New PC

My new desktop computer details...

AMD Athlon Dual Core 64-Bit AM2 5600+
2 GIG (2048MB) DDR2 Memory
Socket AM2 NForce PCIEX Motherboard
500GB 7200 RPM SATA Drive
20x DVDWriter / CDWriter Combo Drive 256MB
ATI Radeon 3450 PCI Express Video 10/100
Ethernet for Home Networking/Broadband
5.1 Dolby Digital Sound Onboard
USB2.0 ports x8 (2 on front)
Black and Silver case + matching drives

Also got Office 2003 Premium (free upgrade from 2000 edition)!

S&A Live

If (like me) you've been to Rush gigs, seen the videos, got all their albums, and know the band's songs backwards, then watching Snakes & Arrows Live - on blu-ray or DVD, might feel a bit like having some old pals around for the afternoon. Filmed over two nights in Rotterdam, this epic concert movie features more than 30 tracks, and runs for over three hours, plus bonus material (such as Geddy playing the fool as Harry Satchel). Many older groups with a similar 30+ year career and loyal international following, have been called rock dinosaurs, but Rush are giants in the arena, with legendary musicianship, and this is certainly their best-filmed gig, to date (especially on the 1080i hi-def blu-ray format disc). Strongly recommended to all fans of hard rock, whether you like chicken, or not!

desktop dead again

It's heat-death-of-desktop-universe, again... as my PC keeps freezing and only works for 30 seconds. Windows starts up, okay, but system fails to operate. Hope this is just an easily-fixed power or cooling-fan problem (both of which I've had before on that machine), but - argh! - it would happen at Xmas, when repair shop's closed for the week.

Glad that I bought this laptop, so I'll be able to continue working on certain writing projects over silly season.

BS8

Yet more transmissions from beyond... My column, Blood Spectrum, of DVD reviews for Black Static magazine (published by T3A Press), covers Zombie Diaries, Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!, Days Of Darkness, Tokyo Zombies (notice a Halloween theme?), Death Note and Death Note 2: The Last Name, Strait Jacket, X-Cross, While She Was Out, One Way, Skinwalkers, Doomsday, Seed, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Reeker 2: No Man's Land, Creepshow III, plus a round-up of Asylum, Santa's Slay, The Tattooist, and Driftwood.

SF Site

There's a mini-interview by Sandy Auden, on the SF Site (scroll down that page a bit).