On Friday the 13th of April, 2029, 300-metre-wide near-Earth asteroid 99942 Apophis will pass within 31,000 kilometers of Earth.

Since we're approaching 2029 in-story, I'd like to remind folks that I called "dibs" on this back in February 2010.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

http://asteroidday.org/

Did you know it's Asteroid Day? I didn't... and there doesn't appear to be any organized events happening for it in my part of the world, either.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Trying to upload one gives a filename instead of a visible image in the profile control panel page where you're supposed to be able to pick one, and the image itself hasn't been showing for a long damn while.
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows

NCSoft is trying to make some of that sweet MOBA lucre... perhaps a little johnny-come-lately for the US market, but might their Korean market strategy let this one last?
http://www.playmxm.com/en/about-mxm
"MxM" or "Master vs Master"
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

http://embed.tumblr.com/embed/post/Hh8 ... S&did=null
http://embed.tumblr.com/embed/post/W05 ... S&did=null
http://embed.tumblr.com/embed/post/W05 ... S&did=null
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin

Am SOVI-NETTE, from Russian concured Paragon.  Serviette is the french one who is about as usefull as a Napkin.
Oh, and does anyone besides me play STO on a regular basis???
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children

I'm surprised we don't already have a thread for up-and-coming musical acts... so, here's a thread.

I found these "10 Emerging Acts to Watch" lists while looking for music for my Halifax trip. There's lists for Halifax, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, and North of 60, each complete with full songs:

http://www.cbcmusic.ca/posts/18751/hali ... s-to-watch
http://www.cbcmusic.ca/posts/18770/otta ... s-to-watch
http://www.cbcmusic.ca/posts/18710/toro ... s-to-watch
http://www.cbcmusic.ca/posts/18655/vanc ... ch-hayleau
http://www.cbcmusic.ca/posts/18593/mont ... s-to-watch
http://www.cbcmusic.ca/posts/18589/the- ... tum-tangle
http://www.cbcmusic.ca/posts/18688/calg ... s-to-watch
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

It was twenty years ago today, Harry Potter taught the band to play...

Well, maybe not a band. But twenty years ago today, June 26, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published.

CNN article here.

Edit: Fixed link. It was empty, don't ask me how.

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

… as a Slytherin.
Also a little bit of discussion about how fanfic writing itself used to be kept in the closet, but is now socially acceptable for pro writers.
-- ∇×V

Okay, Saturday's the day the Teddy Bears have their picnic in Ottawa. It's being held on the grounds of Rideau Hall, the official residence of the Governor General.

This is the equivalent of having a local hospital fundraiser on the front lawn of Buckingham Palace or the White House, letting everyone wander around (and giving tours of the building). "Gravitas"? "Security"? What are those?

Does this sort of thing happen in other capital cities, or is this something that only us oddball Canucks do?
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012