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  • From: "Matt Pusateri" <mpusateri AT wickedtrails.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Wildly Off Topic-- long needles, Finnish home movies & mixed drinks
  • Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 14:37:38 -0500 (EST)

I wasn't aware it was possible to be OT on the INW list :)

Matt P.

On Wed, November 30, 2005 1:44 pm, Michael Czeiszperger wrote:
> There's been some interesting random stuff come across my desk
> lately, and thought someone on this list might have time to waste.
>
> Longer needles needed for fatter buttocks
>
> "Standard-sized needles failed to reach the buttock muscle in 23 out
> of 25 women whose rears were examined after what was supposed to be
> an intramuscular injection of a drug."
>
> http://tinyurl.com/9upz3
>
>
> Star Wreck In the Pirkinning
> Star Wreck in the Pirkinning is finally out, and its the best fan-
> produced science fiction I've ever seen. A blend of both Babylon 5
> and Star Trek, it parodies both as the two sides fight each other.
> The special effects are on-par with the original B5 series, and I
> seriously doubt if someone else has produced incredibly elaborate
> space fight scenes on a render farm in their kitchen. Typically fan
> fiction also has bad direction and bad audio and bad acting, which
> make it difficult to follow. The direction and audio quality are
> quite good, making it easier to take the acting. The movie is in
> Finnish, but even the english subtitles are funny, with "phasers"
> translated as "twinklers".
>
> At 1 hour, 40 minutes, this is a major effort. This proves to me
> that the cost of producing quality science fiction entertainment has
> fallen to the point where an enterprising group could do an end-run
> around the traditional media and do a serial directly to viewers over
> the internet.
>
> http://www.starwreck.com/
>
>
> Tiki Bar TV
> The monthly Tiki Bar TV podcast is an example of an independently
> produced video show. Its only about 5 minutes long, and comes out
> once a month, but its funny and has a certain charm. I read somewhere
> it was now the #1 podcast on iTunes...
>
> http://www.podfeed.net/category_item.asp?id=1701
>
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> -- michael at czeiszperger dot org, Chapel Hill, NC
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