As it looks like some unwanted people have found their way to the website, I have taken measures to increase security.
Password changed to an even more secure one than previously. The older one was quite secure, but I am not going to take the risk. Of course, no clues to what it might look like.
Other measures that I am not going to tell you about.
Thank you for your attention.
When I have finished the reading/watching and voting for the Hugo Awards – some time in Early August I have a few things in mind that I would like to do, SciFi wise.
Audio stories :
Catching up on some podcasts – they all have some absolutely marvelous stories (even if not all will be to my liking, there wil be many I like :
– early Escape Pod
– Podcastle
– Starhip Sofa
and other audio drama/audio book podcasts
– Doctor Who (Big Finish) stories – there is a lot, some very good, some ok-ish
Video :
– All of Lost – whenever the last season DVD set is out – it will be an all new one for me long term
– Older Doctor Who , long term project
– Detailed rewatch of Babylon 5 with lots of comment on this blog – will take a lot of time, probably with watching almost every episode twice, so please be patient. Also some comparison to Star Trek DS9 – probably an episode every one or two weeks on average, yes, it will be a long term project
Since I have seen B5 a few times by now, each episode review will probably be a relatively spoiler free post, followed by a review in the context of the whole story – possibly with some extra comments on issues of special interest to me (and hopefully others)
– Rewatch of (more or less) all Star Trek, with blog comments on the episodes I enjoy – another long term project
– Supernatural (first watch) – it comes recommended
– Second seasons of Dollhouse and Fringe
– Chuck – that is a fun one
All this will be a bit at a time, no great marathons, except when I visit a good scifi friend
Dexter – not scifi, but good TV drama, *very dark*
… and much more
Books :
– All of George RR. Martin’s Son of Ice and Fire – well, what is out there, since he will be Guest of Honor at the Eastercon/Olympus2012 in London – I got through the first volume Game of thrones by now
More Dresden Files books – they are fun and I got through the first two for now
– Dan Simmons’ Hyperion series
– Babylon 5 books, including the script books series – partly in conjunction with re-watching the series
– Some graphic novels and comics, especially ones written by J. Michael Straczynski, but others, too
…and much more reading of scifi/fantasy old and new that I cannot yet specify
If this looks like a lot …. well, it is, and I am probably not going to get any of it done fast, but here we go, and I will see how much will be achieved
Lately I have re-entered into building electronics equipment, and this will take some time from the scifi stuff – yes , I am prioritizing, so some scifi stuff will be done
For now, until the end of July, the Hugo awards’ stuff has high priority
What is this mania with Login ID’s ?!?
Just went to read a blog entry and wanted to make a comment. Duefully writing the comment , filling in name and email, and the captcha and :
“Could not publish the comment, please enter the captcha code”
WHAT !!!?!?!?!
I just did that ….
Tried once more, could have been typo , or some of those captchas are simply not readable, but no luck.
Then it struck me : You have to “join” just to make a comment !!!
How many login ID’s do we have nowadays ? more than enough to make it absolutely impossible to remember unique ID’s and Passwords – in other words , too many.
I will name this the YALID Syndrome (Yet Another Login ID)
It has been a while since I last had an entry here, things have been a bit hectic.
I became a supporting membert of the Anticipation Worldcon 2009, and with that came the right to vote on the Hugo Awards.
So for a month I was – among other things – busy reading 4 of the nominated novels, listening to the short stories, and a few other things.
Also, I have been more active building some radio equipment, and have had a successful attempt of receiving the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
I went to see the new Star Trek movie with a friend in Denmark, and finally I have been active learning more Tai Chi and Qigong.
Some of those activities will result in some new entries in the near future. Right now I am taking it a bit easy – and watching the new “Torchwood” series : “Children of Earth”. The first episode looks very promising, so let us hope that carries through the whole story.
I just stumbled over an article in the “Bad Astronomy” blog, a reply to someone claiming that science is devoid of imagination.
I particularly like the “boiled down” version of the reply :
“Without imagination, science is a dictionary”
since without imagination science (and technology would never have brought us anywhere, certainly we would not be discussing the topic on the Internet.
Today I have updated the theme of my blog, so that it should be easier to navigate.
More may be on the way.
This blog will predominantly deal with Science Fiction and Fantasy that I have seen/read/heard. Additionally some science information and some photos will be posted.
Expect my love of the TV series Babylon 5 (just look at the title) to dominate this blog , especially in the beginning.
Also expect some excursions into the realm of real science and mythology, both related to SciFi/Fantasy – and probably a lot of other diverse stuff
Jan , The Babylon Lurker