Some random links for Christmas. Not to be confused, necessarily, with Christmas links.
- You know, at twelve, having a bedroom that’s a replica of the TARDIS probably seems really cool. But will it at thirteen? [via]
- I don’t know… $415 seems like a lot of money just to screw with somebody. But maybe that’s just me. [via]
- I’ve often thought it would be a neat (if completely impractical) idea to trade short story collections like mix CDs. Now comes a way to Build Your Own Anthology. I don’t see much there to whet my appetite — least of all for $14.95 — but your mileage may vary. [via]
- Sleeveface — I find these strangely compelling. [via]
- I once saw a man get down on one knee to propose to his girlfriend in front of Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” in the Museum of Modern Art. That was nothing compared to this. Neil Gaiman, if there was any doubt, is really cool.
- The 20 worst foods in America. I’m glad to say I don’t eat any of these. [via]
- “End of the Line” — a terrific photo essay about Chittagong, where half of the world’s supertankers are disassembled [via]
- Did you know that the Futurama theme song was based on the 1967 “Psyché Rock” by French electronic music composer Pierre Henry? You do now. [via]
- It says something about my growing appreciation for Doctor Who that I’m really enjoying “The Ten Doctors,” a fanfic comic featuring…well, the ten Doctors. I’ve also, amazingly enough, been on something of a Torchwood kick recently, so I may very well be doomed. [via]
- 24: The Unaired 1994 Pilot [via]
- An interesting, if not particularly revealing profile of Darin Morgan, who wrote probably some of the best episodes of The X-Files [via]
- Pac-Man, the Text Adventure — It’s a cute idea, but it’s gameplay, not surprisingly, is pretty limited. [via]
Did you know that the Futurama theme song was based on the 1967 “Psyché Rock†by French electronic music composer Pierre Henry?
I did, actually. Do I get a trivia point? 🙂
It says something about my growing appreciation for Doctor Who that I’m really enjoying “The Ten Doctors,â€
I’ve been reading that, too. It seems like such a self-indulgent continuity-fest that it shouldn’t be as entertaining as it is, but I’m enjoying it.
Did you know it before recently? I’m a little late to the linking game here. It’s what comes from stockpiling links in the news aggregator.
I haven’t read a lot of “The Ten Doctors,” but what I have read has been silly and goofy and delightful. Sometimes too in-jokey for me to understand, but by and large pretty accessible with just a cursory understanding of who the main players are.
(And if you don’t know who the main players are, you could do a lot worse than to read Betty’s article on Doctor Who in the most recent issue of Kaleidotrope. I’m just saying.)
The Torchwood thing, I don’t know. When it’s bad, it’s still really bad, but I’ve been liking it a little more recently. Your suggestion of viewing them as the world’s worst secret investigation unit has helped a little. I decided I had to finish the first season, finally, after seeing this trailer for the second. James Marsters and Freema Agyeman? Yeah, I definitely need to be caught up now.
That Neil Gaiman thing is definitely cool.
I came up with the brilliant idea of popping the question via a customized fortune cookie. Unfortunately, before I got up the nerve one of our friends pulled the exact same fortune cookie trick! I couldn’t believe it.
I wound up popping the question underneath the big whale in the American Museum of National History.