tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41494955339891390192024-02-14T12:54:55.604-08:00the last geek bus homeA ramble into cybergeekspace on a quest to find out what we didn't know about.worldofhiglethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09395655800027831396noreply@blogger.comBlogger443125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-61978884548430742442014-08-09T10:23:00.001-07:002014-08-09T10:23:25.606-07:00Felicia Day Makes a Legendary Decision
Felicia has something to smile about
Late to the news, but huge congratulations to Legendary Entertainment for managing to broker a deal with video legend, Felicia Day, for the Geek & Sundry YouTube channel.
Ms Day has a fearsome reputation for insisting on being fairly compensated for her ground-breaking work and keeping control of her intellectual property (it sounds logical, but how Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08132654060901796794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-72732734323836104922014-04-06T14:51:00.001-07:002014-04-06T15:36:59.391-07:00Feeding the Homeless - Prank It FWD (Watch This!)
Greg Benson, from his website
Greg Benson has been making videos for ever and knows how to tickle the old funny bone (and then some). Even though a good many of his videos involve pranking members of the public in various ways, he has a fine sense timing and compassion for his victims subjects.
Greg is a good guy, so I shouldn't have been surprised at this new video from Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08132654060901796794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-11042005611323180102014-03-14T09:15:00.002-07:002014-03-14T13:26:18.160-07:00Happy Pi Day!
Freshly baked on http://www.memecreator.org/ this morning
It's Pi Day! An excuse to be cheesy on the inside - and out :)
I might try to recreate a classic from yesteryear [image not available], or I might just cheat and buy a delicious pie and gussy it up. Either way, it's an excuse for flaky, crusty fun...
What will you bake/do/recite?
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08132654060901796794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-67625084245136468542013-06-28T09:39:00.002-07:002013-06-28T10:00:49.438-07:00It's Felicia Day! Er...Felicia's Day! Felicia's Birthday!
An imaginary friend, in 2009
Someone asked me recently how I could imagine that people I met on the Internet were 'real' friends when we have never talked or even seen each other. They used Facebook to keep in touch with people they knew IRL, but couldn't imagine making new friends via the Internet, and likened them to imaginary friends. It was hard not to pity them.
When we first Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08132654060901796794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-27367064098400262032013-05-26T21:03:00.000-07:002013-05-27T20:26:13.695-07:00Vancouver Can't Stop The Serenity 2013: Fun and Fundraising! Plus Joss Update.
CSTS Vancouver, 2013
JOSS UPDATE AT THE END
Yesterday I had a wonderful time at the Vancouver Can't Stop The Serenity 2013. Gayle and her team of helpers had prepared a fun-packed day and the atmosphere was welcoming and happy.
There was a packed schedule of events:
Saturday's Schedule - subject to change without notice (but probably not)Noon Doors open12:30 &Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08132654060901796794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-1482149625117102172013-05-23T21:08:00.000-07:002013-05-23T21:34:34.005-07:00How To Share Slideshows in the Brave New Flickr
New Sets Homepage in Flickr
Flickr. It's great, innit?
So great, that when they changed it everyone thought it was awesome and everyone loved it the worst thing ever probably not that bad if they sort out the subscription issues.
I wanted to blog about the 2013 CSTS Vancouver event that's happening on Saturday, and since I have two sets of photos from the 2012 and 2010 events on Flickr Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08132654060901796794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-18606320925447995742013-05-23T20:11:00.000-07:002013-05-23T20:16:19.977-07:00Can't Stop The Serenity Vancouver 2013 - This Saturday! #CSTS
CSTS Vancouver, 2013
We've been attending the Vancouver CSTS event since 2008, and every year we have a ton of fun with costumes, auctions, sing-alongs and, of couse, seeing Serenity on the big screen one more time with the BC Browncoats and friends.
The 8th Annual Vancouver CSTS is on Saturday May 25, 12:30 - 5:30 PM at the MacMillan Space Centre, and promises to be another awesome event.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08132654060901796794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-36473383470343608572013-05-20T19:09:00.002-07:002013-05-22T07:39:36.147-07:00Want to work with Felicia Day and Jenni Powell? Try Geek & Sundry's new channel!
from http://geekandsundry.com/view/geek-sundry-launches-new-channel/
UPDATE: The link to the SUBMISSIONS page is now working! Are you going to give it a go?
If you've been waiting for your big chance to break into the next level on YouTube, then you need to know about a hugely exciting opportunity that has just been announced.
Felicia Day's multi-layered Geek & Sundry YouTube Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08132654060901796794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-82122906397979012192013-05-19T18:48:00.001-07:002013-05-19T18:51:22.236-07:00Fandoms: Stand Down!
http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com/
It would be funny if it wasn't so...no, actually it is funny. But also a little sad.
Fandoms gone wild have made the headlines in the UK. The 4th Annual Norwich Sci-Fi convention was the venue for a showdown between Dr Who fans and Star Wars fans. It has been widely reported from such bastions of hard news at The Guardian and the BBC, to IMBd (who knew Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08132654060901796794noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-44857776437221089182013-05-14T21:41:00.002-07:002013-05-27T07:42:27.244-07:00Joss, Actual. Joss Whedon joins Twitter and apparently the world keeps spinning.IMPORTANT UPDATE - Joss has moved on.
It's over five years since I started this blog.
Why did I start it? Because of Joss Whedon. Factual.
The first post I made here is titled "numfar, do the dance of shame......" and if that doesn't mean anything to you, then you're probably in the wrong place.
Joss introduced me to Felicia. And Felicia introduced me to so many amazing and wonderful people Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08132654060901796794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-71058909826205707872013-05-11T23:24:00.001-07:002013-05-12T17:33:10.257-07:00Weekend Movies - No reviews, just reaction. Harold and Maude.Hey, it's 2013!
And this blog is still here!
A lot has happened in the five years since I first started here, and my reasons for doing it have faded over time. So many new distractions, and not all of them Social Media apps.
Recently, though, we've had time to actually sit down and watch a few movies. We're counting down to cutting the cable cord when the contract runs out, so Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08132654060901796794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-30435692028222175712012-11-27T18:46:00.002-08:002012-11-27T18:49:29.391-08:00Blog Retro: Four years ago - Felicia Day Interview
Felicia Day four years ago, on my laptop.
Fugit! It's been Four Years!
It's hard to believe, but it's been four years since I stopped freaking out long enough to interview Felicia Day. Back then she had just managed to negotiate a ground-breaking deal with Xbox after sticking to her guns over ownership of her work, and Season 2 of The Guild was just airing. Who could have predicted that Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08132654060901796794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-28091383401563898572012-10-09T10:51:00.001-07:002012-10-09T10:57:00.590-07:00It's Triple Felicia Day...Day!
Felicia Day in S6, Ep 2 of The Guild
It's a red-letter Tuesday!
Not only is Episode 2 of The Guild Season 6 released today, but Dr Horrible's Sing Along Blog is airing on TV tonight for the very first time on The CW at 9:00 PM. AND a new interview with Felicia is now out on The Hollywood Reporter.
It's been over four years since Dr Horrible first took the interwebs by storm, and Felicia putsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08132654060901796794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-61413399781773405792012-10-02T11:45:00.000-07:002012-10-02T11:48:24.268-07:00The Guild Season 6 - Episode 1 out NOW!
The Guild Season 6 is going to blow our minds. Like this.
The writing, acting and delivery of The Guild has always been consistently good, and the team has done a great job of expanding and developing the universe each season.
But this season? That whole office warehouse is amazing. Watch the behind-the-scenes video and see all the people involved, the level of detail, the graphics, drawing,Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08132654060901796794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-64441413841313718572012-09-27T11:14:00.000-07:002012-09-27T11:16:03.021-07:00The Guild. Season 6. Trailer. NOW! Roll on Oct 2nd!
Gone for so long....and so has The Guild! But Felicia and crew have been hard at work on Season 6 and now it's only DAYS AWAY!
The trailer has just been released:
Season 6 is going to be EXCLUSIVE to the Geek and Sundry channel on YouTube and premieres on OCTOBER 2nd, so make sure you are subscribed to Geek and Sundry.
I'm not sure what I'm more excited about after watching the trailer - Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08132654060901796794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-13884402682606960332012-07-04T22:20:00.001-07:002012-07-04T22:28:58.868-07:00Behind The Scenes on Standard Action Webseries
Joanna Gaskell as Edda, in Standard Action
Standard Action BTS, a set on Flickr.
Last weekend we had the pleasure of being background actors for Season 2 of the webseries 'Standard Action'.
Many thanks to Joanna, Ron, Vanessa and all the cast and crew for a great day out :)
Go and watch Standard Action Season 1 now at http://watchstandardaction.com/ worldofhiglethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09395655800027831396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-69838496576894696702012-06-13T16:11:00.001-07:002012-07-04T22:21:10.714-07:00Defending Felicia? No need, she's got it covered.
A lovely picture of Felicia Day
UPDATE:*** I just saw this today on Facebook (thanks Anna!), about Anita Sarkeesian's Kickstarter Project "Tropes vs. Women in Video Games"which has also attracted a huge avalanche of hatred. Why is this happening now, and is it a new trend or more of the same thing that has happened throughout the history of the Internet? This is a great project Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08132654060901796794noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-2697577946379497582012-03-31T16:35:00.005-07:002012-03-31T17:09:24.220-07:00Felicia is no April Fool - get your Geek on Tomorrow!
Geek and Sundry Logo from geekandsundry.com
Earlier this week Felicia Day announced that she would be hosting a TEN HOUR GOOGLE+ HANGOUT MARATHON to promote her new programmes on her new YouTube 'Geek and Sundry' channel. With a whole new stable of shows in the pipeline there is bound to be something for everyone. AND it's a fundraiser for charity, too.
Today the schedule has been published Higletfilmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16658843952906699541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-66645293615943950472012-03-19T14:04:00.000-07:002012-03-19T14:43:11.979-07:00Geek And Sundry Horrible Husbands
Hopefully the companion book to Horrible 2 is being prepped even now!
Yes, that headline wrote itself
Wow, it's finally 2012 on this blog - the first post this year?? How does that even happen? It's fitting that this is a summary post designed to bring you up to date on some special projects.
Dr Horrible 2 - out soon?
Wired.com and many other outlets have reported that Joss has hinted that Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08132654060901796794noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-23024233621512713142011-12-12T11:30:00.000-08:002011-12-12T11:31:47.407-08:00The Guild Season 5 DVD out tomorrow!
The Guild Season 5 DVD
Will Felicia Day be in your stocking this Christmas?
The answer is - with any luck! The Guild Season 5 DVD is out tomorrow, December 13th 2011, and you can order it from Amazon.com right now* It looks like it won't be available from Amazon.ca until March 13th 2012, so this will be the only way to get the DVD for now.
Try Before You Buy
If you worldofhiglethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09395655800027831396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-85735042624666078472011-12-05T11:26:00.001-08:002011-12-05T11:41:42.803-08:00New trailer, new book for Joss Whedon's 'The Cabin in the Woods'
(image from http://discoverthecabininthewoods.com/)
Something to blog about!
It's been a while since I posted but I couldn't not talk about the new trailer from 'The Cabin In The Woods'. Actually, I'm not even going to talk about it, because you should just watch it and then start speculating on your own. Because you don't need me to tell you that April 13th next year is going to feature aworldofhiglethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09395655800027831396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-24904654750065980222011-10-19T14:16:00.000-07:002011-10-19T15:24:46.385-07:00Time flies
A web, taken on my iPhone last week. It's all connected.
It used to be just you and me...
...hanging out over here, me writing something terribly earnest about Joss, or The Guild, or Firefly, or something geeky, and you reading it and moving on. I've been a terrible host recently. I never write. I never call. I never send flowers...
In good company
Louis Gray (I value his opinion onworldofhiglethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09395655800027831396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-83860482409439300662011-08-30T12:15:00.000-07:002011-08-30T12:15:56.696-07:00Getting back on track
It's...been a while
Blogging here has not been my priority as family matters overtook everything this summer. Paul's dad became very ill and Paul flew over to England to help care for him. Jim, his dad, died at home and we all flew over for the funeral. It has been a tough summer in many ways.
Reasons to be thankful
Family is important, always, but never as important as during difficulties and worldofhiglethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09395655800027831396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-73591466518379557772011-08-02T07:51:00.000-07:002011-08-02T07:51:31.056-07:00Waiting for Dragon Age and Elf Quest? Why not try Ackernon and Standard Action now?Felicia Day in Dragon Age (picture from feliciaday.com)
I spent my youth reading epic fantasy and sci-fi series and they will always have a special place in my heart. You've probably already heard about the upcoming webseries, Dragon Age: Redemption and Elf Quest. They are due out later in the year and are based on works (a massive role playing game and cult comic book respectively) that worldofhiglethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09395655800027831396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149495533989139019.post-38232605016869118482011-07-11T08:51:00.000-07:002011-07-11T15:04:14.067-07:00IAWTV Board Elections: Voting starts today! UPDATE: all the submitted candidate videos can be seen on the IAWTV YouTube channel "Board of Directors Campaign Videos" playlist.
Voting for five seats on the IAWTV Board of Directors opens today
When I wrote about the last IAWTV Board Election in January of this year I had no idea that I would be a candidate for the Board myself in this election. It was a huge honour to be nominated, andworldofhiglethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09395655800027831396noreply@blogger.com1