David Haber

David Haber

D.S. Haber (known to his friends as Dave) is a professional muggle computer programmer and web designer and lives in Los Angeles. He is proud of the fact that he is a new-blood wizard with no (apparent) previous magical blood in his family. His favorite Quidditch team is the Falmouth Falcons, who's motto is "Let us win, but if we cannot win, let us break a few heads." He is also a West Ham United (Hammers) fan.
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J.K. Rowling and Stephen Fry on BBC4 This Saturday

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc–8 December, 2005–In Living With Harry (Saturday 10 December 9.00am BBC Radio 4), J.K. Rowling and Stephen Fry brighten up Saturday morning with a conversation about the phenomenon that is Harry Potter. In the course of this half-hour…

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Marlboro College Students Play Quidditch, Minus Brooms

MARLBORO, Vt., Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) — This fall, students at Marlboro College have been enjoying several games of Quidditch, a magical game played by the characters in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. The Marlboro students can’t fly around on…

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Harry Potter and the Unrealistic Expectations

OK, we’re now two weeks away from opening day of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and since I get tons of emails on this after every Harry Potter movie premiere, I feel it’s my duty at this point…

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Professor Lectures on the Harry Potter Phenomenon

10/28/2005 — Halloween may be the only time of the year when most people think about witches and wizards but students of Westminster biology professor Dr. Tammy Stiller discuss the subject more often because of her use of Harry Potter…

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J.K. Rowling Warns Fans About Fake Signed Merchandise

(J.K. Rowling speaking on her official website) A recent perusal of the e-Bay stocks of ‘signed’ Harry Potter merchandise was quite alarming for the person who allegedly signed these stacks of books, posters and even, in one case, an unauthorised…

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Rumor: Daniel Radcliffe Could Be Next James Bond

This rumor has popped up and been shot down before, but again today the UK entertain website Contact Music is reporting that Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe and Billy Elliot actor Jamie Bell are battling it out to play suave…

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Harry Potter Business Pledges Wands for Hurricane Relief

Due to the huge disaster situation in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, last night our friends over at Alivan’s Master Wandmakers announced that they are running a special promotion through Sept. 12th to benefit Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief. Alivan’s is calling…

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Pulp/Radiohead Supergroup Forms to Be Weird Sisters

Although we previously knew Pulp rocker Jarvis Cocker was involved with appearing as the Weird Sisters, Contact Music has revealed today that Radiohead stars Phil Selway and Jonny Greenwood will be appearing with Cocker as the Weird Sisters at the…

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Terry Gilliam Bitter About Potter

British director Terry Gilliam was J.K. Rowling’s original pick to direct the first Harry Potter movie in 2000. While publicizing his new movie, The Brothers Grimm, Gilliam said in an interview recently, “I was the perfect guy to do Harry…

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Writers Debate Harry Potter at Worldcon

by Petréa Mitchell, editor of The Akashic Record Interaction, this year’s World Science Fiction Convention, staged a debate on the merits of Harry Potter as one of its program items. The debate occurred at 11am on Saturday, August 6th, between…