Fans of Michael Crichton know the formula. You take a sliver of technology, let it go awry, and then send in a mixed team of experts to stop it or rescue the previous team. What you get is Jurassic Park, Andromeda Strain, Coma, Runaway, Disclosure, etc.…
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I thought it was interesting to see the Rotten Tomatoes ratings for some movies currently in theaters. There’s really nothing out that’s worth seeing right now if you believe the ratings. I’m just glad to see that Conan still beats The Smurfs even though it lost to a shark and a guy in a space suit.…
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EU site for a Financial Consulting company in Belgium featuring pictures of Antwerp and Brussels and the CV of the principal.
Local consulting firm web site featuring a store of quotes to be served up to visitors.
I just finished reading
Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi. This is a reimagining of H. Beam Piper’s
Little Fuzzy. John Scalzi brought he bit of classic sci-fi up to a modern style. The story features a prospector, Jack Holloway, and his dog who stumble upon a valuable gem deposit on a planet devoid of intelligent life.…
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Web site for a Weimaraner breeder featuring pictures of the puppies, links to social media, timely updates and eCommerce links.
It’s cool to see one of my favorite composers performing in my adopted city. Bear McCreary is know for his work on SyFy and SciFi show soundtracks. I first noticed his work in Battlestar Galactica as weaved jimi Hendrix’s “All Along the Watchtowers” into the show’s musical theme.…
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Kristine Rusch has created a future where Earth is part of a sort of United Nations of planets but in this UN the Earth is about as important as Tuvalu. I’ve only read the first three of the novels but I am looking forward to the next one.…
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I was having trouble with YahooIM and decided to log into yahoo.com. In the middle of all the spam was a message from AT&T about my home DSL account. It’s strange they send the message to this account instead of the one where they send the bill every month.…
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This weekend my son helped me install our new bronze mailbox. It is an upgrade from our previous temporary mailbox. The only reason this was such a project is that with the heat the ground is like concrete. The posthole digger was getting bent when striking the ground.…
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Whenever you go into the theater to see a new movie in an old franchise you run the risk of being disappointed. Series like Superman, Batman, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica even Fletch have all been given the “reimagining” treatment with varying degrees of success.…
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Thanks to the latest update to the Apple TV 2 software I can not watch any TV show that I have ever purchased from iTunes via streaming. Previously I had to keep a copy of anything I’d ever bought in case I ever wanted to watch it again.…
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