Monthly Archives: May 2006

The Sword of Shannara

The Sword of ShannaraBy Terry Brooks (© 1977)Read by Scott Brick. 2003 Books on Tape, Inc.Unabridged 17 cassettes, List price: $144, available for $115. I paid $40 on eBay Obviously, The Sword of Shannara is a simplified rehash of themes, characters and even some events from Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit without Tolkien's […]

Chesley Bonestell – Mr. Smith Goes to Venus

I get quite a few hits for my blog entry on Chesley Bonestell scans. I put a link to a more formal page to view the images. I hope that this helps the searchers. Chesley Bonestell – Mr. Smith Goes to Venus

Free Name A Star

My website NameAGalaxy.com found its way to a few MySpace pages and is now killing me with bandwidth. Hundreds of teeny boppers are naming galaxies after their favorite pet, or heart throb, or their favorite teacher. Mother’s Day nearly brought the site down. I have purchased another 50 Gigs of bandwidth. Each PDF certificate costs […]

OFFICIAL SCI-FI BOYS WEBSITE

This site recently hit one of my webrings. What I like about it is that it shows the difference between the terms Science Fiction and Sci-Fi. Hugo Gernsback invented Science Fiction as a genre and then created the words Scientifiction and Science Fiction to describe it. Forest Ackerman invented the term Sci-Fi to describe the […]

製品仮組写真

The Astrodea watch. It costs about $400 and is only available in Japan right now, but it should be available in the states by Christmas. Just in time to buy a christmas present for your favorite blogger.製品仮組写真

Straight Up Blues in Nyack Last Night

I made a gallery of pictures from the gig last night. Lots of fun!

Eliot Engel – Spammer Scum

I hate spam. I hate it more when our elected officials do it. Here’s another jerk who has lost my vote. Whoever told Eliot that it is a good thing to spam should be fired. It’s harder to be a liberal than ever, especially when idiots fill up my mail box with illegal spam. The […]

Office Live and Google Adsense

I fooled around with Office Live and I have given up on it. I have the site ScienceFictional.com. Getting content on the site was way too much work, but before I gave up, I was able to get Google Adsense working on the site. It took a major effort.I am happy to say the at […]