The Great Geek Manual

A fundamental rule in technology says that whatever can be done will be done.

- Andrew Grove

Film

• News: Alyson Hannigan Says No To The Buffy The Vampire Slayer Remake.
• Den of Geek makes suggestions as to How they can prolong the Harry Potter and Twilight movie franchises even more.
• IGN names Worst Movie Spin-Offs, from Supergirl to Catwoman to Wolverine.
• Total Film remembers 20 Sequels No-One Wanted.

Internet

• DailyLit, which sends book excerpts to customers via e-mail or RSS feeds, has begun offering the service for free.
• Eric Schmidt explains How Google Can Help Newspapers.

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All technology should be assumed guilty until proven innocent.

- David Brower

Art

• Comic Alliance has posted a gallery of paintings of Cubist Superheroes: If Marvel and DC Were Drawn by Picasso.
• Miskatonic Valley Fine Art specializes in sculptures from the Cthulhu Mythos.

Film

• News: Disney Plans The Black Hole Remake with Tron Legacy Team.
• News: Fox Films CEO Jim Gianopulos thinks we should disconnect file sharers from the internet to “protect independent film makers.” Wink wink.
• News: Third Twilight movie to be split in two.
• News: Harlan Ellison, the whiniest bitch in the business, wants to write Star Trek 2.
• The AV Club picks The best film performances of the ’00s.

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Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.

- Daniel J. Boorstin

Resources

10 Alternatives To Mininova – After nearly five years of loyal service, Mininova disabled access to over a million torrent files when it partly shut down its website. Starting today, only approved publishers are able to upload files to the site, but luckily there are plenty of alternatives.

100 Google Wave Robots – Google Wave Robots are the best way to explore Wave. Here is the huge list of Google Wave Robots that you can add in your contacts and enjoy waving.

61 Free Apps We’re Most Thankful For – LifeHacker has compiled a list of free applications its users are thankful for. There’s a lot of the usual suspects, along with a few little-knowns.

All My Apps and NiNite – These two sites are the only two places on the internet I can find where you can install all the usual apps you load up on a new computer in one fell swoop, including Firefox, Flash, and VLC. Read the rest of this entry » » »

Book: Heat Wave
ISBN-13: 978-1401323820

Author: “Richard Castle”
Series: Nikki Heat series
Publisher: Hyperion
Genre: Mystery
Release: September 2009
Length: 208 pages (Hardcover)

Rating: D+ (60 / 100)

Verdict

Sadly, what might have been a golden opportunity to add some depth to a funny but often overly simplistic mystery series (Castle) has turned out to be little more than a cheap marketing gimmick. Hardcore fans of the series will enjoy a few chuckles from this book, but anybody expecting any real mystery is going to be sorely disappointed.

Pros: It will evoke a few chuckles from fans of the TV series.

Cons: Short, shallow, and seriously simple plotline. Poor dialog. No real twists.

Synopsis

In Brief: The fictional title character of ABC’s hit television series Castle kicks off his new series of books featuring tough and sexy New York police detective Nikki Heat.
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Art

• Tenacious Toys is accepting preorders for its line of Bertie Bots.

Comics

• NPR has compiled a list of literary graphic novels titled These Aren’t Your Geek’s Graphic Novels.

Film

• Interview: Submit questions for Digg’s upcoming interview with Peter Jackson.
• The BBC takes a look at How Disney created its first African-American princess.
• Den of Geek has some of the first photos from the upcoming BioShock movie.
• Reuters names the Top 10 movie flops of the decade.
• Total Film is looking forward towards The 49 Films That Will Define 2010.
• Yahoo! News remembers the Top 10 movie flops of the decade.

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