July 19, 2008
The Big Read Meme, and Joss Whedon's Evil Genius!
Yes, yes, it's been awhile, lovely to see you again too, no, I'm not dead.
Now that we've gotten that all out of the way... I've taken the next step into Web 2.0-ness, and created a Google Reader account and signed myself up for a plethora of RSS feeds (notably, a whole bunch of the links in my sidebar over there). Now, all the things that I've promised myself I would read regularly, I actually AM reading regularly, yay! (Come to think... I should share a few of the other sites I've added over on my sidebar. Right. One thing at a time.)
So, in honor of my marginally increased geekiness (did I mention I've gone all Firefox, all the time, now, too?), I offer you: a web event, and the uncloaking of the origins of a web meme.
The web event is fairly straightforward: Joss Whedon is back, and he's brought friends. Tune in TODAY (and until the stroke of midnight on Sun., July 20, 2008) to the third and final act of...
DR. HORRIBLE'S SING-ALONG BLOG!!!
But FEAR NOT!!! If you're reading this belatedly and missed the spectacular web event, Joss intends to make it available in other formats (according to his diabolical Master Plan. You DID read the Master Plan, didn't you?) In case that link goes away too, he states in his FAQ:
"[Q:] What happens when it goes away? Does it go to a happy farm for always like Fluffy did when mommy was crying and the neighbor kept washing his fender?
[A:] No, Dr horrible will live on. We intend to make it available for download soon after it’s published. This would be for a nominal fee, which we’re hoping people will embrace instead of getting all piratey. We have big dreams, people, and one of them is paying our crew.
And somewhat later, we will put the complete short epic out on DVD – with the finest and bravest extras in all the land. We’ll go into greater detail about that at Comiccon, but we’re changing the face of Show Friendliness a second time with that crazy DVD. "
Now, as for the meme... read on, Dear Reader, read on (and I DO mean that)...
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