Shahryar Rizvi

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  • No, SG U!: Stargate Universe needs some fixing

    I’ve nearly given up on Stargate Universe. I’m watching the fifth episode, (technically seventh, since the pilot was in three parts). Here’s why my patience is lost with the series. The women are fanservice-like eye candy, and the men are archetypes. Eli –the nerd and analogue to the show’s main demographic–  got relegated to friend […]

  • SIETCH #9 Halloween 2009: I’ll Kill You To Death!!!

    My laptop died, so the files I had set up for a mix file are boxed. I just made a youtube playlist of all the songs I could find that were on the mix. The quality is shot, but I added more tracks due to here being no DJ constraints. Happy Halloween. http://www.youtube.com/p/55E5FB2970154E5C&hl=en&fs=1

  • If I Can’t Game, It’s Not My Revolution: International Socialist Organization crashes Gamers meeting

    I wrote to the editor on North Texas Daily. On the night of Oct 21 at Pohl Recreation Center I witnessed an ugly scene between two campus organizations. Representatives and members of International Socialist Organization invited themselves into Room 207, reserved and occupied by UNT Gamer’s Club, to inform the attendees of the session that […]

  • Run Qila Run!!: My laptop died

    My laptop is finally dead three weeks after the monitor cracked. It no longer reads the external monitor it was hooked up to between the accident and this week. As a result, a lot of plans have been derailed, like the SIETCH #9 Halloween mix. With the an empty space in the laptop compartment of […]

  • On TV Science Fiction

    Charles Stross just kicked up an e-fuss about scifi televison. I agree that most tech in sci-fi is just geek window dressing for the drama and action. Some cases you could replace the space with sea, planets with islands, transcendent technology with magic, and you would have an Odyssey or Sinbad knockoff. http://www.spike.com/efp CineMassacre: Top […]

  • 24 – the year jack bauer shoots you in the foot.

  • Jesu — Opiate Sun EP

    http://www.lala.com/external/flash/PlaylistWidget.swf Opiate Sun EP – Jesu

  • Massive Attack — Splitting the Atom EP

    http://www.lala.com/external/flash/SingleSongWidget.swf Psyche (Flash Treatment) – Mas…

  • Textures will play in India in the near future

    Rumors abound of Dutch progressive metal band Textures performing in India in the future. They made the cover of New Delhi’s Rock Street Journal September 2009 issue. I am delighted by the buzz Textures has made in the Subcontinent. It is always nice to hear I share one more thing with a few desis in […]

  • With Twilight as My Guide

    Remix of Sagan’s Cosmos. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_profilepage&fs=1] …something Close to a galaxy rise on Earth… http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4505537&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from William Castleman on Vimeo.

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