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Part Kid, Part Machine, All Cop.
via Xeni Jardin, Boing, Boing The fastest reflexes modern technology has to offer. On-board computer-assisted memory. And a lifetime of on-the-street law enforcement programming. It is my great pleasure to present to you: Robocop. The boy insisted for months that he wanted to be a robot for Halloween. His sister was a robot when she…
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Original Darth Vader costume up for sale in London
Tweet: @darthvader I send my suit out for dry cleaning & this is what happens. Someone will pay dearly, most likely @vaderssecretary LONDON – The Force can be with you — for a price. Christie’s auction house says it is selling an original Darth Vader costume from the “Star Wars” movie franchise. The jet-black helmet,…
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Dunkin the Vampire Slayer
What could possibly bring together a 450 pound vampire slayer, a drunken, acid-tongued detective, a good natured carpenter, bureaucratic vampires, giant anacondas, mutant vampire bats, Ho Hos, Twinkies and more one-liners than a night at the comedy club? Dunkin, the vampire slayer blends all this discordance and more into a hilarious adventure that moves from…
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Speculations (Stan Lee)
on twitter.com/theRealStanLee: (in sequence…) disclaimer: maybe i’m just easily amused. it did strike me as very funny when he first tweeted these — Hey , remember when I said I’d always warn you if I was gonna toss an ad at you? Okay, get ready for a real good one—about 2 hours ago via web…
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Star Wars: Lego Chess Set
via Twitter/Scott Beale (@laughingsquid): Brandon Griffith created a wonderfully detailed “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back LEGO Chess” with a removable lid so that all the pieces can be stored inside the base of the chess set. It’s a follow up to his “A New Hope” LEGO chess set
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Cakes for Geeks
via Twitter: Yay! … unlazied? RT @GettingMauled: @mightymur ‘s birthday cake on cakewrecks! http://bit.ly/bDp0qi now I can say I unlazied! — so i clicked on the link (of course). i’ve been to Cake Wrecks before, but these were special! 7 cakes of geek inspired goodness, posted either because they were seen at DragonCon or reminded…
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Sci-Fi Air Show
Bill George is a Visual Effects Supervisor who works at Industrial Light and Magic, and is a huge fan of the prop spaceships used in SF movies and TV. He’s put together the Sci-Fi Air Show, featuring an Eagle from Space: 1999, a Colonial Viper from the original Battlestar Galactica, and several others. I am…
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Oasis 23 Con Report
O*W*C members often send us reports that detail their experiences at various conventions. Joy V. Smith recently attended Oasis 23, and kindly sent us her report. You can see the whole list of past reports here.
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They May as Well Close Down the Internet
Because the Pinnacle of Awesome has been achieved. Click to enlarge. If you think you can take it. Information about this vision, and the contest attached to it, is here.
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Hugo Rant Redux
Last September I posted an opinion piece in which I lamented the fact that World Science Fiction Conventions, since 2001, no longer reliably produce a Hugo award for best Science Fiction novel. There was a fairly spirited (for here) discussion regarding the relative merits of ensuring that SF retains a presence in the novel category…