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Random thoughts make a Saturday past
Jul. 25th, 2009 07:11 pmAccording to iTunes I have 1.5 days of music stored-- which doesn't explain why I've been playing the same album all week--the Transformers Revenge of the Fallen soundtrack. And yes, it was New Divide by Linkin Park that sparked my earlier survey on incomprehensible lyrics.
Starting with a small grump-- Torchwood Children of Earth was shown on the BBC in the UK before making it over to BBC America two weeks later. Fair enough, except that despite my best efforts to avoid all sections of the internet where I might be spoiled, I was in fact spoiled. Sigh. I knew it was going to happen but virtuously avoided all of the illegal torrent sites where I could have downloaded the episodes on the same day they were broadcast in the UK. Ultimately I think simultaneous worldwide release is going to have to be the model for television, movies and books--the internet has made the world that much smaller, and fans just aren't prepared to wait.
But not all is gloom, and wanted to pass along things that made my day:
First, the BBC story about the medieval soldier database which has detailed service records for a quarter million medieval soldiers. Much like today's bureaucrats, medieval government officials were apparently obsessed with records and making sure they got what they were paying for. The database itself is linked to from the article or can be found here.
Also from the BBC, Top Gear star James May is building a two-storey house out of Legos and seeks volunteers to help. Money quote: "I've got a man working on a flushing Lego lavatory. We think it's possible." I hearts the Top Gear nuts. And if you live near Surrey, show up at his place on Saturday August 1st to assemble your share of the three million bricks.
And finally, Tim Gunn, of Project Runway fame, will appear in a new Marvel comic series where he'll get to don Iron Man's armor. Such a cracktastically awesome idea that I had to check to make sure it wasn't a Comic-Con hoax.
ETA:I have enough USAir points for a free ticket to London. It would be absolutely ridiculous for me to cash them in and head to Surrey next weekend and help with operation Lego-house, right?
Starting with a small grump-- Torchwood Children of Earth was shown on the BBC in the UK before making it over to BBC America two weeks later. Fair enough, except that despite my best efforts to avoid all sections of the internet where I might be spoiled, I was in fact spoiled. Sigh. I knew it was going to happen but virtuously avoided all of the illegal torrent sites where I could have downloaded the episodes on the same day they were broadcast in the UK. Ultimately I think simultaneous worldwide release is going to have to be the model for television, movies and books--the internet has made the world that much smaller, and fans just aren't prepared to wait.
But not all is gloom, and wanted to pass along things that made my day:
First, the BBC story about the medieval soldier database which has detailed service records for a quarter million medieval soldiers. Much like today's bureaucrats, medieval government officials were apparently obsessed with records and making sure they got what they were paying for. The database itself is linked to from the article or can be found here.
Also from the BBC, Top Gear star James May is building a two-storey house out of Legos and seeks volunteers to help. Money quote: "I've got a man working on a flushing Lego lavatory. We think it's possible." I hearts the Top Gear nuts. And if you live near Surrey, show up at his place on Saturday August 1st to assemble your share of the three million bricks.
And finally, Tim Gunn, of Project Runway fame, will appear in a new Marvel comic series where he'll get to don Iron Man's armor. Such a cracktastically awesome idea that I had to check to make sure it wasn't a Comic-Con hoax.
ETA:I have enough USAir points for a free ticket to London. It would be absolutely ridiculous for me to cash them in and head to Surrey next weekend and help with operation Lego-house, right?