I was told that Allen Robinson, creator of Who's Doctor Who? - A Biography of The Doctor and regular rec.arts.drwho contributor, passed away due to a heart attack yesterday at 49.

sad.

BBC Online - Cult - Doctor Who - Photonovels
Cool way to capture parts of Doctor Who that are no longer available on video anywhere, posted on the net....

The Anti-Christs - Radiohead defies rock's own, personal Jesus myth. by Alex Abramovich
I need to buy Amnesiac. Like soon.

Though I've been listening to Boiled In Lead's Alloy a bunch this week, as I finally got a copy of it in.

But now that the world-historical context has simmered down and a somewhat tamer generation has filled out the hobbit-loving ranks, everyone can see they're just geeks.

- The Village Voice: Features: Lord of the Geeks by Julian Dibbell (via Slashdot)

I just got back from seeing Moulin Rouge (see Tim Wick's Review on the MISFITS site) --- one of the stranger movies I've ever seen. I can't rate it yet, don't know what to think about it really.

Actor Duchovny Still Hangs with Aliens

I'm just waiting for Duchovny's autobiography to come out: "I am not Mulder".

(I might see Evolution though -- an alien Ghostbusters has already been done once with Men in Black, but hey, it'll depend on how the schedule is....

Dot-Commers To Receive Unemployment Benefits In Form Of Stock Options
Ah, nothing like the Onion to make me feel a little better in these scary times...

WHUMP dot COM: More Like This Web Log
I'd looked at this briefly once before, but this is really the way these things should really be done. Though I'm not really likely to spend that much time doing anything sophisticated on it either.

I also should look at Tracerlock one of these days, which I saw pointed to on WHUMP as well.

SF Minnesota has updated their site some since I looked at it last.

(I should register for Diversicon, shouldn't I....)

A Stethoscope for Your TV - Is there a methodical way to tell when a TV show's kaput? by Robert Knafo is recommending jump the shark as a site that says when a TV show has passed the point of no return....

Yes, it lists Doctor Who, Babylon 5, Buffy and The X-Files -- though I still haven't looked at the entries in detail, I'll do that later when I have more time...

Salon.com Books | The book of the century
Who needs fan articles about Tolkien when you've got something like Salon doing all the work? :)

Still, very interesting. Though at the same time, I bet it won't be long before we're all very very sick of Lord of the Rings stuff, as the movies come along and the marketing machines take more and more control. I mean, I'm anxiously awaiting the movies as much as any good geek, but people have been waiting for (what is hopefully) a quality live-action adaptation of the Lord of the Rings for so long it makes the wait for Star Wars: Episode 1 seem like nothing in comparison...

The information about June's MN British Television Viewing Society is up. It's an all day pot-lock grill type event, so is worth checking out if you haven't been to one before.

I went ahead and created a listmania list on Amazon.com of some essential albums. Though there are actually some I think I need to get now... :)

I went to the IMAX at the Minnesota Zoo to see Cyberworld 3D, which was great fun to see some computer animation in 3D on a huge screen. It was a lot of fun. I'll have to head back there to see the Meerkats exhibit sometime -- I haven't gone to the zoo in years, and should get around to a return visit.

I then went to Twin-Cities Mechwars it was a fun afternoon of seeing machines beat each other up -- and quite frequently destroy most of the glass surrounding the arena as well. I hope they had enough of an attendence to keep going in future years; but they're going to do something at the state fair this year as well, apparently.

Then it was off to the MISFITS picnic, and while the weather didn't always co-operate, it was good fun, and some good food.

And today has just been a lazy day around the house after the long day of yesterday, as I slept in late and then haven't managed to do much else. Though I finished The Turing Test so now I have to figure out what next to read.... probably time to choose a book that isn't Doctor Who as I've got a bunch of those to read as well...