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SciFriday: A Thank You 10 Years In The Making

A decade of friendship, camaraderie and rebranding

When I first met Bryant Griffin, it was in the newsroom at a Tampa Tribune bureau office. I was the editor of one of the Tribune's weekly community papers, and Bryant was a page designer who was very quiet, and unhappy about the fact our newsroom used PCs instead of Macs. The person who introduc ...

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SciFriday: Is San Diego Comic-Con Too Big?

Michael Hinman thinks it might be ... but what can be done?

You can't be an entertainment news outlet of any sort without planning a (very expensive) trip to San Diego Comic-Con each July. A convention that started out with just a few hundred people sharing their love of comic books, this event has become a huge economic boost to the San Diego community b ...

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SciFriday: Getting Ready For Comic-Con ... In Carlsbad?

Michael Hinman needs a small reminder about why he shouldn't book plane tickets

A few years back, a real sweet person volunteered to be my assistant, helping me out when I needed it, and taking some things off my plate. She is absolutely amazing. But me, Mr. Independent, still tries to do things on his own. Like booking plane tickets. So, I booked plane tickets for myself ...

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New Year, New Names For Airlock Alpha

PLUS: New editor named for Inside Blip

If it's good enough to be the home of Capt. James T. Kirk for 80 years in "Star Trek Generations," why can't it be the name of a company? That's what Airlock Alpha is going to find out. Michael Hinman, who founded Airlock Alpha (as SyFy World) in 1998, announced that the popular science-fictio ...

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SciFriday: Happy 12th Birthday, Airlock Alpha

Yet again, Michael Hinman writes about another milestone for the site that won't die

Every year about this time, I sit back and hope that the site doesn't make it to 50 years. Not that I don't want to keep doing the site ... it's just that I am eventually going to run out of things to say on each and every one of our anniversaries. Today is Aug. 13, 2010, and 12 years ago to t ...

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SciFriday: Comic-Con Remains Geekdom's Super Bowl

Some afterthoughts from the annual San Diego event

On the plane ride from Tampa to San Diego, I was sitting next to Bryant Griffin, doing some last-minute mapping on how our time would be spent at San Diego Comic-Con. You should know Bryant as the news editor of Rabid Doll, but to me, he's a friend I've known for almost a decade, and not only is ...

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Comic-Con 2010 - Day One

See where BlipNetwork reporters are going to be

Happy first day of Comic-Con! I am sitting at Tampa International Airport right now in Florida, and it's about 7:30 a.m. local time waiting for our flight, which leaves for Dallas in about an hour, and then on to San Diego. Traveling with me is Bryant Griffin, the editor of Rabid Doll, since ...

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SciFriday: Making The Trek To Comic-Con

Michael Hinman talks about what will be his third trip to the geekdom mecca

It's real late on a Thursday night, and I'm just plain exhausted. I spent the first part of the week putting together an Alpha Waves Radio broadcast that hadn't even been regularly scheduled (but turned out to be an awesome interview with Deric A. Hughes and Benjamin Raab from "Warehouse 13"). I' ...

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Alpha Waves To Broadcast Live From Comic-Con

PLUS: Extra production week added in July to celebrate 'Warehouse 13' episode

Since its return last November, Alpha Waves Radio on BlogTalkRadio has been airing shows just twice a month. But in July, think about having a show almost every week. That's because San Diego Comic-Con -- the "super bowl" of science-fiction entertainment -- resides in the hot summer month, an ...

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