July 2011
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“Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make...”
– William Gibson (via littleorphanammo)
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Enthusiasms: Flags →
dailymeh:
“There is hopeful symbolism”, Arthur C. Clarke wrote, “in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.”
In his piece about 9/11, David Foster Wallace noted that the day after, everyone had flags. Small flags, huge flags. Flags everywhere. Where everyone got their flags from was a mystery to…
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paperboy asked: La moza en cuestión es Beatrice Chirita. De nada.
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"Alien 3 is not that bad"
I’m writing this post in my best Carlos Adama-ish mindset. Here it goes:
Aliens
100s of aliens including the alien queen
a colourful, top-notch cast of memorable characters
an absurd amount of firepower
a plethora of scenarios, including: space stations, an alien hive, the surface of another planet and the Sulaco
androids
Power Armor
explosions
James Cameron, at the peak of his...
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On the role of Superman in Nolan's DK universe →
“Nolan has created a world in which a costumed vigilante fights organised crime using fear and wealth. Not an entirely realistic world, but one that has the right amount of internal logic for it to make sense and seem real. Sticking Supes in there would make it a world in which a costumed vigilante exists side-by-side with a flying super-powered alien. That’s like making a sequel...
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A 360º panorama of Pripyat (Chernobyl) →
Enjoy.
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"Without a 97.5% cut for the middlemen, there... →
“A band might think it’s getting royalties on $20 million worth of sales but then find out that, thanks to some of these fun tricks, the basis for calculating the royalty takes that number all the way down to $4.9 million (and then with a 10% royalty, the official take is $490,000 — but if the advance is $1 million… the band still technically “owes”...
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