Overhauling terraformtees.com…

posted by alan on 2009.09.24, under Site Maintenance
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I’m working on upgrading the usability of http://www.terraformtees.com

Each shirt design will have it’s own page, in which you’ll be able to see different colors and styles, as well as a description of the design and the meaning behind it.  (wooo run on sentences).  I plan on in the future adding a “designs you may also like” section to influence greater usability.

Oh and I also need to add some new designs for once!

How to Make Your Own Soda

posted by alan on 2009.09.23, under Uncategorized
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Homebrew soda was a lot more common in the days before there were 212 varieties available at every gorcery store. Grab some yeast, sugar, water, and flavoring, however, and you can craft your own bubbly soft drink in your fridge.  Watch this awesome and informative video below to get started…

How to make your own soda

J. Michael Straczynski is writing the screen play for World War Z woo woo

posted by alan on 2009.09.22, under Uncategorized
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World War Z, a novel describing accounts of the zombie apocalypse is being turned into a movie! World War Z tells the story of a zombie plague that almost destroys mankind when governments and armies are initially unable to control the spread of the infestation. Ten years after the war has ended, author Max Brooks goes around interviewing various people across the globe about their experiences during World War Z.

I am super excited. Michael Straczynski is writing the screen play adaptation of Max Brooks, World War Z. Unfortunately we all have to wait until a 2010 release…

World War Z, a novel describing accounts of the zombie apocalypse is being turned into a movie! World War Z tells the story of a zombie plague that almost destroys mankind when governments and armies are initially unable to control the spread of the infestation. Ten years after the war has ended, author Max Brooks goes around interviewing various people across the globe about their experiences during World War Z.

Unlike Brooks’ previous novel (the zombie survival guide), World War Z is pretty darned serious.  The soldiers are trained for conventional warfare against, well, the living. Which is probably how Brad Pitt’s production company managed to attract Marc Forster to direct a movie version of the book. The movie is set for a 2010 release date.

Forster has directed such films as: The Kite Runner, Monster’s Ball, Stranger Than Fiction.  He has proven himself capable of directing larger scale action blockbusters with the recent Bond movie, Quantum of Solace.

J. Michael Straczynski, best known for Babylon 5, has already written a script for World War Z. Forster has likened the planned movie to ‘Seventies conspiracy thrillers such as All the President’s Men. Straczynski in turn has compared the movie to The Bourne Identity and remarked that World War Z will have a large international scope while keeping the film as political as the book was.

There are many such epic scenes – of masses of humanity fleeing the oncoming zombie hordes; of harbors being blocked by derelict ships; and so on. Horror movies have great opening weekends, but they soon taper off at the box office. You don’t need expensive crowd scenes and CGI effects to make Friday the 13th or Halloween, but if they want to do Brooks’ book justice then that is exactly what World War Z will need.

Still, whatever the end product may be: World War Z is a worth-while read that even those tired of zombies would want to check out.

From the Guardian “Investors call for action on global warming”

posted by alan on 2009.09.16, under Uncategorized
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More than 180 of the world’s largest investors, with collective assets of $13tn, put their combined weight behind a passionate call for strong US and international action on global warming in New York today. ”We cannot drag our feet on the issue of global climate change,” said Thomas DiNapoli, who heads the $116.5bn New York state pension fund. “I am deeply concerned about the investor risks climate change presents, and the human cost of inaction is unthinkable.”

All I can say is, Finally! Unfortunately it’s not action based on protecting our environment –it’s motivated by money– but at least some kind of action will be taken.  Time will tell, but I am tired of inaction on our part.

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