May 2017 – Scribblings From The Public Restroom Stalls Of The Gods

Cooking With Code

The new LogBook, same as the old LogBook

By Earl
May 16, 2017
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So, about that redesign…you might have noticed just a couple of minor cosmetic changes here and there. Just a couple.

theLogBook.com has had very, very minor variations on the same logo ever since I first rendered the word “LOGBOOK” in Microgramma Bold Extended on a Video Toaster in 1994 or ’95, just for giggles. Ever since then, that’s been the logo, and that’s been the “look”.

Video toast … Read more

Home Base Write, Write, You Bloody Well Write

The Raider Record, Vol. 22 #7

By Earl
May 8, 2017
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Raider Record Vol. 22 #7 It’s time once again to dip into the ’80s and revisit another issue of the Raider Record, the junior high school paper of which I was copy editor between 1985 and 1987. As always, you can find every issue from that period scanned in PDF form here, or you can view or download this specific issue here. Going through and scanning these, lots of memories came bubbling up to the surface, so I thought it would be entertaining to record those for posterity here. … Read more

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That's me in red with the smooth round head.

I edit Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast and its sister shows Mission Log: Prodigy and Mission Log: The Orville for Roddenberry Podcasts. I was a frequent writer, editor, and voice on the daily Sci-Fi 5 podcast for Roddenberry, and I created and currently co-host Mission Log: Gene-ology. I handle video production on Mission Log Live, Mission Log: Prodigy and Mission Log: The Orville. I'm the technical director for the TrekTalks online telethon event benefiting Hollywood Food Coalition.

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Gene-ology 54 - Karate

Welcome to Gene-ology, where we explore the earliest TV writing works of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek! Gene-ology begins its examination of Gene Roddenberry's 1960s TV writing with "Karate", a episode of The Detectives starring Robert Taylor, where our hosts find plenty to talk about, including some surprisingly heavy topics. Join us as…
Have Hot Takes, Will Travel

Does Gene's Paladin line up with Paladin in the rest of Have Gun -- Will Travel? Was Gene writing Paladin as Sam Houston? All three of Gene-ology's hosts - Ashley, Earl, and Norman C. Lao - gather to consider the story so far across Gene Roddenberry's scripts for Have Gun -- Will Travel.
Gene-ology 53 - Beyond Atlas

Welcome to Gene-ology, where we explore the earliest TV writing works of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek! Gene-ology examines "Beyond Atlas", a one-off script for an unmade series might have been "West Point, but for the Air Force Academy" - except that, as written by Gene Roddenberry, it reads like a pitch for…