Arthur C. Clarke

1917 – 2008
Category: General
9-11
A sad day indeed. I was staying with a friend in NJ at the time, and I was shaving in the bathroom listening to Imus on the radio when a report came at 8:45, that a plane has crashed into one of the towers. The thought at the time was that it was an accident and a smaller plane. But then at 9:00 the second one hit, and my friend came out yelling ‘planes have crashed into the WTC !!!’. We watched CNN for the entire day almost, got out to get Dylan’s new cd, that was released at that exact day, just to get away for a bit.

Phil Rizzuto Dies At 89

The oldest living Hall of Famer died in his sleep on August 14th 2007.
Google: LOL I R In Ur Feedz
Will Google buy feedburner and rull the world ? Scoble has a nice roundup of posts for you to consider !
(title of this post inspired by I Can Haz Cheesburger)
WordPress 2.2

The new wordpress version is out. Upgrading was a painless affair, except for the fact that FileZilla skipped two files (wp-login.php and one other) so I couldn’t log on to the blog anymore. But that was easily fixed by uploading those 2 files seperately. The Template only broke in the bottom part, the links were suddenly also showing ratings (all 0 since that feature isn’t turned on). Changing a true to false in the get_links call fixed that. Though I thought that was very odd, dont know why that creeped up after the upgrade to 2.2. Now I am off, checking what else 2.2 has to offer ;).
Secrets of the Lord of the Rings #2
Father Roderick has posted the second episode of this interesting podcast at sqpn.com. Looks like another great one 😉 . This is a Frodo / Bilbo centered episode, presented from within Lord of the Rings Online !
Secrets of the Lord of the Rings
SQPN has launched a new podcast named ‘The Secrets of the Lord of the Rings‘. I haven’t listened to it yet, but it looks very promising, since their previous Secrets of (Harry Potter and Pirates of the Carribbean) were very interesting as well.
Here is an excerpt from the press release:
“The Secrets of the Lord of the Rings†is a thrilling audio podcast that takes listeners on a voyage through the mythological and religious themes that have made J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional work loved around the world.
Exciting moment
Children of HurinIn the midst of the recent publication of Tolkien’s posthumous “Children of Hurin,†and the April launch of a worldwide online multiplayer game based on the world of Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings,†the new podcast is launched at an exciting moment for fans of Tolkien’s Middle Earth.
First episode at sqpn.com.
Promo Mp3
[audio:LordoftheRings_promo.mp3]
Tolkien: The Children of Hurin
Received the book in the mail yesterday and am currently reading it. Seems pretty good so far, though I am not that far yet into the book.
Higher res trailer
Nice review at A little bubble in the maelstrom.