Archive for September 1st, 2008

Green Lantern Ring

Nice Green Lantern ring.

Hmmm . . . I wonder where I could get a Sinestro-style yellow ring.

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Once upon a time, back in the heady days before the collapse of the Internet bubble, I was making close to $1,000 from ads on various websites/blogs I was running.  Not bad considering it was (and still is) just a hobby. Today most months I make enough money to pay the dedicated server costs, so [...]

September 1, 2008 • Tags: , • Posted in: Uncategorized • 1 Comment

Gemni Division Silliness

WonderlandBlog.Com has a pithy analysis of the silly restrictions on viewing Gemini Division online.
Gemini Division is a web-based science ficition serial starring Rosario Dawson and picked up by NBC as its first web-only original series. But as Wonderland points out, NBC doesn’t quite seem to understand the web,
Sounds like you won’t be able to miss [...]

September 1, 2008 • Posted in: Uncategorized • 1 Comment

Marvel RipRollerz

Sometimes I come across Marvel or DC branded toys and have to wonder just how the marketing pitch from the manufacturer to the publishing company went. Take, for example, the Marvel-branded RipRollerz.
As you can see below, this is essentially a ball with a cord you insert into the middle of it and then give a [...]

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More Than You Ever Wanted to Know about Green Lantern-related Merchandise

The Green Lantern Corps fan website has a page devote to an extensive history of Green Lantern-related merchandise, including numerous iterations of the power ring.
And yet, for all of that, I still haven’t been able to locate an adult-sized Green Lantern costume for Halloween. Looks like I’m going to be stuck going as the Flash [...]

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