February 27th, 2004

Due to a second email from Tim Halken, details about Sumuru's premiere and dvd/vhs release have been updated.

Best,
Tk.

February 25th, 2004

Hey there!

Just a quick update to announce the world tv premiere of Sumuru.

Also, I should explain.  Soon after the last update, I started my final year in university, and it's been very hectic.  Unfortunately this site took a back burner and it's going to have to stay there for a while (probably until August, to be honest).  I am still replying to emails as quickly and often as possible, and I'm storing any submissions for when I can put them up.  Meanwhile, the site will remain available as is.

Thank you for visiting.  I am sorry for the "year out".

Best,
Tk.

August 23rd, 2003

Okay, who thought that I'd abandoned this site?

I haven't, but I apologise for what I think must be the longest spell without updates since I launched the site two years ago (and yes, we actually had our two year anniversary on the 1st of this month!) I also apologise for the obviously-missing maintenance that I was supposed to have done by now, and for the fact that we still have the EZBoard forums.   I have, so far, had a rather hectic summer, which caused all my plans re this site to disappear. :(

This update is really just a small announcement.  Most people in the SG fandom have probably already heard the news.  I have always maintained that Michael's personal life is none of anyone's business except his own, but I wanted to send my congratulations and couldn't think of a better way.

I hope to be back with more updates soon (I know Michael did a feature in the UK magazine SFX and I will hopefully have that to put up in the near future!)

Best,
Tk.

May 12th, 2003

I've given the filmography a well-needed update.  I've also finally added the link to the recent online chat hosted by Sci-Fi.com.

For the next few weeks, I have University exams. This is why it's been so long since the last update, and also means that I probably won't be able to update the site again for a while. As soon as my exams are over, I'm hoping to do a big load of maintenance, overhaul some sections and get a new messageboard.

To all those who are attending SFX in London this upcoming weekend: again, due to my exams, I can't go (I actually have an exam on the Saturday morning). I will be looking for reports to put up on UMS so if you feel like writing a report, send it in!  Full credit is always given. Photos are good, too. In the meantime, have a great time and send MS my best! ;o)

Regards,
Tk.

March 31st, 2003

So, I have a website to design for uni, and what do I find myself doing? Yep, updating this instead! <g>

I posted an announcement, of sorts, on the messageboard this morning. Please check that out if you get the chance. I apologise for the state of the board, especially those pop-up and banner ads that are the plague of the Internet these days, but I hope I'll get the chance to replace it with a better forum soon.

Back to the site, I just added two little bits of news re a con appearance and online chat.

I'd also like to welcome Chris, who sent in a lovely manip'ed pic of Michael as Daniel Jackson. Check out Chris' page in the gallery.

Regards,
Tk.

March 7th, 2003

Just added a little info about a new BOBW convention appearance.

Tk.

March 2nd, 2003

Yep, still hanging in here. I've just added two small bits of news to the latest news page.

I realise that page needs a bit of maintenance at the moment but Uni is piling the coursework on again. I apologise for the length of the page and will tidy it up asap.

Best,
Tk.

February 13th, 2003.

Added a second Cyberex interview - it's currently an external link. I also fixed the previous Cyberex interview link so it's now direct to the interview and not to the main site.

Everyone remember last spring/summer, when there was an interview with Michael Shanks published almost every week (or seemingly so)? Wonder if that's gonna happen again... :)

Later,
Tk.

January 29th, 2003.

There's some more news from Tandem re Sumuru. Tandem have also kindly let UMS post a promotional wallpaper, which can be found from the news item, and also in the new Sumuru pictures section (it's the only thing there at the moment!)

Later,
Tk.

January 7th, 2003.

Since this is the first update of the New Year, I hope you all had a great festive season!

Unfortunately this update doesn't bring good news. Michael has had to cancel his appearance at the BOBW convention in Sydney.

Tk.

December 3rd, 2002.

Added a little news about Sumuru.

The main news for this site at the moment, though, is that I'm changing hosts very soon. People who stop by here regularly will notice that this site does tend to have a bit of downtime. I'm hoping that's going to stop. Also, during the Xmas hols, I'm hoping to set up a new messageboard (without the ads!).

In preparation for the server move, I'm going to disable the guestbook here now, so I don't lose any [more] messages. If the guestbook is working for you then you are on the new server! If you'd like to post a message in the guestbook then please come back in a couple of days. It should take no longer than two days.

Thanx, and later!

Tk.

November 13th, 2002.

Another quick add - Michael's UK Appearance.

Tk.

November 8th, 2002.

Just (very) quickly added the news that Michael will be returning to SG1.

Tk.

October 31st, 2002.

Well, having just about recovered from SG5 (11 guests! Madness!) I've managed to add some updates.

N. John Smith made some interesting comments about Season 7 at SG5 which I thought some Michael fans may be interested in. Please note that Mr Smith did not say Season 7 was definite, as has been said all over the Net in the last few days.

Also from SG5, Michael will be appearing in the UK in May, 2003.

BOBW have confirmed that Michael will be in Australia in January (if anyone would like to buy me some flights and a con ticket for my birthday, I'd be very grateful! <g> ). Chris Judge will also be there. (I really rec going if you can, CJ is crazy!)

Finally, I received some info about Sumuru - Michael's new project.

Later!
Tk.

October 12th, 2002.

Michael's appearance on The Twilight Zone has been added to the filmography.

Michael's also been nominated for a Gemini Award. The award is decided by a public vote.

There's some news that Michael will be appearing at the next Stargate SG-1 BOBW convention.

Finally, the site's been down for a while lately due to an attack on the server. Unfortunately, I think there may have been some recent entries lost from the Guestbook so if you've posted there and your message isn't showing up, please post again. I do make backups, but the server went down too quickly for me to catch the most recent ones.

The server attack and my return to Uni are to blame for the extremely slow update (I'm sure many of you know that Michael appeared in The Twilight Zone since it was aired in the States at the end of last month ;o) ) Apologies for all that, and for what may be another long break in updates, since the SG5 con is coming up in two weeks so I'm officially in con prep. <g>

Regards,
Tk.

September 22nd, 2002.

A few things added. Screen caps from the film Suspicious River are new to the pictures section. Many thanx to DeVryette for those!

Congratulations to Mel and Chris, whose Tribute to Michael music video won Best Song Vid at the recent SG1 Awards.

Finally, some news about SG appearances. I've not heard any news about Michael from Gatecon so far. There are a couple of rumours flying around about work Michael may or may not have done but since these are all rumours, I'm not putting them up as news yet.

Tk.

August 25th, 2002.

I've just added a report and some pictures from Comic Con 2002 - many thanks to Jane!

Later,
Tk.

August 10th, 2002.

Tiny bit of news - Michael signed a couple of autographs whilst attending the San Diego Comic Con 2002.

Apologies for the month break and also for the delay with The Test - I couldn't cap the NTSC version so I'm getting it in PAL.

Later,
Tk.

July 9th, 2002.

Flying update! Just added a link to an online interview - thanks to the SG1_Spoilme list. Also some news from that interview is on the news page.

Regards,
Tk.

June 30th, 2002.

More maintenance than an update really. I've added Michael's appearance on The Chris Isaak Show to the filmography. More details on that to follow.

Besides that, I've overhauled the Links page - removed the broken ones, updated some others and added some banners.

Later,
Tk.

June 4th, 2002.

Okay, it's been a long time! Apologies for that but RL (and by that, I mean exams) got in the way a bit. Also, there's not that much information about Michael Shanks around at the moment.

The news section has information on an upcoming appearance on The Chris Isaak Show and there's a link to the website of the latest SG convention on the links page.

Also, thanks to my brilliant brother and sister in Chicago, a copy of All Around the Town is on its way to me and my screen capper!

I realise the site has had a lot of downtime recently. That's mainly due to my hosts making several upgrades to their servers and network. Apologies for this but it shouldn't last much longer.

Finally, I've started an announcements list at Yahell. Updates will be posted through that list. You can join through the link in the nav bar on the left.

Best wishes,
Tk.

May 4th, 2002.

Latest interview, this one from Starburst #286, can be found here - Michael doesn't pull many punches! Thanks to richb2b for the head's up.

The links page has a couple of new additions and one amendment.

For those who haven't seen the announcement on the messageboard, I apologise in advance if the site isn't updated during the next three weeks - I have university exams. Please keep checking the messageboard though, because if I come across any news and can't update the site, I'll post it quickly on there. There are also VCR alerts on the messageboard for All Around the Town and Door to Door, which are airing in North America soon.

Regards,
Tk.