Robert Gellately’s 700 page distillation of the convergence of three horrendous dictators on the world scene in the first half of the 20th century is what you would expect from a well-written book bringing together the different threads that ultimately converge in World War II. Gellately aptly subtitles his book “The Age of Social Catastrophe”…
January, 2008
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Shades of 1995, Web Forum Reader promises to transform your web forum reading by presenting a news reader-style application to browse new/updated threads and posts.
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I have never understood the appeal of Neil Postman — his articles and books were full of logical fallacies and factual errors. For a man who complained of the affect of mass media on public discourse, his books were close-minded gibberish that amounted to little more than special pleading that the world be ordered as…
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Writing in the New York Times Magazine, Steven Pinker did an excellent job outlining an evolutionary explanation and approach to our individual and collective moral intuitions. The most intriguing part of Pinker’s long essay is his summary of the view that there may be a small set of universal moral values, along the lines of…
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Hasbro may have just went too far this time with its latest genre themed Mr. Potato Head, Taters of the Lost Ark.
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One of the things I’ve been doing over the last few weeks is putting the touches on a giant file server that I’ve tucked away in my basement. I went with an 11-bay CoolerMaster case, and have been stuffing it full of 750gb hard drives. I really hate dealing with hard drive cages, etc., and…
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The Swamp Thing series that ran on USA Networks from 1990-1993 has finally been released on DVD. Note that even though the title is “Swamp Thing: The Series”, this is actually only the first two seasons. I was always a fan of the show, but then again I regularly re-watch Lidsville, so YMMV.
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Mattel’s DC-related action figures have been easily the best figure line available from retails stores over the past several years. DCUC.info is a weblog dedicate to the recently released DC Universe Classics, which have some very nice sculpts. I grabbed all of Wave 1 from the local department store a few weeks ago, but am…
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The other day I ran across a blurb about rumored casting for a musical version of Spider-Man. At first I assumed it was an Entourage-style joke, but apparently it’s not. Playbill had an item back in April 2007 about the production, As previously reported, Julie Taymor will direct the forthcoming musical version of the Marvel…
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Diamond Select’s line of Mego Star Trek reproductions was apparently so successful that they’re launching a line of Planet of the Apes reproduction as well. Like the Star Trek line, these use the same sculpts as the original Mego line. The first figures to be released are Cornelius and the generic Soldier Ape. These are…