Distractions » Blather http://corky.net/dotan/log Ammo for your Dreams Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:06:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 You will believe man is fly http://corky.net/dotan/log/2009/11/you-will-believe-man-is-fly.html http://corky.net/dotan/log/2009/11/you-will-believe-man-is-fly.html#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:06:59 +0000 Dotan Dimet http://corky.net/dotan/log/2009/11/you-will-believe-man-is-fly.html Via Comics Alliance’s article on The Craziest International Bootleg Superheroes (which also features the beloved Italian Supermen Trio of my youth), I discovered Aaron Moles’ 6-part webisode series Return to Supermans, a parody/sequel(?) to the Turkish Superman movies. This is awesome. You will watch.

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]]> http://corky.net/dotan/log/2009/10/me-am-play-gods.html/feed 0 Amazon Email Silliness http://corky.net/dotan/log/2009/10/amazon-email-silliness.html http://corky.net/dotan/log/2009/10/amazon-email-silliness.html#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:07:06 +0000 Dotan Dimet http://corky.net/dotan/log/2009/10/amazon-email-silliness.html A flurry of recommendation emails from Amazon drove me to visit their site to unsubscribe from their promotional emails.

This is what I saw once I submitted the form:

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]]> http://corky.net/dotan/log/2009/10/amazon-email-silliness.html/feed 0 Science Fiction Short Story Contests http://corky.net/dotan/log/2009/09/science-fiction-short-story-contests.html http://corky.net/dotan/log/2009/09/science-fiction-short-story-contests.html#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:18:23 +0000 Dotan Dimet http://corky.net/dotan/log/2009/09/science-fiction-short-story-contests.html If you write Hebrew, this year’s Einat Prize has extended it’s deadline to Thursday (24th of September): 1,500-5,000 words of speculative fiction on the topic of “Metropolis: City of the Future”.

If that’s too long a story or too short a deadline, there’s also a New Scientist flash fiction competition that’s running until the 15th of October: up to 350 words, stories set 100 years in the future. It’s part of their generally worthwhile Sci-Fi special.

]]> http://corky.net/dotan/log/2009/09/science-fiction-short-story-contests.html/feed 0 Rorschach versus Alan Moore http://corky.net/dotan/log/2009/09/rorschach-versus-alan-moore.html http://corky.net/dotan/log/2009/09/rorschach-versus-alan-moore.html#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:46:05 +0000 Dotan Dimet http://corky.net/dotan/log/2009/09/rorschach-versus-alan-moore.html Because we haven’t had a Watchmen movie related link in a bit… ]]> http://corky.net/dotan/log/2009/09/rorschach-versus-alan-moore.html/feed 0