Also demoing that the background is transparent.

From Sci-Fi Wire:

U.S. production company Keller Entertainment has picked up North American TV distribution rights for Witchcraft, Scandinavian company Mastiff Media’s reality show centered on the occult and paranormal, which will air on VH1, Variety reported. [more]

This could be really cool, or a really, really cheesy and exploitative bit of misinformation.

Want to lay odds on how long it’ll be before the Christian Coalition chimes in with their omnipresent opinion?

From a tidbit in iMDB’s Studio Brief:

Here’s the Formula for Movie Success

A University of London lecturer claims to have discovered the essential formula for creating hit movies, the Liverpool Daily Post reported today (Wednesday). According to Sue Clayton, who is also a movie director and a member of the British Film Council, films that have become hits have 30 percent action; 17 percent comedy; 13 percent “good versus evil,” 12 percent love/sex romance; 10 percent special effects and 10 percent music.

Now, are those percentages by weight or by volume?

CNN/Money is running a story about the again-redesigned $20 bill, which should start arriving this October.

Based on a conversation I had with Noelle this morning:

patterned after:

Join me in a happy Snoopy Dance! [Warning: link may is spoilerish for both Angel and Buffy.]

“Better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.” -proverb

“Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right.” -Igor Stravinsky, composer (1882-1971)

Urban Challenge San Francisco

Saturday, July 19, 2003
www.urbanchallenge.com/sanfrancisco/

Take on a unique urban adventure! Two-person teams find and visit 12 checkpoints on the unrehearsed urban landscape using only clues, their feet, and public transit. No set course. Event begins with a Trivia Challenge – the sharpest teams get a head start.

The best of Urban Challenge 2003 will battle for $50,000 in New Orleans, the host city for our National Championships. The Nationals are November 14-16, 2003.

I’ll add this to the list of reasons I wish I lived in SF. -ksb

Edit: Same weekend as SDCC. Damn. -ksb