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Trivia Thursday
In what novel does Stanislaw Lem create the ultimate bureaucracy? In The Matrix, what is the name of Morpheus’ “hovercraft?” What book begins with the line, “Looking back to all that has occured to me since that eventful day, I am scarcely able to believe in the reality of my adventures?” What was the first…
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EXODUS
Visual arts student Alexander Lehmann spent three years working on this film as his graduation project. It’s a music video for a Dutch band called NOISIA, and it’s kind of amazing. (via Whatever)
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This is Uncomfortably Plausible
How to access the internet…in 2025. Before signing on, please ensure you have received your RealIdentity card from local authorities. Signing on to the internet without identifying yourself has been ruled illegal in the Stop Anonymity Act of 2012, and you need to be sure to associate your comments, emails, posts and more with your…
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Heinlein Symposium at Tor.com
Tomorrow Tor Books will release the first volume of the authorized Heinlein Biography Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century, and to tie in with the event they’re having an “online panel discussion” to discuss his work. Jo Walton, John Scalzi, Charlie Stross, and several others have posts exploring Heinlein’s life, themes, and legacy.…
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Solar System Artwork
Artist Licoti created a huge (30,000 pixels long) representation of the solar system, including each planet’s major satellites. It’s gorgeous. The full GNU-licensed image is available at Wikimedia, and he’s also posted a video “tour” of the image on YouTube: (via Forgetomori)
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Trivia Thursday
What was the mission of the spaceship on the TV series Quark? What book begins, “The drought had lasted now for ten million years, and the reign of the terrible lizards had long since ended.”? What planet does Babylon 5 orbit? Who is Cirocco Jones? What is the motto of the Tyrell corporation? What were…
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“Found Hardware” Props
YouTube user Propguy1701 has a series of videos discussing the “true origins” of a lot of Star Trek props. Here’s Part 1 of the Hardware video; the others are linked below. They’re great inspiration for making props of one’s own. Found Hardware Part 2 Found Glassware Part 1 Found Glassware Part 2 (via Lost in…
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I Could Not Agree More
See the punchline at Hijinks Ensue
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Scientific American Science Slideshow
Scientific American Magazine celebrates its 165th anniversary this month, and they’ve put together a slideshow illustrating “the march of progress as seen through the magazine.” Their progress doesn’t appear to march in chronological order, and some of their choices for articles representative of said march seem a little peculiar, but with 165 years of magazines…
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Sci-Fi Air Show
Bill George is a Visual Effects Supervisor who works at Industrial Light and Magic, and is a huge fan of the prop spaceships used in SF movies and TV. He’s put together the Sci-Fi Air Show, featuring an Eagle from Space: 1999, a Colonial Viper from the original Battlestar Galactica, and several others. I am…