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Henchman’s Helper
What’s one of the items that every successful supervillain seems to have? No, not a fluffy white cat: A big computer console displaying all kinds of up-to-the-minute data. Designer Joel Friesen has given villains who are just starting out in this illustrious field a cut-rate solution to a shortage of minions. Henchman’s Helper consolidates dozens…
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Ackerman’s Collection to be Auctioned
Heirs of the late uber-fan Forrest J. Ackerman are planning to auction off much of his collection, and expect to clear at least $500,000. Frankly, that figure sounds too low. He had over 300,000 pieces of film memorabilia, including classic props like Bela Lugosi’s cape and signet ring from Dracula; rarities such as an autographed…
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Highlander on iTunes
Jessica from New Video dropped me a line to mention that the 90s TV series Highlander is now available on iTunes. It’s not especially surprising that she’d write, since her company distributes the series. But, she’s also offering five free downloads of the series to our U.S. readers. So, if you’re interested, the first five…
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Seattle Withdraws 2011 Worldcon Bid
Frak. :-/ From www.seattlein2011.org/withdrawl ***** It is with grave regret and a deep disappointment that I must announce that the Seattle bid has to pull out of the race to host the Worldcon in 2011. This is due to an unforeseen event and our inability to reach a formal first option agreement with our preferred…
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Choose Hubble’s Next Target
As part of the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s telescopic observations, you get to decide where to point the Hubble next. Hubble’s Next Discovery – You Decide allows people across the world to vote online and select the next object modern astronomy’s most famous telescope will view. Six objects, which the Hubble has…
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We’ll Avoid the Obvious “Space Opera” Joke
So…The Wrath of Khan envisioned as opera. Robot Chicken went to the trouble of writing the dialogue in English and translating it into Italian for this masterpiece. It’s startling how well it adapts. (via Neatorama)
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What Are You Doing for Darwin Day?
Darwin Day celebrates Charles Darwin’s birthday (February 12, 2009 will be the 200th anniversary of his birth) and also provides an opportunity “to highlight Darwin’s contribution to science and to promote science in general.” If you’d like to find celebrations in your area, check out darwinday.org for a list of events (you can also register…
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Who Wants to Bet “Tiberius” Smells Like Old Spice?
Genki Wear, LLC, who appears to mostly be a purveyor of replica jewelry, is reported to be developing a line of fragrances “celebrating classic Star Trek.” Scents “Tiberius,” “Pon Farr” and “Red Shirt” will be available in stores this spring. Okay, “Tiberius” I can see, I guess. The other two titles simply boggle the mind.…
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Where Was This When I Was in School?
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is an expansion of the Jane Austen classic with “all-new scenes of bone crunching zombie action.” As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton–and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace,…
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More dollars than sense
I’m pretty sure that if I had an extra $155,000 around the house, I wouldn’t do this.