Recent content by Ryujin

Seven years after an instant 10% cut to tuition, followed by a tuition freeze, then 3% a year reductions in budget we're finally seeing a little light.

I'm kind of lucky. The first person to show up, with the same name as me, is a Scottish Baron/Lord, also far older than me. When I do show up it's a few articles I've written, some social media stuff that is quite innocuous or presents me in a fairly good light, or my photography credits. I'm...

It's the Amuricun way.

I just cut around 5 pounds of 1/4", 16 gauge aluminum rings for chainmail. Just going to make a big sheet for now, so I have it ready to cut up when I have a project I want to make. That's enough to make a fashion top for a small to medium sized woman, or turn a piece that I already made into a...

It all seems to be based on 1960s style tech so the idea of a tube TV working after 200 years might be a stretch, but not completely out of the realm of possibility. This is higher voltage stuff, not our current low voltage equipment that in relative terms dies if you sneeze on it.

They definitely aren't 'wings' but they are, at best, tenders. Might as well call them chicken feet. About as accurate.

They might well be running at a loss. Or the few people who are there might be helping to pay for the lease of the film for the total run period and not showing it costs them more.

If I bother going to a movie these days, it's right after work. I typically finish at 2:00pm. The first show after that is typically almost empty but I still have to pay for a "premium seat", if I want to sit in the middle area. Garbage. And yes, I've been told to move if I try sitting there...

Buick Riviera. I'll take that. Nice car. EDIT - As a kid I had a 1:48 scale Avanti. It could be disassembled.

Remember the pre-release trailers for "The Matrix"? Pretty much one line: "What is The Matrix." Worked incredibly well.

Remove intermission so you can squeeze in more showings during a day, because money. Move the trailers to the front of the film, instead of after the credits roll, because money. Lead with commercials before the movie and trailer starts, because money. Make people pay more for 'premium' seats...

For those who are interested I watched the documentary on Prime, but it's also available on Youtube. I can see it with both a US and Canada IP address, so hopefully it's not region locked. Max Grodénchik opens the doc with a musical number.

Last night I learned that Max Grodénchik, who played Rom on "Deep Space 9", has an insanely good singing voice. I foound out by watching "What We Left Behind", the DS9 documentary that was funded via an Indiegogo campaign. Wish I'd known about the project when it was live but I tend to avoid...

First they did away with intermission. Then they started putting trailers in at the start and end of the movie. Then the ones at the end stopped. Every step felt weird.

When you doubt yourself what seems like a positive reference to another, feels like a slight to you. Or the comment might be something glowing that you don't think you can actually live up to.