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Why FlashFoward creators embrace Lost comparison
Holy crud, they actually shut down the 101 and *shot* that 500-car pileup? No wonder it looked so impressive on the screen at Comic-Con!
(I think I’ve mentioned I’m *really* looking forward to this show. I wish they’d come up with a new promotional still, though. There’s this picture and the cast photo.)
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todo: add a note to either the pilot episode review or a blog post, whichever seems more appropriate
Well, that’s one way to keep the sushi supply from drying up…
Japanese scientists to breed ‘super tuna’
Japanese scientists will have bred a new “super-tuna” within a decade that will be stronger, more resistant to disease and taste better than the bluefin presently in the oceans.
Gotta love this story title: Robotic Ferret Used to Fight Smugglers
Mozilla Launches Jetpack https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2009/05/20/mozilla-labs-introduces-jetpack-call-for-participation/
What do you know… a local comic convention that'll be less crazy than San Diego.
Learned last night that Satellite Market near Disneyland is still there, but Sputnik sign’s been replaced. Old/new pix
Warner Music issues DMCA takedown notice to official Warner Music video channel. Need popcorn
Ambitious, crazy, or both? The project to back up all of Geocities before Yahoo pulls the plug.
Whatever Happened to the Top 15 Web Properties of April, 1999?
An interesting look back at the web of 10 years ago.
The Wall Street Journal profiles Vincent Connare, designer of the web’s most-hated font, Comic Sans. Not surprisingly, the font’s origins go back to Microsoft Bob, where he saw a talking dog speaking in Times New Roman. Connare pulled out Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns for reference, and created the comic book-style font over the next week.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090417.html
Peacekeeper Manuscript? (Sorry, looking at the page through Farscape goggles.)
https://www.wired.com/2009/04/compusa-back-fr/
Weird news from Wired. Apparently CompUSA was bought by Tiger Direct's parent company, and they're relaunching the chain, mostly in Florida.
Google employees ask the all-important question: Will It Lens?
When ‘Mad Men’ Meets Augmented Reality
Dark side of being able to add a visual layer to everyday life: virtual pop-up ads on reality…and ad blockers that edit out things you don't want to see.
Scenes from 30,000 meters above
On February 28th, a team of four Spanish teenage students and their instructor from IES La Bisbal school in Catalonia launched a weather probe they designed and built themselves. Their helium-filled balloon carried a payload of electronics and a camera…
10 Annoying Habits of a Geeky Spouse
Honestly, none of these sound annoying to me. Katie does half of them and they don’t bother me — I do half of them and I hope they don’t bother her!