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Entries in Geek culture (4)

Thursday
May102012

True words

An awesome outlook on life from a great webcomic.  I've decided to challenge myself to think this way when the opportunity arises:

Saturday
Jun282008

This makes me happy...

I can't wait:


Teaser from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog on Vimeo

Maybe this will change how Hollywood sees online entertainment.

Friday
Mar282008

The brave few...

It would seem that more and more people are becoming inspired to don the regalia of the worthy and take to the streets to fight for their fellow (wo)man. These modern-day superheroes may lack super powers, but their hearts are in the right place. God speed Angle-grinder Man, Superbarrio, and Squeegeeman. May you and your growing legion of urban right-doers watch over us in our times of need.


Superbarrio

Wednesday
Mar262008

The new face of media...

A couple of fine examples of artists (one actress/writer and one author) showing that the major networks do not need to result to strong-arm tactics when it comes to intellectual property:

Exhibit A - Harper Collins made American Gods by Neil Gaiman available for free. According to Mr. Gaiman this has resulted in a 300% increase in sales of a book that was published five years ago. For those of you reading this before March 31, 2008, the book can be found here.

Exhibit B - Webisodes (serially-produced content distributed on the web) has been gaining a foot hold in the minds of the public. Popularity of The Guild, penned by and starring Felicia Day of, has been climbing steadily since debuting last summer. They find themselves in the enviable position of having so much funding (for their immediate needs, at least) that they are no longer accepting donations.

A-list writer Joss Whedon is also getting in on the act with the forthcoming Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-Long Blog, which will hopefully be appearing on the interweb soon.