2005 -- Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
Cullen Gardens
Posted by James on December 30, 2005My attempt at an artsy picture: Cullen Gardens
His Dark Ending
Posted by James on December 29, 2005I wrote an article for The Cultural Gutter: His Dark Ending
I call it a bait and switch. The first book in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, The Golden Compass, was an adventure fantasy that was fast-paced and written in an incredibly smooth style
Great New Landscape Paintings
Posted by James on December 23, 2005My sister-in-law Kim has added a bunch of landscape paintings to her website. Check them out... they're fantastic.
Dance of the Snow Dragon
Posted by James on December 23, 2005I added an entry to BiblioTravel: Dance of the Snow Dragon
Daily Show Guests
Posted by James on December 21, 2005Inside the mind of the Daily Show guests. Not the ones interviewed by Jon Stewart, but the people who get featured in the segments in the middle part of the show.
Fake journalism, real consequences
You know, I did wonder what happens to some of these people...
The Amber Spyglass
Posted by James on December 19, 2005I added an entry to BiblioTravel: The Amber Spyglass
Hungry Planet
Posted by James on December 17, 2005I added an entry to BiblioTravel: Hungry Planet
Women in the Material World
Posted by James on December 16, 2005I added an entry to BiblioTravel: Women in the Material World
The Subtle Knife
Posted by James on December 16, 2005I added an entry to BiblioTravel: The Subtle Knife
Feist Tickets
Posted by James on December 16, 2005Fiona and I have tickets for the Feist concert here in Ottawa in January! The Feist CD is still not quite the top on my list of Most Played but it's pretty close.
I'm also curious to see what the crowd is going to be like.
Mary Ann Alice
Posted by James on December 14, 2005I added an entry to BiblioTravel: Mary Ann Alice
Dead Lines
Posted by James on December 14, 2005I added an entry to BiblioTravel: Dead Lines
The Golden Compass
Posted by James on December 14, 2005I added an entry to BiblioTravel: The Golden Compass
Material World
Posted by James on December 14, 2005I added an entry to BiblioTravel: Material World
Correlating Virtual and Physical
Posted by James on December 11, 2005Some fascinating material about a redesign of a library and a library website all in one. Makes total sense, but how many libraries have the resources to do this?
Untwitched
Posted by James on December 05, 2005My latest column at Strange Horizons: Untwitched
Are videogames worth looking at seriously? Are they more visceral than other types of entertainment? I looked at these questions in a recent column, Why I Hate Zombies
Cleaning Out Some Links
Posted by James on December 02, 2005I've finally had a chance to go through some bookmarks that have been hanging around for a while.
Canadian DVD Info - wanna rent DVDs by mail in Canada? Check here first.
Blue North - Dave works for this company
Sillysoft - some addictive games
Some Like It Hot - taking apart the anti-global warming argument in Michael Crichton's latest novel
Charles Saunders Interviewed at Zone-SF - Canadian writer
Kiva - connecting you to small loans in developing countries
Shields Up! - test your computer's vulnerability (click the Proceed button)
Sysinternals - blogger and security expert who broke the Sony rootkit story
Extreme Adventure - 12 adventure games in 24 hours
Frog Review - talking frogs who occasionally review websites
The Never-Fail Recommendation
Posted by James on December 02, 2005I wrote an article for The Cultural Gutter: The Never-Fail Recommendation
