IDW, published of comics based on Star Trek and the Transformers, has picked up the comics license for Doctor Who. Announced at San Diego Comicon yesterday, the series will star the tenth Doctor and Martha and will debut later in the year, written by Doctor Who novelist Gary Russell and with art by Nick Roche.Continue reading “On New Doctor Who Comics”
Author Archives: Allyn
On Really Stupid People
I think it goes without saying—calling in a bomb threat to bring a plane back to the gate because you missed your flight is a very stupid idea. It’s a federal crime. It’s going to scare people. It’s going to inconvenience people. It will land you in jail. So, of course, on Wednesday a manContinue reading “On Really Stupid People”
On Friday Morning Memes
Since it’s a Friday, let’s start the day off with some memes! Why? Because memes are easy content—I don’t have to think. 😉 So, what’s my ideal Presidential ticket in 2008? You’re Edwards-Kucinich! As John Edwards, you are just dreamy! You may not have done much with your time, worked with others for very long,Continue reading “On Friday Morning Memes”
On Blowouts
Add this to the list of things I would have been perfectly content to have never experienced in my life—a tire blowing out on the Baltimore Beltway at seventy miles per hour. It was about 8:30. I was a little past the I-795 merge when I noticed several things. One, the Beetle was rattling. Two,Continue reading “On Blowouts”
On Spelling and Punctuation
I have a little problem. My font of English has been permanently defiled. (That’s a Sherlock Holmes reference, for people unfamiliar with the quote. Comes from “His Last Bow.”) My sense of spelling and punctuation was ruined at a very young age thanks to Tolkien, Lewis, and Doyle. I was reading books punctuated in theContinue reading “On Spelling and Punctuation”
On Contempt of Congress
Since taking control of Congress in January, the Democratically-controlled House and Senate have been investigating the role the White House played in the mass firings of eight US Attorneys last fall. Subpeonas were issued, some documents were turned over, and then, the capper. Former Bush aide (and Supreme Court nominee) Harriet Miers was subpeonaed and…Continue reading “On Contempt of Congress”
On 404s and Coding
More pointless techno-geekery! I hadn’t pulled a 404 report off my server in a while. A 404 report, say you? What’s that? Basically, it’s a report that tells me when people tried to access pages that don’t exist on the server. If it’s a full page, they get a message saying that the page hasContinue reading “On 404s and Coding”
On Product Solicits
This afternoon I had to write up product solicits for trading cards. These aren’t especially difficult. The text is generally a given. Usually the most I have to do is to clean up tenses, clean up bolding and italics, add verbs, and give some product specifications like number of cards per pack, number of packsContinue reading “On Product Solicits”
On Mood Icons
A few years ago I used Alden Bates’ Dalek mood icons on the blog. Then, for whatever reason, I stopped using mood icons. In retrospect, it was probably that I’d changed the layout and they didn’t “fit” well with whatever layout I had going at the time. So, we’re going to give them another shot.Continue reading “On Mood Icons”
On the Latest Personality Results
I saw this on a couple of LiveJournals earlier in the week—a personality test! And, because I’m such a follower…. According to this I am: INFPs are introspective, private, creative and highly idealistic individuals that have a constant desire to be on a meaningful path. They are driven by their values and seek peace. EmpatheticContinue reading “On the Latest Personality Results”