- 10 years ago I had just started working at an Internet provider and was very glad they didn’t want me in the server room at midnight for Y2K.
- I just ordered tickets to Avatar in IMAX 3D. It actually *was* cheaper to see Xanadu on stage, even including parking!
- Made it into Avatar. Got surprisingly decent seats considering how long the line was. We’ll miss midnight, so Happy New Year!
- Overheard waiting for the movie: “If you lost an eye, would you get a glass eye or an eye patch?” “I’d get an eye patch and grow a beard!”
Category: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Hogwarts Groceries
I keep misreading the Snapea Crisps as Snape Crisps…and then Katie noticed that you could pick out a related name from the Maragogype Coffee at Trader Joe’s.
Sir Reynolds of the Wrap
Somehow I don’t think he’s taking this quite as seriously as Faire folk might prefer…
At the Renaissance Pleasure Faire held at Glen Helen Park near San Bernardino, California in spring 2001. (Yeah, I’ve been scanning old photos again…)
Update: I like this filmstrip-style filter and border. It’s a good fit for a Throwback Thursday on Instagram.
Star Wars Band Names
I found out about the #starwarsbandnames meme from @BadAstronomer. It’s pretty self-explanatory: Take the name of a real music group and alter it to make it a Star Wars reference.
Some of my contributions:
- Jefferson X-Wing (I figured it sounded better than Jefferson Death Starship, though someone later suggested Jefferson Star Destroyer, which is better.)
- Obi-Wan Folds Five (This one actually got a retweet!)
- Red Five for Fighting
And Katie’s (Posted on my account because hers isn’t publicly visible):
- Snowspeeder Patrol
- Augustanakin
- Seven Mary 3PO
There’s a ton of entries out there, and it’s still going. Some of my favorites others have posted:
- pipboy2009: Naboo Fighters
- DevDell: The Qui-Gon Jinn Blossoms
- treelobsters: Alderaan Deraan
- wk_marshall: Peter, Paul, and Mara Jade
Found Shell Beach
Listening to the Dark City soundtrack while scanning a roll of old photos. Just picked up a photo of the sign for Shell Beach.
Finished The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time) – It’s Good
This weekend I finished reading the new Wheel of Time novel, The Gathering Storm. Now that I’ve read it, I can definitely say that Brandon Sanderson was a good choice to finish the series from Robert Jordan’s notes, and that splitting the final book into three was the right approach. It may be a doorstopper, but it would be difficult to cut more than a tiny amount without diminishing the impact of what remained.
Seanchan Programmers
A tech list is discussing EAGAIN errors, and I keep misreading it as EGEANIN.