Is this, or is this not, the lamest promotional item evar? When I picked up the DVD at Costco for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (for educational purposes, mind you), it said, “Free Sky Captain Playing Cards Inside!” When I opened the long box, I saw the card in the image on top…
DeliciousExporter
The DVD collection is no longer on this site, so some of the links below are to half-broken archived versions in the Internet Archive. I’ve finally made an update to my sorely out-of-date DVD collection page, now with additions for music (mostly there), books (a long way to go) and games (console’s there, but nothing…
The Complete Guide to Isometric Pixel Art
The Complete Guide to Isometric Pixel Art: create your own Copeland style artwork.
Arclight Cinema
This has got to be the coolest theatre evar— exactly the sort of theatre I’d love to own someday.
Small Children + Outings = Fun for the Whole Family!
Oh, did I say “fun?” I meant “illness.” I haven’t been online or talked to anyone (aside from a few fact-finding missions from the office) since late Sunday night now, because I have been seriously ill with whatever the rest of the family had last week. So many, many hours in front of the TiVo…
Anti-Spam
Wow! Finally, a way to combat comment spammers that seems it will work! I found this excellent comment verification code on Jeff Barr’s blog. Instead of the type-in-a-name method, I went with the simpler checkbox next to the phrase “I am not a spammer.” Simple to implement and easy to use for readers. Yay!
Thanksgiving Fixin’s
I got into an interesting discussion with several people yesterday about what unique dishes they always have at their Thanksgiving table. My family always had the usual fare of mashed potatoes, gravy, bread stuffing and the seemingly ubiquitous “yam bake” made with sweet potatoes and marshmallows. I remember there also being celery, sweet pickles, dinner…