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Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Game
This is deeply, deeply wonderful. Doctor Octoroc has created a notional 8-bit video game based on Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog Episode 1. I would play the hell out of this, and I’m sad it doesn’t actually exist.
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Glitch
Despite severe misgivings over playing any computer game called Glitch, I have to admit that it sounds intriguing. It’s a browser-based massively-multiplayer game scheduled to launch late this year. What makes it different? For starters, it’s all one big world. Which means everyone is playing the same game and anyone’s actions have the ability to…
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Happy Birthday BBS
On this date in 1978 Ward Christensen and Randy Suess launched the first public dialup bulletin board system. It’s amazing to see how far we’ve come in the past three decades. Link (via BoingBoing)
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Nightly Chat Reminder
It’s time for the annual reminder about our nightly SF chats! Our hosted chats begin at 10:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) and run until midnight. You can view the chat schedule here and find the chat room here. We have an upgraded chat engine, friendly hosts, and regular chatters who would love to discuss all things…
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SciFi Songs CD Giveaway
Musician John Anealio has recently compiled his best genre-related songs and released a CD. Tracks include “The Return of Titus Quinn” (inspired by Bright of the Sky), “Rachel Rosen” (inspired by Blade Runner), “Sarene” (inspired by Elantris), and eight more. He’s also a contributor to the SF Signal blog, and they’re holding a contest to…
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Parenting for Geeks
Parenting blogs are thick on the ground, but we geeks who have spawned sometimes feel a little left out. Here’s a roundup of sites aimed at the science-and-technology-obsessed parent. Geek Parenting – “A blog for pop culture junkies who have spawned, yet refuse to give up their geeky obsessions.” Mommy Bytes – The blog of…
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Interstitial Arts Auction
The Interstitial Arts Foundation is releasing its second collection of Interfictions and is running an auction of jewelry and art inspired by stories in the two collections. The full press release is below. You can see the current piece being auctioned here and the full schedule here. The auction runs through December 1. Interfictions 2,…
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Symphony of Science
John Boswell followed up his wonderful Autotuned Sagan/Hawking A Glorious Dawn video with “We Are All Connected,” featuring Richard Feynman, Bill Nye, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and Carl Sagan. He’s also created a site devoted to these efforts, where you can view the videos, download the MP3s, and read the lyrics. Similar projects are probably forthcoming,…
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NASA iPhone App
NASA has released an app for the iPhone that aggregates dynamically updated information, images and video links. Screens include Missions (details about all current missions), Images (gallery options for the NASA Image of the Day and the Astronomy Picture of the Day), Videos (NASA’s YouTube channel), and Updates (aggregate of NASA’s Twitter feeds). The screens…
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Augmented Tourism
In an effort to enrich tourists’ appreciation of historical sites, the iTACITUS (Intelligent Tourism and Cultural Information through Ubiquitous Services*) project is using augmented reality to create a virtual time machine. Tourists can snap a picture of a site, upload it to a central server, and have instant access to cultural and historical information about…