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  • How to post YouTube videos in a WordPress blog

    Update: Some say that only Admins can post…which makes no sense at all.  I’m checking into that. I was going to make this a private page just for my fellow Monitor Duty authors, but then I realized that there may be many non-MonitorDuty users who could be having the same problem and this might come…

  • My local Star Trek Museum!

    I live over on the east side of Rochester, Minnesota. One fine day I was out walking when I noticed an odd blue sign in the distance. It was fuzzy and I could barely make it out… The heck?  I’ve never noticed that sign before.  Now, it’s probably been there all along, and I’ve been…

  • A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Import

    This was my laugh for the day. As you all can see, I’ve begun importing our archives.  As the list of past posts scrolled by, I saw this:

  • Micro-Con, the One Day Wonder, is this Sunday!

    This Sunday, I’ll be appearing at Micro-Con at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in St. Paul. Running from 10-4PM, it’s your chance to meet dozens and dozens of comic book pros and indy creators, including special guest of honor Herb Trimpe. As always, I get to say hi to Tom Nguyen and Doug Mahnke, then check…

  • The Wisdom of Erik Burnham

    Someone call Bartlett’s: “On the other hand, if you can’t say something nice, welcome to the internet!” – Posted on Dixonverse November 14, 2006 I had to preserve it for posterity, since the Dixon board drops posts after a week.

  • Join the Fun at Micro-Con

    If you’re in the Minnesota area on Sunday, APRIL 30th, then you need to not be a loser and get your butt over to the latest annual MICRO-CON – “The One Day Wonder.” Micro-Con is a small comic comvention and is a function of the Mid-West Comic Book Association (MCBA). It’s going to be held…

  • Carpal Tunnel go bye-bye

    I haven’t been posting too often because I’m trying to limit my computer time. The problem is this numbness in my fingers, which a doctor told me is the onset of carpal tunnel syndrome. Wearing wrist braces and cutting my typing time a bit is helping. The biggest help has been RSI Guard, a small…

  • Whatever happened to the Nitpicker’s Guides? We asked Phil Farrand!

    Back in the mid-1990s, Phil Farrand debuted a book, “The Nitpicker’s Guide for Next Generation Trekkers,” which catalogued how often communicators and holodecks didn’t function the same from episode to episode, as well as other incongruities, foibles and oddities. The book was wildly successful and led in short order to nitpicker’s guides for Classic Trekkers,…

  • Today’s big news: Get a FREE copy of Metro Med #0!

    Shooting Star Comics has redesigned their web site and opened their online store. According to Scott McCullar, they moved the site to a new host in order to get the store working and allow space for upcoming online comics which will start in 2006.

  • FallCon 2005 recap

    It took me three weeks due to vacation and illness…and prepping all the images, of which there are many…but here is my summary of FallCon 2005. Sorry it’s a bit late, but I think it’s worth it. FallCon is the annual October two-day convention held at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in St. Paul, MN, by…