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| Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 |
krasota
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8:29p |
We dropped ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) explodingcat off at the South Bend South Shore Line station around noon today. He called when he got to Chicago and he's probably getting to UIUC right around now. I know he has to check in, walk to a grocery store, and get settled, but I imagine I'll hear from him sooner or later. Ronan took a late nap and is now rather crabby. *sigh* And I wonder what he'll do when Daddy isn't in bed tonight or tomorrow morning. I didn't buy a bedrail. We don't use them for naps or when Ronan's in bed with just one of us, so I hope it's not an issue. The bed here is a queen, just like home, so I might not pick one up. Whiskey occasionally walks through the house, looking for Tom. Current Mood:  tired |
warren_ellis
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5:40p |
San Diego Comic-Con 2009
Okay, the word got out a while ago, and I’m being drowned in emails tonight, so let’s get this done. By the power of contractual obligation, I am appearing at the San Diego Comic-Con 2009 under the exclusive aegis of Sony, Madhouse and Marvel Anime. I am in San Diego for something less than 36 hours. This is my only appearance at San Diego. Here’s the press release.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Marvel Entertainment Inc. and Madhouse Present an Exclusive Sneak Peek at the Re-imagining of Marvel’s Legendary Super Heroes
MARVEL ANIME TV SERIES
AT COMIC-CON
Get an Exciting First-Look at the All New Anime Iron Man and Wolverine
At the Marvel Animation Panel on Friday, July 24 at 4:30 PM
Culver City, CA (7/15/09) – Marvel Entertainment Inc., has partnered with renowned Japanese animation studio Madhouse (Paprika, Tokyo Godfathers) to create four all new anime versions of classic Marvel Super Heroes. Get an exciting first glimpse of two of the planned four series at this year’s Comic-Con International, the country’s leading comics and popular arts convention. The Marvel Animation Panel will be held on Friday, July 24, and will include an exclusive first look at official teaser trailers for two of these new series, hosted by writer and multiple-Eagle Award winner Warren Ellis, who will appear to discuss writing the all new adventures of these re-imagined Super Heroes.
These Marvel Anime TV series are being created as a way of merging the beloved Marvel Super Heroes of western culture with the bold animation tradition of Japan. The resulting product will be four visually groundbreaking anime series featuring popular Super Heroes redesigned and repurposed as emerging from the fabric of Japanese culture. The series is expected to begin appearing on the Animax channel in Japan in spring of 2010.
The Marvel Animation Panel with run from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, July 24, at the San Diego Convention Center. A one-hour autograph signing with Ellis will follow the panel at Marvel’s Comic-Con booth #2429.
Madhouse, Inc., established in 1972 with offices in Tokyo, Los Angeles and Beijing, is one of the top animation studios in the world working exclusively with some of Japan’s top anime directors. They have created many well-known titles such as worldwide hits Ninja Scroll, Vampire Hunter D, Trigun, Tokyo Godfathers, and Metropolis, Japanese successful TV series such as “Death Note” and “Nana”, as well as Paprika (an Official Selection at the 2006 Venice Film Festival) and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2007 Japanese Academy Award for Best Film – Animation)
Marvel Entertainment, Inc. is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 5,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in licensing, entertainment (via Marvel Studios and Marvel Animation) and publishing (via Marvel Comics). Marvel’s strategy is to leverage its franchises in a growing array of opportunities around the world, including feature films, consumer products, toys, video games, animated television, direct-to-DVD and online.
Contacts:
Mac McLean
Click Communications
818.392.8863
mac@click-comm.com
Ann Hinshaw
Dan Klores Communications
212.981.5160
(Automatically crossposted from warrenellis.com. Feel free to comment here or at my internet church at Whitechapel. If anything in this post looks weird, it's because LJ is run on steampipes and rubber bands -- please click through to the main site.) |
bellacrow
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5:02p |
One weird thing about the movie They said "Merry Christmas", not "Happy Christmas• Posted via LiveJournal.app. |
| Thursday, July 16th, 2009 |
ferrouswheel
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11:55a |
Apologies for fall through
Hey people who asked for Jetpilot t-shirts and things. I've had to assess my finances a little, and also consider the likelihood of my contracts ending soon. Also there's the fact that the shirts and things are a lot more expensive in $NZ than $AUS, and I'd basically be paying full RRP anyway. Thus I apologise in my decision to hang on to the cash, perhaps when I feel a bit more flush I'll make an order - but there's no particular reason to do it now since I'm not getting a discount at all (*grumps*). Sorry! Hate to renege on an offer. ;-( On the plus side, a new DJ mix is in the works and should be completed soon. |
| Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 |
flemco
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6:42p |
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etcet
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7:22p |
[WotD] Wednesday
Lunchtime: "Carry On" (Assorted 60 meter carries, styled after T-Nat's column yesterday) - Suitcase Carry - 65# -30m each arm
- Uneven Carry - 54# & 36# KB - swap hands @ 30m
- Front Carry (between legs, straight arms) - 65#
- Overhead Walk - 2x36# KB
- Pull-ups - 2x10 After Hours (and after un-fucking my internet connection):- Deadlift - 1x10 @ 225#, 2x5 @ 175#
- EZ Bar Curls - 2x10 @ 50#
- EZ Bar Overhead Press - 2x10 @ 50#
- Bench Press - 1x10 @ 135#, 2x5 @ 155# (also known as "getting back on the horse") Had to give flag football a miss in the interest of taking care of the 'tubes, I'm afraid. |
| Thursday, July 16th, 2009 |
isaacfreeman
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12:02p |
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| Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 |
james_nicoll
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6:57p |
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| Thursday, July 16th, 2009 |
isaacfreeman
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11:39a |
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isaacfreeman
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11:36a |
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| Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 |
bellacrow
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3:48p |
No napping. Must have more coffee or coke. Kinda spacey but I think that's from the late lunch. This sucks Posted via LiveJournal.app. |
warren_ellis
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4:01p |
Shipping Broken
As a coda to the previous post, Jamais Cascio notes how the touchscreen generation interacts with a Kindle:
They try to "turn the page" by flicking a finger across the screen. But the Kindle doesn’t have a touch screen….Which means that the second thing that people checking out my Kindle do is get a funny confused look — why doesn’t it work?…
I did exactly the same thing the first time I handled one, funnily enough. I’m not iPhone-entrained, I’m Palm-entrained…
(Automatically crossposted from warrenellis.com. Feel free to comment here or at my internet church at Whitechapel. If anything in this post looks weird, it's because LJ is run on steampipes and rubber bands -- please click through to the main site.) |
| Thursday, July 16th, 2009 |
retro_futurism
[ panzer_papa ]
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1:43a |
 Источник, увы, не знаю |
| Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 |
darkrepast
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3:26p |
To Louisana: Day 1
I might not be able to write again while on the trip depending on the internet options but I'm here now after a relatively uneventful flight. I have to say that the airline industry is about the most absurd bunch of craziness that I've ever encountered. I love that it costs to check a bag and if you're an 'elite' member of their club, you can check a bag for free! Sweet, service that I've had for years distributed as a perk. Houston was too fast to say anything about. But now that we're here in Louisiana, thee's a tremendous lightning storm. It's totally wild, big thunder, crazy lightning and rain moving in sheets. It's still rumbling behind me as we wait for someone else at the air port. Odd thing. We got here before 4:00 PM. None of the food was really open. I don't know when people eat here but it must be damn early. here were two places that appeared open but they weren't particularly inviting. I wasn't going to go diving into a pizza hut where the people couldn't be bothered to do their job. No thanks :P Anyway, I don't have a lot else to say... but that's the story so far. |
retro_futurism
[ myvintagevogue ]
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3:17p |
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bellacrow
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2:55p |
Oh to be one of the set designers for Harry Potter ... I adore the aesthetic Posted via LiveJournal.app. |
| Thursday, July 16th, 2009 |
tatjna
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9:38a |
*insert snappy title here*
Discovery of the morning - two of the work type jackets that are hanging in my wardrobe actually have pockets! The makers had done that thing where they put in pockets and then sew them shut so they hang nicely on the rack. Now, I buy all of my work clothes in op shops, so that means these jackets have had at least one previous owner that hadn't discovered the pockets. Go figure. Frantic unpicking of some very tight stitching ensued. And now I can actually carry my cellphone without having to carry a bag. This is momentous. Yes it is. ( There's this book )And for edm, who very kindly fiddled with our non-existent internet last night, I did call Telstraclear, and yes, the outage was at their end, and they reckon it's fixed now. Thank you for the helpful advice - I'm now confident that I can at least diagnose whose problem it is when/if it happens again. Yay! PS I've had this icon for a while but this is the first time I've remembered to use it. |
| Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 |
magdaleneveen
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2:33p |
I have opened a real site at Atelier Noir. This post has been crossposted. You should follow me on twitter here. |
efw
[ goose_entity ]
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4:28p |
OP states OP is reticulating splines. |
blinkingtears
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2:16p |
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warren_ellis
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2:29p |
A Sony Walkman, By God
My poor ancient Archos Jukebox FM Receiver is old and suffering now, and is being retired from the field and given pride of place as desktop storage. Which put me in the market for a new mp3 player.
Amazingly, I find myself once again in possession of a Sony Walkman.
Of all the things to once again possess. I’ve just written something for The Wire music magazine about personal soundtracks, and the Sony Walkman is what started it. I don’t think, holding my original tape-playing Walkman in my hands, it even occurred to me that such a thing could or should hold a library of music and a day’s worth of TV shows. When I showed this tiny, heavy thing to Lili, I’m wondering now if she was thinking, "yeah, it plays music, but what else does it do?" She didn’t ask, but, knowing her, I wonder if that was going through her head. Whether that’s what goes through the heads of her Western generation, the third (?) internet generation. Where’s the controller? What else does it do?
Having only had the thing a few hours, I fat-fingered the slightly awkward mp3 slider bar while playing her a piece of music on it, watching her fingers twitching. A one-second slip, and she was in there, "give me that, old man," tapping the touchscreen (that she’s never used before). She’s the generation that listens to music on YouTube — and I was about to comment that she’s of the generation entirely used to overcompressed music, until I realised that I grew up listening to toppy medium-wave radio, where people specifically recorded for its quirks. Bass almost completely disappears in pop music until 1988, when it becomes a club and rave experience again. The Associates rigged an entire drum kit with nothing but snares so the sound popped on radio. The only real difference between YouTube and BBC Radio 1 is that she gets to search and choose exactly what she wants to listen to, circling outwards to associated links to find similar and new things. Control.
Clay Shirky’s line about how anything that ships without a mouse is broken — that’s her generation. (I still think he was just one foot behind the time — I understand he was working from an anecdote, but I can’t help thinking the word he should have used is "touchscreen.")
I found Lili crosslegged on her bed earlier, her guitar in her hands, earbuds in, watching something on her open laptop. I suspect it was either a guitar lesson, some tabs she’s been looking for, or listening to Theory Of A Dead Man and trying to detune her guitar to C-sharp to capture their tone. That’s how she treats the laptop — what else does it do? And the very conjuring of all those elements in the first line illustrates that her generation do not live with their heads in a laptop or a DS Lite or whatever. Less so, even, than the previous generation. It’s a fully integrated part of their lives, a Swiss army knife for the world. What else does it do?
If I tell her I have a YouTube app on the Sony Walkman I’ll never get the bloody thing back.
(I’m sure I was going to write about something else, but then I got off on a ramble. Oh well. File it under Brainjuice and move on.)
(Did I mention Lili won a Young Engineers award last week? She came home today with some weird mathematics award I don’t quite understand. I’m slightly afraid she’s going to operate on me in the night and I’ll wake up as a cyborg slave.)
(Automatically crossposted from warrenellis.com. Feel free to comment here or at my internet church at Whitechapel. If anything in this post looks weird, it's because LJ is run on steampipes and rubber bands -- please click through to the main site.) |
| Thursday, July 16th, 2009 |
hravan
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8:53a |
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| Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 |
retro_futurism
[ panzer_papa ]
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11:48p |
Flying Car
 Norman Bel Geddes: Concept Model for a Flying Car (1945) |
| Thursday, July 16th, 2009 |
beagl
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8:39a |
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| Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 |
dooomkitten
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1:13p |
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