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Star Trek Convention, 1986
It’s nice to know that certain things remain constant through the years. Like embarrassing media coverage of SF conventions. “A Trekker is almost anybody. Not only does it span all ages from 8 to 80, but all walks of life as well, all career endeavors.” The hairstyles alone will make you weep. (via Weird Universe)
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We Know Where You Live
Wired has a rather arresting article on the “Location-Aware Lifestyle” we’re now living with social media sites and software like Flickr, Twitter, blogs, FaceBook, etc., etc., etc. To test whether I was being paranoid, I ran a little experiment. On a sunny Saturday, I spotted a woman in Golden Gate Park taking a photo with…
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Medium Large
As long as I’m mentioning Webcomics…. Francesco Marciuliano writes the family-oriented comic strip Sally Forth. Medium Large is apparently how he blows off steam. The strips tend toward SF- and (mild, amusing) horror themes, and they are invariably irreverent and wonderful. I want this one blown up and framed on my wall.
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The Who Scarf: A Paean
Where SF fandom and crafting overlap with maybe just a teensy bit of obsession, you get a site devoted entirely to Dr. Who’s scarf. And I do mean devoted. The site explores the scarf worn by Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, detailing its history through various episodes. There are also patterns and tutorials for…
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Digital SF Art
PSDTUTS–an awesome resource for Photoshop tutorials and a good place to make those of us who think we know a thing or two about Photoshop consider resigning in shame–has a roundup of “digital paintings,” heavy on the science fiction and fantasy. Their digital nature make them seem hyper-realistic, and they’re eye-poppingly lovely. Each entry also…
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Skeptical of the Singularity
The Daylight Atheism site is taking a stab at a few stock SF tropes, including The Singularity and Cryonics. Blogger Ebonmuse suggests that our assumption that they simply will happen, sooner or later, sounds a little like blind faith. The fastest number-cruncher imaginable, if given faulty data, will produce nothing of meaningful application to the…
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Darths and Droids
This Webcomic has actually been running for a while now, but I keep forgetting to post about it because I’m easily distracted by shiny objects. Darths and Droids is a “screencap comic” in the DM of the Rings mold, but where DMOTR pretty much ran its campaign in alignment with the plot of Lord of…
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Yeah, What He Said
Defective Yeti sums it up:
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Time Travel Pharmacy
Although I occasionally wish that domain names were still expensive enough to dissuade casual registration, I have to admit getting a kick out of sites like http://www.khaaan.com/ and, well, Time Travel Pharmacy. All medications are shipped from the pharmacy’s facility in Bombay, India, in the year 2395. If for any reason, you feel that you…
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Lost in Space Robot star May dies
“Veteran actor and stuntman Bob May, best known for donning The Robot’s suit in the hit 1960s TV show Lost in Space, has died at the age of 69.” Bob May