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Happy Holidays!
For extra credit, try to get this song out of your head now. (Video courtesy of The Jonathan Coulton Project, dedicated to making music videos out of Coulton’s music.)
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Space: 1999 Remixes
The Bleat calls these “a meme of which you may be unaware,” which kind of contradicts what a meme is. It’s certainly surprising* that a crappy 70s SF show has got so much fanlove, though. Weird. Eerie. *Okay, maybe not that surprising, given that even Quark has a tribute site.
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How to Fire Someone in Gotham City
CollegeHumor’s got a point: Employers in Gotham have a much tougher time with disgruntled employees than employers in other cities. Their handy tips for managers facing potential supervillains are here. (via SF Signal’s Twitter feed)
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Help Out Peter Watts
Peter Watts, Hugo-nominated author of Blindsight, had a very bad experience at the U.S./Canadian border, and may need some legal help. His account of the incident is here. Even if this is a simple mistake, it’s going to be costly for him to deal with. John Scalzi and BoingBoing have information on how to help…
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National Animals
(via Miss Cellania)
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RIP Dan O’Bannon
Alien Writer Dan O’Bannon Dies
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Link Dump
15 Weirdest Science Stories of 2009 – Roundup from Discoblog. Everything I Know About Parenting I Learned from Systems Administrators – This makes a lot of sense. Epic Menorah is Epic – It certainly is. Star Wars Status Updates – I especially like the Death Star staff complaining about their boss. Zombocalypse Now – A…
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:::snicker:::
From the always-wonderful-often-geeky Savage Chickens
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Silent Matrix
Russian actor’s group “Big Difference” has captured the tropes of silent film surprisingly well. As Shamus Young (upon whose blog I found this gem) put it, “If The Matrix had been made in the era of silent film, it would have sucked. But it still would have been better than either of the sequels.”
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You Cannot Really Appreciate Shakespeare…
…unless you’ve heard it in the original Klingon. Here you go, then. (via SF Signal)