Needcoffee.com -十年失眠: 1998-2008!
有一个蛇神在我的树上小屋!
张贴 09.01.08由Widge @ 11:28 pm

蛇神在我的树上小屋

是在影片Fest和在启示上升的轨道在DragonCon的那些您也许已经看了我们的公告 有一个蛇神在我的树上小屋!写由肯· Plume (是, [[the]] 肯羽毛)和我自己以艺术 kickass Len Peralta. 它是一本书为轻微地被干扰的孩子。 来到在您附近以后卖事…这年的地方。

您能为更新签字 正式站点. 并且您能检查 Len的这里海报艺术.

分类如下:
评论:



Neal Stephenson反作家的块方法
张贴 08.06.08由Widge @ 3:33上午
Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson是疯狂的科学幻想小说史诗的作者 雪崩溃 并且均匀茜草属植物WTF史诗 金刚石年龄在其他书中。 什么他分享 2003主要讲话 是一把优秀钥匙到完成文字。 为他的第一本书,他只有写事的十天,因为他的书提案被接受了。 什么其次发生了?

很快问题出现: 打字机有一条现代塑料丝带。 塑料变成熟并且变得稠粘: 它是7月在衣阿华市,并且公寓是热的。 唯一的方式防止丝带困住将保留丝带移动。 并且唯一的方式保留丝带移动将继续按键。 那个发现奇迹为他的生产力。 他没有时间认为: 他必须继续按键和写进入他的头脑的第一件事。

(更多…)

分类如下:
评论: 2个评论




夹子的遗产脚腕骗子
张贴 08.05.08由Widge @ 6:51 pm
Simpsons对掠夺

很好,我有另一个原因参观费城: 我想要遇见夹子, Charles Dickens的掠夺启发Edgar亚伦Poe的那个创伤 掠夺. 不,他仍然不踢--他宁可被充塞。 并且 好奇远征寻找了他 在善本部门:

这不是Dickens拥有了作为宠物的第一掠夺,但它是他最心爱的,并且,当它死了他有它专业地taxidermied并且登上了(有一.的宠物被充塞的有在英国成为了所有愤怒,在乔治IV安排他的宠物长颈鹿被充塞)之后。

哪个是所有好(和真正地,真正地凉快的),但我容易地分散的脑子问下个问题: 什么发生在乔治IV被充塞的长颈鹿? From what I can tell, it was donated to the Zoological Society. But is it still around? Is it on display? I've sent off some inquiries to assuage my curiosity, but if anybody knows, let me know.

And if you want to get inspired, check out Vincent Price working his magic on Poe.

(more...)

Categorized as: Books
Comments: None



Own Your Own Copy of "The Tales of Beedle the Bard"
Posted on 07.31.08 by Widge @ 1:26 pm
The Tales of Beedle the Bard Collector's Edition

Okay, so talk about Stuff You Need to Know. You might remember how at the end of last year, there were handcrafted editions of The Tales of Beedle the Bard from J.K. Rowling, one of which Amazon sold at auction for an assload of money, all for charity. Now there's going to be editions that you and I can afford and--in case you were wondering--it's all going to charity still. The Children's High Level Group will be the beneficiaries of this. So you can drop some coin and drop a little extra coin and not feel too terribly bad about it.

Why would you want to drop extra coin? Because the Collector's Edition (pictured) is $100. And it's a replica of the handcrafted versions, apparently. Check this out:

Tucked in its own case disguised as a wizarding textbook found in the Hogwarts library, the Collector's Edition includes an exclusive reproduction of J.K. Rowling's handwritten introduction, as well as 10 additional illustrations not found in the Standard Edition or the original. Opening the case reveals a velvet bag embroidered with J.K. Rowling's signature, in which sits the piece de resistance: your very own copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, complete with metal skull, corners, and clasp; replica gemstones; and emerald ribbon.

Criminy. I mean, don't get me wrong, you can get the same text in the Standard Edition for less than $8 pre-ordered. But...that Collector's Edition is calling my name, I don't know about you. Anyway, even if you don't grab it, click through to the Collector's Edition to check out all the pics of it. As a work of bookery, it still should be looked over. Both editions are out December 4th.

Categorized as: Books
Comments: None



Undercutting the Cost of "the task"
Posted on 07.28.08 by Widge @ 3:18 am

the task

Okay, so the most expensive book in the world is priced at 153 million euros. It's called "the task" and is by author Tomas Alexander Hartmann. And I'm going to go ahead and assume that this guy is serious, although I admit freely this sounds like some sort of mildly amusing SNL skit. But I have known people who would be considered this pretentious. Anyway, the book is priced such because the contents of the book are just That Damn Good. It better be, because there's only thirteen pages in it.

The author claims to have answered the three final important questions of humankind in less than three hundred sentences: Where do we come from? Where are we going? And: What is the real task we still have to take on?

Now, to be fair, I have not read "the task." My request for a review copy was never answered by Mr. Hartmann. But assuming that this is for real--because I'm still having trouble making myself believe it--then I'm sure it's up for the Golden Wanque Award, which I understand is given out each November in Prague. For 153 million euros you get the book translated into your language, inserted into a gold cover and you get all licensing rights. For that sort of price, you should probably get oral sex on demand for life as well. But nobody asked me. So.

[[ This way for enlightenment, brothers and sisters... ]]

Categorized as: Books
Comments: 1 Comment



Celebrating 10 Years of Insomnia: 1998-2008!
Subscribe to RSS! or Suggest something!


Looking for Something?
Web Needcoffee

Recent Entries



Somebody Actually Gave Us An Award For This Mess:

Winner: Best-Kept-Secret Weblog!
Who Goes There?
  • Zeray Gazette
  • Collected Digital Outpourings
  • Heck of a Guy
  • Solution Focused Change
  • Derren Brown's Blog
  • Acrentropy
  • Good News Film Reviews
  • Wolven's LiveJournal
  • WTF is this?


    Translation?
    Translate to EnglishÜbersetzen Sie zum Deutsch/Germanترجمة الى العربية/Arabic中文翻译/Chinese Simplified日本語に翻訳しなさい /JapaneseTraduza ao Português/PortugueseTraduisez au Français/French
    Traduzca al Español/Spanish
    What is This?

    Recent Comments:
  • Christal E on Lions & Tigers and More Winners, Oh My!: Thank you for letting me win Jake and the Fatman!
  • Widge on The Spirit (2008) - 27 Second Review: Wayne: Good question and thanks for asking it. The review portion of...
  • Wayne on The Spirit (2008) - 27 Second Review: quick question, “Time: 13 seconds” means what?
  • David Gallaher on The Spirit (2008) - 27 Second Review: Damn straight, I loved this film!
  • Alain on Lions & Tigers and More Winners, Oh My!: And I get a trip to the past with Cannon, thanks Need Coffeee...

  • Content Bits
  • Home
  • Gabfest
  • Books
  • Columns
  • Comics
  • Contests
  • DVD
  • Games
  • Headsup
  • Movies
  • Music
  • Podcasts
  • Rants
  • Recommendations
  • Reviews
  • Stimuli
  • Toys
  • TV
  • Pre-Wordpress Archive

  • Site Stuff
  • Contact the Loonies
  • Support the Loonies
  • Subscribe in a reader
  • Get updates via e-mail
  • Manage newsletter subscription
  • Privacy Policy and Site Terms of Use
  • WordPress

  • Entries by Author
    Bailey
    Bob the Zombie
    Cosette
    Dindrane
    Doc Ezra
    HTQ4
    Ripp
    Rob Levy
    ScottC
    Siege
    Thespia
    Tuffley

    Also Visit...
    The Daily Kicksplode
    Colors Are Overrated
    BRAC Huntsville

    Credits and Copyright
    All content © 1997-present by One Tusk Productions. Some rights reserved.
    Original theme by Theron Parlin, who bears no responsibility considering what we've done to it.