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I’m super, thanks for asking

Curtis Chen
August 31, 2005
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Smallville, the sad excuse for a TV series currently polluting the airwaves, begins its new season on September 29th. The WB has released some new promotional posters, including one with images of Superboy wannabe Tom Welling and new recurring guest…

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And you’re worried about earthquakes?

Curtis Chen
August 29, 2005
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Every so often, I’ll tell someone from out of state that I live in California, and they’ll ask me if I’m concerned about the “Big One” that seismologists predict will hit sometime in the next few decades. I’m not. Because…

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Index-Fu: HDTV

Curtis Chen
August 23, 2005
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(with apologies to John Rogers) Here’s all the research I’ve done on HDTV over the past couple of years. Starred(*) entries are more informative: I like snarky FAQsHow Much For Just The TV?*The Death of QualityBlack FlagI just want to…

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And boy, are my arms tired

Curtis Chen
August 22, 2005
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My team and I flew back from Seattle last night after playing in The Mooncurser’s Handbook Game. This was the first Seattle-based Game we’d played in, and it was fun to see new locations and interact with a slightly different…

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Leaving, on a jet plane

Curtis Chen
August 19, 2005
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I’m headed up to Seattle to play in The Mooncurser’s Handbook Game this weekend. I’m excited and curious, since it’s being run out of the original Game community spawned by Joe Belfiore— albeit not by Joe himself. One of the…

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It’s a Gay World After All

Curtis Chen
August 18, 2005
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WARNING: The following contains explicit language and graphic descriptions of sex. You can thank me later. Funny: I’ve been having a real problem with these homosexuals. You see, just about wherever I go these days, one of them approaches me…

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A Happy Ending

Curtis Chen
August 9, 2005
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This absolutely made my day. Really. I’m over the moon. I first blogged about this last October in “Lame Excuse of the Day”, and though it took a while, reason has finally triumphed: [The] Miami artist… much maligned for 11…

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dude, your paper is all wet

Curtis Chen
August 9, 2005
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Man, how cool is this? Nanotechnology start-up Ecology Coatings says it has developed a spray-on coating that, when properly dried, waterproofs materials–but still allows them to be written on… [T]he coating… made the paper waterproof without making it waxy, brittle…

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Primer: WTF?

Curtis Chen
August 9, 2005
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“Here’s a spoiler: YOU WILL DIE ALONE.” — Triumph the Insult Comic Dog On Sunday, D and I watched Primer (2004), an ambitious but flawed time-travel story that’s too clever for its own good. The first act is too long,…

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King Arthur needs Four Fantastic Interpreters

Curtis Chen
August 1, 2005
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All you need to know about last year’s King Arthur movie: “Despite the claims made at the beginning of the film, factual and historical inaccuracies abound.“— IMDb.com DeeAnn and I watched the DVD on Saturday night. Well, DeeAnn watched it;…

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