It'll Never Fly » books http://wqoq.com Clever... not good, but clever. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:50:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3-beta1-18972 links for 2008-01-29 http://wqoq.com/2008/01/29/links-for-2008-01-29/ http://wqoq.com/2008/01/29/links-for-2008-01-29/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:17:21 +0000 Bob http://wqoq.com/2008/01/29/links-for-2008-01-29/
  • Makes a lot more sense once you realize they’re not talking about San Francisco. Don’t know where my brain was at with that one.
    (tags: books scifi)
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  • Definitely have to check some of these out. Those names there are in good company.
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  • FontBook is the largest type reference in the world. Since 1991, “the big yellow book” has been the trusted friend of designers, typographers, advertisers, manufacturers, publishers, historians, and anyone else who uses type.
    • ]]>     http://wqoq.com/2007/07/27/links-for-2007-07-27/feed/ 0     Just pretend it’s a month ago http://wqoq.com/2007/05/13/just-pretend-its-a-month-ago/ http://wqoq.com/2007/05/13/just-pretend-its-a-month-ago/#comments Sun, 13 May 2007 06:57:00 +0000 Bob http://wqoq.com/2007/05/13/just-pretend-its-a-month-ago/ There’s an animation I caught on TV once about Easter many years ago (circa 1992). It was called “A Claymation Easter” and was about a pig who kidnaps the Easter Bunny days before “the big event” in an attempt to take his place (you know, the version that got turned down for the Bible). Yes, yes, it’s an old story. One in which many Santa Claus fans are well versed. It’s a stop-motion animation, and was pretty good for it’s time. And it’s pretty dern funny. It also introduced me to the song “Low Rider” (I led a very sheltered life) and Engelbert Humperdinck’s “Release Me.” I’d even wager that there’s probably a line from this programme that I still quote nowadays without even remembering its source.

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    Another stop-motion animation I remember seeing around the same time was Terry Pratchett’s “Truckers,” which was my first introduction to all things Pratchett-esque, and eventually led me to my love of his Discworld series.

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  • Kind of a Worms meets Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail online flash game.
  • Artists collaborate to form a long collage of images.
  • A pretty good list of Science Fiction and Fantasy authors that use humour in their works.
  • Another book list of Science Fiction and Fantasy. This one divides into many sub-genres.
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  • Handy reference for all things science fiction or fantasy.
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  • Dalek webcam.
  • Looks like a neat little book.
  • Looks worth checking out when it’s released.
    (tags: movies tosee)
  • If you happen to like the built-in Audiobooks classification in iTunes. Personally, I’m more interested in going in the other direction, but still a handy tip.
  • A tool to do the task mentioned in the other tip. Looks like a neat thing to try out.
  • Calculistic… to the math!
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  • Kind of like the old much-loved spring-loaded folders of bygone Mac OS days, but seemingly with the ability to put whatever crap you want in them. I tend not to generate many files on my computers these days or have much need to jotting down notes, but t
  • Cheap, quick, and dirty image editor for the simplest of editing features. I usually just keep Photoshop running in the background, but it’s worth trying out. The UI looks a little clunky, but it’s their first attempt at this layout, so I’ll give them t
  • Online comic adaptation of Orwell’s 1984. Currently in the works.
  • YouTube playlist of “North Korea’s 007″.
  • Sci-fi books for 2006.
    (tags: scifi book award)
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  • Windows program to move obscured windows into view on the screen.
  • I highly recommend having a copy of this by your side at all times. Any dictionary that has the regional definitions for bunny hug, chesterfield, and poutine is tops on my list.
  • Another indispensable book to have by your side. If you’ve taken an English course in university, chances are this was a required textbook. I still have my first edition, when they actually were brown.
  • When nerdlingers attack! News at 11.
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  • Analyzes and sorts music collection based on BPMs (Beat Per Minute).
  • The camera I want to get.
  • A review of the camera I want to get.
  • Book collection social cataloging site. Saw it mentioned on Gaiman’s blog.
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