Fanfiction Reviews, Interesting Links, and General Geekery
Charles Fraser-Smith - The man who was ‘Q’
I can’t remember how I originally found this page, but I finally remembered to blog about it. For those who don’t know, Charles Fraser-Smith is the real life man upon whom Ian Fleming based “Q” in his James Bond novels. Considering how clever some of his World War 2 spy supplies were, I think any James Bond fan will like this bit of history.
Ever seen the Fett’s Vette vid? What about this part of AMV Hell 4?
Well, in case you haven’t, both “The Tussin” and “Fett’s Vette” are by MC Chris and he’s currently running a fan music video contest for his new song, “Nrrrd Grrrl”. (YouTube Results)
You may not know how to make a music video and, while I have the general idea, I don’t have time. Either way, I suggest you drop by his MySpace page and hit the download link in the music player. The song’s pretty catchy and I doubt it’ll be in the player forever.
Ever heard of the Streisand Effect? It refers to how, as John Gilmore said, “The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.”
Want some examples?
Just a little something I ran across which I thought to be noteworthy.
BBC: ‘Chaos’ of China’s music industry
An interesting little article about how the music industry in China is taking a different approach to “music piracy” because there’s just so darn much of it.
Just because I think that everybody should see these. (You can also find them on YouTube directly) This is how you do good advertising. (Just like Mythbusters is how you mix education and entertainment)
I found these months ago but, at the time, I wasn’t blogging heavily.
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