The Stories and Novels By Derek Ward
Hobbits, Jedi, Nazis, and Metal-Haters are celebrating, I’m sure.
Seriously, Sir Christopher was a raging badass. He went to fight with the Finns in the Winter War. At the end of WWII, he was on a team that hunted down Nazis!
Plus, he was a metal head, working with several bands and releasing two Christmas Metal albums.
You will be missed, Sir Christopher, but you have earned your rest.
From Rejected Princesses comes this story about a girl who designed her prom dress after “The Arrow.”
Personally, I think this is freaking awesome.
Unfortunately, I can see Disney doing this before doing something like Tie Fighter Wars.
This is just flipping awesome.
For some reason, it reminds me of the early Aeon Flux cartoons. Not the style of animation, but the storytelling style.
Epic trailer is epic:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/DctTjkGHyvg?rel=0
Update: Apparently the video’s been pulled. As soon as I find it again, I’ll update the link.
Listening to the Gun Nation podcast, and this was brought up:
From Surefire,home of the $1400, 2400 lumen flashlight.
Anyways, all I could think about was this:
Proving once again:
According to this article from Ars Technica, the U.S. Navy is set to field test its new rail gun in 2016 aboard the USNS Millinocket. The video in the article is pretty nifty as well.
It makes me wonder if/when we’ll be switching out our chemically-propelled small arms for hand-held versions of these. FSM, I love living in the future.
ArsTechnica did a review of Sir Lancelot’s Armor’s Holy Grail iPhone case.
This was the company’s pitch to the reviewer:
Subject: Preview the bulletproof iPhone?
On March 18, Sir Lancelot’s Armor will announce the first reusable screen protectors for iPhones and iPads made of bulletproof glass….If interested in getting a sample to use or test, please let me know the model and color of your iPhone.
So, the guys over at ArsTechnica tested the claim. At the range. With a 9mm. Claim was busted quite vigorously.
For those of you who are fans of Larry Corriea and have Audible, the Hard Magic is on special today for $5.95.
Okay, now this is just kick-ass! A lady sword fighter wins at the longsword tourney.
Even better:
She has several swords, and she designed the ones she uses the most. They’re specifically made for the style of fighting she does so they’re strong but not necessarily sharp. Regardless, I wouldn’t make her angry.