It has been eight days shy of a year since I last added a link to the Links page of the Cuparium. The two newest links, added today, are in the Reference Tools category.
Archive for the ‘Site News’ Category
Links Page Updated
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010Power Rays for Every Occasion
Saturday, January 10th, 2009I just realized I forgot to mention a new addition (uploaded 12 December 2008) to the odd reference page at the Cuparium, namely Powers of Space Ghost.
Futuristic Small Arms in Film and Television Survey
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Futuristic Small Arms in Film and Television is a list or survey of science fiction weapons from live-action films and television shows as well as comic strips. Included are pistols, rifles, portable artillery, and suitable futuristic hand-to-hand weapons. Excluded are unique weapons (e.g. the Glaive from Krull, the Demat Gun from Doctor Who, the Positronic Ray from Barbarella), weapons that can be used only once (e.g. Cyberbombs, Dalekanium Bombs, and Nova Devices from Doctor Who), and doomsday weapons (e.g. the Doomsday Device from Doctor Strangelove, the Time Destructor from Doctor Who).
Please feel free to leave comments or suggestions.
Art and Craft Supplies
Saturday, September 8th, 2007Yesterday, I bought some professional modeling clay, so papier mäché is on the horizon. The local craft store was sold out of Super Sculpey, but it was also holding a 30% off sale on all clay and sculpting supplies, so I finally bought some Super Sculpey Firm, which is supposed to have a phenomenal capacity for capturing minute detail. There was only one other package left, and this is the last day of the sale, so maybe I’ll buy the last one before I go to work this afternoon. Danny Boy bought some acrylic paints so we could start painting puppet heads. We had used Liquitex acrylic paints in tubes for the Harry Potter puppets, which worked well, so we decided to use them again after my brief and unsuccessful experiment with Ceramcoat liquid acrylics (which are very inexpensive, but have poor texture for our purposes and a dull matte appearance).
In related news, I added Sculpey.com to the links page of the Cuparium.
Harry Potter Puppet Photos
Friday, September 7th, 2007Although I do not have any photographs of the puppet shows I performed at the Harry Potter release parties of 2005 and 2007, I have photographed the puppets individually and posted them on The Puppets of Harry Potter and the Land of Oz, located on the pictures page of the Cuparium.
Puppet Links Updated
Thursday, September 6th, 2007I have added Videos of Puppets to the links page, and I have corrected one broken link: PuppetBuzz.com (not “PuppetryBuzz.com,” as I had formerly listed it).
Minor Improvement Made to Links Page
Friday, August 24th, 2007The links page has been modified to enable one to skip to a category rather than having to scroll down to it. I have also added two new links.
A Slight Change of Name Scarcely Worth Mentioning
Sunday, August 19th, 2007I have changed the masthead of the Cuplog again. Formerly, it was “Cuparius.com Cuplog” — it made sense for bookmarking purposes (I guess). Now it is simply “The Cuplog” — I think it looks and sounds better. Is this worth an entry? Probably not. Oh, well. I already wrote it, so I might as well post it.
Links Updated
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007The links page has been revised and new links have been added for the first time since 25 September 2006. I added 18 links in four new categories (all of which are puppetry-related), deleted several television network links, and deleted all of the newspaper links. The puppetry categories are the last four on the page. Eventually, I’ll add navigation links at the top of the page to each category.
The old links page is still online for anyone who may be nostalgic for it.
Odd References Increased
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007I haven’t been very good about posting news of updates to the Cuparium lately, but I’ll try to do better. As may be seen on the odd reference page, everything there has been updated this month, and there are two new pages: Ships of Star Trek (added in June as a subcategory of the Spaceships of Film and Television list, because there are far too many Star Trek ships to include in a general list), and The Original Federation Starships page, which attempts to trace the history of the naming of Federation ships in Star Trek: The Original Series. (Admittedly, the last few lists on that page, “Proposed List of New Constitution Class Starships” and “List of Miranda Class Starships” are present purely as notes to be used for the development of an unofficial Star Trek-based role-playing game [the notes of which can be read in the Fudgerylog] or possible future fan fiction.)