Celebrate Your Geekdom
from Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog:
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QuteWear at Etsy offers a wide selection of fleece hats for anime fans and cosplayers. 28-year-old seamstress, Carolyn, says the hats are “perfect for cosplay, ski, snowboard, club gear, or just to be original. It’s a great gift or buy it for yourself. All items are brand new, hand made with a sewing machine (not hand sewn), created using an industrial serger. Please check my store for different styles and colors.”
Welcome to Qute Wear studio, based in Toronto, Canada.
Each item is individually cut, sewn together and made by me. All my items look similar but unique in its own ways because it was not mass produced.
BABY? TODDLER? CHILDREN?
Any item that you see in my shop can be made for baby, toddler and children of all ages. Just convo me and let me know before or after your purchase.If you have any questions please contact me using Etsy “CONVERSATION” because I don’t check my email. Thanks.
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Every hat is handmade upon order here in my studio. I’m a one woman person and I do all the cut and sew all alone. Please allow min. 1 WEEK before shipment.
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Please check my profile for terms and conditions.So glad you dropped by. Enjoy your stay. (^_~)
Hat designs to choose from include cats, bears, bunnies, foxes, pandas, and characters from anime series. Japanese-inspired headbands and arm warmers are also available. Very kawaii!
Love robots? Love art? Award-winning artist Lawrence Northey of Robot Art takes commissions, so you can combine your two passions and make any robotic creation you dream up a reality. One possibility he suggests is “a robot with a built in MP3 Player Docking Station. The robot could feature either built in speakers or, remote ones jacking into one of the robot’s feet. Combining this design along with the technology from Digital Photo Frames would be fantastic!”
from Garfield Minus Garfield:
If you’ve enjoyed it, then please vote Garfield Minus Garfield for Best Comic Strip in the 2008 Weblog Awards.
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from The Legend of Neil:
Tony and I have been furiously writing season 2 of Neil and we’re getting pretty pumped about shooting this thing. But since the release is months away, I’m going to be trolling the forums to keep my adrenaline flowing.
There’s been a host of great activity on the LON forums and we’d love to see you post! Tell us what you want on the Legend of Neil DVD, or how you might be able to help us subtitle season 1, or what enemies you want to see in season two, or create your own topic!
I promise to post more often myself and let Tony out of the cage I keep him in so he can get on there as well.
Also we’ve had some problems with our fanart submission form. So if you’ve tried to submit something and it hasn’t shown up on our pictures page then we didn’t get it. Please just send us an email at fanart@effinfunny.com. Thanks!
Oh and Happy Happy New Year, make sure to keep those resolutions going for at least a week or two before reverting back to your old self. 🙂
One of the most anticipated books of 2008 was J.K. Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a collection of wizard fairy tales referenced in the final book of the Harry Potter series. Prefaced by an introduction by Rowling, the slender volume contains the stories “The Wizard and the Hopping Pot”, “The Fountain of Fair Fortune”, “The Warlock’s Hairy Heart”, “Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump”, and “The Tale of the Three Brothers”. The latter tale appeared in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, where it aided Harry, Ron, and Hermione in their quest to unearth the Deathly Hallows and thereby defeat Lord Voldemort, but the other four stories are completely new works. Scholarly notes attributed to Professor Albus Dumbledore, which “appear by generous permission of the Hogwarts Headmasters’ Archive”, with occasional footnotes by J.K. Rowling, add an air of verisimilitude to the book, as does the title page that quite fittingly credits Hermione Granger for translating the book from the original runes. Rowling’s charming illustrations, black-and-white line drawings perfectly suited to Beedle‘s Brothers Grimm-style storytelling, reveal another facet of the author’s creative talent, making it even more interesting to guess at what she’ll produce next, post-Harry Potter.
The Tales of Beedle the Bard was released in both a Standard Edition and a Collector’s Edition, the second offered exclusively by Amazon.com. The Standard Edition contains the five fairy tales, a new introduction by J.K. Rowling, illustrations reproduced from the original handcrafted book, and commentary on each of the tales from Professor Albus Dumbledore. The Collector’s Edition features all five fairy tales from the original The Tales of Beedle the Bard; an outer case disguised as a wizarding textbook from the Hogwarts library; 10 ready-for-framing prints of J.K. Rowling’s illustrations; an exclusive reproduction of J.K. Rowling’s handwritten introduction; 10 new illustrations by J.K. Rowling not included in the Standard Edition or the original handcrafted edition; a velvet bag embroidered with J.K. Rowling’s signature; metal skull, corners, and clasp; replica gemstones, and an emerald ribbon. Available only in limited quantities, Amazon.com recently posted a sold-out notice for the Collector’s Edition:
Thanks to the incredible enthusiasm of Harry Potter fans, we have sold out of all copies of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Collector’s Edition available in the United States. To ensure that we have enough replacement copies (for example, for books damaged during shipping), we will be holding a limited number of copies in reserve. If you missed out on ordering your copy of the Collector’s Edition, it is possible that a small number of copies will become available in the weeks following its release on December 4, 2008.
J.K. Rowling has waived her royalties for The Tales of Beedle the Bard, and net proceeds from book sales will be donated to the Children’s High Level Group, a children’s rights charity co-founded by Rowling to benefit children who have been relegated to residential institutions. A press release from the Children’s High Level Group — J.K. Rowling Delighted as Beedle Sales Raise More Than £4M for CHLG in First Week — thanks Muggle fans for their support of this very important cause.
Check out the full range of Harry Potter titles, aside from The Tales of Beedle the Bard published specially by the Children’s High Level Group, at Raincoast Books. In addition to the original books, Raincoast Books offers adult, large print, “magic”, deluxe gift, foreign-language (Latin, Welsh, Ancient Greek, Irish), and box set editions, as well as the textbooks that Rowling wrote for Comic Relief, Quidditch through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them.
Order now at Amazon.com:
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Standard Edition
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Collector’s Edition (Offered Exclusively by Amazon)
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Or order directly through the Bloomsbury Publishing website.
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The Tales of Beedle the Bard is distributed by Children’s High Level Group, in partnership with Bloomsbury Publishing, Scholastic and Amazon.com. The Harry Potter series is distributed by Bloomsbury Publishing (International), Raincoast Books (Canada), and Scholastic (US). For more information on the books and their author, visit the J.K. Rowling Official Site.
from BBC Press Office:
The BBC today announced that Matt Smith has been cast in the role of the Doctor in the iconic BBC series Doctor Who.
Smith will be the 11th Time Lord and will take over from David Tennant who leaves the show at the end of 2009. He will be seen in the forthcoming fifth series that will be broadcast in 2010.
The fifth series will also have a new lead writer and Executive Producer in the form of the BAFTA award-winning writer Steven Moffat, who is taking over from Russell T Davies.
Moffat will be joined by Piers Wenger, who will be the new Executive Producer for BBC Wales making the show.
Following David Tennant’s decision to step down at the end of 2009, the team behind the new series set about casting the new Doctor so that new adventures could be created and scripts written with Matt in mind.
The identity of the new Doctor was revealed on a special edition of Doctor Who Confidential that was broadcast on BBC One today (3 January) at 5.35pm (17.35 GMT).
In it Smith revealed his initial reaction at taking on such a legendary role and his thoughts on what direction the Doctor might now be going with him playing the part.
Matt Smith said of his new role: “I’m just so excited about the journey that is in front of me. It’s a wonderful privilege and challenge that I hope I will thrive on.
“I feel proud and honoured to have been given this opportunity to join a team of people that has worked so tirelessly to make the show so thrilling.
“David Tennant has made the role his own, brilliantly, with grace, talent and persistent dedication. I hope to learn from the standards set by him.
“The challenge for me is to do justice to the show’s illustrious past, my predecessors, and most importantly, to those who watch it. I really cannot wait.”
Lead writer and Executive Producer Steven Moffat said: “The Doctor is a very special part, and it takes a very special actor to play him. You need to be old and young at the same time, a boffin and an action hero, a cheeky schoolboy and the wise old man of the universe.
“As soon as Matt walked through the door, and blew us away with a bold and brand new take on the Time Lord, we knew we had our man.
“2010 is a long time away but rest assured the 11th Doctor is coming — and the universe has never been so safe.”
Piers Wenger, Head Of Drama, BBC Wales, added: “With two hearts, a ferocious mind and over 900 years of experience behind him, it’s not every 26 year old actor who can take on a role like the Doctor but within moments of meeting Matt he showed the skill and imagination needed to create a Doctor all of his own.
“It’s just the beginning of the journey for Matt but with Steven Moffat’s scripts and the expertise of the production team in Cardiff behind him, there is no one more perfect than him to be taking the TARDIS to exciting new futures when the series returns in 2010.”
Ben Stephenson, Controller, BBC Drama, added: “I am delighted to see Matt take on this iconic role. It will see him continuing his relationship with the BBC following his performances in Ruby in the Smoke and Party Animals, and his upcoming role in Moses Jones.
“The combination of Matt, Steven and Piers will, I know, take Doctor Who onto new and even dizzier heights.”
Jay Hunt, Controller, BBC One, said: “Matt Smith will be a mesmerising 11th Time Lord, true to the spirit of the show.
“He is a worthy successor to David Tennant who has been utterly remarkable in the role and promises to continue to be in next year’s four special episodes.”
Doctor Who Confidential — The Eleventh Doctor can be seen on BBC iPlayer until 10 January 2009.
There will be four Doctor Who specials featuring David Tennant that will run in 2009 into New Year 2010 (dates to be confirmed).
An extended interview with Matt Smith can be seen at bbc.co.uk/doctorwho.
Matt Smith pictures are available from bbcpictures.com.
Matt Smith, 26, grew up with his family including one sister in Northampton. He was head boy at Northampton School For Boys where he excelled at sports, music and drama.
Initially, Matt wanted to be a professional footballer and played for Northampton Town Under-11 & 12s, Nottingham Forest Under 12, 13 & 14s and Leicester City Under 15 & 16s before a back injury forced him out of the game.
Following his injury, and with the encouragement of one of his teachers, Jerry Hardingham, Matt decided to join the National Youth Theatre.
It was during this time that Matt first gained attention at the Royal Court Theatre when he was cast in the play Fresh Kills, directed by Wilson Milam, whilst still at the University Of East Anglia where he was studying Drama and Creative Writing.
Already a stalwart of the National Youth Theatre, his performance at the Court led to a variety of theatrical experiences at the National Theatre: in the award-winning History Boys (directed by Nick Hytner), On the Shore of the Wide World (directed by Sarah Frankcom) and also in the acclaimed trio of plays Burn / Citizenship / Chatroom (directed by Anna Mackmin).
These roles led to Matt’s first outings on the small screen, alongside Billie Piper in Phillip Pullman’s period detective stories, The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North (both BBC One), where he played Jim, right-hand man to Billie’s detective heroine Sally Lockhart.
These pieces were followed by the lead role of Danny in the BBC Two series Party Animals, the brilliantly observed drama set in the world of young politicians.
In a dazzling return to the Royal Court in 2007, Matt played Henry in Polly Stenham’s award-winning first play That Face, opposite Lindsay Duncan. His performance gained Matt an Evening Standard Best Newcomer nomination and a year later the play had a second life in the West End at the Duke of York’s Theatre.
In between the two runs, Matt played Guy opposite Christian Slater’s Buddy in Swimming with Sharks, Mike Leslie’s searing West End adaptation of the 1994 Hollywood film.
In this time he also played a lead role in the BAFTA winning BBC One series The Street, opposite Gina McKee and Lorraine Ashbourne.
Matt has recently completed work on Moses Jones for BBC Two, directed by Michael Offer, in which he plays the lead role of Dan Twentyman, alongside Shaun Parkes in the title role.
from The Guild:
We are very proud here at The Guild to be a truly world-wide show. Our Xbox Live distribution is translated into 8 languages and launched internationally each week, we believe that is a first for any web show. But, as always, we are especially honored by the time that our FANS have put into adding translations to our videos on YouTube, so the whole world can laugh with (or at) us!
Our latest language is Italian, kindly translated by uber fan Franceso Spreafico. Not only do we have an Italian YouTube Channel now with a truly impressive number of hits already on the Season 1 videos, but we also have Italian subtitles on our central YouTube Channel, all thanks to his hard work! We couldn’t be more grateful for your work and outreach, thank you so much Francesco!
In a strange coincidence just last week on Christmas Day, Corriere della sera, one of Italy’s biggest newspapers, featured an article on our show! We’re pretty sure the Yahoo Babelfish translation of the article was not that accurate (what does “whose screw virtual ends with finding outlets” even mean?!) but it seemed flattering from the general tone at least, and inspired by an article that was written up on us in The Guardian Newspaper, a leading paper in England. Very exciting to have the world as our audience!
from StarWars.com:
Star Wars: The Clone Wars gives audiences a different look at Separatist leader Count Dooku, and also introduces a new set of villains in “Dooku Captured,” an all-new episode of the hit animated series directed by Jesse Yeh, premiering at 9 p.m. ET/PT Friday, Jan. 2, on Cartoon Network.
The episode finds Anakin and Obi-Wan attempting to capture Dooku, only to discover the Sith Lord has already been kidnapped by intergalactic pirates.
Yeh says the episode reveals more insight into Count Dooku’s descent from Jedi Knight to his lofty place within the ranks of those wielding the dark side of the Force.
“I have always been interested in the drama behind this particular character,” Yeh explains. “He thinks realistically, and has a solid mind. The actions he takes are always so direct and straight forward.
“In a way, he’s almost pathetic. His mind is constantly being twisted by his pride, which is what originally led him to the dark side. Because of his pride, he doesn’t realize he has turned into exactly the sort of monster that he once fought against. From his perspective, he is not doing anything different from what he did when he was still a Jedi. He’s just trying to save the universe — but this time from what he sees as a corrupt Republic. In the end, he’s become just another expendable pawn of the true evil.”
Yeh said Dooku’s position as a prisoner in “Dooku Captured” provided a dramatic and animation challenge. “Dooku is no longer in control of the situation, so we had to spend some time trying to figure out how to animate this ‘tamed’ Dooku.”
In addition to working with Dooku, Yeh said it was particularly exciting directing an episode that introduces new characters.
“The pirates have a gangster-like society. The fact that they were actually capable of capturing the legendary Dooku took me by surprise,” Yeh says. “Since the pirate chief is a new character, there were really no limitations on how to bring him to the screen. As a director, I got to determine who this new character would be — how to bring out the combative and greedy nature of this particular species, and put those characteristics onto the very surface of his performance.”
Do you ever wish that aliens would scoop you up and transport you to a better world? So does Iggy, in Ignatius MacFarland: Frequenaut!
After being teased one too many times, Ignatius MacFarland decides to build a getaway rocket. Maybe extraterrestrials are nicer than his classmates! But when his rocket takes an explosive wrong turn, Ignatius ends up in another frequency run by former English teacher turned dictator Mr. Arthur. It’s up to Iggy and Karen, another trapped earthling, to expose Mr. Arthur for the fraud that he is — and hopefully to make it home alive.
Iggy’s home science project lands him in another world, but also proves the adage “be careful what you wish for, lest it come true”, as Iggy finds himself in a situation that nearly makes the bullies back home look like a preferable problem. Boys will love the gross gags, over-the-top fights, weird science, strange monsters, and whimsical illustrations that pack this first young adult novel from Paul Feig, creator of the cult classic TV show Freaks and Geeks. Feig clearly remembers how kids think, and in Ignatius MacFarland: Frequenaut! he creates a believable antihero that young readers will relate to, especially if they’re as socially awkward as the hapless Iggy.
Part comic adventure, part science fiction, and part fantasy, this debut kids’ novel is wholly entertaining. And as only Paul Feig can do, it makes being a geek, well, kind of cool.
A wide open, Quantum Leap-style ending hints that the author intends for this book to be the start of a series, so readers can likely look forward to many more world-hopping adventures with Iggy and his fellow Frequenaut, Karen.
Recommended Reading Level: Young Adult (9-12) for crude bodily humour and mild violence.
Order now at Amazon.com:
Ignatius MacFarland: Frequenaut!
Ignatius MacFarland: Frequenaut! is distributed by Little, Brown and Company, an imprint of Hachette Book Group USA.
from Garfield Minus Garfield:
Merry Christmas!
from Garfield Minus Garfield and thank you all for your support over the year.
I’m going to take a break for a few days but in the meantime if you’d like to show your support for G-G, please vote for it in the tumblr awards. It’s in the Overall Best Tumblelog and Best Image Posts categories.
Thank you 🙂
Dan