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Handhelden

Handhelden is a pretty cool site:

Browse through pics & details to more than 660 boxed handheld and tabletop games, from the 70s and 80s.

Check for the game you had as a child, or be amazed by the endless variety of portable, old-school electronic toys.

I remember thinking how technologically advanced these were at the time… 😉

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Samuel L. Jackson On My Motherfucking Phone

Snakes On A Plane
By now, I’m sure you’ve heard the buzz (Interweb and otherwise) surrounding the upcoming movie Snakes On A Plane. The Interweb buzz has been building for over a year, starting as a campaign of derision against the horrible-sounding movie name and lame premise that somehow transformed into a wholehearted lovefest for a movie that wasn’t even due to premier until August 2006.

To its credit, the studio has taken full advantage of this publicity, embracing the response and nurturing all of the fan sites and creations. The official site highlights fan sites and offers multimedia goodies, enlisting the involvement of Samuel L. Jackson, the star of the film. Even better,

Among the reported additions [to the film] is a line that originated as an Internet parody of Samuel L. Jackson’s traditional movie persona: “That’s it! I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!”.

Now that’s funny. 🙂

Which brings me to the whole point of this post (about time, huh?). A portion of the site lets you supply some basic information about a friend and then sends an e-mail or calls them on the phone with a “personal” message from Samuel L. Jackson. Some of you have fallen victim to this already, but I figured I’d post about it and let everyone who hasn’t heard about it have some fun too. Click here and have at it.

When all is said and done, I suspect that the movie will be a cheesy, tongue-in-cheek pseudo-thriller that’s more humorous than suspenseful. Done right, it could become a classic… 😉

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The Neddiad

As a child, one of my favorite authors was Daniel Pinkwater. Although ostensibly written for children, his books did not condescend, and the subversive, eclectic, and somewhat weird topics never failed to capture my imagination. I don’t think I ever outgrew them, as I can still pick up Pinkwater’s books and enjoy them almost as I did when I first read them.

When Boing Boing reported that Daniel Pinkwater will be serializing his next novel, The Neddiad, on the web, I was ecstatic. Here is a “word from the author:”

I am very happy that, with the cooperation of Houghton Mifflin Company, and the good offices of Ed Weiss, webmaster of pinkwater.com, I am able to offer web-readers an advance look at my new book, The Neddiad. The actual publication date of the book is in April, 2007–it will be serialized here, an additional chapter per week, starting in August, 2006. The complete book will be shown on the web.
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Readers are welcome to post comments, criticisms, complaints, and exchange remarks–a link will be provided, and I may periodically chime in to discuss and argue with the posters. I’m also hoping that those of you who enjoy the book online will buy a copy for money when it is published. The book is fairly long, so it will be in print before we finish serializing it here.

This is way cool… 🙂

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