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Made in Eureka
The Sci Fi Channel series Eureka, which follows life in a small town of genius inventors, returns for a second season tonight. Sci Fi created a bunch of fake “infomercials” to advertise the show when it first premiered, and they’ve been updated for the new season. There are apparently more at the Made in Eureka…
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I’d Vote for Him
Sean Tevis is a geekly geek in Kansas who’s sick of his troglodytic state representative. He’s running to replace him, and is looking to raise some money to help with his campaign. Specifically, he’s trying to raise $8.34 from 3,000 people. To promote his cause, he’s created an awesome xkcd-tribute cartoon series entitled, “It’s Like…
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Okay, It’s Funny.
As you’ve probably seen, well, everywhere by now, Joss Whedon (Buffy, Firefly) is experimenting with a new way of getting quality entertainment to his audience. He’s posting three short episodes of a super-villain musical comedy drama…thingie online, for free. However! These episodes will only be available for a short time. Parts I and II have…
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I Do Feel More Grateful
(From Basic Instructions)
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Best Lightsaber Mashups
It’s apparently a not-uncommon pastime amongst geeks to superimpose lightsabers on movie swordfights. Videogum has collected ten of the best and presents them for your delectation. Link (via BoingBoing)
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Earth’s Messages to Aliens
The latest Alt Text at Wired explores the various messages we’ve sent in an attempt to contact alien intelligence. It’s been a long time since I actually shot a beverage out of my nose, but the “Pioneer Plaques” bit did me in. Link
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Where the Hell is Matt?
This has absolutely no relationship to science fiction, but it makes me awfully happy. My favorite bit is North Korea, at the 1:52 mark.
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Things That Have Amused Me Recently
“The ‘Net is a waste of time, and that’s exactly what’s right about it.” — William Gibson “Instead, they celebrate the pan-denominational Wookiee Life Day, which isn’t as much celebrated by Star Wars fans around this time of year as it is observed, like the anniversary of an atrocity.” — SciFi Scanner, about the infamous…
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Received in email …
The New York Times, among other world newspapers, has published a new Hubble photograph of distant galaxies colliding. Of course, astronomers have had pictures of colliding galaxies for quite some time now. But with the vastly improved resolution provided by the Hubble Space Telescope, you can actually see the lawyers rushing to the scene ……
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Robots That Suck at Their Jobs
Cracked Magazine has put together a list of classic movie robots that are actually really bad at what they do. I hadn’t really considered this before, but yeah…they do suck. That is of course the real problem with R2: He’s just a little rolling Deus Ex Machina device, who can pull out the right tool…