In Which I Get the Cartoon/Toy Remake Thing

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Adaptions of Transformers?  A source of jokes.  GI Joe?  A film stunning in its mediocrity.  If it's not equine and friendly and little, it seems most re-adaptions of cartoons aren't too good, and of course I snootily turn my nose up at them.  Hell, we have one blogger here whose entire goal is to dissect adaptions, leaving me more time to be self-righteous if charming and personable.

Today I heard about J.J. Abrams and a Micronaut movies and I suddenly felt a visceral "yes!" echo in me head, and I understood just why people would be interested in these seemingly majority-terrible adaptions.

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Late Breaking Geekery!

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From north of the Border (US-wise), The Kobo may be giving Amazon a run for it's money, especially considering geographic issues.

The Canadian Supreme Court wisely decided that linking to something that may be libelous isn't libel.

Dropbox is pretty hot right now – and here's a prediction that they're doomed.  Great analysis, well worth reading.

Thanks to our readers for the heads-up (and as a hint, I'm hoping to semi-automate this feature in a month or two . . .)

– Steven Savage

Promoting Professional Geekery #8: Mentor People

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So much like us here, you want to promote the idea of professional geekery.  You want to remind people "hey you can do what you love," and in some case wave it around to remind people it's TRUE.

So be a mentor to a current or future progeek or a bunch of them.

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