the conference roll for 2018
conference by dionhinchcliffe via Flickr CC BY SA 2.0 The roll call of conferences and conventions I intend to attend in 2018, either whole or in part: New York Toy Fair ~ New York City ~ February...
View ArticleAmon Amarth: Mobile Video Game
So, there now exists a reasonably solid, if short, mobile 8-bit platformer app that is essentially an excuse to give your eyes and hands something to do while your ears bask in the audio glory of 13...
View ArticleZika of late
160418-F-NL936-001 by Airman Magazine via Flickr CC BY NC 2.0 I had the pleasure of giving a Grand Rounds presentation to Sinai’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology yesterday on the Zika virus,...
View ArticleThe Laddie Wha Lived
It has been making the rounds that Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone has been translated into Scots, but I feel compelled to share here as well given how excellent this development is. I mean,...
View ArticleRIP, Ursula K. Le Guin
Crap. I haven’t read nearly as much of her work as I’d have liked, and that’s something I look forward to rectifying soonly. I’ve never had the chance to meet her at a con, but very eloquent folks who...
View Articlesome days, you find yourself in the Mirror Universe
Have you ever walked into a meeting, and found yourself extremely confused, firmly entrenched in the Mirror Universe? Yeah. That doesn’t happen often, but when it does, hoo-boy. Thank Spock I already...
View ArticleThe Citadel, by Templin
The Templin Institute is doing good work, primarily as mini-documentaries of fictional power centers in various genre media. I am biased, but I do think their spotlight on the Citadel from the Mass...
View ArticleCmar is also… CI Marret Alternative Absolute Return Bond ETF
In my quest to document everything Cmar, this… is a thing of note? Apparently. So, firstly, CI is: CI Global Asset Management has been managing money on behalf of Canadian investors since 1965. In...
View ArticleThe Flash and the big game, 2023
The Flash trailer that dropped with the big game is sick, no question. I have not watched any of the DCEU films apart from the first Wonder Woman (2017), but with James Gunn involved with shaping the...
View ArticleMan of Steel (2013)
A retelling of the Superman origin story as a grim and epic disaster movie. “Retelling” implies “telling” which implies a coherent story, which this is not quite – what is presented through most of...
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