Blackmoor Vituperative

There are few webpages listing free font resources that are free in the sense of the Free Software Foundation. Free software is similar to (but slightly different than) open source software, and includes such software projects as GNU and Linux. This webpage focuses on free font resources primarily for European Latin-based scripts, and secondarily for Greek and Cyrillic-based scripts. I don’t know anything about other scripts, but I think it would be great if there were a similar page for other scripts.

(from Free Font Resources for Free Open Source Operating Systems)

Count Lacudra (Mike Arlo) needs lessons in listening to the soundtrack when the threads of his unlife show signs of unraveling. Max Madblood (Jerry F. Harrell) and Nurse Patience Dream (Penny Palen) can only stand by and watch the train wreck as Grinfield (Craig T. Adams) is lured off by the siren song of love, happiness and money. (What ever happened to loyalty?) Can the Count pick up the pieces and replace that bug-eating manservant? Will the new applicants make a big hit with the Boss?

Special Guests: Ron Newman as Gandermint; Ken Johnson as Hackenspit; Shellee Casiello as Edwina; Noel Gramlich as Lovely Ness Special Aural Teaser: Bernie Melton as PJ the Invisible DJ

Rod Serling’s Night Gallery:

“Miracle at Camafeo” (Rod Serling, writer) with Harry Guardino, Julie Adams, Ray Danton, Margarita Garcia, Tomas Trujillo, Rodolfo Hoyos, Richard Yniguez;
“Hand of Borgus Weems” (George Langelaan, story) with Ray Milland, George Maharis, Patricia Donahue, Joan Huntington, William Mims;
“Midnight Never Ends” (Rod Serling, writer) with Susan Strasberg, Robert F. Lyons, Robert Karnes, Joseph Perry

Enjoy an evening of tight drama and loose ends!

It’s that time again! Saturday July 29th (and part of the 30th) is the Chesapeake Central Library’s fifth annual FantaSci mini-con. The details are at http://www.chesapeake.lib.va.us/CL_Fantasci2006/CL_FantasciPr.htm. Uncle Feloneous will be representing clan Madblood at Brain’s Traveling Gift Shop. Hope to see you there!

Don’t forget that “Rocky Horror” will be at the Naro Expanded Cinema on July 28th, for an 11:30 late show. And coming on August 5 and 6, Max Madblood will present Saturday and Sunday matinees of “20,000 Leagues Under The Sea” at 12:30 p.m. The Madblood Film Series has returned! Go to www.narocinema.com or call 757-625-6276 for Naro schedule information.

It’s all at http://www.madblood.net! We’re podcasting specially selected Madblood episodes. See old show clips at Madblood’s Time Machine! Enter the Trivia Trek contest. Answer questions about the show and qualify to win a VHS tape, a DVD or other nice prize. Brain’s Gift Shop has T-shirts, bumper stickers, stress-ball Brains and now “30 Years of Madness” DVDs!

Inside Madblood Manor! See where it happens! Portions of Dr. Madblood Presents are filmed at the Hermitage Foundation Museum, 7637 North Shore Road, Norfolk, VA 23505; 757-423-2052; www.hermitagefoundation.org. Take a tour and tell ’em Madblood sent ya!

Don’t Miss “Dr. Madblood Presents” at 8 PM almost every Saturday on WSKY-TV, now “Channel 4 Hampton Roads” (On Cox Channel 4, DirecTV and Dish Network Channel 7296)

“Firefox 1.5.0.5 is a security update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers,” Mozilla said on its Web site. “We recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version.”

What: A business traveler protests the warrantless search and seizure of his laptop by Homeland Security at the U.S.-Canada border.

When: 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules on July 24.

Outcome: Three-judge panel unanimously says that border police may conduct random searches of laptops without search warrants or probable cause. These searches can include seizing the laptop and subjecting it to extensive forensic analysis.

(from Tech News on ZDNet, Police blotter: Laptop border searches OK’d)

If they can do it at the border, they can do it anywhere they want: one piece of US soil is just like another. It’ll get worse before it gets better.

Check out this Chinese Pepsi commercial.

Wise business IT executives should start considering SLED 10 for their main desktop operating system as well. Vista continues to be troublesome, and it’s looking more and more like Vista may not ship in January. XP remains a bad security joke and an operating system all in one.

If you’re considering a business desktop alternative, SLED 10 should be at the top of your shopping list.

(from DesktopLinux.com, A first look at SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10)

MDSnowman’s 2e Conversions

The top of the first post has dozens of well-known characters converted to
Mutants & Masterminds.

Near the bottom of the first post is a nice list of various fights between
characters. Nice way to get a feel for the flow of combat.

Check out these inspirational posters.

WGA nabs 60 million Windows cheaters?

According to a Microsoft manager, 60 million people have failed the Windows Genuine Advantage validation test. But according to Ed Bott, the numbers don’t add up.

See also: That deceptive, misleading WGA installation

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