Red Dwarf, the wonderfully funny British science fiction television show, is about to be resurrected for a new two-part episode by the British television channel Dave.  The digital cable channel is already home to much loved favorites like Red Dwarf, Coupling, The Catherine Tate Show, The Young Ones and many, many others.  This new episode is original programming that will air in the UK on April 10, 2009.  It will include the two-part episode as well as two other specials, including a making of video.

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Once upon a time, Chattacon was held at the Read House in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was a good-sized regional convention with attendance in the 1500 range.  I don’ t know what their numbers were this year, but it seemed sparse.  Chattacon now makes its home in the Chattanooga Choo Choo Holiday Inn.

Chattanooga Choo Choo Locomotive

The Choo Choo is a converted railway station on 24 acres, with a decommissioned wood-burning locomotive on display.  (I’m told the train was built in 1880, and last used by the Smoky Mountain Railroad in 1940s)  There are passenger cars that have been converted into sleeping rooms.  The accommodations are spread out, but the staff is helpful and cheery.  We were in “Hotel III”, and aside from having a wait for the bell cart and attendant, it was a painless check-in.

We had a mutual brain TILT moment when we first entered the hallway of Hotel III.   The long, narrow corridor was brightly decorated, and strangely reminiscent of The Shining.  Fortunately for us, there were no Twins in that corridor.  They only appeared in our imagination, and our fingers remained mute and still.  The secure wireless connection sucked wind, but other unsecured connections were available. Read more

I’m getting way too many crap comments from people that obviously just want a followed link.  I’m not putting up with that any more.

I’ve decided to deactivate the DoFollow plugin I’ve been using.  Spam is getting out of hand and I believe the DoFollow policy has something to do with it.  I’ve seen FanaticSpace listed in posts that suggest spamming for S.E.O. purposes.

That is not why I installed that plugin and removed NoFollow. I hate returning the comments to NoFollow, because I want to encourage participation.  Participation or no, I’d hate to have a spammy site even more.

I will be looking into other changes to FanaticSpace as well.  I want this site to be the best it possibly can.  I want to make it a place that people want to visit.  Getting tough on spam is the first step.