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Three Things - 16 December 2024
Dec. 16th, 2024 07:18 am1. I really don't trust François Legault's definition of "secularisme" in Québec.
2. Looks like papermail delivery is restarting in Canada tomorrow (AKA December 17th, 2024). I worry about the possible consequences of how that was arranged.
3. If you've watched a recent Hallmark Christmas-themed movie, you might have seen parts of Ottawa.
2. Looks like papermail delivery is restarting in Canada tomorrow (AKA December 17th, 2024). I worry about the possible consequences of how that was arranged.
3. If you've watched a recent Hallmark Christmas-themed movie, you might have seen parts of Ottawa.
Edge of Midnight: Base Map Progress XII
Feb. 10th, 2024 09:35 pmMy ego got a bit of a boost just now:
https://bsky.app/profile/davidmack.bsky.social/post/3kl3ozbfbzv2z
Strongly recommending you read Star Trek: Picard - Firewall by David Mack as soon as you can.
Some additional reasons for doing so mentioned here:
https://bsky.app/profile/davidmack.bsky.social/post/3kl472iyerk2f
https://bsky.app/profile/davidmack.bsky.social/post/3kl3ozbfbzv2z
Strongly recommending you read Star Trek: Picard - Firewall by David Mack as soon as you can.
Some additional reasons for doing so mentioned here:
https://bsky.app/profile/davidmack.bsky.social/post/3kl472iyerk2f
Some News of Interest - 14 Jan. 2024
Jan. 14th, 2024 09:24 am1. David Chase fears that the end of long-form TV has arrived. I'd like him to be able to celebrate being wrong.
2. Peter Capaldi wants to make sure that entertainment talent from the lower classes remains discoverable and supported. He's absolutely right about that.
3. I got through the latest storm okay. Just so you know.
4. A lot of people miss Ed Broadbent.
5. Looks like a propagandist for Reichsters had a hand in Claudine Gay's problems at Harvard.
2. Peter Capaldi wants to make sure that entertainment talent from the lower classes remains discoverable and supported. He's absolutely right about that.
3. I got through the latest storm okay. Just so you know.
4. A lot of people miss Ed Broadbent.
5. Looks like a propagandist for Reichsters had a hand in Claudine Gay's problems at Harvard.
COVID-19: Consequences For Pop Culture
Oct. 4th, 2023 05:41 pmI got alerted to this via the Hellbirdsite.
https://medium.com/@cdl.tuebingen/covid-19-is-killing-performers-a81d1cf209a2
From the same author of the above-linked article, "What COVID is doing to performers":
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-PVLP_aQpcp-I2eXvcMOsALLRBD-sFxqdWJOhmnBBPA/edit?pli=1
https://medium.com/@cdl.tuebingen/covid-19-is-killing-performers-a81d1cf209a2
From the same author of the above-linked article, "What COVID is doing to performers":
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-PVLP_aQpcp-I2eXvcMOsALLRBD-sFxqdWJOhmnBBPA/edit?pli=1
Animation Festivals and Star Maps
Sep. 14th, 2023 09:43 pmYes, there still is such an event. The Pandemic hasn't killed it. I hope everyone who goes, is careful and has fun. In that order, please?
https://apt613.ca/tips-on-what-to-see-at-oiaf-2023/
Meanwhile, I'm trying to figure out an alternative to epsilon Eridani for Axanar's host star. This leaves me with a history question: how much of the local galactic region was already charted out by the Vulcans before first contact with Earth?
I don't think they knew about Axanar - the planet or the species - going by "ENT: Fight or Flight". So, while the first contact between Earth and Axanar may well have happened at epsilon Eridani, I don't think that species' homeworld should be there as well.
https://apt613.ca/tips-on-what-to-see-at-oiaf-2023/
Meanwhile, I'm trying to figure out an alternative to epsilon Eridani for Axanar's host star. This leaves me with a history question: how much of the local galactic region was already charted out by the Vulcans before first contact with Earth?
I don't think they knew about Axanar - the planet or the species - going by "ENT: Fight or Flight". So, while the first contact between Earth and Axanar may well have happened at epsilon Eridani, I don't think that species' homeworld should be there as well.
Film/TV: Prop Creation
Jul. 17th, 2023 11:06 amNo matter who designed a printed prop for any given TV show or movie made in California over the past century, it seems that one company managed to corner the market for printing them out:
If there are similar operations in Vancouver, Toronto, Montréal...? I don't know who they are yet. I expect to find out.
If there are similar operations in Vancouver, Toronto, Montréal...? I don't know who they are yet. I expect to find out.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/softening-trump-political-potency-seen-in-endorsement-flops-limp-ticket-sales-129051205777
Heh.
The danger's still there from the Republican apparatus as a whole, yes...and let's enjoy this moment while we're preparing for the larger threat.
Heh.
The danger's still there from the Republican apparatus as a whole, yes...and let's enjoy this moment while we're preparing for the larger threat.
Independence Day + 25 on Twitter
Jul. 3rd, 2021 03:57 pmSo someone worked up this Twitter account: ![[twitter.com profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/e0caa790ec10/-/twitter.com/favicon.ico)
1996ID4
It's been 25 years since that movie hit the cinemas, so this looks to be a fun way to mark that occasion. Not that I like the showrunners much these days because of their "reinterpretation" of Stonewall, but Independence Day was a fun show at the time.
It's been 25 years since that movie hit the cinemas, so this looks to be a fun way to mark that occasion. Not that I like the showrunners much these days because of their "reinterpretation" of Stonewall, but Independence Day was a fun show at the time.
SPACE/MAPS: HYGMap.space
Jan. 13th, 2021 08:57 amJed Whitten's updated and revised and rebranded what used to be "Starmap", a Star Trek-inspired mapping utility, to better reflect the source data he's been using to make the site a reality as HYGMap.
The "HYG" in "HYGMap" stands for:
Hipparcos
Yale (Bright Star Catalogue)
Gliese
As you might have already deduced, those are the three primary star catalogues Jed's been working from.
And he's added some spreadsheet functionality here. Whichever star you select to focus the map "window" upon, the website will note distances of the other stars in that "window" from your chosen target star as well as distance-from-Sol. You can check links to SIMBAD - a global cross-referencing site for the world's star catalogues - as well as the Internet Stellar DataBase.
Star Trek-specific system names are included as an option, based upon the work in Star Trek: Star Charts and Stellar Cartography.
The "HYG" in "HYGMap" stands for:
Hipparcos
Yale (Bright Star Catalogue)
Gliese
As you might have already deduced, those are the three primary star catalogues Jed's been working from.
And he's added some spreadsheet functionality here. Whichever star you select to focus the map "window" upon, the website will note distances of the other stars in that "window" from your chosen target star as well as distance-from-Sol. You can check links to SIMBAD - a global cross-referencing site for the world's star catalogues - as well as the Internet Stellar DataBase.
Star Trek-specific system names are included as an option, based upon the work in Star Trek: Star Charts and Stellar Cartography.
Crime, Entertainment and Government
Dec. 13th, 2020 02:54 pmUS movies and piracy in 2021:
https://www.wired.com/story/2021-platinum-age-piracy-streaming/
The argument for prosecuting Trump ASAP:
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/529999-i-voted-to-impeach-nixon-heres-the-case-to-prosecute-trump
https://www.wired.com/story/2021-platinum-age-piracy-streaming/
The argument for prosecuting Trump ASAP:
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/529999-i-voted-to-impeach-nixon-heres-the-case-to-prosecute-trump
JOBS: Mandy.com
Sep. 8th, 2020 09:17 amI don't know how many of you know of this particular site. It's designed to make its money supporting job searchers looking in the film and TV business, on both sides of the cameras and microphones.
Anyway, it looks like it's beginning a funnelling of employers and workers into six different geographic silos: the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, India and "International" for everyone else on the planet who don't fit into the first five regions. I expect this is partly due to Time of Pandemic and partly due to geopolitical stuff.
Figured you'd be interested. Just in case.
Anyway, it looks like it's beginning a funnelling of employers and workers into six different geographic silos: the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, India and "International" for everyone else on the planet who don't fit into the first five regions. I expect this is partly due to Time of Pandemic and partly due to geopolitical stuff.
Figured you'd be interested. Just in case.
Local Arts: Gruntled.ca
Aug. 5th, 2020 09:18 amFrom Apt613.ca:
https://apt613.ca/ottawa-artist-andrea-ross-doodles-to-document-the-joy-in-her-days/
Her own site:
http://gruntled.ca/
https://apt613.ca/ottawa-artist-andrea-ross-doodles-to-document-the-joy-in-her-days/
Her own site:
http://gruntled.ca/
OTTAWA: Weird Nightclub Names
Apr. 17th, 2020 03:04 pmThese two are still around. Whether they survive the pandemic of 2020...?
This could be entertaining for at least a few minutes.
https://cheezburger.com/10910213/wildlife-animals-are-roaming-the-streets-during-coronavirus-quarantine
https://cheezburger.com/10910213/wildlife-animals-are-roaming-the-streets-during-coronavirus-quarantine
HEALTH/CANADA: The Hits Keep Coming
Mar. 12th, 2020 02:35 pmOkay.
The NHL has followed the NBA's course, in postponing their schedule.
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/nhl-covid-19-suspended-season-1.5495002
The Juno Award Ceremonies are off.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/juno-awards-cancelled-1.5494929
The Trudeaus are self-isolating for the next couple of weeks. So our next First Ministers' Conference is off.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/covid19-premiers-coronavirus-1.5495001
Meanwhile, I'm watching videos about flow-charting software, just in case the job search doesn't get messed up. Or maybe to do what I can to get a work-from-home job. Not sure yet, but I've got to keep doing useful things.
The NHL has followed the NBA's course, in postponing their schedule.
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/nhl-covid-19-suspended-season-1.5495002
The Juno Award Ceremonies are off.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/juno-awards-cancelled-1.5494929
The Trudeaus are self-isolating for the next couple of weeks. So our next First Ministers' Conference is off.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/covid19-premiers-coronavirus-1.5495001
Meanwhile, I'm watching videos about flow-charting software, just in case the job search doesn't get messed up. Or maybe to do what I can to get a work-from-home job. Not sure yet, but I've got to keep doing useful things.
BOOKS: Reading in Mid-September 2019
Sep. 13th, 2019 07:14 pmBeen re-reading Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations: Forgotten History by Christopher L. Bennett. Also starting ST: TOS: The Antares Maelstrom by Greg Cox. Finished A Darkness of the Heart by Gail Bowen last night. Slowly working through CP Stylebook 18th Edition as well.
