Extra Future

Month: October 2009

  • Do Anything 021 by Warren Ellis

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    [It’s Tuesday][link]: >This is where the robot head of Jack Kirby has been taking you too, all this time. This is a universe that abuts our own, a vast space of cometary ideoplasm and speaking atomic structure. [link]: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2009/10/20/do-anything-021-by-warren-ellis/ “Do Anything 021 by Warren Ellis | Bleeding Cool Comic News & Rumors”

  • The Venture Brothers Season 4 Opener Post-game

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    Premiered last night at midnight. I grabbed my copy from iTunes (for some strange reason, there are no torrents), but you can watch it the legal way on adultswim.com. That is an order. Things of note based upon my first viewing: ## Spoilers follow * No Monarch in the season opener. Feels weird. * I…

  • Comments Are Enabled

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    For the first time in a long time, the comments are turned on here at Extra Future HQ. You can comment on any post, I imagine I’ll turn comments off on older posts, but we shall see. Don’t make me regret this.

  • A Collection Of Fonts Used In Namco Arcade Games From the 1970s and 1980s

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    [As it says on the tin][link]. Enjoy your weekend. [link]: http://qtchicks.hp.infoseek.co.jp/fonts.html “NAMCO ’70~’80’s ARCADE VIDEOGAMES FONT MUSEUM”

  • Raphaël — JavaScript Library

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    [Looks great, supports every major browser including iPhone’s WebKit][link], and: >Raphaël uses the SVG W3C Recommendation and VML as a base for creating graphics. This means every graphical object you create is also a DOM object, so you can attach JavaScript event handlers or modify them later. Raphaël’s goal is to provide an adapter that…

  • Dive Into HTML5: Video

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    [Mark Pilgrim dives in to HTML5 video, and swims around][link]. This is essential reading for web developers. [link]: http://diveintohtml5.org/video.html “Video on the Web – Dive Into HTML5”

  • World of Goo Birthday Sale

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    For World of Goo’s 1st birthday, 2d Boy are having a [“pay whatever you want” sale][link], for the PC, Mac and Linux versions of the game. There is no excuse not to buy this. [link]: http://2dboy.com/games.php “2D Boy: Games”

  • Using la petite url With A Custom Short(er) Domain Name

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    Since I introduced the ability to us a different domain for your shortened URLs in [la petite url][la] 1.5, I’ve had several email inquiries about how to set it up. With that in mind, I’ve put together the following tutorial, which I hope will help those of you who need a push in the right…

  • Status Report

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    Things are going to be slow around here while I try to squeeze in enough time for [Brütal Legend][link] in-between actual paying work. Should still be able to hit the Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday schedule for [Extra Future Comics][efcomics], though. [link]: http://brutallegend.wikia.com “Brütal Legend” [efcomics]: http://comics.extrafuture.com “Extra Future Comics”

  • Higgs Boson Particles May Travel Through Time To Destroy Themselves Before They Are Created

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    [This is from an article in the New York Times][link], not a science fiction magazine: >A pair of otherwise distinguished physicists have suggested that the hypothesized [Higgs boson][higgs], which physicists hope to produce with the collider, might be so abhorrent to nature that its creation would ripple backward through time and stop the collider before…

  • They Shoot Porn Stars Don’t They?

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    [This story, photos/words by Susannah Breslin][link], is essential reading for modern humans. It will break your heart, it will leave you with questions. Read it. [link]: http://theyshootstars.com/ “They Shoot Porn Stars Don’t They . Words & photos by Susannah Breslin”

  • Spammers, Evildoers, and Opportunists

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    [Derek Powazek takes SEO “professionals” out to the whoopin’ shed][link]. He’s right, but I fear he’s preaching to the choir. Check this action: >Search Engine Optimization is not a legitimate form of marketing. It should not be undertaken by people with brains or souls. If someone charges you for SEO, you have been conned. Amen.…