2007 December archive at Binary Bonsai

Archive for December, 2007

2008

Published at Monday, Dec 31st, 2007 in Journal. Closed

I predict it will be another year; just you wait and see.

Precursor to the Star Destroyer?

Published at Wednesday, Dec 26th, 2007 in Journal. 17 Comments

I came across this cover (here), for Science Fiction Monthly, volume 1, issue 2, released in February 1974. The art is by one of my favorites, Chris Foss, a science fiction artist mostly known for his outlandish and colorful spaceships. He was one of the artists Ridley Scott brought over from the scuttled Dune project, to Alien. And you might recognize his style from the game Homeworld, to which he was a major inspiration (as thanked in the credits).

Does it remind you of anything? Such as…

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Google Reader exposes hypocrites

Published at Wednesday, Dec 26th, 2007 in Journal. 9 Comments

Rikke and I both use Google Reader and its share items freely, not only with each other, but in my case also with the general public. As it turns out, the new ‘Friend’s Shared Items’ is being scorned by a range of people, one of who even goes so far as to say it has ‘RUINED CHRISTMAS’ for him and his family.

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Bad Taste, for free

Published at Tuesday, Dec 25th, 2007 in Clippings. 1 Comment

If you’ve never been lucky enough to indulge Peter Jackson’s first feature film, a thoroughbred splatter flick, Bad Taste, now is the time.

NASA’s lenses in Barry Lyndon

Published at Sunday, Dec 23rd, 2007 in Clippings. 0 Comments

To the people whom I told the story to on friday, consider this an errata, with a complete technical rundown.

The Stanley Kubrick Exhibition

Published at Sunday, Dec 23rd, 2007 in Clippings. 4 Comments

Just learned that The Stanley Kubrick Exhibition is currently in Rome. Rikke and I had talked about going to Rome, and it would have been a great meshing of agendas, had the two coincided with each other. Unfortunately we’re not planning on going until late spring, and the exhibition is ending in early January.

The question is, how do I figure out where that exhibition is going next?

Super Russ Meyer

Published at Saturday, Dec 22nd, 2007 in Evergreens and Journal. 5 Comments

This entry is littered with Supervixen spoilers, and really needs for you to have seen at least this, and preferably more Russ Meyer films to appreciate properly.

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