Archive for February, 2009

Wi-fi Hotspots in Middle-earth?

Friday, February 6th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized

Ostadan writes: Gizmodo's article on the possibility of the forthcoming Mac OS X having a geolocation capability similar to early iPhones is illustrated by an odd choice of maps on ... Read more..

Various LOTR Online Updates

Friday, February 6th, 2009 Posted in Gaming

Rick "Sapience" Heaton sends this in: The LOTRO development team recently participated in a live chat hosted by Xfire. Producer Rowan, Art Director Floon, and designers Jalessa, Amlug, and Constant ... Read more..

John Howe Joins The Music of LOTR

Thursday, February 5th, 2009 Posted in Books Publications, Howard Shore, Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, Merchandise, Music

[caption id="attachment_31093" align="alignright" width="105" caption="Doug Adams"][/caption] Doug has announced that John Howe is creating an original illustration for Doug's upcoming book, "The Music of the LOTR Films". Doug writes that Howe's ... Read more..

Work starts on Hobbit-style park

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 Posted in Tolkien

Work has begun on a new £3m adventure world in a Devon city park. The Hobbit-style playground, featuring different activity zones, is being built in Plymouth's Devonport Park. The Highlands ... Read more..

Gartner Magic Quadrant Goes Geek(ier)

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized

Iain writes: Didn't expect some research on Gartner magic quadrant and how valid there are in making business decisions would lead me to one explaining LotR (plus a few others) ... Read more..

FanFilm: ‘The Hunt For Gollum’ Online May 3rd

Monday, February 2nd, 2009 Posted in Conventions, Events, Fans, Film Screenings

Chris Bouchard writes: Just wanted to give you advanced notice that The Hunt For Gollum will be released on May 3rd 2009 for online free streaming in HD. Thanks for ... Read more..

Andy Serkis Interview

Monday, February 2nd, 2009 Posted in Andy Serkis

Gwynne Watkins, Senior Editor for babble.com writes: I thought you might be interested in this Andy Serkis interview I did for the parenting site Babble.com. Some interesting anecdotes about playing ... Read more..

Middle-earth is Calling…

Monday, February 2nd, 2009 Posted in Events, New Zealand, Tours

Vic James from Red Carpet Tours reports that there has been an enthusiastic response from LOTR fans wanting to join Red Carpet Tours’ ‘Hobbit Premiere Tour of New Zealand’ in ... Read more..

Andy Serkis Auction for Charity

Monday, February 2nd, 2009 Posted in Andy Serkis

Pei Ling writes: Hi - I'm not sure if theonering.net posts things like this, but there is an Ebay auction (UK Ebay) for an Andy Serkis Exclusive Hand Designed ... Read more..

Sean Astin’s Birthday

Thursday, February 25th, 1971 Posted in Calendar

Sean Astin was born on this date in 1971 in Santa Monica, California. Read more..