Al's Blog-o-Sphere

Some time in October, the Lockport Home Page, an independent online news report on the Lockport area, became active again. It’s great to see this much needed alternative voice return to an active role. Continue Reading…

Well, I didn’t run out on opening week to see it. I waited 10 days. But I went out tonight and saw the long-anticipated movie Serenity.

I won’t say too much about it in case you haven’t seen it. I don’t want to spoil it for you. If you know about it and want to see it, well, what are you waiting for?

In case you aren’t familiar with the movie, here is the background in a nutshell. Continue Reading…

Video

You’ve got to see this. If you aren’t on broadband, it’s worth the wait.

Is it a jungle, or an alien land? Are they plants or animals? Is this not the coolest animation? Somewhere between a sci-fi movie and the Nature Channel (Do they have that?) if all the eyes and tentacles don’t creep you out, you are not watching.

Here’s another

Buffalo’s been a one-paper town since what, the eighties? Yes, there’s Artvoice, The Beast, etc. but basically it’s The News for news.

Well, paper is dead. Save a tree and hook up with Buffalo Rising. It’s been around for a while as a blog-style page on blogspot, but this week, they move to their own domain and it’s blossomed into an online news center for everything. It’s morphed into five sections (just like a printed paper, but no classified or cartoons – yet!) and has a clean, cool new look.

Check them out. You can see it at buffalorising.com and you can either sign up for email reminders of news items, or subscribe using your favorite RSS feed aggregator.