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Babylon 5 – (1994 show)

2015-11-09

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105946/

Upon contact with aliens, humans set up a space station to promote ambassadorial relations among species.

Easily among the best television I’ve seen. Everything about this series is phenomenal: acting, stories, sets, etc. Unfortunately, the graphics do appear dated in places, but it otherwise holds up very well.

Mandatory viewing.

It is important to follow a Babylon 5 viewing order.
See also Crusade – (1999 show), the spin-off which should not be watched!

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Doctor Who >

Entertainment > Television >

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436992/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007vvcq

The last of a powerful race tours time and space, regularly ending up in trouble.

Playful fun. Occasionally attempts to glide past some significant issues with time travel but is generally bubblegum. Doesn’t take itself too seriously. Recommended until it goes woke.

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Alien Nation – (1989 show)

2015-09-16

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096531/

A buddy cop series, but with aliens, with overtones of very difficult social topics.

This is surprisingly good, either in addition to, or separate from, the movie. While I didn’t particularly like the movie, this series is recommended. Anyone who liked the original movie should definitely continue the franchise with this series.

This continues from Alien Nation – (1988 movie), including a story arc.
- I don’t know what it is about the series, but it has left a much stronger positive impression than the film.

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QTTabBar

2015-06-16

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http://qttabbar.wikidot.com/
http://qttabbar.wikidot.com/plugins

The default Windows explorer.exe is unbearable after using SpaceFM on Linux for so long. I can’t deal with multiple windows even with all the shit that’s cooked into Windows 8.1 to supposedly help.

I need a tabbed explorer, and not some oddball replacement file manager.

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Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://heroesofthestorm.blizzard.com/en-us/

A MOBA which also has good bots.

Like all the other “safe” games Blizzard has created, Heroes of the Storm is an accessible MOBA (Multiplayer online battle arena) game. It’s pretty, plays well, and os reasonably fun. It has excellent bots to beat up for a chill game. Voice support makes it great.

I play a bunch of it, and like it. I don’t PvP. The versus AI started out being really boring but improved a lot over time.