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Venus Rises – Original Vidcast
An actor with this “internet serial” contacted the O*W*C and pointed us toward the site. It’s definitely one of the more polished amateur (in the non-pejorative sense of the word) endeavors I’ve seen. Check it out.Link
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March Madness Sweeps Innsmouth
I like Defective Yeti. “WOOHOO, Dagon’s going all the way this year!” exclaimed Barnabas Marsh. “Cthulhu fhtagn, baby!” Others, however, were more skeptical of the hometown hero’s chances. “I dunno,” slurred Zadok Allen, “Shub-Niggurath fieldin a gud team, whut with her thousand young an’ all. We’ll be lucky to mak’it past the Eldritch Eight.” :::giggle:::
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I Find Your Lack of Postage Disturbing
Already planning the launch of R2D2 mailboxes, the US Postal Service has announced that a set of 15 stamps commemorating the Star Wars movies will be released in May. Fanboys people will be able to vote on their favorite from the set, which will be reissued as a single stamp. Link Update: Fark picked up…
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I am not making this up …
Norman Spinrad — on YouTube. http://youtube.com/normanspinrad
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Planetary Orbit Clock
Joining the ThinkGeek Binary Watch in the category of “cool but completely impractical timepieces” comes this clock which mimics planetary orbits to tell time. Link (via Neatorama)
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Cartoon Laws of Physics
Any body in motion will tend to remain in motion until solid matter intervenes suddenly. Whether shot from a cannon or in hot pursuit on foot, cartoon characters are so absolute in their momentum that only a telephone pole or an outsize boulder retards their forward motion absolutely. Sir Isaac Newton called this sudden termination…
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Retrocausality Experiment in the Works
Okay, this one makes my head hurt a little. There’s nothing in the known laws of physics to preclude the idea that the present can influence the past (or the future the present), and now there may be a way to see if it’s possible. Researchers are on the verge of experiments that will finally…
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Chip’s Picks – Richard Morgan
Once again, Chip is making a recommendation based on four books, two of which she hasn’t technically read yet. This is how Chip rolls, and if you don’t like it she invites you to get your own damn blog. Anyway. Richard Morgan–whom Shadow and I met at WorldCon, and who looks like a less-lived-in Fred…
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Spirit Worksite Flyover
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took detailed, 3D images of the “Columbia Hills” region inside Mars’ Gusev Crater. The Spirit rover has been exploring this area since 2004, and NASA has used the images to create an imaginary flyover.Link
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Triplanetary Free Online
Thanks to Project Gutenberg, E.E. “Doc” Smith’s classic space opera Triplanetary is now available online, complete with 1934 Amazing Stories covers and inside illustrations.Link (via BoingBoing)