I have to dump this out, to try and stop it taking over my BRAIN.

Given that TV Tropes exists in Fenspace, how would the Fen-squared describe the Fen? (Note, I'm talking about the fans of the BNFs and others tropifying them in universe.)

For an incomplete list for A.C. (getting it out of my brain remember, so the below is probably not correct TV Tropes markup):

*ActionGirl/ActionMom - Built a BadassFamily.
**Two actually.
***With bunches of Badass cousins hanging around. Which, given her day job isn’t surprising.
*ArtificialLimbs - Is a total conversion HollywoodCyborg.
*BadassLongcoat - Including BadassLabcoat even! HelloNurse!
*BiTheWay
*BoobsOfSteel/MostCommonSuperpower
*TheCaptain
*EvenTheGirlsWantHer - Senshi, we're looking at you mostly but DAMN...
*Fanservice/FetishFuelStationAttendant - Do we really need to say this? Her biomod [[CursedWithAwesome forces her] to be like this, to [[Stripperiffic ridiculous levels] levels at times, technically making her an InnocentFanserviceGirl.
**Note that she can be fully covered and STILL have people DistractedByTheSexy.
*FemmeFatale/LadyInRed/WomanInBlack - There's enough overlap to be really confused about this.
*GadgeteerGenius/MadScientist
*GenderBender - Is genetically Male, despite her Fanservice looks.
*GuileHero/[[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bitch] - See Femme Fatale entry above.
*HotChickWithASword/GirlsWithGuns-GunsAkimbo version.
*HospitalHottie/HotAmazon/HotScientist/HotMom
*ImpossiblyCoolWeapon - Her trademark is her [[AbsurdlySharpBlade monomolecular] [[WhipSword ribbon sword].
*LadyOfWar
*MamaBear - Hurt someone she cares for and you're so doomed.
*MasterOfDisguise
*NinjaPirateZombieRobot – Or Hyper-Intelligent Mad Scientist Combat Cyborg Sexy Super Spy
*Ojou - The Senshi believe fervently in this.
*RedBaron - The Scarlet Angel.
*TallDarkAndBishoujo
*WhipItGood - Oh can she ever...

I'm looking to get a new car for the home-to-work-and-back commute, grocery shopping, and the occasional intercity drive, and the 2010 Kia Rio is looking very attractive... (They offer a colour that nobody else's car in the office parking lot uses, for one thing. That's a very handy option in a big parking lot.)

But anything can look good on paper. Anybody here have any real-world experience with a Kia Rio or any other Kia, good or bad?
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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

Here it is!  Have at it.  You guys know how it is, but for the newcomers: commentary on the story itself is much preferred.  I'll hold off on the final sweep for a thorough grammar and spelling fix.

I always though that Aish Clanclan's behaviour could be best explained by the Ctarl-Ctarl having a pack social structure, like wolves. A Ctarl-Ctarl spends their time, especially when dealing with new people, jockying for position, working out who the Alpha and Omega of a group is. They can then settle down into a working relationship.
1) This explains why Hilda made a point of not swerving to avoid a freaking battleship - that would only mark her as being lower in the pecking order.
2) They are submissive to their leaders, but very quick to turn on a packmate who's lost face.
3) A Ctarl-Ctarl's version of diplomacy verges on bullying by human standards - they're trying to find out who's boss.
4) This doesn't work well on humans - many of whom don't settle into an Omega position and keep challenging authority. In this case, the face contest goes on until the human has for some reason or the other won, in which case the human ends up the Alpha. Which may explain why you quite often find Ctarl-Ctarl working in strip bars and restaurants.
Any thoughts?

Somebody is making real airships with the aim of selling them.  And when I say "real airship" I mean dirigible, state-of-the-art materials, thrust vectoring, fiber-optic fly-by-wire, and other innovative goodies.

Just fooling around in Sketchup this evening, and produced this:



It's a to-scale drawing of some of the larger objects inhabiting our fair Fenspace. In descending order, we have Grover's Corners[1], Island One, Stellvia and the Island[2]. Kind of puts things in perspective, doesn't it?

[1] Which is a *tiny* bit larger than spec, in order to avoid clipping issues. Also, didn't have a elevation model of the actual landscape, so I faked it.
[2] Represented here by a truncated model of the Mall of America, which roughly fits the amount of claimed acreage on the wiki.
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery

FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information

"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"

So, I have this document. It's set up as a series of old-fashioned Windows .hlp files, hyperlinked heavily and the like.
I want it to be readable on my PDA, an HP iPaq running Windows Mobile 6 Classic.
Anyone got a workable, preferably FOSS, reader available?
ETA: Yes, I know that there are convert-to-RTF tools out there. That's not in the slightest what I want. I don't want to change the format, I want a program that'll run on the PDA and read the files as they are.
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

Just found out about this... this device is full of win and awesome. The applications are many and far-reaching.  One thought that immediately occurs to me - could exoframes that allow disabled people better mobility be right around the corner?
Or even true mecha?
http:////embed.ted.com/talks/tan_le_a_he...waves.html

Brian Blessed has just been contracted to do voice tracks for Tom Tom. This makes me almost willing to get a GPS system.
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