Eliyes

Today -- November 16, 2011 -- the US Congress is holding hearings about a possible American Internet censorship system. If this bill is passed, it will not only affect every 'net user and service provider in the states, it will set a terrible precedent for the rest of the world as well. Find out more here

(And if anyone can tell me how to get that code to work on LJ, let me know!)

Nepal has added a category for transgendered people to their census. I think.

Link-bump!

Over on Jeff's Gameblog, he's posted a new entry called Rules for that ol' Kirk charm, which are from a gaming magazine.

My favourite part is the way that the fact that Kirk is unlucky in love and thus his normal Luck bonus does not apply is repeated twice in the rules. XD

~<3

So, you've probably heard of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and are aware that they are named after four master painters.

I urge you to check out the Ninja Masters! XD

sheafrotherdon has posted a fic festival on her LJ -- anyone here interested in the three things listed in my subject line for this post should check it out. (It's not 100% clear if non-McShep commentfic is allowed, but if that's what rings you're bell, you could ask.)

CLICK THIS and scroll down as the music plays, picspam/rap lyrics for the ST09 movie.

ROCK OUT WITH YOUR SPOCK OUT \\//_

If you've ever wondered why people aren't leaving you comments -- or are still snorfling up your sleeve about people who flounce away from LJ because they apparently aren't getting enough comments, or the right ones, or something like that -- it's your lucky day, because thefourthvine has the answers.

;3

UncannyXmen.Net did a spotlight on Chris Bradley!

"Who?" you may ask, and I wouldn't be surprised. He was a kid with lightning powers who the X-Men took in only to discover that he had the Legacy Virus. That all happened in X-Men Unlimited #8. What even most people who read that book don't know is that his story didn't end there! Alas, it did end, and quite tragically. Read all about it!

The thing about looking for fanart on deviantart is that you will find a) a lot of unrelated crap, and b) a lot of crappy art.

But sometimes, there's good stuff. Like these:

Iceman by ReillyBrown I like the smile.
Titanbolzen did a picture of three recent artistic takes on Iceman, but in his own style, and managed to make them look like a progression.
And finally, something which can really only be explained by quoting the post title and the post comment:
Somewhere In Scott's Mind
"Emma Frost has no idea what Northstar, Lockheed, and Bobby-Drake-in-Fishnets are doing there."

XD

I know someone on my f-list not too long ago was wonder where these crossovers were hiding, but I can't remember who! So, for the edification of any and all, I share this link: it's a list of crossover fic between SG-1 and/or SGA, and NCIS. Note that's it's not a list of recs, just an index of all the available such fic found by the lister.

A monocycle is not a unicycle. With a unicycle, you ride above the wheel. With a monocycle?

You ride inside the wheel. Check out how this thing was built. That man is brilliant.

Much less expensive DIY: repaint NERF stuff! I feel an opportunity to make awesome laser tag custom guns is out there, waiting to be seized!

Those work. This doesn't, and I doubt it plays music anymore, but it's kinda pretty...

How To Make A Hat - mostly costumey stuff, not actually real hats.

How to generate electricity from body heat - awesome! I'd love to stop having to plug in my cell phone to charge mid-conversation.

Retropolis T-shirts - the Space Cadet one is probably the most appropriate for me, but I like most of these. :D

Like Risk^TM? Like stained glass? How about both, combined in coffee table form?

The portion of England that brought us Lovejoy now produced computerized lip-reading. COINCIDENCE? I think not. Obviously extreme measures must be taken to get the best of that wily divvie. (I'm not kidding about the robots!)

More awesome science over at Accelerating Future's article on the Top 10 Transhumanist Technologies Why, hello there, Island Three. You're looking lovely today! :D So much prettier than Kalpana One. (Warning! link is a .pdf)

I feel I should end this with another warning, one dating back to 1955 or so, but still relevant, in it's way, today.

*ahem*

ACHTUNG!

ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENPEEPERS!

DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN! ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKSEN.

IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.

ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN.



Words to live by, my friends. Words to live by.

Attention X-Men fans, former X-Men fans, and people who don't consider themselves fans per se but are reasonably familiar with the stories: watch X-Men: Phoenix Season, a satirical little flash animation that I, for one, really like. Their doorbell is awesome, and all the gestures are done very well even though only The Blob has arms. Or a mouth.

And for the Star Trek fans in the audience, there's an extremely well-edited fake trailer for STAR TREK XI: THE WRATH OF KIRK here. But if the idea of the original crew waging war against the ST:TNG crew upsets you, perhaps give it a miss.

More geekery as it happens!