide To Book Marketing With Tucker Max yesterday, and something Tucker Max said about the storytelling of the future, and how exciting it is to be alive right now keeps echoing in my head.
Sketches from Asheville (July 2014)
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — July 3rd. Our slow-rolling arrival in Asheville is heralded by curvy two-lane highways through forested foothills. In the gullets of mountain tunnels we breathe incandescent yellow darkness; in the sunlight, fresh mountain air.
The Electric Renaissance, Man
Thanks to Elon Musk’s recent announce that Tesla is open sourcing all their patents… the only thing holding us back is “the enormous flood of gasoline cars pouring out of the world’s factories.”
This Week in Hypertext
A few things I found interesting this week Book. The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow by Cory Doctorow. I decided to splurge for this one as an ebook because I read a ton of Cory Doctorow’s work, especially on Boing Boing, totally for free, and it’s all good stuff. Article. “Why Weird Al is Still the King of […]