by Jim Stitzel | Feb 27, 2007 | General
Peter F. Hamilton’s _Night’s Dawn_ trilogy has been likened in epic scope to fictional universes like Frank Herbert’s Dune and Dan Simmons’ Hyperion. And in terms of size, the universe that Hamilton has built in this series is huge....
by Jim Stitzel | Nov 13, 2006 | General
“Pixar”:http://www.pixar.com/ does it again. _Cars_ is another outrageously funny animated film from the successful film studio, the first produced by Pixar since becoming a part of the Walt Disney franchise. Featuring an all-star cast of voice actors,...
by Jim Stitzel | Nov 13, 2006 | General
My wife and I finally got to watch the third chapter in the X-men movie trilogy a couple of weeks ago, and I have to say that I found it to be a very satisfying ending for a successful comic-film run. Now, mind you, I’ve never read any of the comic books –...
by Jim Stitzel | Sep 18, 2006 | General
A while back, “Tobias Buckell mentioned”:http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/wordpress/?p=2271 that he might have a few extra copies of his book Crystal Rain, if anyone wanted to put in a request for a copy to read and review. So I went ahead and put my name in...
by Jim Stitzel | Mar 21, 2006 | Technology
Sage I stumbled across a Firefox plugin for something called Sage yesterday. Sage is an extension that loads your RSS feeds right into one of your Firefox tabs. I figured I’d try it out and see if I could further centralize all the blogs I read into one...