Happy Birthday, Redial!

redial_the_gate's birthday is actually tomorrow, on June 20th: the day when abyssinia4077 first created the comm and we started to put all the details together. A year later, we're poised to start rewatching Season Three and we've got 229 people watching the comm. Redial has been SG-1 fandom at its best: friendly, squeeful, and generous beyond words. Thanks, guys. :)

Why not join the celebration by joining in the fun? We're currently voting for Season Three's default icon, and pepper_field is running the redial international chat for Into the Fire. And on Tuesday, we go live with majorsamfan's recap of the season opener!

Of course, as a mod, I have to be impartial about the icons and not try to campaign for the utterly delightful icon which depicts the wall on Abydos about Ra taking his slaves through the Stargate, so I'll just encourage you to click on the link and decide for yourselves...

Come and redial the Gate with us! And here's to another great year. :)

Wordle!

I've seen these bandied about lately, and I finally caved, because they are a fascinating exercise in style analysis and... well, sheer coolness, I think.

The premise is simple: paste text into Wordle and it generates this word picture. Take a look for yourself below, or click on the wordles for a larger-sized version.

( Wordle pics for various fics )

Word to the wise: these things are seriously addictive. Fun, though. :)